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Keane ~ Hopes & Fears

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It's perhaps inevitable that Keane's debut album, Hopes and Fears, will draw numerous comparisons to Coldplay. Like them, Keane were discovered by indie label Fierce Panda, who released a single ("Everybody's Changing"). And, like Coldplay, Keane also do a fine trade in catchy and heartfelt indie-pop, all bruised verses and soaring choruses. But though their sound is sure to please fans of Coldplay and Travis, the reality is that Keane manage to sound that little bit more delicate. This could be due to the band's relatively unusual makeup: rather than guitars, the trio uses a piano.

At its best, Hopes and Fears is reminiscent of Bends-era Radiohead, and singer Tom Chaplin's voice is closer to Thom Yorke's falsetto than Chris Martin's cracked whine. On tracks such as the hit single, "Somewhere Only We Know" they manage to squeeze an epic-sounding poignancy from their stripped-down sound (a lot of this is due to the album's superb production). Across 10 tracks, all this slow-burning melancholy skates a bit close to self-indulgence, and you can't help but wish they'd rock out a bit. But Hopes and Fears is still a remarkable and surprisingly mature debut album from a young band with a bright future. --Robert Burrow

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Language : English
Product Dimensions : 4.84 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.32 Ounces
Manufacturer : Interscope
Date First Available : January 29, 2007
Label : Interscope
ASIN : B000268QB2
Number of discs : 1

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Jerzy

One of my most important purchases

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2017

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This record holds the most important song to my wife and I. "Somewhere only we know" is the song that sealed the deal on our relationship when we first started dating. It then was added to every single mixtape that we have made for each other. It was the song we played during our first dance as a married couple. It simply is the most important song to us and our relationship. I bought the CD after watching Keane perform on David Letterman. Ever since we bought a record player, I've wanted to get this record. But it turned into a Moby Dick for me because the vinyl record was only released in the UK and was being sold in upwards of $300 on eBay. I don't have that kind of money for a damn record.

So in comes Amazon and this seller who happen to become my heroes to sell a reissue of this record and for an affordable price. I was also able to purchase and receive this beautiful record by the anniversary that my wife and I started dating which was 8 years in November 2017. As you can imagine, my wife was over the moon to finally get the vinyl of our song and we listen to it at every possible moment that we are together.

Keane makes great music and we throughly enjoy the whole album as well. I hoghly recommend this album to everyone who enjoys music.

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Nathan Albright

Still An Excellent Album, If A Melancholy One

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2015

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When I was dating a young lady a little more than a decade ago, this album was part of a birthday present that included a history book, another album from an artist I like, and a pair of American-flag patterned boxer shorts. Even more than a decade later, this album has a lot to offer in terms of being a soundtrack to times of great opportunity and crisis, which appear to be immensely frequent through the course of my life. Such is the case right now, where hopes and fears appear to be delicately balanced, depending on which part of life one is dealing with. Keane’s debut album is a reminder to us of the way in which we all are subject to complicated influences, and its general success indicates that Keane resonated at least a little bit with the American public, and even more so overseas, where it sold more than 2.7 albums in the UK and more than 5.8 million copies overall. Now, for a track-by-track analysis:

Somewhere Only We Know – In 2014, I sang this song at the Tacoma Weekend, and it is a regular go-to karaoke track for me. It is a song about a desire for a private place to talk with a loved one, and is full of anxiety about aging and the passage of time and loneliness and being fallen. It is a song that, sadly, reflects my own anxieties, in a lovely and melancholy piano ballad no less.

Bend And Break – This song manages to combine a sense of hope and fear, and also is an accurate barometer of my emotional state, expressing the hope that if the singer doesn’t bend or break in the dark night, that he expects to see his loved one in the morning, when she wakes up. It is a lovely song, but its hope has a dark undercurrent of worry, including worries about suffocation. Again, it is done in the form of a piano ballad.

We Might As Well Be Strangers – This soaring synth pop track is another one that painfully expresses my emotional state with regards to certain relationships. It expresses the frustration of someone who cares about someone who might as well be a stranger, whose thoughts and feelings are closed off and inaccessible. It is filled with the sense of loss at a relationship that was once close and is now, at best, occasional and perfunctory. Sadly, this is a feeling I know all too well.

Everybody’s Changing – One of the more successful singles from this album, this particular song is upbeat musically, but lyrically it is far more melancholy. The song talks of someone who feels stuck while everyone else is changing and moving forward, feeling different even if his state or status has not changed. Sadly, this is a feeling that I’m familiar with as well when it comes to life.

Your Eyes Open – This is a song that blends hope and fears in an odd way, expressing a desire not to get to know someone deeply until their eyes open and they know everything one wants them to know. There is a fear, in this circumstance, that others will not want anything to do with us once they know who we are; this song movingly describes a fear of intimacy even with a longing for it.

She Has No Time – This song is one I wish I didn’t relate to so well. It involves a man who thinks his life is a bit boring without love, and a girl who has no time for the guy who loves her, even if she needs him. The music adds to the sorrowful mood of the lyrics.

Can’t Stop Now – This is a song about impatience, about not being willing to wait for someone, which is a real shame, given that a lot of what we most want in life requires us to wait. The fact that the narrator is lonely but still refuses to wait for a beloved seems like an incredibly foolish move, but that’s how it works sometimes.

Sunshine – This is a song with a bright title, but very pensive lyrics about desiring to protect someone from harm and shield them from the storms of life, even as one struggles to feel at home anywhere. Like most of the rest of this album, this song and its complicated sentiments are something I can relate too very easily.

This Is The Last Time – This rather downcast song is about someone having reached a limit with a dysfunctional and unhappy relationship. It became a successful hit single, and sounds rather sweet and touching, even happy in terms of its music, slightly disguising the rather frustrated lyrics. Slightly.

On A Day Like Today – This song doesn’t leave a really strong impression, in contrast to the rest of the album, but it is a slow and melancholy song about dithering around and wasting time while never really saying one’s feelings about someone else, with somewhat predictable results.

Untitled 1 – This song, untitled, for some strange reason, ties back to Bend and Break, showing that the hope of seeing someone in the light was not realized. This song has a strong and notable bass line and instrument part in general, and even without a title it is a striking tune, if somewhat sad.

Bedshaped – This gloomy song has an epic scope, somewhat similar to “We Might As Well Be Strangers,” and features a very sad and creepy music video and it was a successful single in Great Britain. The moving melancholy of this song inspired a play of mine with its longing and its fear of loneliness and rejection. The title reflects old age and frailty.

No, this is not a happy album. Even if its title balances hopes and fears, the songs on the album are heavily slanted towards the melancholy, the anxious (especially about loneliness and aging), and the downcast. It would be nice if this album did not reflect my emotional state a fair amount of the time, but alas, it does. Additionally, this album was a template for many of the albums of Keane that followed, which all tended to mine veins of anxiety and melancholy, two factors that have long been connected in my own life, and the subject of much rumination.

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C. Kelley

Good, but not perfect

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2017

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It's just OK. Unusually noisy for a disc cut at MPO. The soundstage is narrower and a bit less dynamic than the CD, probably because it's ~25 minutes per side. It's not everything I hoped it could be, but I'm still satisfied.

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Annie Wong

Wonderful album

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2017

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I don't know of anybody that does not like this album. It came out over 10 years ago but it still sounds very fresh. Keane is a great band and I hope they will get back together and tour again. I have never seen them live but based on the concert DVDs that I have, they are great musicians and put out great shows. Their second album Under The Iron Sea is great too.

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Tyro

I finally figured out why they sound so familiar

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2007

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I like this album. It seems to be the latest in a series of heartfelt, melodic, classic British power pop productions, the others of course being Coldplay, Travis, Snow Patrol... While I don't think Keane are quite as charming as Travis, their songs are about human situations you will recognize from your own life, and the falsetto truly soars above staccato chords that shift keys nimbly. As I listened, some of the best songs - like "Bend and Break" and "Everybody's Changing" (sure to be most listener's favorite, as it is just about irresistible) were the most familiar-sounding. And, no, it wasn't because they sound like Coldplay. Finally, it occurred to me: The Raspberries. Songs like "Go All the Way" have those minor key choruses, flat notes, and soaring choruses - they are melodically close to Keane. This isn't really a criticism. Most good bands nowadays remind listeners of someone from the '60s. My only gripe is that this album can seem a little musically repetitive. There are one or two slower songs, but varying the arrangements and the keyboard style and the song structures would have made it just a bit stronger. But this is a minor thing. Buy this excellent album.

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Marccelo

A bit pricy but great sound.

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2021

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The sound is great. I had a few pop sounds but I think I didn't clean it well, leaving that aside the sound is next to perfect. Check the pictures, that's the barcode so you can google it and see what edition I got.

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D H.

Classic Album.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2020

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This is a great album. I am reviewing the vinyl LP version. On the one hand they have managed to squeeze it onto a single LP, and so the sound quality can’t compete with a full fat audiophile offering over two discs, and there is a fair bit of noise between tracks. On the other hand, this was an amazing price when I bought it, and once playing through my system, I didn’t care as I was in heaven once again. Highly recommended, and glad I bought it.

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Nic

Vinyl .

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2018

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I was looking forward to listening to my new copy , but it's got 3 loud clicks on the very first track followed by various fizzes and crackles all way throughside 1 . If I had known it was pressed at one of the worst pressing plants in Europe I wouldn't have even considered it a viable purchase.
So 20 quid straight down the drain.

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Old Man Allen

Nice pressing of a great album

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2020

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Excellent clean pressing of this great album - sounds fantastic with no discernible surface noise. Bought the CD when it was released in 2004 but I thought I would treat myself to a vinyl copy as the price was very reasonable and I’m glad I did. Tom Chaplin’s vocals sound particularly good on my table. Don’t hesitate to buy the LP if you like this album.

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Paul

dumped outside in the heavy rain

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2020

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Got home at 4:00pm

The box was left outside by Amzaon on the floor in a puddle of rain, no card in my letterbox to say anyone had been at all

Luckily for you i have checked the album and it is ok (nice heavy weight to it in fact and sounds great)

But what if someone simply walked up and took the box away from next to my wheely bin?

Very poor.

Paul

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James B

Packaging for Vinyl is Top Notch

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2018

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I am very happy with the purchase, I was a little bit hesitant to buy online as vinyl records can be very fragile. The packaging was superb and the contents were immaculate. It took a month to arrive though but the wait was worth it!

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