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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 54 reviews)
Sales Rank: 422
Category: Music
Artist: The Killers
Publisher: Island
Studio: Island
Manufacturer: Island
Label: Island
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001022602
UPC: 602517495753
EAN: 0602517495753
ASIN: B000WCDI5K
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
An example of their skill June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This album shows the different varieties that the Killers have under their belt. Romeo and Juliet is reminicent of Bob Dylan, Shadowplay kind of sounds like She Wants Revenge (although I see the music video in my head every single time I hear this song)and an interesting remake of their hit song Mr. Brightside. I almost believe that this album should have been a major release. Flowers is the new Freddy Mercury, minus the jock jams.
I'd buy it again.
 Nothing New May 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The boys offer us a rehash of earlier songs with different productions, some personal stuff, just nothing that outstanding. If you love the Killers get it, if not save your ducats.
More than pastiche May 10, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
For a collection of B-sides, bonus tracks, leftovers and covers this is surprisingly good. Unsurprisingly, it proceeds in pretty much the same postmodern mode The Killers established so successfully with their first two albums: an engaging fusion of contemporary pop-rock and 80s references that shouldn't work but almost always does. You can hear The Cure, Duran Duran, U2 and even Queen in these tracks. "Shadowplay" sounds like The Stone Roses doing a minor-key reworking of the theme from "The Banana Splits". Sometimes homage even crosses over into the real thing, as in the opener, "Tranquilize", where frontman Flowers does his best to sound like Lou Reed - then the real Lou Reed turns up. There are some gems here, such as "Leave the Bourbon On the Shelf" (crank it up, it's great loud) which seems to be another in the 'Jennifer' cycle, the masterfully ambiguous "Where The White Boys Dance" with its superb grinding baseline and early 80s funk guitar, the angsty "All the Pretty Faces", and the beautiful "Sweet Talk". The Killers work because they're about more than pastiche. Even when they're apparently goofing around or being completely melodramatic (which is often) the songs are beautifully crafted, lyrically interesting, informed by an intriguingly ambiguous sexuality, and grounded in real emotional experiences - often dark ones - that are recognizably our own. In the end, the emotional landscape feels as familiar as it sounds. That's why it works.
 Not quite Sam's Town April 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
You can't really compare this album to Sam's Town. It features quite a few cover versions (albeit very good versions) and not all songs are great. If you have Sam's Town, wait for the next new release. If you don't have Sam's Town, get Sam's Town!
 Sonically inspiring, and incredibly interesting April 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Blows away the debut, a real treat to listen to sonically. I would recomend you check out '7' the new cd from Poi Dog Pondering, who had to be a huge influence on these guys........Brilliant!
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