Casanova by Divine Comedy

Casanova, the fourth Divine Comedy album, came out on Setanta on 29 April 1996, and it's the one where Neil Hannon's arch, ornate chamber pop finally broke through. Hannon, the only constant in a band that has always revolved around him, leads a lineup with Joby Talbot on piano, Ivor Talbot on guitar, Bryan Mills on bass and Stuart Bates on Hammond organ and accordion, and the arrangements strut and preen like a lounge-bar seducer who knows exactly how good he sounds.

"Something for the Weekend" was the first single and went to No. 13 in the UK, and "Becoming More Like Alfie" and "The Frog Princess" charted too. Pushed along by that first single, the album went gold in the UK in July 1997, and between 1996 and 1999 nine Divine Comedy singles made the UK top 40.

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