Regeneration (The Divine Comedy album)

Regeneration

Studio album by The Divine Comedy

Released

12 March 2001

Recorded

2000 at RAK

Genre

Chamber pop, Alternative rock

The Divine Comedy chronology

A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy
(1999)

Regeneration
(2001)

Absent Friends
(2004)

Singles from Regeneration

"Love What You Do"
Released: 26 February 2001
"Bad Ambassador"
Released: 14 May 2001
"Perfect Lovesong"
Released: 29 October 2001

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
musicOMH	(positive)^[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.9/10)^[3]

Regeneration is the seventh studio album by The Divine Comedy - and their first for Parlophone/EMI - released on 12 March 2001. Three singles were released from the album: "Love What You Do", "Bad Ambassador" and "Perfect Lovesong", the latter failing to make top 40.

Produced by Nigel Godrich, known for his work with Radiohead, this album is distinctly different from Neil Hannon's other work and was darker in tone than what The Divine Comedy's listeners had come to expect.^[4] It leans towards more stripped-down, sombre tunes than the catchy, orchestral-driven songs for which the band are best known. In this respect, the album is slightly reminiscent of the debut Fanfare for the Comic Muse. It is a more group-concentrated effort, hence the more organic sound.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Neil Hannon.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Timestretched"	2:48
2.	"Bad Ambassador"	3:45
3.	"Perfect Lovesong"	3:10
4.	"Note to Self"	5:59
5.	"Lost Property"	4:39
6.	"Eye of the Needle"	5:33
7.	"Love What You Do"	3:52
8.	"Dumb It Down"	3:56
9.	"Mastermind"	5:21
10.	"Regeneration"	5:33
11.	"The Beauty Regime"	5:11

References

↑ Regeneration (The Divine Comedy album) at AllMusic
↑ musicOMH
↑ Pitchfork Media
↑ Laurence, Alexander (March 2002). "The Divine Comedy". freewilliamsburg.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

The Divine Comedy

Neil Hannon

Other members	John Allen Miggy Barradas Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates Natalie Box John Evans Rob Farrer Grant Gordon Simon Little John McCullagh Bryan Mills Ivor Talbot Joby Talbot Kevin Traynor Lucy Wilkins Chris Worsey

Studio albums	Fanfare for the Comic Muse Liberation Promenade Casanova A Short Album About Love Fin de Siècle Regeneration Absent Friends Victory for the Comic Muse Bang Goes the Knighthood

Compilation albums	A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy

Extended plays	Timewatch Europop Indulgence No.1 Indulgence No.2 Bavarian EP

Singles	"Lucy" "Something for the Weekend" "Becoming More Like Alfie" "The Frog Princess" "Everybody Knows (Except You)" "I've Been to a Marvellous Party" "Generation Sex" "The Certainty of Chance" "National Express" "The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count" "Gin Soaked Boy" "Love What You Do" "Bad Ambassador" "Perfect Lovesong" "Come Home Billy Bird" "Absent Friends" "Diva Lady" "To Die a Virgin" "At the Indie Disco"

Videos	Live at the Palladium

Film and TV scores	Father Ted The IT Crowd Wide Open Spaces

See also: The Duckworth Lewis Method

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