Perfect Symmetry (Keane album)
2008 album by Keane
Perfect Symmetry is the third studio album by English rock band Keane, released on 13 October 2008 in the United Kingdom.
Cover
The cover for the album was revealed on 5 September. Tim Rice-Oxley explained that the imagery of the band is photographs of bigger-than-life-size sculptures of the band members, made by Korean artist Osang Gwon. It was implied that these sculptures would form the basis of the album's image and promotion up to the date of release.
Perfect Symmetry World Tour
The Perfect Symmetry World Tour started on 29 September 2008 and finished on 29 October 2009, with 121 shows. During the Perfect Symmetry album release week, the band did some free shows in the UK.
Critical reception
The album received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. On the aggregate website Metacritic, it has a score of 64/100, indicating "generally positive reviews". Spin gave the album 7/10 and praised the band for expanding their musical palette. Slant gave the album a lukewarm review and ultimately considered it a downgrade from the band's two previous albums.
NME heavily panned the album, giving it a 1/5 and negatively comparing it to British new rave band Klaxons.
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