Victory For The Comic Muse (studio album) by The Divine Comedy

Victory For The Comic Muse by The Divine Comedy
Year: 2006
Release date: 2006-06-19
Overall rank: 8,826th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 30 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2006 (148th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,561st)
Award Best albums of all time (8,826th)
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The Divine Comedy bestography

Victory For The Comic Muse is ranked 8th 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 2901 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 527.

The Divine Comedy album bestography « Higher ranked (8,011th) This album (8,826th) Lower ranked (12,099th) »
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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 74.8/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.

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From 07/11/2013 03:19
Great pop album. Lovely tunes and lyrics everywhere.
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From 06/07/2012 07:05
"Victory for the Comic Muse" was the sequel to "Absent Friends ", where Neil Hannon worked with a full orchestra after having dissolved the original Divine Comedy. The album comes as a logical and natural musical extension of its predecessor, and Hannon's songwriting is still top notch.

The classics on this album are his tribute to an elderly lady "Lady of a Certain Age", the easy and catchy "Arthur C. Clarke" and the beautiful love song "The Light and Day". Furthermore, the album's three fine and catchy opening numbers ensures that you stay with the album. "Diva Lady" was a minor hit, and "To Die a Virgin" (Classic DC) was also issued as a single. On "Mother Dear" Hannon musically comes close to country and it works fine.

As usual you don't go wrong if you choose Divine Comedy as your company.
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From 08/20/2011 21:58
The Plough is by far the best thing on this one.
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