o~\.jQQxa /BQqg08@L 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
IvY3iRq6 歌手姓名:Duke Special
{ gs$pBu 唱片公司:Universal
GbZ~eI`,2 发行日期:2008年10月17日
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Ok{1{EmP 推荐指数:4星
^ +@OiL>&i :b %2qBv 专辑介绍:
19y,O0# _ l:JVt`A4? From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
2Vf242z_ Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
{7]maOg>7J selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
9\WtcLx 8HJ,6L r; I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
1jop;{,^ cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
C,$o+q*)W9 more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
w%iwxo Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
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V~4 Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
iDl#foXa` music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
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zp}pS2DU YVgH[-`, Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
hi/d%lNZ can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
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=7H\llL4BC listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
6S_mfWsi course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
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(Sgsy^|N never undermines the content.
DbFe;3 6jgP/~hP>N Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
%Y=r5'6l appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
u%yYLpaKf Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
qGMU>J.;c Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
jIrfJ*z to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
6D2ot&5WW by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
")vtS}Ekt Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
0#8, (6 32SkxcfrCK So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
h^Yh~84T a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
)8#-IXxp found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
VV}"zc^ a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
*n&Sd~Mg (that'll be the title track, then).
9{j`eAUZl ,VEE<*'X 曲目列表:
&I8DK).M+ Wex2Fd?DO 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
Db*b"/] 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
YsVKdh 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
<8kCmuGlk 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
LAlX|b 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
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%$Py @g 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
UYJ>L 8. I Don't Feel It
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x"RF[d 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
SG\ /m'F 11. Nothing Comes Easy
G<<;a 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round