Cause and Effect (Keane album)
2019 studio album by Keane
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Cause and Effect is the fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Keane, released on 20 September 2019 through Island Records.[1] It is their first full-length album since Strangeland (2012) and hiatus from early 2014 to late 2018.[2] Cause and Effect peaked at No.2 on the UK Albums Chart.[3]
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| Released | 20 September 2019 | |||
| Recorded | November 2018 – Spring 2019 | |||
| Studio | Sea Fog Studios | |||
| Length | 46:02 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | David Kosten and Keane | |||
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| Singles from Cause and Effect | ||||
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Promotion
The first single, "The Way I Feel", premiered on 6 June 2019 on BBC Radio 2 and YouTube.[4]
The second single, "Love Too Much", premiered on 8 August 2019 on BBC Radio 2 and YouTube.[5]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.2/10[6] |
| Metacritic | 68/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [8] |
| The Arts Desk | [9] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [10] |
| Evening Standard | [11] |
| Financial Times | [12] |
| The Guardian | [13] |
| The Independent | [14] |
| NME | [15] |
| Q | [16] |
| The Times | [17] |
Cause and Effect received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]
Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five, writing, "Not a game-changing comeback by any means, Cause and Effect is instead a satisfying return to form that manages to gracefully age Keane by invigorating a familiar formula with wisdom and honesty learned over a dramatic, life-changing decade."[8]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Keane.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You're Not Home" | 5:31 |
| 2. | "Love Too Much" | 3:09 |
| 3. | "The Way I Feel" | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Put the Radio On" | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Strange Room" | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Stupid Things" | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Phases" | 3:36 |
| 8. | "I'm Not Leaving" | 4:13 |
| 9. | "Thread" | 4:51 |
| 10. | "Chase the Night Away" | 4:03 |
| 11. | "I Need Your Love" | 4:11 |
| Total length: | 46:02 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "New Golden Age" | 3:44 |
| 13. | "Difficult Year" | 3:28 |
| 14. | "The Way I Feel" (Sea Fog acoustic session) | 3:35 |
| 15. | "Stupid Things" (Sea Fog acoustic session) | 4:02 |
| 16. | "I'm Not Leaving" (Sea Fog acoustic session) | 4:09 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 17. | "Thread" (original demo) | 5:08 |
| Total length: | 70:18 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Somewhere Only We Know" (Sprint Music Series, 2003) | |
| 2. | "Bedshaped" (live at Roundhouse Studios, 2013) | |
| 3. | "Spiralling" (2008 demo) | |
| 4. | "Silenced by the Night" (Sea Fog acoustic session, 2012) | |
| 5. | "Again and Again" (2007 demo) | |
| 6. | "In Your Own Time" (2010 demo) | |
| 7. | "Glass Bottles" (unreleased demo) | |
| 8. | "Better Than This" (2007 demo) | |
| 9. | "Strangeland" (Dallas Sketch, 2011) | |
| 10. | "The Lovers Are Losing" (2008 demo) | |
| 11. | "This Is the Last Time" (Real Network Session, Seattle 2014) | |
| 12. | "Sunshine" (2002 demo) |
Personnel
Keane
- Tom Chaplin – vocals
- Tim Rice-Oxley – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
- Richard Hughes – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Jesse Quin – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Charts
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[19] | 25 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] | 56 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] | 15 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] | 9 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[23] | 11 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[24] | 61 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] | 16 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[26] | 12 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[27] | 141 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[28] | 2 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[29] | 9 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] | 18 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[31] | 2 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[32] | 15 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[33] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
