Cause and Effect (Keane album) explained

Cause and Effect
Type:	studio
Artist:	Keane
Cover:	Keane - Cause and Effect.png
Released:	20 September 2019
Recorded:	November 2018 – Spring 2019
Studio:	Sea Fog Studios
Length:	46:02
Label:	Island
Producer:	David Kosten and Keane
Prev Title:	The Best of Keane
Prev Year:	2013
Next Title:	Dirt
Next Year:	2021

Cause and Effect is the fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Keane, released on 20 September 2019 through Island Records.^[1] It is their first full-length album since Strangeland (2012) and hiatus from early 2014 to late 2018.^[2] Cause and Effect peaked at No.2 on the UK Albums Chart.^[3]

Promotion

The first single, "The Way I Feel", premiered on 6 June 2019 on BBC Radio 2 and YouTube.^[4]

The second single, "Love Too Much", premiered on 8 August 2019 on BBC Radio 2 and YouTube.^[5]

Critical reception

Cause and Effect received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on 7 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five, writing, "Not a game-changing comeback by any means, Cause and Effect is instead a satisfying return to form that manages to gracefully age Keane by invigorating a familiar formula with wisdom and honesty learned over a dramatic, life-changing decade."

Personnel

Keane

• Tom Chaplin – vocals
• Tim Rice-Oxley – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
• Richard Hughes – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Jesse Quin – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)^[6]	25
French Albums (SNEP)^[7]	61
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[8]	9

Notes and References

1. Keane announce Dublin and Belfast gigs and new album. 6 June 2019. Rte.ie. 19 September 2019. 8 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608091415/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0606/1053900-keane-announce-dublin-and-belfast-gigs-and-new-album/. live.
2. Web site: Cause and Effect - Keane | User Reviews. AllMusic. 19 September 2019. 24 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924155357/https://www.allmusic.com/album/cause-and-effect-mw0003289655. live.
3. Web site: Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company . . 31 August 2022 . 27 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220227111453/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20190927/7502/ . live .
4. Web site: Keane - the Way I Feel. YouTube. 26 September 2019. 5 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190905120157/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5_w4hNlbs. live.
5. Web site: Keane - Love Too Much. YouTube. 26 September 2019. 28 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190928174117/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmE-Cr72qH0. live.
6. Web site: ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. 30 September 2019. 28 September 2019. 28 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190928115818/http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/CB4C93A2BD183E9C241ADCA3946CFABCF23B3A5F5F6CAE1800992E1B4DE86EF6/ARIA%20Digital%20Albums%20Chart.pdf?seq=26. live.
7. Web site: Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 39, 2019). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. 30 September 2019.
8. Web site: Top 100 Albumes – Semana 39: del 20.9.2019 al 26.9.2019. Productores de Música de España. Spanish. 2 October 2019. 1 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191001152836/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/4183-%25C3%2581lbumes-semana-39-2019. live.