Songs from the Deep Forest [Import, Limited Edition]

Duke Special | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: Fontana Int'l
• ASIN: B000SFYYMC
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #465,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wake Up Scarlett

2. Everybody Wants a Little Something

3. Brixton Leaves

4. Freewheel

5. No Cover Up

6. Portrait

7. Last Night I Nearly Died

8. Ballad of a Broken Man

9. Salvation Tambourine

10. Something Might Happen

11. Slip of a Girl

12. This Could Be My Last Day

Editorial Reviews

Debut album from this hotly-tipped Irish singer/songwriter, who records romantic indie songs with a variety of household objects and instruments like cheese graters, wardrobe doors, pianos, harps, brass, strings and an old gramophone. Influences come from artists like Eliott Smith, The Magnetic Fields, Dresden Dolls, early Van Morrison, Vaudeville Theatre and Tom Waits. Needless to say, Duke isn't a performer easily pigeon-holed. The European critics have fallen in love with this album and with scheduled upcoming tours with name artists, Duke Special is poised to make his leap into the big time, 12 tracks featuring the singles 'Last Night I Nearly Died', 'Freewheel' and 'No Cover Up'. V2. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Special Indeed, November 15, 2006

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Paul A. Kirwan (Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs From the Deep Forest (Audio CD)

Duke Special is an Irish Singer-Songwriter with a difference. He comes with an almost Vaudaville-like flavour to song structure..Songs like 'Last Night I Almost Died' are pure piano-pop, whilst 'Portrait', 'Slip of a Girl' and 'Brixton Leaves' are beautiful carnival-like airs of melancholy..Instruments used include pots and pans and everything but the kitchen sink, which add to it's uniqueness and rich flavour...But the songs are great and the playing impeccable...If you are open-minded and love a 'good song'...buy this album...Enjoy

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One More Great Irish Artist, June 12, 2010

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DaHammer (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Songs From the Deep Forest (Audio CD)

My daughter brought this album back after a stint in N. Ireland where she had an opportunity to see Duke play live in Belfast. I heard the music going on in the background of our home for a couple months and decided to give it a listen myself. A year later or so later Duke Special is at the top of my playlist and not going away any time soon.
Pigeon-holing Duke is a tough task. Take one part punk, a shot of vaudeville, a dram or two of pop, blend together with lush lyrics and the Belfast Symphony, top with some scary dreads and you start to get the idea.
If you'd like something edgy, yet very listenable, something rich, yet outside the box and won't get old in a week (or a month), buy this album. Songs from the Deep Forest

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely, March 24, 2010

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E. Mohler (Warner Robins, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs From the Deep Forest (Audio CD)

I am have only very recently discovered Duke Special, but I love his distinctive sound and beautiful voice. If you want something different, and far better, than what you are likely to hear on most radio stations, give this one a go.