Fin De Siècle
by The Divine Comedy
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The Divine Comedy bestography
Fin De Siècle is ranked 6th best out of 16 albums by The Divine Comedy on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Divine Comedy is Casanova which is ranked number 2564 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 617.
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Fin De Siècle track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fin De Siècle rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 90 Music Albums of 1998 | 83/90 | 0 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 74 Music Albums of 1998 | 2/74 | 5 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 39 Music Albums of 1998 | 35/39 | 1 |
| 2025 |  andy_hunter | Top 73 Music Albums of the 1990s | 44/73 | 8 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  EyeKanFly | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | Elephanttalk | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 68/100 | 26 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 151 | |||
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Fin De Siècle ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 18:33 | PurplePiePete | 1,846 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 04:04 | daCritic | 4,646 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2025 11:46 | videoheadcleaner | 12,359 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.
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neilgee 04/24/2021 16:19 in What album are you listening to right now?Fin De Siècle comments
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"Fin de Siecle" was the last studio album that The Divine Comedy recorded for the label Setanta Records. Even though it features two of Neil Hannon's must catchy and commercial songs "Generarion Sex" and "The National Express "it is generally a rather dark and ambitious album. Big orchestra arrangements characterize a great part of the songs, which easily gives the album an overall feel of over-production. Even the album title suggests that this is not to be taken too lightly - I wonder how it is pronounced?
Personally, I prefer Neil Hannon's music when it is more simple, so my favorites are the aforementioned singles, along with "The Certainty of Chance", which both has a catchy melody and a compelling beat, and which therefore is not burdened to the same degree by the heavy arrangements which characterizes the majority of the album's tracks. "The Certainty of Chance" is perhaps the most durable track on the album.
Some tracks are for me almost impossible to get through: Especially the excessive "Eric the Garden", but also songs like "Sweden" and "Here Comes the Flood" are ones I usually skip.
National Express is a song of beauty! Pretty fantastic album overall. Forgot about it for song and may deserve a proper review in future. Listen to it!
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