Under the Dark Cloth is the sixth studio album by Northern Irish recording artist Duke Special. It was self-released on 29 November 2011. It is the result of an invitation by the Department of Photography of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to write a suite of songs inspired by the work of pioneering photographers Paul Strand, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen. The songs were co-written by Duke Special and Boo Hewerdine, with the exception of "You Press the Button and We’ll Do the Rest" which was co-written by Duke Special and Neil Hannon, and are accompanied in the recording by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra performing arrangements by Irish composer and arranger Michael Keeney.[1][2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Duke Special and Boo Hewerdine, except where noted
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Dancing Trees"
2:58
2.
"Hand of Man"
3:24
3.
"Rita De Acosta"
3:10
4.
"Spiritual America"
3:26
5.
"Cherry Blossom Girl"
3:43
6.
"Cloudgod"
5:48
7.
"Washerwoman"
4:10
8.
"Georgia O'Keeffe"
3:10
9.
"You Press the Button and We’ll Do the Rest"
Duke Special and Neil Hannon
3:49
10.
"In Memoriam"
4:07
11.
"Triumph of the Egg"
4:07
12.
"This Is All That Matters"
2:44
References
^ abClayton-Lea, Tony (18 November 2011). "Duke Special". Retrieved 23 August 2012.
