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 | |
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| Studio albums | 12 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Singles | 26 |
| Box sets | 1 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| 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 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Liberation |
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— | 39 [A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Promenade |
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— | 29 [B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Casanova |
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48 | 24 [C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | |||
| A Short Album About Love |
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13 | 21 [D] | — | 65 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 22 |
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| Fin de Siècle |
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9 | 1 | — | 38 | 23 | — | 4 | — | — | 16 |
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| Regeneration |
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14 | 40 [E] | — | 39 | 21 | — | 15 | — | — | 16 |
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| Absent Friends |
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23 | 34 [F] | — | — | 20 | — | 6 | — | — | 23 | |||
| Victory for the Comic Muse |
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43 | 47 [G] | — | — | 33 | 83 | 22 | — | 87 | 49 | |||
| Bang Goes the Knighthood |
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20 | 3 | 34 | — | 27 | — | 8 | 83 | — | 31 | |||
| Foreverland |
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7 | 1 | 31 | — | 18 | 41 | 3 | 33 | 36 | 9 | |||
| Office Politics |
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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
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||||||||||
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| UK Indie [12] | ||||||||||||||
| Live at Somerset House |
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| Loose Canon: Live in Europe 2016–2017 |
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25 |
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| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| UK [1] |
UK Indie [13] |
UK Vinyl [14] |
EUR [15] |
IRE [7] |
SCO [16] | |||||||||
| A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy |
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3 | 1 | — | 22 | 2 | 6 |
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| Charmed Life – The Best of the Divine Comedy |
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5 | 1 | — | — | 5 [17] | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Box sets
Extended plays
| Year | Title | Tracks |
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| 1991 | Timewatch |
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| 1992 | Europop |
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| 1993 | Indulgence No. 1 |
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| 1994 | Indulgence No. 2 |
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| 2004 | Bavarian EP |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| 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
- Live at the Palladium (2004) – with the Millennia Ensemble
Contributions
Summarize
Perspective
Appearing as either the Divine Comedy or Neil Hannon:
- "Life's What You Make It", on the various artists compilation album Volume 9 (1994)
- "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out", on the various artists Smiths tribute album The Smiths Is Dead (1996)
- "All Mine", a duet with Tom Jones, on his album Reload (1999)
- "I've Been to a Marvelous Party", on the various artists Noël Coward tribute album Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward (1998)
- "No Regrets" (backing vocals), on the Robbie Williams album I've Been Expecting You (1998)
- "The Dead Only Quickly", on the 6ths' album Hyacinths and Thistles (1999)
- "Life on Mars", with Yann Tiersen, on his album Black Session (1999)
- "The Good Life" and "The Good Life (piano version)", on the Gangster No. 1 soundtrack (2000)
- "Les Jours Tristes", with Yann Tiersen, on his album L'Absente (2001)
- "Jacky", on the various artists Jacques Brel tribute album Next: A Tribute to Jacques Brel (2004)
- "October", on the various artists U2 tribute album Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 3 (2005)
- "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish (Reprise)" and "Vote Beeblebrox" (co-vocals), on the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy soundtrack (2005)
- "Home", on the Jane Birkin album Fictions (2006)
- "Three Cheers for Pooh, Cottleston Pie, Piglet Ho", on the various artists charity album Colours Are Brighter (2006)
- "Aliens", on the various artists charity album The Cake Sale (2006)
- "Love Don't Roam" and "Song for Ten", on the Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack (2006)
- "Take Me Away", on Pugwash's album Eleven Modern Antiquities (2008)
- "Our Love Goes Deeper Than This" by Duke Special, on the 2-CD version of Songs from the Deep Forest (2006)
- "Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping", on Air's album Pocket Symphony (2007)
- "Perfection as a Hipster", by God Help the Girl, from the soundtrack album God Help the Girl (2009)
- "Oscar the Hypno-Dog", on the various artists charity album Oscar the Hypno-Dog and Other Tails (2012)
References
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