Victory for the Comic Muse

Original Release Date:  June 19, 2006

Track Listing

• 1. To Die a Virgin
• 2. Mother Dear
• 3. Diva Lady
• 4. A Lady of a Certain Age
• 5. The Light of Day
• 6. Threesome
• 7. Party Fears Two
• 8. Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World
• 9. The Plough
• 10. Count Grassi's Passage Over Piedmont
• 11. Snowball in Negative

Credits

• Richard Koster: Violin
• Billy Mackenzie: Composer
• Alan Rankine: Composer
• Sonia Slany: Violin
• Ian On Awi Watson: Accordion
• Lucy Wilkins: Violin
• Calina de la Mare: Violin
• Steve Rooke: Mastering
• Tom Sheehan: Photography
• Guy Massey: Engineer, Mixing
• Adrian Green: Photography
• Neil Hannon: Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo, Arranger, Composer, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
• Tim Weller: Drums
• Ian Burdge: Cello
• Raj Das: Assistant Engineer, Assistant
• Dougie Payne: Bass (Electric)
• Charlotte Glasson: Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Ilid Jones: Oboe, Cor Anglais
• Richard Woodcraft: Assistant Engineer, Assistant
• Chris Worsey: Cello, Contractor
• Andrew Haveron: Violin
• Jason Sinclair Long: Design
• Mark Bishop: Mixing Assistant
• Gillon Cameron: Violin
• Matthew Gunner: French Horn
• Reiad Chibah: Viola
• Andrew Skeet: Piano, Arranger, Director, Harpsichord, Musical Direction
• Celine Saout: Harp
• Camilla Pay: Harp
• Daniel Newell: Trumpet
• Jonathan Brigden: Contractor
• Simon Little: Bass (Electric), Double Bass
• Rob Farrer: Percussion
• John Ilewelyn Evans: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
• Elizabeth Marshall: Flute