Perfect Symmetry (Keane album)

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Perfect Symmetry is the third studio album by English rock band Keane, released on 13 October 2008 in the United Kingdom.[1]

Cover

The cover for the album was revealed on 5 September. Tim Rice-Oxley explained that the imagery of the band are photographs of bigger than life-size sculptures of the band members, made by Korean artist Osang Gwon. It was implied that these sculptures will form the basis of the album's image and promotion up to the date of release.[2]

Perfect Symmetry World Tour

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Critical reception

The album received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. On aggregate website Metacritic, it has a score of 64/100, indicating "generally positive reviews". Spin gave the album 7/10 and praised the band for expanding their musical palette.[3] Slant gave the album a lukewarm review and ultimately considered it a downgrade to the band's two previous albums.[4]

NME heavily panned the album, giving it a 1/5 and negatively comparing it to British new rave band Klaxons.[5]

Track listing

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Notes

(^) denotes additional production
(*) denotes co-producer

Bonus DVD

  1. Making of Perfect Symmetry documentary
  2. Track by track commentary
  3. "Spiralling" (live rehearsal)
  4. "Spiralling" (demo)
  5. "The Lovers Are Losing" (demo)
  6. "Better Than This" (demo)
  7. "You Haven't Told Me Anything" (demo)
  8. "Perfect Symmetry" (demo)
  9. "You Don't See Me" (demo)
  10. "Again and Again" (demo)
  11. "Playing Along" (demo)
  12. "Pretend That You're Alone" (demo)
  13. "Black Burning Heart" (demo)
  14. "Love Is the End" (demo)

In popular culture

The album's eleventh song "Love Is the End" was featured on the 18th episode from the sixth season of the series One Tree Hill.[6]

Personnel

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Charts

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Certifications and sales

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See also

References

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External links

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