Absent Friends - The Divine Comedy
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78 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: Neil Hannon returns with his first album since 2001's 'Regeneration.' Basically a solo effort (though retaining the Divine Comedy name), 'Friends' was produced and largely performed by Hannon, with Nigel Godrich handling the mixing.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Gorgeous, grotto-fabulous chamber pop. [14 May 2004, p.71]
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  2. Mojo
    80
    His songwriting has rarely sounded so acute. [Apr 2004, p.109]
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  3. Dot Music
    80
    It’s pretty much all fantastic.
  4. Splendid
    60
    By the time "Our Mutual Friend"'s symphonic percussion and hammering cellos reach their crashing apex, the album begins to feel a little like the fourth consecutive hour at a well-stocked party full of musical theater majors.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. KrisH
    10
    The more I listen to this, the more I like it. Less oppressive than Casanova and hits the right emotional spots.
  2. allisonm
    10
    came across this very late but love love it..
  3. asierr
    9
    hannon comes back to the walkers' road. And sounds (nearly) better than ever. thank you chap
  4. JesseS
    7
    Somewhere in between the cheesy ("Come Home Billy Bird") and the sadly immaculate drama-ridden & clever ("Our Mutual Friend") we have a generally good effort from his Divine Hannon. His most Scott Walker-ish homage. Perhaps.… Expand

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