Promenade

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The discography of Northern Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy consists of twelve studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, five extended plays and twenty-six singles. Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 11 February 2022". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 11 February 2022. Promenade is the third album by Northern Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released in 1994 on Setanta Records. The finale is a dazzling piece of wordsmithery, as time stands still at the top of the wheel, and the man feels the need to have a conversation with god. Out pours a startling atheist diatribe, all the most brazen when it's written by the son of a Protestant bishop.

Tonight We Fly - A Nyman-inflected gallop of a song, and a lot of people's favourite in the Hannon Canon. They have a point; it's supremely addictive, beautifully sung and instrumented, and gloriously touching. Finally, our couple fly over the world, one presumes metaphorically, looking down on everyone and everything, pondering where they've been and what they've learned. One hopes this is a metaphor for the final consummation of their relationship (if it was required), because if not there's been a LOT of foreplay in the last 11 songs..... Another recurring element is gods from Greek and Roman mythology: specifically, Aphrodite ("Bath"), Mercury ("Going Downhill Fast") and Neptune ("Neptune's Daughter").

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Europop' is laced with not entirely bitter irony, a Casio-driven ode to the pros and cons of Smash Hits stardom which has already gatecrashed into the indie top 10 and, with a bit more promotional zeal, could do the same in the grown-ups chart. The albums in question are Liberation (1993) , Promenade (1994), Casanova (1996), A Short Album About Love (1997), Fin de Siècle (1998), Regeneration (2001), Absent Friends (2004), Victory for the Comic Muse (2006), Bang Goes the Knighthood (2010), Foreverland (2016) and Office Politics (2019). Review Summary: Neil hannons second album as The Divine Comedy takes us through a day in the life of two lovers with a lyrical mastery that will leave you both in awe and reaching for your encyclopedia. A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy" (PDF). Music & Media . Retrieved 12 November 2020.

Jean Seberg: Je veux que les gens s'occupant pas de moi et puis je suis independente... Peut etre que tu m'aimes? The sample at the beginning of "The Booklovers" features Audrey Hepburn from the 1957 film Funny Face. I've Been to a Marvelous Party", on the various artists Noël Coward tribute album Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward (1998) Promenade (Booklet). The Divine Comedy. Setanta. 1994. SET CD13. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)a b c d e " Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 25 September 2020. Note: User needs to enter "Divine Comedy" in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter

Yer man is not, it has to be said, the happiest of campers. In fact, the likes of 'Death Of A Supernaturalist' and 'I Was Born Yesterday' are downright miserable but unfurl their tales of woe with such eloquence that Morrissey and Marc Almond comparisons are, I'm afraid, unavoidable. October 2020 peaks for re-issued albums released on The Divine Comedy's own record label". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 12 November 2020. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out", on the various artists Smiths tribute album The Smiths Is Dead (1996) The Melody Maker said "’Promenade’ is music hall, cool French films, late nights in a bygone city, sea-shanties swelled by alcohol.. ‘Promenade’ walks the path of indulgence with bravado and a mischievous grin. A stolen masterpiece." Reviewing for Select, Stuart Maconie said "’Promenade’ is a masterpiece. If you do one brave and imaginative thing this month, be on the side of the angels and buy this record." Bath - A crashing wave, a quote from a psalm, then Hannon plays the Nyman card. Very minimalist piano to start, a string quartet is gradually introduced, and reeds. All of this meanders for over two minutes.... and then, in his arch fashion, Hannon sings about a girl taking a bath first thing in the morning. The lyrical stall is set out here too; we're going a place marked "literary". Get that thesaurus ready.

Promenade is "a concept album about two lovers at the sea". [2] The album's style is even more classical-influenced than its predecessor, Liberation. The string arrangements are reminiscent of the works of Michael Nyman, with whom the Divine Comedy would later collaborate. Hannon once said that after attending one of Nyman's performances he went up to the composer, handed him a copy of Promenade, and jokingly said, "You can sue me if you like." Years later, Nyman said he did not remember the incident, but said he felt more "flattered than ripped off." [3] References [ edit ] A Short Album About Love peaked at No. 21 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy Promenade, like its predecessor, Liberation, was recorded by frontman Neil Hannon and co-producer Darren Allison, with the addition of a string quartet, as well as oboe/cor anglais courtesy of Joby Talbot, thus marking Talbot's first appearance with the band. Talbot would go on to become the arranger for most of the Divine Comedy's post- Casanova work, even co-writing two of the band's songs. [1] Concept [ edit ]

Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 9781904994107.Oscar the Hypno-Dog", on the various artists charity album Oscar the Hypno-Dog and Other Tails (2012) Thematically, the album may be best summed up by the quotation from John Dryden’s Imitation of Horace with which Hannon closes the album: A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 14 November 2020.