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| Released | 7 June 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2017–2019[1] | |||
| Genre | Art pop | |||
| Length | 60:39 | |||
| Label | Divine Comedy | |||
| Producer | Neil Hannon | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Clash | 7/10[4] |
| musicOMH | [5] |
| Paste | 7.2/10[6] |
| The Skinny | [7] |
Office Politics is the twelfth studio album by Northern Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released on 7 June 2019 by Divine Comedy Records.[8] It is a concept album concerning the workplace and the ever-growing role machines play in it.[9] The deluxe edition of the album features a bonus disc of Divine Comedy singer-songwriter Neil Hannon's original piano demos for his songs for Royal National Theatre's 2007 musical adaption of Swallows and Amazons.
Hannon has said that the use of marimba was inspired by bands such as Blondie, on their single "The Tide Is High", and Siouxsie Sioux's second band the Creatures.[10] Hannon also cited the tribal drums of early Adam Ant music as another inspiration.[10]
Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, awarded the album an average score of 77, based on seven reviews, indicating "generally good reviews."[2]
- ^ Hannon, Neil. "Napoleon's Last Hurrah – A Message From Neil *". Retrieved 11 June 2019 – via Facebook.
- ^ a b "Office Politics". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Office Politics – The Divine Comedy". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Rowe, Felix (5 June 2019). "The Divine Comedy – Office Politics". Clash. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Wylde, Nicoletta (7 June 2019). "The Divine Comedy – Office Politics". MusicOMH. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Cudmore, Libby (10 June 2019). "The Divine Comedy: Office Politics Review". Paste. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Wild, Pete (10 June 2019). "The Divine Comedy album review: Office Politics". The Skinny. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "The Divine Comedy Office Politics". Rough Trade. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Memo: The Divine Comedy Announce New Album 'Office Politics'". The Divine Comedy. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ a b Purden, Richard (14 June 2019). "Divine comedian Neil Hannon discusses Office Politics, Adam Ant and Reggie Perrin". Irishnews.com. Retrieved 17 June 2019.