Comments on: Keane – ‘Perfect Symmetry’ Album Review

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[...] uplifting, and joyful. Hopes and Fears has that in droves, Under The Iron Sea is a mixture, and Perfect Symmetry keeps the same vein going but with a more retro 1980s feel. It seems the changes made to their [...]

By: SuzieQ.

SuzieQ. — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:04:36 +0000

Perfect Symmetry adds a new interesting facet to Keane’s work. The first impression when listening to “Spiraling” was “wow, how groovy” and “how different” and made me even more curious for the new album. And it wasn’t at all disappointing! It transports so well their actual good spirits and their exitement performing musical experiments. I love to listen to all of their albums, depending on the mood I’m in. “Perfect Symmetry” is the cherry on top when driving my convertible. It’s a catching zest for life!

By: Harrison Lopes

Harrison Lopes — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:25:31 +0000

Hopes and Fears is definitely their best album so far. I’m not saying Perfect Symmetry is a bad album, but I certainly expected a lot more from Keane. The only reason they will probably be successful with an album like this one is the fact they’ve already conquered a number of fans around the world who are always willing to give them credit for their previous albums. I repeat: it is not a bad album, but they would certainly not be what they are today if their first album had been slightly similar to this one

By: Bruno

Bruno — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:37:07 +0000

I agree with Suze because on the first album i liked 2-3 musics at the first glance but on the long run i loved all. I listen to this album 5 times already and at the fifth i was in love with 3-4 musics. With time i will love the others songs…

By: Suze

Suze — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:15:03 +0000

I think the best comment you make is that if this was their first album it would have a much better review. I have come to expect such greatness…and have loved every song they have written, that even I am a bit disappointed at first listen. When I was telling someone about it, I was saying that there were 4 or 5 songs I loved on it and there wasn’t a song that I didn’t…but I was hoping for a Hopes and Fears-type album as well…where every song is absolutely brilliant (and the melodies anthemic and the keyboards the main instrument). But in the big picture of things…when 4 or 5 songs are brilliant on an album, it still deserves better than a 6 out of 10 (and given your individual scores divided by the number of tracks, it’s a 7.7…I personally feel that the great tracks absolutely outway the ok tracks, so going down to a 6 just because you have loved their past albums so much is unjustified).

I am hoping that more songs grow on me, as even the songs on Hopes and Fears were not instant loves. Sometimes, it takes a few more listens for me to completely appreciate the songs (or hearing them live).

So where I would have given Hopes and Fears a 10, Under the Iron Sea a 9, I would give this one an 8 (for now).

By: Tristan Gatcum

Tristan Gatcum — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:58:33 +0000

I agree with this review completely.
I adored their previous two albums especially ‘hopes and fears’. Lyrics were passionate, music mesmorising and songs emotional and genius. Perfect Symmetry however is nothing like I was expecting from Keane, i was looking forward to it so much and feel like they have really let me down. Keane is (was) arguebly my favourite band but i fear that if this is the kind of music they are going to start producing then that is going to change. I will continue to listen to their classics but im sad to see the music i once loved…gone.