The Divine Comedy discography explained

Artist:The Divine Comedy
Studio:12
Live:2
Compilation:2
Ep:5
Singles:26
1Option:1
1Option Name:Box sets

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.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
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
Promenade
  • Released: 28 March 1994
  • Label: Setanta (SET13)
29
Casanova
  • Released: 29 April 1996
  • Label: Setanta (SET25)
48 24
73
A Short Album About Love
  • Released: 10 February 1997
  • Label: Setanta (SET36)
13 21
65 8 22
  • UK: Silver
Fin de Siècle
  • Released: 31 August 1998
  • Label: Setanta (SET57)
9 1 38 23 4 16
  • UK: Gold
Regeneration
  • Released: 12 March 2001
  • Label: Parlophone (5317612)
14 40
39 21 15 16
  • UK: Silver
Absent Friends
  • Released: 29 March 2004
  • Label: Parlophone (5962802)
23 34
20 6 23
Victory for the Comic Muse
  • Released: 19 June 2006
  • Label: Parlophone (3653722)
43 47
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

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsNotes
UK
Indie

[12]
Live at Somerset House
  • Released: 25 April 2011
  • Label: Concert Live (CLCD288)
  • 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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
UK
Indie

[13]
UK
Vinyl

[14]
EUR
[15]
IRE
SCO
[16]
A Secret History...
The Best of the Divine Comedy
  • Released: 30 August 1999
  • Label: Setanta (SET100)
3 1 22 2 6
  • UK: Gold
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

Extended plays

YearTitleTracks
1991Timewatch
  • Timewatch
  • Jerusalem
  • The Rise and Fall
1992Europop
  • Europop
  • New Wave
  • Intifada
  • Monitor
  • Timewatch
  • Jerusalem
  • The Rise and Fall
1993Indulgence No. 1
  • Hate My Way
  • Untitled Melody
  • Europe by Train
1994Indulgence No. 2
  • A Drinking Song
  • When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe
  • Tonight We Fly
2004Bavarian 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

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
UK
Indie

[18]
EUR
[19]
IRE
[20]
SCO
[21]
1993"Lucy"Liberation
1996"Something for the Weekend"14 88 14Casanova
"Becoming More Like Alfie"27 21
"The Frog Princess"15 14
1997"Everybody Knows (Except You)"14 61 23 10A Short Album About Love
1998"I've Been to a Marvellous Party"28
"Generation Sex"19 5 80 24 15Fin 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 13A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy
"Gin Soaked Boy"38 15 54
2001"Love What You Do"26 90 48 24Regeneration
"Bad Ambassador"34 33
"Perfect Lovesong"42 46
2004"Come Home Billy Bird"25 34 26Absent Friends
"Absent Friends"38 49
2006"Diva Lady"52 36 37Victory 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

Contributions

Appearing as either the Divine Comedy or Neil Hannon:

Notes and References

  1. UK chart peaks:
    • Web site: UK chart peaks . . 12 November 2020.
    • Book: Roberts, David . British Hit Singles & Albums . 2006. 19th . Guinness World Records Limited . London . 9781904994107.
    • Web site: Chart Log UK 1994–2010 . zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz . 12 November 2020.
  2. UK independent studio albums chart peaks:
  3. Web site: Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks . ultratop.be/nl . 12 November 2020.
  4. European albums chart peaks:
  5. Web site: French chart peaks . lescharts.com . 12 November 2020.
  6. German studio albums chart peaks:
  7. Irish studio albums chart peaks:
  8. Web site: Spanish chart peaks . spanishcharts.com . 12 November 2020.
  9. Web site: Swiss chart peaks . hitparade.ch . 12 November 2020.
  10. Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
  11. "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:
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  17. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 11 February 2022. Official Charts Company. 11 February 2022.
  18. UK independent singles chart peaks:
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