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Universal acclaim- based on 93 Ratings
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Positive: 79 out of 93
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Mixed: 7 out of 93
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Negative: 7 out of 93
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Sep 30, 2010
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May 26, 2018Incredible album. One of the best album of all time. Better than all Coldplay's albums
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ginadOct 30, 2008Great stuff! To be onest I was hope for more rock sound, but Perfect Symmetry is just.. perfect, now!
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MattGJan 5, 2009A welcome return to form for Keane. Aside from the three excellent singles, highlights include Again and Again and Black Burning Heart. Not a classic like Hopes and Fears but if you like Keane this album wont disapoint.
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RachealKJan 7, 2009Loved the first two albums. Put this one in and was blown away by the first song. The other songs took awhile to warm up to. You Don't See Me may be one of the best songs ever written. If at first you don't appreciate this album - give it another listen. Given a few more listens - this may surpass even Hopes and Fears for me.
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akeemg.Mar 9, 2009
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dickq.Oct 14, 2008Not their best album as a whole, but some of the songs (The Lovers are Losing, Perfect Symmetry, Black Burning Heart, Love is the End) are some of the best I've ever heard from the band, and this is coming from a guy who has every single one of this bands SONGS. 10 for Keane!
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CarlieG.Oct 15, 2008"James"... they sound like "James" and that's a good thing. That's a very good thing.
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LisaH.Oct 15, 2008Not the Keane of old...I appreciate that they are doing different things creatively, but this album is a big miss for me. Sounds too 80's, and gone is Tom Chaplin's incredible voice. Still a huge Keane fan, but this one won't be worn out like "Hopes and Fears" and "Under the Iron Sea".
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IsabelP.Oct 23, 2008I love it!! It's so unexpected, but still very Keane... I think they're evolving, doing different things and not staying in the old same melodies, still keeping their essence... Great album!! well done guys!!
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DanOct 28, 2008
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JanNov 2, 2008This album is experimental but it's a start in the right direction. I think at first, many fans may not welcome this change but once they've listed to the album several times, it really grows. I Love "You haven't told me anything" and "Better than this". I can't wait to hear how the next album will sound!
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AndréBNov 27, 2008Very good album. Incredibly different from the other 2 first good ones, but that is not a bad thing. Here, different means creative.
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[Anonymous]Oct 14, 2008I really like it. It's still Keane, but Keane moving along artistically.
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MarioA.Oct 16, 2008This album es amazing! you can see how the band are envolving in this new and fresh sound. I love it!
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Mike&LinneaOct 17, 2008
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ClarkW.Oct 17, 2008
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AliceSOct 31, 2008Get past the Chorus of Spiralling and the lyrics are the pearl. Black Burning Heart has a great melody!
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CathG.Jan 22, 2009
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JohnB.Jul 20, 2009This cd was a great suprise from Keane. I love the way they are changing. Anyone who thinks this album is bad must have brain damage.
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dougtAug 1, 2009
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N.J.Nov 20, 2008This album is as much fun as you can have with non-guilty pleasure music. Never boring, never cheesy. Keane is now 3 for 3 with their albums. As with their first two albums, the music gets better and better the more you listen to it. With their crazy-consistent quality and freshness, Keane is a truly exceptional (in the full meaning of that word) band of today.
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jimbNov 27, 2008Another excellent offering from Keane. I like the new pop direction and the songwriting and singing remain first rate.
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TJLorenOct 14, 2008I think I accidentally bought a Wham cd instead of a Keane cd.
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DiegoT.Oct 15, 2008Perfect melodies... Perfect vocals.. It´s still Keane. Love it.
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BrendaHNov 5, 2008Perfect Symmetry is positively majestic. Musically and lyrically intriguing and entrancing. Just wish I could stop bursting out with, "When we fall in love .. we're just falling .. in love with ourselves .. we're spiralling. Was going to name favourites but it's pretty much the whole album. Woooo!
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NonJ.Oct 19, 2008Filled with songs written with a new sense of excitement and incredible intensity. They are still the Keane we've come to love just with new moves and more experience.
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JasmineKDec 25, 2008I can't analyze music, but I've been listening for half a decade and I love Keane. So there.
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DeAnnaK.Dec 28, 2008Awesome album...I really like "Love is the end" and "You haven't told me anything" And for the review from Mojo, it was Tom Chaplin that was in rehab for alcoholism, not Tim Rice-Oxley.
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DamonRFeb 15, 2009I msut admit to being a huge keane fan and was very impressed with the first two albums but this third is superb. They may not be 'cool' enough to satisfy the music press but believe me their general apathy isn't shared by most punters.
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HelenPNov 13, 2008I really enjoy Perfect Symmetry and consider it better than their 2nd effort, but not quite as amazing as their 1st venture.
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Dec 11, 2016Keane and electronica were always going to work well together. OK, so they could have gone even more electronic on most tracks, but we may have then lost that typical Keane sound. It's a fun album that deserves attention. It may never live up to the incredible 'Iron Sea' or the beautiful 'Hopes and Fears', but it'll certainly be an album you'll return to, time and time again.
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Aug 5, 2013Perfect Symmetry was my first Keane album and in my opinion their second best with many highlights. They say it isn't good and poor however this is a landmark album as it signifies a change in sound and shouldn't be dismissed as 80's influenced trash. The songs are great to listen to and catchy, the B-Sides are amazing. Truly deserved better reactions.
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Jun 13, 2015You don't need to explain which genre or style is Keane. Keane is a genre (Keane is life, lol). Perfect Symmetry is an excellent album for hundreds of reasons. After listening you get an impression that any song from it can be a soundtrack for your life. Well, if after life I will have to listen Keane - it will definiely be a Heaven.
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Jun 13, 2015Oh peoples ,this style was absolutely incredible,each other song = 1 album,"Perfect Symmetry" - main song..i'm happy ,what heard it..............10/10
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Feb 26, 2017I think what bothered most people was the sudden shift in the band's style of music. They are definitely trying to sound more pop-related in this album, but the way they pull it off aligns more closely to their own, and doesn't mimic the mainstream by any means. The lyrics here are also some of the best they've ever done hands down.
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As rock goes, Symmetry remains a relatively quiet riot, but in the context of the band itself, it's a welcome revelation.
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Musically, they’ve ripped off swathes of things contemporary and popular to make them ‘hip’, but it just feels like some dodgy old guy at a bus stop telling you he digs Klaxons.
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On album three, Keane trick out their pretty piano melodies with tasty synths ('The Lovers Are Losing'), booming rap beats ('Spiralling'), and fuzzy new-wave guitars ('You Haven’t Told Me Anything').