Adventures in Gramophone

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{{Infobox album

| name = Adventures in Gramophone

| type = compilation

| artist = Duke Special

| cover = Adventures in Gramophone.jpeg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2005}}

| recorded = 2005

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length = 49:13

| label = Hag Records

| producer = Paul Pilot

| prev_title = Your Vandal

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Songs from the Deep Forest

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{Album ratings

| noprose = yes

| rev1 = RTÉ

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite journal|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2005/0628/449309-dukespecial/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220115747/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2005/0628/dukespecial.html|url-status=dead|title=Duke Special - Adventures in Gramophone: The Two EPs|date=28 June 2005|archive-date=20 December 2011|access-date=20 May 2021|website=Rte.ie}}

| rev2 = Cross Rhythms

| rev2Score = {{rating|9|10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Duke_Special/Adventures_In_Gramophone_The_Two_EPs/13611/|title=Review: Adventures In Gramophone: The Two EPs - Duke Special | Cross Rhythms|website=Crossrhythms.co.uk|access-date=20 May 2021}}

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Adventures in Gramophone is an album by the Northern Ireland based artist Duke Special. It was released on Hag Records in 2005 and collects all twelve tracks from two previous EP releases - Lucky Me and My Villain Heart. It was nominated for the 2006 Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year, losing out to 13 Songs by Julie Feeney.

Track listing

  1. "Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)"
  2. "Some Things Make Your Soul Feel Clean"
  3. "Freewheel"
  4. "As Good As It Gets"
  5. "Regarding the Moonlight in Eastbourne"
  6. "Kill Me Quickly Please"
  7. "I Let You Down (Like a Tonne Weight)"
  8. "Wake Up Scarlett"
  9. "Closer to the Start"
  10. "Don't Breathe"
  11. "You Don't Slow Me Down"
  12. "Love Is a Series of Scars"

All songs were written by Duke Special, with the exception of "I Let You Down (Like a Tonne Weight)" by Duke Special and Brian Houston.

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