'Absent Friends' was originally released in 2004. Describing the album, singer Neil Hannon said: 'The songs use stories and characters as a framework to pin my ideas on. It's mostly about the eternal battle between the pull of personal freedom and the comfort of domesticity'.
1) Absent Friends (3.40)
2) Sticks and Stones (4.48)
3) Leaving Today (4.18)
4) Come Home Billy Bird (4.07)
5) My Imaginary Friend (2.43)
6) The Wreck of the Beautiful (4.58)
7) Our Mutual Friend (5.58)
8) The Happy Goth (3.36)
9) Freedom Road (3.55)
10) Laika's Theme (3.07)
11) Charmed Life (4.41)