"I Never Thought This Day Would Come" is the third album by Duke Special

Duke Special

Duke Special, real name Peter Wilson, 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 has a distinctive look, with his long dreadlocks, eyeliner and outfits he describes as "hobo chic"...

, to be released in Ireland by the label Universal Music Ireland on 17 October 2008, and released on soft release in the UK on the 20th October 2008.

The album was reviewed by The Irish Times

The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...

, and a free preview of the album is available from "The Ticket", The Irish Times' weekly entertainment supplement.

Track listing

1. "Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck" – 3:43 (Duke Special and Paul Pilot)
2. "Sweet Sweet Kisses
   Sweet Sweet Kisses
   Sweet Sweet Kisses is the first single from Duke Special’s third album “I Never Thought This Day Would Come”. It was released on the 17th of October on Universal Music Ireland. The song was written by Duke Special and the albums producer Paul Pilot...
   
   " – 3:03 (Duke Special and Paul Pilot)
3. "Those Proverbs We Made In The Winter Must End" – 2:59 (Duke Special & Bernard Butler
   Bernard Butler
   Bernard Joseph Butler is an English musician and record producer. He first emerged in the early Britpop era with Suede. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his generation, as well as one of Britain's most original and influential guitarists...
   
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4. "Diggin' An Early Grave" - 3:17 (Duke Special & Phil Wilkinson)
5. "I Never Thought This Day Would Come" – 3:17 (Duke Special & Phil Wilkinson)
6. "Why Does Anybody Love?" – 3:22 (Duke Special and Paul Pilot)
7. "Flesh And Blood Dance" – 4:02 (Duke Special & Ben Hales)
8. "If I Don't Feel It" – 3:29 (Duke Special and Daniel Benjamin)
9. "Let Me Go (Please Please Please)" – 4:47 (Duke Special and Paul Pilot)
10. "By The Skin Of My Teeth" – 3:33 (Duke Special, Paul Pilot & Hettie Bell)
11. "Nothing Comes Easy" – 3:43 (Duke Special, Paul Pilot and Daniel Benjamin)
12. "Nothin' You Could Do Could Bring Me Round" – 3:40 (Duke Special)

Bonus tracks