The Best of Keane | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Keane | ||||
Released | 11 November 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2001–12 | |||
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Label | Island Records | |||
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Singles from The Best of Keane | ||||
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The Best of Keane is the first official compilation album by British group Keane. It was released on 11 November 2013 through Island Records. The album contains all of the singles from the band's four studio albums, Hopes and Fears, Under the Iron Sea, Perfect Symmetry and Strangeland (with the exception of "The Lovers Are Losing" and "Better Than This", which are replaced by "My Shadow" from the Night Train EP and "Hamburg Song" from Under the Iron Sea), plus two new songs: "Higher Than the Sun" and "Won't Be Broken", written during the Strangeland era. The deluxe version of the album includes a second disc with singles B-sides, and a previously-unreleased track, titled "Russian Farmer's Song".
The purpose of the compilation album is to celebrate the first 10 years of Keane's career, which began with the release of their first commercial single with Fierce Panda Records, "Everybody's Changing", in 2003. It is the first compilation album ever released by the band.
The album is promoted by the single "Higher Than the Sun", which first aired on Chris Evans' BBC Radio 2 show on 27 September 2013, and was released digitally on 28 September 2013.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone