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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 bands classic albums.The reissues will be released by Neilrsquos own label Divine Comedy Records on August 21st, 2020.Liberation was the bandrsquos first full album. Released in 1993 it achieved few sales but plenty of critical acclaim. The NME described it as ldquoan array of seductive yarns.. glorious, gleeful tunesmanship. Dave Cavanagh, writing in Select said ..one of the bountiful, overflowing joys of the year. Any year. Melody Maker described it as An album that could make any listener want to stumble up to him and proclaim lsquoNeil, yoursquore a geniusrsquo. Tracks such as Your Daddys 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 Best Of.ldquoThe 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 Neils liner notes. The Divine Comedy LP is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £23