Killers new album!

Font22

Just started to listen to it in the car on the way back from buying it. So far so good! Whats everyone else think?

oneofakind32

Iv listened to it 5 times already this weekend already and it just keeps getting getting better

Basq

It's not bad.. really like 'Sam's Town' and 'Exitlude' - the rest still need to grow on me!

Boo-yah

I listened to half of it and stopped. Unless the second half of the album is fantastic the album is, in my opinion, rubbish.

Pastel_Princess

^^I think if you listen to the whole album your opinion will change, you can't say it's rubbish without listening to the whole thing.

And don't listen to it expecting it to be like the first album cause it's totally different.

ctrl-alt-delete

I think its a pretty decent album after about 5 listens myself, i loved the single and really love "bling". Am thinking its the kind of album that get's better with every listen.

At times - i dont know if its just me - it sounds really like U2, even the vocals sound like bono, anyone else get that?

Jonny Arson

First time i listened to it i thought it was utter rubbish

but with a few more listens it has grown on me but the album as a whole is still nothing but average, a few decent potential singles (title track, For Reasons Unknown, Read My Mind) but the rest is either harmless background filler or plain pure shocking

I hate to compare album with album but, sure Sam's Town is a different album than Hot Fuss but it completely lacks the class and brilliance of Hot Fuss, gets no more than a disapointing 6/10 at best from me.

2006 certainly hasn't been a good year for 2nd album bands, Zutons, Razorlight and Kasabian to name a few....

Xavi6

It's very 'meh'. As in nothing exciting. 'When You Were Young' is the best song, with 'Sam's Town' the only other of any significance. The bonus track is horrendous and obviously a desperate space filler. Not a fan of the exitlude either.

Lacks any of the power of the first album. No real singles as such that I can see to follow up the first one.

Saw them for the first time at 'that festival that cannot be mentioned' in 04 and loved every minute. The novelty has worn off though and I'm disappointed with this offering.

iFight

Absolutely brilliant!!

grumpytrousers

It's growing on me, slowly. It'd be hard for any band like The Killers to top the first three songs of Hot Fuss; Jenny was a friend of mine was the kind of album opening track that only comes along once in a while...

I think this one is a grower; it's certainly a lot more adventurous - the 80's synth rock power band schtick seems to be gone and it's a bit more 'grown up'.

As a matter of interest, towards the end of When you were young, does *anybody* else get a vaguely Bruce Springsteen vibe off the song. I think it's the xylophone or something...:D

L5

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

2006 certainly hasn't been a good year for 2nd album bands, Zutons, Razorlight(SNIP)

i stopped reading right there. The new razorlight album is brilliant, not one filler song on it.

carlowboy

Why is this in the Alternative/Indie forum?

Basq

L5 wrote:

i stopped reading right there. The new razorlight album is brilliant, not one filler song on it.

Agreed.... except "Kirby's House"! A bit meh!

Font22

carlowboy wrote:

Why is this in the Alternative/Indie forum?

because i didnt realise there was a Music Reviews forum until after i posted it. It's a new forum as far as I can tell.

Royale with Cheese

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

2006 certainly hasn't been a good year for 2nd album bands, Zutons, Razorlight and Kasabian to name a few....

You need to get the new Futureheads album so. There's nothing wrong with the new Kasabian album either, apart from the fact it's not as good as they said it would be.

Killers album is quite meh. Some very cheesy chord progressions and synth sounds in there. This shouldn't be in the indie/alternative forum. It's a pop album.

John

There is no pop forum

Think of the satisfaction I could have: "Moving to pop. Mwahahahaha!"

Kold

I just don't understand the hype of this band, I think they're absolutely dire. Their boring, repetitive songs give me a headache which doesn't help when it's blared on the radio every 10 minutes. The lead singer has possibly the most annoying voice in music and arrogance to rival that lad from Razorlight. Just what the hell do these guys bring to the table apart from songs that people have heard on the radio 2000 times already so it must be good.

This doesn't belong in the alt/indie forum at all.. It's like... the opposite..

iFight

grumpytrousers wrote:

As a matter of interest, towards the end of When you were young, does *anybody* else get a vaguely Bruce Springsteen vibe off the song. I think it's the xylophone or something...:D

They announced that that was what they were going for afaik.

gustavo

Kold wrote:

I just don't understand the hype of this band, I think they're absolutely dire. Their boring, repetitive songs give me a headache which doesn't help when it's blared on the radio every 10 minutes. The lead singer has possibly the most annoying voice in music and arrogance to rival that lad from Razorlight. Just what the hell do these guys bring to the table apart from songs that people have heard on the radio 2000 times already so it must be good.

This doesn't belong in the alt/indie forum at all.. It's like... the opposite..

Well they bring brilliant songs to the table , so what if its on the radio a lot , doesnt make them automatically bad , i would call them an indie band with great pop sensibilities which is a good thing in my book
By the way -Sams Town , Bling , Read My Mind are classics!

Franky Boy

Its so so imo.Have to listen to it a bit more!

gustavo

grumpytrousers wrote:

As a matter of interest, towards the end of When you were young, does *anybody* else get a vaguely Bruce Springsteen vibe off the song. I think it's the xylophone or something...:D

The xylophone at the end of the song is very similar to the xylophone at the breakdown in "Born to Run" :d

grumpytrousers

gustavo wrote:

The xylophone at the end of the song is very similar to the xylophone at the breakdown in "Born to Run" :d

i thought it was at the end of Thunder Road...but yeah - you read me mind...something of a 1975 vintage...

Doctor J

I like it a lot though the production is a bit gack, IMO. Good band, the new songs sound so much heavier live.

e.doobie

carlowboy wrote:

Why is this in the Alternative/Indie forum?

good question..

the killers, alternative?

Font22

Move It Then!!!!!

punky

Just downloaded it. Have to say I like it. I like it a lot.

joebhoy1916

I like 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 14.

sonic juice

I hated their first album,but this is alright.

turbot

I think most of the album is pretty good, and When You Were Young, is so fantastic, it makes the whole album great.

Xavi6

'The River Is Wild' has really really grown on me. Keeping with the theme of the song, I think it just really flows well.

iFight

River Is Wild is such a good song, must be the next single. When You Were Young is fy favourite song at the mo, the whole album is really catchy.

Pastel_Princess

Bones will more than likely be the next single - Tim Burton is making the video at the moment

iFight

Cool, bones is really good too.

nah_biy!

Agreed Frankyboy, it was a bit questionable at first but a grower indeed

gustavo

I think the title track is brilliant , also Read my mind and Bling , surely all future singles.

Alan Smith

I hate it.

I loved Hot Fuss
I dont like anythign about the new album I might listen to it again in a few days but I am distraught the lost the 80s synth sound
Imo that's what made Hot Fuss so good

imeddyhobbs

I got it free and i did'nt like it http://www.mp3.com/the-killers/artists/597989/summary.html

iFight

Saw the bones video earlier on tv, looks really good.

Ragamuffin

grumpytrousers wrote:

As a matter of interest, towards the end of When you were young, does *anybody* else get a vaguely Bruce Springsteen vibe off the song. I think it's the xylophone or something...:D

yeah they say in an interview that Bruce Springsteen was an influence:

**“Especially lyrically, everything is more nonfictional,” says Stoermer. “It’s from a real place.”

Part of that may be due to the influence of one of the great American lyricists, Bruce Springsteen. Flowers says much of his Springsteen knowledge was from his “Born in the U.S.A.” days — until he picked up some of the rock great’s earlier recordings and was blown away.

“It’s just a real pleasant surprise that I was going to fall in love with something,” Flowers says. “I’m 25 years old and I thought that was over. ... You kind of lose the innocence of someone showing you something special, something being god-like.”**


I think Sam's Town is feckin brilliant the first half i loved straight away and after a couple of listens of the second half it was just as amazing, i even like the bonus tracks. I think, like other people have said, its a grower and needs a few listens but all in all 10/10 from me

Basq

Bones Video - watch it before YouTube remove it.. gotten very strict on copyright infringement since Google took it over!

As a big Tim Burton fan.. it was all a bit disappointing. The skeleton thing was mighty tacky!

WarZoneBrother

bones is a very good song cant wait to see em live in feburary should be class

mada999

after a few listens it is not half bad....but its still nowhere near the quality of their debut, same goes with the Damien Rice new album

symbolic

I think its a great album. Catchy ol stuff, what more can ya expect from them really!

Bladerunner*

A work of genius did't think they could better hot fuss but they managed it!

Sign of a good album is one that grows on ye me first listen i was't that impressed but been playing it constanly for the last 2 weeks and have to say classic!

Favourite song is reasons unknown everything about that song screams the killers.

Bring on the third album:D

wba88

Loads of deadly songs, great album. good follow up from hot fuss. cant wait till Nov 30th