Bang Goes the Knighthood is the tenth studio album by Northern Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released on 31 May 2010 by Divine Comedy Records.
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| Released | 31 May 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
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| Genre | Orchestral pop, art rock | |||
| Length | 44:55 | |||
| Label | Divine Comedy | |||
| Producer | Neil Hannon | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| BBC Online | positive[2] |
| The Independent | positive[3] |
| Record Collector | [4] |
| Belfast Telegraph | [5] |
| Financial Times | [6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [8] |
| Pitchfork | (7.6/10)[9] |
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Neil Hannon, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Down in the Street Below" | 5:08 |
| 2. | "The Complete Banker" | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Neapolitan Girl" | 2:49 |
| 4. | "Bang Goes the Knighthood" | 2:48 |
| 5. | "At the Indie Disco" (featuring Cathy Davey) | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Have You Ever Been in Love" (featuring Cathy Davey) | 3:10 |
| 7. | "Assume the Perpendicular" | 4:06 |
| 8. | "The Lost Art of Conversation" | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Island Life" (featuring Cathy Davey) | 4:36 |
| 10. | "When a Man Cries" | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Can You Stand Upon One Leg" | 3:32 |
| 12. | "I Like" | 3:48 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Ya Sumeera" | 2:39 |
| 14. | "Beside the Railway Tracks" | 2:57 |
| 15. | "The Circular Firing Squad" | 2:51 |
| 16. | "Napoleon Complex" | 4:20 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Amsterdam" | Jacques Brel | 3:33 |
| 2. | "L'Amour est Bleu" | André Popp, Pierre Cour | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" | Serge Gainsbourg | 3:13 |
| 4. | "Les Playboys" | Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Lanzmann | 3:25 |
| 5. | "The Songs That We Sing" | Jarvis Cocker, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Neil Hannon, Nicolas Godin | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Les copains d'abord" | Georges Brassens | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Anita Pettersen" | Vincent Delerm | 4:55 |
| 8. | "Joe le taxi" | Franck Langolff, Étienne Roda-Gil | 4:24 |
| 9. | "Je changerais d'avis" | Ennio Morricone, Ghigo De Chiara, Maurizio Costanzo | 3:39 |
Personnel
editPersonnel adapted from liner notes included in Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time – Thirty Years of The Divine Comedy.
Musicians
- Neil Hannon – vocals, piano
- Tim Weller – drums
- Cathy Davey – guest vocals (tracks 5–6, 9), drums (track 5)
- Thomas Walsh – guest vocals (tracks 2, 11), acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 8)
- Tosh Flood – guest vocals (track 1), electric guitar (track 5)
- Millennia Ensemble – orchestral performances
Technical
- Neil Hannon – producer, artwork concept
- Fergal Davis – engineer
- Ross Martin – additional engineering
- Guy Massey – engineering, mixing (tracks 2, 5, 7–8, 12)
- Bill Somerville-Large – mixing (tracks 1, 3–4, 6, 9–10)
- Dan Grech – mixing (track 11)
- Andrew Skeet – orchestral arrangements and conductor (tracks 1, 5–7, 9–10)
- Brian Hickey – artwork concept
- Pauline Rowan – photography
References
edit- ^ AllMusic Review
- ^ Mueller, Andrew. "The Divine Comedy Bang Goes the Knighthood Review". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Price, Simon (30 May 2010). "The Divine Comedy Bang Goes the Knighthood Review". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Staunton, Terry. "Review: The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood". Record Collector magazine. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Gill, Andy. "Review: The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Hunter-Tilney , Ludovic. "Review: The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood". The Financial Times Ltd 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Dean, Will (27 May 2010). "Review: The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood". London: Guardian News and Media Limited 2010. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Brown, Helen (1 June 2010). "The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood, CD review ". London: Telegraph Media Group Limited 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Tangari, Joe. "Album Review: The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
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