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专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
$6rm;UH 歌手姓名:Duke Special
W%L'nR~w$ 唱片公司:Universal
tvI<Why\p 发行日期:2008年10月17日
jJ#D`iog5 专辑流派:Indie
g0B] ;Y>( 推荐指数:4星
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!VWWUTm? 0/R;g~q@ 专辑介绍:
sFpg 4 /_jrZO From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
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+ Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
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J@5iD Ib..X&N2 I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
@z1QoZ^w cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
qp})4XT v more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
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6]qW5 Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
^*ZaqMA Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
aopPv&jY Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
wA5Iz{uQO music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
]?y~;-^ methods.
6>]_H(z7 HMd?` Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
Kv@P Uzu can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
NXOXN]=c< foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
;Nn( listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
+=($mcw#[ course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
s<YN*~ dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
Z<X=00,wg never undermines the content.
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#PPXwmR 2.^{4 1: Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
#}^waYAk) appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
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Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
z*},N$2= Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
FyEKqYl to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
1/-3m Po by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
"@G[:(BoB< Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
{)qr3-EM# m*y&z'e\ So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
S`s]zdUTP a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
8eB,$;i found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
kkl'D!z2g a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
l[E^nh> (that'll be the title track, then).
h.Qk{v !ZTghX}D 曲目列表:
PNm@mC_fh }b1G21Dc! 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
!>9s 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
%+'Ex]B 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
{ "]!zL 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
2^'Ec:|f 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
J1w[gf]J 6. Why Does Anybody Love
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E=ln7 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
i9ySD 8. I Don't Feel It
=;Q/bD-> 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
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A+l(ew5Lw$ 11. Nothing Comes Easy
)BJkHED{ 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round