:Bang Goes the Knighthood
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{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Bang Goes the Knighthood
| type = Album
| artist = The Divine Comedy
| cover = BangKnightood.jpg
| alt =
| released = 31 May 2010
| recorded = 2009
| venue =
| studio = *Exchequer Street (Dublin)
- Westland (Dublin)
| genre = Orchestral pop, art rock
| length = 44:55
| label = Divine Comedy
| producer = Neil Hannon
| prev_title = Victory for the Comic Muse
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Foreverland
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Bang Goes the Knighthood
| type = album
| single1 = At the Indie Disco
| single1date = 24 May 2010
| single2 = I Like
| single2date = 10 August 2010
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/bang-goes-the-knighthood-r1806062 AllMusic Review]
|rev2 = BBC Online
|rev3 = The Independent
|rev4 = Record Collector
|rev5 = Belfast Telegraph
|rev6 = Financial Times
|rev7 = The Guardian
|rev8 = The Daily Telegraph
|rev9 = Pitchfork
}}
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
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Neil Hannon, except where noted.
| title1 = Down in the Street Below
| length1 = 5:08
| title2 = The Complete Banker
| length2 = 3:43
| title3 = Neapolitan Girl
| length3 = 2:49
| title4 = Bang Goes the Knighthood
| length4 = 2:48
| title5 = At the Indie Disco
| note5 = featuring Cathy Davey
| length5 = 3:18
| title6 = Have You Ever Been in Love
| note6 = featuring Cathy Davey
| length6 = 3:10
| title7 = Assume the Perpendicular
| length7 = 4:06
| title8 = The Lost Art of Conversation
| length8 = 4:01
| title9 = Island Life
| note9 = featuring Cathy Davey
| length9 = 4:36
| title10 = When a Man Cries
| length10 = 3:54
| title11 = Can You Stand Upon One Leg
| length11 = 3:32
| title12 = I Like
| length12 = 3:48
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = iTunes bonus tracks
| title13 = Ya Sumeera
| length13 = 2:39
| title14 = Beside the Railway Tracks
| length14 = 2:57
| title15 = The Circular Firing Squad
| length15 = 2:51
| title16 = Napoleon Complex
| length16 = 4:20
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Bonus disc: recorded live at the Cité de la Musique, Sept. 2008
| title1 = Amsterdam
| writer1 = Jacques Brel
| length1 = 3:33
| title2 = L'Amour est Bleu
| writer2 = André Popp, Pierre Cour
| length2 = 3:25
| title3 = Poupée de cire, poupée de son
| writer3 = Serge Gainsbourg
| length3 = 3:13
| title4 = Les Playboys
| writer4 = Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Lanzmann
| length4 = 3:25
| title5 = The Songs That We Sing
| writer5 = Jarvis Cocker, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Neil Hannon, Nicolas Godin
| length5 = 3:02
| title6 = Les copains d'abord
| writer6 = Georges Brassens
| length6 = 3:56
| title7 = Anita Pettersen
| writer7 = Vincent Delerm
| length7 = 4:55
| title8 = Joe le taxi
| writer8 = Franck Langolff, Étienne Roda-Gil
| length8 = 4:24
| title9 = Je changerais d'avis
| writer9 = Ennio Morricone, Ghigo De Chiara, Maurizio Costanzo
| length9 = 3:39
}}
Personnel
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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