Home → The Divine Comedy → Victory for the Comic Muse
Victory for the Comic Muse
Pop · 2006 · 11 tracks

Victory for the Comic Muse

The Divine Comedy

A collection of cinematic pop vignettes recorded with a live orchestra. Witty, lush, and deeply literary, it balances satirical bite with genuine heartbreak.

Find on Amazon

It's like a collection of witty short stories set to a live orchestra.

A sophisticated blend of sharp social satire and deeply felt, nostalgic melancholy.

Victory for the Comic Muse · vs · The Divine Comedy
Library+1.7σ

Library saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
To Die a Virgin
3:40
02
Mother Dear
3:47
03
Diva Lady
4:17
04
A Lady of a Certain Age
5:48
05
The Light of Day
4:24
06
Threesome
1:11
07
Party Fears Two
4:02
08
Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World
3:58
09
The Plough
5:14
10
Count Grassi’s Passage Over Piedmont
3:32
11
Snowball in Negative
4:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The devastatingly precise lyrical portrait of faded glamour in A Lady of a Certain Age.
The exuberant, brass-led burst of energy that propels Diva Lady into a satirical anthem.
The haunting, stripped-back vulnerability of the closing track Snowball in Negative.
Sits BesideSee all
Foreverland
Foreverland
The Divine Comedy
2016

Shares chamber pop, baroque pop, art pop (subgenres); playful, romantic, wistful (moods)

Promenade
Promenade
The Divine Comedy
1994

Shares chamber pop, baroque pop, art pop (subgenres); wistful, playful, bittersweet (moods)

Absent Friends
Absent Friends
The Divine Comedy
2004

Shares chamber pop, baroque pop, art pop (subgenres); orchestral_arrangement, analog_warmth, maximalist (production style)

Liberation
Liberation
The Divine Comedy
1993

Shares chamber pop, baroque pop, art pop (subgenres); wistful, playful, romantic (moods)

Heartbeat Radio
Heartbeat Radio
Sondre Lerche
2009

Shares chamber pop, baroque pop, art pop (subgenres); playful, wistful, bittersweet (moods)

Bang Goes the Knighthood
Bang Goes the Knighthood
The Divine Comedy
2010

Shares chamber pop, baroque pop, art pop (subgenres); baritone, crooning, harmonized (vocal style)

A Short Album About Love
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
1997

Shares chamber pop, baroque pop, art pop (subgenres); orchestral_arrangement, live_recording, analog_warmth (production style)

Casanova
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
1996

Shares chamber pop, baroque pop, art pop (subgenres); wistful, playful, bittersweet (moods)

Rainy Sunday Afternoon
Rainy Sunday Afternoon
The Divine Comedy
2025

Shares chamber pop, baroque pop, art pop (subgenres); baritone, crooning (vocal style)

Fin de siècle
Fin de siècle
The Divine Comedy
1998

Shares chamber pop, baroque pop, art pop (subgenres); baritone, crooning, harmonized (vocal style)

Reviews
AllMusic
Read review

Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →