Casanova
by The Divine Comedy
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Casanova is ranked as the best album by The Divine Comedy.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/16/2026 15:20 | Jakor | 5,136 | 68/100 | |
| 12/04/2025 14:19 | daCritic | 4,420 | 73/100 | |
| 11/28/2025 00:46 | Proto | 4,061 | 33/100 | |
| 09/21/2025 11:41 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,226 | 85/100 | |
| 08/27/2025 12:29 | Joehhh | 1,687 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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An album that sounds like a mesh between Pulp, Morrissey, the Kinks, and Sinatra. Some very unusually memorable lyrics and very fine singing combine with stellar orchestration to produce an excellent record. It is still one step below an all-time-classic like "Different Class" or "Parklife," but it is still quite good. 9/10!
Jboy56 03/19/2022 11:47 | #283030
I do not care about this kind of operatic style of music. Reminds in many respects Scott Walker.
I can't even remember who suggested this to me (it must have been close to 10 years, lol), but somehow i stumbled on it today and it proved to be a more than worthy rec.
planetneutral 01/20/2018 13:44 | #206038
"Not my thing" would be a gross understatement.
I heard only recently "Casanova" in its whole, after having heard and read that the album is often considered the best from Divine Comedy. I was very excited about the recent Divine Comedy albums such as "Bang Goes the Knighthood," "Victory for the Comic Muse" and also "The Duckworth Lewis Project", so of course I had to get to know "Casanova", too.
At first the album was a disappointment; generally much heavier arrangements, at times almost in musical approach. Moreover the number of really good songs doesn't compare with the later albums. The production also isn't not quite so clear and modern.
Of course, there are really good songs to find. "Something For the Weekend" was deservedly a nice big hit - very catchy melody and spooky lyrics.
"Songs of Love" is pure pleasure in its musical simplicity, after a streak of something heavy tracks. Both "Becoming More Like Alfie" and "The Frog Princess," were single hits, and these also belong among the most memorable numbers.
The complex and dramatic "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" may be a little hard to get hold of, but it actually has a very nice chorus.
I would, though, never choose "Casanova" to present the Divine Comedy to the uninitiated.
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