Hopes and Fears

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Hopes and Fears is the debut album by British rock band Keane, first released in late spring 2004. It topped the UK album charts upon release, and has since gone double platinum. It returned to the top of the charts after winning a Brit Award for Best Album in February 2005.

It includes the singles "Somewhere Only We Know" (#3), "Everybody's Changing" (#4), "Bedshaped" (#10) and "This Is The Last Time" (#18).

The objects on the cover of Hopes and Fears are piano hammers. In addition, different regions have different coloured covers. UK has green, U.S. has white, international has a red-brown scheme and Japan has blue.

The album gets its name from a lyric on the song "Snowed Under", a song which does not appear on either the British or International versions of the album but does on the single "Somewhere Only We Know", the Japanese edition and on a CD+DVD version of the album.

Track listing (international edition)

• All tracks written by Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, and Richard Hughes, except where noted.

1. "Somewhere Only We Know"
2. "This Is The Last Time" (Rice-Oxley/Chaplin/Hughes/Sanger)
3. "Bend And Break"
4. "We Might As Well Be Strangers"
5. "Everybody's Changing"
6. "Your Eyes Open"
7. "She Has No Time"
8. "Can’t Stop Now"
9. "Sunshine"
10. "Untitled 1"
11. "Bedshaped" (Rice-Oxley/Chaplin/Hughes/Sanger)

Track listing (British edition)

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Hopes and Fears tour promotonal poster

• All tracks written by Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, and Richard Hughes, except where noted.

1. "Somewhere Only We Know"
2. "Bend and Break"
3. "We Might as Well Be Strangers"
4. "Everybody's Changing"
5. "Your Eyes Open"
6. "She Has No Time"
7. "Can't Stop Now"
8. "Sunshine"
9. "This is the Last Time" (Rice-Oxley/Chaplin/Hughes/Sanger)
10. "On A Day Like Today" NOTE: This track is not on the international version
11. "Untitled 1"
12. "Bedshaped" (Rice-Oxley/Chaplin/Hughes/Sanger)

Track listing (Japanese edition)

• All tracks written by Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin, and Richard Hughes, except where noted.

1. "Somewhere Only We Know"
2. "Bend and Break"
3. "We Might as Well Be Strangers"
4. "Everybody's Changing"
5. "Your Eyes Open"
6. "She Has No Time"
7. "Can't Stop Now"
8. "Sunshine"
9. "This is the Last Time" (Rice-Oxley/Chaplin/Hughes/Sanger)
10. "On a Day Like Today" NOTE: This track is not on the international version
11. "Untitled 1"
12. "Bedshaped" (Rice-Oxley/Chaplin/Hughes/Sanger)
13. "Snowed Under" NOTE: This track is neither on the international version nor the UK version.
14. "Allemande" NOTE: This track is neither on the international version nor the UK version.

Sales

• United Kigdom: #1 (8x Platinum) (Sales:2,400,000)
• United States: #? (Platinum) (Sales:500,000)
• Spain: #8 (Platinum) (Sales:100,000)
• Holland: #? (Platinum) (Sales:70,000)
• Ireland: #1 (5x Platinum) (Sales:50,000)
• Canada: #? (Platinum) (Sales:100,000)
• Switzerland: #22 (Platinum) (Sales:40,000)

Total approximate international sales: 5,500,000

• UK cover
  UK cover
• US cover
  US cover
• International cover
  International cover
• Japanese cover
  Japanese cover

External link

• Official album site