New Keane Album

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Oh, and if any of you are looking for a CD to listen to, I recommend the new Keane album as my number one choice. It's better than their debut album in terms of variety and artistic growth, but still retains the catchy lyrics and tunefulness of their older songs. In particular, the opening song, Altantic, is a musical masterpiece. The closest comparison I can make is to the anthems written by such 70's rock groups as Queen, Pink Floyd, and the Beatles since, like many of the works of these artists, the song doesn't follow the average pattern of lyric-chorus-lyrics-middle eight-chorus-fade. Rather, it has three very distinct parts that could all have been taken from completely different songs, but are melded together through perfect transitions into one piece. While the masterpiece begins the album, the rest of the songs do not leave you disappointed even though they are more in line with your everyday rock song. My personal recommendations as of now are Crystal Ball and Nothing In My Way, though given a few more listens, I'm sure this list will grow. Funnily enough, the so-called "hit single" is always the one song that irritates me the most, no matter which album or artist. Keane's single is called Is It Any Wonder? and while it is a catchy tune, I find it is too similar to the style of their first album. Perhaps they decided to release it as a single so as to slowly break their old audience into the new tone they have embraced. But who knows, huh. Either way, the album is fabulous and hard to tire of. If you want to hear Atlantic, see below. But beware, the video is kinda creepy!

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