| Sam's Town | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Killers
Label: Island
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (268 reviews)
Sales Rank: 322
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 000722102
UPC: 602517026759
EAN: 0602517026759
ASIN: B000GY729M
Release Date: October 3, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Sam's Town | | • | Enterlude | | • | When You Were Young | | • | Bling (Confession of a King) | | • | For Reasons Unknown | | • | Read My Mind | | • | Uncle Jonny | | • | Bones | | • | My List | | • | This River Is Wild | | • | Why Do I Keep Counting? | | • | Exitlude |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
Import edition of the 2006 sophomore release from the hugely successful band from Las Vegas features one bonus track: 'Where The White Boys Dance'. It's been a long wait but a new Killer's album has finally appeared on the horizon, with preliminary reports suggesting they've dropped the fixation with English based Indie Rock n Roll to concentrate on a more homespun sound (having heard "Hot Fuss" it may surprise you to learn that they are actually Americans hailing from Las Vegas). With songs taking their cues from, amongst others, Springsteen, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, U2 and Iggy Pop this new musical offering should be ace. Island.
Amazon.com
The Killers five-million-selling debut, 2004's Hot Fuss, saw the stylish Las Vegas quartet mining inspiration from its favorite '80s British acts Duran Duran, the Cure, and the Smiths. On its follow-up, the group turns its focus homeward. First there's the album title, Sam's Town, which pays tribute to the old-school local casino where the band got its start. Then there's the music inside, a collection of windswept rockers in the vein of Bruce Springsteen that leave the indie-disco vibe of "Mr. Brightside" in the desert dust. Working with producers Alan Moulder and Flood (best known for their work with U2, Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails), everything here sounds bigger and shinier, with full-blown strings and choirs coloring epics like "When You Were Young" and "The River Is Wild." Coming soon to a stadium near you. --Aidin Vaziri
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| Customer Reviews: Read 263 more reviews...
 Sam's Town January 2, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I find it quite unfortunate that with every release, The Killers sound worse and worse. This was a pretty big letdown after their highly successful debut, Hot Fuss. I've never really been a huge Killers fan, but I figured I'd give this album a listen after enjoying most of their first one. It was evident from the first five seconds that they'd over do it with the keyboards. For me, keyboards are definately hit-or-miss, and The Killers missed on their sophomore album. Aside from the album being drenched in unnecessary keyboards, it wasn't to incredibly awful. After a few listens, most of the tracks weren't half bad, and I started to focus on the positives. I liked that the album recieved less mainstream attention than their debut and that the album only included one "Mr. Brightside" that was constantly on the radio and everywhere else. Also, I've always really like Brandon Flowers' voice. It's incredibly unique and in a strange way, very soothing.
"Can we climb this mountain? I don't know ..." December 20, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
... Then why are you asking yourself the question? Good grief, what awful lyrics festoon this album. Everything in "Sam's Town" seems to sound clumsy and forced, and none of the songs are actually *about* anything. This CD must have been a huge disappointment for fans of "Hot Fuss", the terrific debut album which made an instant success of an apparently talented band not afraid to use keyboard sounds from a long-dead era.
Indeed, a friend and I were who were huge fans of "Hot Fuss" were really looking forward to this album when it came out. But when we listened to it, we both agreed: it was hopelessly mediocre. It was as though the Killers, after one big success, literally had no idea what to do next. I imagine that other fans felt the same way. And I can believe that the absence of a resultant dip in The Killer's popularity is simply owing to the fact that a huge body of "Hot fuss" fans have been displaced by people whose musical tastes are about a notch above the Kylie / Britney scene.
The melodies herein are so-so; but the major problem is the lyrics. They are completely artificial. Very often Brandon Flowers sings them with awkward vocal inflections and palpably no conviction, as though he is literally unable to believe what he's saying. Which is hardly surprising when you consider lines such as:
"He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman"
Really? What girl, pondering her blind date, has ever lamented that he doesn't look a thing like Jesus? Who exactly do the Killers think they're kidding? On and on the album goes like this, for song after disappointing song.
This album is a crying shame: some bands start have an awkward start with great potential, then that potential blossoms in the next album. The Killers, by contrast, had the perfect start and then went on to produce ... this.
 Deeply emotional, transcended vocals November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Brandon Flowers' voice invokes huge feeling from the listener. The music is deep. Hot Fuss and Sam's Town are very different, often sounding like two different bands with the same singer.
Sam's Town relates to me more than most rock. It went severely underrated. Detached criticism from the media clashed with intense passion from consumers. I think the only reason sources reviewed the CD poorly was because of Rolling Stone. They thought the emotion was fake and cliche, probably because they didn't really listen to it.
If they had, they would have found something deeper.
I LOVE THE KILLERS!! November 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Different than hot fuss,my favorites-The Killers:Hot Fuss and Sam's Town.
People baffle me... November 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Honestly this album is great, plain and simple. I love reading peoples reviews saying this album is terrible and the Killers are dead...Craziness, all of it. Just because Sam's Town sounds different from Hot Fuss doesn't mean it sucks. Cool your heads off people its ok. And brace yourself because their next album will be different too (oh no!!!) :) Killers are great because they have different angles and sounds. They try new things. I applaud.
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