Strangeland is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Keane, released on 4 May 2012 through Island Records.
Tom Chaplin also said the sound of the album is reminiscent of earlier Keane, calling Perfect Symmetry "a bit self-indulgent".
"[15] Chris Roberts of the BBC criticised Strangeland as "an unabashed scurry back to the comfort zone", and that "Keane lack blood, guts and muscle", with the album ultimately classed as "a somewhat saddening step backwards.
"[16] John Murphy of musicOMH rated the album two stars out of five, where "melodies are stodgy and predictable", with "a whole bucket of cliches piled in", calling Strangeland "proof positive that playing it safe is not always the best option.
"[10] Ian Gittins of Virgin Media felt the album was "major musical step back from the wilful experimentalism of Perfect Symmetry, a record that saw Keane hiring dance producer Stuart Price and leaping far out of their comfort zone", commenting that the album "finds them fairly back in the middle of the road".
[18] It is Keane's fourth consecutive number-one album, a record only beaten at the time by ABBA (eight), Led Zeppelin (eight), The Beatles (seven) Oasis (seven) and Eminem (six).
[23] Keane performed "Silenced by the Night" for the first time on 12 March on American talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
All tracks are written by KeanePackaged in a hardback A4 size coffee table book, the Deluxe Box Set includes:[33] "Myth" was released as the B-side to "Silenced by the Night", as well as on the Japanese and US iTunes editions of the album.