2 CD National Express Norman And Norma Something For The Weekend Songs Of Love The Best Mistakes At The Indie Disco Bad Ambassador A Lady Of A Certain Age Becoming More Like Alfie Come Home Billy Bird Have You Ever Been In Love Our Mutual Friend Generation Sex How Can You Leave Me On My Own Perfect Lovesong Your Daddy’s Car Youll Never Work In This Town Again Absent Friends Everybody Knows (Except You) The Certainty Of Chance Sunrise To The Rescue Tonight We Fly Bonus (CDX / DX formats) I’ll Take What I Can Get Don’t Make Me Go Outside Who Do You Think You Are The Adventurous Type When When When Home For The Holidays Te Amo España Perfect Lovesong 2021 Simple Pleasures Those Pesky Kids ‘Charmed Life – The Best Of The Divine Comedy’ will be released on February 4th 2022. A career-spanning 24 track collection of hit singles and fan favourites including National Express, Something For The Weekend, Songs of Love, Our Mutual Friend, A Lady of A Certain Age, To The Rescue and Norman and Norma. It also includes a brand new track The Best Mistakes. Remastered at Abbey Road, the new ‘Best Of’ offers a comprehensive guide to The Divine Comedy as curated by Neil Hannon himself and will be released on his own Divine Comedy Records. ‘Charmed Life’ follows 2019’s top five album ‘Office Politics’ and 2020’s extensive ‘Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time’ reissues project. The album will be released as a 24 track standard 2CD; double heavyweight black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve; limited edition double heavyweight colour vinyl in a gatefold sleeve; and as a limited edition 3CD edition containing the 24 track Best Of as well as “Super Extra Bonus Album” – a collection of new and unreleased recordings. There will also be standard and deluxe digital formats. The album cover is taken from a new shoot by acclaimed music photographer Kevin Westenberg. The Divine Comedy will play a 19 date UK and Ireland tour in April and May 2022 including a show at the London Palladium. All tour dates can be found at: www.thedivinecomedy.com/live The release will be supported by an extensive promo campaign including play and appearances on radio, and TV plus interviews and features in music magazines, broadsheet titles and online. Marketing to support the album will encompass a full cross section of digital advertising, a substantial outdoor campaign and press advertising in key titles, plus a fan driven social media and email database campaign.
