Songs from the Deep Forest explained
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. 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.
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)
Notes and References
- Web site: Moynihan . Ciara . Duke Special’s new CD out on Westport festival weekend . . 21 April 2023 . 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 . 10 June 2012 . 5 June 2012 . dead.
