Keane
Hopes And Fears LP vinyl

With Hopes and Fears, Keane arrived at the forefront of British alternative rock in 2004. Their debut studio album topped the UK Albums Chart, became the second best-selling British album of the year, and has since achieved 9× Platinum certification. Following Keane’s win for Best Album at the 2005 BRIT Awards, the record returned to No. 1.

What made Keane stand out was their distinctive approach to rock: instead of building their songs around electric guitars, they placed Tim Rice-Oxley’s piano and synthesizers at the heart of the arrangements. Combined with Tom Chaplin’s expressive vocals and the understated rhythm section, this gave Hopes and Fears its melodic, atmospheric character. Featuring enduring songs such as “Somewhere Only We Know” and “Everybody’s Changing”, it remains the band’s defining album and a landmark of 2000s British pop-rock.

NEW /  Released in 2004 / Reissued in 2017

Tracklist:

A1 Somewhere Only We Know

A2 Bend And Break

A3 We Might As Well Be Strangers

A4 Everybody's Changing

A5 Your Eyes Open

A6 She Has No Time

B1 Can't Stop Now

B2 Sunshine

B3 This Is The Last Time

B4 On A Day Like Today

B5 Untitled 1

B6 Bedshaped