Songs from the Deep Forest

Songs from the Deep Forest
Studio album by
Duke Special
ReleasedMay 2006 (vinyl), October 2006 (CD)
Length42:59
LabelV2
ProducerDave Lynch and Paul Pilot
Duke Special chronology
Adventures in Gramophone
(2005) 		Songs from the Deep Forest
(2006) 		I Never Thought This Day Would Come
(2008)
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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.[citation needed] It was nominated for a 2007 Meteor Music Award for best Irish album, and for the 2007 Choice Music Prize.[1]

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.[citation needed]

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

  1. ^ Moynihan, Ciara (5 June 2012). "Duke Special's new CD out on Westport festival weekend". Mayo News. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2023.