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Battle, East Sussex, United Kingdom (1995 – present)

Keane is an English piano rock band, first established in Battle, East Sussex, United Kingdom in 1995, taking their current name in 1997. The group is comprised of composer, bassist, and pianist Tim Rice-Oxley, lead vocalist Tom Chaplin and drummer Richard Hughes. Their original line-up included founder and guitarist Dominic Scott, who left in 2001. For their 2008 album “Perfect Symmetry” and the following tour, Jesse Quin joined the band on stage to play bass. He also played a large role in recording the album itself, and he subsequently joined the band fully in 2011.

Keane are known for using a piano as their lead instrument instead of guitars, significantly differentiating them from most rock bands. The inclusion of a distorted piano effect since 2006 and various synthesizers are now a common feature in their music that nowadays combines the pure piano rock sound used during their first album and the alternative rock sound which developed during 2005. Acoustic and power ballads are also a highlight in the group’s music and have evolved into many fan favourite songs such as “On a Day Like Today” and “We Might As Well Be Strangers”.

Keane’s first two studio albums, Hopes and Fears and Under The Iron Sea, achieved great success in the United Kingdom upon release and very high sales worldwide: their multi-award-winning debut was the best-selling British album of 2004 and their follow-up sold 222,297 copies during its first week on sale in June 2006.

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1		Somewhere Only We Know			7,625
2		Everybody's Changing			5,292
3		Bedshaped			2,820
4		This Is The Last Time			2,805
5		We Might As Well Be Strangers			2,681
6		A Bad Dream			2,598
7		Crystal Ball			2,590
8		Is It Any Wonder?			2,450
9		Nothing In My Way			2,445
10		Spiralling			1,875
11		Your Eyes Open			1,798
12		She Has No Time			1,662
13		Can't Stop Now			1,602
14		Bend and Break			1,462
15		Sunshine			1,446

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