''Bang Goes the Knighthood'' is the tenth studio album by Irish

chamber pop Chamber pop (or Chamber rock; also called baroque pop and sometimes conflated with orchestral pop or symphonic pop) is a music genre that combines rock music with the intricate use of strings, horns, piano, and vocal harmonies, and other compo ...

band

the Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' ( it, Divina Commedia ) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun 1308 and completed in around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature an ...

, released on 31 May 2010 by Divine Comedy Records.

Track listing

Personnel

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

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

*Tim Weller – drums *Cathy Davey – guest vocals (tracks 5, 6 and 9), drums (track 5) *Thomas Walsh – guest vocals (tracks 2 and 11), acoustic guitar (tracks 5 and 8) *Tosh Flood – guest vocals (track 1),

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

(track 5) *

Andrew Skeet Andrew John Skeet (born 1969 in Croydon) is an English musician, composer and music producer. He has written scores for television and film and worked with many well-known composers and artists as an arranger, orchestrator and conductor. Biog ...

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orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

l arrangements and conductor (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10) *Millennia Ensemble – orchestral performances Production *Neil Hannon – producer, artwork concept *Fergal Davis –

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

*Ross Martin – additional engineering *Guy Massey – engineering, mixing (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8 and 12) *Bill Somerville-Large – mixing (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10) *

Dan Grech Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoi ...

– mixing (track 11) *Brian Hickley – artwork concept *Pauline Rowan –

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employe ...

References

2010 albums Choice Music Prize-winning albums The Divine Comedy (band) albums {{2010s-pop-album-stub