The Divine Comedy - Foreverland

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Nov 22, 2016 Sold Date

Sep 30, 2016 Start Date

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Nome dell′articolo: Foreverland
Genere: Pop englischsprachig Formato del prodotto: LP (Vinyl) Etichetta: Play It Again Sam Numero di titoli: 12

Lista di canzone LP - 1

1. The Divine Comedy - Napoleon Complex 2. The Divine Comedy - Foreverland 3. The Divine Comedy - Catherine the Great 4. The Divine Comedy - Funny Peculiar 5. The Divine Comedy - Pact 6. The Divine Comedy - To the Rescue 7. The Divine Comedy - How Can You Leave Me On My Own 8. The Divine Comedy - I Joined the Foreign Legion (To Forget) 9. The Divine Comedy - My Happy Place 10. The Divine Comedy - Desperate Man 11. The Divine Comedy - Other People 12. The Divine Comedy - One Who Loves You

Descrizione

The follow-up to 2010's fun but frivolous Bang Goes the Knighthood, Foreverland continues to follow Neil Hannon's descent into happiness, offering up an amiable 12-track set that manages to locate the semi-sweet spot between treacly and savory. Hannon wastes little time in doling out the confectionaries, lampooning his fame and stature on the winking "Napoleon Complex," a jocular bit of chamber pop fluff that provides a nice litmus test for what's to come. Hannon's pure pop acumen has always helped to temper some of his flightier tendencies, and that knack for taming preciousness with melodic might lends a nice charge to Foreverland's first single, "Catherine the Great." A thinly veiled love letter to his significant other, Irish singer/songwriter Cathy Davey, it's a classic Hannon production, delivering whimsy and wit via a three-minute, self-described "silly love song" that's presented in the guise of a droll Russian history lecture -- the charming Davey herself appears on the Gershwin-esque duet "Funny Peculiar." Hannon, ever the self-deprecating gadfly, does his best to try and inject some conflict into his current state of bliss on the propulsive, manchild eviscerating -- and occasionally cringe-inducing -- "How Can You Leave Me Here on My Own," but the warmth that radiates from fearlessly tender gems like "My Happy Place" and "The One That Loves You" suggests otherwise. There's no mistaking Foreverland for anything other than the work of an artist who has chosen to give up his fight with the not-so-cruel-after-all mistress that is contentment. [Foreverland was also released on LP.] ~ James Christopher Monger

James Christopher Monger