The Divine Comedy discography

The discography of Northern Ireland 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
Live albums2
Compilation albums2
EPs5
Singles26

Albums

Studio albums

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
[upper-alpha 1]
Promenade
  • Released: 28 March 1994
  • Label: Setanta (#SET13)
29
[upper-alpha 2]
Casanova
  • Released: 29 April 1996
  • Label: Setanta (#SET25)
4824
[upper-alpha 3]
73
A Short Album About Love
  • Released: 10 February 1997
  • Label: Setanta (#SET36)
1321
[upper-alpha 4]
65822
Fin de Siècle
  • Released: 31 August 1998
  • Label: Setanta (#SET57)
913823416
Regeneration
  • Released: 12 March 2001
  • Label: Parlophone (#5317612)
1440
[upper-alpha 5]
39211516
Absent Friends
  • Released: 29 March 2004
  • Label: Parlophone (#5962802)
2334
[upper-alpha 6]
20623
Victory for the Comic Muse
  • Released: 19 June 2006
  • Label: Parlophone (#3653722)
4347
[upper-alpha 7]
3383228749
Bang Goes the Knighthood
  • Released: 31 May 2010
  • Label: Divine Comedy (#DCRL101)
203342788331
Foreverland
  • Released: 2 September 2016
  • Label: Divine Comedy (#DCRL107)
71311841333369
Office Politics
  • Released: 7 June 2019
  • Label: Divine Comedy (#DCRL112)
511594251933782
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Footnotes

  1. Liberation peaked at 39 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Devine Comedy
  2. Promenade peaked at 29 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Devine Comedy
  3. Casanova peaked at 24 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Devine Comedy
  4. A Short Album About Love peaked at 21 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Devine Comedy
  5. Regeneration peaked at 40 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Devine Comedy
  6. Absent Friends peaked at 34 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Devine Comedy
  7. Victory for the Comic Muse peaked at 47 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Devine Comedy

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Notes
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: Devine 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
[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)
312226
Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time
  • Released: 9 October 2020
  • Label: Devine Comedy (#DCRL117)
68
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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 Over Europe
  • Tonight We Fly
2004 Bavarian EP
  • Do You Realize? (Live Rehearsal)
  • Going Downhill Fast (Live)
  • Lucy (Live)

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1]
UK
Indie

[17]
EUR
[18]
IRE
[19]
SCO
[20]
1993 "Lucy" Liberation
1996 "Something for the Weekend" 148814 Casonova
"Becoming More Like Alfie" 2721
"The Frog Princess" 1514
1997 "Everybody Knows (Except You)" 14612310 A Short Album About Love
1998 "Generation Sex" 195802415 Fin de Siècle
"The Certainty of Chance" 491049
1999 "National Express" 8236187
"The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count" 173582413 A Secret History...
The Best of the Divine Comedy
"Gin Soaked Boy" 381554
2001 "Love What You Do" 26904824 Regeneration
"Bad Ambassador" 3433
"Perfect Lovesong" 4246
2004 "Come Home Billy Bird" 253426 Absent Friends
"Absent Friends" 3849
2006 "Diva Lady" 523637 Victory for the Comic Muse
"To Die a Virgin" 6745
"A Lady of a Certain Age"
2010 "At the Indie Disco" 17317 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"
"—" 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)

References

  1. UK chart peaks:
  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. 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. "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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  14. UK vinyl compilation albums chart peaks:
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