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) | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 42:59 | |||
Label | V2 | |||
Producer | Dave Lynch and Paul Pilot | |||
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Songs from the Deep Forest is an album by Northern Ireland based artist 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. It has been nominated for a 2007 Meteor Music Award for best Irish album, and for the 2007 Choice Music Prize.
On October 1st 2007, a special 2-disc edition was released which included the new song Our Love Goes Deeper Than This which featured Neil Hannon and Romeo Stodart. A bonus second disc was included in this edition and includes songs from the live BBC performance recorded in Belfast.
Track listing
Single Disc
The album has twelve tracks:
- Wake Up Scarlett (Duke Special)
- Everybody Wants a Little Something (Duke Special)
- Brixton Leaves (Duke Special & Ben Hales)
- Freewheel (Duke Special)
- No Cover Up (Duke Special)
- Portrait (Duke Special)
- Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time) (Duke Special)
- Ballad of a Broken Man (Duke Special)
- Salvation Tambourine (Duke Special)
- Something Might Happen (Duke Special)
- Slip of a Girl (Paul Pilot)
- This Could Be My Last Day (Duke Special)
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) (Duke Special)
- And It Stoned Me (live) (Van Morrison)
Special Edition
Disc 1
- Wake Up Scarlett (Duke Special)
- Everybody Wants a Little Something (Duke Special)
- Brixton Leaves (Duke Special & Ben Hales)
- Our Love Goes Deeper Than This (Duke Special & Paul Pilot, featuring Neil Hannon and Romeo Stodart)
- Freewheel (Duke Special)
- No Cover Up (Duke Special)
- Portrait (Duke Special)
- Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time) (Duke Special)
- Ballad of a Broken Man (Duke Special)
- Salvation Tambourine (Duke Special)
- Something Might Happen (Duke Special)
- Slip of a Girl (Paul Pilot)
- This Could Be My Last Day (Duke Special)
Disc 2
- Overture (BBC Live version) (Andrew Skeet)
- Brixton Leaves (BBC Live version) (Duke Special & Ben Hales)
- Last Night I Nearly Died (BBC Live version) (Duke Special)
- Portrait (BBC Live version) (Duke Special)
- Wake Up Scarlett (BBC Live version) (Duke Special)
- Regarding the Moonlight in Eastbourne (BBC Live version) (Duke Special)
- Salvation Tambourine (BBC Live version) (Duke Special)
- No Cover Up (BBC Live version) (Duke Special)
- I Let You Down (BBC Live version) (Duke Special & Brian Houston)
- Freewheel (BBC Live version) (Duke Special)