''Under the Dark Cloth'' is the sixth
studio album
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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
Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was kno ...
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.
Track listing
References
{{Duke Special
Duke Special albums