The Divine Comedy On Track: Every Album, Every Song

The Divine Comedy, formed by Neil Hannon in the 1980s, signed with Setanta Records in 1989, becoming the label's most successful chart act of the 1990s. This book examines the thirteen original studio albums released between 1990 and 2022, including additional recordings and the pair of albums recorded by offshoot project The Duckworth Lewis Method. Hannon's eclecticism has remained a constant factor, resulting in an extraordinary and ongoing canon of music.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 29 February 2024
Publisher: Sonicbond Publishing

Towards the close of the 1980s, a gifted singer-songwriter hailing from Northern Ireland, Neil Hannon, assembled his inaugural lineup of The Divine Comedy. In 1989, he inked a contract with the independent label, Setanta Records, which subsequently propelled The Divine Comedy to become the label's most successful chart act of the 1990s. In this book, Alan Draper delves into the thirteen original studio albums released under The Divine Comedy banner between 1990 and 2022. This comprehensive overview encompasses a range of interesting additional recordings, including single releases, as well as the pair of albums recorded by the offshoot project, The Duckworth Lewis Method, where Hannon collaborated with fellow Irishman, Thomas Walsh. The Divine Comedy's diverse and captivating musical journey is truly awe-inspiring: spanning from their indie roots on their debut album, Fanfare For The Comic Muse, to the groundbreaking fusion of chamber pop and Liberation, to their hit singles during the 1990s Britpop era, and even ambitious orchestral arrangements on later masterpieces like Fin De Siecle and Absent Friends. Throughout these various transformations, Neil Hannon's unwavering spirit has remained a steadfast constant at the core of The Divine Comedy, yielding an extraordinary and ever-expanding canon of music explored within this book.

Weight: 230g
Dimension: 209 x 148 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789523089