Release Date October 9th
Promenade, originally released in 1994, loosely recounts a day in the life of a pair of friends / siblings / lovers. It was an immediate hit with the critics and catapulted Neil to early notoriety in France. Stand out tracks include Don't Look Down, The Summerhouse and Tonight We Fly, the song with which, to this day, the band close every live set. The album has been remastered from the original tapes at the legendary Abbey Road Studios by mastering engineer Frank Arkwright (Blur, The Smiths.) Overseeing the audio throughout the campaign is engineer/mixer/producer Guy Massey, whose work on the Beatles Stereo Remasters won him a Grammy Award.The CD release consists of 2 discs: the original remastered album, with a second CD of b-sides, demos and alternate versions lovingly curated by Neil Hannon, much of which has never been heard before. The CD comes with a booklet of photos, credits and extensive liner notes written by Neil covering the context and inspiration behind the album and its songs.
CD
Disc 1
1. Bath
2. Going Downhill Fast
3. The Booklovers
4. A Seafood Song
5. Geronimo
6. Don't Look Down
7. When The Lights Go Out All Over Europe
8. The Summerhouse
9. Neptune's Daughter
10. A Drinking Song
11. Ten Seconds To Midnight
12. Tonight We Fly
Disc 2
1. Ten Seconds To Midnight (alternate version)
2. Assume The Goldsmith
3. When The Lights Go Out All Over Europe (live)
4. Tell Me What's Wrong
5. Life's What You Make It
6. Lost Prom Jam
7. Neptune's Daughter (demo)
8. Going Downhill Fast (instrumental)
9. The Booklovers (demo)
10. The Bright Lights Of Ealing
11. Bath (alternate version)
12. The Summerhouse (early idea)
13. The Summerhouse (live)
14.When The Lights Go Out All Over Europe (early idea)
15. A Woman Of The World (Promenade style demo)
16. Geronimo (live with Yann Tiersen)
17. Don't Look Down (demo)
18. A Drinking Song (live)
19. Only For Tonight
20. Tonight We Fly (demo)
LP
1. Bath
2. Going Downhill Fast
3. The Booklovers
4. A Seafood Song
5. Geronimo
6. Don't Look Down
7. When The Lights Go Out All Over Europe
8. The Summerhouse
9. Neptune's Daughter
10. A Drinking Song
11. Ten Seconds To Midnight
12. Tonight We Fly