Cause and Effect
by Keane
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Sep 20, 2019
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 54 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 54
  3. Negative: 3 out of 54
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  1. markjohnsonii
    Sep 26, 2019
    3
    To sum up the album: Mundane. The album is really subdued and almost too relaxing. If you’re looking for some background music to put at 10% volume while you study or do schoolwork, this is the perfect album. If you were looking for creative, engaging, and moving music from Keane, you’ll be left going back to earlier albums. The lyrics may be interesting but honestly the tone and beat ofTo sum up the album: Mundane. The album is really subdued and almost too relaxing. If you’re looking for some background music to put at 10% volume while you study or do schoolwork, this is the perfect album. If you were looking for creative, engaging, and moving music from Keane, you’ll be left going back to earlier albums. The lyrics may be interesting but honestly the tone and beat of the album is really mundane; repetitive, even-keeled, and entrancing in all the wrong ways. This album simply bored me.… Expand
  2. CJMLB
    Feb 11, 2020
    3
    Ouch....what a letdown! I've been moved by their innovative sound and singular style over the years and this album has none of that signature coolness. They've prematurely aged into some bland toothless adult contemporary phase and I'm not following. A reviewer opined that Keane would inevitably ignore these songs in concert. Let's hope.

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#58 Most Discussed Album of 2019

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Sputnikmusic
    Sep 25, 2019
    40
    Unfortunately, it’s little more than a bland exercise in pop that the band needs in order to sell records and tour again.
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  2. Q Magazine
    Sep 24, 2019
    80
    Cause & Effect plays to their strengths. [Nov 2019, p.112]
  3. The Telegraph (UK)
    Sep 20, 2019
    80
    This is an album of mature, accessible pop-rock. The singing is beautiful, the playing immaculate, the sound warm and rounded, with nothing to scare the horses.
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