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TRACKLIST >>>
01 BECOMING MORE LIKE ALFIE
02 EVERYBODY KNOWS (EXCEPT YOU)
03 GIN SOAKED BOY
04 MASTERMIND
05 AT THE INDIE DISCO
06 SONGS OF LOVE
07 A LADY OF A CERTAIN AGE
08 NEAPOLITAN GIRL
09 IF...
10 ABSENT FRIENDS
11 GENERATION SEX
12 PERFECT LOVESONG
13 COMMUTER LOVE
14 I LIKE
15 OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
16 TO DIE A VIRGIN
17 TOO YOUNG TO DIE
18 TONIGHT WE FLY
19 SUNRISE
In which we continue and complete Friday's retrospective on THE DIVINE COMEDY....THE DIVINE COMEDY on MySPACE.
From the LP FIN DE SIECLE, 1998 >>>
[MP3] "Generation Sex"
[MP3] "Sunrise"
From the LP A SHORT ALBUM ABOUT LOVE, 1997 >>>
[MP3] "Everybody Knows (Except You)"
[MP3] "If..."
From the LP CASANOVA, 1996 >>>
[MP3] "Becoming More Like Alfie"
[MP3] "Songs of Love"
From the LP PROMENADE, 1994 >>>
[MP3] "Tonight We Fly"
[MP3] "Geronimo"
THE DIVINE COMEDY is the nom de pop of NEIL HANNON, an Irishman who deserves a place alongside JARVIS COCKER, MORRISSEY, and NEIL TENNANT in the mordant-wit pantheon of contemporary songwriters. Like those gentlemen, he is more than capable of joining a killer riff with a cute-yet-cutting couplet.
In the beginning (the late '80s), the Divine Comedy was content to channel R.E.M.-styled jangle-pop. But with the subsequent success of Britpop (generally) and PULP (specifically), the sound began to change. SCOTT WALKER suddenly seemed to become Hannon's muse. The music became increasingly baroque; lush; melodramatic. And the lyrics turned smarter; sharper; tongue-in-cheekier. It was around this time (2000) that I happened upon the "best of" collection A SECRET HISTORY. It was bewitching. I never looked back.
Until now. Over the course of two posts (this one and this coming Monday's one), we will be taking a look back at the Divine Comedy's career to date -- starting at the end; ending at the start. (Well... not QUITE the start. I am omitting album #1 (1993's LIBERATION) for the simple reason that I am neither fond nor in love with that particular release. My apologies, Mr. Hannon; it just doesn't move me.)
THE DIVINE COMEDY on MySPACE.
From the LP VICTORY FOR THE COMIC MUSE, 2006 >>>
[MP3] "The Light of Day"
[MP3] "A Lady of a Certain Age"
From the LP ABSENT FRIENDS, 2004 >>>
[MP3] "Absent Friends"
[MP3] "Our Mutual Friend"
From the LP REGENERATION, 2001 >>>
[MP3] "Perfect Lovesong"
[MP3] "Mastermind"
From the LP THE DIVINE COMEDY: A SECRET HISTORY, 1999 >>>
[MP3] "Gin Soaked Boy"
[MP3] "Too Young to Die"
Seems that filmmaker INGMAR BERGMAN lost his chess match with death yesterday. Here's a song that serves as an ode to one of his most famous films, as well as one that celebrates his native Sweden (and name-checks the man himself).
[MP3] SCOTT WALKER/"The Seventh Seal"[MP3] THE DIVINE COMEDY/"Sweden"
Left-click [HERE] to download THE DIVINE COMEDY mix.
THE DIVINE COMEDY is the "nom de pop" of NEIL HANNON, an Irishman who deserves a place alongside JARVIS COCKER, MORRISSEY, and NEIL TENNANT in the mordant-wit pantheon of contemporary songwriters. Like those gentlemen, he is more than capable of joining a killer riff with a cute-yet-cutting couplet.
In which we continue and complete Friday's retrospective on THE DIVINE COMEDY....
Seems that filmmaker INGMAR BERGMAN lost his chess match with death yesterday. Here's a song that serves as an ode to one of his most famous films, as well as one that celebrates his native Sweden (and name-checks the man himself).
