Hopes and Fears

This article is about the album by Keane. For other uses, see Hopes and Fears (disambiguation).

Hopes and Fears
Studio album by
Keane
Released10 May 2004
RecordedJuly 2001 – January 2004[1]
StudioHelioscentric (Rye, East Sussex, England)
Genre
Length50:37
LabelIsland
Producer
  • Andy Green
  • Keane
  • James Sanger
Keane chronology
Hopes and Fears
(2004) 		Under the Iron Sea
(2006)
Alternative cover
Singles from Hopes and Fears
  1. "Somewhere Only We Know"
    Released: 16 February 2004
  2. "Everybody's Changing"
    Released: 3 May 2004
  3. "Bedshaped"
    Released: 16 August 2004
  4. "This Is the Last Time"
    Released: 22 November 2004
  5. "Bend and Break"
    Released: 25 July 2005

Hopes and Fears is the debut studio album by the English alternative rock band Keane. It was released on 10 May 2004 in the United Kingdom and topped the UK Albums Chart upon release. It was the UK's second best-selling album of 2004, behind the Scissor Sisters' self-titled debut album, and has since been certified 9× Platinum by the BPI. The album returned to the top of the charts after winning a Brit Award for Best Album in February 2005.

With more than 2.7 million copies sold in the UK, Hopes and Fears ranks the 11th-best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.[2] In July 2011, it was ranked the 9th-highest-selling album of the 21st century in the UK.[3] As of September 2019 it is the 36th-best-selling album in UK chart history.[4] Worldwide, the album has sold over 5.8 million copies as of November 2009.[5] It was also among ten albums nominated for the best British album of the previous 30 years by the Brit Awards in 2010, ultimately losing to (What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis.[6]

  1. ^ Flint, Tom (August 2004). "Producing Keane's Hopes And Fears". Sound on Sound. SOS Publications Group. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Radio 1 to reveal best-selling singles and albums of the Noughties". Press Office. BBC. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  3. ^ Alan Jones (2011). "Adele still on top but UK album sales fall to 13-year low". Music Week. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  4. ^ Copsey, Rob (13 October 2018). "The UK's Top 40 biggest studio albums of time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Hopes And Fears Deluxe Edition". Keanemusic.com. 5 November 2009. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  6. ^ Wilkinson, Matt (16 February 2010). "Liam Gallagher snubs Noel as Oasis win Brit Album of 30 Years award". NME. Retrieved 26 October 2019.