Divine Comedy Records

The Divine Comedy - Fin De Siecle - Import 2 CD

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Baroque Pop

16. Oktober 2020

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Catalog No.: DIVC45891022

JAN/ISBN: 5024545891027

Number of Discs: 2

Country/Region of Manufacture: Import

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The Divine Comedy

The songs on Fin de Siecle, though pleasant, don't quite scale the heights Neil Hannon has before: nothing is as arresting as A Short Album About Love's "In Pursuit of Happiness," though "Commuter Love," the grandiose, wind-swept "The Certainty of Chance," and especially the rainy-day funeral song "Life on Earth" make attempts, as does the song that jumps out at you the most, in line with Hannon's past work, "Sweden." Its '60s-movie oom-pah pomp and bombast that introduces each verse is fabulous. But otherwise, Hannon's done better. More unfortunate, Jon Jacobs' engineering seems fine, but his mix is convoluted, muted, as if Hannon's wry voice and the various lugubrious blends of sounds Jobi Talbot scores -- of woodwinds, brass, strings, guitar, and timpani-like drums -- were all trapped in a sandwich bag, fighting to get out where ears are. Where such mellifluous tones should tickle, tease, dazzle, and sometimes outright startle, outside of those yelping parts of "Sweden," it's all a little muffled. Still, it's hard to stop laughing at Hannon's suit-wearing, minor send-up of the storied English gentleman, like a man who is a playboy jet-setter but also affects uptight, fastidious manners. And there's still much to swing on here. Talbot is a fabulously imaginative arranger -- surely the LP's biggest saving grace -- and Hannon's songs thus seem to spiral toward dramatic conclusion no matter what. Best of all, Fin de Siecle largely diminishes the Scott Walker whispers that have shadowed his every move, if not actually erasing them. In the end, Hannon is the one you want at your party, sitting at an end table, smoking, drinking your most expensive booze, slyly winking at the ladies, and sizing up the crowd like an international spy. Give the man his due, style is his middle name. You can bet he's got unbelievable chat-up lines. ~ Jack Rabid

Tracklisting:

1.Generation Sex2.Thrillseeker3.Commuter Love4.Sweden5.Eric the Gardener6.National Express7.Life on Earth8.The Certainty of Chance9.Here Comes the Flood10.Sunrise1.I've Been to a Marvellous Party2.Generation Sex [Early Idea]3.Gin Soaked Boy4.With Whom to Dance5.Thrillseeker [Rehearsal Version]6.Maryland Electric Rainstorm7.Little Acts of Kindness8.Life on Earth [Early Idea]9.The Dead Only Quickly10.The Winter Blues11.London Irish12.Here Comes the Flood [Demo]13.The Certainty of Chance [Demo]14.Last Stand in Metroland15.Overstrand16.Then Four Buses Came Along at Once17.National Express [Rehearsal Version]18.Postcard to Rosie19.Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
1.Generation Sex
2.Thrillseeker
3.Commuter Love
4.Sweden
5.Eric the Gardener
6.National Express
7.Life on Earth
8.The Certainty of Chance
9.Here Comes the Flood
10.Sunrise
1.I've Been to a Marvellous Party
2.Generation Sex [Early Idea]
3.Gin Soaked Boy
4.With Whom to Dance
5.Thrillseeker [Rehearsal Version]
6.Maryland Electric Rainstorm
7.Little Acts of Kindness
8.Life on Earth [Early Idea]
9.The Dead Only Quickly
10.The Winter Blues
11.London Irish
12.Here Comes the Flood [Demo]
13.The Certainty of Chance [Demo]
14.Last Stand in Metroland
15.Overstrand
16.Then Four Buses Came Along at Once
17.National Express [Rehearsal Version]
18.Postcard to Rosie
19.Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

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