You could have forgiven Keane for exploding under the weight of expectation when the time came to release
Under the Iron Sea.
During Keane's early days, keyboard player Tim wrote all of the band's songs, but the pendulum has swung since second album
Under The Iron Sea was released in 2006.
Debut album Hopes And Fears was 2004''s second biggest-selling, after Scissor Sisters''s self-titled breakthrough, while the follow-up
Under The Iron Sea, and third album Perfect Symmetry, only broadened their appeal.
Debut album Hopes And Fears was 2004's second biggest-selling, after Scissor Sisters's self-titled breakthrough, while the follow-up
Under The Iron Sea, and third album Perfect Symmetry, only broadened their appeal.
Debut album Hopes And Fears was 2004's second biggest-selling, after Scissor Sisters' self-titled breakthrough, while the follow-up
Under The Iron Sea, and third album Perfect Symmetry, only broadened their appeal.
Records: Hopes and Fears
Under the Iron Sea (2004), (2006) and Perfect Symmetry (2008) Strange/and, Universal Music, was released on 4 May in Switzerland.
Strangeland has marked a hugely-successful return for the band, whose other chart-topping albums were 2004's Hopes And Fears, 2006's
Under The Iron Sea, 2008's Perfect Symmetry and 2010's mini-LP Night Train.
Keane have had three consecutive No 1 albums - Hopes And Fears in 2004,
Under The Iron Sea in 2006 and Perfect Symmetry in 2008 -earning them Brits, Grammys and Ivor Novello Awards.
That's why we wanted their famous palm-tree logo on our first album." Keane proved they were no one-hit wonders when their next two albums,
Under The Iron Sea (2006) and Perfect Symmetry (2008), also hit No.1.
The band gained a huge following with debut Hopes And Fears and
Under The Iron Sea, only pausing when Chaplin entered rehab.
Their 2004 debut album, Hopes and Fears, propelled the band from obscurity to instant stardom, and the 2006 follow-up
Under the Iron Sea, despite its more sombre undertones, still received critical acclaim.
The guys recently topped the album charts with their latest release Perfect Symmetry, which followed hot on the heels of their previous number one albums, Hopes And Fears and
Under The Iron Sea.