Foreverland

For the 2011 Canadian film, see Foreverland (film).

Foreverland
Studio album by The Divine Comedy
Released	2 September 2016
Recorded	2015–16
Studio	Various Master Chord Studios (London) AIR Studios (London) National Concert Hall (Dublin)
Genre	Orchestral pop
Length	41:43 55:47 (bonus disc)
Label	Divine Comedy
Producer	Neil Hannon
The Divine Comedy chronology
Bang Goes the Knighthood (2010) Foreverland (2016) Office Politics (2019)
Singles from Foreverland
"Catherine the Great" Released: 24 June 2016 [1] "How Can You Leave Me on My Own" Released: 26 August 2016 [2] "To The Rescue" Released: 20 January 2017 [3]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100 [4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [6]
Hot Press	positive [7]
The Irish Times	[8]
Mojo	[9]
Q	[10]
Uncut	7/10 [11]

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Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
Mojo	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	50 [17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Hannon, except where noted ^[18]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Napoleon Complex"	4:45
2.	"Foreverland"	4:01
3.	"Catherine the Great"	3:03
4.	"Funny Peculiar"	2:44
5.	"The Pact"	2:55
6.	"To the Rescue"	5:16
7.	"How Can You Leave Me on My Own"	3:31
8.	"I Joined the Foreign Legion (To Forget)"	3:41
9.	"My Happy Place"	4:10
10.	"A Desperate Man"	2:42
11.	"Other People"	1:35
12.	"The One Who Loves You"	3:20

Deluxe edition bonus disc ^[19]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"6 December"	3:52
2.	"11 December"	4:16
3.	"13 December"	2:37
4.	"23 December"	2:59
5.	"3 January"	4:11
6.	"13 January"	1:41
7.	"15 January"	1:58
8.	"30 January"	3:33
9.	"7 February"	2:13
10.	"22 February"	3:49
11.	"8 March"	3:10
12.	"27 March"	1:07
13.	"4 April"	3:33
14.	"4 April (Midnight)"	2:34
15.	"3 May"	4:16
16.	"10 May"	2:17
17.	"21 May"	3:12
18.	"28 May"	1:07
19.	"31 May"	3:22

Personnel

Personnel per liner notes included in Venus, Folly, Cupid & Time – Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy.

Musicians Neil Hannon – vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, mandolin, banjo, zither, harmonica; bass and drums (tracks 1 and 7) Andrew Skeet – piano Simon Little – bass guitar Tim Weller – drums Ian Watson – accordion Rob Farrer – percussion Celine Saout – harp Karen Glen – harpsichord (track 6) Jake Jackson – backing vocals, claps and whistle solo (track 4) David Jackson – penny whistle (track 2) Cathy Davey – vocals (tracks 1 and 4) Billy Cooper – piccolo trumpet (track 6) Rosie Jenkins – oboe (track 7) Production Jake Jackson – mixing Michele G. Catri – mixing Fiona Cruickshank – mixing John Prestage – mixing Luna Picoli-Truffaut – artwork co-star Raphaël Neal – photography Matthew Cooper – artwork and design John Service – packaging production Natalie de Pace – executive producer and management

Orchestra Andrew Skeet – conductor, additional orchestration Nathan Klein – additional orchestration Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor Lucy Whalley – orchestra contractor Adrian Smith, Alison Dods, Bruce White, Chris Worsey, Emma Owens, Everton Nelson, Frank Schaefer, Gillon Cameron, Ian Burdge, Ian Humphries, Lucy Wilkins, Matt Ward, Patrick Kiernan, Pete Hanson, Reiad Chibah, Richard George, Richard Bryce, Rick Koster, Simon Baggs, Steve Morris, Tom Pigott-Smith, Warren Zielinski – string section Billy Cooper, John Ryan, Mark Templeton, Matt Gunner, Richard Edwards, Richard Watkins, Sebastian Philpott, Trevor Mires – brass section Eliza Marshall, Martin Robertson, Richard Skinner, Rosie Jenkins – woodwind section

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [20]	65
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [21]	31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [22]	12
French Albums (SNEP) [23]	18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [24]	41
Irish Albums (IRMA) [25]	3
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [26]	21
Scottish Albums (OCC) [27]	9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [28]	33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [29]	36
UK Albums (OCC) [30]	7

References

1. "Meet Catherine The Great". The Divine Comedy. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
2. "New Single: How Can You Leave Me on My Own". The Divine Comedy. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
3. "New Single: To The Rescue". The Divine Comedy. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
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5. "Foreverland – Divine Comedy". AllMusic. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
6. "Album Review: Divine Comedy – Foreverland". Drowned in Sound. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
7. "Album Review: Divine Comedy, Foreverland". Hot Press . 26 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
8. "The Divine Comedy – Foreverland review: first-rate examples of contemplative, classic pop music". The Irish Times . 1 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
9. McNair, James (October 2016). "The Divine Comedy – Foreverland ****". Mojo .
10. Price, Simon (October 2016). "The Divine Comedy – Foreverland ****". Q .
11. Muller, Andrew (October 2016). "The Divine Comedy – Foreverland 7/10". Uncut .
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