Release Date October 9th
Liberation was the band’s first full album. Released in 1993 it achieved few sales but plenty of critical acclaim. Tracks such as Your Daddy's Car, Europop, and Lucy are fan favourites still performed live by the band to this day while Pop Singers Fear Of The Pollen Count was released as a single from the 1999 "Best Of.“ 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. Festive Road
2. Death Of A Supernaturalist
3. Bernice Bobs Her Hair
4. I Was Born Yesterday
5. Your Daddy's Car
6. Europop
7. Timewatching
8. The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count
9. Queen Of The South
10. Victoria Falls
11. Three Sisters
12. Europe By Train
13. Lucy
Disc 2
1. Untitled Melody
2. Your Daddy's Car (demo)
3. Queen Of The South (demo)
4. Europop (live)
5. Little Darlin'
6. Bernice Bobs Her Hair (early idea)
7. Bontempi Beats 1
8. The Pop Singers Fear Of The Pollen Count (demo)
9. Europe By Train (live)
10. I Can Think (But I Can't Feel)
11. Lucy (early version)
12. Festive Road (demo)
13. Three Sisters (live)
14. I Was Born Yesterday (alternate version)
15. Bontempi Beats 2
16. Christmas With The Hannons
17. Victoria Falls (demo)
18. Timewatching (demo)
19. Bontempi Beats 3
20. Suzanne (live)
LP
1. Festive Road
2. Death Of A Supernaturalist
3. Bernice Bobs Her Hair
4. I Was Born Yesterday
5. Your Daddy's Car
6. Europop
7. Timewatching
8. The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count
9. Queen Of The South
10. Victoria Falls
11. Three Sisters
12. Europe By Train
13. Lucy