Keane - Tyderian (2008)

'Under The Iron Sea' had a worldwide release in June 2006 and was at number 1 in the UK Albums Chart for the first two weeks of its release. Before the album appeared, Keane had started their second world tour, but as a result of the extensive touring, Chaplin announced he had admitted himself to a clinic for drinking and drug problems, resulting in the cancellation of three gigs, and postponement of their September leg of the tour. Chaplin left the Priory Clinic on 6 October, but continued to receive treatment, and the tour was restarted, for the first time travelling to Argentina, Chile and Brazil. A couple of years after it was released, 'Under The Iron Sea' was voted the 8th best British album of all time by a poll conducted by Q Magazine and HMV, and because Keane had become such a massive band in a relatively short time, and also because of their penchant for adding rare songs to their singles, bootlegs started to appear online, one of the very best of which was 'The Theft Of Octo', which not only gathered up some rare songs, but also managed to find two that had not previously appeared anywhere else, and housed it all in a sleeve which complemented some of their early singles. The title track was actually just a backwards version of 'Iron Sea' from the album, but 'Maps' really was an unheard rarity. In 2007 the band released another stand-alone single 'The Night Sky' in aid of the War Child charity, with this song not appearing on any of their albums. The band's third album 'Perfect Symmetry' was released in 2008, and with Jesse Quin now a  permanent studio and live member, playing bass, percussion, guitar, synths and backing vocals, the more 'organic' approach that Chaplin and Hughes had spoken about could be heard in their music, with guitars more prominent that on any of their previous records. Once again it was voted Best Album Of The Year by the readers of Q Magazine, and they commenced a world tour to promote it in November 2008. On 10 May 2010, they released the 'Night Train' EP, which became their fourth number 1 in the UK, made up of songs recorded during the 'Perfect Symmetry' world tour, and at first it was called it a mini-album, then it changed to an EP, but in an interview, Tim Rice-Oxley said that 'Night Train' is "pretty much an album". Because of this I haven't included anything from 'Night Train' itself, but we do have those two exclusive tracks from 'The Theft Of Octo', both sides of 'The Night Sky' charity record, and some b-sides of singles from 'Under The Iron Sea' and 'Perfect Symmetry'. 

Track listing

01 He Used To Be A Lovely Boy (b-side of 'Is It Any Wonder?' 2006)

02 Let It Slide (b-side of 'Is It Any Wonder?' 2006)

03 Maybe I Can Change (b-side of 'Crystal Ball' 2006)

04 Thin Air (b-side of 'Nothing In My Way' 2006)

05 The Theft Of Octo (backwards version of 'Iron Sea' 2006) 

06 Tyderian (b-side of 'Nothing In My Way' 2006)

07 She Sells Sanctaury (b-side of 'A Bad Dream' 2007)

08 The Night Sky (single 2007)

09 Under Pressure (b-side of 'The Night Sky')

10 Time To Go (b-side of 'The Lovers Are Losing' 2008)

11 Staring At The Ceiling (b-side of 'Perfect Symmetry' 2008)

12 Maps (hidden track from 'The Theft Of Octo' compilation 2007)