Bang Goes the Knighthood is the tenth studio album by Irish chamber pop band the Divine Comedy, released on 31 May 2010 by Divine Comedy Records.
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Released | 31 May 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2009 | |||
Studio | Exchequer Street Studios & Westland Studios, Dublin | |||
Genre | Orchestral pop, art rock | |||
Length | 44:55 33:36 (Bonus Disc) | |||
Label | Divine Comedy | |||
Producer | Neil Hannon | |||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
BBC Online | positive[2] |
The Independent | positive[3] |
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Pitchfork | (7.6/10)[9] |
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 |
No. | 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 |
No. | 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 adapted from liner notes included in Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time – Thirty Years of The Divine Comedy.
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