Night Train

Keane - Night Train
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Based on 14 reviews
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60
PopMatters

Night Train is only eight tracks and that’s all it needs to be.

Keane should be commended for kicking the CD-era habit of packing an album with 70-80 minutes of music. The construction of Night Train, the group’s fourth release since Hopes and Fears (2004), heralds back to a bygone era when even the biggest pop artists released albums that challenged the standard five-to-a-side LP format. Look at the “Album of the Year” Gram

mys for 1983 (Michael Jackson: Thriller) and 1984 (Lionel Richie: Can’t Slow Down). They featured nine and eight songs, respectively. David Bowie’s Let’s Dance (1983)? Madonna’s 1983 debut? Eight songs.

30
Pitchfork

"Everybody's changing-- and I don't feel the same." I'll unscientifically submit that this is Keane's most quoted lyric, and rightfully so, since one of the prevalent themes of their catalog is trying to find a semblance of comfort and truth in a world evolving at a frightening pace. Likewise, even as critical tastes seem to shift on the fly, Keane remain something of a constant: Even if you've never heard a note of their music, you've almost certainly heard th

ey're lame-- the third-tier Coldplay that will never end up on a Jay-Z album.

MFC4AFoS
75

An inexplicable EP for me. Why? Well, i got this from my dad on new year's eve. I hadn't heard a single song from this except for Stop For A Minute and i wasn't as fond of that. Nonetheless, i gave it a spin right away... I don't get it. As time went by, this grew on me while it shouldn't, or at least that's how it feels. I guess this qualifies as guilty pleasure.

The songs Keane do on their own here are generally quite good. Your Shadow and Back In Time especially. The songs with features ... read more

schwizzle
35

This is not it

cwmDJ
89

mostly excellent collection of songs

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