Hopes and Fears

chronology
Hopes and Fears
Studio album by Keane
Publication ; (s)	May 10, 2004
admission	1999-2003
Label (s)	Island Records , Interscope Records
Format (s)	CD, download, LP
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , pop rock
Title (number)	11
running time	45:06 min.
occupation	Tom Chaplin ; Tim Rice-Oxley ; Richard David Hughes
production	Andy Green, Keane, James Sanger
Studio (s)	Helioscentric Studios
February 16, 2004	Somewhere Only We Know
May 4, 2004	Everybody's Changing
August 16, 2004	Bedshaped
November 22, 2004	This is the last time
July 26, 2005	Bend and Break

Hopes and Fears (German hopes and fears ) is the debut album of the English band Keane and was published on May 10 of 2004. In Great Britain , the album reached the top of the charts in the first week and was ranked second among the best-selling albums of 2004. In Germany, the album made it to 30th place in the charts.

Background information

While the first track for the album, She Has No Time , was composed in 1999 , most of the others were only recorded between August and November 2001. In 2003 the last two songs were recorded with On a Day Like Today and We Might As Well Be Strangers .

Musically, the album is based on British piano rock / pop. The best known and most successful title is Somewhere Only We Know , which is still used in many multimedia productions today. But the other single releases were also used for many TV shows, especially in Germany. Not a single guitar is used on the entire album, which clearly sets Keane apart from other bands. Tim Rice-Oxley used the Yamaha CP80 as central instruments for the significant piano sound and the Clavia Nord Lead 2X as an analog synthesizer . He often changed the tones with tremolo - and with distortion effects .

The name of the album is derived from a line of text from the song Snowed Under , which was published as the B-side to the single Somewhere Only We Know and which is on the Japanese and the 2009 deluxe version of the album.

Hopes and Fears was particularly successful in Great Britain, where it has gone platinum nine times and won two Brit Awards in 2005 in the categories " Best British Album " and " Best British Breakthrough Act ". The band made it with this album a. a. in addition to Bob Marley , U2 and Amy Winehouse also in a collection of Island Records , which was published for the 50th birthday of the label. After around 5.8 million records had been sold worldwide by the end of 2009, a deluxe edition of the album with additional B-sides and live recordings was released on November 17, 2009 .

Reviews

The album received mostly positive reviews, although many critics also uncovered some negatives. So you missed in drive tests , although "the guitar painful in these purists who rely solely on strumming, drums and occasional gimmicks", but is nevertheless a positive: "You do not forgive Keane only their obvious weaknesses. You even learn to appreciate them. Maybe just as a certain something. ” CDStarts also addresses the lack of guitars and, like many critics, draws a comparison with Travis and Coldplay . About the album itself it says as follows: “The melodies are plain and simple beautiful - in the truest sense of the word. As a songwriter, Keane get straight to the point without entering into any experiments or getting lost in sound effects. Everything looks clear, but not cheap. Melancholy and pathos stand side by side in harmony. In short: pop music in its purest form. A sparkling diamond with an almost perfect cut. "

Track list

Standard version (2004)

Somewhere Only We Know (Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes) - 3:57
Bend and Break (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:40
We Might As Well Be Strangers (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:12
Everybody's Changing (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:35
Your Eyes Open (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:23
She Has No Time (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes, James Sanger) - 5:45
Can't Stop Now (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:38
Sunshine (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes, Sanger) - 4:12
This Is the Last Time (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes, Sanger) - 3:29
On a Day Like Today (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 5:27 [UK + Japanese Bonus Track]
Untitled 1 (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 5:36
Bedshaped (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes, Sanger) - 4:38
Snowed Under (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:52 [Japanese Bonus Track]
Allemande (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 4:24 [Japanese Bonus Track]
Somewhere Only We Know (Video) [Japanese Bonus Track]

Deluxe Edition (2009)

CD 1

Somewhere Only We Know (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:57
Bend and Break (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:40
We Might As Well Be Strangers (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:12
Everybody's Changing (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:35
Your Eyes Open (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:23
She Has No Time (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes, Sanger) - 5:45
Can't Stop Now (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:38
Sunshine (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes, Sanger) - 4:12
This Is the Last Time (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes, Sanger) - 3:29
On a Day Like Today (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 5:27
Untitled 1 (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 5:36
Bedshaped (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes, Sanger) - 4:38
Somewhere Only We Know [Steve Lamacq Live from Roundhouse Studios] - 3:49
Bedshaped [Steve Lamacq Live from Roundhouse Studios] - 4:04
Bend and Break [Lamacq Live] - 3:34
We Might As Well Be Strangers [Lamacq Live] - 3:17
This Is the Last Time [Jo Whiley Show] - 3:35
With or Without You [Jo Whiley Show] - 3:30
A Heart to Hold You [Jo Whiley Show] - 3:57

CD 2

Snowed Under (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:48
We Might As Well Be Strangers [DJ Shadow Remix] - 3:38
Into the Light [Demo] (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:17
Call Me What You Like [Demo] (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 5:18
Closer Now (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 4:57
Rubbernecking Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes - 5:58
Wolf at the Door (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 4:17
She Has No Time [Demo] - 4:58
Call Me What You Like [Zoomorphic Re-Record] - 3:30
Everybody's Changing [Original Demo Fierce Panda] - 3:33
The Way You Want (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 3:17
This Is the Last Time [Fierce Panda Demo] - 3:27 am
Bedshaped [Fierce Panda B-Side Single] - 4:38
Allemande (Rice-Oxley, Chaplin, Hughes) - 4:23
Somewhere Only We Know [Live at The Forum, London] - 4:09 am
We Might As Well Be Strangers [Live at ColumbiaFritz, Germany - 19/5/04] - 3:20 am
This Is the Last Time [Live at ColumbiaFritz, Germany - 19/5/04] - 3:27 am
Everybody's Changing [Live at ColumbiaFritz, Germany - 19/5/04] - 3:51

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	30th (39 weeks)	39
Austria (Ö3)	18th (35 weeks)	35
Switzerland (IFPI)	22nd (72 weeks)	72
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (130 weeks)	130
United States (Billboard)	45 (54 weeks)	54

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	40,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	(50,000)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	(20,000)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(100,000)
Europe (IFPI)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
France (SNEP)	gold	(100,000)
Ireland (IRMA)	5 × platinum	(75,000)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Norway (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(40,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(15,000)
Portugal (AFP)	2 × platinum	(80,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(40,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	9 × platinum	(2,700,000)
All in all	6 × gold 28 × platinum	5,197,500