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The Divine Comedy are a pop band from
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, formed in 1989 and fronted by
Neil Hannon Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the creator and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band's sole constant member. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for ...
. Hannon has been the only constant member of the group, playing, in some instances, all of the non-orchestral instrumentation except drums. The band has released 12 studio albums. Between 1996 and 1999, nine singles released by the band made the
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, including the 1999 top-ten hit "
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History


The beginning and early success (''Fanfare'' to ''Promenade'')

The Divine Comedy were founded in 1989, by
Neil Hannon Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the creator and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band's sole constant member. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for ...
who had been the only ever-present member of the band until he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, '' Fanfare for the Comic Muse'', enjoyed a minor success and was later deleted. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs – ''Timewatch'' (1991) and ''Europop'' (1992) – followed, with newly recruited member John Allen handling lead vocals on some tracks. After the commercial failure of the ''Europop'' EP, this line-up soon fell apart. Hannon, however, was not deterred in his efforts and entered the studio again in March 1993, teaming up with co-producer/drummer
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, for the recording of ''
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''. The record is characterised by a plethora of literary references: 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' recalls a
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by
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; 'Three Sisters' draws upon the play by Anton Chekhov; and 'Lucy' is essentially three
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poems abridged to music. It was only some minor success in France that really enabled Hannon to proceed to his second effort, ''
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'', released in 1994. It was heavily driven by classical influences, with Michael Nyman's stylings clearly an inspiration. Hannon himself acknowledged this when he reportedly sent a copy of his new album to the composer, jokingly asking him not to sue. Essentially a concept album about a day spent by two lovers, it also received similar positive feedback to ''Liberation''; however, it was not a major commercial success. Soon after the release of the album the Divine Comedy went on tour with
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, supporting her during her European dates. During that time, Hannon also wrote and performed (with Allison) the theme music for the sitcom ''
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''; later, he composed the music for the mock- Eurovision song "
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" that featured in one episode. Hannon resisted widespread requests from fans to release the track as a single for the Christmas market, but it was eventually released in 1999 as the third track on the CD-single " Gin Soaked Boy". This would not be the only time they would be responsible for a TV theme: "In Pursuit of Happiness" was used by the
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science and technology show ''
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'' and Hannon also composed the music for Father Ted co-writer
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's
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comedy series '' The IT Crowd''.


The road to fame (''Casanova'' to ''A Secret History...'')

The album ''
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'' (1996), and in particular the single " Something for the Weekend", championed by Chris Evans, then
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breakfast show DJ and presenter of ''
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'', led to the band's first major success. ''
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'' was the third album to be produced by
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and Neil Hannon, thus completing a trilogy of albums which began with ''
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'' in 1993. Further singles from ''Casanova'', including "Becoming More Like Alfie" and "The Frog Princess", both of which received some airplay, and further cemented the band's reputation. At the height of their commercial success, the band released ''
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'' (a reference to the
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film ''
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''), recorded live at soundcheck with the Brunel Ensemble in preparation for a concert at the
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, from which several songs were released as B-sides. It was aptly released on Valentine's Day in 1997. Subsequently, the band contributed a reworking of Noël Coward's " I've Been to a Marvellous Party" to '' Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward'', a compilation of covers of the writer's songs, with Hannon affecting a Cowardesque lilt (albeit interspersed with an aggressive electronic musical backing). The
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pish image, but not the suit, was ditched for the more sombre album ''Fin De Siècle'' in 1998, although its biggest hit, the jaunty "
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", belied its more intimate, soul-searching tone. Maintaining the balance between these poles, 1999's ''Secret History – the Best of The Divine Comedy'' included re-recordings of ''Liberation'' tracks ("The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count" and "Your Daddy's Car") and two new songs ("Gin-Soaked Boy" and "Too Young to Die") alongside the band's main hits. In the same year, the band also collaborated with Tom Jones on a cover version of Portishead's 'All Mine', featured on his album Reload. A serious side to the band was also in evidence in 2000's collaboration with
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on her album ''
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'', most of which featured The Divine Comedy as Lemper's backing band.
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and
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also contributed two original songs and an arrangement of
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and Weill's "Tango Ballad", whilst Neil Hannon sang two songs ("Tango Ballad", "Split") as duets with Lemper.


Post-Setanta (''Regeneration'' ''to Office Politics'')

The band performed at V2001 Festival, and their 2001 album ''Regeneration'' attempted to remove the band still further from its association with comedy. Hannon hired producer
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to "remake" the band. Hannon ditched the suit and donned a Britrock band image. The album was a greater critical than commercial success, and soon after its release it was announced that the Divine Comedy were splitting up. However, within a year Hannon was touring again with a revised band line-up, playing a series of joint-headline gigs in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland featuring both the Divine Comedy and Ben Folds. A new album surfaced in the form of 2004's '' Absent Friends''. The album struck a balance between the occasionally earnest sound of the band's later material and the lighter tone of the more popular releases. 2004 saw two performances featuring The Millennia Ensemble orchestra, one at the London Palladium (which was later released as a live DVD) and one at the Royal Albert Hall. In January 2005, Hannon announced that he had acquired the worldwide copyrights to all of his recorded output with his former record label,
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. He launched his own record label Divine Comedy Records in order to re-release his 1990s output. Hannon's ninth album with the Divine Comedy, ''Victory for the Comic Muse'', was released in June 2006. The bulk of the record was recorded over two weeks, much of it live rather than multi-tracked, hence a more spontaneous sound. The album featured Simon Little on bass,
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Skeet on keys, Tim Weller on drums and Ian Watson on accordion from the current band. Hannon also provided vocals for songs on the soundtrack for the film of ''
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'' released in 2005, working with
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, the composer for the film and former Divine Comedy band member. This sci-fi connection continued in late 2006, when he contributed vocals to two tracks – "Song For Ten" and " Love Don't Roam" – on the '' Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack'' album. In an interview with Bullz-Eye.com, Hannon explained that, "literally, I was asked to add my vocal by the composer of the songs, who writes for the show. And I didn’t feel that I could say no, simply because I spent my childhood watching this programme. It would be just plain wrong to not do it." Hannon also lent his vocals to "Aliens", the last track on the Irish charity album '' The Cake Sale'' in 2006, organised by Brian Crosby of
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and featuring a variety of mainly Irish musicians. In 2006, whilst on tour, the band did a Take-Away Show video session shot by
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. A year later, the first ten or so seconds of "Tonight We Fly" was used as the ending tune to BBC7's ''Digi Radio''. The song was also used for an advertisement for the
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airliner. Meanwhile, Hannon took part in various projects: he recorded "Perfection As a Hipster", included in the ''
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'' soundtrack, a soon-to-be-released musical film by Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch as well as the LP ''
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'', together with Thomas Walsh of Pugwash. In March 2007 Neil Hannon's relationship with Parlophone came to an end. On 31 May 2010 The Divine Comedy released their tenth album entitled ''
Bang Goes the Knighthood ''Bang Goes the Knighthood'' is the tenth studio album by Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released on 31 May 2010 by Divine Comedy Records. Track listing Personnel Personnel adapted from liner notes included in ''Venus, Cupi ...
'' on DC Records. As with ''Victory for the Comic Muse'' it was recorded in RAK studios in St John's Wood by Guy Massey and the orchestra was conducted by Andrew Skeet who was the arranger on this album. The album charted at 20 in the first week of release, making it their highest-charting album since '' Regeneration'' in 2001. The album itself was preceded by the download-only single "At The Indie Disco". On 2 September 2016, The Divine Comedy released their eleventh album ''
Foreverland ''Foreverland'' is the eleventh studio album by Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released on 2 September 2016 by Divine Comedy Records. Accolades Track listing Personnel Personnel per liner notes included in ''Venus, Folly, Cup ...
''. A live album featuring performances from the 2016–17 Foreverland tour, "Loose Canon", was released digitally on 16 February 2018 after being made available as a CD on the tour. On 1 April 2019, the Divine Comedy announced a new single "Queuejumper", first played on BBC 6 Music on 3 April. It was followed by the announcement of ''
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'', the band's first double album, which was released on 7 June 2019. The release of Queuejumper was followed by the single ''Norman and Norma'', released on 16 May 2019, and an animated music video for the songs 'Infernal Machines/You'll Never Work in this Town Again', released on 3 October 2019.


Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time

The Divine Comedy celebrated its 30th anniversary by reissuing remastered versions of the band's first nine albums (from ''Liberation'' to ''Bang Goes the Knighthood'') on LP and CD. All eleven albums were included in the box set ''Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time: 30 Years of the Divine Comedy'', released in October 2020. The 24-disc box set consists of 12 albums of two CDs: each with an original remastered album, with a second CD of B-sides, demos, alternate versions, rarities and unreleased material curated by Neil Hannon. The collection includes the original album ''Fanfare for the Comic Muse'', and other pre-''Liberation'' material. The CD release of ''A Short Album About Love'' comes with a DVD of ''A Short Film About A Short Album About Love'' – a previously unreleased 50-minute film of the Shepherd's Bush Empire concert at which ''Short Album...'' was recorded. Hannon and an eleven-piece ensemble will also be celebrating the band's 30th anniversary with residencies at The Barbican in London and the
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in Paris. These shows, postponed from September 2020 to September 2022, will feature the band playing two of the classic albums, per show, in a five-show residency in each venue.


''Charmed Life''

''Charmed Life'', a double compilation album was released on 4 February 2022. Special limited edition copies included a bonus album, simply named ''Super Extra Bonus Album''. Ten days after its release, ''Charmed Life'' claimed the number one spot on the Official Independent Album Charts. A European tour of ''Charmed Life'' has been announced.


Band members

The band has mostly consisted only of
Neil Hannon Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the creator and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band's sole constant member. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for ...
, but has also included: *
Neil Hannon Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the creator and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band's sole constant member. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for ...
: vocals, guitar *Tosh Flood: guitar *Simon Little: bass *
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: piano *Ian Watson: accordion, keyboards *Tim Weller: drums, percussion


Previous members

*Bryan Mills: bass guitar *Ivor Talbot: guitar *
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: piano *Miguel "Miggy" Barradas: drums *Rob Farrer: percussion *Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates: Hammond organ, accordion


Discography


Studio albums

* '' Fanfare for the Comic Muse'' (1990) * ''
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'' (1993) * ''
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'' (1994) * ''
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'' (1996) * ''
A Short Album About Love ''A Short Album About Love'' is the fifth studio album by Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released in 1997 by Setanta Records. It was recorded on 20 October 1996 at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London. Release and reception "Everybody Kn ...
'' (1997) * ''
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'' (1998) * '' Regeneration'' (2001) * '' Absent Friends'' (2004) * ''
Victory for the Comic Muse ''Victory for the Comic Muse'' is the ninth studio album by Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released in 2006 by EMI. The title derives from the E.M. Forster book ''A Room with a View'' ("I have won a great victory for the comic muse") ...
'' (2006) * ''
Bang Goes the Knighthood ''Bang Goes the Knighthood'' is the tenth studio album by Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released on 31 May 2010 by Divine Comedy Records. Track listing Personnel Personnel adapted from liner notes included in ''Venus, Cupi ...
'' (2010) * ''
Foreverland ''Foreverland'' is the eleventh studio album by Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released on 2 September 2016 by Divine Comedy Records. Accolades Track listing Personnel Personnel per liner notes included in ''Venus, Folly, Cup ...
'' (2016) * ''
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'' (2019)


References


External links


The Divine Comedy Official Homepage

A Short Site (France) about The Divine Comedy

Interview On Subculture Magazine – November 2006
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