Songs from the Deep Forest

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Songs from the Deep Forest
Songs from the Deep Forest cover
Studio album by Duke Special
Released May 2006 (vinyl), October 2006 (CD)
Genre Rock
Length 42:59
Label V2
Producer Paul Wilkinson
Professional reviews
Duke Special chronology
Your Vandal EP (2006) Songs from the Deep Forest

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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Single Disc

The album has twelve tracks:

  1. Wake Up Scarlett
  2. Everybody Wants a Little Something
  3. Brixton Leaves
  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
  12. This Could Be My Last Day

[edit] Bonus Version

A special "Bonus Version of the Album" contains two additional tracks:

  1. Salvation Tambourine (demo)
  2. And It Stoned Me (live)

[edit] Special Edition

[edit] Disc 1

  1. Wake Up Scarlett
  2. Everybody Wants a Little Something
  3. Brixton Leaves
  4. Our Love Goes Deeper Than This (Feat. 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
  13. This Could Be My Last Day

[edit] Disc 2

  1. Overture (BBC Live version)
  2. Brixton Leaves (BBC Live version)
  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)
  10. Freewheel (BBC Live version)

All songs were written by Duke Special, with the exception of "Brixton Leaves" (by Duke Special and Ben Hales), "Slip of a Girl" (by Paul Wilkinson) and "And it Stoned Me" (by Van Morrison). 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.