Hot Fuss

Most definitely the begining of this record is stronger than it's second leg. This is just too pop and dull for me. Most 2s I've given, are way worse than this, but since I do like the 3s I've given recently way more than this, so there you go. I think this is a fine pop album, but since it takes so much from indie and altsy stuff and it ends up being annoying to people that usually like that stuff. Anyway, bye!

Somehow forgot that this is far more familiar than just Mr. Brightside. RYM: N Saved a song: N

I know enough about this album that I'm suspecting that I won't enjoy this. I don't like the hits I know, and the whole vibe of this group just doesn't make sense to me. There's just something off-putting about the combination of this electronic/disco/rock combination genre they've created. And I don't like Brandon Flowers singing style either. So the whole thing just doesn't work for me.

Had only heard the singles but enjoyed hearing the whole album. Nothing earth shaking, just good, hooky, early 00's arena rock. Brandon Flowers has a great rock voice and the band is tight. Album drops off in second half but still solid. 3.5 stars rounded up.

First five tracks on this alone are an incredible achievement. Every time Mr Brightside comes on my first thought is that it's overplayed, then two minutes later I'm singing along. All These Things is a masterclass in anthemic alt rock. The Bruce influence is obvious but I also love how that blends with synth pop and gospel all over it, i also hear a little Robert Smith influence on Flower's vocals. Can be a little melodramatic though and they really stacked the first half compared to the second, which is nowhere near as good. Five stars for first five songs at least

Look, I cannot in good conscience give this anything other than a 5. I'm not crazy about the Killers, but Mr. Brightside is the anthem of a generation like it or not. The rest of the album is also decently strong, the sound is a bit droning but quite compelling.

Aside from the three big songs on the album, I didn't find much of the other songs appealing, so this was a bit of a let down.

Day 414 I definitely prefer the version of Mr Brightside on here that the version that gets screeched in every pub a hen do is in. Highlights Mr Brightside Somebody Told Me

Viihdyttävä

Not a fan, skipped this one.

This album still sounds as fresh as the day it came out. Love this album.

This is like a 4.5 album, but with this scale it's a5. A lot of good stuff... Like every song is good.... But nothing exceptional.

every track is good, several are great

I love Killers and what a brilliant debut! Two of these songs – Mr Brightside/Somebody told Me - were heard all over 2004 but that over exposure didn’t dimmish their power. I would say that this is not my favourite album of theirs, that’s Sam’s Town, so could only give 4 stars here (thanks for the kind person putting ST on the user list). Having said that, they are a band who could go from indie rock to heartland rock to dance pop without reducing excellence and I salute them.

2.5

A bit of a dull listen with some highlights that don’t bring to absolutely unlistenable. I find the main vocalist to have a voice I dislike and some of the production choices to be dull. Some songs have these sparks of things I like but the LP as a whole just isn’t for me. Fav tracks: All these things I’ve done, Andy, your a star, and everything will be alright

Just not my cup of tea ;)

Highly entertaining for a sing along, probably helped by the fact that I've listened to it hundreds of times. Mr Brightside is massively overplayed .but even though I thought I would, I didn't skip it.

This is accessible radio rock in the guise of indie rock. It might not be my favorite genre, but this is perfectly executed example of it. Mr. Brightside may be played nearly to death, but you can’t blame the band for creating something that connects so broadly. Great album.

Pretty familiar with all the bops on the first half of this album. Fun to listen top to bottom and hear some new to me stuff that I enjoyed! (ex. Change Your Mind, Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll)

This album went HARD in middle school. In my mid-thirties, not so much. The very definition of overly polished, inoffensive commerical pop-rock. 2/5 would still scream all the lyrics to Mr. Brightside in a small gym with all my friends.

Great sound

Tedious early 2000’s dross. Yes everyone sings along to the singles, but it’s just so boring.

Given how engaging Mr. Brightside is, the album is surprisingly disappointing; track after track of inartistic pop. It's easy enough to listen to, I suppose. But there's no soulful expression in it; it plays like something they cobbled together upon reading a self-help book called How to Write and Record an Arena Rock Album in 10 Easy Steps. At least they nailed Step 4 - Find a Great Drummer.

I do love the Killers more than I thought I did. That being said, the first half is what carries this album. Banger after banger! I got a little tired of it by the end. But overall a solid album that I would listen to again.

Not their biggest fan, but this has some hits. My fave of which is All These Things That I've Done.

so overrated. Mr Brightside is a complete stain on music.

Una cosa es tener un estilo y otra es que todo suene igual…y el efecto de la voz de este wey que? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Sorry, the millenial in me can't rate this anything less than a 5. 5/5

I will never understand the people that play Mr. Brightside at weddings. Like did they not pay attention to the rest of the lyrics? Also how is this a song that everyone decided they want to belt it out at a bar?! It's not a bad album I enjoyed most of it but it's a lot like hitting up takeout when your hungry. Your going to want better later.

It's funny how after almost 20 years you could say that this is half of a great album. I lose interest after All These Things That I've Done, maybe Midnight Show, but the A side is way better than the Bside of the album. I'd rather have Sam's Town on the list, but then you wouldnt have that run from Jenny to All These Things, but the second album is a better listening experience from start to end.

4 songs that defined the time of their release but are really hard to sit through all at once, very whiny.

O Argumento que critico usou para justificar a inclusão na lista foi pelo disco ter ficando em primeiro lugar no Reino Unido e ter ganhado disco de platina nos EUA. Gente, mesmo assim devo dizer que esse album não me pegou, primeiro pela capa, que achei bem feia de verdade e das 11 musicas, apenas 3 ou 4 me fizera parar pra prestar um pouco mais de atenção pelas belas vozes e outras duas mais rock, parecido com Oasis e U2. Deixarei elas na descrição e o link para quem quiser ouvir o album inteiro. nota 5,5/10 As melhores são: Somebody Told Me All These Things That I've Done Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll

Some great songs on here

Meh

Los sencillos y un par de canciones más son muy buenos pero hay algo de relleno y el disco realmente no ofrece nada nuevo pero sí algo entretenido para ciertos sectores 3.9

Mid to the point where it's not worth the effort to think too deeply about it.

It has standouts, it’s generally solid and has a fun factor. 9/10

interessant

Good pop rock.

Never got Mr. Brightside like others did. But they definitely deserve respect.

Good stuff, mostly. To me the standout tracks are 'Mr Brightside' and 'Jenny was a friend of mine', which sounds like it used the bassline from The Smiths' 'barbarism beginns at home'?

good album ich findes gut der letzte song finde ich am schlechtesten

you kind of do have to hand it to them. this album is fundamentally about Brandon flowers getting cucked several times. and that’s why it’s so great

only really know the hits from this one ... but those hits are HUGE. you can hear a little bit of all the new wave and post punk things i grew up on tastefully and tactically acquired in this album ... very well mixed ... in hindsight, this record was made 15 years too late, and 10 years too early all at the same time ...

thought i would hate this but it's been long enough since ive heard them

не вірю, що пропустила цей альбом, іконік

The Strokes for people who like Coldplay. But there's a very funny version of Mr Brightside as a Star Wars parody on youtube by Sub-radio band. Check it out. 2 stars.

3.5

I'm a millennial what can I say? I was 14 when this came out so it was obviously one of the best albums I'd ever heard in my life (the ubiquitousness of Mr Brightside over 20 years later notwithstanding)

Lots of filler Boring Mediocre

War okay, kann man hören, aber kein einziger Song hat mich wirklich gecatcht.

Slightly better than the average on here

Music for white people to get turnt to

Now That's What I Call The Early 2000s, the album. It's fine if you're like me and grew up with these songs, but I can't imagine what it's like for anybody older. Minus a star for how overplayed some of this stuff is.

I don't care what kinda new age woke stuff you're into, but in this house we stand for the National Anthem (Mr. Brightside)!

Great 1st half

La selección de albumes de los 2000 es demasiado millenial, faltan muchisimos esenciales de verdad y esta lleno de cosas como estas que son puro pop empalagoso que suena todo igual. Pretende ser nostálgico pero se hace incómodo. Las primeras 3 canciones están muy bien, considerando también el CLASICO que es Mr. Brightside, pero después suena todo tan igual y ruidoso que se hace agotador. Se que los Killers tienen una gran fan base pero a ese gente les diré que les hace falta escuchar más cosas!!!! No es música que haya envejecido bien. La outro me gustó a pesar de las malas valoraciones que tiene 5.5/10

Middle school memories!! Also a good album still

This album was killer!!

I didn’t realise how much I’d missed Jenny, Andy and Natalie. Hot Fuss, you’re a star ⭐️

Great album loved listening to it!

På inget sätt kan jag vara objektiv när jag lyssnar på ett av mina mest spelade album någonsin. Detta är större delen av min högstadie- och gymnasietid.

Not sure how well it held up over the years, but it still has some good songs for me and impressive for a debut album. When it came out, I feel like the first half of the album was probably played non-stop...but I think I prefer the second half of the album these days.

This is the musical equivalent of switching to an all-Soylent diet. Yuck.

Really threaded the needle of the post-Strokes indie sound and whatever wave of emo we were in, while nodding to dance punk and yet still sounding arena-ready. It felt a little too fabricated and the songs color-by-numbers in a calculated, cynical way, but hey it sure worked for them. Sidenote: my housemate at the time was new to concert promotion/booking but got on a street team list as part of that and one day we got BOXES of Hot Fuss promo materials that he may still have. Which is to say, Island put all of its weight behind this one.

Pretty solid stadium alt rock. Brendon Flowers has proven to be an interesting and eclectic(-ish) songwriter over the years: Springsteen-esque, some glam influences, electro-pop-lite, etc

Me sorprendió, no había escuchado nada de ellos. Me gustó. Medio lo old de TØP mezclado con The Cure y con algo más que no identifico.

some huge hits, overall ok album

The hits are good, the rest is average.

Some songs are made for greatness. Hot Fuss is produced for bigness. That distinction became increasingly difficult to ignore as the album went on. This is a record that seems almost pathologically unwilling to leave any part of the soundscape unoccupied. Drums hit hard, guitars arrive in slabs, synths expand into whatever space remains, and Brandon Flowers sings as though the back wall of the room needs to hear every syllable. Even when the arrangements supposedly drop down, the perceived intensity barely follows them. By “Everything Will Be Alright”, Flowers has been treated to sound spectral and distant, yet the effect is still rather like being yelled at down a telephone. I lived through the loudness wars, and _Hot Fuss_ sounds very much like a record made inside them. That isn’t simply a mastering complaint. The whole album seems organised around the idea of impact. It repeatedly introduces something interesting — an arpeggiator, a chopped guitar texture, a squelchy synth, an unusual drum pattern — and then appears to panic that the idea might not be sufficiently important, so everything else piles in behind it. That is frustrating because there is plainly imagination here. “Believe Me Natalie” may be the most rhythmically interesting song on the record, with interlocking patterns and a brief passage that veers towards Berlin-cabaret theatricality. “Andy, You’re a Star” has intriguing homoerotic tension and some nicely grubby electronics. “On Top” is another glimpse of the record Hot Fuss might have been if somebody had encouraged the band to use more synths, more sequencers and fewer guitars. Whenever the album leans into its electronic side it acquires personality; whenever the guitars arrive to make everything properly enormous, it starts sounding much more like 2004. The singles explain the success much better. “Mr. Brightside” works because Flowers’ habitual breathlessness finally has a dramatic purpose. Jealousy is presented as obsessive mental cinema: scraps of imagined scenes repeating until the narrator can barely keep up with himself. “Somebody Told Me” is probably my favourite Killers song. Its socially anxious chorus is built from gossip and unstable categories — boyfriend, girlfriend, attraction, availability — looping around each other with something of the grammatical confusion of Blur’s “Girls & Boys”. Here the nervous propulsion is already inside the song before the production enlarges it. Elsewhere Flowers’ default setting of URGENCY becomes limiting. Nostalgia, desire, reassurance, murder, confusion: everything tends to arrive through the same public-address system. “Midnight Show” is essentially a modern murder ballad, but apparently jealousy, sex, guilt and ending somebody’s life still require chandeliers and additional dramatic lighting. The Killers are the band for when murder itself seems insufficiently theatrical. “All These Things That I’ve Done” exposes another problem. Beneath the monumental presentation is fairly conventional pop-rock architecture. There is nothing wrong with conventionality in itself, but by this point the record has established such expectations of restless modernity that the underlying familiarity becomes conspicuous. The production continues to tell you that the album is escalating long after the musical language has stopped doing so. And that is why Hot Fuss becomes exhausting rather than exhilarating. It has dynamics in the sense that instruments appear and disappear, textures change and arrangements build. What it rarely has is genuine relief. Everything remains foregrounded. The album understands how to rearrange pressure much better than it understands how to remove it. I can completely understand why Britain embraced these songs. They are exceptionally useful social objects: instantly recognisable, easy to shout across a crowded bar, big enough to survive a Friday night at Vodka Revs, perfectly suited to festivals and communal release. If you are nostalgic for 2005, and there are plenty of reasons to be, Hot Fuss will probably hit every required pressure point. But one lesson of working through an album canon is that there was good music around in 2005 because there is good music around almost everywhere, almost all the time. There was also excellent music in 2005 that received a fraction of this attention and has subsequently fallen almost completely outside the canonical story. That leaves me struggling with the “must hear before you die” proposition. Hot Fuss contains several very good singles and flashes of a stranger, more interesting electronic record. As an album, though, it keeps insisting upon its own significance until insistence itself becomes the dominant experience. Its answer to greatness is too often: Yeah, but louder.

The first half of this album is back to back bangers culminating in one of my favorite songs all these things I’ve done (and I also do love andy you’re a star). 4/5

This album is a little top-heavy for me - but how could it not be? Mr. Brightside is genuinely timeless. Anyone who thinks otherwise wants to be unique and annoying. It embodies such an infectious energy. The strong start had me excited for the rest of the album, but the shoes were too big to fill. Hot Fuss is still a great record with great production, vocals, and guitar/drums. Favorite Tracks: Jenny Was A Friend of Mine Mr. Brightside Somebody Told Me All These Things I've Done Change Your Mind

Heaven Ain't Close In A Place Like This 1001 Albums Generator 348 (9/13/2026) First 5 songs: some of the best post-punk revival indie rock ever. Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told Me are massive > 1,000,000,000 play songs for a reason, All These Things That I've Done showed Young The Giant and Sam Fender that Springsteen worship is okay in indie music, and Smile Like You Mean It has the catchiest synth line ever. The rest of the album: pretty much nothing. So, a 3.5/5, rounded down to a 3 I guess? It's too bad, because the first half is so freaking good. Favs: Mr. Brightside Somebody Told Me All These Things That I've Done Least Fav: Everything Will Be Alright

Alright, some famous songs on here but they didnt feel that unique. Ive also heard mr brightside wayyyy too many times now.

After the first few songs, this album had a 5-star review written all over it. Then I realised the songs all became the same thing and nothing really stood out after that. An album that got gradually worse, and an album that never got the strong closing song that it deserved. I’m still giving it 4 stars because of the obvious hits, but they definitely carried the album to that rating.

It’s crazy how Mr. Brightside has gotten it’s own life out there. There are a couple of other good songs on here too. It’s a fine album.

Still a banger. 4.

This is the kind of stuff you hear playing at The Bait Shop

Gnällig. Han klagar för mycket. Inte särskilt tilltalande musik

Ana amazing album with so many hits and great songs. It may be a little front loaded on "best" songs (Smile Like You Mean It being my personally favorite), but the whole album is good through and through. I wish more indie rock bands from the era sounded half as good as they did in 2004. I come back to this one often; one of the greats.

very very nostalgic album for me, especially mr brightside and the two or three tracks that come after. not something i listen to normally now (more so when i was 12-13), but it was nice to revisit

cheiro de balada indie dos anos 2010 e camisa xadrez com calça skinny preta. nunca me pegou muito, mas gostei de ouvir inteiro (as mais famosas são as melhores, tem umas chatas).

glamorous indie rock and roll! nostalgia com cheiro de ensino médio e vários hits em seguida... então, ainda que não seja meu álbum favorito deles, esse de fato marcou gerações (inclusive a minha) e mudou vidas (exceto a minha).

chic

sempre tive preconceito com indie rock por causa da galera da faculdade. apesar de não ser tão ruim quanto eu imaginava não foi o suficiente pra mudar meu preconceito.

Легендарный инди-рок альбом. Правда я не до конца уверен что он лучший в их дискографии, но это не уменьшает его легендарности

Listening session: september 11th, while taking the train back home Listened to before: heard two songs before Thoughts: apart from Mr. Brightside I actually found this album quite boring Favourite tracks: Mr. Brightside & All These Things That I’ve Done

I have a huge soft spot for The Killers and enjoy all their eras, especially their later synth-Americana, but this fake-British*, ominously post-punky phase was so good. They're too clean-cut for much darkness and sleaze, but their early toyings with it were really fun. (*Has anyone else ever pronounced "restaurant" with such clipped decisiveness?) Opening their first album with a song about the interrogation of a murder suspect showed a level of sinister potential that they never followed up on, but I still love that song. The first half of the album is hall-of-fame Killers, even though I'd argue Somebody Told Me is their most annoying hit. I don't get bored of Mr. Brightside and I love All These Things That I've Done. (I don't think the much-maligned "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" line is that bad nor that hard to glean the meaning of, though their later "Are we human or are we dancer?" is harder to defend.) I rather love the precision of Brandon Flowers' vocals here, though I believe they were over-corrected more than he wanted or realised; I think he goes too far the other way in Sam's Town, singing all over the damn shop. The filtered echoey effect adds something to this album's melancholic nostalgia, like you're looking back on hazy photos of nights out with erstwhile friends. Consensus says that Hot Fuss drops off after five tracks, but I'd put a word in for Andy You're A Star, a moodily sashaying glam-ish number that taps into the same homoerotic intrigue that Franz Ferdinand were also flirting with in 2004. On Top and Change Your Mind are solid tracks and they should've started wrapping up there, but the album hangs around longer than needed. They could've comfortably ditched Believe Me Natalie, Midnight Show, and Everything Will Be Alright and had a lean 24-carat record. They've never made a bad album but they're never quite immune to filler. Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll isn't present on every version but is an integral track in my mental summation of this record, and yoinks the sleepy second half back up onto its feet. It's a fair distance from where they've ended up sonically, but Hot Fuss is still a good encapsulation of The Killers' charms: passionately catchy, desperately nostalgic, semi-sensical and quite silly, and wearing their inspirations on their sleeve in a way that's sort of boyishly romantic and wide-eyed. Brandon Flowers trying to grow a beard for their second album and promptly being scolded by Neil Tennant for betraying pop music is my favourite bit of Killers trivia. Neil knew what he was talking about.

Not a go to band in my book but they are harmless enough for a recent band (anything this century feels recent to me!) Ironic that I’m calling Killers harmless but their output is just that. Nothing objectionable but nothing essential either. Only heard this through a few times before but much of it is so familiar that they must have wormed their way into my ears without me seeking them out. So many singles on the album probably the reason for that of course. Also the reason the second half is not quite so familiar. Another plus point is that this is one of the few bands apart from the Stones which is guaranteed to persuade me onto the dance floor on the very rare occasions that I’m up for that.

Aside from the hits this is a pretty average album.

This record is kinda whatever, it's just not my sort of thing - too square, too wimpy, but otherwise not offensively bad. Unfortunately when it released I had a friend who was obsessed with it and would play it in the car whenever we drove anywhere together, which was quite often that summer. And so what was a mild dislike became full-blown, deep-seated and somewhat irrational anger at these damn catchy songs. 'Smile Like You Mean It' and 'All These Things That I've Done' in particular bring me out in hives. I feel a bit like I was in an abusive relationship with Brandon Flowers for a few months. Having said all this, I can't be too mad at these dudes, because they were gracious enough to let Sea Power support them after the reverse line-up happened before they hit the big time (a tour I saw at least twice but have absolutely no memory of watching Killers!). Also, I really like the song 'When you were Young' cos of Guitar Hero (pls don't make me hear the rest of whatever album that is on tho), and I quite happily danced along and shouted 'I've got soul but I'm not a soldier' a couple of weeks ago at a wedding, because I am capable of personal growth (and was hammered).

I love nirvana so this wasn’t an issue for me at all

Love it

Det är en bra skiva och då de senaste albumen har varit ganska tråkiga har jag go lust att bara fläska på, men jag får hålla mig och sätta en stabil trea.

pop irgendwas ,c

Pretty nice. I think it would be a nice game ost

Bought this when it came out, still sounds fresh. Just misses a 5 as quality drops towards the end

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Ein Evergreen.

It's time to end the Killers revisionism. This album came out right around my 16th birthday, which I feel lends me a degree of credibility (seeing as how all pop music is made for 16-year-olds). Obviously they had a bunch of hits and this album sold really well, so of course the Killers were "popular" in a basic way. But they had basically zero clout or cred or coolness among young people. I remember seeing their music videos a lot, and I knew a couple people at school who had this CD, but they were not really part of the music crowd (it seemed like a CD you'd get for christmas and listen to a half a dozen times). By 2004 nu metal felt like the distant past, the mainstreaming of pop punk led to an unsustainably brief emo trend, and the "the bands" garage rock revival just didn't have the mainstream juice. You could feel the record industry groping for the "next big thing" of rock music as they stumbled toward a kind of dance-punk / post-punk revival a la Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, the Bravery, etc. The Killers are among the most corporate-ready version of this sound, as proven by the seemingly infinite persistence of Mr. Brightside. Mr. Brightside is not a good song, but it has a soporific palliative effect on human consciousness, so it's become the millennial Don't Stop Believing. (I prefer Somebody Told Me, which is at least a little funky.) But I'm sorry not sorry to say this music still sounds horrible and horribly uncool to me. They successfully copy/paste some superficial features from new wave bands, but they fully miss every cultural, social, aesthetic, or conceptual feature that made new wave and early synth pop so fresh and interesting at the turn of the 80s. You can hear the Killers at a football stadium or a church youth group or a karaoke bar or a corporate training program, not because it's so perfectly crafted for everyone to love but because it's so dull it could never possibly provoke an ounce of friction.

Scraped a 3 for me for Brightside and a couple of the other singles, but found the overall album a particularly empty and unfulfilling listen.

A low 2 for me. Irritating.

Some bangers tho tbf

Mr Brightside is an undeniable indie disco tune and they have a few other good hits on the first half. But their non-hits are dull and before the end I wanted it to end.

minha definição de indie rock num álbum... believe me natalie meio que minha música fr

álbum que me acompanhou a vida toda!!!!! extremamente ao meu gosto!!!! te amo hot fuss the killers

3.5

I had high expectations when I saw Hot Fuss by The Killers is the pick because somehow they went completely past me even though having a big hype in the 2000s. I went through the album a few times now and Somebody Told Me is undeniably pretty catchy but I have to say the whole album is a bit bland. Other than the mentioned song nothing was really that memorable to me even the big hit Mr. Brightside. Definetly a good song just not as special as expected. That is also the case with the rest of the album. Solid indie rock no bad songs but like I said there arent any real peaks that make this a memorable record for me. Maybe I'm not 16 years old enough to get it today but will try it again in some time. A bit underwhelming to be honest. 3,0/5

It’s mostly just dribble, I think the songs released are probably the weakest. Some good hooks, well played riffs, licks or whatever you call it, yep reminds me of younger years at parties. Lyrics are so dull though. A low 3 or high 2?

i have such a soft spot for this entire album. highlights: the entire first half

This is a millennial-core album, and it still holds up. Top half is just banger after banger, bottom half is good but not great.

Decent mid-2000s rock album. Mr. Brightside is way overplayed but the rest was a fun enough way to pass an hour.

One of my favorite albums of all time. 6 stars.

Such a good album. Has incredible hits. I felt a little lost with some of the songs. Overall seems like a collection of personal experiences living the lively and sometimes overwhelming city life

I've always hated mr brightside, so I've never given the killers chance. I'm not sure why it's considered part of this Top Albums list, but I can see the appeal. I get tired if the monotone vocals and 3-4 chord repetitive structure. And yet I have to admit it does get you going. It's not my top 10 or even 100, but I wouldn't mind adding this to the listening rotation. But only if mr brightside is permanently blocked. Hate that song.

Not really my scene but they went for it, I'll give them that

I was not unhappy listening to this in the car today but none of these is pulling me back in for more. 8 keepers in 12 (67%). 1 klunker (8%). 4 stars, I guess.

boring pop music diguised as boring rock music 4/10

Very enjoyable throwback to 80s days of yore.

Debated a 4.5. But naw it deserves a 5

Great album, great memories when it first came out. Still gets spinned multiple times a year in my house

I think I've heard everyone of these songs a million times

Deservedly the most popular Killers album. I love the combination of rock sound with poetic lyrics.

10/10

Nothing original or interesting in that album unfortunately. I must have listened to a million similar albums in my life, this didn't surprise me as something worth it. No memorable melodies, the instrumental parts are what you would expect, no virtuoso. Good to use as background music to not be distracted.

just good rock n roll, I like it

I think the killers are overrated I’m just going to start with that. But this option is solely due to the fact that Mr brightside is so overplayed, it can change as I really haven’t heard much beyond that song and humans which I love. I know some of the songs on this album but never listened all the way through. Really cool bass line and keys on Jenny. Good production all around, classic killers vocals. Right into brightside which is overplayed for sure, but definitely admittedly a good song when you don’t hear it all the time. Good writing, great guitar riff and drums. Really good song. It’s also much better through good headphones compared to blaring over bar or stadium speakers which speaks to the good production. Pretty weak guitar solo tho. Much better drums during that part. Smile is cool. Better guitar in this one. Good writing. Wanted more from the chorus. Better guitar solo but still not that impressive. Somebody told me fucking rocks. This is the one that should’ve exploded instead of brightside. I remember loving this song as a child, still hits. Awesome background track, awesome chorus. One of my top songs of the early 2000s. Cool slow opening to all these things. Really nice guitar on this one. Lackluster chorus on this one. The writing aside from the chorus is good. Love the middle part. Chorus is much better with the harmonies. Bad lyrics on Andy but much better guitar. Really cool sounds on this one. Not a horrible song, but the worst so far. Really cool production on on top. Much better writing too. Change your mind is fine. Generic killers I’d say. Nothing special abt this one. More of the same with believe me Natalie. Just what I’d call generic killers. It’s a pretty good song it’s just real similar to some other songs by them. Impressive writing/story telling. The horns are a nice piece of uniqueness but they aren’t exactly neccasary. Midnight show is good. This one is different. Faster, and more rocky. I like that. Still yet to be impressed by any of these guitar solos. Super basic. Everything will be alright is well produced but bs vocals. Way too much auto tune. Good piano. Not a great song. Indie rock and roll is much better. Good guitar finally on this one. Good writing again. This album started off so hot, but really fizzles towards the back end. It doesn’t get bad, just gets a bit repetitive. Overall the album beat my expectations. Would’ve pushed mid fours if the back half was as good as the front half. 3.8/5 stars.

Really good album with 3-5 absolute bangers. Probably a top 25 album of the 2000s. 9.1/10

le puse toda la onda del mundo, pero realmente no hay manera de hacer que me gusten estas bandas cuyos vocalistas parece que graban desde un tupper

how can the mr brightside album not be a 5, sure the second half isn't quite as strong but come on

From the UK so you can’t escape the big singles from this album even 20 years later. Definition of a top heavy album, first side is full of the hits (a pretty excellent 5 song run to kick off) and then we have a loooooot of filler in the second half

Altstadt classic

Killers : Post Punk as Avril Lavigne : Pop Punk.

A Las Vegas band that somehow sounded more British than most British bands — Brandon Flowers absorbed the Smiths, Duran Duran, and New Order so completely that Hot Fuss arrived in 2004 feeling like a transatlantic artifact from 1985. That's either a remarkable act of stylistic synthesis or an elaborate tribute act depending on your generosity, and the record is good enough that the question becomes academic fairly quickly. "Mr. Brightside" is the obvious landmark — one of the defining singles of the decade, the opening riff instantly recognizable, the melodrama completely committed, the chorus arriving with the force of something that was always going to be enormous. But the honest verdict is that it's not just Brightside. The record holds up consistently across its runtime in a way that the singles-carrying-the-rating pattern that has defined several fours in this project doesn't quite apply here — kind of good all around is the accurate assessment, which is a more meaningful achievement than it sounds. Flowers' theatrical sincerity is the record's defining quality — committing to the emotional stakes more fully than the Morrissey influence he's clearly absorbed ever quite allowed its originator to do. The synth-driven post-punk arrangements give everything a momentum that the 2000s rock landscape around it mostly couldn't match. A four that the whole record earns rather than just the hit. In a decade that has averaged 3.16 in this project, that's worth noting.

some great fun songs on here, don't get me wrong. but this isn't really an ALBUM that holds up sturdily enough to be one of the 1001 ALBUMS you need to listen to from back to front. If this were just singles, maybe. But I don't think this can or should make my top 1000 albums. In other words, there are some fillers on this album by the killers.

I've seen this band's name around quite a bit over the years but never took the time to really listen to them. I recognized a couple of the singles immediately "Mr. Brightside" and "Somebody Told Me" since they were all over the place when this album came out. I never disliked those tracks but they were definitely overplayed at the time. It was nice to hear them again now as they brought back some distant memories. I know Brett McKay from AOM is a huge fan and always recommending this band so only a matter of time before I checked them out. Would like to hear some more of their albums in the future.

My favorite band growing up. Prefer Sam’s Town/Sawdust but all the early albums are good.

It's a bunch of hits. Like, it's all hits? How?

The album captures the essence of the 2000s incredibly well. It sounds exactly like how I would imagine my young adult years to sound, which makes nostalgia probably its biggest strength. The first half starts very promising, but after the first six tracks, the sound becomes increasingly repetitive and monotonous, to the point where it starts to feel like you’re listening to one very long track. Aside from “Jenny Was A Friend of Mine”, “Mr. Brightside”, and “Somebody Told Me,” most of the tracks weren’t particularly memorable to me. And those three tracks are the ones I would most likely add to my playlist. It is a great example of alternative/indie rock, but at the same time, it somehow feels like having unseasoned boiled chicken. There is nothing particularly wrong with it, but I kept wishing it had more flavor. Therefore, most of the tracks landed around a 5-6 for me. Also, I genuinely thought this band was British before listening to the album, so I was shocked to find out they’re actually from Las Vegas. The British post-punk and synth-pop influence is HEAVY on this one, it almost feels like it prevented them from developing their own distinct sound.

Decent. Catchy, popular tunes that everyone can enjoy.

Not so hot.

This album started a love affair with The Killers that is going on 25 years. I love this album and these guys.

This is the sort of thing that guy who "listens to anything" likes.

Had to try to be as objective for this listen as I could because i've never really cared for most of the hits on this album. That high school emotional rock anthem energy with lots of grungy guitar and belted lyrics is mostly misses for me growing up. I appreciate the music much more now but it still is missing something that doesn't keep me engaged. I don't think it ever becomes more than the sum of it's parts. The first half is definitely the stronger half but the back end has its own merits, just not enough anthemic sounds to keep attention going.

Creo que nunca había escuchado un disco de The Killers. Son todas canciones muy The Killers. Estuvo bien.

Молчат пекинские дома, неправильные пчёлы делают неправильный мёд, даже хорошие песни теряются в тумане в моей голове

Какая же ностальгия... Я слушал этот альбом почти столько же, сколько Карина, 3000 лет назад. Какие-то песни конечно остались со мной, а какие-то с удовольствием переслушал впервые за много лет. Альбом действительно отличный, с кучей hidden gems. Воистину гламурный инди рок-н-ролл. Mr. Brightside до сих пор не теряет актуальности и хайпа, к тому же это наша база в караоке. Ну а All These Things That I've Done одна из моих любимых песен вообще. Жаль тех Killers уже давно нет.

Без комментариев. Я послушала это в школе 12 тысяч раз. И ни о чем не жалею.

Неплохо для миллениал-кора

❤️❤️❤️

не назвал бы себя фанатом группы от слова совсем, но вот так вышло, что почти все песни с альбома знаю и звучат они хорошо - 4ка крепкая

Bangers interspersed with “good” tracks. Genre and career defining songs from not their best complete album

A classic by them. Lots of hits so I understand why this is on this playlist. Not the biggest fan of the killers so that’s the only reason I didn’t give this a 5, otherwise in the pop/poprock world, this is a 5 lol.

Not my fav Killers album but definitely the most played some songs still hold up great today. Staple album of the 2000s if you ask me

#85 This is an alt-rock classic, so many bangers. The second half is only "weaker" because the first five tracks are all iconic. Top tracks: All These Things That I've Done, Smile Like You Mean It, Mr. Brightside, Change Your Mind

I thought I would like it more because the first track is actually pretty amazing but I was kinda let down a little bit. I definitely am gonna look into their music tho.

Some bangers, some surprising new favorites, some that didn't hit

New discovery, actually liked it. I need to check out more of their stuff

Got two songs from the end but left it. Wasn’t vibing really apart from Mr Brightside and Somebody Told Me. Would maybe work for me as a soundtrack to a film but not exclusively as a listening experience.

Eu não gosto mesma desse álbum. Acho ele meio brega? Sei lá Mas tem uma ou outra faixa bacana, vou ser honesto

Solid, competent debut album from the Killers. Not my favorite or most enjoyed album. Hard to beat Mr. Brightside, but the sound is consistent and well developed imo Brandon Flowers is not my favorite vocal but his vocal is competent, like how the rest of the band is competent here.

legendary

It’s a decent album. With a couple of bangers.

Well executed indie pop

It's cheesy but I can't dislike it. The first five tracks are all bangers worthy of 4 stars at least but then the quality takes a nosedive ending in the god awful "Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll".

I'm biased against this record for some reason. There's just something about some 'indie' bands from the aughts that makes me want to slam an ice cream cone on the ground and stomp on it. Maybe it's the pretentious emo whining vocals, presuming gravitas, the trite synth hooks, their misaligned co-opting into new wave / post-punk, or just being precision engineered to be irritating. I get it, I'm cursing at clouds here, but I fucking cannot stand 'Mr. Brightside' and when it queued up I urgently needed to procure an ice cream cone.

geit eso

Álbum muito bom, achei que não fosse gostar e acabou me surpreendendo muito.

The Killers are one of my favorite bands, so... totally awesome?!

Mr Brightside is the stupidest song ever written. I wish I could give it negative stars.

ok mr. brightside duh but the rest are lwokey bangers. "glamorous indie rock and roll" surprisingly an earworm

Meh. A ratos mola, algunas canciones tienen un punto Cure-happy-punk. Pero en general, turra importante. Un dos y gracias. Podría ser un tres con la mitad de duración.

This album is perfect for customizing my tumblr to

- I enjoy the vocals in this song a lot - Good use of synths and huge range of instruments are used. This is one of the albums best strength. Big dynamics and very colourful. - Base is catchy but heard it before too many times (dad plays this) - Songwriting is traditionally structured, repetitive, and chorus driven. However some progressive songwriting is used a little in the less hit songs - Very melodic and emotional, probably my favourite part. -Very underrated second half of the album 8/10

An album of two halves. The second half was shite. The first half is saved by All These Things... but is dragged down by the incomprehensibly annoying Mr Brightside.

With the exception of Mr Brightside, everything up to Andy, You’re A Star was great. Even with Brightside it’s not that it’s a terrible song, it’s just the definition of overplayed. There is a drop off for me after AYAS but the album ends with a belter in Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll. Overall it’s a good album with a couple of bangers. I do massively prefer the follow up album Sam’s Town though. That would be a definite 5 star. Top Track - Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll

Pretty good, I like how uplifting it is. Good to hear a song by them that’s not just mr brightside!

Full of classics

Side A shaped my music taste growing up, and still holds up superbly well today. Side B isn’t the same level, but it’s a phenomenal album, even with a song played to death

Mér finnst The Killers vera bara hið fínasta band en þeir eru samt afskaplega eins. Myndi samt alltaf hlusta á þá og skemmta mér en aldrei setja þá á sjálfur.

There's a lot of catchy songs on here but in the end I would not care if I never heard any of them again. Yawn.

It was okay. I liked few songs that’s it

It's an okay Album

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Very nostalgic even for me, and the first half of this is just banger after banger. The second half definitely loses its momentum, but their sound remains pretty consistent throughout. Nothing revolutionary, but there are some great songs in here, and there's something to be said about that. Favorites: Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine, Mr. Brightside, Smile Like You Mean it, Somebody Told Me, All These Things That I've Done, Andy, You're A Star

Did I have this CD in my car in high school? Absolutely. Did I wear that shit out? You better believe it. If this came out in the LP era, would its side one rank among the best sides ones of all time? Not a single doubt in my mind. It's arena rock from a band that immediately knew that they dreamed of playing arenas, and I can't hate them for that, although many did when the "cool bands" of the era would never cop to admitting they had such aspirations (and they certainly did). It's a big, dumb record, it has a weak back half, it's better than most other bands' greatest hits records, I can't rate this a five, but in no way am I too cool to not rate this a five.

2004. Debut studio album. Brandon Flowers (singer) felt depressed after hearing the Strokes' album Is This It. He thought their album was perfect so the band threw away everything they were working on except "Mr. Brightside" .

Everything Will Be Alright is annoying. But a solid album.

Do I have to listen to this? Mr. Brightside aged well. It’s like the Bohemian Rhapsody for millennials but it can never come close to that song if it tried. Not a bad song- I don’t mind and sometimes I even kind of like it but that’s the only song I can say that about on here. Not having a good time

Yep, it still sucks. It has always just felt so lifeless and generic and predictable... They heavily influenced a band I was into in college... I feel like that band had some real potential until they decided to drink The Killers Kool-aid.

Stellar album. The front half is overloaded with hits, but the second half is honestly still pretty strong.

The Killers suck.

Väldigt framtungt

1. 4.5 2. 5 3. 4 4. 3.5 5. 5 6. 3 7. 3.5 8. 4 9. 4 10. 4 11. 4.5

No, it's not high art. No, it won't have an impact on the future of music. And no, it DOESN'T MATTER. This album has people turning their noses up at it all the time, because of the lack of depth, but it ultimately is a foolish complaint. This album has really brought out the opposite of the music industry: the indie music snobs who are opposed to anything that seems like "pop" music. But at the end of the day, none of the complaints about depth matter, because it has the ultimate success in music. It is music that sounds good. It's very catchy, and it all sounds good. 5/5.

Ima be real i didn't feel like listening to this

Beyond Mr. Brightside genuinely a pleasant album to listen to.

A few real bangers here, but unfortunately the sound they're going for seems to be a bit too same-same across the album. The classic tracks that got a lot of air time must have been picked for a reason. A few great tracks, a few "oh yeah, that's the Killers" and a few I'd rather have not heard because I came away pretty unimpressed. "Change your mind" was a pleasant surprise.

first half: so incredibly strong. Hits that deserve to be hits, even though they are oh so millenial. second half: less hard but still better than I expected lol surprising favorite: Andy, You're A Star

There’s a banger or two on this album for sure, but doesn’t really stand out for me. The pop rock tunes sound great and would probably work in the background of a small get-together, but nothing much beyond that. I can appreciate it, but I’ll just say it’s alright.

I knew most of the songs even though I never owned it. A little over produced in spots but overall very impressive. 4.5 out of 5

Vild første halvdel, taber lidt tempo sidst på pladen.

good good goood good

Sang along to every word. Timeless.

There are some classics on here but overall a pretty boring album

Amazingly, this album starts with a barrage of 4 absolutely killer (eh?) songs in a row. After that, the album does let up a little, with mostly good songs through the rest of the runtime. A really great album overall...one of those albums that let me know rock music was still alive in 2004, back when some of us who lived through the 90s music boom were unsure about that. 4.2/5.

The thing I enjoy the most about The Killers is the song Crystal by New Order. To be fair to them - this album produced a number of straight-up hits, a bunch of which still hold up reasonably well today. But all of this is way too polished, in your face all the fucking time, and I quickly feel like how I imagine it is to be walking around Las Vegas longing for some quiet, some non-flashing lights, and not being successful in that endeavour even at 3am.

Listened and ate

50/50

I guess if you’re not still sick of hearing Mr. Brightside it’s a good album.

Awful,just did,nt like at all

Solid 3.5 stars, some classic songs, vibes were a bit sad for my liking though

Boring. Didn't like it at all.

Front half good, back half meh

way better than I remember it being and that’s saying something

Good stuff.

All Killer but half filler

Incredible debut album, no skips. Every one of these songs would kill at karaoke.

Many of the songs bang bang, but not all bang.

Oh my god I hate this band so much. I dont need to hear "Mr. Brightside" and "Somebody Told me" for the 1000x time. These song giga suck and are annoying. The rest of album is ever so slightly less bad but not good either. Its generic, innofensive alt rock or whatever (not good). These synths are so bad.

ayyyyyyy so excited when this one came up

It’s going to a no from me dawg. Yes the intros and outros of these songs have variety but once you get to the center it, they all sound the same to me. Their influences are much better imho

One of my favorites as a teenager, but somehow just sounded really flat listening to it today

80s new wave meets post punk. Bit weak in the middle but opens with such killer hooks that they redefined the radio landscape. Became so huge that people who grew up listening to Duran Duran and Depeche Mode decided they must decry them as being style over substance, unlike... Hang on...

8/10 The opening of the album is really good, the end not so much “glamorous indie rock and roll for me” is terrible like it’s a song made for 40 year olds who do ketamine is Wetherspoon toilets. I like the first couple songs a lot, they remind me of driving in the car with my mum around the coast, so I’m definitely bias with this album.

5/10 = would not listen to this of my own free will and still wouldn't after listening to the whole thing buttttt i can still appreciate it for what is it and they did do a good job with soundtracking a very specific feeling and time in the uk which still holds up, and mr brightside secretly still flames even if it does remind me of thekla thursday a bit too much

All songs sound about the same. It's a pretty, catchy glamorous album. About the only thing I know about The Killers are from Las Vegas. It sounds like Vegas! 3.5

En 2004, le rock indépendant se porte à merveille, New York a ses Strokes, Glasgow fait danser les foules avec Franz Ferdinand, Sheffield prépare ses Arctic Monkeys, et Londres se gargarise de post-punk aux guitares acérées. Et puis, sortis de nulle part — ou plutôt du pire endroit possible pour la crédibilité rock, le désert du Nevada —, quatre gars de Las Vegas débarquent en costards ajustés, les yeux barbouillés d'eyeliner, un synthétiseur bon marché sous le bras et une insolence monumentale. En quelques mois, ces Américains qui rêvaient d'être Anglais vont coller une fessée monumentale à la terre entière et signer l'un des albums les plus incendiaires, efficaces et addictifs de la décennie. À l'époque, la presse spécialisée se gratte le menton. Comment quatre mecs originaires de la capitale mondiale du jeu et des sosies d'Elvis peuvent-ils sonner plus britanniques que The Cure, Duran Duran, New Order et Pet Shop Boys réunis ? La réponse est d'une simplicité enfantine : ils n'ont aucun complexe. Là où les groupes européens intellectualisent leur spleen, Brandon Flowers et sa bande envoient de la grande variété rock, taillée pour faire sauter les clubs et chanter les stades. La première moitié de Hot Fuss constitue un enchaînement dévastateur de cinq brûlots qui ont balayé tout ce qui passait à la radio en 2004. Entre l'arrogance tendue de Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, le phénomène culturel increvable qu'est Mr. Brightside avec ses riffs sautillants sur la jalousie, l'élégance new wave mélancolique de Smile Like You Mean It, l'efficacité disco-punk de Somebody Told Me et la démesure gospel de All These Things That I've Done portée par son chœur désormais mythique, le groupe aligne une suite de hits virtuels dès l'ouverture. Pendant des années, j'ai entendu les puristes et les esprits chagrins répéter la même rengaine selon laquelle Hot Fuss serait un EP parfait suivi de six chansons de remplissage. C'est une erreur d'analyse monumentale. Certes, après la déflagration des cinq premiers titres, la seconde moitié baisse d'un cran en termes de tempo et de matraquage radio, mais c'est précisément là que l'album dévoile son atmosphère sombre et théâtrale. Des morceaux comme Andy, You're a Star ou Midnight Show creusent cette obsession américaine pour le fait divers, l'adolescence contrariée, la célébrité manquée et le meurtre sordide sous les néons. Il y a une théâtralité assumée dans l'écriture de Brandon Flowers, qui chante comme si sa vie en dépendait à chaque ligne, tandis que les guitares de Dave Keuning laissent toute la place aux lignes de basse de Mark Stoermer et au jeu de batterie de Ronnie Vannucci Jr. Même un titre plus retenu comme Believe Me Natalie ou la conclusion planante Everything Will Be Alright possèdent ce charme propre au glam-rock des années 1970 revisité avec la hargne des années 2000. Je n'ai jamais eu peur d'être acerbe avec les disques surévalués, mais la note maximale de 5 sur 5 s'impose ici sans la moindre discussion car cet album remplit tous les critères d'un chef-d'œuvre populaire. Entre l'immédiateté foudroyante qui vous attrape dès la première seconde, l'intemporalité sonore qui n'a pas pris une seule ride vingt ans plus tard, l'incarnation magnétique d'un Brandon Flowers passant du dandy arrogant au gamin vulnérable, et l'influence colossale sur toute la vague synth-rock mélodique des années 2000, ce disque coche absolument toutes les cases. Il se mesure à son impact culturel massif et au plaisir brut qu'il procure à chaque écoute. Hot Fuss n'est pas seulement le premier album d'un groupe de Las Vegas qui voulait devenir énorme : c'est le testament d'une époque où le rock savait encore être glamour, dansant, théâtral et follement populaire sans jamais tomber dans la vulgarité. C'est un coup de maître effronté, vaniteux, bourré d'hymnes intersidéraux et d'une énergie juvénile totalement irrépressible. Un classique immédiat, hier comme aujourd'hui.

Wasn't really familiar with the Killers but I like this one. Really catchy songs, interesting bass lines. I think Mr. Brightside is the highlight for me.

I’d give this a 3.5 honestly. Some of the songs are a bit overplayed but you can’t blame the band for that.

Nostalgic and neon. But not very memorable. Some good songs but nothing that makes me want to listen again.

I probably butchered this listen because I was on my commute and didn’t pay much attention beyond the first four songs that I more or less already knew. The radio like quality is pretty hit or miss for me but I didn’t hate any of the songs. Was more indifferent since nothing stood out to me besides the really popular ones.

iconic and full of straight bangers! This was definitely more my jam. However, some songs are bland in my opinion and are kind of same-sy.

Really liked this debut album. Good solid rock with that pinky feel to it.

Landfill Indie has not aged well

Dreary

If this was released in 2025 I'd assume it was written by AI. On the plus side, I remembered that Bill Bailey sketch "I've got ham, but I'm not a hamster".

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear - one star.

This is my wife's favorite album, by one of her favorite bands, that includes her favorite song "Mr. Brightside." She told me that "my Monday just got a whole lot better" because I got this album. I came into it knowing mainly the hits and that was about it. My feelings on this album? It has one of the better opening run of tracks I've heard in this experience. From the opening track through "All These Things That I've Done" is nothing but bangers. After that we get a mixed bag of quality compared to the opening run. It didn't hurt its overall rating but the inconsistency prevented it from getting a 5. 4/5

Strong nostalgia hit with this one. I think I saw them play it live a couple of times which was good fun. Not really listened much in the 20 years since apart from the inescapable Mr Brightside/ Somebody Told Me. Listening again and it feels a bit too polished and flat and lacks real emotion for me. Its very listenable - but doesn't get the juices flowing. Should be a 2 but gets a nostalgia point.

Absolute defining album of indie-pop-rock in the naughties. Had several imitators, none as good. Beyond a few good later individual songs, The Killers peaked early with this album. All-round great tunes, with a couple of bangers that have turned into anthems that even the kids these days sing.

So many bangers—and there’s nothing wrong with that! No band was doing anything better in 2004 with New Wave and post-punk sounds. “Somebody Told Me” was a revelation. Is this the kind of 4.5 that warrants rounding up? Hmm.

Awesome Sound..

Enjoyed listing to this. Past Mr Brightside and Somebody told me I didn’t know too many. I didn’t enjoy the massively rocky ones. However loved Andy, You’re a star. In particular loved Everything will be alright. I listened to it while stressed on the tube how from work and the slow constant beat calmed me down and felt weirdly nostalgic! 3.5/5 for the album but 4.5 for Everything will be alright and Andy. You’re a star.

The people that say they like Killers, so they seem edgy in front of their peers...those people. Also, whispering quietly, it was better than I was expecting. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★★☆☆(6/10) Total reviewed : 398 Already owned : 89 Purchased : 21 To buy : 3 Nope : 285

solid run of songs beyond the most popular

Pure pop rock bliss. The songs are iconic and memorable.

Mr Brightside is a great song and there are a couple of other good ones. But overall I was surprised that this didn't grab me more. Too many of the songs sound the same and have similar tempos, making it a bit boring

Pretty much the whole of the first side is like a 'greatest hits' album, which is quite astonishing for a debut album. Of course the rest of the album *has* to be an anticlimax, but the initial heights make this a 4.

Odd album in that the commercially successful singles all kind of suck while the rest of the record isn't too bad. I didn't love it, but shockingly (to myself, anyway) I didn't hate it, either. 3 stars and I may give it a listen again at some point in time.

Saw them play at the Electric Ballroom, by chance, a few months before this album came out. They were opening for Stellastarr and we were chatting away at the back when they started, and then were like, 'Wait, who the hell are these guys?' You knew straight away they were going to be huge. They were so good live. And honestly, I'm a fan. Yes, the album has a better first half. Yes, there's some snobbery around about their lack of indie credentials, and their secondary borrowing from The Strokes et al. Yes, Sam's Town is a better album. But they do that stadium-friendly anthemic rock so well, and with heart and soul and fun. 4.5*

tempted to go 5 stars just because of how damn good Mr Brightside is and how much of a banger it still is 20 years later

Bien, por momentos un poco repetitivo. 3/5.

I feel like this is one of the defining albums of the 2000s.

3.5/5

3.5

Heard Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told Me before and I might be the only person on Earth to say this but I fucking hate these songs. You can imagine I wasn't too excited about listening to the album. Turns out these two singles are genuinely the worst songs on the entire album and the rest is quite nice British-esque early 00s rock 3/5

The hits from this album are bangers. The rest is on average decent with a couple of songs better and a couple worse.

I'm sorry, I do not care about anything else, I will still scream-sing Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told Me every time they come on. I actively make fun of All These Things That I've Done having the lyrics "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" because they are dumb, and yet I will scream them at the top of my lungs, tears streaming down my face, believing those words in that moment every time the song comes on. I'd argue the first six songs are basically the perfect album. It drops off some in the second half, outside of Change Your Mind, but not enough to hurt the album in any serious way. Hot Fuss is an all-timer. Andy You're A Star is probably the song that I ended up liking the most this time, something about it really grabbed me this time around.

Great album with many of their best songs on it.

Wow. Uh, I knew I liked a good number of these songs but I didn’t think I liked them this much. Honestly, I was debating a 5 for this album but decided that I would be more likely to put on individual songs from this album rather than the whole thing. Regardless, I was happy to see a little alternative music in this generator. Season: True Summer Favorite Song: All These Things That I've Done or Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll 

very fun and short enough to not overstay it's welcome!! I will say overall, there's a few songs I'm not a big fan of, but i think it's one of the best of the genre. This one would/could be a 4 for me bc it's a huge hit yes, but it's also common denominator thing. where it's generic enough I'd listen to it frequently but not remember a ton outside of the hits.

First half is generational. Second half is just okay, with one really bad song.

I already knew the hits of this album which heavily will influence me. As an album, it's very cohesive which is something I always appreciate. To me there weren't any standouts besides the songs I already know. Would want to give 3.75 so rounding to 4

Big songs but mid outside those

Pretty good - a little whiney, per usual for the killers

It's hard to rate this album on its own merits, because I really didn't like the follow up Sam's Town or any of the overblown bombastic nonsense the Killers have released since then. And you can hear the seeds of that here. The singles are bangers, of course, and the whole thing holds together well even if it is a little front-loaded. I'm in the mood to be generous to a great debut.

10/10

It's okay

meh

Indie Rock der melodiös geworden ist. Klasse.

The first handful of songs is really good, after that it kinda drops off a bit. No bad songs though

Kind of the epitome of a just fine album. Outside of Mr. Brightside, the album is just okay song that I couldn’t care less if they are playing or not. Nothing that I would turn off, but nothing I would request.

Mr. Brightside might be the most overplayed song of all time, but that doesn’t change the fact that this album rocks. This is the killers at their best

Super solid and enjoyable album. The first half is a 5 but the second half has no stand outs and kind of blends together for me.

Iconic single, distinct sound of its era.

I was born in the late 90s so I’m genetically predisposed to like this album

4.0/5 - catchy, cool. Fav Track: No particular preference for songs, but prefer the first main section of album up to the last 4 songs. (First part is a 4.2/5, from last 4 probably more like a 3.5/5)

Its great specially the first half

I audibly groaned when this album popped up on my screen. But then I caught myself singing along with "Mr. Brightside." So.... [shrugs]...

3.5

Its a okay album the forst few songs were pretty good especally mr brightside but i already have heard it because well its everywhere bit over all i have to give the entire album a 6/10 there not really that great songs other than mr brightside

some good, some bad

Well-crafted rock, I believe that in high school I would have loved it. The synths are superb

Decent album, but it didn’t catch ahold of me as it did others.

Hot Fuss is so much more than "Mr Brightside and friends," but it is also absolutely "Mr Brightside and friends." Such a joy to revisit.

Crazy how successful the first half of this album was. I feel like that’s hard in modern times for artists to put out so many hits from one album? Anyway, the second half was much better than I expected it to be. I didn’t hate it. Probably would give it a 5 if I wasn’t so “sick” of all the singles.

Picture yourself blowing through red lights, running away from home, and you've got this high-speed, energetic album.

I listen to a large amount of new music. Unfortunately for The Killers, most of it comes from Bandcamp. Downing the latest psych band from Chile or techno from Latvia, must have caused me to miss The Killers. The same goes for other billion stream acts like The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran. I know the names, but apparently not their music. Three billion streams for “Mr. Brightside”, with one billion of those in like24 hours? New to me. The same goes for “Some Told Me”, the other billion streamer on this record. It says much about me, and perhaps the broader audience for music. The album started bland, and stayed that way. It is the most unmemorable album on the list at this point. Slippery When Wet was a worse record, but at least stood out for some of its awful tendencies, and actually had one or two songs better than anything here. The songs churned along in an undistinguishable fashion. No hook, chorus nor instrumental passage made me stop and listen. Only its inoffensiveness prevented an even lower rating. At least give me a guilty pleasure, along the lines of admitting that McDonald’s fries can be good sometimes.

This was a really seminal album for me, came out my junior year of high school and was a stunning debut. They were my favorite of the strokes, white stripes, return to rock albums that came out around this time, I think their sound encapsulated a lot of things I’d started to get into (new wave, the smiths, the cure, post punk) and really worked for me. The whole album is so strong (absolutely epic opening) and they seemed so fully formed: great logo/iconography, cohesive sound, strong presence. I can’t believe it’s over 20 years old bc I still regularly listen to a lot of these songs. I just think it’s a remarkable album.

This released in the summer after my freshman year of college. I owned it and listened to it frequently. When I started playing this album for this project, I thought it was an automatic 5/5. And for the first five tracks, it absolutely is. But that's where it begins to fall off. It's not that the rest of the album is bad, it is just far weaker than that initial stretch.

ating: 5.0/5 Short Review: A debut packed with hooks. Hot Fuss mixes post-punk revival, new wave, and arena-sized choruses into one of the defining rock albums of the 2000s. Almost every track feels like it could have been a single. (en.wikipedia.org⁠) Favorite Track: “All These Things That I’ve Done.” That build, the soaring chorus, and the iconic “I’ve got soul, but I’m not a soldier” refrain make it unforgettable.

First time listener to this album - though clearly aware of the many singles. Had a suspicion I’d not be cool and would like this. I was right. It’s not indie rock and roll but it’s a 4 from me. Will probably never listen again though.

Actively dislike the synths and vocal effects/affects on this ine

Feel like I’ve heard the first half of the album dozens of times, only knew the final track form the back half. What does that say? Gets a four because of the number of bangers and the fact it contains the British National Anthem.

Just so much fun, felt like I was at a karaoke night. I can't believe how many hits came out of their DEBUT album, it's incredible. And the vocals are simply perfect.

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Definitely a high point of 2000s indie rock. I liked the various synths sprinkled throughout complimenting the guitars. 8.5/10.

8/10

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