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Universal acclaim- based on 125 Ratings
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Positive: 110 out of 125
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Mixed: 11 out of 125
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Negative: 4 out of 125
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Under The Iron SeaYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreUniversal acclaim- based on 125 Ratings
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MattD.Jun 20, 2006Only "Is It Any Wonder?" breaks free from the forgettable pleasantness of the rest of the CD.
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CablesJul 1, 2006I 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??
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AllenIJul 1, 2006Sophmore albums are always difficult. It sounds like one to me. The album although catchy and listenable, it just doesn't have the steap emotional hooks of almost every song on the first album. I'm not dissapointed though, It's always difficult and unlikely that a band can top a perfect debut album. I'm still enjoying it, and if you are a keane fan, you will too.
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MickJun 21, 2006It's a little bit boring, samey and instantly forgettable
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[Anonymous]Jun 21, 2006Coldplay lite... half the album is pretty good...
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anthonycJul 6, 2006Agree totally with Allen l. The album i has hooks....just not emotional ones! None of the songs are anything special. Personally, I think they should have made the song writers add emotinal hooks in certain places (these places are obvious after a few listens) instead of getting the producers to waste their (somtimes fresh sounding) production hooks on this album.
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It's not bad - which is just as well, as it will be inescapable.
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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.
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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.