''Adventures in Gramophone'' is an album by the

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

based artist

Duke Special Duke Special (born Peter Wilson; 4 January 1971) is a songwriter and performer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A piano-based songwriter with a romantic style and a warm, distinctly accented voice, he was previously known for his distinctiv ...

. It was released on Hag Records in 2005 and collects all twelve tracks from two previous EP releases - '' Lucky Me'' and '' My Villain Heart''. It was nominated for the 2006 Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year, losing out to ''13 Songs'' by

Julie Feeney Julie Feeney is a singer-songwriter, composer, actress, and record producer from Galway, Ireland. She produces and orchestrates her own work, composing both instrumental and electronic music, with full orchestrations. She is a three-time nomi ...

Track listing

# "Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just in Time)" # "Some Things Make Your Soul Feel Clean" # "Freewheel" # "As Good As It Gets" # "Regarding the Moonlight in Eastbourne" # "Kill Me Quickly Please" # "I Let You Down (Like a Tonne Weight)" # "Wake Up Scarlett" # "Closer to the Start" # "Don't Breathe" # "You Don't Slow Me Down" # "Love Is a Series of Scars" All songs were written by Duke Special, with the exception of "I Let You Down (Like a Tonne Weight)" by Duke Special and

Brian Houston Brian Charles Houston ( ; born 17 February 1954) is a New Zealand-Australian former pastor and evangelist. He was the founder and senior pastor at Hillsong Church, based in Sydney with locations around the world. He was the national president ...

References

External links

Review at MusicOMH
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