Description

Promenade, originally released in 1994, loosely recounts a day in the life of a pair of friends siblings lovers. It was an immediate hit with the critics and catapulted Neil to early notoriety in France. The Melody Maker said rsquoPromenadersquo is music hall, cool French films, late nights in a bygone city, seashanties swelled by alcohol.. lsquoPromenadersquo walks the path of indulgence with bravado and a mischievous grin. A stolen masterpiece.nbsp Q picked it as one of its best albums of rsquo94 and described it asnbspOne of the most unexpected and original treasures of the year.nbsp Reviewing for Select, Stuart Maconie saidnbsprsquoPromenadersquo is a masterpiece. If you do one brave and imaginative thing this month, be on the side of the angels and buy this record.nbsp Stand out tracks includenbspDont Look Down,nbspThe SummerhousenbspandnbspTonight We Fly, the song with which, to this day, the band close every live set. The CD release consists of 2 discs the original remastered album, with a second CD of bsides, demos and alternate versions lovingly curated by Neil Hannon, much of which has never been heard before. The CD comes with a booklet of photos, credits and extensive liner notes written by Neil covering the context and inspiration behind the album and its songs.To mark the release, The Divine Comedy play five nights at the Barbican in London in early September and then later the same month, five nights at the Cite de la Musique in Paris. Performing as an elevenpiece ensemble, the bandnbspwill play two albums from their catalogue in full each night. Liberation and Promenade will be performed on the 2nd Septembernbspin London and the 25th Sept in Paris. The Divine Comedy CD is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £10