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In 1990 Neil Hannon started recording and releasing under the name The Divine Comedy. Thirty years and twelve great albums later, Hannon is rightly adjudged one of the finest singer songwriters of his generation. To celebrate, Divine Comedy Records are remastering and reissuing nine of the band039s classic albums.The reissues will be released by Neils own label Divine Comedy Records on August 21st, 2020.Liberation was the bands first full album. Released in 1993 it achieved few sales but plenty of critical acclaim. The NME described it as an array of seductive yarns.. glorious, gleeful tunesmanship.34 Dave Cavanagh, writing in Select said 34..one of the bountiful, overflowing joys of the year. Any year.34 Melody Maker described it as 34An album that could make any listener want to stumble up to him and proclaim Neil, youre a genius34. Tracks such as Your Daddy039s Car, Europop, and Lucy are fan favourites still performed live by the band to this day while Pop Singers Fear Of The Pollen Count was released as a single from the 1999 34Best Of.The album has been remastered from the original tapes at the legendary Abbey Road Studios by mastering engineer Frank Arkwright Blur, The Smiths. Overseeing the audio throughout the campaign is engineermixerproducer Guy Massey, whose work on the Beatles Stereo Remasters won him a Grammy Award.The LP release consists of the original remastered album, cut at Abbey Road, packaged with a download code for the album and bonus tracks. The LP is heavyweight black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve accompanied with photos, credits and Neil039s liner notes.
