Fin de Siècle (album)

Fin de Siècle is the sixth album by The Divine Comedy, released in 1998.

Fin de Siècle
Studio album by The Divine Comedy
Released	31 August 1998 (1998-08-31)
Genre	Orchestral pop
Length	46:41
Label	Setanta
Producer	Jon Jacobs and Neil Hannon
The Divine Comedy chronology
A Short Album About Love (1997) Fin de Siècle (1998) A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy (1999)
Singles from Fin de Siècle
"Generation Sex" Released: 14 September 1998 "The Certainty of Chance" Released: 16 November 1998 "National Express" Released: 25 January 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

• All songs written by Neil Hannon, except for "Eric the Gardener" and "The Certainty of Chance", written by Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot.
• All songs arranged and conducted by Joby Talbot.

1. "Generation Sex" – 3:31
2. "Thrillseeker" – 3:33
3. "Commuter Love" – 4:42
4. "Sweden" – 3:25
5. "Eric the Gardener" – 8:26
6. "National Express" – 5:05
7. "Life on Earth" – 4:23
8. "The Certainty of Chance" – 6:06
9. "Here Comes the Flood" – 4:09
10. "Sunrise" – 3:17

Personnel

Musicians

• Miggy Barradas – Drums
• Stuart "Pinkie" Bates – Accordion, Organ
• John Best – Tenor (Vocal)
• Peter Devlin – Double Bass
• Dexter Fletcher – Narrator
• John Gibbons – Bass (Vocal)
• Anna Giddey – Violin
• Neil Hannon – Guitar, Vocals
• Steve Hilton – Programming
• Jon Jacobs – Engineer, Mixing, Producer
• Simon Jones – Piccolo Trumpet, Trumpet
• Ian Lawrence – Bass (Vocal)
• Mary Martin – Violin
• Paul Mason – Bass (Vocal)
• Kelly McCusker – Violin
• Bryan Mills – Bass
• John Murphy – Viola
• Robert Riley – Viola
• Phillip Robinson – Tenor (Vocal)
• Ivor Talbot – Guitar
• Betsy Taylor – Cello
• Nik Turner – Tenor (Vocal)
• Matthew Ward – Violin
• Ian Watson – Double Bass
• Julia White – Soprano (Vocal)
• Ken Wilson – Tenor (Vocal)

Technical

• Adam Brown – Assistant, Recording Assistant
• Rob Crane – Design
• Neil Hannon – Composer, Concept, Producer
• Steve Hilton – Programming
• Jon Jacobs – Engineer, Mixing, Producer
• Andy Scade – Engineer, Programming
• Joby Talbot – Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Harpsichord, Piano
• Mitsuo Tate – Recording Assistant
• Mark Togashi – Assistant
• Kevin Westenberg – Concept, Photography

References

1. Fin de Siècle at AllMusic