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Rainy Sunday Afternoon

The Divine Comedy

2025 · Rock, Pop

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Rainy Sunday Afternoon by The Divine Comedy

Rainy Sunday Afternoon is an Alt/Indie album by The Divine Comedy, originally released in 2025. On Gatefold: 8 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

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Tracklist

  1. 1-1Achilles
  2. 1-2The Last Time I Saw The Old Man
  3. 1-3The Man Who Turned Into A Chair
  4. 1-4I Want You
  5. 1-5Rainy Sunday Afternoon
  6. 1-6All The Pretty Lights
  7. 1-7Down The Rabbit Hole
  8. 1-8Mar-A-Lago By The Sea
  9. 1-9The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
  10. 1-10Can't Let Go
  11. 1-11Invisible Thread
  12. 2-1A Desperate Man (Live In Paris)
  13. 2-2Neapolitan Girl (Live In London)
  14. 2-3Freedom Road (Live In Paris)
  15. 2-4Count Grassi's Passage Over Piedmont (Live In London)
  16. 2-5Note To Self (Live In Paris)
  17. 2-6The Wreck Of The Beautiful (Live In Paris)
  18. 2-7The Lost Art Of Conversation (Live In London)
  19. 2-8Someone (Live In Paris)
  20. 2-9Life On Earth (Live In Paris)
  21. 2-10Ten Seconds To Midnight (Live In London)
  22. 2-11Middle Class Heroes (Live In London)
  23. 2-12In Pursuit Of Happiness (Live In London)
  24. 2-13Love What You Do (Live In Paris)
  25. 2-14My Lovely Horse (Live)

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Indie Rock
  • wistful
  • theatrical
  • lush

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Comes in a gatefold digisleeve, with a twelve pages lyric booklet and the two CDs in individual cardboard sleeves.
CD1 recorded and mixed by [...] assisted at Abbey Road Studios, London by [...]
Additional recording by [...] at Sonic Studios, Dublin
Track 1 inspired by 'Achilles in the Trench' by Patrick Shaw-Stewart
CD2 taken from the Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time - Thirty years of The Divine Comedy celebration shows.
Recorded in September 2022 at the Barbican (London) and the Cité de la Musique (Paris)
Mastered at Abbey Road Studios, London
Track 2-14 is unlisted
Cat# on CD1: DCRL123CD
Cat# on CD2: DCRL123CDX

Credits

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Performers

  • Andrew SkeetPIANO, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS PIANO, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS, ARRANGED BY , CONDUCTOR PIANO, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS, ORCHESTRATED BY, CONDUCTOR
  • Andy WoodBRASS
  • Barry ClementsBRASS
  • Chris WorseySTRINGS PERFORMER, CELLO
  • Daniel NewellBRASS
  • Ed TarrantBRASS
  • Everton NelsonSTRINGS MUSICIAN , LEADER
  • Gillon CameronSTRINGS
  • Ian BurdgeSTRINGS
  • Ian WatsonACCORDION, KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , ACCORDION, KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, ACCORDION, KEYBOARDS
  • Jenny LewisohnSTRINGS
  • John RyanBRASS
  • Louisa FullerSTRINGS
  • Lucy WilkinsSTRINGS PERFORMER, VIOLIN
  • Marianne HaynesSTRINGS
  • Martin OwenBRASS
  • Natalia BonnerSTRINGS
  • Nick BarrSTRINGS

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