Fanfare for the Comic Muse

Fanfare for the Comic Muse is the debut album by the Divine Comedy. Recording took place at Homestead Studios in May 1990 with producer Sean O Neill. Lorcan Mac Loughlann engineered the sessions, and Mudd Wallace mixed the recordings.[2]

Fanfare for the Comic Muse
Studio album by
The Divine Comedy
ReleasedJuly 1990
RecordedMay 1990
GenreJangle pop, alternative rock
Length26:34
LabelSetanta
ProducerSean O Neill
The Divine Comedy chronology
Fanfare for the Comic Muse
(1990)		 Liberation
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

It has since been disowned 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. "The Rise and Fall" was later re-recorded for the Timewatch EP (1991).

In 2020, the album was re-released for the first time as part of the 23-CD box set Venus, Folly, Cupid & Time - Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy [3] on the Juveneilia CD2 alongside remastered versions of the Timewatch and Europop EPs. Unfortunately, on this reissue most of the tracks from Fanfare and Europop are damaged with glitches.

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Hannon.[2]

  1. "Ignorance Is Bliss" – 3:42
  2. "Indian Rain" – 3:24
  3. "Bleak Landscape" – 3:40
  4. "Tailspin" – 2:44
  5. "The Rise and Fall" – 4:21
  6. "Logic vs Emotion" – 4:34
  7. "Secret Garden" – 4:09

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[2]

References
  1. Fanfare for the Comic Muse at AllMusic
  2. Fanfare for the Comic Muse (Booklet). The Divine Comedy. Setanta. 1990. Set CDM 2.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. https://www.discogs.com/The-Divine-Comedy-Venus-Cupid-Folly-And-Time-Thirty-Years-Of-The-Divine-Comedy-/release/16047257
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