Keane Hopes and Fears - Deluxe Edition

Release Date: Nov 17, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 10th, 2004 Interscope Records
released 'Hopes and Fears', selling over 5.8 million copies worldwide, and
landing a top 10 spot on the Billboard 200. The album was also voted one of
the "Best British Albums" ever in a Q Magazine/HMV poll, the first of two
Keane albums to feature in the Top 20.

Over the course of ten years as an unsigned band, Keane had written what was
to become one of the classic albums of our time, and one of the last
multi-million selling albums of this generation. It marked a triumph for the
three boys from Battle in East Sussex, but it was a success not without
controversy.

As a debut record, it stood alone in its originality. The absence of any
guitars, a powerful, almost operatic vocal delivery, and a wall of melodic
sound made solely from pianos, keyboards and a set of drums. The emotion of
the record gave a voice to millions. The landscape at the time was awash with
new bands from across the Atlantic, and it took Keane and 'Hopes And Fears' to
bring all the attention back to British talent. The song writing talent of
Rice-Oxley, now world renowned, reaped an Ivor Novello in 2004 for Best
Composer of the Year.

Yet despite having written a record that united so many different people from
all walks of life across the globe, its sudden phenomenal success almost tore
the lifelong friends apart.

For with its undisputed accolades, it quickly changed the band's lives and
threatened not only their long-standing friendships, but the career of Keane
as well. Having fought against the grain for a decade around the country's
backroom bars in the back of a van, this sudden shot to fame for Keane
transformed the very dynamics that had reaped them these rewards in the first
place.

This sweetest of victories could have turned remarkably bitter, but it created
an edge and strength of resolution that had pulled Keane through from day one,
and has subsequently set the tone for their future releases and successes ever
since.

In addition to the original tracklisting this deluxe album showcases
previously un-released and rare material including early demo 'Into The
Light', recordings from the band's earliest Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley radio
sessions, the timeless b-side and fans favourite, 'Snowed Under' (from
'Somewhere Only We Know'), and their debut self released singles.

The sleeve notes have been penned by long-time supporter Steve Lamacq where he
describes the first time he caught them at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town,
"there were only three of them but they sounded huge. They were independent of
mind but definitely accessible".

Hopes and Fears - Deluxe Edition

CD ONE
1. Somewhere Only We Know
2. Bend And Break
3. We Might As Well Be Strangers
4. Everybody's Changing
5. Your Eyes Open
6. She Has No Time
7. Can't Stop Now
8. Sunshine
9. This Is The Last Time
10. On A Day Like Today
11. Untitled 1
12. Bedshaped
13. Somewhere Only We Know Lamacq Live
14. Bedshaped Lamacq Live
15. Bend And Break Lamacq Live
16. We Might As Well Be Strangers Lamacq Live
17. This Is The Last Time Jo Whiley Live Lounge
18. With Or Without You Jo Whiley Live Lounge
19. A Heart To Hold You Jo Whiley Live Lounge

CD TWO
1. Snowed Under B-side
2. We Might As Well Be Strangers DJ Shadow Remix
3. Into The Light Demo Unreleased
4. Call Me What You Like Demo Zoomorphic single 1
5. Closer Now Zoomorphic single 1
6. Rubbernecking Zoomorphic single 1
7. Wolf At The Door Zoomorphic single 2
8. She Has No Time Demo Zoomorphic single 2
9. Call Me What You Like Zoomorphic single 2
10. Everybody's Changing Fierce Panda single 1
11. The Way You Want It Fierce Panda single 1
12. This Is The Last Time Demo Fierce Panda single 2
13. Bedshaped Demo Fierce Panda single 2
14. Allemande Fierce Panda single 2
Live EP - Released 5th May 2005
15. Somewhere Only We Know Live
16. We Might As Well Be Strangers Live
17. This Is The Last Time Live
18. Everybody's Changing Live

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