Perfect Symmetry (Keane album)

Infobox Album
Name = Perfect Symmetry
Type = studio
Artist = Keane


Released = October 13, 2008
Recorded = January - July 2008
Genre = Alternative rock
Piano rock
Pop
Length = 50:44
Label = Island
Producer = Jon Brion, Stuart Price, Keane
Reviews =
*EW B+ [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20231505,00.html link]
*The Guardian Rating|3|5 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/10/popandrock1 link]
*Digital Spy Rating|4|5 [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a132243/keane-perfect-symmetry.html link]
*NME (2/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/keane/9953 link]
*Planet Sound Rating|8|10 [http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/interviews-features/default.aspx link]
*Q Magazine Rating|4|5
*Spin Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.spin.com/reviews/keane-perfect-symmetry-interscope link]
*The Music Magazine Rating|9|10 [http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/featured/keane-perfect-symmetry link]
*The Sun Rating|4|5 [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/sftw/article1761683.ece link]
*Uncut Rating|3|5 [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/keane/reviews/12259 link]
Last album = "Under the Iron Sea" (2006)
This album = "Perfect Symmetry" (2008)
Misc = Singles
Name = Perfect Symmetry
Type = studio album
Single 1 = Spiralling
Single 1 date = August 4, 2008
Single 2 = The Lovers Are Losing
Single 2 date = October 20, 2008

"Perfect Symmetry" is the third studio album by English piano rock band Keane, to be released on October 13, 2008 in the United Kingdom. [cite web |url=http://www.keanemusic.com/archive-comment.php?rnd=jELpRBwSEZ1PWIO5r%2FuJuFASBx7MFW79pH%2Br0OgXmM0%3D |title=Archive |date=2008-07-31 |accessdate=2008-07-31 |work=keanemusic.com ] The album's title was released on July 31, 2008. The band have completely transformed their look and their new album is said to be also very unexpected. According to international Island Records manager, Jon Turner, "the general international feel is of excitement and "Spiralling" is a favourite track of the US company". [citeweb|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1035035&c=3|title=Music Week: Keane return in "Perfect Symmetry"|accessdate=August 1|accessyear=2008] As of August 26, "Better Than This", "The Lovers Are Losing", "Spiralling" and "Love Is The End" have been broadcast.

The cover for the album was revealed on September 5. Tim Rice-Oxley explained that the imagery of the band are photographs of bigger than life-size sculptures of the band members, made by Korean artist Osang Gwon. It was implied that these sculptures will form the basis of the album's image and promotion up to the date of release. [ [http://www.keanemusic.com/archive-comment.php?rnd=SmdLtqHjQIPI16cQHoaTqziphvZKje44TLWR%2Fp19%2Fhw%3D Keanemusic.com] - Album Cover Art Revealed] It was also revealed that the first full single release from the album will be "The Lovers Are Losing", which will be released on October 20, 2008. On October 6, 2008, the entire album was made available to stream, along with commentary from the band, on Last.fm. [http://www.last.fm/music/keane/Perfect+Symmetry]

Track listing

All tracks written by Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin and Richard Hughes except where noted.cite web |url=http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/rockpop.asp?sku=177576|title=KEANE - PERFECT SYMMETRY (+DVD)|accessdate=October 7|accessyear=2008]

# "Spiralling" (Chaplin/Hughes/Rice-Oxley/Quin) - 4:19
# "The Lovers Are Losing" - 5:04
# "Better Than This" - 4:04
# "You Haven't Told Me Anything" - 3:47
# "Perfect Symmetry" - 5:12
# "You Don't See Me" - 4:03
# "Again and Again" - 3:50
# "Playing Along" - 5:35
# "Pretend That You're Alone" - 3:47
# "Black Burning Heart" - 5:23
# "Love Is the End" - 5:40
# "My Shadow" (bonus track on Japanese edition & pre-order track on iTunes UK) - 4:47

Bonus DVD

# Making of "Perfect Symmetry" documentary
# Track by track commentary
# "Spiralling" (Live Rehearsal)
# "Spiralling" (Demo)
# "The Lovers Are Losing" (Demo)
# "Better Than This" (Demo)
# "You Haven't Told Me Anything" (Demo)
# "Perfect Symmetry" (Demo)
# "You Don't See Me" (Demo)
# "Again and Again" (Demo)
# "Playing Along" (Demo)
# "Pretend That You're Alone" (Demo)
# "Black Burning Heart" (Demo)
# "Love Is the End" (Demo)

Track information

;"Spiralling"The first chorus from the album version is missing the riff from the single, and features longer choruses.;"The Lovers Are Losing"Similar in style to the "Is It Any Wonder?" b-side "Let It Slide" (and mainly the whole of "Under the Iron Sea"), is scheduled as the second single off the album.;"Better Than This"Features for the first time in the band's music, banjo. Deals about human looks for perfection.;"Perfect Symmetry"Piano-driven song. Talks about a carpe diem living, but also about life's non-sense.

;"Pretend That You're Alone"The first Keane song ever to include saxophone. The song is a metaphor about the theory of the original of the species.

;"Black Burning Heart"It is the first Keane song including spoken lyrics in a foreign language (French in the second chorus).

;"Love Is the End"One of the two ballads of the album, and the only one similar to the sound of "Hopes and Fears".

*These two last tracks are easily related when reading their respective ending-bridges.

Release

*October 13, 2008 worldwide, excluding::*October 10: Germany, Ireland:*October 14: Canada, Mexico, United States

References