On June 7, 2019, “Divine Comedy” label released “Office Politics”, the twelfth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019, and was produced by Neil Hannon.
Personnel:
- Neil Hannon – vocals, guitar, piano, artwork
- Richard Pryce – bass
- Max Spiers – oboe
- David Pyatt – French horn
- John Ryan – French horn
- Richard Edwards – trombone
- Mark Templeton – trombone
- Owen Slade – tuba
- Martin Robertson – clarinet
- Richard Skinner – bassoon
- Andrew Skeet – conductor, orchestration
- Natalia Bonner – violin
- Gillon Cameron – violin
- Richard George – violin
- Patrick Kiernan – violin
- Alison Dods – violin
- Lucy Wilkins – violin
- Reiad Chibah – viola
- Bruce White – viola
- Ian Burdge – cello
- Chris Worsey – cello
- Caroline Dale – cello
- Warren Zielinski – cello
- Jake Jackson – engineer
- Ber Quinn – engineer
- Kevin Callanan – assistant engineer
- Tom Leach – assistant engineer
- John Prestage – assistant engineer
- Frank Arkwright – mastering
- Matthew Cooper – artwork
- Ben Meadows – photography
- Lucy Whalley – orchestra contractor
Track listing:
All tracks by Neil Hannon, except where noted.
All tracks are written by Neil Hannon, except where noted.
- Queuejumper
- Office Politics
- Norman and Norma
- Absolutely Obsolete
- Internal Machines
- You’ll Never Work in This Town Again – Neil Hannon, Marion Sunshine, Obdulio Morales, Julio Blanco Leonard
- Psychological Evaluation
- The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale – Neil Hannon, Tosh Flood, Ian Watson, Andrew Skeet, Simon Little, Tim Weller
- The Life and the Soul of the Party
- A Feather in Your Cap
- I’m Stranger Here
- Dark Days Are Here Again
- Phillip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
- Opportunity’ Knox
- After the Lord Mayor’s Show
- When the Working Day Is Gone
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