| Songs from the Deep Forest | ||||
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| Studio album by Duke Special | ||||
| Released | May 2006 (vinyl), October 2006 (CD) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 42:59 | |||
| Label | V2 | |||
| Producer | Dave Lynch and Paul Pilot | |||
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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.
The album has twelve tracks:
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.
A special "Bonus Version of the Album" contains two additional tracks: