Bang Goes the Knighthood

2010 studio album by The Divine Comedy

Bang Goes the Knighthood

Studio album by

The Divine Comedy

Released| 31 May 2010
Recorded| 2009
Studio|

* Exchequer Street (Dublin)
* Westland (Dublin)

Genre| Orchestral pop, art rock
Length| 44:55
Label| Divine Comedy
Producer| Neil Hannon
The Divine Comedy chronology
| Victory for the Comic Muse
(2006)  | Bang Goes the Knighthood
(2010)  | Foreverland
(2016)

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Singles from  Bang Goes the Knighthood

1. "At the Indie Disco"
Released: 24 May 2010
2. "I Like"
Released: 10 August 2010

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
BBC Online| positive[2]
The Independent| positive[3]
Record Collector| [4]
Belfast Telegraph| [5]
Financial Times| [6]
The Guardian| [7]
The Daily Telegraph| [8]
Pitchfork| (7.6/10)[9]

Bang Goes the Knighthood is the tenth studio album by Northern Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released on 31 May 2010 by Divine Comedy Records.

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Neil Hannon, except where noted.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Down in the Street Below"| 5:08
2.| "The Complete Banker"| 3:43
3.| "Neapolitan Girl"| 2:49
4.| "Bang Goes the Knighthood"| 2:48
5.| "At the Indie Disco" (featuring Cathy Davey)| 3:18
6.| "Have You Ever Been in Love" (featuring Cathy Davey)| 3:10
7.| "Assume the Perpendicular"| 4:06
8.| "The Lost Art of Conversation"| 4:01
9.| "Island Life" (featuring Cathy Davey)| 4:36
10.| "When a Man Cries"| 3:54
11.| "Can You Stand Upon One Leg"| 3:32
12.| "I Like"| 3:48

iTunes bonus tracksNo.| Title| Length

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13.| "Ya Sumeera"| 2:39
14.| "Beside the Railway Tracks"| 2:57
15.| "The Circular Firing Squad"| 2:51
16.| "Napoleon Complex"| 4:20

Bonus disc: recorded live at the Cité de la Musique, Sept. 2008No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Amsterdam"| Jacques Brel| 3:33
2.| "L'Amour est Bleu"| André Popp, Pierre Cour| 3:25
3.| "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"| Serge Gainsbourg| 3:13
4.| "Les Playboys"| Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Lanzmann| 3:25
5.| "The Songs That We Sing"| Jarvis Cocker, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Neil Hannon, Nicolas Godin| 3:02
6.| "Les copains d'abord"| Georges Brassens| 3:56
7.| "Anita Pettersen"| Vincent Delerm| 4:55
8.| "Joe le taxi"| Franck Langolff, Étienne Roda-Gil| 4:24
9.| "Je changerais d'avis"| Ennio Morricone, Ghigo De Chiara, Maurizio Costanzo| 3:39

## Personnel

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Personnel adapted from liner notes included in Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time – Thirty Years of The Divine Comedy.

Musicians

* Neil Hannon – vocals, piano
* Tim Weller – drums
* Cathy Davey – guest vocals (tracks 5–6, 9), drums (track 5)
* Thomas Walsh – guest vocals (tracks 2, 11), acoustic guitar (tracks 5, 8)
* Tosh Flood – guest vocals (track 1), electric guitar (track 5)
* Millennia Ensemble – orchestral performances

Technical

* Neil Hannon – producer, artwork concept
* Fergal Davis – engineer
* Ross Martin – additional engineering
* Guy Massey – engineering, mixing (tracks 2, 5, 7–8, 12)
* Bill Somerville-Large – mixing (tracks 1, 3–4, 6, 9–10)
* Dan Grech – mixing (track 11)
* Andrew Skeet – orchestral arrangements and conductor (tracks 1, 5–7, 9–10)
* Brian Hickey – artwork concept
* Pauline Rowan – photography

## References

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1. ^ AllMusic Review
2. ^ Mueller, Andrew. "The Divine Comedy Bang Goes the Knighthood Review". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
3. ^ Price, Simon (30 May 2010). "The Divine Comedy Bang Goes the Knighthood Review". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
4. ^ Staunton, Terry. "Review: The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood". Record Collector magazine. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
5. ^ Gill, Andy. "Review: The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
6. ^ Hunter-Tilney , Ludovic. "Review: The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood". The Financial Times Ltd 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
7. ^ Dean, Will (27 May 2010). "Review: The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood". London: Guardian News and Media Limited 2010. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
8. ^ Brown, Helen (1 June 2010). "The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood, CD review ". London: Telegraph Media Group Limited 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
9. ^ Tangari, Joe. "Album Review: The Divine Comedy: Bang Goes the Knighthood". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

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The Divine Comedy

* Neil Hannon

Studio albums|

* Fanfare for the Comic Muse
* Liberation
* Promenade
* Casanova
* A Short Album About Love
* Fin de Siècle
* Regeneration
* Absent Friends
* Victory for the Comic Muse
* Bang Goes the Knighthood
* Foreverland
* Office Politics

Compilation albums|

* A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy

Singles|

* "Lucy"
* "Something for the Weekend"
* "I've Been to a Marvellous Party"
* "Generation Sex"
* "National Express"
* "The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count"
* "Gin Soaked Boy"
* "Bad Ambassador"
* "Diva Lady"
* "To Die a Virgin"

Related|

* Discography
* The Duckworth Lewis Method
* Simon Little
* Joby Talbot

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* MusicBrainz release group

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