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Keane - The Making of "Under The Iron Sea"

Ref #002828 - April 2006
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Music 4 studios mixes Keane's The Making of "Under The Iron Sea", combining live and documentary footage of the writing of their third album.

Dir: Matthew Amos

Music 4 studios mixes Keane's The Making of "Under The Iron Sea", combining live and documentary footage of the writing of their third album.

Under the Iron Sea is the sophomore studio album by English piano rock band Keane, released in 2006. During its first week on sale in the UK, the album went to #1, selling 222,297 copies according to figures from the Official Chart Company. In the United States, the album came in at a respectable #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 75,702 units in its first week. As of January 22, the album had sold above 2,200,000 copies worldwide.

The band describes Under the Iron Sea as a progression from Hopes and Fears with electronic influences, describing the record as a "sinister fairytale-world-gone-wrong"

The DVD, released with the album, includes the two first videos by the band, "Atlantic" and "Is It Any Wonder?". It also includes demo versions for most songs from the album sung by Tim Rice-Oxley.

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Keane are an English piano rock band first established in Battle, East Sussex in 1995 and taking their current name in 1997. The group is comprised of composer, bassist and pianist Tim Rice-Oxley, lead vocalist Tom Chaplin and drummer Richard Hughes. Former members include guitarist Dominic Scott, who left in 2001.

Keane's first two studio albums, Hopes and Fears and Under the Iron Sea achieved success in the United Kingdom upon release and very high sales worldwide: their multi-award-winning debut was the best-selling British album of 2004 and their sophomore sold up to 250,000 copies during its first week on sale in June 2006.