Night Train (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) [+Digital Booklet]

Keane | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: May 11, 2010
• Release Date: May 11, 2010
• Label: Interscope
• Copyright: (C) 2010 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company. under exclusive license to Interscope Records in the USA
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• Total Length: 36:06
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• ASIN: B003K3OF78
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,071 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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48 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Keane's newest doesn't leave the station..., June 14, 2010

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D. Ebreo (Watertown, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Night Train (Audio CD)

So, you're a Keane fan are you? Well, I hope you haven't bought the new CD yet...if you have, I'm sorry. Keane's newest release is 8 songs long, clocking in at a whopping 31 minutes. Sure, the Beatles albums were often short and no one would say they weren't great...and there have been recent memorable releases that have barely stretched a half hour...Paper Tigers by Caesars jumps right to mind. However, upon closer look and listen, this Keane CD falls very short of being called a classic. You can start with saying it's really a 7 song CD that clocks in at just under 30 minutes, as track 1, "House Lights", is a minute and 24 seconds of nothing. "Back In Time", which follows, is a good song, but nothing that will make you forget standout songs from past Keane CD's. When it's over, it's left your head. That's followed by the official single, "Stop For A Minute", which sounds extremely promising until guest rapper, K'Naan, sings lines like "Baby, you are just beautiful from your crown to your cuticles". Sadly, that gem might be one of the better lines and it makes me cringe every time I hear it. I'm certainly not against rap...even if it doesn't quite fit Keane's style...but I am against bad rap. The song "Clear Skies" follows, and it's easily the highlight of the CD. With hand claps and vivid lyrics, Keane makes you wonder if the ship has been righted and we're set for smooth sailing. But then "Ishin Denshin (You've Got To Help Yourself)" starts to play and you vomit a little in your mouth. I don't know what guest vocalist Tigarah is singing in Japanese, but if it's as syrupy sweet as the English lyrics, I don't want to know. I skip this song more than any other on the CD, which is saying a lot. Next up is "Your Love"...another song which makes you think things are headed in the right direction. "Looking Back", another song with guest vocalist K'Naan, follows and it's not much better than the first he guested on. Lines like "hard to separate my past from a rhyme, cause how could you separate milk from lime" will leave you scratching your head. Instead of thinking things are going to get better, you start to wonder if this Canadian singer/rapper has some incriminating photos of the guys in the band? Or maybe this is some cruel joke? Did Keane have to finish out a contract? Finally, mercilessly, the CD ends with "My Shadow"...which ends the CD on a decent note...if you didn't pop it out of your CD player before then.

Bottom line...if you're a big Keane fan, I highly recommend you stay away from this CD, or else you may be scarred for life. If you feel you must own some new music from Keane, definitely download "Your Love" and "Clear Skies". And if you can get an edited version of "Stop For A Minute", minus the rap...go there too. Otherwise...pop Hopes & Fears, Under The Iron Sea, or even Perfect Symmetry into your CD player...you'll be much happier you did.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty, pretty, pretty bad!, August 11, 2010

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Josh Jellel - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Night Train (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) [+Digital Booklet] (MP3 Download)

For goodness sake, DO NOT download the whole album! Listen well to the samples and don't assume a song will get better than what you hear there. Then download probably two tracks and resign yourself to listening to Hopes and Fears or Under the Iron Sea again for a year or so more while you hope for better.

Imagine a whole album of the worst parts of Perfect Symmetry, and that's what Keane have delivered here.

26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Another Step in the Wrong Decade, May 11, 2010

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Gregory Alongi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Night Train (Audio CD)

When did Keane become an 80's pop band? When Keane first emerged with Hopes and Fears, they were unique and modern. Under The Iron Sea was an incredible follow-up album. After that, they released Perfect Symmetry which was half 80's pop and half beautiful modern music.

This album is unfortunately an extension of the 80's pop half of Perfect Symmetry. Between the cheesy synthesizer sounds and the electronic drums, this is just not the Keane I was looking forward to hearing. I hope their next album will be a step in a better direction, but I fear we've lost Keane to this new, yet out-dated style.