Under The Iron Sea
by Keane
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Keane bestography
Under The Iron Sea is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Keane on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Keane is Hopes And Fears which is ranked number 712 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,419.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Under The Iron Sea track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Under The Iron Sea rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | chavaloricardin | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 57/100 | 42 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | videoheadcleaner's 101-200 | 41/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 60 Music Albums of 2006 | 27/60 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 60/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 135 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,097 | |||
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Under The Iron Sea ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/05/2026 03:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,620 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2026 18:25 | chavaloricardin | 481 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 23:08 | PapaShiz86 | 11,700 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 69.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5416): By C_Krug2009 BestEverAlbums 08/03/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5393): By videoheadcleaner
Rhyner 07/16/2025 17:25 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Under The Iron Sea comments
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Good album, with dark and melancholic songs that try to create a messy and depressive environment with heartbreaking and more introspective lyrics than their debut album HOPES AND FEARS, implementing the use of piano pedals to create different sound effects.
"Is It Any Wonder?" and "A Bad Dream", the best of the album.
Spanish review
Buen álbum, con canciones obscuras, melancólicas y que pretenden crear un ambiente desordenado y depresivo con letras desgarradoras y más introspectivas que su álbum debut HOPES AND FEARS, implementado el uso de pedales en piano para crear diferentes efectos de sonido.
"Is It Any Wonder?" y "A Bad Dream", lo mejor del álbum.
Atlantic» 8 / 10
Is It Any Wonder?» 9.5 / 10
Nothing In My Way» 8.3 / 10
Leaving So Soon?» 7.5 / 10
A Bad Dream» 9 / 10
Hamburg Song» 7 / 10
Put It Behind You» 7 / 10
The Iron Sea» 7 / 10
Crystal Ball» 8.7 / 10
Try Again» 8.2 / 10
Broken Toy» 7 / 10
The Frog Prince» 7.8 / 10
CALIFICACIÓN GENERAL: 7.8
C_Krug2009 06/30/2022 17:31 | #286890
Great piano rock. I hate guitar music and I'm so sick of it. There is no art in the effects of and you can't access those complex melodies on guitar unless you fingerpick. So, I love the keyboard so much! This album is a really good album and very interesting with only keyboards as the primary instrument. This album teaches you a thing or two about keyboard if you're an amateur (such as myself) but its great music. Gotta love this album.
Fairly underwhelming on first listen, but on listening again it's a very solid follow-up to Hopes and Fears. Is It Any Wonder is by far my favourite song on the album, what a great song that is. Completely different to anything else on the album. But the rest of the album is very pleasant to listen to.
Keane’s best album in my opinion, every song is so good! This is by far their darkest album but that’s kinda a good thing. From Atlantic to Let It Slide, not a single dip in quality.
nitomano 06/05/2016 00:36 | #167864
Favoritas: Is It Any Wonder?, Nothing In My Way, Hamburg Song
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