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Release Date
27 March 1994
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Length
11 tracks
The Divine Comedy is the actress-model-designer Milla Jovovich's first studio album; she was billed as simply Milla for this release. The album is named after the work of Dante Alighieri.
Only one music video was produced for the album in 1994: "Gentleman Who Fell", it charted at number 21 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Bang Your Head" and "It's Your Life" were released as the next singles, but no music video were produced for them.
Jovovich had begun working on a music album as early as 1988, when she was signed by SBK Records after the company heard a demo she recorded. Many of the songs were co-written by 1970s Australian pop star Mark Holden - best known currently as one of the judges on the talent show Australian Idol. Jovovich released the track "Gentleman Who Fell", with an accompanying music video, as the sole single from the album. The music video was originally directed by Lisa Bonet and featured Harry Dean Stanton, but Jovovich was unsatisfied with the results and decided to film another version. The second version of "Gentleman Who Fell", a homage to Maya Deren's short film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), was subsequently played on MTV. Milla has also collaborated musically with longtime friend and musician Chris Brenner, who co-wrote with her on the Divine Comedy album and who was the musical coordinator for the supporting tour. She and Brenner met in 1993 and have been working creatively on different ventures ever since. Following The Divine Comedy, she expressed interest in releasing a second album, having had ten songs ready for a future recording that was intended for a summer 1996 release. However, Jovovich has yet to release a second album.
In the end, Richard G. Feldman was one of the two music producers of the album, with Rupert Hine being the other; Mark R. Holden, Richard Feldman, and Chris Brenner composed songs with Jovovich as writing-composing partner.
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