''Perfect Symmetry'' is the third

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by English

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band Keane, released on 13 October 2008 in the United Kingdom.

Cover

The cover for the album was revealed on 5 September.

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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.

Perfect Symmetry World Tour

The Perfect Symmetry World Tour started 29 September 2008 and finished 29 October 2009, with 121 shows. During the ''Perfect Symmetry'' album release week, the band did some free shows in the UK.

Critical reception

The album received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. On aggregate website

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, 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. ''Slant'' gave the album a lukewarm review and ultimately considered it a downgrade to the band's two previous albums. ''NME'' heavily panned the album, giving it a 1/5 and negatively comparing it to British new rave band

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Track listing

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

Bonus DVD

# Making of ''Perfect Symmetry'' documentary # Track by track commentary # "Spiralling" (live rehearsal) # "Spiralling" (demo) # "The Lovers Are Losing" (demo) # "Better Than This" (demo) # "You Haven't Told Me Anything" (demo) # "Perfect Symmetry" (demo) # "You Don't See Me" (demo) # "Again and Again" (demo) # "Playing Along" (demo) # "Pretend That You're Alone" (demo) # "Black Burning Heart" (demo) # "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''.

Personnel

Keane *

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– vocals, guitar *

– piano, keyboards, guitar, percussion, synthesizers, composition, backing vocals * Richard Hughes – drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional personnel *

Jesse Quin Jesse Joseph Quin (born 3 September 1981) is an English multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the bass player of the alternative rock band Keane. Quin also founded and runs an arts centre on an abandoned U.S. Air ...

– bass, guitar (on "Black Burning Heart"), percussion, backing vocals *Stephen Hussey – violin (on "Love Is the End") *Chris Fish – cello (on "Love Is the End") *Jo Silverston; Ian Harris – musical saw (on "Love Is the End") *Jim Hunt – saxophone (on "Pretend That You're Alone") *Anaël Train – French vocal (on "Black Burning Heart") *Jake Davies – engineering *Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing and additional production *Stuart Price – co-production (for "Again and Again" and "Black Burning Heart") *Jon Brion – additional production (for "You Haven't Told Me Anything") *Scott Johnson – on Studio Tech *Stephen Marcussen – mastering *Beth Louise Warren – band assistance and recording co-ordinator *Osang Gwon – sculptures for booklet *Rob Chenery at Tourist – design and art direction *Shamil Tanna – photography *Adam Tudhope – managing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

The UrbanWire's review of Perfect Symmetry
at Keaneshaped

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