Fanfare for the Comic Muse

Infobox Album | Name = Fanfare For The Comic Muse
Type = Album
Artist = The Divine Comedy


Released = Summer 1990
Recorded = May 1990
Genre = Jangle pop
Length = 26:34
Label = Setanta
Producer = Neil Hannon
This album = "Fanfare For The Comic Muse"
(1990)
Next album = Liberation
(1993)|

"Fanfare for the Comic Muse" is the deleted debut LP by The Divine Comedy, originally released in 1990. It has since been denied by the band's lead singer/songwriter Neil Hannon due to its stylistic difference from the band's later works, heading towards a more R.E.M.-styled jangle pop direction than their more distinctive orchestral pop output.

Track listing

# "Ignorance Is Bliss" - 3:42
# "Indian Rain" - 3:24
# "Bleak Landscape" - 3:40
# "Tailspin" - 2:44
# "The Rise And Fall" - 4:21
# "Logic Vs Emotion" - 4:34
# "Secret Garden" - 4:09

Trivia

*The title of the latest album by The Divine Comedy, Victory for the Comic Muse, is most likely a nod to this release.
*The cover art for this album is a painting by the artist Ernst Wieltschnig, It is an adaptation of a drawing of Raphael Sanzio.

Personnel

*Neil Hannon (guitar, vox)
*Lawrence Hoy (guitar)
*John McCullagh (bass)
*Kevin Traynor (drums)

Additional Information

* http://eccentrick.co.uk/indulgence/dcbc.html