Name: Casanova (2020 Reissue) par The Divine Comedy
Brand: The Divine Comedy
SKU: 5024545890686
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 3 (245 reviews)

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Turning back to a slightly more straightforward rock/pop format turned out to be advantageous for Neil Hannon; Casanova turned into a smash hit in the U.K., while the singles "Something for the Weekend" (at once soaring, cheeky, leering, and truly weird, with lyrics detailing a guy led astray by his lover and attacked by her secret thug companions) and "Becoming More Like Alfie" (a sly '60s acoustic pop number with solid percussion, sampling the Michael Caine movie in question and reflecting on how all the wrong people in life seem to get the girls) became Top Ten charters. Recruiting the equivalent of a full orchestra didn't hurt either, fleshing out the classical/art rock/pop Divine Comedy fusion to even more expansive ranges than before, while drummer Darren Allison and Hannon continued overseeing and co-producing everything, again demonstrating their careful collective ear for the proceedings. Hannon's lyrical music fires on all cylinders as well, from the cockeyed vision of romance in "The Frog Princess" (with more than one low-key French reference in both lyrics and sweeping music) to the wickedly funny and elegant "Songs of Love," detailing how boys and girls seem to be in heat everywhere while all the songwriters are stuck alone writing the title objects in question. In the meantime, there are great one-off moments scattered throughout Casanova. For instance, Hannon's impersonation of a modern dandy as fortune teller at the start of "Middle-Class Heroes" is to die for. He also does one of the best Barry White takeoffs yet recorded in the mid-song break of "Charge," packed with Tennyson references and army commands amid swirling strings and an increasingly loud beat. After topping that off with "Theme from Casanova," a slightly tongue-in-cheek number detailing all the basic credits and inspiration for the album, the result is a massive project that hits the jackpot with smiles all around.
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Casanova (2020 Reissue)

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 1

1. Something for the Weekend

2. Becoming More Like Alfie

3. Middle-Class Heroes

4. In And Out In Paris And London

5. Charge

6. Songs of Love

7. The Frog Princess

8. A Woman of the World

9. Through A Long And Sleepless Night

10. Theme from Casanova

11. The Dogs And The Horses

Volume 2

1. Hannon's Game

2. Birds Of Paradise Farm

3. A Woman of the World

4. Motorway To Damascus

5. Crapper's Delight

6. Songs of Love

7. Love Is Lighter Than Air

8. Comme Beaucoup De Messieurs

9. Grinchworm

10. Painting The Forth Bridge

11. Solsbury Eel

12. The Frog Princess

13. My Lovely Horse

14. Father Ted Theme

15. My Lovely Mayo Mammy

16. The Miracle Is Mine

17. Theme from Casanova

18. Electro Wurly Groove

19. Something Before The Weekend

20. Something for the Weekend

21. Becoming More Like Alfie

22. Stereo Laboratory

23. Through A Long And Sleepless Night

24. The Dogs And The Horses

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