Hopes and Fears

Most songs were already composed by the album's conception date; the track "She Has No Time" was composed circa 1999, making it the earliest composed song appearing on the album. Some were already played in a guitar-led form with Dominic Scott still in the band. The tracks "On a Day Like Today" and "We Might As Well Be Strangers" were the last to be composed, circa 2003. Four songs on the album were recorded in Normandy, France, on the property of the record producer James Sanger, from July to November 2001. Sanger co-wrote these songs, including "This Is the Last Time" and "Bedshaped". The rest of the album was recorded at Helioscentric Studios in Peasmarsh, Rye, by Andy Green and the band from September to Christmas 2003. Sanger did not attend any recording sessions in England. The album was mixed down to six channels to enable a release on Super Audio CD (SACD). Hal Leonard music published two versions of the official score book for Hopes and Fears, designed for differing skill levels. The Music Sales Group also published a book, including two demo CDs with accompanying bass and drum tracks. ==Critical reception==

Hopes and Fears received generally positive reviews from critics. Review-aggregating website Metacritic, reported a normalised score of 61/100, based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favourable" reviews. Legacy In 2006, British Hit Singles & Albums and NME organised a poll in which 40,000 people worldwide voted for the 100 best albums ever, and Hopes and Fears was placed at number 51 on the list. The album was ranked number 5 in Amazon's Best Selling Albums of the Decade. In 2005, the album won the Brit Award for best album. In 2010 the album was nominated for Brit awards in the category Album of 30 Years; however, it lost to Oasis's ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' In 2011, Q magazine made a list called 250 Best Albums of Q's Lifetime 1986–2010 and the album appeared at number 34. ==Track listing==

Original release Japanese edition International editions Deluxe edition Issued in 2009. The first CD includes the original UK track list, as seen above, plus tracks 13–19. The second CD presents B-sides, early singles, and other rare tracks. ==Personnel==

Keane • Tom Chaplin – lead vocals • Tim Rice-Oxley – piano, keyboards, bass, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Sunshine" • Richard Hughes – drums Additional personnel • Andy Green – programming and production • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Certifications==

A CD+DVD version was released internationally over the course of 2005. This version included two bonus tracks, "Snowed Under" and a remix dance version of "We Might as Well Be Strangers" by DJ Shadow. The DVD contained the four international videos for "Somewhere Only We Know", "Everybody's Changing", "Bedshaped", and "This is the Last Time", and the US video for "Somewhere Only We Know". This version of Hopes and Fears also featured a different box cover design: white and with Keane's "Everybody's Changing" promotional image. The inner 2-CD box had the same cover as the international version. Track listing • "Somewhere Only We Know" (international version video) • "Somewhere Only We Know" (US version video) • "Everybody's Changing" (version 1 video) • "Bedshaped" (video) • "This Is the Last Time" (version 4 video) Japanese version • Keane 30-second TV advertisement • "Somewhere Only We Know" (live) • "She Has No Time" (live) • "This Is the Last Time" (live) • "We Might As Well Be Strangers" (live) • "Everybody's Changing" (live) • "Bedshaped" (live) • "Somewhere Only We Know" (international version video) ==References==