Night Train (EP)

Night Train
EP by Keane
Released 10 May 2010[1]
Recorded 2009–2010
Genre Alternative rock
Length 31:24
Label Island, Cherrytree, Interscope
Producer Tim Rice-Oxley
Keane chronology
Perfect Symmetry
(2008)		 Night Train
(2010)		 Strangeland (2012)
Singles from Night Train
  1. "Stop for a Minute"
    Released: 5 April 2010[2]

Night Train is an EP[3][4][5][6][7][8] by English rock band Keane.[9] The EP's title and material was born out of the group's Perfect Symmetry World Tour of 2008–2009.

Night Train debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.[10]

Recording

The EP was recorded in various studios during the Perfect Symmetry World tour, and mastered at Abbey Road Studios. Tracks "Stop for a Minute" and "Looking Back" mark Keane's collaboration with Somali/Canadian rapper K'Naan.[11] "I think those tracks show us in a completely different light," says Keane frontman Tom Chaplin. "Your Love" features Tim Rice-Oxley on lead vocals.[11] On 3 February, it was confirmed that the lead single for the EP will be "Stop for a Minute".[12] On 8 March 2010 the song "Clear Skies" was played by Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music radio station, making it the first song of the EP to be played on radio.[13] On 11 March 2010 the first single from the EP, "Stop for a Minute", made its debut on Fearne Cotton's BBC Radio 1 show.[14] The song reached the UK Top 40.

Keane's London-based manager Adam Tudhope says the EP "may be a mix of styles and genres of music, but it's full of the hallmarks that make Keane..."[11]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(59/100)[15]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[16]
BBC Music(favourable)[17]
Entertainment Weekly(B-)[18]
NME(3/10)[19]
Pitchfork Media(3.0/10)[20]
Slant Magazine[21]
Rolling Stone[22]
musicOMH[23]
Q Magazine[24]
PopMatters[25]
Spin[26]

Night Train has been met with mixed reviews from critics. Ryan Brockington of the New York Post's PopWrap called the work, "game changing" while writing that the first single, "Stop for a Minute", is "just as brilliant" as the album.[27]

John Aizlewood of Q magazine called Night Train's "8 tracks and 31 minutes... surprisingly effective between-albums stop-gap".[24]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "House Lights"   1:23
2. "Back in Time"   3:52
3. "Stop for a Minute" (featuring K'naan) 4:06
4. "Clear Skies"   4:53
5. "Ishin Denshin (You've Got to Help Yourself)" (featuring Tigarah) 3:56
6. "Your Love" (featuring Tim Rice-Oxley on vocals) 4:36
7. "Looking Back" (featuring K'naan) 3:46
8. "My Shadow"   4:49
Total length:
 31:24

Chart performance

The Night Train EP debuted on the UK Albums Chart on 16 May 2010 at number one with sales of 28,000 copies.[28] The Album is certified Silver in UK selling over 60,000 copies and has sold worldwide over 160,000 copies to date.

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart[29] 27
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart[29] 12
Canadian Albums Chart[30] 19
Dutch Albums Chart[31] 9
European Albums Chart 4
Greek Albums Chart[32] 3
Irish Albums Chart[33] 15
Japanese Oricon albums chart[34] 144
Swiss Albums Chart 23
Swedish Albums Chart 42
Italian Albums Chart[35] 41
French Albums Chart 45
Spanish Albums Chart[36] 12
UK Albums Chart[10] 1
Mexican Albums Chart[37] 23
Billboard 200[30] 25

Sales and certifications

Country Sales Certification
United Kingdom 60,000+ Silver
Worldwide 160,000+

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree by Diana Vickers		 UK Albums Chart number-one album
16–23 May 2010 		Succeeded by
Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones

Personnel

Keane

Additional Musicians

  • Jerry Clack: brass (track 7)
  • Roland Neffe: vibraphone (track 4)
  • K'naan: vocals (tracks 3 and 7)
  • Tigarah: vocals (track 5)

References

  1. ↑ "KWN". Zaphod.uk.vvhp.net. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Stop For A Minute – Keane — Last.fm
  3. ↑ "Night Train out today". keanemusic.com. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Night Train released in two weeks' time!". keanemusic.com. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Night Train Facebook contest". keanemusic.com. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "Keane take the Night Train to Brixton!". keanemusic.com. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "EP tracklisting announced!". keanemusic.com. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  8. ↑ "New EP! New dates!". keanemusic.com. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  9. ↑ Ayers, Michael. "Keane Boarding the Night Train This May". billboard.com. 26 February 2010.
  10. 1 2 Sexton, Paul. "Keane Arrives at U.K. Chart Summit". billboard.com. 17 May 2010.
  11. 1 2 3 Paine, Andre. "Keane "The Night Train EP" Album Preview". billboard.com. 12 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Join us tomorrow for the Stop for a Minute video shot". keanemusic.com. 3 February 2010.
  13. ↑ "Clear Skies' radio debut on BBC 6 music today". keanemusic.com. 8 March 2010.
  14. ↑ "Stop for a Minute makes its radio debut on Thursday". keanemusic.com. 10 March 2010.
  15. ↑ "Night Train [EP] Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  16. ↑ Leahey, Andrew. "Night Train > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  17. ↑ Fyfe, Andy. "Review of Keane – Night Train". BBC Music. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  18. ↑ Greenblatt, Leah (5 May 2010). "Night Train – Music". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  19. ↑ Haynes, Gavin. "Album Review: Keane – 'Night Train' (Island)". NME. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  20. ↑ Cohen, Ian. "Night Train EP > Overview". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  21. ↑ Keefe, Jonathan. "Keane: Night Train". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  22. ↑ Rosen, Jody. "Music – Reviews – Night Train". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  23. ↑ "Keane – Night Train EP | album reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  24. 1 2 Aizlewood, John (June 2010). "Keane: Night Train". Q magazine. p. 127.
  25. ↑ John, Christian. "Keane: Night Train < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  26. ↑ Wood, Mikael. "Keane, 'Night Train' (Cherrytree/Interscope)". SPIN. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  27. ↑ Brockington, Ryan (30 March 2010). "MGMT and Keane ready to burst the music bubble". New York Post. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  28. ↑ "The Sales Thread – Page 7 – Music – Digital Spy Forums". Digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  29. 1 2 "Keane – Night Train". ultratop.be. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  30. 1 2 http://www.billboard.com/artist/305617/keane/chart
  31. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Keane – Night Train". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  32. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Keane – Night Train". greekcharts.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  33. ↑ "Keane – Night Train – Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  34. ↑ "ナイト・トレイン −夜行列車− キーンのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  35. ↑ Archived 11 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  36. ↑ Steffen Hung (26 February 2012). "Spanish charts portal". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  37. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Keane – Night Train". mexicancharts.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
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