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The Duckworth Lewis Method are an Irish pop group formed by
Neil Hannon Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the creator and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band's sole constant member. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for ...
of
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and Thomas Walsh of Pugwash. The Duckworth Lewis Method is also the title of the group's first album, which was released on 3 July 2009, a few days before the start of the
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. A concept album about
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, the album has 12 tracks, one of which is an instrumental. The album was mixed and recorded in
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and was mastered at Abbey Road Studios. Hannon and Walsh have described their album as "a kaleidoscopic musical adventure through the beautiful and rather silly world of cricket." The track "Jiggery Pokery" is a comic retelling of the Ball of the Century incident involving
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and
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, and features guest cameo performances from Phill Jupitus,
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,
Matt Berry Matthew Charles Berry (born 2 May 1974) is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He is best known for his roles in comedy series such as '' The IT Crowd'', ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'', ''The Mighty Boosh'', ''Snuff Box'', ''What ...
and more. Berry also features on the track "Mason on the Boundary". On 9 September 2009 the band were put on hiatus. They wrote and recorded the theme song for the
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video blog The Two Chucks. In April 2010 ''The Duckworth Lewis Method'' album was nominated for an
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. In an interview with the
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, Neil Hannon confirmed that he and Thomas Walsh would be working together again in the future. In late October 2012 Hannon and Walsh confirmed they were working on a second Duckworth Lewis album. Recording sessions began in early 2013 with the intention of releasing the new recording in time for the Ashes series in the summer. In May 2013 the release date for '' Sticky Wickets'' was announced. The album came out on 28 June in Ireland and 1 July elsewhere. The release was celebrated with a short concert in
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, Dublin, on 3 July. The album features cameo performances from
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,
Matt Berry Matthew Charles Berry (born 2 May 1974) is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He is best known for his roles in comedy series such as '' The IT Crowd'', ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'', ''The Mighty Boosh'', ''Snuff Box'', ''What ...
, and
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.


Promotion

On 21 May 2009, ''Today'' on
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ran a short feature on the album, asking "Why aren't there more songs about cricket?" in which entertainment reporter (and 2006 '' Daily Telegraph''
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champion)
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interviewed Hannon and Walsh about the album. On 16 July 2009 the band appeared on the
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...
's
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during the lunch break on the first day of the second Ashes Test match against the Australian team at Lord's. They sang a new song named "Test Match Special". "The Age of Revolution" was released as a download-only single on 28 June 2009. It was announced that a limited one-track physical promotional copy of the single would be available to press. The song reflects the spread of cricket to Britain's colonies, particularly India. Hannon and Walsh were interviewed for
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(Aug/9 Sep Issue) about the album and cricket. Amongst the points covered were a peerage for umpire
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, the renaming of
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as The
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and the reduction of cricket beyond
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to just a coin toss.


Discography


Eponymous album

All songs written and composed by
Neil Hannon Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the creator and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band's sole constant member. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for ...
and Thomas Walsh.


Track listing


''Sticky Wickets''


Track listing


See also

* 2009 in Irish music * Duckworth-Lewis method


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duckworth Lewis Method, The Irish pop music groups Cricket culture Musical groups established in 2009 Cricket in Ireland