A Secret History… The Best of The Divine Comedy

~ Release by The Divine Comedy (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

Rerelease with an extra track (Don’t Look Down)

Annotation last modified on 2025-01-25 10:04 UTC.

Tracklist

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1National Express
producer:
Jon Jacobs (UK producer/engineer)
arranger:
Joby Talbot (English score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1998)
recording of:
National Express
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it)
55:05
2Something for the Weekend
producer:
Darren Allison, Neil Hannon and Jon Jacobs (UK producer/engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Divine Comedy Records UK Ltd. (in 1996) and Setanta (in 1996)
music videos:
Something for the Weekend by The Divine Comedy
recording of:
Something for the Weekend
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
Damaged Pop (formerly known as “Jewelgraph Ltd”)
4.654:20
3Everybody Knows (Except You)
engineer, producer and mixer:
Jon Jacobs (UK producer/engineer)
arranger:
Joby Talbot (English score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1997)
recording of:
Everybody Knows (Except You)
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
Damaged Pop Music Ltd. (formerly known as “Jewelgraph Ltd”)
33:48
4Generation Sex
engineer, producer and mixer:
Jon Jacobs (UK producer/engineer)
co-producer:
Neil Hannon
harp:
Lucy Wakeford (harpist)
harpsichord:
Joby Talbot (English score composer)
background vocals:
Crouch End Festival Chorus
guest spoken vocals:
Katie Puckrik
conductor:
Joby Talbot (English score composer)
arranger:
Joby Talbot (English score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1998)
mixed at:
Westpoint Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Generation Sex
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it)
53:30
5Becoming More Like Alfie
engineer and mixer:
Darren Allison
producer:
Darren Allison and Neil Hannon
cello:
Kathy Brown (cellist), Ruth Goldstein, Jo Richards and Chris Worsey (cellist)
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Robin Smith (trumpeter)
flute:
Alex McRonald
guitar, Hammond organ and piano:
Neil Hannon
membranophone:
Darren Allison
percussion:
Darren Allison and Neil Hannon
viola:
Alison Fletcher and Charlotte Glasson
violin:
Emil Chitakov, Eos Counsell, Anna Giddey (violinist), Yuri Kalnits, Alex Postlethwaite, Alice Pratley, Laura Samuel (violinist) and Padraic Savage
vocals:
Neil Hannon
conductor:
Joby Talbot (English score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1996)
recording of:
Becoming More Like Alfie
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
Damaged Pop (formerly known as “Jewelgraph Ltd”)
3:00
6The Summerhouse
engineer and mixer:
Darren Allison
producer:
Darren Allison and Neil Hannon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1994)
recording of:
The Summerhouse
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
Damaged Pop (formerly known as “Jewelgraph Ltd”)
4:14
7Your Daddy’s Car
engineer, producer and mixer:
Darren Allison
remixer:
Jon Jacobs (UK producer/engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1999)
recording of:
Your Daddy’s Car
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
Damaged Pop (formerly known as “Jewelgraph Ltd”)
4:04
8The Pop Singer’s Fear of the Pollen Count
producer:
Jon Jacobs (UK producer/engineer)
arranger:
Joby Talbot (English score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1999)
recording of:
The Pop Singers Fear of the Pollen Count
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
Damaged Pop (formerly known as “Jewelgraph Ltd”)
53:55
9The Frog Princess
producer:
Darren Allison and Neil Hannon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1996)
recording of:
The Frog Princess
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
Damaged Pop (formerly known as “Jewelgraph Ltd”)
5:14
10Gin Soaked Boy
producer:
Jon Jacobs (UK producer/engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1999)
recording of:
Gin Soaked Boy
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it)
5:04
11Lucy
engineer, producer and mixer:
Darren Allison
French horn:
Quentin Hutchinson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1993)
recording of:
Lucy
lyricist:
William Wordsworth (poet)
composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it)
4:39
12Songs of Love
producer:
Darren Allison and Neil Hannon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1996)
recording of:
Songs of Love
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
Damaged Pop (formerly known as “Jewelgraph Ltd”)
3:24
13In Pursuit of Happiness
engineer, producer and mixer:
Jon Jacobs (UK producer/engineer)
arranger:
Joby Talbot (English score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1997)
recording of:
In Pursuit of Happiness
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
Damaged Pop (formerly known as “Jewelgraph Ltd”) and Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995)
3:31
14I’ve Been to a Marvellous Party
programming:
Stephen Hilton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
S.A.V.E. Ltd. (in 1998)
cover recording of:
I Went to a Marvellous Party
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Warner Chapell
3:42
15The Certainty of Chance
producer:
Jon Jacobs (UK producer/engineer)
arranger:
Joby Talbot (English score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1998)
recording of:
The Certainty of Chance
writer:
Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot (English score composer)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it)
6:12
16Too Young to Die
producer:
Jon Jacobs (UK producer/engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1999)
recording of:
Too Young to Die
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it)
4:21
17Tonight We Fly
engineer and mixer:
Darren Allison
producer:
Darren Allison and Neil Hannon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Setanta (in 1999)
recording of:
Tonight We Fly
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
publisher:
Damaged Pop (formerly known as “Jewelgraph Ltd”)
42:58
18Don’t Look Down
engineer and mixer:
Darren Allison
producer:
Darren Allison and Neil Hannon
recording of:
Don’t Look Down
lyricist and composer:
Neil Hannon
4:47