#1'p?%K. ciCQe]fS 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
AFsYP/g] 歌手姓名:Duke Special
MJn= 唱片公司:Universal
NMN&mJsmh 发行日期:2008年10月17日
'SWK{t \4 专辑流派:Indie
8b25D|8l 推荐指数:4星
wZj`V_3 hu~XFRw15 专辑介绍:
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0 From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
1<0Z@D~F Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
TH~"y selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
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7v`~;}5 I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
d @b ]/ cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
e,*@+E\4 more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
aL8Z|* Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
%)o;2&aD Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
LP?*RrM Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
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tSTl#xy methods.
%(r.`I$ iu`B8yI Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
T^2o'_: can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
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y foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
{t('`z listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
oe=W}y_k course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
VexQ ] dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
(%4O\s#l never undermines the content.
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<2&_$| Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
]OC?g2&6 appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
E/C3t2@- Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
\"+}-!wr Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
07vzVsQ}p to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
?|GwuG8g by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
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Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
af=lzKt* |u[@g`Z So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
6PLdzZ{ a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
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e#ne 5 a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
1@q"rPE^ (that'll be the title track, then).
6^z):d#u !*,m=*[3 曲目列表:
N1dM,H io7Zv*&T0 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
\Bl`;uXb 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
YcM0A~< 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
p<Vj<6.=? 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
y6>fK@K~ 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
~@D{&7@ 6. Why Does Anybody Love
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F-TR 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
z+j3j2 8. I Don't Feel It
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$T*g@] 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
#D%l;Ae 11. Nothing Comes Easy
is{H >#+" 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round