Hall, Russell. "Review: Casanova". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 14 April 2001 . Retrieved 30 October 2020.

The Smiths-esque 'In & Out Of London & Paris' also pushes the camp carry-on sex capers with witty abandon, subverting the Hokey-Kokey to amusingly smutty effect ("In out in out, shake it all about"), while the beautiful 'Songs Of Love' is immediately nostalgic and recognizable for being the theme-tune of the popular British sit-com Father Ted. The Divine Comedy are a pop band from Northern Ireland, formed in 1989 and fronted by Neil Hannon. 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 top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, including the 1999 top ten hit, " National Express". Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2. Hannon isn't adverse to a spot of constructive plagiarism either - 'Timewatching' is a gloriously flamboyant re-write of 'When I Fall In Love' while 'Lucy' takes Wordsworth's 'A Slumber Did My Spirit Steal' and turns it into the lushest of love songs. The moral here, I think, is that if you're going to rip something off, do it with a sense of panache! Entangled bodies’ … Joseph Taylor and Abigail Prudames in Northern Ballet’s Casanova. Photograph: Caroline HoldenIt might be argued - and I'm sure many of my colleagues will - that The Divine Comedy are a little too weighty and intellectual for current tastes but artistry shouldn't be limited by the marketplace and if this LP only sells half-a-dozen copies, it'll still be a triumph. Violin – Alex Postlethwaite, Alice Pratley, Alison Fletcher, Anna Giddey, Colum Pettit, Emile Chitikow*, Eos Councell*, Jethro Shirley-Smith, Laura Samuel, Leonie Curtin, Mark Knight (2), Padraic Savage, Rebecca Hayes (2), Roberto Borzoni, Sylvia Kapp, Yuri Kalnitz* Casanova is the fourth studio album by Northern Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy. It was released in 1996 by Setanta Records, and it happened to be the band's commercial breakthrough. It was certified Gold in the UK in July 1997, aided by the release of the album's first single, " Something for the Weekend", which reached No. 13 on the charts. Two other singles released from the album, "Becoming More Like Alfie" and "The Frog Princess", charted at No. 27 and No. 15, respectively. [3] Composition [ edit ]

Graham, Stephen (31 August 2018). "Twenty Years of Fin de Siècle". We Are Cult . Retrieved 26 March 2021. The single release in the UK came two weeks before Super Furry Animals released their own song Something For The Weekend, from their album Fuzzy Logic as a single. The latter band changed their title to "Something 4 The Weekend". For the 30th Anniversary reissue, 'Casanova' has been remastered by Frank Arkwright at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, and the iconic images have been restored by photographer Kevin Westenberg.

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Months later I did finally buy 'Expecting To Fly' by The Bluetones but sold it within a year and like the rest of the world, totally forgot about it. Meanwhile 'Casanova' still gets plenty of plays from me today and I still haven't found much music as touching as its best moments. 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 Office Politics, the band's first double album, which was released on 7 June 2019. [23] 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. producer, vocals, guitar, piano, hammond, Wurlitzer, bass guitar 1-10, percussion 1-10, arrangements 1-10, timpani 3, whistling 7 A Short Album About Love peaked at No. 21 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy

The CD release consists of 2 discs: the original remastered album, with a second CD of B-sides, demos and alternate versions put together by Neil, much of which is from his personal archive and has never been heard before. This 2CD Set comes with a booklet of photos with extensive liner notes written by Neil covering the context and content of each album. Woods, Mikael (7 March 2002). "Ben Folds, Divine Comedy". Dallas Observer . Retrieved 13 November 2021. Treble writer A.T. Bossenger wrote that, with Casanova, Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon "started going for a more straightforward pop tone as the base for his songwriting", resulting in the album having a more Britpop flow to it. [1] Its central theme is sex, around which all songs on the album centre, except "The Dogs and the Horses", which is the last song on the album and whose theme is death. [1] Jeremy Lee of ABC News considered that this record brought Neil Hannon "closer to the orchestral pop sound he'd been dreaming of." [2] a b Aston, Martin (June 1996). "The Divine Comedy: Casanova". Q. No.117. Archived from the original on 1 September 2004 . Retrieved 13 April 2020. Also included is the iconic 'Song Of Love' - a reworking of the tune originally written for the Channel 4 comedy 'Father Ted'. Seen here in a more stripped down version and with a beautiful set of harmonic vocals playing blissfully over the harpsichord melody it's certainly one of the highlights of the album. Taken from the same session 'A Woman Of The World' was also a contender for the show's theme tune but ultimately became the jaunty deep cut seen here, proving that Hannon is no stranger to recycling creative ideas across his career.

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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. [24] 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. [25] Flaherty, Mike (24 October 1997). " Casanova – Review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 13 April 2020. Hannon and an eleven-piece ensemble will also be celebrating the band's 30th anniversary with residencies at The Barbican in London and the Cité de la Musique 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. 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