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The Divine Comedy: Rainy Sunday Afternoon

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

The Divine Comedy: Victory for the Comic Muse

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

The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood

On May 31, 2010, “Divine Comedy” label released “Bang Goes the Knighthood”, the tenth Divine Comedy studio album. It was recorded 2009 – 2010, at “Exchequer Street Studios”, “Westland Studios” in Dublin, and was produced by Neil Hannon.

Personnel:

  1. Neil Hannon – vocals, guitar
  2. John Evans – guitar
  3. Thomas Walsh – acoustic guitar, vocals
  4. Tosh Flood – electric guitar, vocals
  5. Andrew Skeet- keyboards
  6. Simon Little – bass
  7. Cathy Davey, Tim Weller – drums
  8. Ian Watson – accordion
  9. Charlotte Glasson – flute, saxophone
  10. Lucy Wilkins – violin
  11. Cathy Davey – vocals
  12. Fergal Davis – engineer
  13. Françoise Hardy, Jacques Lanzmann– French adaptation

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Hannon.

  1. Down in the Street Below
  2. The Complete Banker
  3. Neapolitan Girl
  4. Bang Goes the Knighthood
  5. At the Indie Disco
  6. Have You Ever Been in Love
  7. Assume the Perpendicular
  8. The Lost Art of Conversation
  9. Island Life
  10. When a man Cries
  11. Can You Stand Upon One Leg
  12. I Like