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9@3? 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
=.T50~+M 歌手姓名:Duke Special
S7i,oP7 唱片公司:Universal
in}d(%3h 发行日期:2008年10月17日
ViZ Tl~ 专辑流派:Indie
u^2)oL 推荐指数:4星
kAc8[Hn %?<Y&t 专辑介绍:
'" MT$MrT i'bviD From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
]#$l"ss, Peter Wilson) has fashioned a follow-up to his multi-platinum
6:\0=k5 selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
:$k]; N{b;kiZq I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
O4`am:@ cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
3m;*gOLk6 more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
wE*o1. Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
%?2:1o Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
E^ub8 Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
;@5N music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
n1Ic[cM} methods.
^9_4#Ep( IA6,P>}N Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
B}?$kp can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
~)fd+~4L foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
ve3-GWT{C listening pleasure. This could be because Wilson has, over the
}Bk>' course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
0:C ^-zrx dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
s?Wkh`b never undermines the content.
%[l#S*)~ :,8eM{.Q Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
g$?kL appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
Aq]*$s2\G Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
}c]u'a!4 Bang . They're also confused by his music, which owes as much
pnTuYT^%) to burlesque and music hall as it does to pop. Those put off
=|j~*6Hd by such superficialities miss the most important aspect of
]=ubl!0=: Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
Ung K9uB~ 6}/m~m So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
=NNA7E7c a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
XYrZI/R found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
>Hd Pcsl L a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
x<=<Lx0B; (that'll be the title track, then).
jhx @6[ W{!Slf 曲目列表:
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u!~l b<E0|VW 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
c{(4s6D 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
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^2f2g>9j_C 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
Kk9eJ\ 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
ZHN}:W/p 6. Why Does Anybody Love
fU^6h`t 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
`mp3ORR;$ 8. I Don't Feel It
>|W\8dTQ 9. Let Me Go (Please, Please, Please!)
6\5"36&/rQ 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
=5kTzH. 11. Nothing Comes Easy
hsJS(qEh.' 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round