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Perfect Symmetry | 
 enlarge | Artist: Keane
Label: Interscope Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  85 reviews
Sales Rank: 136
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001210502
UPC: 602517855786
EAN: 6025178557860
ASIN: B001FBSMW6
Release Date: October 14, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Spiralling | | • | The Lovers Are Losing | | • | Better Than This | | • | You Haven't Told Me Anything | | • | Perfect Symmetry | | • | You Don't See Me | | • | Again and Again | | • | Playing Along | | • | Pretend That You're Alone | | • | Black Burning Heart | | • | Love Is the End |
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Album Description
Keane is back in 2008, bold and colorful with Perfect Symmetry which marks a triumphant return from the trio. 11 tracks including the single 'The Lovers Are Losing'.
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 Better than this? November 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sounds like David bowie "lets dance" on their best track spiralling, the third song better this sounds again like another Bowie-eque song "ashes to ashes", very 80's influnce synth-pop album overall, not as strong as the Iron seas album. For die hard fans get this album. Did you know that the singer is playing the guitar lead on the first track, and does it well live.
 Not as good as the first, but better than the second! November 18, 2008
What a great comeback. After their 2nd release, and hearing about the lead singer's substance abuse issues, I had nearly lost hope. But this release is fantastic. Wonderful vocals, great lyrics, and an overall great album.
Good, not great November 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have listened to this album about 20 times so far, and while at first I didn't care for it, upon listening to it a couple more times, it started to grow on me.
The band is growing, they are trying new things, and this is all good news. The worst thing a band can do is be stagnant and have all of their albums sound the same. A couple of tracks on the album are reminiscent of what we know and love of Keane, however the album as a whole is a different sound.
I think overall, if you enjoy the band, you will like the album and the songs, they are written well, the lyrics are powerful (as always), and the orchestration is often clever.
Appreciate the foray into unchartered waters, but... November 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
To keep this short, I am a huge Keane fan. A lot of their fan base is drawn to their sound for their RadioHead, Coldplay, Beatles "Wall of Sound" effect they pull into their music. Their arrangements are complex and beautiful, simple but really potent. I'd suspect a lot of classical music fans also like Keane for these reasons. That said, this fan base would probably lot listen to a lot of Flock of Seagulls or Wham! records.
This album, unfortunately, is more along those lines than what I described from Keane's first two records.
Hey, I'm all for artists trying new sounds, but this one just didn't resonate with me. I found the lyrics to be pretty ridiculous, the melodies to be not very well thought-out, and most of the tracks to be pretty much unmemorable.
I'm confident their next effort will be better.
Keane Progression November 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My journey with Keane started when I heard Everybody's Changing on the radio and I immediately demanded to know what sort of band could make such a beautiful song. I quickly found out it was Keane and I promptly went out and purchased Hopes and Fears. After playing that album from start to finish over and over again, I began to develop an appetite for some new music from them. After a long wait (in my mind), Keane finally released their follow up effort Under The Iron Sea. I purchased it on the release date, went home and popped it into the player. I was greeted by Atlantic, one of the most haunting, beautiful songs I've ever heard. I actually replayed the lead track about 5 times before I went on to the rest of the album (which was utterly fantastic, start to finish).
In my opinion, Keane took far too much time between discs. I was wondering when they would release another album. I read about the trials and tribulations online regarding the band members and hoped and prayed that Tim and the guys would pull it together to release another disc.
Well, they did. And here we are with Perfect Symmetry. This album clearly demonstrates the natural progression a talented group makes while developing through their existence. It holds true to their roots while they experiment with new methods and techinques in writing new material. This is clearly evident within several tracks on the record, especially on Better Than This. It represents elements of the Keane we have all grown to know and love, but it also contains a sounds that is unfamiliar to what we have been exposed to. Tracks like this are very necessary in the natural development of the group, but ultimately keeps the disc from receiving 5 stars from me. In other words, they're breaking eggs to make omelets.
Don't get me wrong, this album contains numerous options for the fan who wants to hear the classic sound. They deliver that, plus an added new bonus to demonstrate their progression, in the title track. All of the melodious harmonies, crafty lyrics and piano power chords (if such a beast exists) are all front and center here. No fan could turn this song away as the needle slips into the run-out groove.
I read another review here that compared You Don't See Me to U2. I actually got chills as I read that because that's EXACTLY what I thought when I heard the first piano notes in the song. I thought to myself, "Damn, this is not far off of what U2 has done."
It's not U2, though. I've played it for many other people, most with somewhat of a music ear, and none were able to draw that connection at all. But it's there. That's not to say they're ripping off U2. It's to say that this band is approaching that level. Not by popularity, but by musical abilities.
In a nutshell, this is fine release by a fine band. It's not a slam dunk from start to finish like their two previous efforts, but the songs are very strong as the band continues to trek towards legendary status. In my opinion, they have not recorded a bad song yet. However, due to the explorative aspect of this disc, I rate this album at 4 stars with my guarantee that they have taken a mandatory step back in order to make a ridiculously giant leap forward.
Buy this album. Enjoy this album. But please don't make this album your initial exposure to this wonderful, talented trio.
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