Fin de Siècle (album)

Fin de Siècle
Studio album by The Divine Comedy
Released 31 August 1998 (1998-08-31)
Genre Orchestral pop
Length 46:41
Label Setanta
Producer Jon Jacobs and Neil Hannon
The Divine Comedy chronology
A Short Album About Love
(1997)		 Fin de Siècle
(1998)		 A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy
(1999)
Singles from Fin de Siècle
  1. "Generation Sex"
    Released: 14 September 1998
  2. "The Certainty of Chance"
    Released: 16 November 1998
  3. "National Express"
    Released: 25 January 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Fin de Siècle is the sixth album by The Divine Comedy, released in 1998.

Track listing

  • All songs written by Neil Hannon, except for "Eric the Gardener" and "The Certainty of Chance", written by Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot.
  • All songs arranged and conducted by Joby Talbot.
  1. "Generation Sex" – 3:31
  2. "Thrillseeker" – 3:33
  3. "Commuter Love" – 4:42
  4. "Sweden" – 3:25
  5. "Eric the Gardener" – 8:26
  6. "National Express" – 5:05
  7. "Life on Earth" – 4:23
  8. "The Certainty of Chance" – 6:06
  9. "Here Comes the Flood" – 4:09
  10. "Sunrise" – 3:17

Personnel

Musicians

  • Miggy Barradas – Drums
  • Stuart "Pinkie" Bates – Accordion, Organ
  • John Best – Tenor (Vocal)
  • Peter Devlin – Double Bass
  • Dexter Fletcher – Narrator
  • John Gibbons – Bass (Vocal)
  • Anna Giddey – Violin
  • Neil Hannon – Guitar, Vocals
  • Steve Hilton – Programming
  • Jon Jacobs – Engineer, Mixing, Producer
  • Simon Jones – Piccolo Trumpet, Trumpet
  • Ian Lawrence – Bass (Vocal)
  • Mary Martin – Violin
  • Paul Mason – Bass (Vocal)
  • Kelly McCusker – Violin
  • Bryan Mills – Bass
  • John Murphy – Viola
  • Robert Riley – Viola
  • Phillip Robinson – Tenor (Vocal)
  • Ivor Talbot – Guitar
  • Betsy Taylor – Cello
  • Nik Turner – Tenor (Vocal)
  • Matthew Ward – Violin
  • Ian Watson – Double Bass
  • Julia White – Soprano (Vocal)
  • Ken Wilson – Tenor (Vocal)

Technical

  • Adam Brown – Assistant, Recording Assistant
  • Rob Crane – Design
  • Neil Hannon – Composer, Concept, Producer
  • Steve Hilton – Programming
  • Jon Jacobs – Engineer, Mixing, Producer
  • Andy Scade – Engineer, Programming
  • Joby Talbot – Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Harpsichord, Piano
  • Mitsuo Tate – Recording Assistant
  • Mark Togashi – Assistant
  • Kevin Westenberg – Concept, Photography

References

  1. ↑ Fin de Siècle at AllMusic
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