Liberation (The Divine Comedy album)

Liberation is a 1993 album by The Divine Comedy, released on Setanta. It was the second album to be released by The Divine Comedy, although the band's leader, Neil Hannon, often refers to it as the first due to the stylistic differences of the earlier album, Fanfare for the Comic Muse. The album was recorded over the space of twelve days in March, 1993 by Hannon and Darren Allison. Hannon played most of the instruments on the album, while Allison was the recording engineer and drummer.[4]

Liberation
Studio album by
the Divine Comedy
Released16 August 1993 (1993-08-16)
RecordedMarch 1993
StudioFundamental, London
Genre
Length51:57
LabelSetanta
Producer
The Divine Comedy chronology
Fanfare for the Comic Muse
(1990)		 Liberation
(1993)		 Promenade
(1994)
Singles from Liberation
  1. "Lucy"
    Released: 18 October 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Hot Press10/12[1]
Select4/5[3]

Composition

The album features harpsichord, violin, viola, cello, French horn, and a Hammond B3 organ.[4] Several of the songs are inspired by (or refer to) works of literature: "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is based on the short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald; "Three Sisters" is about the play of the same name by Anton Chekhov; "Lucy" is an amalgamation of three of the Lucy poems by William Wordsworth;[5] "Timewatching" is inspired by the popular song "When I Fall In Love"; "Death of a Supernaturalist" is preceded by a quote from A Room with a View by E. M. Forster, spoken by Julian Sands and Daniel Day-Lewis and sampled from the Merchant-Ivory film of the same name. More playfully, "Festive Road" is a tribute to the children's television programme Mr Benn

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Neil Hannon; additional lyrics on "Lucy" by William Wordsworth.

No.TitleLength
1."Festive Road"1:56
2."Death of a Supernaturalist"3:18
3."Bernice Bobs Her Hair"4:00
4."I Was Born Yesterday"3:29
5."Your Daddy's Car"3:55
6."Europop"4:30
7."Timewatching"3:53
8."The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count"4:19
9."Queen of the South"4:27
10."Victoria Falls"4:10
11."Three Sisters"4:42
12."Europe by Train"4:27
13."Lucy"4:39

Personnel

Per 1999 CD booklet of the A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy.[4]

References
  1. Clark, Stuart (25 August 1993). "The Divine Comedy: Liberation". Hot Press. Archived from the original on 31 May 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "Liberation – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. Linehan, Graham (September 1993). "The Divine Comedy: Liberation". Select (39): 86.
  4. A Secret History – The Best of the Divine Comedy (CD booklet). Setanta. 199. p. 6. SETCD100.
  5. "Lucy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
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