Track Information
- "Atlantic"
"Atlantic" was the first single off the album, only a download video. It charted at number 35.
- "Is It Any Wonder?"
- "Nothing In My Way"
- "Leaving So Soon?"
- "Leaving So Soon?" was the last song composed for the album, in 2005. The song is considered as a fan favourite and it is the Keane song with the second highest tempo to date (144 bpm), next to "You Haven't Told Me Anything" (152 bpm) on the band's next album Perfect Symmetry. Written by Rice-Oxley, it has been rumoured that the lyrics are aimed at Tom after the band had an argument. It is possible too that are referred to the old member Dominic, who left before the band, "never had a chance to bloom".
| “ | It's a defense of the three of us in the band | ” |
- "A Bad Dream"
- "Hamburg Song"
- "Hamburg Song" is the only organ-voice Keane song to date. The song talks about Rice-Oxley troubles with Tom Chaplin and how he feels. The song was premiered on 20 October 2004 as a demo. The final version was slowed down and the organ sound changed a little. It doesn't feature drums but a few ride crashes on the outro.
- "Put It Behind You"
- Composed in mid 2004 because of Richard's break-up with his girlfriend. The song was first mentioned on Strangers by Rice-Oxley. A demo version of this song is included on the Under the Iron Sea DVD. During live performances of this song, the three members of the band sing on the main chorus, contrary to the album version, in which Hughes doesn't sing.
- "The Iron Sea"
- It appears as a demo on Strangers, with Tim playing it at the Helioscentric Studios. "The Iron Sea" was composed in 2004 by him. On the UK version, "The Iron Sea" is the eighth track but in the International version is a hidden song after "Put It Behind You". The outro was also used on the single version of "Atlantic". The place where the track title should be on the CD tracklist is marked as a change in the font colour (from dark blue to royal blue).
| “ | It's the key track of the record | ” |
- "Crystal Ball"
- "Try Again"
- "Broken Toy"
- This is the longest song recorded by Keane on any of their releases, at 6:07 minutes in length (the longest song recorded is the rare track "The Happy Soldier" at 7:43). The song has split opinion amongst the fanbase, due to the fact it is a marked stylistic departure from previous Keane songs. This song was written by Tim to his bandmate and friend Tom.
- "The Frog Prince"
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