=rL%P~0wq l', +l{\Z 专辑名称:I Never Thought This Day Would Come
ZLP)i;Az 歌手姓名:Duke Special
c5 ^CWk K 唱片公司:Universal
FM{^ND9x 发行日期:2008年10月17日
Ez()W,6]g 专辑流派:Indie
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eyM<#3\\S dWc'R wL 专辑介绍:
)P13AfK \mK;BWg) From Illinois to Culleybacky, Co Antrim, Duke Special (aka
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q4y P\B selling Songs from the Deep Forest .
7'IcgTWDZy %:/@1r7o> I Never Thought . . . resonates with equal amounts of musical
g &E3Wc cajoling and lyrical honesty. The mood throughout is rather
P8&BtA more sombre. Just check out the song titles ( Mockingbird Wish
`kE ;V!n? Me Luck , Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End , Why
]1Wh3C Does Anybody Love? , By the Skin of My Teeth , Nothing Comes
w.7pD Easy , Nothin' You Can Do Can Bring Me Around ). Still, the
'dXGd.V7u music is several steps above even Special's fastidious
k7L-J methods.
=6.4 JxP&znng Not even the ska-driven jauntiness of Digging an Early Grave
(5rfeSA^ can take away from the overall sense of morbidity and
e\8|6<o[ foreboding that, curiously, never threatens to spoil the
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t,bQ@x{zVC course of three albums, engineered the knack of mixing
[I~&vLTe dispiriting topics with a surefooted musical approach that
_%R]TlL never undermines the content.
LE@<)}Au^ }}?,({T|n Some people don't get Duke Special. They are put off by his
qV$\E=%fhM appearance, which resembles a blend of Catweazle, a Grafton
K*!qt(D& Street busker and the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang
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e=ITAH3b Wilson's shtick: his forensic attention to detail.
#fGI#]SG? o=zr]vv So forget the gender-skewing dreadlocks and eyeliner. Here is
}srmG|@: a guy who matches the lost art of the popular song with the
{sOW DM5 found sound of swirling pop/rock and symphony orchestras. With
E|,RM;7 a bit of Bridie Gallagher thrown in for good Irish measure
ur$=%3vM (that'll be the title track, then).
( IXUT6| VY#nSF` 曲目列表:
?zk#}Ex1 E4QLXx6Wa& 1. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
y2`}, 2. Sweet, Sweet Kisses
.QvH7 3. Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End
@S<6#zR 4. Diggin' An Early Grave
uh<e-;vU 5. I Never Thought This Day Would Come (And Now It Won't Go Away)
[d?tf 6. Why Does Anybody Love
;T\+TZ tI 7. Flesh And Blood Dance
dZWO6k9[H 8. I Don't Feel It
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/R(]hmW 10. By The Skin Of My Teeth
#c%FpR4 11. Nothing Comes Easy
v ^R:XdH 12. Nothin' You Could Do Can Bring Me Round