Songs from the Deep Forest
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{{Infobox album
| name = Songs from the Deep Forest
| type = Album
| artist = Duke Special
| cover = Songsfromthedeepforest.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 2006 (vinyl), October 2006 (CD)
| recorded =
| venue =
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| length = 42:59
| label = V2
| producer = Dave Lynch and Paul Pilot
| prev_title = Adventures in Gramophone
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = I Never Thought This Day Would Come
| next_year = 2008
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r933536|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = Drowned in Sound
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|10}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081015151254/http://drownedinsound.com/release/view/8447 link]
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/oct/20/popandrock3 link]
| noprose = yes
}}
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.{{cn|date=April 2023}} It was nominated for a 2007 Meteor Music Award for best Irish album, and for the 2007 Choice Music Prize.{{cite web |last1=Moynihan |first1=Ciara |title=Duke Special’s new CD out on Westport festival weekend |url=http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15434:music-duke-specials-new-cd-out-on-westport-festival-weekend&catid=52:going-out&Itemid=146 |website=Mayo News |access-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610200053/http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15434:music-duke-specials-new-cd-out-on-westport-festival-weekend&catid=52:going-out&Itemid=146 |archive-date=10 June 2012 |date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}
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.{{cn|date=April 2023}}
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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{{Duke Special}}
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