Regeneration - Divine Comedy Reviews

Regeneration marks the seventh studio album from The Divine Comedy. Released in 2001, this album marks a slight change in direction for the Neil Hannon fronted band. The change in direction should not be frowned upon however. Yes, the large string sections that we have come to know and love in the previous Divine Comedy offerings is ...  Read the complete review

This is not the Divine Comedy you may know from National Express, Something for the Weekend or Generation Sex. After the release of their 'Best Of' album, the band finished touring for some time, and retired to the studio to record something different. Neil Hannon, the composer, guitarist and vocalist of the band says "there ...  Read the complete review

I am sixteen years old and I have liked The Divine Comedy all my life. I have three older sisters and an older brother, who all liked different types of music, but the main music most of them listened to was 'Indie'. I was brought up listening to indie, and from a very early age, enjoyed the music of Blur, Oasis, Ash (who still rock), ...  Read the complete review

A week or so ago, I posted a comment, defending another reviewer who'd described this album as 'disappointing'. I did say that at that point I'd only heard it a few times, and hoped it would grow on me. Well it has, in a big way! Never may that word 'disappointing' cross my lips again in relation to this masterpiece. Every ...  Read the complete review

Some people may disagree with me, but I felt that The Divine Comedy lost their way a little with Fin De Siecle, their last proper album in 1998, but instead of being the beginning of their decline, this album seems to suggests that it was only a glitch in the grand scheme to make supreme music. Before I got this a couple of months ago the ...  Read the complete review

The Divine Comedy are accused of many things - being too pretentious or conversely, too light-hearted, too cheesy, too amusing, too depressing, for using too many orchestral sounds or just for being plain weird. These have all combined in the past to make The Divine Comedy an acquired taste, one for those people who know about the construction of ...  Read the complete review

For this, the Divine Comedy's seventh album, Neil Hannon has moved away from the opulence of 'Fin de Siecle' and 'Casanova', in favour of a more Radiohead-inspired sound. Instead of vast orchestrations, we now have guitar solos and what occasionally can be recognised as a 'rock song'. For all that, it is as ...  Read the complete review

Oh. Oh, what a shame. You see, the thing is, I think Fin de Siecle is the finest album that Neil Hannon's done. Yes, some of the tracks are easily skippable. But I got interested in the Divine Comedy by hearing "Commuter Love", a chilling track about a commuter's infatuation with a fellow commuter. And ...  Read the complete review

“I wanna play with the big boys,” declares the enigmatic Divine Comedy lead man Neil Hannon on the second track, Bad Ambassador, on their new album released on the 12 March. This sentiment, and the title of the album, Regeneration, can almost be considered as a statement of intent for the band. Forget the huge full piece orchestras and ...  Read the complete review

Regeneration sees the return of the Divine Comedy, this time on the Parlophone label following their big money move from indie label Setanta. The move also sees them taking a new musical direction – a more sedate, introspective approach as opposed to the “nudge, nudge, wink, wink” jolly outings of National Express and Something ...  Read the complete review