Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time: Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy

~ Release by The Divine Comedy (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Juveneilia Disc 1
2CD: Juveneilia Disc 2
3CD: Liberation
4CD: Liberation Leftovers
5CD: Promenade
6CD: Apropos of Promenade
7CD: Casanova
8CD: Casanova Behind the Cravat
9CD: A Short Album About Love
10DVD-Video: A Short Film About a Short Album About Love
11CD: Fin de siècle
12CD: Le Début de la fin
13CD: Regeneration
14CD: Regeneration Hesitations, Deviations and Repetitions
15CD: Absent Friends
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1Absent Friends
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
additional percussion:
Rob Farrer (percussionist)
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
Absent Friends
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it) and BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
53:41
2Sticks & Stones
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
additional membranophone:
Miggy Barradas
guest accordion:
Yann Tiersen
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
Sticks & Stones
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it) and BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
4:47
3Leaving Today
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
additional percussion:
Rob Farrer (percussionist)
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
Leaving Today
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it) and BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
4:18
4Come Home Billy Bird
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
additional congas:
Crispin Robinson
additional membranophone:
Miggy Barradas
additional percussion:
Rob Farrer (percussionist)
guest background vocals and guest vocals:
Lauren Laverne (radio presenter)
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
Come Home Billy Bird
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it) and BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3.34:07
5My Imaginary Friend
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
My Imaginary Friend
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:43
6The Wreck of the Beautiful
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
additional percussion:
Rob Farrer (percussionist)
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
The Wreck of the Beautiful
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995)
4:58
7Our Mutual Friend
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
additional percussion:
Rob Farrer (percussionist)
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
Our Mutual Friend
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it) and BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
4.25:58
8The Happy Goth
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
additional congas:
Crispin Robinson
additional double bass:
Simon Little (English bassist)
additional membranophone:
Miggy Barradas
additional percussion:
Rob Farrer (percussionist)
flute:
Nick Cartledge
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
The Happy Goth
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it) and BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3:37
9Freedom Road
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
additional plucked string instruments:
Joby Talbot (English score composer)
horn:
Matt Gunner
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
Freedom Road
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995)
3:55
10Laika’s Theme
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
violin:
Everton Nelson (violinist)
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
Laika’s Theme
composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3.653:07
11Charmed Life
recording engineer:
Guy Massey (UK producer/engineer)
producer:
Neil Hannon
mixer:
Nigel Godrich (English record producer)
additional membranophone:
Miggy Barradas
performer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
Charmed Life
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it) and BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
4:43
16CD: Long Lost Friends
17CD: Victory for the Comic Muse
18CD: Victory for the Comic Muse Additional Musings
19CD: Bang Goes the Knighthood
20CD: Bang Goes the Knighthood More Sordid Details
21CD: Foreverland
22CD: Foreverland Plan of Attack
23CD: Office Politics
24CD: Office Politics Overtime