Victory For The Comic Muse
by The Divine Comedy
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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 2560 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 618.
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Victory For The Comic Muse track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Victory For The Comic Muse rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 63 Music Albums of 2006 | 17/63 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  JoaoMoreira | Top 9 Music Albums of 2006 | 2/9 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 69 Music Albums of 2006 | 47/69 | 2 |
| 2026 | JoaoMoreira | Top 62 Music Albums of the 2000s | 13/62 | 16 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2006 by Obscure Sound (Unfinished) | 2/40 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | gussteivi | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2000s | 63/99 | 7 |
| 2021 | Rovers | Top 30 Music Albums of 2006 | 5/30 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 108 | |||
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Victory For The Comic Muse ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 18:34 | PurplePiePete | 1,846 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 16:21 | daCritic | 4,644 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 07:49 | TonySayers61 | 25,805 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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neilgee 02/09/2022 18:52 in What album are you listening to right now?Victory For The Comic Muse comments
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"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.
JoaoMoreira 07/11/2013 03:19 | #81056
Great pop album. Lovely tunes and lyrics everywhere.
The Plough is by far the best thing on this one.
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