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| Artist: The Killers
Label: Island Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 9
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001219702
UPC: 602517872875
EAN: 0602517872875
ASIN: B001FWRZ46
Release Date: November 24, 2008 (New: This Week)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Losing Touch | | • | Human | | • | Spaceman | | • | Joy Ride | | • | A Dustland Fairytale | | • | This Is Your Life | | • | I Can't Stay | | • | Neon Tiger | | • | The World We Live In | | • | Goodnight, Travel Well |
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Album Description
Four years after the release of their landmark debut in 2004, MTV VMA Award-winning, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum Island Records group The Killers have completed their fourth album - and first new studio album in two years - DAY & AGE, featuring the new single, "Human" debuting worldwide September 22nd, while the digital single will be released September 30th. The new album hits stores November 25th - two days before Thanksgiving. DAY & AGE was produced by Stuart Price, a key figure in electronic music (Les Rhythmes Digitales) who previously worked with The Killers on "Don't Shoot Me Santa," their 2007 Christmas single; as well as music on their 2007 compilation, Sawdust. Over the past five years, Price has worked as a producer, mixer, programmer, and keyboardist, including The Killers' "Mr Brightside" remix which was Grammy Nominated. The Killers - Brandon Flowers on vocals and keyboards, guitarist David Keuning, bassist Mark Stoermer, and drummer Ronnie Vannucci - found time to complete their new album while also wrapping up their biggest summer rock festival season in the U.S. and abroad. Historic headlining gigs at England's prestigious Leeds and Reading fests coincided with an appearance on the cover of NME's August 8th issue. Earlier in 2008, the Killers took home top honors for Best Band of the Year and Best Track of the Year ("Tranquilize") at the annual NME Awards USA gala, at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on April 23rd. DAY & AGE comes one year after the release of Sawdust (November 2007), a 17-song collection of previously unreleased session tracks, B-sides, rarities and one-offs. The album was assembled at a recording studio in New York's Hell's Kitchen, where the Killers worked with Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Lou Reed two recordings. Two singles and videos were issued: "Shadowplay" (from the motion picture soundtrack of Control, Anton Corbijn's biopic of Ian Curtis), and "Tranquilize". The Killers' RIAA platinum second album Sam's Town (October 2006) debuted at #2 and spun off two hit singles: the #1 Modern Rock "When You Were Young," nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Short Form Music Video; and "Read My Mind," the band's first #1 at Triple-A. Their worldwide 5 million-selling debut Hot Fuss (June 2004) was the longest-running rock album inside the top 50 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for all of 2005, logging 94 weeks on the chart - 53 of those inside the Top 50. The album spun off four solid hit singles - the Grammy-nominated anthem, "Somebody Told Me," the VMA-winning (and Grammy-nominated) "Mr. Brightside," the Modern rock hit "Smile Like You Mean It," and the Grammy-nominated "All These Things That I've Done."
Album Description
Inspiration has never eluded Las Vegas' The Killers, and it's a damn good thing it hasn't, because their 2008 record, their third studio album entitled Day & Age, is full of their finest songs to date. Together with bassist Mark Stoermer, guitarist Dave Keuning, and drummer Ronnie Vannucci, Flowers helped to mold the album into ten songs that work best together as a whole, each individually describing an evolution of the Las Vegas band's sound. "We're always pushing ourselves," says Stoermer, "and there's a lot of diversity here-from anthemic rock to dance songs." Flowers adds: "We felt like Sam's Town was a continuation of Hot Fuss, and we feel like this is a continuation of Sam's Town.'
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| Customer Reviews: Read 41 more reviews...
 I LOVE this CD. December 1, 2008
Ashley M. Mott (East Dubuque, IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I notice that a lot of people really haven't liked a The Killers CD since Hot Fuss. I suppose if you are person who expects a band to never grow in their creativity or music styles, you might be disappointed in this CD.
As another reviewer stated, this CD takes a few initial listens to adjust to the new sound before you really start to appreciate the lyrics and the outright beauty of many of these songs. "A Dustland Fairytale" is haunting lyrically, vocally, and musically. I see this song when I listen to it.
I loved "Somebody Told Me," the first time I heard it, and I have been a fan ever since. The songs were so different than anything I was hearing, and this CD has the same quality. Everything on it is wonderfully different from what I am used to hearing, which is such a great thing. I love this CD, and I think almost anyone who goes into without a feeling of entitlement, expecting Hot Fuss II, will enjoy it as well.
Amazing, but takes a few rounds to appreciate November 30, 2008
uricmu (Pittsburgh, PA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Killers may be a young band but they definitely don't stick to one formula. After the first "standard" but great album they started exploring new grounds. Sam's town was an attempt to create an Americana-style classic rock opera and with the exception of a few singles really had to be appreciated in full for the pieces to make sense.
This one is no different; it has maybe two songs that are real single-materials (human and spaceman) and the rest work together a set an experience that just clicks, but only after a few times. Then it gets addictive, and you can't let it go.
The overall sound of the album is very retro: lots of 80s, some OMD-like references, what sounds like a beach-boys reference, etc. The Killers do an amazing job of bringing that style to a modern crowd, but if you hated the original sound, you probably won't like this at all. The sound is also very American - it may appeal less to international audiences.
My main issue with this album is that it's too short - clocking at 41 minutes thanks to greedy record companies that strip off three songs as "bonus tracks".
 You must be kidding November 30, 2008
S. Angellis (Albuquerque NM US)
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
These guys suck. Who would ever listen to this c--p let alone buy it. I've heard garage bands with no talent who were better.
Killers find new sound.. November 30, 2008
Brent Koepp (Redlands, Ca)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This album is without a doubt their best record to date. Hot Fuss was a great debut, but they came back with an okay sophomore album (Sam's Town). Sam's Town wasn't bad per se, but its biggest problem was that Flowers was trying to be overtly bombastic in the vox. So a lot of the songs had him struggling and cracking in his voice.
Day & Age sees Flowers finally finding his perfect range, and nailing every song perfectly. Now his voice is smooth and stronger. In simple terms, they took the over the top bombasticness of Sam's Town,and mixed it with Hot Fuss's quality - that is one way to sum up Day & Age.
However, that is being too simplistic. This albums sees the band taking an all new direction (musically). If you are expecting a simple pop album like Hot Fuss, turn away now. But if you are willing to give this album multiple listens, and get absorbed in it - you will be very pleased.
Not quite what we expected... November 30, 2008
Andrew D. Lossing
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
but that may not be a bad thing. Day & Age is definitely a break from the band's usual style, so it was off-putting at first. But as I listen, I realize that this album is chock-full of artistic merit. Retro, an homage to old-style pop? Maybe, but that doesn't mean it has ever been done before. Not quite like this.
I agree with another reviewer's observation that this is an easier album to listen to than previous ones, with gentler aesthetics. But is it any worse than the "other" Killers-style, synth-driven heavy "glam" rock? Not at all, it's just different. True Killers fans will likely warm to it, and while it may not break barriers and enter new frontiers, it should. Problem is the Killers are just too good at what they do for the mainstream pop-appeal they yearn for.
Four stars, as there are a few songs which disappoint, just a little. "Joy Ride", while catchy, is shallow in lyrics and theme, "I Can't Stay", while a good piece and very interesting, might just go a little too far and won't jive with everyone, and I just can't seem to care much for "The World We Live In". Every song, however, contributes to the album as a whole, and that's a rare feat, though one we may have come to expect from The Killers, so I guess it is what we looked forward to, in that respect.
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