Victory For The Comic Muse (studio album) by The Divine Comedy
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Victory For The Comic Muse is ranked 8th best out of 14 albums by The Divine Comedy on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Divine Comedy is Casanova which is ranked number 2629 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 586.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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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 75.3/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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Great pop album. Lovely tunes and lyrics everywhere.
"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.
The Plough is by far the best thing on this one.
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