- baroque pop, pop
- 52 min
- 11 tracks
- Setanta Records
Casanova is the fourth studio album by Northern Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy. It was released in 1996 by Setanta Records and was the band's commercial breakthrough. It was certified Gold in the UK in July 1997, aided by the release of the album's first single, "Something for the Weekend", which reached No. 13 on the charts. Two other singles released from the album, "Becoming More Like Alfie" and "The Frog Princess", charted at No. 27 and No. 15, respectively.
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Classical in form, cool, spare and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Dotmusic90/100
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Select4/5
- Wall of Sound83/100
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Tracks
- 1Something for the Weekend4:20
- 2Becoming More Like Alfie2:59
- 3Middle-Class Heroes5:26
- 4In & Out of Paris & London3:28
- 5Charge5:27
- 6Songs of Love3:26
- 7The Frog Princess5:13
- 8A Woman of the World4:12
- 9Through a Long & Sleepless Night6:13
- 10Theme From Casanova5:52
- 11The Dogs & the Horses5:15
11 tracks, 52 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Divine Comedy
- Label
- Setanta Records
- Released
- April 9, 1996
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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