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

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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.{{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.

  1. Wake Up Scarlett
  2. Everybody Wants a Little Something
  3. Brixton Leaves (Duke Special, Ben Hales)
  4. Freewheel
  5. No Cover Up
  6. Portrait
  7. Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)
  8. Ballad of a Broken Man
  9. Salvation Tambourine
  10. Something Might Happen
  11. Slip of a Girl (Paul Wilkinson)
  12. 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:

  1. Salvation Tambourine (Demo)
  2. And It Stoned Me (Live) (Van Morrison)

=Special Edition=

==Disc 1==

  1. Wake Up Scarlett
  2. Everybody Wants a Little Something
  3. Brixton Leaves (Special, Hales)
  4. Our Love Goes Deeper Than This (Special, Wilkinson) - featuring Neil Hannon and Romeo Stodart
  5. Freewheel
  6. No Cover Up
  7. Portrait
  8. Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)
  9. Ballad of a Broken Man
  10. Salvation Tambourine
  11. Something Might Happen
  12. Slip of a Girl (Wilkinson)
  13. This Could Be My Last Day

==Disc 2==

  1. Overture (BBC Live Version) (Andrew Skeet)
  2. Brixton Leaves (BBC Live Version) (Special, Hales)
  3. Last Night I Nearly Died (BBC Live Version)
  4. Portrait (BBC Live Version)
  5. Wake Up Scarlett (BBC Live Version)
  6. Regarding the Moonlight in Eastbourne (BBC Live Version)
  7. Salvation Tambourine (BBC Live Version)
  8. No Cover Up (BBC Live Version)
  9. I Let You Down (BBC Live Version) (Special, Brian Houston)
  10. Freewheel (BBC Live Version)

References

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Category:2006 albums

Category:Duke Special albums

Category:V2 Records albums