''The Best of Keane'' is the first official compilation album by British group Keane. It was released on 11 November 2013 through

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. The album contains all of the singles from the band's first four studio albums, ''

Hopes and Fears ''Hopes and Fears'' is the debut studio album by the English alternative rock band Keane. It was released on 10 May 2004 in the United Kingdom and topped the UK Albums Chart upon release. It was the second best-selling British album of 2004, ...

'', ''

Under the Iron Sea ''Under the Iron Sea'' is the second studio album by the English rock band Keane, released on 12 June 2006. During its first week on sale in the UK, the album opened at number one, selling 222,297 copies according to figures from the Official ...

'', '' Perfect Symmetry'' and '' Strangeland'' (with the exception of "

The Lovers Are Losing "The Lovers Are Losing" is a song performed and composed by English rock band Keane, released on 20 October 2008 as the second single from their third album, '' Perfect Symmetry''. It was played for first the time on Hit40uk on 24 August 2008 ...

" 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 all B-sides (excluding "She Opens Her Eyes" from ''

This Is the Last Time "This Is the Last Time" is a song performed and composed by British rock band Keane, released on 22 November 2004 as the fourth commercial single from their debut album, ''Hopes and Fears'' (2004). It was first released with Fierce Panda Reco ...

'', "Untitled 2" from ''

Bedshaped "Bedshaped" is a song by English rock band Keane, released as the third single from ''Hopes and Fears''. It became their third consecutive top-10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, after "Somewhere Only We Know" and "Everybody's Changing", peaking a ...

'', "Tyderian" from ''

Nothing in My Way "Nothing in My Way" is a song performed and composed by English alternative rock band Keane for their second studio album ''Under the Iron Sea'' (2006). The song was also released 30 October 2006 as the third commercial and fourth overall sin ...

'' and some covers, remixes and live releases) and an unreleased song titled "Russian Farmer's Song".

Background

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

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, "

Everybody's Changing "Everybody's Changing" is a song performed by English alternative rock band Keane. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album, ''Hopes and Fears'' (2004). After a single release on Fierce Panda in May 2003, which peaked ...

", in 2003. It is the first compilation album ever released by the band.

Promotion

The album is promoted by the single " Higher Than the Sun", which first aired on Chris Evans'

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show on 27 September 2013, and was released digitally on 28 September 2013.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best of Keane, The 2013 greatest hits albums Island Records compilation albums Keane (band) albums