The Magnificent Duke is the debut studio album by Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 conceptual rock duo Marmaduke Duke

Marmaduke Duke

Marmaduke Duke are a conceptual rock duo from Ayrshire, Scotland, comprising Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro and JP Reid of Sucioperro. Within the band, the pair perform under the pseudonyms The Atmosphere and The Dragon. According to Neil, the band, and its albums, are "based on a trilogy of unreleased...

, released on April 14, 2005, on Captains of Industry. The album initially had a limited run of 4000 copies. Each song has the word 'and' in the title, like "A Fox and a Cake".

Track listing

The album is split into three different sections.
When The World:

• Explodes – The heavy section which consists of tracks 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, and 16.
• Implodes – The acoustic section which consists of tracks 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, and 17.
• Corrodes – The instrumental section which consists of tracks 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18.

1. "The Red and the Number"
2. "An Egyptian and an Imposter"
3. "Fridge and Fromage"
4. "The Kill and the Kure"
5. "A Fox and a Cake"
6. "Piggary and Peccary"
7. "The Kiss and the Consonant"
8. "An Imposter and a Magician"
9. "Paul and Alexander"
10. "The False and the Cinematic"
11. "An Eagle and an Eye"
12. "Coast and Guard"
13. "The Human and the Jigsaw"
14. "A Conspiracy and a Devil"
15. "Village and Minotaur"
16. "The Beaver and the Rabbit"
17. "A Curse and a Coyote"
18. "Blunder and Haggis"
    • There were no singles released from the album. Only 4,000 copies were pressed in the original run. All of the original copies have the misspelling "The Kill and the Cure" (rather than the intentional misspelling "The Kill and the Kure") in the booklet.