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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 125 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 4 out of 125

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  1. JohnL
    Aug 29, 2006
    0
    the worst pop record I've ever listened to.
  2. ChrisL
    Jan 15, 2007
    3
    Poor, really. Better than the first one at least
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

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.