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 are photographs of bigger than life-size sculptures of the band members, made by Korean artist Osang Gwon. It was implied that these sculptures will 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 29 September 2008 and finished 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 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 to 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.

Track listing

(^) denotes additional production (*) denotes co-producer

Bonus DVD

In popular culture

The album's eleventh song "Love Is the End" was featured on the 18th episode from the sixth season of the series One Tree Hill.

Personnel

Keane Additional personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales