Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time: Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy

Album by The Divine Comedy

Indie Rock

About

Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Pie Jesu
    3:36
  2. 2.
    Who
    1:51
  3. 3.
    The Missing Link
    1:17
  4. 4.
    Who’s Afraid
    2:51
  5. 5.
    The Fools Who Can Only Talk
    4:00
  6. 6.
    Give It a Chance
    1:53
  7. 7.
    Power (Is Your Demand)
    3:07
  8. 8.
    Who Is This Man
    3:01
  9. 9.
    Loving You (Merciful Release)
    1:34
  10. 10.
    Sanity
    5:36
  11. 11.
    A Friend of Mine
    2:07
  12. 12.
    Neil’s First Amp
    0:46
  13. 13.
    Completely Barking
    0:11
  14. 14.
    Nobody Wins
    3:03
  15. 15.
    Passion Fruit
    3:38
  16. 16.
    Silent Man
    3:18
  17. 17.
    October
    4:06
  18. 18.
    Anonymous
    3:19
  19. 19.
    Ridgeway Street
    2:57
  20. 20.
    Suffer in Silence
    4:06
  21. 21.
    Roselyn
    2:46
  22. 22.
    Stream of Unconsciousness
    6:24

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Fanning Intro
    0:09
  2. 2.
    Ignorance Is Bliss
    3:39
  3. 3.
    Indian Rain
    3:23
  4. 4.
    Bleak Landscape
    3:39
  5. 5.
    Tailspin
    2:43
  6. 6.
    The Rise and Fall
    4:19
  7. 7.
    Logic vs Emotion
    4:30
  8. 8.
    Secret Garden
    4:08
  9. 9.
    Timewatch
    3:39
  10. 10.
    Jerusalem
    3:50
  11. 11.
    The Rise and Fall (Timewatch version)
    7:20
  12. 12.
    Europop
    4:13
  13. 13.
    New Wave
    3:45
  14. 14.
    Intifada
    4:24
  15. 15.
    Monitor
    3:07
  16. 16.
    Thanks for Listening
    0:28

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Festive Road
    1:54
  2. 2.
    Death of a Supernaturalist
    3:16
  3. 3.
    Bernice Bobs Her Hair
    4:02
  4. 4.
    I Was Born Yesterday
    3:26
  5. 5.
    Your Daddy’s Car
    3:55
  6. 6.
    Europop
    4:31
  7. 7.
    Timewatching
    3:49
  8. 8.
    The Pop Singers Fear of the Pollen Count
    4:20
  9. 9.
    Queen of the South
    4:26
  10. 10.
    Victoria Falls
    4:09
  11. 11.
    Three Sisters
    4:41
  12. 12.
    Europe by Train
    4:26
  13. 13.
    Lucy
    4:41

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    Untitled Melody
    2:02
  2. 2.
    Your Daddy’s Car (demo)
    3:53
  3. 3.
    Queen of the South (demo)
    4:07
  4. 4.
    Europop (live)
    4:10
  5. 5.
    Little Darlin’
    1:25
  6. 6.
    Bernice Bobs Her Hair (early idea)
    2:57
  7. 7.
    Bontempi Beats 1
    2:29
  8. 8.
    The Pop Singer’s Fear of the Pollen Count (demo)
    4:19
  9. 9.
    Europe by Train (live)
    4:59
  10. 10.
    I Can Think (but I Can’t Feel)
    2:59
  11. 11.
    Lucy (early version)
    4:02
  12. 12.
    Festive Road (demo)
    2:10
  13. 13.
    Three Sisters (live)
    4:11
  14. 14.
    I Was Born Yesterday (early idea)
    3:09
  15. 15.
    Bontempi Beats 2
    2:55
  16. 16.
    Christmas With the Hannons
    2:28
  17. 17.
    Victoria Falls (demo)
    4:11
  18. 18.
    Timewatching (demo)
    3:31
  19. 19.
    Bontempi Beat 3
    2:29
  20. 20.
    Suzanne (live)
    3:30

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    Bath
    4:10
  2. 2.
    Going Downhill Fast
    2:33
  3. 3.
    The Booklovers
    5:52
  4. 4.
    A Seafood Song
    3:29
  5. 5.
    Geronimo
    1:53
  6. 6.
    Don’t Look Down
    4:48
  7. 7.
    When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe
    3:29
  8. 8.
    The Summerhouse
    4:15
  9. 9.
    Neptune’s Daughter
    4:49
  10. 10.
    A Drinking Song
    4:37
  11. 11.
    Ten Seconds to Midnight
    2:10
  12. 12.
    Tonight We Fly
    3:00
  13. 13.
    Ode to the Man
    0:17

Disc 6

  1. 1.
    Ten Seconds to Midnight (alternate version)
    2:20
  2. 2.
    Assume the Goldsmith
    5:13
  3. 3.
    When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe (live)
    3:36
  4. 4.
    Tell Me What’s Wrong
    2:14
  5. 5.
    Life’s What You Make It
    2:50
  6. 6.
    Lost Prom Jam
    1:41
  7. 7.
    Neptune’s Daughter (demo)
    4:54
  8. 8.
    Going Downhill Fast (instrumental)
    2:31
  9. 9.
    The Booklovers (demo)
    4:56
  10. 10.
    The Bright Lights of Ealing
    1:46
  11. 11.
    Bath (alternate version)
    3:46
  12. 12.
    The Summerhouse (early idea)
    1:18
  13. 13.
    The Summerhouse (live)
    4:34
  14. 14.
    When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe (early idea)
    2:44
  15. 15.
    A Woman of the World (Promenade‐style demo)
    2:24
  16. 16.
    Geronimo (live)
    1:47
  17. 17.
    Don’t Look Down (demo)
    4:58
  18. 18.
    A Drinking Song (live)
    4:33
  19. 19.
    Only for Tonight
    2:57
  20. 20.
    Tonight We Fly (demo)
    3:03

Disc 7

  1. 1.
    Something for the Weekend
    4:19
  2. 2.
    Becoming More Like Alfie
    2:59
  3. 3.
    Middle‐Class Heroes
    5:26
  4. 4.
    In & Out of Paris & London
    3:26
  5. 5.
    Charge
    5:27
  6. 6.
    Songs of Love
    3:26
  7. 7.
    The Frog Princess
    5:13
  8. 8.
    A Woman of the World
    4:11
  9. 9.
    Through a Long & Sleepless Night
    6:13
  10. 10.
    Theme From Casanova
    5:51
  11. 11.
    The Dogs & the Horses
    5:12

Disc 8

  1. 1.
    Hannon’s Game
    1:23
  2. 2.
    Birds of Paradise Farm
    3:50
  3. 3.
    A Woman of the World (early idea)
    2:06
  4. 4.
    Motorway to Damascus
    4:18
  5. 5.
    Crapper’s Delight
    1:46
  6. 6.
    Songs of Love (demo)
    3:23
  7. 7.
    Love Is Lighter Than Air
    3:50
  8. 8.
    Comme beaucoup de messieurs
    2:58
  9. 9.
    Grinchworm
    1:14
  10. 10.
    Painting the Forth Bridge
    4:03
  11. 11.
    Solsbury Eel
    1:56
  12. 12.
    The Frog Princess (demo)
    5:19
  13. 13.
    My Lovely Horse (from Father Ted)
    1:22
  14. 14.
    Father Ted Theme
    0:39
  15. 15.
    My Lovely Mayo Mammy (from Father Ted)
    1:10
  16. 16.
    The Miracle Is Mine (from Father Ted)
    2:22
  17. 17.
    Theme From Casanova (demo)
    1:28
  18. 18.
    Electro Wurly Groove
    1:32
  19. 19.
    Something Before the Weekend (early idea)
    1:55
  20. 20.
    Something for the Weekend (monitor mix)
    4:12
  21. 21.
    Becoming More Like Alfie (monitor mix)
    2:55
  22. 22.
    Stereo Laboratory
    1:00
  23. 23.
    Through a Long and Sleepless Night (early idea)
    4:12
  24. 24.
    The Dogs and the Horses (live)
    5:41

Disc 9

  1. 1.
    In Pursuit of Happiness
    3:31
  2. 2.
    Everybody Knows (Except You)
    3:48
  3. 3.
    Someone
    5:57
  4. 4.
    If…
    4:25
  5. 5.
    If I Were You (I’d Be Through With Me)
    4:40
  6. 6.
    Timewatching
    4:41
  7. 7.
    I’m All You Need
    4:59
  8. 8.
    Bath (live)
    3:48
  9. 9.
    A Short Film About Driving
    2:53
  10. 10.
    Everybody Knows (Except You) (early idea)
    4:19
  11. 11.
    Johnny Mathis’ Feet (live)
    3:39
  12. 12.
    I’m All You Need (demo)
    2:17
  13. 13.
    A Short Film About Dreams
    2:09
  14. 14.
    Your Daddy’s Car (live)
    4:11
  15. 15.
    Teach Us to Love
    3:54
  16. 16.
    A Short Film About Waiting
    2:57
  17. 17.
    A Short Film About Chance
    2:40
  18. 18.
    If I Were You (I’d Be Through With Me) (rehearsal version)
    4:29
  19. 19.
    Make It Easy on Yourself (live)
    3:34

Disc 10

  1. 1.
    In Pursuit of Happiness
  2. 2.
    Everybody Knows (Except You)
  3. 3.
    Someone
  4. 4.
    Timewatching
  5. 5.
    If…
  6. 6.
    If I Were You (I’d Be Through With Me)
  7. 7.
    I’m All You Need
  8. 8.
    A Drinking Song
  9. 9.
    Something for the Weekend
  10. 10.
    The Dogs and the Horses

Disc 11

  1. 1.
    Generation Sex
    3:32
  2. 2.
    Thrillseeker
    3:33
  3. 3.
    Commuter Love
    4:42
  4. 4.
    Sweden
    3:24
  5. 5.
    Eric the Gardener
    8:24
  6. 6.
    National Express
    5:06
  7. 7.
    Life on Earth
    4:24
  8. 8.
    The Certainty of Chance
    6:06
  9. 9.
    Here Comes the Flood
    4:08
  10. 10.
    Sunrise
    3:18

Disc 12

  1. 1.
    I’ve Been to a Marvellous Party
    3:40
  2. 2.
    Generation Sex (early idea)
    1:27
  3. 3.
    Gin Soaked Boy
    5:01
  4. 4.
    With Whom to Dance
    2:38
  5. 5.
    Thrillseeker (rehearsal version)
    3:31
  6. 6.
    Maryland Electric Rainstorm
    5:44
  7. 7.
    Little Acts of Kindness
    3:54
  8. 8.
    Life on Earth (early idea)
    1:51
  9. 9.
    The Dead Only Quickly
    1:14
  10. 10.
    The Winter Blues
    3:42
  11. 11.
    London Irish
    4:40
  12. 12.
    Here Comes the Flood (demo)
    4:10
  13. 13.
    The Certainty of Chance (demo)
    3:26
  14. 14.
    Last Stand in Metroland
    4:18
  15. 15.
    Overstrand
    4:05
  16. 16.
    Then Four Buses Come Along at Once
    2:54
  17. 17.
    National Express (rehearsal version)
    3:47
  18. 18.
    Postcard to Rosie
    3:25
  19. 19.
    Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
    3:50

Disc 13

  1. 1.
    Timestretched
    2:48
  2. 2.
    Bad Ambassador
    3:45
  3. 3.
    Perfect Lovesong
    3:10
  4. 4.
    Note to Self
    5:59
  5. 5.
    Lost Property
    4:39
  6. 6.
    Eye of the Needle
    5:33
  7. 7.
    Love What You Do
    3:52
  8. 8.
    Dumb It Down
    3:56
  9. 9.
    Mastermind
    5:21
  10. 10.
    Regeneration
    5:33
  11. 11.
    The Beauty Regime
    5:14

Disc 14

  1. 1.
    Get Me to a Monastery
    4:33
  2. 2.
    Lost Property (early idea)
    2:32
  3. 3.
    You
    4:08
  4. 4.
    U.S.E
    3:08
  5. 5.
    How’s Your Wireless?
    4:18
  6. 6.
    Thinking the Unthinkable (demo)
    3:30
  7. 7.
    Garden Cities
    1:42
  8. 8.
    Timestretched (demo)
    2:30
  9. 9.
    Note to Self (live)
    6:37
  10. 10.
    Edward the Confessor
    5:21
  11. 11.
    Soft Power
    1:41
  12. 12.
    Born With a Broken Heart
    3:39
  13. 13.
    Mastermind (rehearsal version)
    4:34
  14. 14.
    Boy With a Harmonica
    1:07
  15. 15.
    Soul Trader
    3:00
  16. 16.
    Perfect Lovesong (early idea)
    3:33
  17. 17.
    The Night Is Not Enough
    3:31
  18. 18.
    No Excuses
    3:58
  19. 19.
    Love What You Do (live)
    3:46

Disc 15

  1. 1.
    Absent Friends
    3:40
  2. 2.
    Sticks & Stones
    4:47
  3. 3.
    Leaving Today
    4:18
  4. 4.
    Come Home Billy Bird
    4:06
  5. 5.
    My Imaginary Friend
    2:42
  6. 6.
    The Wreck of the Beautiful
    4:57
  7. 7.
    Our Mutual Friend
    5:57
  8. 8.
    The Happy Goth
    3:37
  9. 9.
    Freedom Road
    3:55
  10. 10.
    Laika’s Theme
    3:07
  11. 11.
    Charmed Life
    4:43

Disc 16

  1. 1.
    Absolute Power
    3:52
  2. 2.
    Our Mutual Friend (early idea)
    1:36
  3. 3.
    The Bird Evolution
    4:07
  4. 4.
    Girl Least Likely
    3:58
  5. 5.
    Mr Right
    3:22
  6. 6.
    Sticks & Stones (demo)
    4:35
  7. 7.
    The Dark Horse
    2:59
  8. 8.
    Idaho
    4:06
  9. 9.
    All Things (alternate version)
    4:37
  10. 10.
    Rose for the Lady
    4:18
  11. 11.
    Smiler
    3:11
  12. 12.
    Absent Friends (demo)
    3:38
  13. 13.
    Anthem for Bored Youth (demo)
    3:04
  14. 14.
    Our Mutual Friend (alternate version)
    5:27
  15. 15.
    Antidepressant
    1:14
  16. 16.
    Windy Pop
    3:17
  17. 17.
    Laika’s Theme (The Promise)
    2:18
  18. 18.
    Charmed Life (alternate version)
    4:46

Disc 17

  1. 1.
    To Die a Virgin
    3:39
  2. 2.
    Mother Dear
    3:47
  3. 3.
    Diva Lady
    4:17
  4. 4.
    A Lady of a Certain Age
    5:47
  5. 5.
    The Light of Day
    4:24
  6. 6.
    Threesome
    1:10
  7. 7.
    Party Fears Two
    4:02
  8. 8.
    Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World
    3:58
  9. 9.
    The Plough
    5:15
  10. 10.
    Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont
    3:35
  11. 11.
    Snowball in Negative
    4:36

Disc 18

  1. 1.
    Births, Deaths and Marriages (monitor mix)
    4:10
  2. 2.
    Diva Lady (acoustic version)
    4:15
  3. 3.
    Home (demo)
    3:23
  4. 4.
    Pamplemousse
    2:52
  5. 5.
    Lili Marlene
    3:19
  6. 6.
    Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont (early idea)
    1:17
  7. 7.
    Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont (instrumental)
    3:38
  8. 8.
    Trafalgar
    2:40
  9. 9.
    Love/Hate Relationship
    3:46
  10. 10.
    Miss Sharapova
    2:55
  11. 11.
    Don’t Blame the Young
    4:03
  12. 12.
    Guantanamo
    5:46
  13. 13.
    Long Slow Suicide
    3:56
  14. 14.
    To Die a Virgin (early idea)
    2:48
  15. 15.
    A Little Bit of Love (Goes a Long Long Way)
    4:13
  16. 16.
    Elaine (alternate version)
    2:14
  17. 17.
    A Lady of a Certain Age (instrumental)
    5:47
  18. 18.
    Premonition of Love
    3:53

Disc 19

  1. 1.
    Down in the Street Below
    5:09
  2. 2.
    The Complete Banker
    3:43
  3. 3.
    Neapolitan Girl
    2:49
  4. 4.
    Bang Goes the Knighthood
    2:48
  5. 5.
    At the Indie Disco
    3:18
  6. 6.
    Have You Ever Been in Love
    3:10
  7. 7.
    Assume the Perpendicular
    4:06
  8. 8.
    The Lost Art of Conversation
    4:01
  9. 9.
    Island Life
    4:38
  10. 10.
    When a Man Cries
    3:54
  11. 11.
    Can You Stand Upon One Leg
    3:32
  12. 12.
    I Like
    3:49

Disc 20

  1. 1.
    Assume the Perpendicular (alternate version)
    4:07
  2. 2.
    On the Barge (demo)
    4:09
  3. 3.
    At the Indie Disco (demo 1)
    3:12
  4. 4.
    Girl Overboard
    4:17
  5. 5.
    Bang Goes the Knighthood (alternate version)
    1:57
  6. 6.
    Beside the Railway Tracks
    2:56
  7. 7.
    Have You Ever Been in Love (alternate version)
    3:33
  8. 8.
    Oh Christina
    3:35
  9. 9.
    Ya Sumeera
    2:36
  10. 10.
    Down in the Street Below (demo)
    4:52
  11. 11.
    Island Life (demo)
    3:23
  12. 12.
    The Bitter End
    3:55
  13. 13.
    When a Man Cries (demo)
    3:50
  14. 14.
    The Loneliest Man in the World
    4:17
  15. 15.
    The Circular Firing Squad
    2:48
  16. 16.
    At the Indie Disco (demo 2)
    3:26
  17. 17.
    What’s Wrong With You (alternate The Lost Art of Conversation)
    3:40
  18. 18.
    Wide Open Spaces (demo)
    2:22
  19. 19.
    I Like (alternate version)
    3:31

Disc 21

  1. 1.
    Napoleon Complex
    4:45
  2. 2.
    Foreverland
    4:01
  3. 3.
    Catherine the Great
    3:03
  4. 4.
    Funny Peculiar
    2:44
  5. 5.
    The Pact
    2:55
  6. 6.
    To the Rescue
    5:16
  7. 7.
    How Can You Leave Me on My Own
    3:31
  8. 8.
    I Joined the Foreign Legion (to Forget)
    3:41
  9. 9.
    My Happy Place
    4:10
  10. 10.
    A Desperate Man
    2:42
  11. 11.
    Other People
    1:35
  12. 12.
    The One Who Loves You
    3:21

Disc 22

  1. 1.
    Napoleon Complex (alternate version)
    4:44
  2. 2.
    How Can You Leave Me on My Own (alternate version)
    3:16
  3. 3.
    Them Chattering Teeth
    0:41
  4. 4.
    The Pact (demo)
    2:48
  5. 5.
    Desperate Man (demo)
    2:43
  6. 6.
    Your Lucky Day
    1:23
  7. 7.
    I Joined the Foreign Legion (early idea)
    1:19
  8. 8.
    Breakfast (To Our Fathers in Distress demo)
    6:24
  9. 9.
    Reconnecting (To the Rescue early idea)
    5:03
  10. 10.
    To the Rescue (demo)
    5:10
  11. 11.
    One Ear Up, One Ear Down (demo)
    3:50
  12. 12.
    Catherine the Great (demo)
    2:59
  13. 13.
    Pictures (alternate Foreverland)
    3:56
  14. 14.
    ARP Break
    2:57
  15. 15.
    My Happy Place (demo)
    3:49
  16. 16.
    Just Can’t Get Enough
    2:59
  17. 17.
    The One Who Loves You (demo)
    3:19
  18. 18.
    C’est si bon
    0:59
  19. 19.
    I Joined the Foreign Legion (alternate version)
    3:03
  20. 20.
    Who Were We (demo)
    4:14

Disc 23

  1. 1.
    Queuejumper
    3:07
  2. 2.
    Office Politics
    4:02
  3. 3.
    Norman and Norma
    3:45
  4. 4.
    Absolutely Obsolete
    4:13
  5. 5.
    Infernal Machines
    3:04
  6. 6.
    You’ll Never Work in This Town Again
    4:11
  7. 7.
    Psychological Evaluation
    2:39
  8. 8.
    The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale
    3:50
  9. 9.
    The Life and Soul of the Party
    3:27
  10. 10.
    A Feather in Your Cap
    4:00
  11. 11.
    I’m a Stranger Here
    4:37
  12. 12.
    Dark Days Are Here Again
    3:14
  13. 13.
    Philip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company
    4:51
  14. 14.
    ‘Opportunity’ Knox
    3:42
  15. 15.
    After the Lord Mayor’s Show
    3:46
  16. 16.
    When the Working Day Is Done
    4:12

Disc 24

  1. 1.
    The Divine Comedy Ltd.
    2:26
  2. 2.
    Where Have All the Milkmen Gone
    2:08
  3. 3.
    Take Your Drum
    2:53
  4. 4.
    After the Lord Mayor’s Show (alternate version)
    3:49
  5. 5.
    Olivia, New Tron Song
    1:55
  6. 6.
    The Life and Soul of the Party (alternate version 1)
    3:34
  7. 7.
    You’ll Never Work in This Town Again / Office Politics (alternate version)
    3:35
  8. 8.
    The Erotic Dreams of Andrea Palladio
    3:11
  9. 9.
    Absolutely Obsolete (demo)
    3:40
  10. 10.
    Death and the Mellotron
    1:43
  11. 11.
    Dark Days Are Here Again (early version)
    2:59
  12. 12.
    The Berlin Airlift
    2:10
  13. 13.
    Queuejumper (early version)
    3:29
  14. 14.
    Pop Muzik
    3:24
  15. 15.
    Large Mellotron Collider
    1:15
  16. 16.
    The Life and Soul of the Party (alternate version 2)
    3:12
  17. 17.
    Infernal Machines (early version)
    3:31
  18. 18.
    Turning Japanese
    4:19
  19. 19.
    Norman and Norma (demo)
    3:45
  20. 20.
    Nordyland 83
    2:47
  21. 21.
    Philip and Steve’s Furniture Removal Company (alternate version)
    4:29

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