Description: Tracks:Somewhere Only We KnowBend & BreakWe Might As Well Be StrangersEverybody's ChangingYour Eyes OpenShe Has No TimeCan't Stop NowSunshineThis Is The Last TimeOn A Day Like TodayUntitled 1Bedshaped Performer Notes: U.K. edition with bonus tracks "On a Day Like Today" and "Untitled 1."Often compared to countrymen Coldplay and Radiohead, the UK-based trio Keane plays a similarly majestic, sweeping blend of pop-informed rock music. Fueling the comparisons is the fact that lead vocalist Tom Chaplin makes heavy use of the same kind of Jeff Buckley-esque falsetto and emotion-filled wails favored by Chris Martin and Thom Yorke. On HOPES AND FEARS's epic tracks such as "She Has No Time," however, Keane takes the more dramatic elements of the aforementioned bands' sounds and magnifies them, creating piano- and synthesizer-driven cinematic soundscapes dripping with quiet heartache and existential angst. In addition, Keane incorporates minimalist trip-hop beats, which, in combination with Chaplin's strong pop melodies, evoke a male-led Portishead jamming with the Raspberries. One of the most sonically atmospheric groups of the Britpop scene, Keane ignores the notion of traditional guitar-based rock music in favor of something altogether quieter, yet equally as intense. Professional Reviews: Spin (p.100) - "Keane's exceedingly pretty piano-based debut cruises fairly close to Coldplay attitude." Q (Magazine) (p.133) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t remains a triumph of self-belief: Tom Chaplin's operatic vocal the perfect foil for Tim Rice-Oxley's relentlessly tuneful piano balladry." Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]here's plenty to keep the eyes welling up for a good 45 minutes..." Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Studio/Live: Studio Country: USA Release Date: 2 May, 2004 Label: Universal International Dimensions: 12.7 x 14 x 1.3 centimeters (0.04 kg)
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Track #1: Somewhere Only We Know
Track #2: Bend & Break
Track #3: We Might As Well Be Strangers
Track #4: Everybody's Changing
Track #5: Your Eyes Open
Track #6: She Has No Time
Track #7: Can't Stop Now
Track #8: Sunshine
Track #9: This Is The Last Time
Track #10: On A Day Like Today
Track #11: Untitled 1
Track #12: Bedshaped
Language: English
Era: 2000s
Run Time: 2704 Sec
Format: CD
Release Year: 2004
Features: Studio Recording
Genre: Pop, Alternative, Rock
Style: Britpop
Type: Album
Artist: Keane
Record Label: Universal
Release Title: Hopes and Fears
