The Best of Keane [Deluxe Edition]

by Keane

Overview

Released to coincide with the heartfelt English alt-rockers' tenth recording anniversary (Keane formed in 1997 and waited seven years to release their long-player), this career retrospective collects 18 fan and band favorites culled from their four (as of 2013) studio albums, as well as two new singles, the ebullient "Higher Than the Sun" and the anthemic "Won't Be Broken." A piano rock band even less dangerous than Coldplay, Keane found a winning formula in 2004 with their debut album, Hopes and Fears, a slickly produced smorgasbord of amorous/lovelorn pop anthems and ballads that were made all the more vibrant and radio-ready by being delivered via the angelic croon of vocalist Tom Chaplin. The record cleaned up at awards season and spawned the group's two biggest hits in "Everybody's Changing" and "Somewhere Only We Know," which unsurprisingly reside at the one and two spots, respectively, on The Best of Keane. Released in 2006, Under the Iron Sea followed suit with the U.K. smash "Is It Any Wonder?," as well as lesser hits like "Crystal Ball," "A Bad Dream," and "Atlantic," all of which are included here, while 2008's Perfect Symmetry and 2012's Strangeland, though not as well regarded as the band's first two outings, were still brimming with considerable melodic pop riches like "Spiralling," "Silenced by the Night," and "Sovereign Light Cafe," helping the group to mark its ten-year run by selling over ten million records worldwide. The Best of Keane is also available in a deluxe edition that includes a bonus disc of B-sides, and in a super deluxe edition that adds both the B-sides disc and a DVD. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/11/2013
Label:	Cherrytree
UPC:	0602537518463
Rank:	42225

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Everybody's Changing
2. Somewhere Only We Know
3. Bend & Break
4. Bedshaped
5. This Is the Last Time
6. Atlantic
7. Is It Any Wonder?
8. Nothing in My Way
9. Hamburg Song
10. Crystal Ball
11. A Bad Dream
12. Try Again
13. Spiralling
14. Perfect Symmetry
15. My Shadow
16. Silenced by the Night
17. Disconnected
18. Sovereign Light Caf¿¿
19. Higher Than the Sun
20. Won't Be Broken

Disc 2

21. Snowed Under
22. Walnut Tree
23. Fly to Me
24. To the End of the Earth
25. The Way You Want It
26. Something in Me Was Dying
27. Allemande
28. Let It Slide
29. He Used to Be a Lovely Boy
30. Thin Air
31. The Iron Sea [Magic Shop Version]
32. Maybe I Can Change
33. Time to Go
34. Staring at the Ceiling
35. Myth
36. Difficult Child
37. Sea Fog
38. Russian Farmer's Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Keane   Primary Artist
Tom Palliser   Director
Dominic Scott   Guitar

Technical Credits

Quin   Composer
James Sanger   Programming,Composer,Producer
Tim Rice-Oxley   Composer
Jake Davies   Engineer
Tom Chaplin   Composer
Mark "Spike" Stent   Mixing,Producer,Additional Production
Nick Abbott   Producer
Dan Grech-Marguerat   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Ari Raskin   Engineer
Peter Hoff   Keyboard Programming
Sanger   Composer
Jay Brooks   Cover Photo
Dave Fridmann   Programming
Andy Green   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Pro-Tools,Programming
Keane   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Julian Willmott   Engineer,Pro-Tools
Jesse Quin   Mixing,Composer
Paul Hurt   Mixing,Video Engineer
Tom Palliser   Editing
Alex Lake   Photography
Tom Hough   Engineer
Jack Clark   Mixing
Rob Sinclair   Photography
Matthew Kettle   Engineer
Christian Wright   Mastering
Chris Potter   Mixing
Richard Hughes   Photography,Composer
Ross Stirling   Design,Art Direction
Kerry Heary   Photography
Rice-Oxley   Composer
Chris Salmon   Photography
Kevin Malloy   Assistant Producer
Matt Boyton   Engineer
Justin Willmott   Engineer,Pro-Tools