# The Divine Comedy discography

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.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie | BEL | EUR | FRA | GER | IRE | SPA | SWI | SCO | Certifications |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||||

#### Footnotes

* ↑ Liberation peaked at No. 39 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
* ↑ Promenade peaked at No. 29 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
* ↑ Casanova peaked at No. 24 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
* ↑ A Short Album About Love peaked at No. 21 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
* ↑ Regeneration peaked at No. 40 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
* ↑ Absent Friends peaked at No. 34 in October 2020 when re-issued on their own label Divine Comedy
* ↑ 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 |
| Title | Album details | UK Indie | Notes |
| 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie | UK Vinyl | EUR | IRE | SCO | Certifications |
| 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 | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK Indie | UK Vinyl |
| 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Title | UK | UK Indie | EUR | IRE | SCO | Album |
| 1993 | "Lucy" | — | — | — | — | — | Liberation |
| 1996 | "Something for the Weekend" | 14 | — | 88 | — | 14 | Casanova |
| 1996 | "Becoming More Like Alfie" | 27 | — | — | — | 21 | Casanova |
| 1996 | "The Frog Princess" | 15 | — | — | — | 14 | Casanova |
| 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 |
| 1998 | "Generation Sex" | 19 | 5 | 80 | 24 | 15 | Fin de Siècle |
| 1998 | "The Certainty of Chance" | 49 | 10 | — | — | 49 | Fin de Siècle |
| 1999 | "National Express" | 8 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 7 | Fin de Siècle |
| 1999 | "The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count" | 17 | 3 | 58 | 24 | 13 | A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy |
| 1999 | "Gin Soaked Boy" | 38 | 15 | — | — | 54 | A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy |
| 2001 | "Love What You Do" | 26 | — | 90 | 48 | 24 | Regeneration |
| 2001 | "Bad Ambassador" | 34 | — | — | — | 33 | Regeneration |
| 2001 | "Perfect Lovesong" | 42 | — | — | — | 46 | Regeneration |
| 2004 | "Come Home Billy Bird" | 25 | — | — | 34 | 26 | Absent Friends |
| 2004 | "Absent Friends" | 38 | — | — | — | 49 | Absent Friends |
| 2006 | "Diva Lady" | 52 | — | — | 36 | 37 | Victory for the Comic Muse |
| 2006 | "To Die a Virgin" | 67 | — | — | — | 45 | Victory for the Comic Muse |
| 2006 | "A Lady of a Certain Age" | — | — | — | — | — | Victory for the Comic Muse |
| 2010 | "At the Indie Disco" | 173 | 17 | — | — | — | Bang Goes the Knighthood |
| 2010 | "I Like" | — | — | — | — | — | Bang Goes the Knighthood |
| 2016 | "Catherine the Great" | — | — | — | — | — | Foreverland |
| 2016 | "How Can You Leave Me on My Own" | — | — | — | — | — | Foreverland |
| 2017 | "To the Rescue" | — | — | — | — | — | Foreverland |
| 2019 | "Queuejumper" | — | — | — | — | — | Office Politics |
| 2019 | "Norman and Norma" | — | — | — | — | — | Office Politics |
| 2019 | "Infernal Machines" | — | — | — | — | — | Office Politics |
| 2019 | "Don't Mention the War" | — | — | — | — | — | Modern Love: Season 1 |
| 2021 | "The Best Mistakes" | — | — | — | — | — | Charmed Life – The Best of The Divine Comedy |
| 2021 | "Home for the Holidays" | — | — | — | — | — | Charmed Life – The Best of The Divine Comedy |
| "—" 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)