Keep On

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{{Infobox album

| name = Keep On

| type = Studio

| artist = Will Young

| cover = WY_KO.jpg

| alt =

| released = 21 November 2005

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = 53:07

| label =

| producer =

| prev_title = Friday's Child

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Let It Go

| next_year = 2008

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Keep On

| type = studio

| single1 = Switch It On

| single1date = 14 November 2005

| single2 = All Time Love

| single2date = 16 January 2006

| single3 = Who Am I

| single3date = 24 April 2006

}}

}}

Keep On is the third studio album by English singer Will Young. It was released on 21 November 2005, debuting at number 2 on the albums chart in the United Kingdom, as the album sold 107,318 copies in its first week. However, its biggest sales were 132,109, in its fifth week when the album placed at number 13. This is also his first album not to go number 1. It is, however, his second best-selling album, with sales of 1,010,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-will-young-s-85-proof-is-100-no-1-on-sales-of-21-32/061925|title=Official Charts Analysis: Will Young's 85% Proof is 100% No.1 on sales of 21,321|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=25 May 2015|work=Music Week|publisher=Intent Media|accessdate=2 June 2015}} {{subscription required}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r814909|first=Sharon|last=Mawer|accessdate=2010-03-29}}

|rev2 = The Guardian

|rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/nov/18/popandrock.shopping1|title=Will Young, Keep On|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|date=18 November 2005|website=The Guardian|accessdate=17 October 2020}}

}}

Allmusic editor Sharon Mawer found that "there was a mixture of styles on Keep On, from the salsa, holiday-inspired "Happiness" to the Justin Timberlake pastiche of "Ain't Such a Bad Place to Be," on which even the Indian-style intro worked well, to the ballads "Save Yourself," "Who Am I," and the final song, "Home," a haunting atmospheric track co-written by Nitin Sawhney. Keep On ran out of steam near the end with three tracks, all again co-written by Young but nothing more than album fillers, none of them having much of a melody [...] Altogether an excellent pop album from an artist who was maturing very nicely as the years went by."

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Standard version

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Keep On

| writer1 = {{hlist|Will Young|Stephen Lipson|Heff Moraes|Francis White}}

| extra1 = Lipson

| length1 = 4:44

| title2 = Switch It On

| writer2 = {{hlist|Young|Lipson|Ronnie Peterson|Karen Poole|Steven Wolf}}

| extra2 = Lipson

| length2 = 3:47

| title3 = All Time Love

| writer3 = Jamie Hartman

| extra3 = Lipson

| length3 = 3:54

| title4 = Ain't Such a Bad Place to Be

| writer4 = {{hlist|Blair MacKichan|Poole}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Lipson|MacKichan}}

| length4 = 3:21

| title5 = Think It Over

| writer5 = {{hlist|Young|Johnny Douglas|Poole}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Lipson|Douglas}}

| length5 = 4:38

| title6 = Who Am I

| writer6 = {{hlist|White|Lucie Silvas}}

| extra6 = Lipson

| length6 = 4:27

| title7 = Happiness

| writer7 = Shawn Lee

| extra7 = Lipson

| length7 = 5:16

| title8 = Save Yourself

| writer8 = White

| extra8 = {{hlist|Lipson|White{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length8 = 3:21

| title9 = Madness

| writer9 = {{hlist|Young|James Gass|Sean Hurley|Robin Thicke}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Lipson|Thicke|Pro J}}

| length9 = 4:27

| title10 = All I Want

| writer10 = {{hlist|Young|Dan Carey}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Lipson|Carey}}

| length10 = 3:53

| title11 = Think About It

| writer11 = {{hlist|Young|Lipson|White}}

| extra11 = Lipson

| length11 = 4:50

| title12 = Home

| writer12 = {{hlist|Young|Poole|Nitin Sawhney}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Lipson|Sawhney}}

| length12 = 6:22

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = DualDisc version — DVD

| title1 = Entire album in Enhanced Stereo

| length1 =

| title2 = Exclusive documentary featuring special performances of "All Time Love" and "Happiness"

| length2 =

| title3 = Featuring the sketches of: "The French Assassin", "Bollywood Elvis", "Bowler Hat" and "Zeppelin Pump"

| length3 =

| title4 = Making of the video "Switch It On"

| length4 =

| title5 = Interview with Will

| length5 =

| title6 = Switch It On

| note6 = video

| length6 =

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = International version

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Keep On

| writer1 = {{hlist|Young|Lipson|Moraes|White}}

| extra1 = Lipson

| length1 = 4:44

| title2 = Leave Right Now

| writer2 = White

| extra2 = Lipson

| length2 = 3:34

| title3 = Your Game

| writer3 = {{hlist|Young|MacKichan|Cruz}}

| extra3 = Lipson, MacKichan

| length3 = 4:10

| title4 = All Time Love

| writer4 = Hartman

| extra4 = Lipson

| length4 = 3:54

| title5 = Switch It On

| writer5 = {{hlist|Young|Lipson|Peterson|Poole|Wolf}}

| extra5 = Lipson

| length5 = 3:47

| title6 = Ain't Such a Bad Place to Be

| writer6 = {{hlist|MacKichan|Poole}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Lipson|MacKichan}}

| length6 = 3:21

| title7 = Think It Over

| writer7 = {{hlist|Young|Douglas|Poole}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Lipson|Douglas}}

| length7 = 4:38

| title8 = Who Am I

| writer8 = {{hlist|White|Silvas}}

| extra8 = Lipson

| length8 = 4:27

| title9 = Happiness

| writer9 = Lee

| extra9 = Lipson

| length9 = 5:16

| title10 = Save Yourself

| writer10 = White

| extra10 = {{hlist|Lipson|White{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length10 = 3:21

| title11 = Madness

| writer11 = {{hlist|Young|Gass|Hurley|Thicke}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Lipson|Thicke|Pro J}}

| length11 = 4:27

| title12 = All I Want

| writer12 = {{hlist|Young|Carey}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Lipson|Carey}}

| length12 = 3:53

| title13 = Home

| writer13 = {{hlist|Young|Poole|Sawhney}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Lipson|Sawhney}}

| length13 = 6:22

}}

  • {{note|a|[a]}} signifies an additional producer

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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Chart (2005)

! Peak
position

scope="row" {{album chart|Netherlands|85|artist=Will Young|album=Keep On}}
scope="row" {{album chart|Ireland2|33|artist=Will Young}}
scope="row" {{album chart|Scotland|5|date=20051127}}
scope="row" {{album chart|UK2|2|date=20051127}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"|Chart (2005)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2005.pdf|title=2005 UK Year-End Chart|work=UKChartsPlus|accessdate=17 October 2020}}

|34

scope="col"|Chart (2006)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20060108/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=9 April 2021}}

|38

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|certyear=2002|relyear=2002|title=From Now On|artist=Will Young|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|id=3595-944-2|salesamount=1,006,154|salesref=|access-date=16 October 2015}}

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References