The discography of Northern Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy consists of thirteen studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, five extended plays and twenty-six singles.
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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 UK: Gold"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 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 Rainy Sunday Afternoon Released: 19 September 2025 Label: Divine Comedy 4 1 89 — — 40 41 — 38 2 "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Notes UKIndieUK independent studio albums chart peaks: 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 Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UK UKIndieUK independent compilation albums chart peaks:
UKVinylUK vinyl compilation albums chart peaks: EUREuropean compilation albums chart peaks: IRE SCOScottish compilation albums chart peaks: 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 — "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Box sets Title Album details Peak chart positions UKIndie UKVinyl Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time – Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy Released: 9 October 2020 Label: Divine Comedy (DCRL117) 6 8
Extended plays 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)
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1993 "Lucy" — — — — — Liberation1996 "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 10 A Short Album About Love1998 "I've Been to a Marvellous Party" 28 — — — — Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward "Generation Sex" 19 5 80 24 15Fin de Siècle "The Certainty of Chance" 49 10 — — 491999 "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 — — 542001 "Love What You Do" 26 — 90 48 24Regeneration "Bad Ambassador" 34 — — — 33 "Perfect Lovesong" 42 — — — 462004 "Come Home Billy Bird" 25 — — 34 26Absent Friends "Absent Friends" 38 — — — 492006 "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 12021 "The Best Mistakes" — — — — —Charmed Life – The Best of The Divine Comedy "Home for the Holidays" — — — — — 2025 "Achilles" — — — — — Rainy Sunday Afternoon "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
DVDs Live at the Palladium (2004) – with the Millennia Ensemble
Contributions 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)
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