Archie Bronson Outfit – Dart For My Sweetheart

Album

Derdang Derdang is the second full-length album by London-based band Archie Bronson Outfit. It was released on 3 April 2006.

Artist

Archie Bronson Outfit are an English rock band. They met at Kingswood School, Bath.

After leaving their native Somerset, the band moved to London where they were discovered by Laurence Bell, boss of Domino Records. The band were playing in Bell's local bar, "The Cat's Back" in Putney. ABO released their debut album Fur in 2004. Fur was produced by Jamie "Hotel" Hince of The Kills.

The band released their second album, Derdang Derdang on 3 April 2006. The album was recorded in Nashville in the summer of 2005 and produced by Jacquire King. It received generally excellent reviews, with Uncut, musicOMH and Mojo awarding it four stars out of five.

The London listing magazine Time Out awarded it five stars out of five. Both albums Fur and Derdang Derdang feature occasional collaborator and a secret fourth member at the time Duke Garwood on clarinet and rhaita (a Moroccan reed instrument). Archie Bronson Outfit performed a showcase at the 2006 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

The band used to perform on stage accompanied by an illuminated plastic goose. In December 2006, Mojo voted Derdang Derdang fifth best album of 2006 in their end of year poll beating such notables as Cat Power and Sonic Youth.

One is a gun with a dart for my Sweetheart

Two only you can remove such an ache so

Three let me see what you've got
What you're made of, what you've got

Four is sore, just a ripped and bloodied claw

Five is a bunching fist that's within me

Six little stitches thread through my heart

Seven shiny reasons are tearing us apart

Eight lose your hate, it's a game so come on
Love me it's your fate

(dart for my sweethart)
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Nine cold crimes in the night please forgive me

Ten are the tears that are frozen on your face

Eleven I know, I'm not your favourite man

Twelve I'll take you like only I can

(dart for my sweethart)
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Uno è una pistola con un dardo per la mia dolce metà

Due solo tu puoi rimuovere un tale dolore così

Tre fammi vedere cosa hai
Di cosa sei fatto, di cosa hai

Quattro è dolorante, solo un artiglio strappato e insanguinato

Il cinque è un pugno chiuso dentro di me

Sei piccoli punti mi attraversano il cuore

Sette brillanti ragioni ci stanno lacerando

Otto perdono il tuo odio, è un gioco quindi forza
Amami è il tuo destino

(dardo per il mio tesoro)
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Nove freddi crimini nella notte ti prego perdonami

Dieci sono le lacrime congelate sul tuo viso

Undici lo so, non sono il tuo uomo preferito

Dodici ti porterò come solo io posso

(dardo per il mio tesoro)
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