The Best of Keane

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The Best of Keane
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Greatest hits album by
Keane
Released11 November 2013
Recorded2001–12
Genre
Label Island Records
Keane chronology
Strangeland
(2012)		The Best of Keane
(2013)		 Cause and Effect
(2019)
Singles from The Best of Keane
  1. "Higher Than the Sun"
    Released: 28 September 2013
  2. "Won't Be Broken"
    Released: 20 January 2014

The Best of Keane is the first official compilation album by British group Keane. [1] It was released on 11 November 2013 through Island Records. The album contains all of the singles from the band's first four studio albums, Hopes and Fears , Under the Iron Sea , Perfect Symmetry and Strangeland (with the exception of "The Lovers Are Losing" and "Better Than This", which are replaced by "My Shadow" from the Night Train EP and "Hamburg Song" from Under the Iron Sea), plus two new songs: "Higher Than the Sun" and "Won't Be Broken", written during the Strangeland era. The deluxe version of the album includes a second disc with all B-sides (excluding "She Opens Her Eyes" from This Is the Last Time , "Untitled 2" from Bedshaped , "Tyderian" from Nothing in My Way and some covers, remixes and live releases) and an unreleased song titled "Russian Farmer's Song".

Contents

Background

The purpose of the compilation album is to celebrate the first 10 years of Keane's career, which began with the release of their first commercial single with Fierce Panda Records, "Everybody's Changing", in 2003. It is the first compilation album ever released by the band.[ citation needed ]

Promotion

The album is promoted by the single "Higher Than the Sun", [2] which first aired on Chris Evans' BBC Radio 2 show on 27 September 2013, and was released digitally on 28 September 2013. [3]

Track listing

Standard Edition
No.TitleOriginally fromLength
1."Everybody's Changing" Hopes and Fears 3:35
2."Somewhere Only We Know"Hopes and Fears3:55
3."Bend and Break"Hopes and Fears3:38
4."Bedshaped"Hopes and Fears4:35
5."This Is the Last Time"Hopes and Fears3:27
6."Atlantic" Under the Iron Sea 4:10
7."Is It Any Wonder?"Under the Iron Sea3:05
8."Nothing in My Way"Under the Iron Sea4:00
9."Hamburg Song"Under the Iron Sea4:37
10."Crystal Ball"Under the Iron Sea3:53
11."A Bad Dream"Under the Iron Sea5:02
12."Try Again"Under the Iron Sea4:27
13."Spiralling" (Radio Edit) Perfect Symmetry 3:24
14."Perfect Symmetry"Perfect Symmetry5:11
15."My Shadow" Night Train 4:49
16."Silenced by the Night" Strangeland 3:16
17."Disconnected"Strangeland3:56
18."Sovereign Light Café" (Radio Edit)Strangeland3:28
19."Higher Than the Sun"New song3:21
20."Won't Be Broken"New song3:42
Deluxe Edition (bonus disc)
No.TitleOriginally fromLength
1."Snowed Under""Somewhere Only We Know"3:49
2."Walnut Tree""Somewhere Only We Know"3:37
3."Fly to Me""Everybody's Changing"5:32
4."To the End of the Earth""Everybody's Changing"3:02
5."The Way You Want It""Everybody's Changing"3:16
6."Something in Me Was Dying""Bedshaped"4:46
7."Allemande""This Is the Last Time"4:23
8."Let It Slide""Is It Any Wonder?"4:09
9."He Used to Be a Lovely Boy""Is It Any Wonder?"3:36
10."Thin Air""Nothing in My Way"3:56
11."The Iron Sea" (Magic Shop Version)"Crystal Ball"4:29
12."Maybe I Can Change""Crystal Ball"3:55
13."Time to Go""The Lovers Are Losing"3:49
14."Staring at the Ceiling""Perfect Symmetry"3:50
15."Myth""Silenced by the Night"4:54
16."Difficult Child""Sovereign Light Café"3:44
17."Sea Fog" (Live in Mexico City)"Disconnected"3:41
18."Russian Farmer's Song"Previously unreleased6:34

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Platinum300,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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