Songs from the Deep Forest
Songs from the Deep Forest | ||||
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Studio album by Duke Special | ||||
Released | May 2006 (vinyl), October 2006 (CD) | |||
Length | 42:59 | |||
Label | V2 | |||
Producer | Dave Lynch and Paul Pilot | |||
Duke Special chronology | ||||
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Songs from the Deep Forest is an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Duke Special. In May 2006, it was released as a limited edition set of six 7" vinyl discs and then re-released as a single CD in October of the same year.[citation needed] It was nominated for a 2007 Meteor Music Award for best Irish album, and for the 2007 Choice Music Prize.[1]
On October 1, 2007, a special 2-disc edition was released, which included the new song "Our Love Goes Deeper Than This", featuring Neil Hannon and Romeo Stodart. The bonus disc included songs from a live BBC performance recorded in Belfast.[citation needed]
Track listing
All songs written by Duke Special, except where otherwise indicated.
- Wake Up Scarlett
- Everybody Wants a Little Something
- Brixton Leaves (Duke Special, Ben Hales)
- Freewheel
- No Cover Up
- Portrait
- Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)
- Ballad of a Broken Man
- Salvation Tambourine
- Something Might Happen
- Slip of a Girl (Paul Wilkinson)
- This Could Be My Last Day
- Earlier versions of "Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)", "Freewheel" and "Wake up Scarlett" appeared on Adventures in Gramophone, and an earlier version of "Portrait" appeared on the Your Vandal EP.
Bonus Version
A special "Bonus Version of the Album" contains two additional tracks:
- Salvation Tambourine (Demo)
- And It Stoned Me (Live) (Van Morrison)
Special Edition
Disc 1
- Wake Up Scarlett
- Everybody Wants a Little Something
- Brixton Leaves (Special, Hales)
- Our Love Goes Deeper Than This (Special, Wilkinson) - featuring Neil Hannon and Romeo Stodart
- Freewheel
- No Cover Up
- Portrait
- Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)
- Ballad of a Broken Man
- Salvation Tambourine
- Something Might Happen
- Slip of a Girl (Wilkinson)
- This Could Be My Last Day
Disc 2
- Overture (BBC Live Version) (Andrew Skeet)
- Brixton Leaves (BBC Live Version) (Special, Hales)
- Last Night I Nearly Died (BBC Live Version)
- Portrait (BBC Live Version)
- Wake Up Scarlett (BBC Live Version)
- Regarding the Moonlight in Eastbourne (BBC Live Version)
- Salvation Tambourine (BBC Live Version)
- No Cover Up (BBC Live Version)
- I Let You Down (BBC Live Version) (Special, Brian Houston)
- Freewheel (BBC Live Version)
References
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- Adventures in Gramophone
- Songs from the Deep Forest
- I Never Thought This Day Would Come
- Mother Courage and Her Children
- The Silent World of Hector Mann
- Under the Dark Cloth
- Oh Pioneer
- Look Out Machines!
- Hallow
- Lucky Me
- My Villain Heart
- Your Vandal
- The Anniversary EP
- Huckleberry Finn
- Duke Special Sings the Songs of Ruby Murray
- Solo From Windmill Lane, Dublin
- "Freewheel"
- "Portrait"
- "Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)"
- "Wake Up Scarlett"
- "Our Love Goes Deeper Than This"
- "No Cover Up"
- "Sweet Sweet Kisses"
- "Punch Of A Friend"
- "Condition"
- "Elephant Graveyard"
- "Nail On The Head"
- Time Is Right EP
- Lemonade
- Bathroom Floor
- Garçon Pamplemousse