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Neil Hannon and PopMaster

Neil Hannon, the lead singer and creator of The Divine Comedy picks his favourite songs in the Tracks of My Years. Plus Ken has another round of the PopMaster music quiz.

Neil Hannon, the founder and lead singer of The Divine Comedy picks his Tracks of My Years with songs from Blur and Kiri Te Kanawa. Neil is considered one of the country鈥檚 most creative songwriters and has recently released his latest album from The Divine Comedy called Office Politics. The album is full of songs about characters and machines, synthesizers and songs about synthesizers. It also has guitars, orchestras, accordions and songs about love and greed. Neil says the songs and characters for the album emerged faster than he could keep track of them.

Neil formed The Divine Comedy in 1989 in Northern Ireland and he is the only consistent band member, and at times has played all the instruments himself. The band鈥檚 break-through album was Casanova in 1996, their fourth album which featured the single 鈥楽omething For The Weekend鈥�. Their highest charting single was 鈥楴ational Express鈥� which reached number 8 in the UK charts in 1999.

In 1998 Neil provided backing vocals with Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys for Robbie Williams鈥� single 鈥楴o Regrets鈥�. The Divine Comedy also supported Robbie Williams on his post-Millennium tour in the same year.

Neil also wrote the theme tunes to the hit TV series Father Ted and The IT Crowd and is currently working on the Father Ted musical with Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews .

Ken's got another round of the legendary PopMaster music quiz and your dedications with today's love song. There's also the record and album of the week.
If you want to contact the show, just email - ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk

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Tue 13 Aug 2019 09:30
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Music Played

  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Kygo & Whitney Houston

    Higher Love

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA Records.

  • Christopher Cross

    Ride Like The Wind

    • Christopher Cross.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Donna Summer

    She Works Hard For The Money

    • Donna Summer - Summer Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Record of the Week

    • Status Quo

      Liberty Lane

      • Backbone.
      • Ear Music.

  • Black Eyed Peas

    I Gotta Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 4.

  • Bruce Hornsby & the Range

    The Way It Is

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Louise

    Lead Me On

    • (CD Single).
    • Lil Lou Records.

  • Take That

    The Flood

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 16.

  • Jim Croce

    I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song

    • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
    • The Hit Label Ltd.

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    Spirit

    • The Lion King O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Frida

    I Know There's Something Going On

    • (Single).
    • Epic.
    • 3.

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.

  • Mark Kingswood

    Strong

    • (CD Single).
    • 21k Productions.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Ingrid Michaelson

    Young And In Love

    • Stranger Songs.
    • Cabin 24 Records.

  • Phil Collins

    Something Happened on the Way to Heaven

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
    • 10.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Greatest Mistake

    • Singing To Strangers.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Album of the Week

    • 尝脡翱狈

      You And I

      • (CD Single).
      • BMG.

  • Elton John

    This Train Don't Stop There Anymore

    • Elton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002.
    • Mercury.

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Shine

    • Real Life.
    • Virgin.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Kiri Te Kanawa

      O Mio Babbino Caro

    • Blur

      Girls & Boys

      • Now 28 (Various Artists).
      • Now.

  • Twinnie

    Social Babies

    • Hollywood Gypsy.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Four Tops

    It's The Same Old Song

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Aug 2019 09:30
    成人快手 Radio 2