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The Divine Comedy is a pop band from Northern Ireland fronted by Neil Hannon.

Neil Hannon has been the only ever-present member of the band, being its founder in 1989 when he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, the heavily R.E.M.-influenced and now-deleted Fanfare for the Comic Muse, enjoyed little success. A couple of equally unsuccessful EPs - Timewatch (1991); Europop (1992) - were to follow, with newly-recruited member John Allen handling lead vocals on some tracks. After the commercial failure of the Europop EP, this line-up soon fell apart.

Hannon, however, was not deterred in his efforts and re-appeared in 1993 with Liberation. Featuring a fairly diverse musical outlook that goes from the tongue-in-cheek synth pop of 'Europop' (nearly unrecognisable from the previously-released version) to the classical stylings of 'Timewatching', it is also characterised by a plethora of literary references: 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' recalls a short story by F....

Created by dipity on Jan 23, 2008

Last updated: 11/11/09 at 10:18 PM

• Victory for the Comic Muse
  Jun 18, 2006

  Track listing: To Die a VirginMother DearDiva LadyA Lady of a Certain AgeThe Light of DayThreesomeParty Fears TwoArthur C. Clarke's Mysterious WorldThe PloughCount Grassi's Passage Over PiedmontSnowball in Negative
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Absent Friends
  Mar 28, 2004

  Track listing: Sticks and StonesCome Home Billy BirdOur Mutual FriendLeaving TodayLaika's ThemeThe Happy GothMy Imaginary FriendFreedom RoadCharmed LifeAbsent FriendsThe Wreck Of The Beautiful
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Come Home Billy Bird
  Mar 21, 2004

  Track listing: Come Home Billy BirdIdaho
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Perfect Lovesong (disc 1)
  Oct 28, 2001

  Track listing: Perfect LovesongNo ExcusesLes Jours Tristes
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Regeneration (disc 2)
  Mar 25, 2001

  Track listing: YouGet Me to a MonasteryEdward the ConfessorSoul Trader
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Regeneration
  Mar 25, 2001

  Track listing: Bad AmbassadorPerfect LovesongLove What You DoMastermindRegenerationEye of the NeedleThe Beauty RegimeTimestretchedDumb It DownNote to SelfLost Property
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Love What You Do
  2000

  Track listing: Love What You DoSoul TraderYou
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Gin Soaked Boy
  Oct 31, 1999

  Track listing: Gin Soaked BoyGeronimo (live French Black Session) (feat. Yann Tiersen)My Lovely Horse
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• A Secret History
  Aug 29, 1999

  Track listing: National ExpressSomething for the WeekendEverybody Knows (Except You)Generation SexBecoming More Like AlfieThe SummerhouseThe Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen CountThe Frog PrincessGin Soaked BoyLucySongs of LoveIn Pursuit of HappinessI've Been to a Marvelous PartyThe Certainty of ChanceTonight We FlyToo Young To DieYour Daddy's Car
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count
  Aug 8, 1999

  Track listing: The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen CountWith Whom to DanceEric the Gardener (acoustic)
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• National Express
  Jan 24, 1999

  Track listing: National Express (Full Album Version)FamousOverstrand
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Fin de Siècle
  Aug 30, 1998

  Track listing: Generation SexSwedenEric the GardenerNational ExpressSunriseHere Comes the FloodThe Certainty of ChanceThrillseekerCommuter LoveLife on Earth
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• The Certainty of Chance
  1997

  Track listing: The Certainty of ChanceThe Dead Only QuicklyKnowing the Ropes
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Generation Sex
  1997

  Track listing: Generaton SexChasing Sheep Is Best Left to ShepherdsLittle Acts of Kindness
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Everybody Knows (Except You)
  Feb 1997

  Track listing: Everybody Knows (Except You)Bath (live SBE 96)Tonight We Fly (live SBE 96)Middle Class Heroes (live SBE 96)
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• A Short Album About Love
  Feb 9, 1997

  Track listing: In Pursuit of HappinessEverybody Knows (Except You)SomeoneIf...If I Were You (I'd Be Through With Me)TimewatchingI'm All You Need
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• The Frog Princess
  Nov 3, 1996

  Track listing: The Frog PrincessMotorway to DamascusA Woman of the World (Band version)Lucy (demo)
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Becoming More Like Alfie
  Aug 11, 1996

  Track listing: Becoming More Like Alfie[untitled]Your Daddy's Car (Radcliffe session)The Dogs and the Horses (NYC acoustic)
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Something for the Weekend
  Jun 2, 1996

  Track listing: Something for the WeekendBirds of Paradise FarmLove Is Lighter Than AirSongs of Love (Theme From 'Father Ted')
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Casanova
  Apr 23, 1996

  Track listing: Something for the WeekendBecoming More Like AlfieMiddle-Class HeroesIn & Out of Paris & LondonChargeSongs of LoveThe Frog PrincessA Woman of the WorldThe Dogs & the HorsesThrough a Long & Sleepless NightTheme From Casanova
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Promenade
  Mar 27, 1994

  Track listing: BathGoing Downhill FastThe BookloversA Seafood SongGeronimoThe SummerhouseNeptune's DaughterA Drinking SongTen Seconds to MidnightTonight We FlyOde to the Man (Unlisted)Don't Look DownWhen the Lights Go Out All Over Europe
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Liberation
  Aug 15, 1993

  Track listing: Festive RoadDeath of a SupernaturalistBernice Bobs Her HairI Was Born YesterdayEuropopTimewatchingThe Pop Singers Fear of the Pollen CountQueen of the SouthVictoria FallsThree SistersEurope by TrainLucyYour Daddy's Car
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/

• Europop
  Dec 1991

  Track listing: EuropopNew WaveIntifadaMonitorTimewatchJerusalemThe Rise and Fall
  http://www.thedivinecomedy.com/