"If there's a war, I'll sleep with you before you get killed". Good opening line, don't you think?

To Die A Virgin isn't a classic like Something For The Weekend and National Express, but it's a cracker in it's own right.

Neil Hannon specialises in word groupings you've not heard of before, and embracing topics that lesser artists shirk at it.

Most radio stations seem to program The Beautiful South to fill their quirky, mellow troubadour quota.

Which is a shame, we all deserve a bit of The Divine Comedy's music to make you smile in our lives.