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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.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Jake Jackson, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
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Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Dougal Lott, MixingEngineer - Neil Hannon, Composer, Producer - The Divine Comedy, MainArtist
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
Album review
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.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 01:38:19
- Main artists: The Divine Comedy
- Composer: Neil Hannon
- Label: Divine Comedy Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
2016 Divine Comedy Records Limited 2016 Divine Comedy Records
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