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| Sam's Town | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Killers
Label: Island
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (261 reviews)
Sales Rank: 569
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
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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 256 more reviews...
 Great CD From The Killers July 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Where do I start. First off this is a good CD and a great selection of songs from the Killers. Personally I just love the Killers and the more I listen to this CD the more they become my favorite band. You just have to give this a listen and you'll feel the same way.
A Shuttle on a Shockwave Ride July 15, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I can't say I was a fan until I saw the Killers in concert on their 'Sam's Town' tour. That really made me go back and listen to their material with a bit more interest.
Save three songs, I think this disk is extremely solid.
At first I was put off by the Springsteen-esque riffs in "When You Were Young", but they really make them work. And though I loved "Bones" when it first came out, I think I overplayed it a bit. It's still good, I just overdid did it.
But I am a huge fan of the title track and actually almost all the songs. I can do without "Uncle Johnny", "Bling" and "My List". They are the three that keep this from being a 5-star disk.
I even like the "Enterlude" and "Exitlude" - though like others, I think it would have kind of made more sense for the former song to be the first cut....but that's hardly a big thing.
 Sam's Town July 8, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Sam's Town I loved the previous album but this one was disappointing; a self-indulgent sophomoric snooze.
 Enterludes June 26, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
First, I have two probs with this album; one is the fact that they open the album with the title track then have a little acoustic styled track `enterlude' which you would think is the beginning of the album as the last cut is `exitlude' and is basically just a reprise, so why put a full song on before the `enterlude'?
And the second is there aren't any lyrics in it, and if they want me to sing along, and I know they do, then they should give me a lyric sheet.
Okay, with that off my chest, I like this album. I don't love it, it's not going on my top ten list of all times, but it definitely is better than a lot of the stuff that has not only been released lately but that I've actually bought.
I definitely love the energy of Sam's Town, and the kick off single "When You Were Young" actually makes me quite giddy. The pseudo classic style of "For Reasons Unknown" and the music build up to the end is pretty thrilling and reminds me of many bands before.
"Read My Mind" is probably one of my favorite tracks on the album, and again has that sort of retro feel. Supposedly influenced by Springsteen this time around, Brandon Flowers' vocals remind me more of classic singer Roy Orbison than Springsteen's growl and even the music doesn't seem as Springsteen-ish as it does 80's rock/new wave people like The Fixx or even INXS.
Of course there's a little more rock steam in these pipes than INXS and that comes through on almost every song even the ballads like "My List" which I like a lot as well. The winding guitar loops of "Uncle Jonny" and Flowers' voice is cool and once again it reminds me of songs that have come before.
In fact, almost every song reminds me of someone else and it becomes a tad distracting trying to figure out who they sound like in each song. Oh well, I guess I'll just keeping playing Sam's Town until I have all the answers I need.
exitlude
The Killers did it right.. May 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
They didn't try to make a second 'Hot Fuss' album, but they made a completely new album. And this was the best thing they could do.
Of course, if you buy this album and expect to hear more songs like those on Hot Fuss, you'll get disappointed. But not for long. Because if you have listened to Sam's Town a few times you will realize how great and incomparable this album is. Every song is an own masterpiece and every song is special in its own way. Brandon Flowers was right with saying that this album was one of the best in the last 20 years.
It's always hard to make a good second album and many bands fail in it because they try to make it just like the first one, but The Killers invented something new and the result couldn't be better than Sam's Town.
For me it is a masterpiece and it is so worth buying!
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