Fanfare for the Comic Muse

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Fanfare for the Comic Muse
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Studio album by
The Divine Comedy
ReleasedJuly 1990
RecordedMay 1990
GenreJangle pop, alternative rock
Length26:34
LabelSetanta
ProducerSean O Neill
The Divine Comedy chronology
Fanfare for the Comic Muse
(1990) 		Liberation
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]

Fanfare for the Comic Muse is the debut album by Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released in 1990 by Setanta Records. Recording took place at Homestead Studios in May 1990 with producer Sean O Neill. Lorcan Mac Loughlann engineered the sessions, and Mudd Wallace mixed the recordings.[2]

The album evinces a more jangle pop-oriented sound than the band's later chamber pop output and has since been disowned by the band's lead singer/songwriter, Neil Hannon, due to its stylistic differences from the band's later works. "The Rise and Fall" was later re-recorded for the Timewatch EP (1991).

In 2020, the album was re-released for the first time as part of the 23-CD box set Venus, Folly, Cupid & Time - Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy.[3] The tracks are featured on the second CD of the Juveneilia set, alongside remastered versions of the Timewatch and Europop EPs. Unfortunately, on this reissue, most of the tracks from Fanfare and Europop are damaged with glitches.

Track listing[]

All songs written by Neil Hannon.[2]

  1. "Ignorance Is Bliss" – 3:42
  2. "Indian Rain" – 3:24
  3. "Bleak Landscape" – 3:40
  4. "Tailspin" – 2:44
  5. "The Rise and Fall" – 4:21
  6. "Logic vs Emotion" – 4:34
  7. "Secret Garden" – 4:09

Personnel[]

Personnel per booklet.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Fanfare for the Comic Muse at AllMusic
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Fanfare for the Comic Muse (Booklet). The Divine Comedy. Setanta. 1990. Set CDM 2.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ https://www.discogs.com/The-Divine-Comedy-Venus-Cupid-Folly-And-Time-Thirty-Years-Of-The-Divine-Comedy-/release/16047257

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