Foreverland

Foreverland
Studio album by The Divine Comedy
Released	2 September 2016
Recorded	2015–16
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)
Singles from Foreverland
"Catherine the Great" Released: 24 June 2016[1] "How Can You Leave Me On My Own" Released: 26 August 2016[2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Daily Mail	[5]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[6]
Hot Press	positive[7]
The Irish Times	[8]
Mojo	[9]
Q	[10]
Uncut	7/10[11]

Foreverland is the eleventh studio album by The Divine Comedy. It was released on 2 September 2016.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

Accolades

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

Track listing

All tracks 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.	"6th of December"	3:52
2.	"11th of December"	4:16
3.	"13th of December"	2:37
4.	"23rd of December"	2:59
5.	"3rd of January"	4:11
6.	"13th of January"	1:41
7.	"15th of January"	1:58
8.	"30th of January"	3:33
9.	"7th of February"	2:13
10.	"22nd of February"	3:49
11.	"8th of March"	3:10
12.	"27th of March"	1:07
13.	"4th of April"	3:33
14.	"4th of April (Midnight)"	2:34
15.	"3rd of May"	4:16
16.	"10th of May"	2:17
17.	"21st of May"	3:12
18.	"28th of May"	1:07
19.	"31st of May"	3:22

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. "Foreverland". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
4. "Foreverland - Divine Comedy". AllMusic. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
5. "Neil Hannon's songs give us love, humour, cheese and energy in this simply divine new album". Daily Mail. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
6. "Album Review: Divine Comedy - Foreverland". Drowned in Sound. 31 August 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.
12. "The Divine Comedy". The Divine Comedy. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
13. "The Divine Comedy announce new album 'Foreverland' and Dublin date at the BGE Theatre". entertainment.ie. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
14. "The Divine Comedy announce new album and UK tour". Mirror Online. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
15. "The Divine Comedy announce new album and return to Dublin". Dublin Live. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
16. "The Divine Comedy to release first album since 2010 and play Leeds City Varieties in October". The Press. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
17. "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Mojo. November 22, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
18. "Foreverland". Retrieved 17 May 2016.
19. "Foreverland Deluxe Version". Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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21. "Ultratop.be – The Divine Comedy – Foreverland" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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25. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 36, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
26. "Portuguesecharts.com – The Divine Comedy – Foreverland". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
27. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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29. "Swisscharts.com – The Divine Comedy – Foreverland". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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