Foreverland Explained

Foreverland
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Divine Comedy
Cover:	The_Divine_Comedy_-_Foreverland.jpg
Released:	2 September 2016
Recorded:	2015–16
Genre:	Orchestral pop
Length:	41:43 55:47 (bonus disc)
Label:	Divine Comedy
Producer:	Neil Hannon
Prev Title:	Bang Goes the Knighthood
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Office Politics
Next Year:	2019

Foreverland is the eleventh studio album by Northern Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released on 2 September 2016 by Divine Comedy Records.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Divine Comedy . The Divine Comedy . 17 May 2016.
2. Web site: The Divine Comedy announce new album 'Foreverland' and Dublin date at the BGE Theatre . 17 May 2016 . entertainment.ie . 17 May 2016.
3. Web site: The Divine Comedy announce new album and UK tour . 17 May 2016 . Mirror Online . 17 May 2016.
4. Web site: The Divine Comedy announce new album and return to Dublin . 17 May 2016 . Dublin Live . 17 May 2016.
5. Web site: The Divine Comedy to release first album since 2010 and play Leeds City Varieties in October . 17 May 2016 . The Press . 17 May 2016.