User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 92 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 83 out of 92
  2. Negative: 4 out of 92

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  1. Cables
    Jul 1, 2006
    4
    I have to wonder if the people who gave this album a 10 declaring it "the best album of 2006" have even heard any other records this year. Also if they recognize any other albums on this entire website. Are you people serious??
  2. Mick
    Jun 21, 2006
    4
    It's a little bit boring, samey and instantly forgettable
  3. JohnL
    Aug 29, 2006
    0
    the worst pop record I've ever listened to.
  4. ChrisL
    Jan 15, 2007
    3
    Poor, really. Better than the first one at least
Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 24
  2. Negative: 2 out of 24
  1. It's not bad - which is just as well, as it will be inescapable.
  2. It would appear that Tim, Tom and Richard have spent some time at the U2 School of Squillion-Selling Records, their final project sounding more expansive and dramatic than Hopes And Fears ever did.
  3. Keane have talked up Under the Iron Sea as being bleaker, more raw than their debut album. It is about the things they have seen over the last two years, the problems, the horrors, the sin. But Keane have not been uncovering the carcases of napalmed babies for the last two years. They’ve been playing music.