The Divine Comedy discography

The Divine Comedy discography
Studio albums	13
EPs	5
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	2
Singles	26
Box sets	1

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.

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 [A]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Promenade	Released: 28 March 1994 Label: Setanta (SET13)	—	29 [B]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Casanova	Released: 29 April 1996 Label: Setanta (SET25)	48	24 [C]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	73	UK: Gold [11]
A Short Album About Love	Released: 10 February 1997 Label: Setanta (SET36)	13	21 [D]	—	65	—	—	8	—	—	22	UK: Silver [11]
Fin de Siècle	Released: 31 August 1998 Label: Setanta (SET57)	9	1	—	38	23	—	4	—	—	16	UK: Gold [11]
Regeneration	Released: 12 March 2001 Label: Parlophone (5317612)	14	40 [E]	—	39	21	—	15	—	—	16	UK: Silver [11]
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
Rainy Sunday Afternoon	Released: 19 September 2025 Label: Divine Comedy	4	—	89	—	—	40	41 [12]	—	38	2
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Footnotes

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

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Notes
		UK Indie [13]
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 [1]	UK Indie [14]	UK Vinyl [15]	EUR [16]	IRE [7]	SCO [17]
A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy	Released: 30 August 1999 Label: Setanta (SET100)	3	1	—	22	2	6	UK: Gold [11]
Charmed Life – The Best of the Divine Comedy	Released: 4 February 2022 Label: Divine Comedy	5	1	—	—	5 [18]	—
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK Indie [14]	UK Vinyl [15]
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)

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					Album
		UK [1]	UK Indie [19]	EUR [20]	IRE [21]	SCO [22]
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"	—	—	—	—	—
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)

References

1. UK chart peaks:
   • "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
   • 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:
   • "Fin de Siècle". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "Bang Goes the Knighthood". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "Foreverland". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "Divine Comedy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "October 2020 peaks for re-issued albums released on The Divine Comedy's own record label". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
3. "Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks". ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
4. European albums chart peaks:
   • "A Short Album About Love" (PDF). Music & Media . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "Fin de Siècle" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "Regeneration" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
5. "French chart peaks". lescharts.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
6. German studio albums chart peaks:
   • "Victory for the Comic Muse". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "Foreverland". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "Office Politics". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "Rainy Sunday Afternoon". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
7. Irish studio albums chart peaks:
   • "A Short Album About Love" (PDF). Music & Media . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "Fin de Siècle" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
   • "Irish chart peaks". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
8. "Spanish chart peaks". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
9. "Swiss chart peaks". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
10. Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
    • "Casanova". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    • "A Short Album About Love". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    • "Fin de Siècle". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    • "Regeneration". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    • "Absent Friends". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    • "Victory for the Comic Muse". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    • "Bang Goes the Knighthood". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    • "Foreverland". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    • "Divine Comedy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
    • "Rainy Sunday Afternoon". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
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. "Top 100 Albums, Week Ending 26 September 2025". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
13. UK independent studio albums chart peaks:
    • "Loose Canon - Live in Europe 2016-2017". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 14 November 2020.
14. UK independent compilation albums chart peaks:
    • "A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Charmed Life – The Best of the Divine Comedy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
15. UK vinyl compilation albums chart peaks:
    • "Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 14 November 2020.
16. European compilation albums chart peaks:
    • "A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy" (PDF). Music & Media . Retrieved 14 November 2020.
17. Scottish compilation albums chart peaks:
    • "A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 14 November 2020.
18. "Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 11 February 2022". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
19. UK independent singles chart peaks:
    • "Generation Sex". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "The Certainty of Chance". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "National Express". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Gin Soaked Boy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "At the Indie Disco". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
20. European singles chart peaks:
    • "Something for the Weekend" (PDF). Music & Media . Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Everybody Knows (Except You)" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Generation Sex" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "National Express" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Love What You Do" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
21. Irish singles chart peaks:
    • Note: User needs to click on the "Search Charts" tab. Then enter Divine Comedy into the "Search Artists" field and press "Search". "Irish singles chart peaks up to 1999". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Irish chart peaks". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
22. Scottish singles chart peaks:
    • "Something for the Weekend". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Becoming More Like Alfie". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "The Frog Princess". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Everybody Knows (Except You)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Generation Sex". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "The Certainty of Chance". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "National Express". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Gin Soaked Boy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Love What You Do". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Bad Ambassador". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Perfect Lovesong". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Come Home Billy Bird". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Absent Friends". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "Diva Lady". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
    • "To Die a Virgin". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2020.