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1	National Express Arranged By [Brass], Conductor – Joby TalbotEngineer [Additional] – Andy ScadeProducer – Jon Jacobs, Neil HannonRecorded By, Mixed By – Jon JacobsWritten-By – Neil Hannon
2	Something For The Weekend Producer – Darren Allison, Neil HannonWritten-By, Arranged By – Neil Hannon
3	Everybody Knows (Except You) Arranged By, Conductor – Joby TalbotEngineer [Assistant] – Andy ScadeProducer – Jon Jacobs, Neil HannonRecorded By, Mixed By – Jon JacobsWritten-By – Neil Hannon
4	Generation Sex Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor – Joby TalbotProducer – Jon Jacobs, Neil HannonRecorded By, Mixed By – Jon JacobsWritten-By – Neil Hannon
5	Becoming More Like Alfie Producer – Darren Allison, Neil HannonWritten-By, Arranged By – Neil Hannon
6	The Summerhouse Producer – Darren Allison, Neil HannonWritten-By, Arranged By – Neil Hannon
7	Your Daddy's Car Producer – Darren Allison, Neil HannonRemix – Jon JacobsWritten-By, Arranged By – Neil Hannon
8	The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count Arranged By [Brass] – Joby TalbotEngineer [Additional] – Andy ScadeProducer – Jon Jacobs, Neil HannonRecorded By, Mixed By – Jon JacobsWritten-By – Neil Hannon
9	The Frog Princess Producer – Darren Allison, Neil HannonWritten-By, Arranged By – Neil Hannon
10	Gin Soaked Boy Producer – Jon Jacobs, Neil HannonRecorded By, Mixed By – Jon JacobsWritten-By – Neil Hannon
11	Lucy Producer – Darren Allison, Neil HannonWords By [Additional] – William WordsworthWritten-By, Arranged By – Neil Hannon
12	Songs Of Love Producer – Darren Allison, Neil HannonWritten-By, Arranged By – Neil Hannon
13	In Pursuit Of Happiness Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor – Joby TalbotMixed By – Jon JacobsProducer – Jon Jacobs, Neil HannonWritten-By – Neil Hannon
14	I've Been To A Marvellous Party Mixed By, Engineer – David Tyler*Producer – Neil HannonProgrammed By, Electronics – Steve Hilton*Written-By – Neil Hannon
15	The Certainty Of Chance Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor – Joby TalbotEngineer [Additional] – Andy ScadeProducer – Jon Jacobs, Neil HannonRecorded By, Mixed By – Jon JacobsWritten-By – Joby Talbot, Neil Hannon
16	Too Young To Die Mixed By – Jon JacobsProducer – Jon Jacobs, Neil HannonRecorded By – David Tyler*Written-By – Neil Hannon
17	Tonight We Fly Producer – Darren Allison, Neil HannonWritten-By, Arranged By – Neil Hannon

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Setanta Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Setanta Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – EMI Records Ltd.
• Distributed By – Vital
• Published By – BMG Music
• Published By – Damaged Pop Music
• Published By – Warner/Chappell Music

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Chris Caldwell (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Alto Vocals – Alison Brister (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Catherine Best (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Claire Turner (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Elise Golden (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Jane Helliwell (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Jo Chapman (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Maggie Huntingford (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Pauline Hoyle (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Rhael Jenkins (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Tina Burnett-Pope (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Veronica Gray (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Baritone Saxophone – Charlotte Glasson (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Bass Clarinet – Stuart King (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Bass Guitar – Bryan Mills
• Bass Trombone – Andrew Harwood-White (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates* (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12)
• Bass Vocals – Bruce Boyd (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Geoff Kemball-Cook (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Ian Lawrence (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), John Gibbons (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Lenny Fagin (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Martin Hudson (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Matthew Turner (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Paul Haddon (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Paul Mason (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Robert Goodall (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Roger Cleave (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Stephen Greenway (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Vincent Lawler (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Bassoon – Rebecca Menday (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Simon Estell (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12)
• Cello – Betsy Taylor (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Christopher Fish* (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Chris Worsey (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9, 12 & 17), Duncan Moulton (tracks: 3 & 13), Emmeline Brewer (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Jo Richards (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Kathy Brown (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Louise Hopkins (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Quentin Hutchinson (tracks: 7 & 11), Robbie Jacobs (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Ruth Goldstein (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12)
• Chorus Master – David Temple (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Clarinet – Kelvin Christiane (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Stuart King (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Conductor – Christopher Austin (tracks: 3 & 13)
• Cor Anglais – Joby Talbot (tracks: 6 & 17), Max Spiers (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Design – Rob Crane
• Directed By [Artistic Director For The Brunel Ensemble] – Chris Austin (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Double Bass – Ian Watson (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Peter Devlin (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Philip Dawson (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15)
• Drums – Darren Allison (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 & 17), Grant Gordon (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Miggy Barradas*
• Flugelhorn – Adam Howard (tracks: 3 & 13), Robin Smith (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12)
• Flute – Alex McRonald (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Charlotte Glasson (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13 & 15), Rebecca Larsen (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Flute [Alto] – Rebecca Larsen (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• French Horn – Neil Hannon (tracks: 7 & 11)
• Guitar – Ivor Talbot
• Harp – Lucy Wakeford (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Horn – Jonathan Hassan (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Jonathan Morcombe (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Matthew Gunner (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Tansy Davies (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Management – Divine Management
• Mastered By – Ian Cooper
• Oboe – Joby Talbot (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9, 12 & 17), Max Spiers (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15)
• Organ [Hammond] – Neil Hannon (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12)
• Organ [Hammond], Accordion – Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates*
• Percussion – Darren Allison (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 & 17), Neil Hannon (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Rob Farrer
• Photography By – Kevin Westenberg
• Piano – Joby Talbot, Neil Hannon (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12)
• Piccolo Flute – Rebecca Larsen (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Saxophone – Charlotte Glasson (tracks: 3 & 13), Joby Talbot (tracks: 6 & 17), Simon Estell (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12)
• Soprano Saxophone – Charlotte Glasson (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Simon Haram (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Soprano Vocals – Allison Mason (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Denise Haddon (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Felicity Ford (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Gisela Soinne (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Jenny Weston (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Julia White (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Liz Knight (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Naomi Fulop (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Nina Weiss (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Pamela Constantinou (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Pat Whitehead (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Rachael Conner (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Sue McCrone (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Tenor Saxophone – Charlotte Glasson (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Kelvin Christiane (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Tenor Vocals – Barry Varley-Tipton (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Christopher Higgs (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), John Best (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Ken Wilson (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Michael Coates (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Nick Turner (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Phillip Robinson (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Steve McAdam (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Trombone – Jane Butterfield (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 9, 12 & 13), Tom Hammond (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Trumpet – Adam Howard (tracks: 3 & 13), Daniel Newell (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Mark Law (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Robert Samuel (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Robin Smith (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Simon Jones (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15)
• Trumpet [Piccolo] – Simon Jones (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Tuba – Simon Roberts (tracks: 1, 4 & 15)
• Viola – Alison Fletcher (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Catherine Browning (tracks: 6 & 17), Charlotte Glasson (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), David Aspin (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Jessamy Boyd (tracks: 6 & 17), Joanna Lacey (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), John Murphy (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Jong On Lau (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Monica Scott (tracks: 7 & 11), Robert Riley (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Yannick Dondelinger (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Zoe Lake (tracks: 3 & 13)
• Violin – Alex Postlethwaite (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Alice Pratley (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Anna Giddey (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12 & 15), Aroussiak Baltaian (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Benjamin Harte (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Ben Nabarro* (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13 & 15), Bérénice Lavigne (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Charles Mutter (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Christopher George (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Emile Chitikow* (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Emily Davie* (tracks: 3 & 13), Emma Mitchell (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Eos Counsell (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12 & 15), Juliet Warden (tracks: 3 & 13), Kate Birchall (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Kelly McCusker (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Krista Juanita Caspersz* (tracks: 3 & 13), Laura Samuel (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Lisa Betteridge (tracks: 3 & 13), Mary Martin (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Matthew Ward (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Maya Bickel (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Monica Scott (tracks: 7 & 11), Natalie Box (tracks: 6 & 17), Padraic Savage (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12), Roy Theaker (tracks: 1, 4 & 15), Simon Baggs (tracks: 3 & 13), Timothy Myall* (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 13 & 15), Yuri Kalnitz* (tracks: 2, 5, 9 & 12)
• Vocals, Guitar – Neil Hannon

Notes

Compilation of tracks from "Fin De Siècle" (1, 4 & 15 ℗ 1998 Setanta), "Casanova" (2, 5, 9 & 12 ℗ 1996 Setanta), "A Short Album About Love" (3 & 13 ℗ 1997 Setanta), "Promenade" (6 & 17 ℗ 1994 Setanta), "Liberation" (7 & 11 ℗ 1999 Setanta) and "20th Century Blues - The Songs of Noel Coward" (14 ℗ 1998 S.A.V.E Ltd).

"The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count" is originally from "Liberation" and re-recorded for "A Secret History". "Gin Soaked Boy" and "Too Young to Die" previously un-released.

Tracks 1, 4, 10, 15 & 16 published by BMG Music, track 14 published by Warner / Chappell Music, all other tracks published by Damaged Pop Music.

This compilation ℗ & © 1999 Setanta Records Limited.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanned): 5033281611004
• Matrix / Runout: D4736 SETCD 100 :: 1:7
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L153
• Mould SID Code: ifpi 2329

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SET LP 100	The Divine Comedy	A Secret History: The Best Of The Divine Comedy ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Setanta	SET LP 100	UK	1999
DCRL 100CD	The Divine Comedy	A Secret History: The Best Of The Divine Comedy ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Divine Comedy Records Limited	DCRL 100CD	UK	2006
none, DTM 224101-2	The Divine Comedy	A Secret History: The Best Of The Divine Comedy ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Setanta, Double T Music	none, DTM 224101-2	Europe	1999
SETCD100	The Divine Comedy	A Secret History: The Best Of The Divine Comedy ‎(CD, Comp, Promo)	Setanta	SETCD100	UK	1999
SETCDL100	The Divine Comedy	A Secret History (...The Best Of The Divine Comedy) ‎(2xCD, Comp, Ltd)	Setanta	SETCDL100	UK	1999

The Best of The Divine Comedy is a greatest hits compilation album by The Divine Comedy, released in 1999. The album was the last to be released by the band on the Setanta Records label, and featured a collection of singles and best-known songs from the previous five studio albums. Re-recordings of "The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count" and "Your Daddy's Car" were included, along with two new tracks, "Gin Soaked Boy" and "Too Young to Die"

Listen free to The Divine Comedy – A Secret Histor. he Best Of The Divine Comedy (National Express, Something for the Weekend and more). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last. A new version of Last. A Secret Histor. he Best Of The Divine Comedy. Overview (current section).

The Certainty of Chance Lyrics. The Divine Comedy Lyrics provided by SongLyrics. Lyricapsule: The Surfaris Drop ‘Wipe Out’; June 22, 1963. RIFF’d: Nas’ ‘Nasir’. Lyricapsule: The Byrds Drop ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’; June 21, 1965.

Management – Divine Management. Mastered By – Ian Cooper. Compilation of tracks from "Fin De Siècle" (1, 4 & 15 ℗ 1998 Setanta), "Casanova" (2, 5, 9 & 12 ℗ 1996 Setanta), "A Short Album About Love" (3 & 13 ℗ 1997 Setanta), "Promenade" (6 & 17 ℗ 1994 Setanta), "Liberation" (7 & 11 ℗ 1999 Setanta) and "20th Century Blues - The Songs of Noel Coward" (14 ℗ 1998 . The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count" is originally from "Liberation" and re-recorded for "A Secret History"

The Divine Comedy - Everybody knows that I love you video - Neil Hannon is great as usual. The Divine Comedy - Generation Sex. Neil Hannon's (AKA The Divine Comedy) video for the single Generation Sex. The Divine Comedy - Becoming More Like Alfie. Becoming More Like Alfie is taken from the 1996 album Casanova. The Divine Comedy - The Summerhouse. From 1994 album "Promenade". In my humble opinion, one of Neil Hannon's best songs.

The Divine Comedy-Secret History (Best of the Divine Comedy, 1999). Nov 1999) The album also includes many other great tracks (my personal favourites being Song's Of Love (the theme from Father Ted), In Pursuit Of Happiness, Certainty Of Chance, Too Young To Die. I barely knew the Divine Comedy before getting this album and was pleasantly suprised by the diverity of the album

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