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The Divine Comedy: Rainy Sunday Afternoon

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On September 19, 2025, “Divine Comedy Records” label released “Rainy Sunday Afternoon”, the thirteenth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2025 at “Abbey Road” in London, “Sonic” in Dublin, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Tosh Flood – acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, backing vocals
  • Neil Hannon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, arrangements
  • Simon Little – electric and upright bass, backing vocals
  • Andrew Skeet – piano, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, conductor, arrangements
  • Ian Watson – accordion, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Tim Weller – drums, percussion
  • Lucy Wilkins – strings and brass, violin
  • Chris Worsey – strings and brass, cello
  • Tom Rees-Roberts – strings and brass, flugelhorn
  • Everton Nelson – strings and brass leader
  • Nick Barr – strings and brass
  • Natalia Bonner – strings and brass
  • Ian Burdge – strings and brass
  • Gillon Cameron – strings and brass
  • Reiad Chibah – strings and brass
  • Barry Clements – strings and brass
  • Louisa Fuller – strings and brass
  • Richard George – strings and brass
  • Marianne Haynes – strings and brass
  • Jenny Lewisohn – strings and brass
  • Steve Morris – strings and brass
  • Daniel Newell – strings and brass
  • Martin Owen – strings and brass
  • John Ryan – strings and brass
  • Ed Tarrant – strings and brass
  • Andy Wood – strings and brass
  • Sarah Davey – vocals
  • Grace Davidson – vocals
  • Daniel Lewis – vocals
  • Ben Parry – vocals
  • Imogen Parry – vocals
  • Elizabeth Swain – vocals
  • Ellie Macready – additional vocals
  • John Evans – guitars
  • Calina de la Mare – violin, viola
  • Sarah Field – trumpet, saxophones
  • Christian Forshaw – saxophones, flute
  • Tom Bailey – additional percussion
  • Willow Hannon – vocals
  • Tom Bailey – recording, mixing
  • George Oulton – recording and mixing assistant
  • Tom Ashpitel – recording and mixing assistant
  • Ber Quinn– recording, mixing
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Matthew Cooper – artwork direction, design
  • Kevin Westenberg – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon.

  1. Achiles
  2. The Last Time I Saw the Old Man
  3. The Man Who Turned into a Chair
  4. I Want You
  5. Rainy Sunday Afternoon
  6. All the Pretty Lights
  7. Down the Rabbit Hole
  8. Mar-a-Lago by the Sea
  9. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
  10. Can’t Let Go
  11. Invisible Thread

Florence And The Machine: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

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On May 29, 2015, “Island” label released “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”, the third Florence and the Machine studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “The Pool”, “Angel”, “Urchin”, “Lightship”, “123”, “Sarm Studio”, and “No. 1 Baltic Place” in London, “Bedrock Rehearsal” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Markus Dravs, Kid Harpoon, John Hill, Paul Epworth, James Ford, Charlie Hugall, Isabella Summers, Brett Shaw and Dan Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Florence Welch – lead and backing vocals, body percussion, stamps, claps, piano, percussion
  • Rob Ackroyd – acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele
  • Leo Abrahams – acoustic and electric guitar 
  • Kid Harpoon – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, piano, CP 70 synth, drums, percussion, bass, brass writing, brass arrangements
  • Alex Beitzke – guitar 
  • Steve Jones – electric guitar 
  • Rusty Bradshaw – piano 
  • Orlando Leopard – piano, bass, harmonium, organ, additional arrangements
  • Iain Berryman – piano, harmonium, acoustic guitar, body percussion, cornet 
  • James Hallawell – Hammond organ, Farfisa, piano, organ
  • Isabella Summers – Rhodes organ, synths, bass, keys, strings, stamps, claps, drums, percussion, programming
  • Robin Baynton – Rhodes organ, piano, organ
  • Mark Saunders – bass
  • Richard Pryce – bass
  • Lucy Shaw – bass 
  • Chris Hayden – drums, percussion
  • Matt Ingram – drums, percussion
  • James Ford – drums, percussion, guitar, bass, piano, keys, synth, programming, woodwind arrangements
  • Paul Epworth – drums, percussion, bass, guitar, synths, organ
  • Charlie Hugall – percussion, programming
  • Brett Shaw – additional percussion
  • Tom Monger – harp 
  • Markus Dravs – glockenspiel, percussion, synths, bass synth, programming, body percussion, electric guitar, woodwind arrangements
  • Janelle Martin – backing vocals
  • Nim Miller – backing vocals
  • Baby N’Sola – backing vocals 
  • John Hill – synths, brass writing, brass arrangements
  • Wayne Francis – saxophone 
  • John Barclay – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Philip Cobb – trumpet, flugel trumpet
  • Andy Crowley – trumpet
  • Tom Rees-Roberts – trumpet
  • Nick Walters – trumpet 
  • Daniel Newell – trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugel
  • Adman Dayes – trombone 
  • Andy Wood – trombone, Euphonium
  • Richard Edwards – tenor trombone
  • Nigel Black – French horn
  • Pip Eastop – French horn
  • Sam Jacobs – French horn
  • Elise Campbell – French horn
  • Oren Marshall – tuba
  • Eliza Marshall – flute, alto flute
  • Ed Tarrant – Euphonium
  • Rebecca Wood – oboe, Cor Anglais
  • Pete Harrison – bassoon 
  • Pete Prokopiw – harp, cimbalom, programming
  • Will Owen – brass arrangements, string arrangements
  • Ali Helnwein – brass arrangements, string arrangements, strings 
  • Sally Herbert – orchestration, conducting, flute arrangements, brass arrangements, string arrangements, brass orchestration, brass conducting, woodwind arrangements
  • Ian Humphries – violin
  • Ian Belton – violin
  • Emlyn Singleton – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Julia Singleton – violin
  • John Smart – violin
  • Ann Morfee – violin
  • Natalia Bonner – violin
  • Sonia Slany – violin
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Ciaran McCabe – violin
  • Alison Dods – violin
  • Everton Nelson – violin 
  • Rick Koster – violin 
  • Oli Langford – violin 
  • Bruce White – viola 
  • Nick Barr – viola 
  • Fiona Bonds – viola
  • Ian Rathbone – viola
  • Max Baillie – viola
  • Rachel Robson – viola
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Nick Cooper – cello
  • Sophie Harris – cello
  • Benson – additional keys, programming, flute arrangements, brass arrangements, string arrangements, backing vocals
  • Robin Baynton – engineer, strings recording, brass recording, flute recording, woodwind recording
  • Mat Bartram – brass recording, strings recording, flute recording, engineer
  • Ronan Phelan – brass recording assistant, strings recording assistant, flute recording assistant
  • Joe Kearns – engineer
  • Jimmy Robertson – engineer
  • Charlie Hugall – engineer, mixing
  • Jonathan Sagis – engineer assistant
  • Iain Berryman – engineer assistant, additional engineering
  • Dan Cox – additional engineering
  • Brett Shaw – engineer, mixing
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing 
  • Craig Silvey – mixing 
  • Eduardo de la Paz – mixing assistant
  • Will Donbavand – mixing assistant
  • Ben Roulston – engineer
  • Alex Beitzke – engineer
  • Geoff Swan – mixing assistant
  • John Catlin – mixing assistance
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Tabitha Denholm – creative direction, insert photography
  • Brian Roettinger – art direction
  • Tom Beard – cover photography, insert photography
  • Vincent Haycock – insert photography

Track listing:

  1. Ship to Wreck – Florence Welch, Tom Hull
  2. What Kind of Man – Florence Welch, Tom Hull, John Hill
  3. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  4. Queen of Peace – Florence Welch, Markus Dravs
  5. Various Storms & Saints – Florence Welch, Markus Dravs
  6. Delilah – Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
  7. Long & Lost – Florence Welch, Ester Dean
  8. Caught – Florence Welch, James Ford
  9. Third Eye – Florence Welch
  10. St. Jude – Florence Welch, James Ford
  11. Mother – Florence Welch, Paul Epworth

The Divine Comedy: Victory for the Comic Muse

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On June 19, 2006, “Parlaphone” label released “Victory for the Comic Muse”, the ninth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded in December 2005, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  • Neil Hannon – vocals, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo
  • Ian Watson – accordion
  • Andrew Skeet – piano, harpsichord
  • John Evans – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Dougie Payne – electric bass
  • Simon Little – electric bass, double bass
  • Tim Weller – drums
  • Rob Farrer – percussion
  • Charlotte Glasson – baritone and tenor saxophone
  • Chris Richards – clarinet
  • Eliza Marshall – flute
  • Matthew Gunner – French horn
  • Ilid Jones – oboe, cor anglais
  • Mike Kearsey – trombone
  • Daniel Newell – trumpet
  • Alison Dods – violin
  • Andrew Haveron – violin
  • Anna Kirkpatrick – violin
  • Calina De La Mare – violin
  • Gillon Cameron – violin
  • Lucy Wilkins – violin
  • Rick Koster – violin
  • Ruth Rogers – violin
  • Sonia Slany – violin
  • John Metcalfe – viola
  • Reiad Chibah – viola
  • Chris Worsey – cello
  • Ian Burdge – cello
  • Camilla Pay – harp
  • Celine Saout – harp

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon except where noted.

  1. To Die a Virgin
  2. Mother Dear
  3. Diva Lady
  4. A Lady of a Certain Age
  5. The Light of Day
  6. Threesome
  7. Party Fears Two – Billy Mackenzie, Alan Rankine
  8. Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World
  9. The Plough
  10. Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont
  11. Snowball in Negative

Stereophonics: Keep The Village Alive

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On September 11, 2015, “Stylus Records” label released “Keep the Village Alive”, the ninth Stereophonics studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2014, at “ICP Studios” in Brussels, Belgium, “Stylus Studios” in London, and was produced by Kelly Jones and Jim Lowe.

Personnel:

  • Kelly Jones- lead vocals, guitar, piano
  • Adam Zindani- guitar, backing vocals
  • Richard Jones- bass guitar
  • Jamie Morrison– drums
  • Sam Yapp, Javier Weyler– drums
  • Mikey Rowe – Wurly
  • Jim Lowe – additional Hammond, programming
  • Neil Cowley – additional piano
  • Tony Kirkham – additional piano, Hammond
  • Rosie Danvers – cello
  • Helen Hathorn – violin
  • Emma Owens – viola
  • David Arnoldwith Kelly Jones – orchestral arrangements
  • Nicholas Dodd – orchestration

Orchestra

  • John Bradbury – leader
  • Eos Chater, Dorina Markoff, John Bradbury, Johnathan Strange, Oli Langford, Christina Emanuel, Tom Pigott-Smith, Jackie Hartley, Peter Hanson, Ralph De Souza, Johnathan Rees, David Woodcock, Debbie Widdup, Natalia Bonner – violin section
  • Reiad Chibah, Julia Knight, Sue Dench, Nick Barr – viola section
  • Nick Cooper, Chris Worsey, Adrian Bradbury, Frank Schaefer – cello section
  • Pete Smith – tuba
  • Roger Argente – bass trombone
  • Andy Wood – tenor trombone
  • Phillip Eastop, Mike Murray, Corinne Bailey, Martin Owen – French horns
  • Daniel Newell, Jason Evans, Andy Cowley, Amos Miller – B♭ Trumpet
  • Eos Chater – violin
  • Gay-Yee Westerhoff – cello
  • Nick Barr – viola
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Paul Edouard-Laurendeau – studio assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks written by Kelly Jones.

  1. C’est la Vie
  2. White Lies
  3. Sing Little Sister
  4. I Wanna Get Lost With You
  5. Song for the Summer
  6. Fight or Flight
  7. My Hero
  8. Sunny
  9. Into the World
  10. Mr and Mrs Smith