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1	National Express
2	Something For The Weekend
3	Everybody Knows (Except You)
4	Generation Sex
5	Becoming More Like Alfie
6	The Summerhouse
7	Your Daddy's Car Producer – Darren AllisonRemix – Jon Jacobs
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 Marvellous Party Mixed By – David Tyler*Programmed By – Steve Hilton*
15	The Certainty Of Chance
16	Too Young To Die
17	Tonight We Fly

Credits

• Arranged By – Joby Talbot (tracks: 1,3, 4, 8, 13, 15)
• Drums – Darren Allison (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 17)
• Engineer – Andy Scade (tracks: 4, 8, 10, 15)
• French Horn – Quentin Hutchinson (tracks: 11)
• Percussion – Darren Allison (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 17)
• Producer – Darren Allison (tracks: 2, 5 to 7, 9, 11, 12, 17), Jon Jacobs (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16), Neil Hannon

Notes

Compilation of tracks from "Fin De Siècle" (01, 04 & 15), "Casanova" (02, 05, 09 & 12), "A Short Album About Love" (03 & 13), "Promenade" (06 & 17), "Liberation" (07 & 11) and "20th Century Blues - The Songs of Noel Coward" .

"The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count" is originally from "Liberation" and re-recorded for "A Secret History". "Gin Soaked Boy" and "Too Young to Die" previously un-released.

Packaged in a plastic sleeve with a colour card featuring cover and tracklist on the back.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SET LP 100	The Divine Comedy	A Secret History: The Best Of The Divine Comedy ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Setanta Records	SET LP 100	UK	1999
SET CD 100	The Divine Comedy	A Secret History: The Best Of The Divine Comedy ‎(CD, Comp)	Setanta Records	SET CD 100	UK	1999
SETCDL100	The Divine Comedy	A Secret History (...The Best Of The Divine Comedy) ‎(2xCD, Comp, Ltd)	Setanta Records	SETCDL100	UK	1999
none, DTM 224101-2	The Divine Comedy	A Secret History: The Best Of The Divine Comedy ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Setanta Records, Double T Music	none, DTM 224101-2	Europe	1999
51080	The Divine Comedy	A Secret History: The Best Of The Divine Comedy ‎(CD, Comp)	Setanta Records	51080	US	1999