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.

1. Queuejumper
2. Office Politics
3. Norman and Norma
4. Absolutely Obsolete
5. Internal Machines
6. You’ll Never Work in This Town Again – Neil Hannon, Marion Sunshine, Obdulio Morales, Julio Blanco Leonard
7. Psychological Evaluation
8. The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale – Neil Hannon, Tosh Flood, Ian Watson, Andrew Skeet, Simon Little, Tim Weller
9. The Life and the Soul of the Party
10. A Feather in Your Cap
11. I’m Stranger Here
12. Dark Days Are Here Again
13. Phillip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
14. Opportunity’ Knox
15. After the Lord Mayor’s Show
16. When the Working Day Is Gone