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  The Divine Comedy - Regeneration : album review
Musically, this album is not that much of a change of direction for The Divine Comedy, for the songs are every bit as glorious as their predecessors; and this is not really surprising, for the line-up is the same, with Hannon still accounting for all the songwriting credits.
The notable changes to The Divine Comedy are many and varied but have rather more to do with marketing and subjects with which to make up column inches.
The Divine Comedy - A Lady Of A Certain Age
www.musicomh.com /albums/divine-comedy-2.htm   (768 words)

  
  The Divine Comedy (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Divine Comedy is actress-model Milla Jovovich's first and only official studio album, and she was billed as simply Milla for this release.
It is an interesting album as most actresses and supermodels who try their hand in the music industry take on a more mainstream pop sound.
While the album was not a commercial success, it was highly praised and well-received by critics.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Divine_Comedy_(album)   (245 words)

  
 Album Reviews for Divine Comedy, The - no popups!
For fans of this particular album, I found a European website for Milla where you can stream this album, but it must have been the "european" version of the album because some of the arrangements/production on some of the songs are very different.
The Divine Comedy are an underrated group who deserve greater recognition, demonstrated here on this album by some of their finest achievements.
In 1995, London radio was inundated with songs by the Divine Comedy, a group fronted by Neil Hannon, an English fop with an ear for melody and a weakness for irony.
www.hotdotmusic.com /reviews.php/Divine+Comedy,+The   (6884 words)

  
 CLUAS | Album Reviews | The Divine Comedy's album 'Regeneration'
What the hell is going on?!" It's a perfect moment, and a wake up call for Divine Comedy 2001: he screams, the guitar kicks in and, not for the first time during the album's duration, the listener is reminded of Radiohead.
A different world than the one he inhabited when Divine Comedy were at their peak (after their breakthrough "Something For the Weekend" single and the rise of Britpop), but as he says you need a degree to see that something's wrong.
A classic album from a now classic band and as changes in directions go, it's up there with the change in direction made by the Beatles with "Revolver" and Pink Floyd with "Meddle", greater things will surely arrive as a result of this album.
www.cluas.com /Music/albums/divinecomedy.htm   (892 words)

  
 The Divine Comedy (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Divine Comedy is a pop band from Northern Ireland fronted by Neil Hannon.
However, the album was a greater critical than commercial success, and soon after its release it was announced that The Divine Comedy were splitting up.
Hannon's ninth album under the Divine Comedy moniker, Victory for the Comic Muse (a reference to his limited edition debut), was released in June, 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Divine_Comedy_(band)   (1380 words)

  
 BBC - Rock & Alt Review - Divine Comedy, Absent Friends
Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon may have managed to lose his band along the way, but fortunately his touch for writing poignant pop songs has not deserted him.
this is a beautiful album, it has the sound of the earlier divine comedy albums such as 'promenade' and 'liberation' and its nice to see that neil hannon has lost none of his wit and charm when it comes to writing.
The album seemed to mirror my current emotional state, which is that of a lawyer moving from one job to another, leaving behind certain people and familiarities for new faces and possibilities.
www.bbc.co.uk /music/rockandalt/reviews/divinecomedy_absent.shtml   (3337 words)

  
 Promenade by Divine Comedy, The (lyrics & reviews)
This album progesses in classical epic fashion, veering around the corners of a tragicomic template in an expressive, diverse modus operandi that calls for a punctilious ear and an imaginative mind.
Divine Comedy makes music that could tickle anyone's ear, but it's so sad that not many Americans know about the band.
If you agree with me that the Divine Comedy are, along withRadiohead and the Pet Shop Boys, the best British musical acts of the1990s (or 80s in the case of the Boys), then this can only be called their finest hour, before the image of Neil in that suit and tie took hold.
www.19.5degs.com /album/promenade/5387   (933 words)

  
 The Divine Comedy
He is the one consistent member of The Divine Comedy whose contributors are constantly changing, though some members like Joby Talbot have been a mainstay since 1994.
The Divine Comedy's album Casanova had a few top 20 singles in 1996 including "Something For The Weekend" and "Becoming More Like Alfie." A few years later, their well-received fifth album Fin De Siecle provided the band with the single "National Express" that went all the way to number 8 on the charts.
With this album, the band ended their longtime relationship with the Sentanta label and signed with Parlophone releasing the appropriately titled Regeneration in 2001.
www.freewilliamsburg.com /march_2002/divine_comedy.html   (1341 words)

  
 Divine Comedy Interview - Atomduster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Regeneration is the album to which I refer and in common with Dante’s writing draws upon love, wit, tenderness and the learning of its modern day author, not forgetting that this will be considered the point at which the 21st Century’s Divine Comedy went global.
But now we’ve made this album that we think is going to sell itself anyway and yeah, as it turns out there are some great singles on it, but we didn’t set out to make them and Parlophone didn’t put us under any pressure at all.
So it is on this positive note that I left The Divine Comedy preparing for their UK tour in a weeks time (first date; March 12th in Sheffield, with Wolverhampton and Cambridge following a few dates later on the 17th and 20th).
www.atomicduster.com /interviews/divinecomedy   (1319 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Absent Friends: Music: Divine Comedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
With Absent Friends the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon finally establishes himself as one of the finest songwriters of a generation.
Another traditional aspect of this album is the lovely mixture of song tempo from one track to the next, which makes listening, akin to reading a book of short stories, or (to be really cheesy) chomping your way through a tin of Quality Street.
Divine Comedy traditionalists will also welcome the return of tumbling string and orchestral movements that add so much depth and atmosphere to the songs.
www.amazon.co.uk /Absent-Friends-Divine-Comedy/dp/B00014TJUC   (1622 words)

  
 Albums listés par groupes - Memories Of Obedient Naenia
Un album sympathique qui permet de découvrir les débuts d'un groupe en passe de devenir culte.
Sur cet album, les canadiens s'éloignent du trash métal et nous propose une musique s'orientant vers un heavy metal classique et "commercial".
Cet album est passé relativement inaperçu lors de sa sortie et c'est bien dommage...
www.memoriesofobedientnaenia.com /albums.html   (5992 words)

  
 BBC - collective - The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love
Neil Hannon aka Divine Comedy, in a 7 track record delivers the simple perfection of a great pop album..
You are going to be wondered with the fact that Neil hired a 30-piece orchestra and he recorded entirely live (in a studio of course) 7 of his most lost unreleased tracks.
The album closes with "I'm All You Need", the simplest song here, and wonderfully leaves you wanting to call your girl and tell her all of what you've just listened...The song fades in and out in a multi-colored environment..the mood is quite relevant too, like a horseride in an autumn day..
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A1356815   (530 words)

  
 Milla : The Divine Comedy - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Milla is supermodel and actress Milla Jovovich, and 1994's The Divine Comedy was her debut release.
While it's now common for models and actors to try their hand at music, the good results of The Divine Comedy are not as common.
Produced by Rupert Hine, the album is a low-key, laid-back affair featuring guest appearances by Eric Bazilian and Martha Davis.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,195215,00.html   (220 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Absent Friends: Music: The Divine Comedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
But as is the case with all of Neil Hannon's albums, upon the third or maybe even fourth go-round everything becomes apparent, the lush atmospherics, the Scott Walker homages, the wistful melancholia.
The album seems to drag somewhat near the end, and there is a distinct lack of uptempo numbers ("Billy Bird") excepted.
A worthy entry in the Divine Comedy canon; to experienced fans it could conceivably either sound like more of the same or a welcome return to normalcy, but I'll stand confident in my statement that I just *really, really like* the thing.
www.amazon.com /Absent-Friends-Divine-Comedy/dp/B0001Z36PK   (1098 words)

  
 Milla Jovovich
Milla was signed by SKB Records on the basis of a demo she cut at age 12 and quickly learned how much input certain producers expected from their artists: none.
The impasse was resolved in her favor; SBK eventually relenquished creative control and those embarrassing early sessions never saw the light of day.
Below are samples of some unreleased songs which likely would've been on her follow-up album to The Divine Comedy.
www.millaj.com /music/tdc.shtml   (423 words)

  
 Adrian's Album Reviews : The Divine Comedy
This album is by far the greatest of the Divine Comedy's output.
The album is a brave attempt at moving The Divine Comedy perhaps into a rockier direction but it doesn't really work.
This album is a mere subtle alteration and continuation of previous works, yet despite a ho-hum critical reception, I can tell you of the pop delights that sparkle side one, for example.
www.adriandenning.co.uk /divinecomedy.html   (4355 words)

  
 Casanova - Divine Comedy - Music Records Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
In my mind, this is the greatest album ever to flow from the mind of Neil Hannon, and was the one that got me interested in the first place.
The Divine Comedy's breakthrough album, commercially speaking, is probably not their best musically (PROMENADE is better).
Thematically, as its title would suggest, the album is largely concerned with lust and seduction and loveless sex.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /music-records/casanova-divine-comedy   (221 words)

  
 New Divine Comedy album out soon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The "reformed" Divine Comedy's new album 'Absent Friends' is due out on the 29th of this month, which I'm looking forward to.
I really liked their last album, Regeneration, but it was a lot gloomier than previous DC outings, and I suspect this was due to it being a colaboration of the band rather than being mostly by Neil Hannon.
From what I've heard of the new album, it's a return to the likes of Casanova (my favourite DC album) and Liberation.
homepage.mac.com /mdales/blog/stories/332.html   (191 words)

  
 Divine Comedy Casanova Japan CD ALBUM (78356)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
DIVINE COMEDY Casanova (1997 Japanese Sony 15-track CD album including 4 bonus tracks - Birds Of Paradise Farm, Becoming More Like Alfie/Comme Beaucoup De Messieurs, Motorway To Damascus and Love Is Lighter Than Air, colour picture sleeve complete with fold-out biography/lyric insert and picture obi-strip!
Known as a culture for elaborate and excessive packaging, their approach to the CD album is no exception.
Japanese CD albums often benefit from extra music and new video-style content, to further entice the Japanese public to buy their native release and not an import.
eil.com /Shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=78356   (796 words)

  
 Divine Comedy Casanova Japan CD ALBUM (78356)
DIVINE COMEDY Casanova (1997 Japanese Sony 15-track CD album including 4 bonus tracks - Birds Of Paradise Farm, Becoming More Like Alfie/Comme Beaucoup De Messieurs, Motorway To Damascus and Love Is Lighter Than Air, colour picture sleeve complete with fold-out biography/lyric insert and picture obi-strip!
Known as a culture for elaborate and excessive packaging, their approach to the CD album is no exception.
Japanese CD albums often benefit from extra music and new video-style content, to further entice the Japanese public to buy their native release and not an import.
www.eil.com /shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=78356   (737 words)

  
 Review of 'The Divine Comedy's "A Short Album About Love"
The Divine Comedy is a very interesting Irish band with a very interesting history.
With strangeness and melody competing for the listener’s attention in equal measures, this is certainly a record which, at the very least, immediately grabs your attention.
However, while it is necessary to acknowledge this side of The Divine Comedy, it should not for a moment be imagined that this is some sort of Monty Python or South Park album.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/pop_rock/51477   (417 words)

  
 Ben to perform on the new Divine Comedy album?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The album's being recorded over the next three or four weeks.
Given that Penfolds happens to be in London soon, it wouldn't be entirely out of the question for him to be on the new album.
The Divine Comedy often have a lot of guest stars...
www.thesuburbs.org.uk /Board/index.php?topic=3034.0   (446 words)

  
 NME.COM - News - ALTERNATIVE COMEDY!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Divine Comedy - Victory For The Comic Muse: Bonus Dvd: Special Edition £11.99 from HMV
Find out more about Divine Comedy in the pages of NME Magazine, delivered straight to your door every week.
THE DIVINE COMEDY mainman NEIL HANNON has begun to put together a new album, the first under the name since he parted company with the rest of the band in 2001.
www.nme.com /news/105565.htm   (184 words)

  
 Roddy Cleere's Irish Music Show: The Divine Comedy
Suddenly The Divine Comedy were appealing to a whole new audience.
The Casanova album was very much an album of the flesh; the new album is an album of love.
The new album is selling at less than a tenner, and well worth the cash.
www.almostfabulous.com /rc/interviews/divinecomedy.php   (1104 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Divine Comedy: Music: Milla Jovovich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Milla Jovovich is a model and actress (The Fifth Element, He Got Game) who decided to put out an album of dark, lyrical art-rock in the manner of Dead Can Dance or This Mortal Coil.
That's a demanding genre, littered with the bones and witchy jewelry of dozens of histrionic types who got the image thing right, but who never ironed out the "singing" and "songwriting" aspects of it all.
Except The Divine Comedy is a stunningly good album, with folky-pastoral instrumentation, haunting, accomplished vocals, and tight songwriting.
www.amazon.com /Divine-Comedy-Milla-Jovovich/dp/B000002TNT   (548 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: D: Divine Comedy, The   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Divine Comedy - Regeneration - Review of the new album by Neil Hannon et al, released on Parlophone on March 12th 2001.
The Divine Comedy interview - Neil Hannon - Interviewed in November 1999.
The Divine Neil Hannon - By Fiona Carter.
dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/D/Divine_Comedy,_The   (262 words)

  
 Drowned in Sound - News - Divine Comedy: An 'Absent' March   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Divine Comedy release a new album, 'Absent Friends', on March 29th.
It was recorded at the end of last year and has been produced and largely performed by Neil Hannon, since the old band lineup went their own ways.
The recorded live versions of the Regeneration album tracks are vastly superior to the album versions.
www.drownedinsound.com /articles/8842.html   (692 words)

  
 eBay - comedy ..., DVD HD DVD, VHS items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Dali Divine Comedy Litho P/S/N The Seducers NR
Comedy from the Golden Age of Radio - 20 Cassettes
Blue Collar Comedy Tour - One for the Road WS New DVD
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 Oh, go on, you know you want to...
a page or two chock-full of information and useless tidbits on the Divine Comedy, probably the world's greatest contemporary popular music act.
If you just want to know about latest releases etc. then this is probably not the mailing list for you.
Topics of discussion range from Divine Comedy gig reviews to chocolate and the pros and cons of coathangers.
members.tripod.com /~artisan/divcom1.html   (505 words)

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