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Keane achieved mainstream, international success with the release of their debut album, Hopes and
Fears, in 2004. Topping the UK charts, the album won the 2005 Brit Award for Best British Album and
was the second best-selling British album of 2004.[4] It is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart
history.[5] Their second album, Under the Iron Sea, released in 2006, topped the UK album charts and
debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200. Their third album, Perfect Symmetry, was released
in October 2008.
In May 2008, both Hopes and Fears (number 13) and Under the Iron Sea (number 8) were voted by
readers of Q magazine as among the best British albums ever, with Keane, The
Beatles, Oasis and Radiohead the only artists having two albums in the top 20.[6] In 2009, Hopes and
Fears was listed as the ninth best-selling album of the 2000s decade in the UK.[7] Their EP, Night Train,
was released in May 2010. Their fourth studio album, Strangeland, was released in May 2012, and
peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart.
Keane are known for using keyboards as the lead instrument instead of guitars, differentiating them
from most other rock bands.[8] The inclusion of a distorted piano effect in 2006 and various
synthesisers were a common feature in their music[9][10] which developed on the second and third
albums. Keane have sold over 13 million records worldwide.[11]
The band released their fifth studio album Cause and Effect on September 20th, 2019. It was
announced on 6 June 2019 with the release of lead single "The Way I Feel".