Hopes & Fears

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Item Details

Genre :	Rock & Pop	Catalogue Number :	B000250702
Format :	CD	Label :	Interscope Records
Issued :	25 May 2004	Item sourced from :	USA
Number of Discs :	1
Other :	Studio Recording

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ASA Edition ¥3,468 Reissue Limited Edition CD (ASA Import) Released: 12 Apr 2005

HMV Review

Keane: Tom Chaplin (vocals); Tim Rice-Oxley (piano); Richard Hughes (drums).
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.

Credits

Richard Hughes(Drums), Tim Rice-Oxley(Bass), Tim Rice-Oxley(Keyboards), Tim Rice-Oxley(Piano), Tom Chaplin(Vocals), Andy Green(Engineer), Andy Green(Producer), James Sanger(Producer), KEANE(Producer), Alex Lake(Design), Alex Lake(Photography), David Treahern(Mixing Assistant), James Sanger(Programming), KEANE(Composer), KEANE(Programming), Madefire(Design), Mark "Spike" Stent(Mixing), Richard Hughes(Composer), Richard Hughes(Composer), Richard Hughes(Group Member), Rob Haggett(Mixing Assistant), Sanger(Composer), Ted Jensen(Mastering), Tim Rice-Oxley(Composer), Tim Rice-Oxley(Group Member), Tom Chaplin(Composer), Tom Chaplin(Group Member), Andy Green(Digital Editing), David Treahern(Assistant), Rob Haggett(Assistant), Adam Tudhope(Management), Ami Spishock(Product Manager), Andrea Ruffalo(A&R), Andy Green(Audio Production), Andy Green(Pro-Tools), James Sanger(Audio Production), KEANE(Audio Production), Martin Kierszenbaum(A&R)

Songs

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Somewhere Only We Know
2

This Is The Last Time
3

Bend And Break

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We Might As Well Be Strangers
5

Everybody's Changing
6

Your Eyes Open

7

She Has No Time
8

Can't Stop Now
9

Sunshine

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Untitled 1
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Bedshaped

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リチャ-ド | 京都府 | 20year | 15/May/2009

ギターレスの3ピースバンド。細くて透き通ってる声がとても気持ちよく、ピアノプレイとのマッチングも最高。哀愁系U.K.ロックの新鋭として、これからが気になる、そんな彼らの1stです。購入するならぜひデラックス盤を

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kou | tokyo | 不明 | 03/October/2007

私もコールドプレイはダメなんですが、キーンは最高です。「美しい」という形容がピッタリ。鳥肌たちます。

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あっちゃん | 不明 | 01/June/2007

私はCOLDPLAYはあまり好きではありませんがこのグループは別！！ﾊﾞｯｸｺｰﾗｽがしっかりしているから軽くないしむしろ美しさをよりひきだしてる。まさに心停止してしまうぐらいにいい！snow patrol もｻｳﾝﾄﾞがしっかりしてるからこちらも是非！！

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