Track Listing

1. Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just In Time)
2. Some Things Make Your Soul Feel Clean
3. Freewheel
4. As Good As It Gets
5. Regarding The Moonlight In Eastbourne
6. Kill Me Quickly Please
7. I Let You Down (Like A Tonne Weight)
8. Wake Up Scarlett
9. Closer To The Start
10. Don’t Breathe
11. You Don’t Slow Me Down
12. Love Is A Series Of Scars

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40699 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-13
• Number of discs: 1

Independent, May 05
‘the Duke’s honeyed tones are perfect for these honest, passionate songs about love and loss.’ **** Tim Perry, The Independent

Album Description
Using cheese graters, wardrobe doors, pianos, harps, brass, strings and an old gramophone to record the twelve-track debut, Adventures in Gramophone is truly a musical spectacular. Duke Special is one of a kind, a unique and talented young Belfast man whose bruised romanticism and soft Northern tinged vocals are at sharp juxtaposition with his wild dreadlocks, smudged eyeliner and unfeasibly wide trousers.

On stage, Duke Special explodes into musical mayhem – the battered old trademark gramophone wheezes, huge cymbals clash, egg whisks and cheese graters break free from the kitchen, a stumpf fiddle screeches and the crushed velvet covered piano thumps and tinks in unison – but it’s the very core of the songs, his heartfelt, passionate poems, that will remain in your head long after the lights have gone down.

Customer Reviews

Outstanding
Boring old me! yet another glowing review of this exceptional artist. This album will get under your skin from the very first listen. It bristles with warmth and originality. This is a very special album and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Get it!

Words are not enough...
Amazing album, completely hooked! Saw them supporting Hal in Brighton. Amazing gig, fantastic band. Sooooo good live, and bought the album straight away. It has been in my stereo ever since! "Last night I nearly died" continually plays in my head, and still I love it. Brilliant live act, well worth seeing. Truly captivating and entertaining. Rollercoaster of a ride that you're guaranteed to love, even if you don't like heights.

A brilliant album from a brilliant musician
This album is amazing. Duke is the most outstanding musician, and you just can't keep the music out of your head. Once heard never forgotten, but you must see him live. His manic gaze as he stokes his gramaphone has to be seen to be believed, and he's just a wonderful entertainer. An all round great album.