Victory for the Comic Muse (expanded)

~ Release by The Divine Comedy (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	To Die a Virgin producer: Neil Hannon baritone saxophone: Charlotte Glasson trombone: Mike Kearsey arranger: Neil Hannon recording of: To Die a Virgin lyricist and composer: Neil Hannon publisher: BMG Music Publishing Ltd.		3:40
2	Mother Dear producer: Neil Hannon banjo: Neil Hannon arranger: Neil Hannon recorded at: RAK Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2006) mixed at: Strongroom in Shoreditch, Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2006) recording of: Mother Dear writer: Neil Hannon		3:47
3	Diva Lady producer: Neil Hannon arranger: Neil Hannon recording of: Diva Lady writer: Neil Hannon		4:17
4	A Lady of a Certain Age producer: Neil Hannon arranger: Neil Hannon recording of: A Lady of a Certain Age writer: Neil Hannon	5	5:48
5	The Light of Day producer: Neil Hannon harpsichord: Andrew Skeet oboe: Ilid Jones percussion: Rob Farrer (percussionist) arranger: Neil Hannon recorded at: RAK Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2006) mixed at: Strongroom in Shoreditch, Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2006) recording of: The Light of Day writer: Neil Hannon		4:24
6	Threesome producer: Neil Hannon arranger: Neil Hannon recording of: Threesome writer: Neil Hannon		1:11
7	Party Fears Two producer: Neil Hannon arranger: Neil Hannon cover recording of: Party Fears Two writer: Billy MacKenzie (Scottish tenor singer & songwriter) and Alan Rankine		4:02
8	Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World producer: Neil Hannon arranger: Neil Hannon recording of: Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World writer: Neil Hannon		3:58
9	The Plough producer: Neil Hannon arranger: Neil Hannon recording of: The Plough writer: Neil Hannon		5:14
10	Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont producer: Neil Hannon vocals: Neil Hannon arranger: Neil Hannon recording of: Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont writer: Neil Hannon publisher: Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995)		3:32
11	Snowball in Negative producer: Neil Hannon accordion: Ian Watson (accordionist) harpsichord: Andrew Skeet arranger: Neil Hannon recorded at: RAK Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom mixed at: Strongroom in Shoreditch, Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom recording of: Snowball in Negative writer: Neil Hannon		4:40

2▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Births, Deaths and Marriages (monitor mix)		4:11
2	Diva Lady (acoustic version)		4:16
3	Home (demo)		3:24
4	Pamplemousse		2:53
5	Lili Marlene		3:20
6	Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont (early idea)		1:18
7	Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont (instrumental)		3:38
8	Trafalgar		2:40
9	Love/Hate Relationship		3:46
10	Miss Sharapova		2:56
11	Don’t Blame the Young		4:04
12	Guantanamo		5:47
13	Long Slow Suicide		3:57
14	The Die a Virgin (early idea)		2:49
15	A Little Bit of Love (Goes a Long Way)		4:13
16	Elaine (alternate version)		2:15
17	A Lady of a Certain Age (instrumental)		5:47
18	Premonition of Love		3:54

Credits

Release

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/album/2oHixKhzNqpx0ntSPX29FZ [info] https://www.deezer.com/album/177870242 [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/us/album/1534320740 [info] https://tidal.com/album/157211912 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Diva Lady To Die a Virgin
included in:	Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time: Thirty Years of the Divine Comedy

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/43836 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/The-divine-comedy/Victory-for-the-comic-muse [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-divine-comedy/victory-for-the-comic-muse/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/86401/ [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/Victory_for_the_Comic_Muse/98907 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000576671 [info]
Wikidata:	Q924082 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 190295131005
Format:: 2×Digital Media
Length:: 1:49:42

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Parlophone

Release events

[Worldwide]

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