Keane / Hopes and Fears SDE-exclusive blu-ray

Blu-ray with Atmos, 5.1 & hi-res stereo • 2,500 units • Quick Pre-order

Keane’s debut Hopes and Fears will be issued as an SDE-exclusive blu-ray in May and is #21 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series.

The 2004 album features three UK top 10 singles in ‘Somewhere Only We Know’, ‘Everybody’s Changing’ and ‘Bedshaped’ and was a massive success. It has since gone on to sell more than 2.7m copies in the UK alone, a million copies in America and 6m worldwide.

The SDE blu-ray features a brand new Dolby Atmos Mix by David Kosten (David actually produced Keane’s last studio album Cause and Effect, and created the Atmos Mixes for Tubular Bells and No Parlez) as well as a new 5.1 mix and a 96/24 stereo mix.

I’ve mixed the whole album in Dolby Atmos, going back to the original multi-track parts to recreate the complex and multi-layered productions. It’s such an emotionally direct and deceptively simple sounding set of recordings – who knew that there were two dozen or more keyboard parts on many of the songs – synths, CP70, acoustic and electric pianos, pianettes, etc – all lovingly crafted and blended together with ridiculously fine vocals and drums”

David Kosten

Additionally, the SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio features a bonus track, the ‘lost’ song ‘Love Actually’, which was written and recorded while Keane were an unsigned band with a view to persuading Richard Curtis to use it in his 2003 romantic comedy (the band’s friend and manager Adam was working for the producer of the film). Sadly, the song was never used, with Richard Curtis recently commenting that “Everyone makes mistakes… I thought it was beautiful. I tried really hard to put it in the film – but in the end it was a little melancholy and, dare I say, a bit DEEP for the film I’d made”.

‘Love Actually’, is included in all three audio streams: Atmos, 5.1 and hi-res stereo. The region-free blu-ray audio will ship with a free SDE Surround Series slipcase.

The Hopes and Fears SDE-exclusive blu-ray will be limited to 2,500 units worldwide and will be released on 10 May 2024, alongside the other physical formats. It is only available via the SDE shop and can be pre-ordered using this link or the buttons below.

SDE has also secured some of the limited ‘galaxy’ coloured vinyl edition and the 3CD deluxe with unreleased demos and rarities. Various cost-saving bundles are available!

Tracklisting

Hopes and Fears Keane / 20th anniversary

• SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio

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    Hopes and Fears in Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround (48/24)  and 96/24 hi-res stereo

    1. Somewhere Only We Know
    2. Bend And Break
    3. We Might As Well Be Strangers
    4. Everybody’s Changing
    5. Your Eyes Open
    6. She Has No Time
    7. Can’t Stop Now
    8. Sunshine
    9. This Is The Last Time
    10. On a Day Like Today
    11. Untitled 1
    12. Bedshaped

    Bonus track in Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround (48/24)  and 96/24 hi-res stereo

    1. Love Actually
• 3CD deluxe
  • CD 1: ORIGINAL ALBUM REMASTERED

    

    1. SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW
    2. BEND AND BREAK
    3. WE MIGHT AS WELL BE STRANGERS
    4. EVERYBODY’S CHANGING
    5. YOUR EYES OPEN
    6. SHE HAS NO TIME
    7. CAN’T STOP NOW
    8. SUNSHINE
    9. THIS IS THE LAST TIME
    10. ON A DAY LIKE TODAY
    11. UNTITLED 1
    12. BEDSHAPED
  • CD 2: B-SIDES AND RARITIES
    1. SNOWED UNDER
    2. FLY TO ME
    3. SOMETHING IN ME WAS DYING
    4. SHE OPENS HER EYES
    5. TO THE END OF THE EARTH
    6. THE WAY YOU WANT IT
    7. ALLEMANDE
    8. WALNUT TREE
    9. LOVE ACTUALLY
    10. WONDERFUL RIVER
    11. MORE MATEY
    12. GET AWAY FROM YOURSELF
  • CD3: DEMOS
    1. SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW (TIM DEMO, SEPTEMBER 2002)
    2. SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW (DEMO, DECEMBER 2002)
    3. BEND AND BREAK (DEMO, APRIL 2002)
    4. WE MIGHT AS WELL BE STRANGERS (TIM DEMO, SEPTEMBER 2003)
    5. EVERYBODY’S CHANGING (DEMO, JULY 2002)
    6. YOUR EYES OPEN (DEMO, APRIL 2002)
    7. SHE HAS NO TIME (DEMO, OCTOBER 2002)
    8. CAN’T STOP NOW (DEMO, JANUARY 2003)
    9. SUNSHINE (DEMO, FEBRUARY 2002)
    10. THIS IS THE LAST TIME (DEMO, MAY 2002)
    11. ON A DAY LIKE TODAY (TIM DEMO, SEPTEMBER 2003)
    12. UNTITLED 1 (TIM DEMO, MAY 2002)
    13. BEDSHAPED (DEMO, OCTOBER 2002)
• ‘Galaxy’ coloured vinyl LP

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    SIDE A

    1. SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW
    2. BEND AND BREAK
    3. WE MIGHT AS WELL BE STRANGERS
    4. EVERYBODY’S CHANGING
    5. YOUR EYES OPEN
    6. SHE HAS NO TIME

    SIDE B

    1. CAN’T STOP NOW
    2. SUNSHINE
    3. THIS IS THE LAST TIME
    4. ON A DAY LIKE TODAY
    5. UNTITLED 1
    6. BEDSHAPED