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

Tracklist

• CD 1: Juveneilia Disc 1
• 1
  Pie Jesu
  3:36
• 2
  Who
  1:51
• 3
  The Missing Link
  1:17
• 4
  Who’s Afraid
  2:51
• 5
  The Fools Who Can Only Talk
  4:00
• 6
  Give It a Chance
  1:53
• 7
  Power (Is Your Demand)
  3:07
• 8
  Who Is This Man
  3:01
• 9
  Loving You (Merciful Release)
  1:34
• 10
  Sanity
  5:36
• 11
  A Friend of Mine
  2:07
• 12
  Neil’s First Amp
  0:46
• 13
  Completely Barking
  0:11
• 14
  Nobody Wins
  3:03
• 15
  Passion Fruit
  3:38
• 16
  Silent Man
  3:18
• 17
  October
  4:06
• 18
  Anonymous
  3:19
• 19
  Ridgeway Street
  2:57
• 20
  Suffer in Silence
  4:06
• 21
  Roselyn
  2:46
• 22
  Stream of Unconsciousness
  6:24
• CD 2: Juveneilia Disc 2
• 1
  Fanning Intro
  0:09
• 2
  Ignorance Is Bliss
  3:39
• 3
  Indian Rain
  3:23
• 4
  Bleak Landscape
  3:39
• 5
  Tailspin
  2:43
• 6
  The Rise and Fall
  4:19
• 7
  Logic vs Emotion
  4:30
• 8
  Secret Garden
  4:08
• 9
  Timewatch
  3:39
• 10
  Jerusalem
  3:50
• 11
  The Rise and Fall (Timewatch version)
  7:20
• 12
  Europop
  4:13
• 13
  New Wave
  3:45
• 14
  Intifada
  4:24
• 15
  Monitor
  3:07
• 16
  Thanks for Listening
  0:28
• CD 3: Liberation
• 1
  Festive Road
  1:54
• 2
  Death of a Supernaturalist
  3:16
• 3
  Bernice Bobs Her Hair
  4:02
• 4
  I Was Born Yesterday
  3:26
• 5
  Your Daddy’s Car
  3:55
• 6
  Europop
  4:31
• 7
  Timewatching
  3:49
• 8
  The Pop Singers Fear of the Pollen Count
  4:20
• 9
  Queen of the South
  4:26
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Victoria Falls
  4:09
• 11
  Three Sisters
  4:41
• 12
  Europe by Train
  4:26
• 13
  Lucy
  4:41
• CD 4: Liberation Leftovers
• 1
  Untitled Melody
  2:02
• 2
  Your Daddy’s Car (demo)
  3:53
• 3
  Queen of the South (demo)
  4:07
• 4
  Europop (live)
  4:10
• 5
  Little Darlin’
  1:25
• 6
  Bernice Bobs Her Hair (early idea)
  2:57
• 7
  Bontempi Beats 1
  2:29
• 8
  The Pop Singer’s Fear of the Pollen Count (demo)
  4:19
• 9
  Europe by Train (live)
  4:59
• 10
  I Can Think (but I Can’t Feel)
  2:59
• 11
  Lucy (early version)
  4:02
• 12
  Festive Road (demo)
  2:10
• 13
  Three Sisters (live)
  4:11
• 14
  I Was Born Yesterday (early idea)
  3:09
• 15
  Bontempi Beats 2
  2:55
• 16
  Christmas With the Hannons
  2:28
• 17
  Victoria Falls (demo)
  4:11
• 18
  Timewatching (demo)
  3:31
• 19
  Bontempi Beat 3
  2:29
• 20
  Suzanne (live)
  3:30
• CD 5: Promenade
• 1
  Bath
  4:10
• 2
  Going Downhill Fast
  2:33
• 3
  The Booklovers
  5:52
• 4
  A Seafood Song
  3:29
• 5
  Geronimo
  1:53
• 6
  Don’t Look Down
  4:48
• 7
  When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe
  3:29
• 8
  The Summerhouse
  4:15
• 9
  Neptune’s Daughter
  4:49
• 10
  A Drinking Song
  4:37
• 11
  Ten Seconds to Midnight
  2:10
• 12
  Tonight We Fly
  3:00
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Ode to the Man
  0:17
• CD 6: Apropos of Promenade
• 1
  Ten Seconds to Midnight (alternate version)
  2:20
• 2
  Assume the Goldsmith
  5:13
• 3
  When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe (live)
  3:36
• 4
  Tell Me What’s Wrong
  2:14
• 5
  Life’s What You Make It
  2:50
• 6
  Lost Prom Jam
  1:41
• 7
  Neptune’s Daughter (demo)
  4:54
• 8
  Going Downhill Fast (instrumental)
  2:31
• 9
  The Booklovers (demo)
  4:56
• 10
  The Bright Lights of Ealing
  1:46
• 11
  Bath (alternate version)
  3:46
• 12
  The Summerhouse (early idea)
  1:18
• 13
  The Summerhouse (live)
  4:34
• 14
  When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe (early idea)
  2:44
• 15
  A Woman of the World (Promenade‐style demo)
  2:24
• 16
  Geronimo (live)

  The Divine Comedy with Yann Tiersen
  1:47
• 17
  Don’t Look Down (demo)
  4:58
• 18
  A Drinking Song (live)
  4:33
• 19
  Only for Tonight
  2:57
• 20
  Tonight We Fly (demo)
  3:03
• CD 7: Casanova
• 1
  Something for the Weekend
  4:19
  4.6 ★
• 2
  Becoming More Like Alfie
  2:59
• 3
  Middle‐Class Heroes
  5:26
• 4
  In & Out of Paris & London
  3:26
• 5
  Charge
  5:27
• 6
  Songs of Love
  3:26
• 7
  The Frog Princess
  5:13
• 8
  A Woman of the World
  4:11
• 9
  Through a Long & Sleepless Night
  6:13
• 10
  Theme From Casanova
  5:51
• 11
  The Dogs & the Horses
  5:12
• CD 8: Casanova Behind the Cravat
• 1
  Hannon’s Game
  1:23
• 2
  Birds of Paradise Farm
  3:50
• 3
  A Woman of the World (early idea)
  2:06
• 4
  Motorway to Damascus
  4:18
• 5
  Crapper’s Delight
  1:46
• 6
  Songs of Love (demo)
  3:23
• 7
  Love Is Lighter Than Air
  3:50
• 8
  Comme beaucoup de messieurs

  The Divine Comedy avec Valérie Lemercier
  2:58
• 9
  Grinchworm
  1:14
• 10
  Painting the Forth Bridge
  4:03
• 11
  Solsbury Eel
  1:56
• 12
  The Frog Princess (demo)
  5:19
• 13
  My Lovely Horse (from Father Ted)
  1:22
• 14
  Father Ted Theme
  0:39
• 15
  My Lovely Mayo Mammy (from Father Ted)
  1:10
• 16
  The Miracle Is Mine (from Father Ted)
  2:22
• 17
  Theme From Casanova (demo)
  1:28
• 18
  Electro Wurly Groove
  1:32
• 19
  Something Before the Weekend (early idea)
  1:55
• 20
  Something for the Weekend (monitor mix)
  4:12
• 21
  Becoming More Like Alfie (monitor mix)
  2:55
• 22
  Stereo Laboratory
  1:00
• 23
  Through a Long and Sleepless Night (early idea)
  4:12
• 24
  The Dogs and the Horses (live)
  5:41
• CD 9: A Short Album About Love
• 1
  In Pursuit of Happiness
  3:31
• 2
  Everybody Knows (Except You)
  3:48
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Someone
  5:57
• 4
  If…
  4:25
• 5
  If I Were You (I’d Be Through With Me)
  4:40
• 6
  Timewatching
  4:41
• 7
  I’m All You Need
  4:59
• 8
  Bath (live)
  3:48
• 9
  A Short Film About Driving
  2:53
• 10
  Everybody Knows (Except You) (early idea)
  4:19
• 11
  Johnny Mathis’ Feet (live)
  3:39
• 12
  I’m All You Need (demo)
  2:17
• 13
  A Short Film About Dreams
  2:09
• 14
  Your Daddy’s Car (live)
  4:11
• 15
  Teach Us to Love
  3:54
• 16
  A Short Film About Waiting
  2:57
• 17
  A Short Film About Chance
  2:40
• 18
  If I Were You (I’d Be Through With Me) (rehearsal version)
  4:29
• 19
  Make It Easy on Yourself (live)
  3:34
• DVD-Video 10: A Short Film About a Short Album About Love
• 1
  In Pursuit of Happiness
• 2
  Everybody Knows (Except You)
• 3
  Someone
• 4
  Timewatching
• 5
  If…
• 6
  If I Were You (I’d Be Through With Me)
• 7
  I’m All You Need
• 8
  A Drinking Song
• 9
  Something for the Weekend
• 10
  The Dogs and the Horses
• CD 11: Fin de siècle
• 1
  Generation Sex
  3:32
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Thrillseeker
  3:33
• 3
  Commuter Love
  4:42
• 4
  Sweden
  3:24
  4.8 ★
• 5
  Eric the Gardener
  8:24
  3.6 ★
• 6
  National Express
  5:06
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Life on Earth
  4:24
• 8
  The Certainty of Chance
  6:06
• 9
  Here Comes the Flood
  4:08
  3.8 ★
• 10
  Sunrise
  3:18
• CD 12: Le Début de la fin
• 1
  I’ve Been to a Marvellous Party
  3:40
• 2
  Generation Sex (early idea)
  1:27
• 3
  Gin Soaked Boy
  5:01
• 4
  With Whom to Dance
  2:38
• 5
  Thrillseeker (rehearsal version)
  3:31
• 6
  Maryland Electric Rainstorm
  5:44
• 7
  Little Acts of Kindness
  3:54
• 8
  Life on Earth (early idea)
  1:51
• 9
  The Dead Only Quickly
  1:14
• 10
  The Winter Blues
  3:42
• 11
  London Irish
  4:40
• 12
  Here Comes the Flood (demo)
  4:10
• 13
  The Certainty of Chance (demo)
  3:26
• 14
  Last Stand in Metroland
  4:18
• 15
  Overstrand
  4:05
• 16
  Then Four Buses Come Along at Once
  2:54
• 17
  National Express (rehearsal version)
  3:47
• 18
  Postcard to Rosie
  3:25
• 19
  Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
  3:50
• CD 13: Regeneration
• 1
  Timestretched
  2:48
• 2
  Bad Ambassador
  3:45
• 3
  Perfect Lovesong
  3:10
• 4
  Note to Self
  5:59
• 5
  Lost Property
  4:39
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Eye of the Needle
  5:33
• 7
  Love What You Do
  3:52
• 8
  Dumb It Down
  3:56
• 9
  Mastermind
  5:21
• 10
  Regeneration
  5:33
• 11
  The Beauty Regime
  5:14
• CD 14: Regeneration Hesitations, Deviations and Repetitions
• 1
  Get Me to a Monastery
  4:33
• 2
  Lost Property (early idea)
  2:32
• 3
  You
  4:08
• 4
  U.S.E
  3:08
• 5
  How’s Your Wireless?
  4:18
• 6
  Thinking the Unthinkable (demo)
  3:30
• 7
  Garden Cities
  1:42
• 8
  Timestretched (demo)
  2:30
• 9
  Note to Self (live)
  6:37
• 10
  Edward the Confessor
  5:21
• 11
  Soft Power
  1:41
• 12
  Born With a Broken Heart
  3:39
• 13
  Mastermind (rehearsal version)
  4:34
• 14
  Boy With a Harmonica
  1:07
• 15
  Soul Trader
  3:00
• 16
  Perfect Lovesong (early idea)
  3:33
• 17
  The Night Is Not Enough
  3:31
• 18
  No Excuses
  3:58
• 19
  Love What You Do (live)
  3:46
• CD 15: Absent Friends
• 1
  Absent Friends
  3:40
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Sticks & Stones
  4:47
• 3
  Leaving Today
  4:18
• 4
  Come Home Billy Bird
  4:06
  3.3 ★
• 5
  My Imaginary Friend
  2:42
• 6
  The Wreck of the Beautiful
  4:57
• 7
  Our Mutual Friend
  5:57
  4.2 ★
• 8
  The Happy Goth
  3:37
• 9
  Freedom Road
  3:55
• 10
  Laika’s Theme
  3:07
  3.6 ★
• 11
  Charmed Life
  4:43
• CD 16: Long Lost Friends
• 1
  Absolute Power
  3:52
• 2
  Our Mutual Friend (early idea)
  1:36
• 3
  The Bird Evolution
  4:07
• 4
  Girl Least Likely
  3:58
• 5
  Mr Right
  3:22
• 6
  Sticks & Stones (demo)
  4:35
• 7
  The Dark Horse
  2:59
• 8
  Idaho
  4:06
• 9
  All Things (alternate version)
  4:37
• 10
  Rose for the Lady
  4:18
• 11
  Smiler
  3:11
• 12
  Absent Friends (demo)
  3:38
• 13
  Anthem for Bored Youth (demo)
  3:04
• 14
  Our Mutual Friend (alternate version)
  5:27
• 15
  Antidepressant
  1:14
• 16
  Windy Pop
  3:17
• 17
  Laika’s Theme (The Promise)
  2:18
• 18
  Charmed Life (alternate version)
  4:46
• CD 17: Victory for the Comic Muse
• 1
  To Die a Virgin
  3:39
• 2
  Mother Dear
  3:47
• 3
  Diva Lady
  4:17
• 4
  A Lady of a Certain Age
  5:47
  5.0 ★
• 5
  The Light of Day
  4:24
• 6
  Threesome
  1:10
• 7
  Party Fears Two
  4:02
• 8
  Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World
  3:58
• 9
  The Plough
  5:15
• 10
  Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont
  3:35
• 11
  Snowball in Negative
  4:36
• CD 18: Victory for the Comic Muse Additional Musings
• 1
  Births, Deaths and Marriages (monitor mix)
  4:10
• 2
  Diva Lady (acoustic version)
  4:15
• 3
  Home (demo)
  3:23
• 4
  Pamplemousse
  2:52
• 5
  Lili Marlene
  3:19
• 6
  Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont (early idea)
  1:17
• 7
  Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont (instrumental)
  3:38
• 8
  Trafalgar
  2:40
• 9
  Love/Hate Relationship
  3:46
• 10
  Miss Sharapova
  2:55
• 11
  Don’t Blame the Young
  4:03
• 12
  Guantanamo
  5:46
• 13
  Long Slow Suicide
  3:56
• 14
  To Die a Virgin (early idea)
  2:48
• 15
  A Little Bit of Love (Goes a Long Long Way)
  4:13
• 16
  Elaine (alternate version)
  2:14
• 17
  A Lady of a Certain Age (instrumental)
  5:47
• 18
  Premonition of Love
  3:53
• CD 19: Bang Goes the Knighthood
• 1
  Down in the Street Below
  5:09
• 2
  The Complete Banker
  3:43
• 3
  Neapolitan Girl
  2:49
• 4
  Bang Goes the Knighthood
  2:48
• 5
  At the Indie Disco
  3:18
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Have You Ever Been in Love
  3:10
• 7
  Assume the Perpendicular
  4:06
• 8
  The Lost Art of Conversation
  4:01
• 9
  Island Life
  4:38
• 10
  When a Man Cries
  3:54
• 11
  Can You Stand Upon One Leg
  3:32
• 12
  I Like
  3:49
• CD 20: Bang Goes the Knighthood More Sordid Details
• 1
  Assume the Perpendicular (alternate version)
  4:07
• 2
  On the Barge (demo)
  4:09
• 3
  At the Indie Disco (demo 1)
  3:12
• 4
  Girl Overboard
  4:17
• 5
  Bang Goes the Knighthood (alternate version)
  1:57
• 6
  Beside the Railway Tracks
  2:56
• 7
  Have You Ever Been in Love (alternate version)
  3:33
• 8
  Oh Christina
  3:35
• 9
  Ya Sumeera
  2:36
• 10
  Down in the Street Below (demo)
  4:52
• 11
  Island Life (demo)
  3:23
• 12
  The Bitter End
  3:55
• 13
  When a Man Cries (demo)
  3:50
• 14
  The Loneliest Man in the World
  4:17
• 15
  The Circular Firing Squad
  2:48
• 16
  At the Indie Disco (demo 2)
  3:26
• 17
  What’s Wrong With You (alternate The Lost Art of Conversation)
  3:40
• 18
  Wide Open Spaces (demo)
  2:22
• 19
  I Like (alternate version)
  3:31
• CD 21: Foreverland
• 1
  Napoleon Complex
  4:45
• 2
  Foreverland
  4:01
• 3
  Catherine the Great
  3:03
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Funny Peculiar
  2:44
  5.0 ★
• 5
  The Pact
  2:55
• 6
  To the Rescue
  5:16
• 7
  How Can You Leave Me on My Own
  3:31
• 8
  I Joined the Foreign Legion (to Forget)
  3:41
• 9
  My Happy Place
  4:10
• 10
  A Desperate Man
  2:42
• 11
  Other People
  1:35
• 12
  The One Who Loves You
  3:21
• CD 22: Foreverland Plan of Attack
• 1
  Napoleon Complex (alternate version)
  4:44
• 2
  How Can You Leave Me on My Own (alternate version)
  3:16
• 3
  Them Chattering Teeth
  0:41
• 4
  The Pact (demo)
  2:48
• 5
  Desperate Man (demo)
  2:43
• 6
  Your Lucky Day
  1:23
• 7
  I Joined the Foreign Legion (early idea)
  1:19
• 8
  Breakfast (To Our Fathers in Distress demo)
  6:24
• 9
  Reconnecting (To the Rescue early idea)
  5:03
• 10
  To the Rescue (demo)
  5:10
• 11
  One Ear Up, One Ear Down (demo)
  3:50
• 12
  Catherine the Great (demo)
  2:59
• 13
  Pictures (alternate Foreverland)
  3:56
• 14
  ARP Break
  2:57
• 15
  My Happy Place (demo)
  3:49
• 16
  Just Can’t Get Enough
  2:59
• 17
  The One Who Loves You (demo)
  3:19
• 18
  C’est si bon
  0:59
• 19
  I Joined the Foreign Legion (alternate version)
  3:03
• 20
  Who Were We (demo)
  4:14
• CD 23: Office Politics
• 1
  Queuejumper
  3:07
• 2
  Office Politics
  4:02
• 3
  Norman and Norma
  3:45
• 4
  Absolutely Obsolete
  4:13
• 5
  Infernal Machines
  3:04
• 6
  You’ll Never Work in This Town Again
  4:11
• 7
  Psychological Evaluation
  2:39
• 8
  The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale
  3:50
• 9
  The Life and Soul of the Party
  3:27
• 10
  A Feather in Your Cap
  4:00
• 11
  I’m a Stranger Here
  4:37
• 12
  Dark Days Are Here Again
  3:14
• 13
  Philip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
  4:51
• 14
  ‘Opportunity’ Knox
  3:42
• 15
  After the Lord Mayor’s Show
  3:46
• 16
  When the Working Day Is Done
  4:12
• CD 24: Office Politics Overtime
• 1
  The Divine Comedy Ltd.
  2:26
• 2
  Where Have All the Milkmen Gone
  2:08
• 3
  Take Your Drum
  2:53
• 4
  After the Lord Mayor’s Show (alternate version)
  3:49
• 5
  Olivia, New Tron Song
  1:55
• 6
  The Life and Soul of the Party (alternate version 1)
  3:34
• 7
  You’ll Never Work in This Town Again / Office Politics (alternate version)
  3:35
• 8
  The Erotic Dreams of Andrea Palladio
  3:11
• 9
  Absolutely Obsolete (demo)
  3:40
• 10
  Death and the Mellotron
  1:43
• 11
  Dark Days Are Here Again (early version)
  2:59
• 12
  The Berlin Airlift
  2:10
• 13
  Queuejumper (early version)
  3:29
• 14
  Pop Muzik
  3:24
• 15
  Large Mellotron Collider
  1:15
• 16
  The Life and Soul of the Party (alternate version 2)
  3:12
• 17
  Infernal Machines (early version)
  3:31
• 18
  Turning Japanese
  4:19
• 19
  Norman and Norma (demo)
  3:45
• 20
  Nordyland 83
  2:47
• 21
  Philip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company (alternate version)
  4:29

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Bang Goes the Knighthood

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Victory for the Comic Muse

Victory for the Comic Muse 2006

Absent Friends

Absent Friends 2004

Release credits

• Alex McRonald
  flute [2]
• Alex Postlethwaite
  violin [2]
• Alice Pratley
  violin [2]
• Alison Dods
  violin [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Alison Fletcher
  viola [2]
• Andrew Skeet
  background vocals [1, 9, 12-14], drums (drum set) [1], electric piano [3], handclaps [1, 9, 13], harpsichord [5, 11], orchestrator [1, 3, 6-7, 9-10], piano [3-4, 11-16], sampler [13], synthesizer [8], whistling [6]
• Anna Giddey
  violin [2]
• Ber Quinn
  background vocals [1], engineer [1, 4-8, 11-14], mix [7], synthesizer [8]
• Bruce White
  viola [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Caroline Dale
  cello [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Cathy Davey
  drums (drum set) [5], guest [4], vocal [5-6, 9]
• Charlotte Glasson
  baritone saxophone [1], viola [2]
• Chris Blair
  engineer [3]
• Chris Difford
  guest [4]
• Chris Worsey
  cello [23.1, 23.11, 23.13, 23.16, 7.2, 4.1]
• Clio Gould
  cello [4], conductor [4]
• Crispin Robinson
  additional [4, 8], congas [4, 8]
• Crouch End Festival Chorus
  background vocals [1]
• Dan Grech‐Marguerat
  assistant [3]
• Daniel Newell
  trumpet [11, 15-16]
• Darren Allison
  engineer [4.1, 3.1-13, 5.1-13, 7.2], membranophone [2], mix [4.1, 5.1-13, 3.1-13, 7.2], percussion [2], producer [3.1-13, 7.1-11, 5.1-13]
• Dave Tyler
  engineer [18], mix [18]
• David Pyatt
  French horn [4, 11, 15-16]
• Eliza Marshall
  flute [11]
• Emil Chitakov
  violin [2]
• Emma Owens
  viola [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Eos Counsell
  violin [2]
• Everton Nelson
  conductor [2, 5, 9, 11], violin [10]
• Fergal Davis
  audio [2-4, 8-12]
• Gillon Cameron
  violin [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Guy Massey
  audio [1, 5-7], engineer [1-3, 8-9, 14-15], mix [1-6, 8-16], recording [1-11], remixer [2, 5, 7-8, 12]
• Hazel Fernandes
  background vocals [2-3, 9, 12, 15]
• Hilary Summers
  guest [3-4]
• Ian Burdge
  cello [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Ian Watson
  accordion [12, 14-15], background vocals [1, 9, 12-14], electronic organ [12, 14], handclaps [1, 9, 13], mellotron [16], organ [11], synthesizer [3, 8]
• Ian Watson
  accordion [11]
• Ilid Jones
  oboe [5]
• Jake Jackson
  background vocals [9, 14], engineer [1, 11, 13, 15-16]
• Janine Guthrie
  viola [1]
• Jo Richards
  cello [2]
• Joby Talbot
  additional [9], arranger [9.1-2, 12.18, 11.1, 11.6, 11.8], conductor [7.2, 11.1, 12.18], harpsichord [1, 10], plucked string instruments [9], recorder [3], strings [3]
• John McCullagh
  background vocals [2-8], bass [2-11]
• John Prestage
  assistant [1-16]
• John Ryan
  French horn [4, 11, 15-16]
• Jon Jacobs
  co [3], engineer [9.1-7, 11.1], mix [11.1, 9.1-7], producer [9.1-2, 12.3, 7.1, 11.1, 11.6, 11.8], remixer [5]
• Kathy Brown
  cello [2]
• Katie Kissoon
  background vocals [2-3, 9, 12, 15]
• Katie Puckrik
  guest [1], spoken vocals [1]
• Kevin Traynor
  membranophone [2-11], percussion [2-8]
• Laura Samuel
  violin [2]
• Lauren Laverne
  background vocals [4], guest [4]
• Lorcan MacLoughlann
  engineer [2-8]
• Lucy Wakeford
  harp [1]
• Lucy Wilkins
  violin [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Marcus Lindsay
  engineer [9-11]
• Mark Templeton
  trombone [11, 15-16]
• Martin Robertson
  clarinet [11]
• Matt Gunner
  horn [9]
• Maxwell Spiers
  oboe [11]
• Miggy Barradas
  additional [2, 4, 8, 11], membranophone [2, 4, 8, 11]
• Mike Kearsey
  trombone [1]
• Millennia Strings
  performing orchestra [1, 3, 5-7, 9-10]
• Mudd Wallace
  mix [2-8]
• Natalia Bonner
  violin [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Neil Hannon
  Hammond organ [2], arranger [17.1-11, 23.8], banjo [17.2, 23.14], bass guitar [1], co [12.18, 11.1], drum machine [2], drums (drum set) [2, 7], electric piano [5, 9-10], electronic organ [5-6, 10, 13], engineer [2, 5, 7, 9-10, 13], glockenspiel [4], guitar [2.2-11, 23.1-2, 23.9, 23.11, 23.16, 7.2], handclaps [1, 9, 13], harmonica [6], lead vocals [1-16], mandolin [4, 11], mellotron [2, 4-5, 7, 9, 11-12, 14-15], other instruments [1], percussion [23.1, 7.2], performer [15.1-11, 6.16], piano [19.2, 19.4, 19.6-12, 23.1-2, 11.10, 7.2], producer [17.1-11, 15.1-11, 21.1-12, 5.1-13, 7.1-11, 23.1-16], sampler [1, 6], synthesizer [1-5, 7-10, 13], vocal [13.1-11, 7.2, 11.10, 17.10, 19.1-12, 4.1, 2.2-11, 21.1-12]
• Nick Cartledge
  flute [8]
• Nigel Godrich
  mix [1-11]
• Owen Slade
  tuba [11, 15-16]
• Padraic Savage
  violin [2]
• Patrick Kiernan
  violin [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Perry Montague‐Mason
  violin [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Pete Ruotolo
  background vocals [1], guest [13]
• Philip Sheppard
  conductor [3]
• Quentin Hutchinson
  French horn [13]
• Reiad Chibah
  viola [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Richard Edwards
  trombone [11, 15-16]
• Richard George
  violin [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Richard Pryce
  double bass [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Richard Skinner
  bassoon [11]
• Rob Farrer
  additional [1, 3-4, 6-8], percussion [11.10, 15.1, 15.3-4, 15.6-8, 17.5]
• Robin Smith
  flugelhorn [2], trumpet [2]
• Ruth Goldstein
  cello [2]
• Seán O'Néill
  producer [2-8]
• Simon Little
  additional [8], background vocals [1, 9, 12-14], bass guitar [3-7, 9, 11-12, 14-16], double bass [8], electric bass guitar [5], handclaps [1, 13], synthesizer [8]
• Sonia Jones
  background vocals [2-3, 9, 12, 15]
• Stephen Hilton
  programming [1]
• Stuart Bates
  accordion [7]
• The Divine Comedy
  producer [9-11]
• The London Telefilmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2, 5, 9, 11]
• Thomas Walsh
  acoustic guitar [5, 8], background vocals [11], guest [2, 11]
• Tim Weller
  drum machine [8], drums (drum set) [23.1, 23.3-6, 23.9, 23.12, 23.14-16, 19.3, 19.7, 19.12], handclaps [1, 13], percussion [5]
• Tom Leach
  assistant [2-16]
• Tom Pigott‐Smith
  violin [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Tosh Flood
  background vocals [23.1, 23.3, 23.9, 23.12-14, 19.1], drums (drum set) [1], electric guitar [5], guest [1], guitar [2-6, 9, 11-12, 14-15], handclaps [1, 9], mellotron [8], omnichord [12], synthesizer [8]
• Valérie Lemercier
  guest [8]
• Warren Zielinski
  violin [1, 11, 13, 16]
• Yann Tiersen
  accordion [2], guest [2], performer [16]
• Yuri Kalnits
  violin [2]
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  Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time: Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy

  23x CD, DVD-Video
  9 October 2020