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The Duckworth Lewis Method are an Irish pop group formed by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy 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 2009 Ashes series. A concept album about cricket, the album has 12 tracks, one of which is an instrumental. The album was mixed and recorded in Dublin and was mastered at Abbey Road Studios.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HELLO.....GOOD MORNING..... ) on (myspace )〕 Hannon and Walsh have described their album as "a kaleidoscopic musical adventure through the beautiful and rather silly world of cricket."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A message from 'Lewis'..... ) on (myspace )〕 The track "Jiggery Pokery" features guest cameo performances from Phill Jupitus, Alexander Armstrong, Matt Berry and more. Berry also features on the track "Mason on the Boundary". On 9 September 2009 the band were put on hiatus.〔(Duckworth Lewis Method announce hiatus on The Divine Comedy bulletin board )〕 In March 2010 the group recorded a "new national anthem for Ireland", or alternanthem, for ''The Irish Times'' as part of the newspaper's St Patrick's Festival promotions.〔(A new national anthem for Ireland )〕 They wrote and recorded the theme song for the ESPNcricinfo video blog The Two Chucks. In April 2010 ''The Duckworth Lewis Method'' album was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. In an interview with the BBC, Neil Hannon confirmed that he and Thomas Walsh would be working together again in the future.〔(Will cricket album hit a six at song awards? ), bbc.co.uk〕 In late October 2012 Hannon and Walsh confirmed they were working on a second Duckworth Lewis album.〔http://ashortsite.com/news/?news=7512&dclang=en〕 Recording sessions began in early 2013 with the intention of releasing the new recording in time for the Ashes series in the summer.〔http://ashortsite.com/news/?news=7710&dclang=en〕 In May 2013 the release date for Sticky Wickets was announced. The album came out on the 28th of June in Ireland and the 1st of July elsewhere. The release was celebrated with a short concert in Tower Records, Dublin, on July 3rd.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Duckworth Lewis Method Announce New Album 'Sticky Wickets' Released July 1st 2013 )〕 ==Promotion== On 21 May 2009, "Today" on BBC Radio 4 ran a short feature on the album, asking "Why aren't there more songs about cricket?" in which entertainment reporter (and 2006 Daily Telegraph Fantasy Cricket champion) Colin Paterson interviewed Hannon and Walsh about the album. On 16 July 2009 the band appeared on the BBC's Test Match Special 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 The Chap (Aug/Sep 09 Issue) about the album and cricket. Amongst the points covered were a peerage for umpire Dickie Bird, the renaming of The Oval as The Ovaltine and the reduction of cricket beyond Twenty20 to just a coin toss. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Duckworth Lewis Method」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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