A Decade of Piano Rock: Exploring The Best of Keane (Deluxe Edition)
The cover art, designed by Alex Lake, is a departure from the abstract paintings of their early albums. It features the band walking away from the camera down a long, wet road—symbolic of looking back at a journey completed.
- The hits-heavy approach means some album cuts that showed creative risk are absent, so listeners wanting a fuller sense of each album’s arc should still explore original LPs.
- A few remasters lean toward polish that may slightly soften the rawness of early recordings, which some purists may miss.
Verdict The Best of Keane (Deluxe Edition) succeeds as both a concise greatest-hits package and a respectful retrospective. It captures the emotional core and melodic strengths that defined Keane’s career, while the deluxe extras satisfy dedicated fans. Recommended as the definitive single-disc overview, with the deluxe tracks offering pleasant rewards for deeper listening.
- Hopes and Fears (2004)
- Under the Iron Sea (2006)
- Perfect Symmetry (2008)
- Strangeland (2012)
- Cause and Effect (2014)
- The Novel (2018)
- A Perfect Symmetry (2018)
