A Secret History: Best of the Divine Comedy

Original Release Date:  September 21, 1999

Track Listing

• 1. National Express
• 2. Something for the Weekend
• 3. Everybody Knows (But You)
• 4. Generation Sex
• 5. Becoming More Like Alfie
• 6. The Summerhouse
• 7. Your Daddy's Car
• 8. The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count
• 9. The Frog Princess
• 10. Gin Soaked Boy
• 11. Lucy
• 12. Songs of Love
• 13. In Pursuit of Happiness
• 14. I've Been to a Marvelous Party
• 15. The Certainty of Chance
• 16. Too Young to Die
• 17. Tonight We Fly

Credits

• Matthew Ward: Violin
• Simon Jones: Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet
• Darren Allison: Percussion, Drums
• John Best: Vocals
• Kathy Brown: Viola
• Chris George: Violin
• Gordon Grant: Guitar, Drums
• Robbie Hay Jacobs: Cello
• Jon Jacobs: Producer
• Ian Lawrence: Vocals
• John Murphy: Viola
• Bob Samuel: Trumpet
• Robin Smith: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
• Nik Turner: Vocals
• Ian Cooper: Mastering
• Phillip Robinson: Vocals
• Kevin Westenberg: Photography
• Rob Crane: Design
• John Gibbons: Vocals
• Ken Wilson: Vocals
• Kelly McCusker: Violin
• Jing Lou: Viola
• David Temple: Choir Master
• Mike Coates: Vocals
• Marcus Law: Trumpet
• Padraic Savage: Violin
• Joby Talbot: Piano, Oboe, Saxophone, Cor Anglais
• Betsy Taylor: Cello
• Peter Devlin: Double Bass
• Paul Hoyle: Vocals
• Neil Hannon: Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Organ (Hammond), Producer
• Alison Fletcher: Viola
• Anna Giddey: Violin
• Adam Howard: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
• Alex McRonald: ?
• Alex Postlethwaite: Violin
• Alice Pratley: Violin
• Catherine Browning: Viola
• Max Spiers: Oboe
• Ivor Talbot: Guitar
• Juliet Warden: Violin
• John Murphy: Viola
• Stuart "Pinkie" Bates: Organ, Accordion, Organ (Hammond), Trombone (Bass)
• Bruce Boyd: Vocals
• Miggy Barradas: Drums
• Jeff Cook: Vocals
• Charlotte Glasson: Saxophone, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Viola, ?
• Phil Dawson: Double Bass
• Charles Mutter: Violin
• Damita Haddon: Vocals
• Simon Haram: Sax (Soprano)
• Chris Worsey: Cello, Viola
• Timothy Yall: Violin
• Tim Myall: Viola
• Jane Butterfield: Trombone
• Ben Nabarro: Violin
• Kelvin Christiane: Clarinet
• Aroussiak Baltaian: Violin
• Lisa Betterridge: Violin
• Krista Caspersz: Violin
• Emile Chitikov: Violin
• Eos Counsell: Violin
• Yannick Dondelinger: Viola
• Andrew Harwood-White: Trombone (Bass)
• Yuri Kalnitz: Violin
• Mary Martin: Violin
• Matthew Gunner: Horn
• Jonathon Morcambe: Horn
• Paul Mason: Vocals
• Maya Bickel: Violin
• Daniel Newell: Trumpet
• Roy Theaker: Violin
• Lucy Wakeford: Harp
• Zoe Lake: Viola
• Simon Baggs: Violin
• Kate Birchall: Violin
• Natalie Box: Violin
• Jessamy Boyd: Viola
• Alison Brister: Vocals
• Tina Burnett-Pope: Vocals
• Lucy Castle: Violin, Viola
• Jo Chapman: Vocals
• Roger Cleave: Vocals
• Rachael Conner: Vocals
• Constantinou: Vocals
• Emily Davie: Violin
• Simon Estell: Saxophone
• Rob Farrer: Percussion
• Lenny Fogin: Vocals
• Felicity Ford: Vocals
• Naomi Fulop: Vocals
• Elise Golden: Vocals
• Ruth Goldstein: Cello
• Robert Goodall: Vocals
• Veronica Gray: Vocals
• Stephen Greenway: Vocals
• Paul Haddon: Vocals
• Benjamin Harte: Violin
• Joathan Hassan: Horn
• Jane Helliwell: Vocals
• Christopher Higgs: Vocals
• Martin Hudson: Vocals
• Maggie Huntingford: Vocals
• Quentin Hutchinson: French Horn
• Rhael Jenkins: Vocals
• Stuart King: Clarinet
• Liz Knight: Vocals
• Joanna Lacey: Viola
• Rebecca Larsen: Flute (Alto), Piccolo, ?
• Berenice Lavigne: Violin
• Vincent Lawler: Vocals
• Steve McAdam: Vocals
• Sue McCrone: Vocals
• Emma Mitchell: Violin
• Duncan Moulton: Cello
• Bryan Mills: Bass, Guitar
• Tansy Davies: Horn