Keep On Explained

Keep On
Type:Studio
Artist:Will Young
Cover:WY_KO.jpg
Released:21 November 2005
Genre:Pop
Length:53:07
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Producer:
Prev Title:Friday's Child
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Let It Go
Next Year:2008

Keep On is the third studio album by English singer Will Young. It was released on 21 November 2005, debuting at number 2 on the albums chart in the United Kingdom, as the album sold 107,318 copies in its first week. However, its biggest sales were 132,109, in its fifth week when the album placed at number 13. This is also his first album not to go number 1. It is, however, his second best-selling album, with sales of 1,010,000.[1]

Critical reception

Allmusic editor Sharon Mawer found that "there was a mixture of styles on Keep On, from the salsa, holiday-inspired "Happiness" to the Justin Timberlake pastiche of "Ain't Such a Bad Place to Be," on which even the Indian-style intro worked well, to the ballads "Save Yourself," "Who Am I," and the final song, "Home," a haunting atmospheric track co-written by Nitin Sawhney. Keep On ran out of steam near the end with three tracks, all again co-written by Young but nothing more than album fillers, none of them having much of a melody [...] Altogether an excellent pop album from an artist who was maturing very nicely as the years went by."

Track listing

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)Position
UK Albums (OCC)[2] 34
Chart (2006)Position
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 38

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Charts Analysis: Will Young's 85% Proof is 100% No.1 on sales of 21,321. Jones. Alan. 25 May 2015. Music Week. Intent Media. 2 June 2015.
  2. Web site: 2005 UK Year-End Chart. UKChartsPlus. 17 October 2020.
  3. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006. Official Charts Company. 9 April 2021.