Band · from Enniskillen · since 1991
The Divine Comedy are a baroque pop band from Northern Ireland, formed in 1989 and fronted by Neil Hannon. Hannon has been the only constant member of the group, playing, in some instances, all of the non-orchestral instrumentation except drums. The band has released 13 studio albums. Between 1996 and 1999, nine singles released by the band made the top 40 of the UK singles chart, including the 1999 top ten hit "National Express".
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Rainy Sunday Afternoon19 Sep 2025Vinyl
Office Politics7 Jun 2019Vinyl
Foreverland2 Sep 2016Vinyl
Bang Goes the Knighthood31 May 2010Vinyl
Bang Goes The Knighthood (2020 Reissue)31 May 2010Vinyl
Victory for the Comic Muse19 Jun 2006Vinyl
Absent Friends29 Mar 2004VinylListening Party
Regeneration7 Mar 2001Vinyl
Fin De Siècle (2020 Reissue)31 Aug 1998Vinyl
Fin de siècle26 Aug 1998Vinyl
A Short Album About Love10 Feb 1997Vinyl
A Short Album About Love (2020 Reissue)10 Feb 1997Vinyl
Casanova (2020 Reissue)29 Apr 1996Vinyl
Casanova9 Apr 1996VinylListening Party
Promenade (2020 Reissue)28 Mar 1994Vinyl
Promenade25 Mar 1994Vinyl
Liberation16 Aug 1993Vinyl
Liberation (2020 Reissue)16 Aug 1993Vinyl
No One Knows12 Nov 2004 · EPVinyl
All the Pretty Lights17 Nov 2025 · SingleVinyl
Invisible Thread2 Sep 2025 · SingleVinyl
The Last Time I Saw the Old Man22 Jul 2025 · SingleVinyl
Achilles8 Apr 2025 · SingleVinyl
The Best Mistakes22 Nov 2021 · SingleVinyl
Home for the Holidays20 Nov 2021 · SingleVinyl
Don’t Mention the War29 Nov 2019 · SingleVinyl
Infernal Machines / You’ll Never Work in This Town Again4 Oct 2019 · SingleVinyl
Norman and Norma16 May 2019 · SingleVinyl
Queuejumper3 Apr 2019 · SingleVinyl
To the Rescue20 Jan 2017 · SingleVinyl
How Can You Leave Me on My Own26 Aug 2016 · SingleVinyl
Catherine the Great24 Jun 2016 · SingleVinyl
A Lady of a Certain Age6 Nov 2006 · SingleVinyl
To Die a Virgin11 Aug 2006 · SingleVinyl
To Die a Virgin (Demo)11 Aug 2006 · SingleVinyl
Diva Lady9 Jun 2006 · SingleVinyl
Diva Lady (Black Holes Demo)9 Jun 2006 · SingleVinyl
Diva Lady (Finished Demo)9 Jun 2006 · SingleVinylRecords from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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TIM’S LISTENING PARTY
2 albums by The Divine Comedy, played together at the same time, with the band’s own stories as the songs go by.
Tim Burgess’s Listening Parties. Replays on timstwitterlisteningparty.com.
Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.
Records by other artists with The Divine Comedy in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
Playlists with The Divine Comedy in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.
Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Divine Comedy’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.
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