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The Divine Comedy discography

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The discography of Northern Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy consists of twelve studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, five extended plays and twenty-six singles.

The Divine Comedy discography
Studio albums12
EPs5
Live albums2
Compilation albums2
Singles26
Box sets1

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		UK
Indie
[2] 		BEL
[3] 		EUR
[4] 		FRA
[5] 		GER
[6] 		IRE
[7] 		SPA
[8] 		SWI
[9] 		SCO
[10]
Fanfare for the Comic Muse
  • Released: July 1990
  • Label: Setanta (SET2)
 — — — — — — — — — —
Liberation
  • Released: 16 August 1993
  • Label: Setanta (SET11)
 — 39
[A]		 — — — — — — — —
Promenade
  • Released: 28 March 1994
  • Label: Setanta (SET13)
 — 29
[B]		 — — — — — — — —
Casanova
  • Released: 29 April 1996
  • Label: Setanta (SET25)
 48 24
[C]		 — — — — — — — 73
A Short Album About Love
  • Released: 10 February 1997
  • Label: Setanta (SET36)
 13 21
[D]		 — 65 — — 8 — — 22
Fin de Siècle
  • Released: 31 August 1998
  • Label: Setanta (SET57)
 9 1 — 38 23 — 4 — — 16
Regeneration
  • Released: 12 March 2001
  • Label: Parlophone (5317612)
 14 40
[E]		 — 39 21 — 15 — — 16
Absent Friends
  • Released: 29 March 2004
  • Label: Parlophone (5962802)
 23 34
[F]		 — — 20 — 6 — — 23
Victory for the Comic Muse
  • Released: 19 June 2006
  • Label: Parlophone (3653722)
 43 47
[G]		 — — 33 83 22 — 87 49
Bang Goes the Knighthood
  • Released: 31 May 2010
  • Label: Divine Comedy (DCRL101)
 20 3 34 — 27 — 8 83 — 31
Foreverland
  • Released: 2 September 2016
  • Label: Divine Comedy (DCRL107)
 7 1 31 — 18 41 3 33 36 9
Office Politics
  • Released: 7 June 2019
  • Label: Divine Comedy (DCRL112)
 5 1 159 — 42 51 9 33 78 2
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Liberation peaked at No. 39 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
  2. ^ Promenade peaked at No. 29 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
  3. ^ Casanova peaked at No. 24 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
  4. ^ A Short Album About Love peaked at No. 21 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
  5. ^ Regeneration peaked at No. 40 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
  6. ^ Absent Friends peaked at No. 34 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
  7. ^ Victory for the Comic Muse peaked at No. 47 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Notes
UK
Indie
[12]
Live at Somerset House
  • Released: 25 April 2011
  • Label: Concert Live (CLCD288)
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  • Recorded live at Somerset House, London on 17 July 2010
  • 24-track double-CD digipack
Loose Canon:
Live in Europe 2016–2017
  • Released: 16 February 2018
  • Label: Divine Comedy (DCRL111)
 25
  • Recorded live from their European tours of 2016 and 2017
  • 17-track CD included an interpretation of New Order's "Blue Monday"
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		UK
Indie
[13] 		UK
Vinyl
[14] 		EUR
[15] 		IRE
[7] 		SCO
[16]
A Secret History...
The Best of the Divine Comedy
  • Released: 30 August 1999
  • Label: Setanta (SET100)
 3 1 — 22 2 6
Charmed Life – The Best of the Divine Comedy
  • Released: 4 February 2022
  • Label: Divine Comedy
 5 1 — — 5
[17]		 —
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
Indie
[13] 		UK
Vinyl
[14]
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time – Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy
  • Released: 9 October 2020
  • Label: Divine Comedy (DCRL117)
 6 8

Extended plays

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Year Title Tracks
1991 Timewatch
  • Timewatch
  • Jerusalem
  • The Rise and Fall
1992 Europop
  • Europop
  • New Wave
  • Intifada
  • Monitor
  • Timewatch
  • Jerusalem
  • The Rise and Fall
1993 Indulgence No. 1
  • Hate My Way
  • Untitled Melody
  • Europe by Train
1994 Indulgence No. 2
  • A Drinking Song
  • When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe
  • Tonight We Fly
2004 Bavarian EP
  • No One Knows (Recorded Live At The Dublin Gaiety 2004)
  • Our Mutual Friend (Live Demo From 2003)
  • Three Sisters (Recorded Live At The Dublin Gaiety 2004)

Singles

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Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		UK
Indie
[18] 		EUR
[19] 		IRE
[20] 		SCO
[21]
1993 "Lucy" — — — — — Liberation
1996 "Something for the Weekend" 14 — 88 — 14 Casanova
"Becoming More Like Alfie" 27 — — — 21
"The Frog Princess" 15 — — — 14
1997 "Everybody Knows (Except You)" 14 — 61 23 10 A Short Album About Love
1998 "I've Been to a Marvellous Party" 28 — — — — Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
"Generation Sex" 19 5 80 24 15 Fin de Siècle
"The Certainty of Chance" 49 10 — — 49
1999 "National Express" 8 2 36 18 7
"The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count" 17 3 58 24 13 A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy
"Gin Soaked Boy" 38 15 — — 54
2001 "Love What You Do" 26 — 90 48 24 Regeneration
"Bad Ambassador" 34 — — — 33
"Perfect Lovesong" 42 — — — 46
2004 "Come Home Billy Bird" 25 — — 34 26 Absent Friends
"Absent Friends" 38 — — — 49
2006 "Diva Lady" 52 — — 36 37 Victory for the Comic Muse
"To Die a Virgin" 67 — — — 45
"A Lady of a Certain Age" — — — — —
2010 "At the Indie Disco" 173 17 — — — Bang Goes the Knighthood
"I Like" — — — — —
2016 "Catherine the Great" — — — — — Foreverland
"How Can You Leave Me on My Own" — — — — —
2017 "To the Rescue" — — — — —
2019 "Queuejumper" — — — — — Office Politics
"Norman and Norma" — — — — —
"Infernal Machines" — — — — —
"Don't Mention the War" — — — — — Modern Love: Season 1
2021 "The Best Mistakes" — — — — — Charmed Life – The Best of The Divine Comedy
"Home for the Holidays" — — — — —
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

DVDs

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  • Live at the Palladium (2004) – with the Millennia Ensemble

Contributions

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Appearing as either the Divine Comedy or Neil Hannon:

References

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  1. ^ a b c UK chart peaks:
    • "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    • Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 9781904994107.
    • "Chart Log UK 1994–2010". zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. ^ UK independent studio albums chart peaks:
  3. ^ "Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks". ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ European albums chart peaks:
  5. ^ "French chart peaks". lescharts.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. ^ German studio albums chart peaks:
  7. ^ a b Irish studio albums chart peaks:
  8. ^ "Spanish chart peaks". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Swiss chart peaks". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  10. ^ Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
  11. ^ a b c d e "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 25 September 2020. Note: User needs to enter "Divine Comedy" in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter
  12. ^ UK independent studio albums chart peaks:
  13. ^ a b UK independent compilation albums chart peaks:
  14. ^ a b UK vinyl compilation albums chart peaks:
  15. ^ European compilation albums chart peaks:
  16. ^ Scottish compilation albums chart peaks:
  17. ^ "Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 11 February 2022". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  18. ^ UK independent singles chart peaks:
  19. ^ European singles chart peaks:
  20. ^ Irish singles chart peaks:
  21. ^ Scottish singles chart peaks:
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