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| Artist: The Killers
Label: Island Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 11
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: Last 30 Days)
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. PDAY 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. PThe 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. PDAY 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". PThe 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 46 more reviews...
 Listen to this album!!! December 3, 2008
B. Shaw
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Killers third album (excluding Sawdust) "Day and Age" is far better than "Sam's Town" and not quite as good as "Hot Fuss." "Hot Fuss" is one of my top ten favorite albums and this album is not far behind it. My favorite track by far would be the infectious "Spaceman." This is making its way to being one of my favorite Killers tracks. Probably second only to "Somebody Told Me." br / br /I have seen quite a few negative reviews of this album. But these people reviewing it are most likely not Killer fans. If you like The Killers you will appreciate the growth they have shown on this album. Listen to it more than once, after hearing it three times through I have been hooked!
Holy smokes! December 3, 2008
It's Always Sunny (Rochester, NY, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
And a late 2008 release takes the lead!! br / br /I NEVER expected to love this album as much as I do. There is little, if anything, that I can think of that is wrong with this album. To be honest, I liked them before, but not enough to go out and buy one of their albums. This one I bought on a whim because I sort of dug "Human"... oh man, I had no idea what I had gotten myself into. br / br /As far as Brandon's vocals/lyrics go, his range has impressed me with this outing to a level that few have before... from the Queen-esque "A Dustland Fairytale" to The Cure-level epic stylings featured in "The World We Live In", every track has its own signature catch to it that continues to draw me in during what is probably my 150th full listen to within the last week (seriously, this album has taken over fully). br / br /To all of you non-believers in band redemption from one great album, to a wasteful b-side album, and a triumphant return back to greatness, in my opinion... this will be your greatest example if you're looking to believe again. br / br /I LOVE THE KILLERS!! Woo... I mean, come on! Why can't I be as slick as these folks?! br / br /Enjoy it, everyone!
Not what I expected but still good December 3, 2008
Jeremy Gloff (Tampa, Fl United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 Garbage. the killers produce another pop flop. December 2, 2008
E. Magnuson (USA)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is over-polished, over-dramatic, stadium pop. br / br /Was a fan before hot fuss. have the bootlegs to prove it. This album is weaker than Sam's town even. the lyrics are laughable. There is no trace of the harder synths that made Fuss brilliant. the killers are artistically dead. br / br /This is not indie rock n roll to me.
More than I expected December 2, 2008
Erik Raymond (Omaha, NE USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is my first purchase of Killers' stuff. I typically brush against 80's alternative and attempts to resuscitate it. However, after previewing track after track, I was sold. br / br /I can't think of another contemporary band who is able to do what these guys do so well. Each song is unique, the music is arresting, the lyrics are engaging, and the songs are flat out well done. br / br /My album has been on repeat throughout the weekend. I'm officially down with the Killers.
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