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By now, The Divine Comedy had already gained a name for themselves as an exciting live act. Neil had put together a collective of musicians, comprising one time ‘Young Composer of the Year’ Joby Talbot (who had been working with him since ‘Promenade’) on piano, former schoolmates Bryan Mills and Ivor Talbot on bass and guitar respectively, Stuart “Pinkie” Bates on hammond and Miggy Barradas on drums. However for Neil’s next release he wanted to take both the recording and live experience one step further. He had a collection of songs, which had been deemed too romantic for the down and dirty ‘Casanova’. He decided to record them as a companion piece to ‘Casanova’, and to do the whole thing live with a full orchestra. The resulting 7-song album was entitled ‘A Short Album about Love’.
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Celebrating ten years as a band, Divine Comedy released A Secret History: The Best of The Divine Comedy in 1999. With this album, the band ended their longtime relationship with the Sentanta label and signed with Parlophone releasing the appropriately titled Regeneration in 2001. Nigel Godrich (Kid A) produced the distinctly different-sounding record which was given mixed reviews and was darker in tone than what many had come to expect from the band.
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Post ‘Promenade’, The Divine Comedy were firmly in the ascendant. ‘Promenade’ had sold 10,000 records, not a huge number but more than could have been imagined a few years before. They had supported Tori Amos on her European tour, received press of the kind that other bands can only dream about, and were even being played late night on Radio 1, thanks to Mark Radcliffe. Plus, Neil was on his way to becoming a bona fide popstar in France. It was time for the follow up, the album that would take The Divine Comedy all the way.
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