Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time: Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy

Tracklist

1. 1Pie Jesu3:36
2. 2Who1:52
3. 3The Missing Link1:17
4. 4Who's Afraid2:51
5. 5The Fools Who Can Only Talk4:01
6. 6Give It A Chance1:53
7. 7Power (Is Your Demand)3:08
8. 8Who Is This Man3:02
9. 9Loving You (Merciful Release)1:34
10. 10Sanity5:37
11. 11A Friend Of Mine2:07
12. 12Neil's First Amp0:47
13. 13Completely Barking0:12
14. 14Nobody Wins3:03
15. 15Passion Fruit3:38
16. 16Silent Man3:19
17. 17October4:06
18. 18Anonymous3:19
19. 19Ridgeway Street2:57
20. 20Suffer In Silence4:07
21. 21Roselyn2:47
22. 22Stream Of Unconsciousness6:25
23. 23Fanning Intro0:10
24. 24Ignorance Is Bliss3:39
25. 25Indian Rain3:23
26. 26Bleak Landscape3:39
27. 27Tailspin2:44
28. 28The Rise And Fall4:20
29. 29Logic Vs Emotion4:31
30. 30Secret Garden4:09
31. 31Timewatch3:40
32. 32Jerusalem3:50
33. 33The Rise And Fall (Timewatch Version)7:20
34. 34Europop4:13
35. 35New Wave3:45
36. 36Intifada4:24
37. 37Monitor3:07
38. 38Thanks For Listening0:29
39. 39Festive Road1:55
40. 40Death Of A Supernaturalist3:17
41. 41Bernice Bobs Her Hair4:03
42. 42I Was Born Yesterday3:27
43. 43Your Daddy's Car3:56
44. 44Europop4:31
45. 45Timewatching3:50
46. 46The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count4:21
47. 47Queen Of The South4:27
48. 48Victoria Falls4:10
49. 49Three Sisters4:42
50. 50Europe By Train4:27
51. 51Lucy4:41
52. 52Untitled Melody2:02
53. 53Your Daddy's Car (Demo)3:53
54. 54Queen Of The South (Demo)4:08
55. 55Europop (Live)4:10
56. 56Little Darlin'1:26
57. 57Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Early Idea)2:57
58. 58Bontempi Beats 12:29
59. 59The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count (Demo)4:20
60. 60Europe By Train (Live)4:59
61. 61I Can Think (But I Can't Feel)2:59
62. 62Lucy (Early Version)4:02
63. 63Festive Road (Demo)2:11
64. 64Three Sisters (Live)4:12
65. 65I Was Born Yesterday (Early Idea)3:10
66. 66Bontempi Beats 22:56
67. 67Christmas With The Hannons2:29
68. 68Victoria Falls (Demo)4:11
69. 69Timewatching (Demo)3:31
70. 70Bontempi Beats 32:30
71. 71Suzanne (Live)3:30
72. 72Bath4:11
73. 73Going Downhill Fast2:33
74. 74The Booklovers5:52
75. 75A Seafood Song3:29
76. 76Geronimo1:53
77. 77Don't Look Down4:49
78. 78When The Lights Go Out All Over Europe3:30
79. 79The Summerhouse4:15
80. 80Neptune's Daughter4:49
81. 81A Drinking Song4:38
82. 82Ten Seconds To Midnight2:10
83. 83Tonight We Fly3:01
84. 84Untitled0:17
85. 85Ten Seconds To Midnight (Alternate Version)2:20
86. 86Assume The Goldsmith5:14
87. 87When The Lights Go Out All Over Europe (Live)3:36
88. 88Tell Me What's Wrong2:15
89. 89Life's What You Make It2:51
90. 90Lost Prom Jam1:42
91. 91Neptune's Daughter (Demo)4:55
92. 92Going Downhill Fast (Instrumental)2:32
93. 93The Booklovers (Demo)4:56
94. 94The Bright Lights Of Ealing1:47
95. 95Bath (Alternate Version)3:47
96. 96The Summerhouse (Early Idea)1:18
97. 97The Summerhouse (Live)4:34
98. 98When The Lights Go Out All Over Europe (Early Idea)2:44
99. 99A Woman Of The World (Promenade-style Demo)2:25
100. 100Geronimo (Live With Yann Tiersen)1:47
101. 101Don't Look Down (Demo)4:59
102. 102A Drinking Song (Live)4:34
103. 103Only For Tonight2:57
104. 104Tonight We Fly (Demo)3:03
105. 105Something For The Weekend4:20
106. 106Becoming More Like Alfie2:59
107. 107Middle-Class Heroes5:27
108. 108In & Out In Paris & London3:26
109. 109Charge5:28
110. 110Songs Of Love3:27
111. 111The Frog Princess5:13
112. 112A Woman Of The World4:11
113. 113Through A Long & Sleepless Night6:13
114. 114Theme From Casanova5:51
115. 115The Dogs & The Horses5:12
116. 116Hannon's Game1:23
117. 117Birds Of Paradise Farm3:51
118. 118A Woman Of The World (Early Idea)2:06
119. 119Motorway To Damascus4:19
120. 120Crapper's Delight1:46
121. 121Songs Of Love (Demo)3:23
122. 122Love Is Lighter Than Air3:51
123. 123Comme Beacoup De Messieurs (avec Valérie Lemercier)2:58
124. 124Grinchworm1:14
125. 125Painting The Forth Bridge4:03
126. 126Solsbury Eel1:57
127. 127The Frog Princess (Demo)5:20
128. 128My Lovely Horse (From Father Ted)1:22
129. 129Father Ted Theme0:39
130. 130My Lovely Mayo Mammy (From Father Ted)1:11
131. 131The Miracle Is Mine (From Father Ted)2:22
132. 132Theme From Casanova (Demo)1:28
133. 133Electro Wurly Groove1:33
134. 134Something Before The Weekend (Early Idea)1:56
135. 135Something For The Weekend (Monitor Mix)4:13
136. 136Becoming More Like Alfie (Monitor Mix)2:55
137. 137Stereo Laboratory1:01
138. 138Through A Long And Sleepless Night (Early Idea)4:12
139. 139The Dogs And The Horses (Live)5:42
140. 140In Pursuit Of Happiness3:31
141. 141Everybody Knows (Except You)3:48
142. 142Someone5:57
143. 143If...4:26
144. 144If I Were You (I'd Be Through With Me)4:41
145. 145Timewatching4:42
146. 146I'm All You Need4:59
147. 147Bath (Live)3:48
148. 148A Short Film About Driving2:54
149. 149Everybody Knows (Except You) (Early Idea)4:19
150. 150Johnny Mathis' Feet (Live)3:40
151. 151I'm All You Need (Demo)2:18
152. 152A Short Film About Dreams2:09
153. 153Your Daddy's Car (Live)4:11
154. 154Teach Us To Love3:54
155. 155A Short Film About Waiting2:57
156. 156A Short Film About Chance2:40
157. 157If I Were You (I'd Be Through With Me) (Rehearsal Version)4:30
158. 158Make It Easy On Yourself (Live)2:35
159. 159In Pursuit Of Happiness
160. 160Everybody Knows (Except You)
161. 161Someone
162. 162Timewatching
163. 163If...
164. 164If I Were You (I'd Be Through With Me)
165. 165I'm All You Need
166. 166A Drinking Song
167. 167Something For The Weekend
168. 168The Dogs And The Horses
169. 169Generation Sex3:32
170. 170Thrillseeker3:33
171. 171Commuter Love4:42
172. 172Sweden3:25
173. 173Eric The Gardener8:25
174. 174National Express5:07
175. 175Life On Earth4:25
176. 176The Certainty Of Chance6:06
177. 177Here Comes The Flood4:08
178. 178Sunrise3:18
179. 179I've Been To A Marvellous Party3:41
180. 180Generation Sex (Early Idea)1:28
181. 181Gin Soaked Boy5:01
182. 182With Whom To Dance2:39
183. 183Thrillseeker (Rehearsal Version)3:31
184. 184Maryland Electric Rainstorm5:45
185. 185Little Acts Of Kindness3:54
186. 186Life On Earth (Early Idea)1:51
187. 187The Dead Only Quickly1:14
188. 188The Winter Blues3:42
189. 189London Irish4:41
190. 190Here Comes The Flood (Demo)4:11
191. 191The Certainty Of Chance (Demo)3:27
192. 192Last Stand In Metroland4:19
193. 193Overstrand4:06
194. 194Then Four Buses Come Along At Once2:55
195. 195National Express (Rehearsal Version)3:47
196. 196Postcard To Rosie3:26
197. 197Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind3:51
198. 198Timestretched2:48
199. 199Bad Ambassador3:45
200. 200Perfect Lovesong3:11
201. 201Note To Self6:00
202. 202Lost Property4:39
203. 203Eye Of The Needle5:33
204. 204Love What You Do3:52
205. 205Dumb It Down3:56
206. 206Mastermind5:22
207. 207Regeneration5:33
208. 208The Beauty Regime5:15
209. 209Get Me To A Monastery4:34
210. 210Lost Property (Early Idea)2:33
211. 211You4:09
212. 212U.S.E.3:09
213. 213How's Your Wireless?4:18
214. 214Thinking The Unthinkable (Demo)3:31
215. 215Garden Cities1:42
216. 216Timestretched (Demo)2:31
217. 217Note To Self (Live)6:37
218. 218Edward The Confessor5:22
219. 219Soft Power1:42
220. 220Born With A Broken Heart3:40
221. 221Mastermind (Rehearsal Version)4:34
222. 222Boy With A Harmonica1:08
223. 223Soul Trader3:01
224. 224Perfect Lovesong (Early Idea)3:34
225. 225The Night Is Not Enough3:32
226. 226No Excuses3:58
227. 227Love What You Do (Live)3:47
228. 228Absent Friends3:41
229. 229Sticks & Stones4:47
230. 230Leaving Today4:18
231. 231Come Home Billy Bird4:07
232. 232My Imaginary Friend2:43
233. 233The Wreck Of The Beautiful4:58
234. 234Our Mutual Friend5:58
235. 235The Happy Goth3:37
236. 236Freedom Road3:55
237. 237Laika's Theme3:07
238. 238Charmed Life4:43
239. 239Absolute Power3:52
240. 240Our Mutual Friend (Early Idea)1:36
241. 241The Bird Evolution4:08
242. 242Girl Least Likely3:59
243. 243Mr Right3:22
244. 244Sticks & Stones (Demo)4:35
245. 245The Dark Horse2:59
246. 246Idaho4:06
247. 247All Things (Alternate Version)4:37
248. 248Rose For The Lady4:19
249. 249Smiler3:11
250. 250Absent Friends (Demo)3:38
251. 251Anthem For Bored Youth (Demo)3:04
252. 252Our Mutual Friend (Alternate Version)5:28
253. 253Antidepressant1:15
254. 254Windy Pop3:17
255. 255Laika's Theme (The Promise)2:19
256. 256Charmed Life (Alternate Version)4:47
257. 257To Die A Virgin3:40
258. 258Mother Dear3:47
259. 259Diva Lady4:18
260. 260A Lady Of A Certain Age5:48
261. 261The Light Of Day4:24
262. 262Threesome1:11
263. 263Party Fears Two4:03
264. 264Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World3:59
265. 265The Plough5:15
266. 266Count Grassi's Passage Over Piedmont3:35
267. 267Snowball In Negative4:37
268. 268Births,. Deaths and Marriages (Monitor Mix)4:11
269. 269Diva Lady (Acoustic Version)4:16
270. 270Home (Demo)3:24
271. 271Pamplemousse2:53
272. 272Lili Marlene3:20
273. 273Count Grassi's Passage Over Piedmont (Early Idea)1:18
274. 274Count Grassi's Passage Over Piedmont (Instrumental)3:38
275. 275Trafalgar2:40
276. 276Love/Hate Relationship3:46
277. 277Miss Sharapova2:56
278. 278Don't Blame The Young4:04
279. 279Guantanamo5:47
280. 280Long Slow Suicide3:57
281. 281To Die A Virgin (Early Idea)2:49
282. 282A Little Bit Of Love (Goes A Long Long Way)4:13
283. 283Elaine (Alternate Version)2:15
284. 284A Lady Of A Certain Age (Instrumental)5:47
285. 285Premonition Of Love3:54
286. 286Down In The Street Below5:09
287. 287The Complete Banker3:43
288. 288Neapolitan Girl2:49
289. 289Bang Goes The Knighthood2:48
290. 290At The Indie Disco3:18
291. 291Have You Ever Been In Love3:10
292. 292Assume The Perpendicular4:07
293. 293The Lost Art Of Conversation4:01
294. 294Island Life4:39
295. 295When A Man Cries3:55
296. 296Can You Stand Upon One Leg3:32
297. 297I Like3:50
298. 298Assume The Perpendicular (Alternate Version)4:08
299. 299On The Barge (Demo)4:09
300. 300At The Indie Disco (Demo 1)3:12
301. 301Girl Overboard4:17
302. 302Bang Goes The Knighthood (Alternate Version)1:58
303. 303Beside The Railway Tracks2:56
304. 304Have You Ever Been In Love (Alternate Version)3:33
305. 305Oh Christina3:36
306. 306Ya Sumeeria2:37
307. 307Down In The Street Below (Demo)4:53
308. 308Island Life (Demo)3:24
309. 309The Bitter End3:55
310. 310When A Man Cries (Demo)3:51
311. 311The Loneliest Man In The World4:17
312. 312The Circular Firing Squad2:48
313. 313At The Indie Disco (Demo 2)3:26
314. 314What's Wrong With You (Alternate Lost Art Of Conversation)3:41
315. 315Wide Open Spaces (Demo)2:23
316. 316I Like (Alternate Version)3:31
317. 317Napoleon Complex4:45
318. 318Foreverland4:02
319. 319Catherine The Great3:04
320. 320Funny Peculiar2:44
321. 321The Pact2:56
322. 322To The Rescue5:16
323. 323How Can You Leave Me On My Own3:32
324. 324I Joined The Foreign Legion (To Forget)3:41
325. 325My Happy Place4:11
326. 326A Desperate Man2:42
327. 327Other People1:36
328. 328The One Who Loves You3:21
329. 329Napoleon Complex (Alternate Version)4:44
330. 330How Can You Leave Me On My Own (Alternate Version)3:16
331. 331Them Chattering Teeth0:41
332. 332The Pact (Demo)2:48
333. 333Desperate Man (Demo)2:43
334. 334Your Lucky Day1:24
335. 335I Joined The Foreign Legion (Early Idea)1:19
336. 336Breakfast (To Our Fathers In Distress Demo)6:25
337. 337Reconnecting (To The Rescue Early Idea)5:03
338. 338To The Rescue (Demo)5:11
339. 339One Ear Up, One Ear Down (Demo)3:50
340. 340Catherine The Great (Demo)3:00
341. 341Pictures (Alternate Foreverland)3:56
342. 342ARP Break2:57
343. 343My Happy Place (Demo)3:50
344. 344Just Can't Get Enough2:59
345. 345The One Who Loves You (Demo)3:20
346. 346C'est Si Bon1:00
347. 347I Joined The Foreign Legion (Alternate Version)3:03
348. 348Who Were We (Demo)4:14
349. 349Queuejumper3:07
350. 350Office Politics4:02
351. 351Norman And Norma3:46
352. 352Absolutely Obselete4:13
353. 353Infernal Machines3:05
354. 354You'll Never Work In This Town Again4:11
355. 355Psychological Evaluation2:40
356. 356The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale3:51
357. 357The Life And Soul Of The Party3:28
358. 358A Feather In Your Cap4:00
359. 359I'm A Stranger Here4:38
360. 360Dark Days Are Here Again3:15
361. 361Phillip And Steve's Furniture Removal Company4:51
362. 362'Opportunity' Knox3:43
363. 363After The Lord Mayor's Show3:46
364. 364When The Working Day Is Done4:13
365. 365The Divine Comedy Ltd.2:26
366. 366Where Have All The Milkmen Gone2:08
367. 367Take Your Drum2:53
368. 368After The Lord Mayor's Show (Alternate Version)3:50
369. 369Olivia, New Tron Song1:55
370. 370The Life And Soul Of The Party (Alternate Version 1)3:35
371. 371You'll Never Work In This Town Again / Office Politics3:35
372. 372The Erotic Dreams Of Andrea Palladio3:11
373. 373Absolutely Obsolete (Demo)3:41
374. 374Death And The Mellotron1:44
375. 375Dark Days Are Here Again (Early Version)2:59
376. 376The Berlin Airlift2:10
377. 377Queuejumper (Early Version)3:30
378. 378Pop Muzik3:24
379. 379Large Mellotron Collider1:15
380. 380The Life And Soul Of The Party (Alternate Version 2)3:13
381. 381Infernal Machines (Early Version)3:32
382. 382Turning Japanese4:20
383. 383Norman And Norma (Demo)3:45
384. 384Nordyland 832:47
385. 385Philip And Steve's Furniture Removal Company (Alternate version)4:30

Credits

• EngineerLorcan MacLoughlann
• GuitarNeil Hannon
• BassJohn McCullagh
• PercussionKevin Traynor
• MembranophoneKevin Traynor
• MixingMudd Wallace
• ProducerSeán O'Néill
• VocalsNeil Hannon
• VocalsJohn McCullagh
• EngineerMarcus Lindsay
• ProducerThe Divine Comedy
• EngineerDarren Allison
• MixingDarren Allison
• ProducerDarren Allison
• RemixerJon Jacobs
• French hornQuentin Hutchinson
• ViolaJanine Guthrie
• Other instrumentsNeil Hannon
• CelloChris Worsey
• ProducerNeil Hannon
• PerformerNeil Hannon
• PerformerYann Tiersen
• ProducerJon Jacobs
• ConductorJoby Talbot
• PercussionDarren Allison
• MembranophoneDarren Allison
• CelloKathy Brown
• ViolinEmil Chitakov
• ViolinEos Counsell
• ViolaAlison Fletcher
• ViolinAnna Giddey
• ViolaCharlotte Glasson
• CelloRuth Goldstein
• PercussionNeil Hannon
• Hammond organNeil Hannon
• PianoNeil Hannon
• ViolinYuri Kalnits
• FluteAlex McRonald
• ViolinAlex Postlethwaite
• ViolinAlice Pratley
• CelloJo Richards
• ViolinLaura Samuel
• ViolinPadraic Savage
• FlugelhornRobin Smith
• TrumpetRobin Smith
• VocalsValérie Lemercier
• ArrangerJoby Talbot
• EngineerJon Jacobs
• MixingJon Jacobs
• HarpsichordJoby Talbot

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