Ra|P5 _HHvL= 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
O3o^%0 歌手姓名:Duke Special
Xs052c|s 唱片公司:Universal
0* F` h 发行日期:2008年10月17日
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X[xZGV, 专辑流派:Indie
U6/7EOW, 推荐指数:4星
?IAu,s*u "yw{A%J 专辑介绍:
<)TIj6 qkhre3 From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
s8,YQ5- Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
}oZ8esZU2 selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
AF#:*<Ev ysOf=~1 I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
[nxYfER7 cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
xK6`|/e more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
clU ?bF~e1 Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
hhPQ.{]> Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
e^eJ!~0 Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
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k` music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
xH2'PEjFM methods.
r7W.}n* R7Qj<, Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
#k9&OS? can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
[ojL9.6 foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
c(=>5 listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
=7+%31 course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
KuwhA-IL dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
:-d#kU never undermines the content.
*}C%z( @2"3RmYLo Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
5Yv*f: appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
YWn""8p;P Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
68?&`/t Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
,0=:06l to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
f#UT~/~bL2 by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
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n-n{+Dl! Ju#t^P So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
H:BWv08~5 a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
xW\iME found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
O=PyXOf a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
PN n{Rt (that'll be the title track, then).
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DLv\]\h}L .W<yiB}^ 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
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2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
kN*,3)T;} 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
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<NlP0K 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
-%lA=pS{Fq 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
'Bp7LtG92 6. Why Does Anybody Love
h$EH|9HAb 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
{WJ+6!v 8. I Don't Feel It
uMToVk`Uv 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
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;=~QYn[ 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
W7lR54%| 11. Nothing Comes Easy
/MB3w m 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round