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Loses steam in the back half… but damn, multiple iconic bangers throughout the front. A nostalgic blast and still packs its punch.
This is a fun album
GREATTTTTTT
BRUTAL
Ακούω το ψαγμενο λευκό συγκρότημα αγανακτισμένων φλωρων τους Δολοφόνους. Με το ΠΙΟ ψαγμενο κομμάτι κύριος Φωτεινοπλευρος. Strokes από τα Λίντλ. Δεν ήταν κακός δίσκος πάντως.
God damn that bass on the opening track had me excited to hear the rest of this as I had heard the singles here hundreds of times but never the full project. Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told Me (that synth is excellent) are both absolutely timeless songs that will never lose their appeal for me. Both are just some of the catchiest rock songs of the early 2000's with every band member locked in. Throughout the record I noticed how much I really like the drums, always keep the perfect tempo and are mixed to the perfect volume. Bass as well as that's usually not the first instrument I pick up on, but here is prominent and sounds amazing. Stronger first half, but as a whole everything here works together for a great record.
Not a bad album
6/10
First part make me feel like I am standing alone in a late night at Buenos Aires and my girlfriend just left me, and it's fucking humid. Like it, but nothing special.
Amazing album, it would be hard not to know “Mr. Brightside” and “Somebody Told Me” as they are so prominent even in sports and music culture. The album overall is very well made, but it’s very repetitive and songs sound all the same with the effects and sounds. I very quickly noticed that at some points there is a lot going on in the songs all at once. For example with “Smile Like You Mean It” there’s a specific part where it sounds like a barrage of synths just overlapping each other. Low point for me personally would be “Andy, You’re a Star” as until the ending, the song is very repetitive and a little boring. Mr. Brightside is the high point, on an album where the high is high and the lows are lower. I’ve came to the final verdict that if they would just GET RID OF THESE PAINFUL SYNTHS/ELECTRONIC JUMBLES this album would be a lot more fun to listen to. As a debut album nevertheless, I respect the music and would definitely say this is an album you must listen to at least once to experience it.
more of a 2.5. i'm feeling very 2004 today. the first half is undeniably fun & good, but there's a steep decline in the second half. the sound is very repetitive and you can truly feel it in the second half (even though there's change your mind in the second half and that's the best song in that half). to be honest i didn't really grow up listening to this (quite a bit young for that) so i don't hold a lot of nostalgia for this particular album, but i did listen to battle born incessantly in middle school so maybe i am biased.
whole bunch of bangers
smug, pompous, faux-anthemic, very calculated, and containing nothing nutritious one star
Seth - 3/5 Logan - 4/5
So you are killers, hope this album better commit suicide. Shockingly out-of-date, amazingly tacky, unbelievably fussy, are you guys all deaf??
Listen, songs about wanting to bang a girl get stale after a while. The music is great, but guys, if you have nothing interesting to say about the world you live in, just do instrumental music please.
A very good album, really.
Love this
I remember being so taken by this album when it came out. It was Duran Duran for the 00s. Radio friendly somewhat dark pop rock. I was positive Somebody Told Me would be the breakout hit, but here we are and Mr Brightside has viral status all these years later. Even the weaker songs on this album are at least enjoyable if not entirely catchy.
okay
Dude turns to Siouxsie midway one song
If I ever hear Mr Brightside again, I will put my head into a washing machine. Can’t deny this is an album packed with hits but I’ve heard them more than enough.
it’s a classic i love it 9/10
This album starts pretty well, with a trio of good songs that have very much entered the popular song cannon (to an extent for good reason, though I would like to catapult Mr Brightside into the sun, so much has it been overplayed). The rest of the album is less interesting though, and I can’t help but feel a bit empty from it. Other reviewers have made the comparison to The Killers’ home city of Las Vegas, and I think there’s a point there. It’s made to have mass appeal, but I’m left feeling as if I’ve encountered something a bit fake because of that.
A decent new wave/post-punk influenced album with a big emphasis on catchy ‘anthemic’ pop-rock tunes. It has three significant problems that took my score down, however: I’m not the biggest fan of Brandon Flowers’ voice, I could happily go the rest of my life without ever hearing ‘Mr Brightside’ again, and it’s pretty frontloaded with the stronger songs (‘All These Things That I've Done’ probably being my favourite of the lot) with the result that the back half is comparatively weak. A nice listen overall, but it didn’t leave much of a lasting impact on me. Decent 3 stars.
1) все инди (?) альбомы нулевых звучат одинаково и поняла я только на отдалении сейчас, 2) очень много бопов (включая ай гот соул - это они!?), 3) придушенный фальшивый вокал местами поддостал но в принципе не так как у франца ф (где к концу сильно альбом надоел)
I have heard the singles but never knew they comprised the front half of this album. One banger after another. The back half of the album is more rock than pop, a nice change that keeps your attention while still clearly showing off their skills and music writing. Midnight Show is my favorite of the non-hits.
Fyrri hlutinn mjög sterkur
Svoooo nálægt fimmunni. Þessi filler-lög voru ekki alveg nógu grípandi.
This album is great and always has been.
Hits!
Hot Fuss might be the best 90s album of 2004. I’d have to check. It’s totally ok. I’ve never been a big fan of The Killers but this is definitely not a bad album. It’s good. Middle of the road.
Mr Brightside I know is a classic, but funnily I’d never heard this until 3 years ago, when the killers headlined on the Saturday at Latitude, and I was going through some songs😂 My daughter couldn’t believe it….a couple of other decent songs this one, but I’m not into them, sorry
Really have a lot of nostalgia for this, thought me bright side would be the only good track but I was pleasantly surprised
First 4 are great Falls off in the middle Picks back up in the end Mr brightside wow 6/10
oof. I see here listed influences of post-punk and new wave. How could my favorite genres have led to this? I do not like it. synth sounds are pretty cool - but that bass on the first track made my ears bleed. I remember the first time I heard Mr. Brightside as one of the first times as a conscious human I was truly happy. I must have been in seventh grade. My parents sent me to a summer camp in another state for academically inclined youth. It was a life changing experience. It was where I found out what the "humanities" were - I instantly abandoned my childhood fascination with life science. The song had been out for ages at this point. One night there was a dance and I danced with the other kids, actually danced, unlike the dances at my middle school where I shrunk like a wallflower. They played this song last, and it was euphoric. The councilors had coreographed a special dance. During the song's final movment, we all ran into the center of the basketball court and reached for a glowstick a coucnellor held above our heads. I felt so understood, and so seen... I had found my people, and they are nerds. I made a steam account later that summer and my username is still 'brightcide.'
mehh por ahi...
I'm a "Mr. Brightside" hater not because it's a bad song but because it happened to me. Getting cheated on sucks. Anyways, it's The Killers, it's a fantastic album and there's some really interesting stuff happening musically. Standouts for me, personally, are "Smile Like You Mean It", "Somebody Told Me", "All These Things That I've Done", "Change Your Mind" and "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll". Most of this album is already on my playlist and absolutely is one of the top 100 albums you should hear before you die. 9.9/10
maybe top 5 of all time
I never, ever want to hear 'Mr. Brightside' ever, EVER again.
mid 5 over the last few months i have rinsed this album. i cannot get enough ( although i do skip mr brightside - ive heard it before ygm ). ive never listened to it before because i saw the killers as lame. something about their sound seems made to turn off serious indie fans. theyre just not cool. the strokes they aint. maybe its the synths? the slight "epicness" of it all? the earnestness? the way mr flowers looks like hes running for office in kentucky? that lameness is certainly still here but now it just brings a smile to my face as i belt out the words to "believe me natalie". the credit all goes to mr brandon flowers. he has a knack for bringing catchy little hooks to the quite basic backing. his voice is great, so singalongable. no idea what the words mean but they bring a great rhythm "I need direction to perfection, no, no, no, no Help me ooout" my fellow music writer/critic robbie cottom said the second half is all duds. well off the mark robs, its all studs. i was going to list some favs but it was all of them. as good as the first half but less overplayed. 10/10, glamorous stadium rock n roll, it's time.
I REALLY LIKED IT
I was pleasantly surprised with this album. I've never had anything against The Killers and I've enjoyed most of their big singles, but this album rocks. It's probably closer to a 4.5, but I'm not sure if I'd put it at a 5. It very well could be though.
One of the most popular bands of the 2000s... Deservedly? The 2000s were admittedly not a great time for music in general. Many of the list's 2000s albums are lacking in quality. This album is no exception; I just found it to be utterly terrible. Even though the album spawned a lot of hits, I found those hits to be mediocre at best, annoying at worst I really don't care for the vocalist's voice, and the band's sound is not very interesting at all. I see this as boring 2000s arena pop tripe, which is weird as I like arena rock from 30 years earlier. Either way, I find the Killers' songs boring and sometimes annoying, and I don't get how they were anywhere near as popular as they were. I was going to give it a 2, but the closer being an ode to landfill indie made it a 1. I'm sorry, millennials. This album is ranked #2 of 24 albums for 2004. Other 2004 albums rated by me: Smile(9/24)-2 Heroes to Zeros(13/24)-1 Rejoicing in the Hands(19/24)-2
One of my favorite albums ever.
Can’t argue with these anthems Noticed heavy distorted synth use
generous 3. radio bait, offensively boring sometimes. indie rock track made my skin crawl lol. millenial-core
own
Lots of good stuff on this album, but it definitely teeters off as it gets towards the end
Fun album with at least 5 great tracks.
This comes close to 5 territory, but a few of the songs don’t quite get there. Still, this album has a lot going for it.
It's hard to rate this one objectively because this album is: - closing down Bimbos and Clever Dunnes and the Roanoke - stealing drags off cigarettes, pitchers of Pabst, and never bothering to shower after a night at the bars - deeply side-parting my hair even tho it's curly and can't really approximate that uber hipster look - low cut Joes jeans with an iPod jammed in the back pocket - racing to Crystal on NYE after work with this album blasting, possibly feeling like I was finally leading the kind of cool life I'd only seen on TV growing up But even without the nostalgia, it's not hard to argue that no one nailed hipster pop rock as much as these guys. & how is the *whole* album (except maybe 'Believe Me Natalie') so darn catchy?
Front loaded with classics, then forgettable filler
besides mr brightside, this album has quite a few bangers up its sleeve Would I listen again: yes Deserves to be on this list: yes 4.1
No, ei voi sanoa, että musiikillisesti paskaa. Amerikan poptehtaasta tullut pop-levy, joka on minulle jokseenkin yhdentekevä. 2/5
The hits on this album make up for the weaker few songs. Still a solid album, but with Mr. brightside that's not hard.
A ok
I mostly missed this one except for "Somebody Told Me" and "Mr. Brightside". I really like "Somebody Told Me" but I really hate "Mr. Brightside". Every time it comes on I'm disappointed that it isn't the perennially delightful "Mr. Blue Sky". It's fine, I guess. Overall, it's not something I'd put on for myself. If someone else wants it I wouldn't be offended (except for "Mr. Brightside". Bro, limerence: look it up).
Incredible debut, banger after banger, it's so easy to get into and there's always a track you relate to at any given moment. So good.
73/100 incredibly frontloaded album, and the last song was trash
5/5 own this album and listened many times.
"Eso que ves no es el cielo es una pantalla led." Esto es periodismo gonzo sirviendo las vísceras de mi corazón a lo Anthony Bourdain para digerir MI cena favorita: Hot Fuss de The Killers, el gran refrito de lo que quedó del post-punk revival. Esta es una resurrección calculada. Yo soy una mujer que basa su personalidad en la de un padre divorciado. Así que Hot Fuss apareció para resolverme la escena. Esa semana supuestamente estaba la reunión donde leyeron el acta de defunción del punk. Mucha gente de camisa y corbata dando por muerto a un género, dejando a los resacosos del grunge sin invitación al funeral, acá hay algo raro. Pero estoy muy cansada para ponerme a pelear. Esta modernidad líquida me está matando. Otra vez estoy desarmada en la cama por otro amor que admire como dios y terminó siendo un caballero modernista. Como fascinarse por las luces de neon para después se apague y deje con el frío tubo fluorescente. Lo último que supe es que el punk nos dejó de herencia un vertedero indie y que el tiempo no nos vuelve extraños sino más bien conocidos más puntuales. Estoy celosa del tiempo que mata géneros sin previo aviso y deja que me cruce con caballeros que saben que Mr. Brightside es MI canción para momentos especiales. Al final somos víctimas de Baudelaire y los paraísos artificiales que nos tocaron. Eso que ves no es el cielo es una pantalla led. Eso que tiene guitarras es un disco que piensa como sintetizadores. Ese que ahora actúa como un extraño en realidad sabe más puntualmente cosas sobre vos. La cuestión es si seguir cambiando los plafones por neón o dejar de comer refrito esperando al día de que el cielo se quede sin señal. Mientras tanto el simulacro ofrece a The Strokes frente al tele sin control parental. Interpol en las esquinas vendiendo estampitas de Joy Division. Nadie se preocupaba de Franz Ferdinand que lo entretuvieron con el dance-punk. Brandon Flowers quería ser Oasis. El problema era el accidente de nacimiento en Las Vegas. En ese desierto solo llegaban mixtapes de New Order, Duran Duran y The Smiths. Se pasó quemando el tiempo sacando la mejor imitación de la voz de Morrissey pero terminó aprovechando que sonaba más a Springsteen y no lo confundan con Interpol. Los que soñamos con un cielo estrellado y un amor vivo a veces nos tenemos que conformar con turistas fugaces y construir nuestros hoteles de neón. En esta resurrección moderna hay que calcular bien la exageración del entretenimiento porque en cada chiste se puede filtrar la realidad atemporal. Jeff Saltzman y Mark Needham entendieron el truco. Las guitarras tenían que dejar aire como Interpol. Los bajos caminar como New Order. Los coros tenían que brillar como el new wave. Y Brandon Flowers tenía que actuar cada canción como si Bruce Springsteen hubiera nacido en un casino. Porqué Hot Fuss envejece como los mejores chistes de la gente con la que saliste en tu grupo de amigas. No porque sigan siendo graciosos. Sino porque siguen diciendo exactamente quiénes éramos pero dándole un remate distinto. Arctic Monkeys hereda la ambición. The 1975 roba los sintetizadores. Bleachers convierte el drama en nostalgia. Two Door Cinema Club acelera el remate. Imagine Dragons descubre que si le pone más epica la gente compra más. M38 hace que el chiste suene artificial. En este casino nada es lo que parece “Somebody Told Me” nunca confirma quien beso a quien. “Mr. Brightside” sonó como un recuerdo celoso que me cambia toda la música para que la letra nunca cambie. “Smile Like You Mean It” te obliga a que la pases bien entre tanto boquinche mientras ves como desperdicias tu tiempo. “All These Things That I´ve Done” se convierte en un mantra que nadie termina de entender, ni quieren intentar explicar. Pero Andy, You re a Star que tiene que seguir cumpliendo en la realidad. En este paraíso artificial sentate frente a un refrito es lo único que te hace real. Tenes un alma, no sos un soldado, ese amor que le dejaste que el tiempo se encargará no se vuelve ajeno sino un cómplice más preciso. Porque las cosas que contamos sobreviven esperando que algún día le expliquen algo al otro cuando los dos no terminamos de entender si eso que se ve es el cielo o una pantalla led.
One of those albums which I played a lot when it first came out but which I don’t think I have listened to as a whole for over 20 years. It’s a bit dominated by its hits (especially *that* one) but overall it’s held up pretty well.
First five songs are amazing. Falls off after that.
Cocktail recipe: 1 part Strokes 1 part Interpol/Turn on the Bright Lights 1 part stadium-anthem U2 spritz with Robert Smith & The Cure for drama and carbonation garnish with synths and good looks This was actually better than I remember, but it still feels derivative and manufactured. Well done, but not for me. Good Lord, I hated the "Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll" the lyrics the sentiment the AUTOTUNE, so much that I'm tempted to call this a 2. 2.5/5, planned on begrudgingly rounded up, but when faced with the decision of clicking the stars, rounded down.
I think I could find this album irritating in the right mood, and I think I would probably dislike Brandon Flowers on a personal level but I love his voice here. The line between good music and bad music (internally, for me, in my opinion, etc) is so interesting. Lot of little elements that if they were slightly different I'd be looking at a two instead of a four here. We've had other bands that sound similar that I rated low for the same things The Killers are doing here but it mostly works on Hot Fuss. 243 albums into this, plenty of others I've listened to on my own time, and I'm not sure I'm any closer to any kind of big understanding. Oddly satisfying.
More and more I find I need to be in the mood for this record. I've listened to it many times, and sometimes it's exactly the vibe I'm looking for... others it's good but I know that I not in the mood for it. But overall it's excellent songwriting for what they're trying to do. It has catchy hooks, good riffs, interesting themes, and overall great production. It covers a variety of topics, each of which are done well. So it's a great album, but I find it's one that I kind of have to be in the mood for. But even when I'm not, I can't deny that it's still a great record.
I love this album I know that technically and musically there's better out there but it gives me so much joy
Definitely a nighttime album. Listened at 9 PM while biking around suburban Minnesota in 80 degree weather, probably the exact environment the band imagined people playing this album in. First five songs are instant classics. Love the horn sounds in Believe Me Natalie.
Holy hell. The mega hits are so fucking fatiguing in hindsight here. Also why do we all have bad core memories to Mr. Blindside. Nah but these dudes really nailed the formula for college rock man. Despite how annoyingly overplayed a lot of this shit is, they just had that IT factor to get everyone to bump this shit. I’m quite surprised with how enjoyable some of the deep cuts are. It’s nothing spectacular, the writing is pretty mid, it’s just fun 2000’s indie pop rock. On the other hand, it feels like they are the modern ACDC. Just spamming the same basic ass formula that worked on a couple singles over every single song. Seriously why does half this album just feel like one long song? I haven’t dug deep enough into the killers to know if they were one album wonders, but it honestly wouldn’t surprise me. Fav song: glamourus indie rock & roll Update: Apparently Brandon Flowers cosplays as Bruce Springsteen now. Jesus.
Instantly iconic. There is a reason these songs are played at every function. This feels like a true movie soundtrack it’s just great rock music. Yeah it’s of its time now but back during the early 2000s this more commercial sound was still dirty and a bit more chewable than some of the other Brit music of the era. The band is all so tight songs like Midnight snow really feel like a full spectrum of that the killers can be. The speed and the slower somber moments. This whole record just knows exactly what it wants to be and it’s damn good at it. Compared to the contemporaries of the time this actually does quite well to stand out it doesn’t want to sound like anything it becomes its own thing! Glamorous indie rock and roll is a true critique but also may potentially mark the end of a era . Where Indie went from fringe to mainstream and realistically has stayed since to have the foresight of what the scene would be like in the 2020’s. This album set the groundwork for so many indie classics and I love it for that
It’s hard to give this album any lower than a 8/10 - multiple big hits that helped to define a musical era. It’s a bit one note but not in a bad way. It’s interesting too to listen to these songs in a context where people aren’t scream singing them at a wedding or other celebration too - there’s a bit more nuance than I would’ve expected. Great album today, happy to be back :)
Smile Like You Mean It is a very special song to me, but this whole album was getting played while I drove around aimlessly in the PNW. Vaguely familiar from early childhood memories but maybe not because I was two when it came out. Reminds me of wasting too much money on gas and getting nothing done outside of looking at pine trees.
Honestly mid other than the 1st track
Nocturno. Cada canción parece ocurrir a las 3am cuando la ciudad sigue encendida. Romantiza el momento en el que la euforia comienza a a ser disipada con el amanecer.
Solid, upbeat rocker.
I mean, 4 songs in, this is a generational album. Maybe defined kings of leons whole career but it’s better and more anthemy. It’s very hard to make interesting good anthem rock but this is it. Mr brightside is obviously one of the best songs ever. Somebody told me also. It’s like more new wavey strokes. Still good throughout but the beginning of the album is for sure better. Underrated rhythms across the whole album I never really noticed the at with the killers. Overall the album slows down from the beginning but still just high level of quality. The production can be a bit much at times but that’s nitpicky I really like the melody’s. Chantable and good. This is a 4
The first half is… … …killer.
Well this is just a classic I tie back to a few specific summers. Their sound certainly set them apart from other indie rock acts of the time. The songwriting is excellent
343/1001 The Killers - Hot Fuss Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ One of those pivotal albums that turned me into a music fan. Yes, I played it to death and Mr Brightside still gets a hell of a lot of airtime and yes, it's very top heavy, but I still love this.
This banger of an album absolutely deserves to be on this list. Such a classic. So many hit singles and legendary songs. (5)
Holy shit this album hit so hard in 7th grade. I haven’t listened to it all the way through since then, but it definitely holds up for me.
Nostalgia bomb from the early 2000s. The first half is full of hits. 4/5
One of the most important albums in my life - the first side of it soundtracked my early teenage years, they were the first concert (after a dozen or so) where I got right up close and I discovered that there's more to music than classic rock and Metallica! Such a tight album, amazing bass. Evocative.
This album was my first CD this band was my first band. After them there was never again just listening to the radio. I am not that big of a fan anymore, probably never was but they introduced me to music and I am eternally grateful.
1. Jenny ⭐️ 2. Mr Brightside ⭐️ 3. Smile Like you Mean it: ⭐️ 4. Somebody Told me: ⭐️ 5. All These Things 6. Andy you’re a star ❌ 7. On Top 8. Change Your Mind 9. Believe Me Natalie 10. Midnight Snow 11. Everything Will be alright ❌ 12. Glamorous Indie ❌
pretty good for a debut
Mr Brightside is such a classic + HM to Andy you're a star
chef kiss
week second half keeps this from hitting a 5
This album holds up extremely well. I wore this CD out in 2004 and kind of wish it had stayed in my rotation.
The Mr. Brightside-Smile Like You Mean It-Somebody Told Me run is one of the better 3 song runs of the 2000s.
The chorus on "Somebody Told Me" may be the best chorus of the entire decade. The rest of the song doesn't match how much I love that chorus. This is a good rock album but by the end it all started to sound the same.
4.5 - This isn't my favorite album by the Killers, but it's still good enough to round up to five stars.
This album is great. This is the album that got The Killers famous and it's their debut album. Mr Brightside is a true masterpiece, but the album also isn't a one trick pony. The second half of the album doesn't live up to the first half, but I don't think that matters.
The first half of this album is filled with certified classics. The second half is mostly new to me, but didn't disappoint. Amazing album.
The hits are hits, but even the big ones have flaws (maybe, baby, please?) but not enough in the rest of the tracklist to grab my attention. Flowers has quite the limited vocal range and while I enjoy some nice new wave / alt voices in his range he almost never gets close to the frantic performance of Mr Brightside. ”When you were young” from a later release is the type of energy I think he should be bringing. This is mostly just boring.
Awesome album!
Hints of U2 cannot save it from the MTV house party vibe.
I hot fussing hate how much I enjoy this
Nice, I enjoyed hearing the hits. Good to put them in context
First album. Have listened to Mr. Brightside a lot! Delving deep into the thick of it!
this is literally the best best….i’ve actually heard mr. brightside before and it’s my favvvv. song… all other songs were nice i could listen to it again 9.5/10
The hold that this album has over the UK needs to be studied. I was never that into them, listening again now I can't argue that it kicks off with a lot of very memorable (but maybe not excellent tracks). The second half is real bad, almost lowered the score.
So hot
A banger of it's oeuvre 3.5
It's weird to remember that "The Killers vs. Franz Ferdinand" ever felt like a relevant comparison, and even though I was Team FF, this is the album that gave us the "Don't Stop Believin'" of the 2000s, so it's hard to argue with that
One of my absolute favourite albums. 10/10! There's hardly a weak track here. Starts strong with Jenny, then their megahit in Mr Brightside. Smile like you mean it is another banger. Then you get another couple big hits in Somebody Told Me and All these things that I've Done (which is my personal favourite of the singles) The rest of the album keeps up the pace, too. On Top, Believe me Natalie, everything will be alright and finishing off with my favourite of the whole album in Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll. I reckon this is a contender for best album release post 2000.
It’s pretty good. Very top heavy but i can see why it’s influential
O álbum é legal no geral e tem algumas músicas que são bem legais. O interessante é que esse disco é da época da minha adolescência e naquele tempo eu definitivamente não gostava, mas ouvindo agora achei até legal. Celest x Versekeys Ultra-Sense Planet.
Nothing particularly original going on, but this is a solid 3.5 album all day long. Just some amazingly catchy tunes.
peak. i feel like an american woman who has just broken up with her boyfriend and has gone to a remote village house in England during the holidays and can't sleep due to jet lag so decides to listen to some bangers
Hyvää modernia rokkia, jossa kosketinsoittimet on keskeisessä osassa. Parhaat biisit oli levyn alussa, mutta kokonaisuus on kuitenkin melko tasainen.
It ain’t no fuss!!!
I always think very highly of this album, but after listening to it for the first time in a few years I’m not so keen on the second half
Me gusta mucho, mi cancion favorita del album es Mr.Brightside. Me recuerda a la tipica intro de peliculas de high school. Me ha gustado mucho
Really hate The Killers
One of the best records of the aughts. I listened to this record so many times. I still love it. 10/10
Never really been a big fan but there are some decent songs on the album, despite being a little cringey
Álbum bem decente. Me surpreendeu positivamente
I remember once reading someone’s assessment that the worst rock and roll songs are the ones with “rock and roll” in the title, and I now believe that goes double for “indie rock and roll”.
This was a real struggle. In some ways I hear their influences in the music and feel like this album is partially a tragedy of the era it was recorded. What if they had put down the big guitar sound and leaned more into like older-Cure types sounds. Maybe the songs would have come out better. Another thing I just couldn't ignore this listen is how just outrageously incel the lyrics are for the majority of the album. Things outside of the actual listen that affect my rating: I love Richard Kelly's Southland Tales which gives this strange feeling of a dark and insane mirror version of the early aughts. It features a full blown choreographed scene featuring 'All These Things That I've Done' and it was so bizarre and fun that it makes me enjoy the song more. I think it's the most redeemable song on here. Lastly, the thing that makes it the hardest to take seriously is that I was just a bit too old for this album when it first was released. I was seeing a lot of 13/14 year old boys trying adroitly to assemble their identities with a dark wash denim / vest combo. I don't even know who the collateral was in this situation, the album or the kids. This is the perfect album for a a young teen boy to get dumped over AOL instant messenger to in 2004.
I’m never quite sure if the Killers are brilliant or ridiculous but on this album they get the benefit of the doubt - it’s full of bangers
all timer for a reason. some of these songs GUARANTEED to get white people dancing
Jenny was a friend of mine - 4 Mr. brightside - 5 Smells like you mean it - 4 Somebody told me - 5 All these things that i've done - 5 Andy, you're a star - 3 On top - 3 Change your mind - 3 Believe me natalie - 3 Midnight show - 4 Everything will be alright - 2 Glamorous indie rock & roll - 3
Knew so many of these songs, even if I didn't recognize the titles.
Not really my vibe. 6/10
The first half of this album is incredibly strong. It is packed with that early 2000s alternative rock sound, mixed with the new wave revival style that helped make The Killers stand out so much at the time. These are big, catchy, dramatic songs that feel made to be blasted in the car and sung way louder than your vocal range can responsibly handle. The hooks are sharp, the energy is high, and there’s a reason so many tracks from this album still feel instantly recognizable. The second half isn’t bad by any means. There are still some good rhythms, melodies, and ideas in there, but it does feel like the album loses a little steam after such a stacked opening run. It’s not that the later songs are weak exactly, but they don’t quite reach the same level as the first half. There are also a few lyrical choices from Brandon Flowers that get a little strange near the end (let's learn to take "no" for an answer please). So overall, Hot Fuss is definitely a front-loaded album, but when the front half is this good, that still counts for a lot. It’s nostalgic, stylish, catchy, and packed with songs that still have a ton of life in them.
This is a great album for the right time and moment. Four stars
2 absolute bangers on this album, and 10 good songs. That doesn’t make a 1000 best albums list for me. That means this band should have at least two spots in a lengthy best songs list. 3 stars
Great hauntingly sad but also fun album, really unique sound. Got to love mr brightside
This is car windows down with my friends on summer evening music. The blend of pop and alt rock with drive and energy behind it pushes through the first half of the album. The second, a little more down tempo and introspective, but never maudlin nor sappy. I dig it. Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine Mr. Brightside Smile Like You Mean It Somebody Told Me All These Things That I've Done
The Killers are alright in my book. Mr. Brightside will be played in bars, stadiums, and cover shows for the rest of our lives and that ain't a bad thing. Couple other big hits on this album are nice to enjoy again after not hearing them in a few years. Many of the popular rock revival acts of our youth have faded into relative-obscurity but the Killers have done a good job hanging on without becoming cringe or the openers for the Jonas Brothers (I'm looking at you, All-American Rejects). Kudos to them
Knew the hits but never listened to the full thing. There's some later Killers stuff that I like, most of it produced by Jonathan Rado, but I think Flowers is a talented frontman. Not really something I'd go out of my way to listen to again but catchy and worth sitting down with.
The singles do a lot of heavy lifting on this album. They're good, fun, poppy rock. The rest of the songs are decent enough, but there's nothing that stands out.
Några låtar är jag beredd att dö för trots det en ojämn platta. 3,5
Tre eller fyra kanske?
För mig otroligt nostalgiskt vilket gör det svårt att bedöma, men blev väldigt glad över att lyssna på det här albumet. Var förvånad över att jag typ fortfarande kunde alla texter även om jag inte lyssnat på det på säkert 10-12 år. Blir en levnadsglad fyra även om det är lite löktöntigt på sina håll!
2004 var jag som djupast i subkulturträsket och under några månader lyssnade jag enbart på black och dödsmetal. Jag var ganska snart tvungen att erkänna för mig själv att jag föredrar melodidriven musik, men jag missade i alla fall det här indietåget när det gick. Det innebär att nostalgifaktorn för mig är begränsad, utöver ”Mr brightside”, ”somebody told me” och ”all these things that I’ve done”. En ren och i stora stycken nostalgifri lyssning ger vid handen att det här är en nästan fläckfri pop n roll-skiva. Hittig som ett helvete.
Fascinerad över personer som kan sjunga falskt och ändå få det att låta bra! Där är han stark alltså. Annars då? Håller det fortfarande? Svar - ja. Stor mängd hits! Vissa kanske är lite keffare än vad jag kommer ihåg från när man va junior men de e bra.
hmmm det har ju på ett sätt format mig men kommer jag lyssna igen?? inte just nu
Hade det inte varit för nostalgin hade det knappt blivit en tvåa för det är inte mycket jag gillar här. Vissa sekvenser är okej men sen börjar jag tänka på de lökiga trumnmorna, den ofta fåniga texten som levereras utan riktig känsla, basen som är överallt och ingenstans i myllret av synthar och gitarrer och distad sång. Trots att det ska vara kall och deppig musik gör avsaknaden av mänsklig värme i leveransen att det inte berör alls. När jag tänker efter tror jag aldrig att jag gillade Killers, det var mer något man skulle lyssna på och eftersom det snurrade på p2 så måste det ju vara bra. Slut på sågning. Ps. lite tråkigt ändå att jag inte lyckades tajma in deras spelning på hemmaplan i Las Vegas
So many good songs 4
Honestly it was fine..!! Enjoyed it quite a lot!
Dunno what to think about this. There's definitely some bangers on here, but I'm also sick of hearing them on the radio
A couple of hits. Nothing else stood out to me.
I'll be honest I didn't finish this one cuz it was late and I was getting a headache (unrelated to the album) but its got some bangers rest was alright though not necessarily my cup of tea
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Forgotten how good this was. Plenty of energy throughout and each track has something slightly different about it. A proper ablum.
An extremely strong debut album. I liked this quite a lot. The Killers are also one of my fav bands. Mr. BRIGHTSIDE was one of the songs I heard the most during my time in the U.K.
Alternative rock, dance-punk revival, new wave, art rock, synth-pop, dance-rock. The genre labels for The Killers’ debut album "Hot Fuss" explain my problem with the band’s sound and my lack of interest. Because, honestly, I don’t hear any new wave here (how could I? It’s a genre label from the eighties), above all, I certainly don’t hear any art rock, and terms (and concepts) like dance-rock (sic!) and dance-punk (SIC!!) are enough to put me off for good. What I hear is that typical highly agitated vocals that eventually became established in alternative rock, along with a wall of sound made up of guitars and a few keyboard sounds that clash with the singer’s bleating. Of course, Brendan Flowers can sing well, but I wish he wouldn’t yell every note at full throttle. This music lacks variety and dynamic changes; almost everything seems to be cranked up to the max. I’ve heard worse, but “Glamorous Indie Rock’n’Roll” (that’s a track on the album) is absolutely not my cup of tea.
Would I listen again: yes It was cool, obviously a couple songs I already knew. Wasn’t obsessed with it though
Me encanta este álbum, es una gran representación de la mezcla de todo lo que una persona siente en el amor; duda, deseo, enamoramiento, etc. Me gusta mucho cómo logran combinar todos estos sentimientos y los transforman en canciones que se han vuelto himnos.
Perfecto para mood de jueves ;)
I liked it enough to buy the album at the time, the singles are still good and have their place as popular karaoke options, but it ms near the bottom in my list of songs to return to
Very good overall.
The first half of this album is insane. Just banger after banger. But I will defend the 2nd half. I think a lot of tracks on the back half are as good as the tracks on the 1st. They just don't have the instant appeal that most of the 1st half does.
Heavy handed pop
Such a great album - bangers all the way through
Buen rock
It’s always interesting rating an album you think you know but on a relisten discover there’s quite a bit more to it than you realised. Starting with the hits, Mr Brightside through to All These Things I Have Done is a supreme set of hits that don’t sound that bad at all 20 years on. They are catchy but with quality guitar and drums too, if not groundbreaking. Definite anthems of the 2000s and for a debut album it’s impressive. The album does suffer from being so front loaded though. There are some decent songs in the second half, but also some duds that sound a bit confused with the mixture of electronic and instrumental sounds. Equal parts strong nostalgia and a set of songs I will keep returning to, and songs that do very little for me!
This was an interesting time for the genre as to me The Killers were for sure part of a fairly significant sweeping change where Rock blended with electronic sounds and there were many bands like this with their own take on it. Personally, I preferred the more mellow of the time Cold Play and the complete opposite side of the spectrum with the Libertines. I saw the more chaotic Libertines live but can't see that I would ever have chosen to see glam of The Killers. I think this is where this review is taking me just a long long list of bands that I prefer that not only were of the time but had a reason to exist in this same electro or indie rock band space. Artic monkeys, bloc party, Stokes, etc etc. I think in conclusion this is just so much part of my noughties experience and one defined by taste rather than quality. I do like The Killers in that they exist in this space I occupy, but they just didn't hit the big time in my world. Controversially I have come to dislike Mr. Brightside (played to death beyond its merit). I think it summarises my ultimate view of them. Great sound but with an overly polished veneer which makes the whole thing a little too "bright" and has the consequence of making it seem a little too dressed up and perfect, so its soul is degraded a tad.
Look, there are a few catchy pop-rock tracks on here. The problem is that I have been continuously blugeoned with them at every party, night out, or open mic night since I was 15 until they have lost all meaning. I'm getting flashbacks of everyone having to pretend, pissed, at 2am that they are ecstatic at hearing Mr Brightside for the 10,000th time. Sitting down and listening to this album critically also allows me to add shite production quality to the list of sins. It's the "Let's make a loud noise" school of music production, completely negating any chance of hearing any instruments in detail. Like a lot of popular music from this era, I feel like the extremely low bar at the time has artificially elevated some very mediocre bands. The killers are the absolute epitome of this. The only reason this isn't a 1 is because they unfortunately formed a significant part of the soundtrack to my teenage years.
C’est vraiment l’album idéal pour un début d’été ! Plein de vie et de bonnes ondes j’ai adoré
3.5
Tempted to give it a 4 because it plays well and because it represents well that era. I agree with GJS on this album The nicest discovery is Everything will be alright
A very good album to listen to once a year. Any more than that would be overplaying some already overplayed songs. 3.5
Mid af. Todas las canciones suenan muy parecido, rock sin mucha gracia, medio adolescente forzado. Solo destaca Mr. Brightside y PONELE que On top, tiene alguna gracia. El resto super repetitivo. Seguro hay 1001 álbumes mejores que este. Everything will be alright la canción mas trillada de la historia. Glamourous indie rock and roll está buena, la agregué a mi playlist. Por qué el cantante canta como si la estuviese pasando mal che? 4/10
La seule chanson que je connaissais de cette album c’était Mr.Brightside et malheureusement c’était la meilleur donc je n’ai pas été agréablement surpris. Même si j’ai parfois bien aimé leur performance musicale, les paroles des musiques ne m’ont pas transcendé. Je préfère largement David Bowie qui j’ai regardé était l’une de leurs inspirations majeures
pas exactement mon style perso mais j’ai bien aimé certaines musiques même si je pourrais pas écouter ça tout le temps
Connaissais déjà, y'a de très bons titres (Mr.Brightside) et d'autres moins bien...
During the summer before eighth grade, I got involved in my first social media site, the now defunct Quizilla. You could make quizzes, write stories, collaboratively create "choose your own adventure" stories, and engage in other writing-based activities. I started writing a serialized detective story called "Detective Faineant" and amassed a dedicated fanbase of one person. Her screen name was ILoveVampires123, and we struck up a correspondence on the website's chat feature. I don't remember that much about her, except for the following facts: she lived in Florida, her real name started with an M, she loved vampires (presumably), and her favorite song was "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers. She asked me to be her boyfriend, but I turned her down—I didn't want my first girlfriend to be over the computer. I kind of had a crush on her, but I think really, I just liked her adoration. From time to time, I wonder about her—where is she now? Does she still write? Love vampires? Enjoy "Mr. Brightside"? I think I can comfortably say the answer to the last question is yes. Hot Fuss is a solid, fun rock album that I've never listened to, aside from the iconic aforementioned "Mr. Brightside," which is practically the millennial "Don't Stop Believing." And I've heard "Somebody Told Me," though it's never grabbed me in quite the same way. The album is sleekly produced. Packed with catchy melodies, memorable riffs, glittering synths. It lags a bit in the second half, but overall, it's a great album of the mid-2000s, and contains one of the most important songs for my generation. And it will forever be associated with my almost first online girlfriend. The review goes out to you, ILoveVampires123. I hope you're doing well.
oh i’ve heard this. there are like three amazing songs on this thing that work as closers and the one they chose sucks ass. the rest of the album is sick though.
the radio hit songs were annoying as they have been so overplayed, but the deeper cuts were better than I thought they would be. solid 3.5-4
can't put a finger on why i don't like this, its sonically OK, i like the harmonizing parts and guitar sound. i missed this when i was a teen because it was lame radio rock and i hated all that new york/london stuff, i was obsessed with joy division and all the post punk revival stuff felt soulless and gross, a weird imitation of something lost. it was a bleak time culturally if anyone can't remember it was the bush era, not the y2k, reality tv was happening etc... a real era for slop and this takes me back (deragatory). sometimes the songs sound like theyre building to something good and then go to a crescendo thats just unsatisfying. like k liked the intro on the first track andy youre a star until the chorus, but didnt really like any song all the way thru ans skipped a few tracks, especially when they kept trying to move into a grand sound halfway thru. also the cover art feels sinophobic idk
First half is great but the latter half is just not memorable.
I really dig the vibes, feels like summer and I listened to it a few times over. There were some songs I didn’t like as much, mainly Andy, You’re A Star and Everything Will Be Alright; I really liked All These Things That I’ve Done.
Such a great album! Loved it when it first came out. Great live act too!
Loved this album when it was first released, and obviously continues to make its imprint on the general public
gli avrei dato anche 4 perché ci sono grandi pezzi però in effetti non tutti mi convincono
I didn't realize I knew so many songs by The Killers. This album was ok. A little boring sometimes. I always felt like Brandon Flowers has a little bit of this flatness to his voice that I'm not super into. Maybe it's because he stays on the same note a lot of the time? I'm not sure. I do like Mr. Brightside though, I think that's the highlight of the album. I always thought Somebody Told Me was weird lol.
soooooo generisch
I saw The Killers live once and had a good time. The ultimate posers I suppose. Most of this album missed but I was down with a couple tracks.
I think I have no grown enough as a person to give this a proper go. I actually thought the kids would be rather pumped on this, but the just wandered off. So what do I think? When it comes down to it, we are here to rate albums. And a couple of massive singles an album does not make.
Killer
The first half of the album is probably stronger, but it’s a really good record from start to finish. Just ignore how overplayed the songs were and try to just take them for what they are. There’s some great tracks, particularly “Glorious Indie Rock and Roll” and “Jenny was a Friend of Mine”. The massive success of the record does take away any cool factor, but it’s still great.
5 star album if you remove Mr Brightside.
An album that has aged as well as anything from this century. Didn't do much for me at the time, but a definite classic that will continue to gain lovers of it for decades.
This was the most formative album of my childhood. It's perfect, no notes.
All bangers. Yes the second half is not as good, but it’s unfair to say that they only have three of the best rock songs of the decade on this record. An all-timer.
Easy 5 - great debut album. Second half is better than people think even if there not chart toppers.
The first half is just one banger after another, but the second half of the album is just a bunch of lackluster, mediocre tracks
first half is great because of the nostalgia. second to last song started strong, has some Portishead vibes in the instrumental that I enjoyed. but the vocals destroyed that vibe. last song is horrific im sorry
It's actually hard to believe this is their debut studio album, as the album starts off with hit after hit. Having said that, the first five songs start out really strong and then the album really drops off in quality for me personally after that. While I like The Killers and I will always listen to their hits, they've never been a band that I felt like becoming a big fan of or delving deeper into their catalogue. I also don't see the big appeal of Brandon Flowers like some people do. In fact, we saw them live once because several friends told us how good their shows were, and I thought Flowers was just mediocre as a front man and the rest of the band seemed bored. But, I will always crank up "Mr. Brightside" and sing along with it, so just for that the album was worth listening to.
son míticos, muy buenas canciones
Enjoyable. A few bangers but not my favorite through-and-through
way better than i remembered, the big songs are still bangers and the rest of the album is surprisingly strong
A blast of nostalgia. I used to love The Killers back in the mid-late noughties and it still stands up as a very good album. The first 6/7 tracks are so so good, and I'm even including 'that' one. Mr Brightside has completely lost any meaning due to being the most overplayed song of all time, but if I take myself back to 14 year old me, it's a banger. All These Things That I've Done is still one of my favourites by The Killers, there's a couple of tracks near the end that are just 'ok' but the album closer Indie Rock and Roll is fantastic. It's not quite Sam's Town, but still a brilliant record.
The first 8 tracks: no skips, just about perfect. Then it randomly takes a nosedive for the last few. As a millennial, this album is massively important in my life - it was a big deal with just about everyone. And I listened to it so much. The Killers just always has this thing where they include some absolute shit songs alongside really good ones on their albums. Every album they’ve made. The good songs, though, are just excellent. Love these corny motherfuckers for the most part. Must-listen #350
mr brightside and somebody told me were aight, the rest all sounded the same
I absolutely adore this album. Did when I was a teen and will never be able to forget those feelings.
Ok, band, ki sm ga aktivno sovražila & un njihov butast komad (k je mogoč kle gor? Ne, "Human" je z naslednjega albuma. Vsaj to.). Hmmm, prvi, "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine", mi je dejansko kul? "Mr. Brightside". Fak, spomnim se, ko je to izšlo, pa sm video na MTV gledala. But, never quite liked it. "Smile Like You Mean It" se ne morm odločit, a mi je kul, al kva? A se kremžim, ker mi muska ne sede; a se kremžim, ker mi sede & se sovražim zarad tega? We will never know... Uu, tega se tud spomnim ("Somebody Told Me"). "Andy, You're a Star" mi je annoyingly všeč (v protiutež, prejšnji mi je bil fakin eyerolling ("All These Things That I've Done")). Tazadn mi pa ne potegne tok for some reason ("Everything Will Be Alright"). Khm. Mja. Annoying predvsem my teenage self, I quite liked it.
Omg all these things I’ve done
White boys of the world unite
A lot of hits
One of my favorite albums of the 00’s - listened to this all the time on my iPod. Yes iPod kids.
'Mr. Brightside' is probably in the top 10 best songs of the last 30 years My personal favorite is 'somebody told me' 'glamorous indie rock&roll' is an hilarious way to end an indie rock album Not perfect but a great album altogether, they are quite underrated
Automatic 5 stars. One of my favourite albums growing up, Although Mr Brightside is an indie anthem there's at least 4 tracks on this which are just as good or arguably better.
I missed the Killers on their rise, really, other than the hits. Don't understand why, I was the right demographic - maybe just in the wrong part of the country/world. This was good! Don't know that I'll go back to it, but good!
I can't remember how this sounded the first time I heard it, and there's no way to be objective now when I've got the entire thing memorized. It's getting a 5 from me. Maybe it deserves it, maybe it doesn't, but one thing's for certain: my rating statistics for the 00s could sure use the bump.
It’s been a while since I’ve listened to this album so I was happy to see it pop up on Friday. Gave me more time to listen this album over and over again like it was senior year of high school. It still holds up. This could be a biased rating as it is one of my favorites.
Front loaded powerhouse singles. The second half overall felt a bit weak however. Despite my preconceptions on this album and its compositions within the album it felt coherent despite the incessant radio play it has received. I flinched when this came on my next album but I did overall enjoy this album. A solid 4/5.
In England you can use a solid rendition of Mr. Brightside as currency in most pubs
i wish i liked this one more. i feel there are two great songs here and some others that despite being competent indie rock songs, felt not that special compared to other groups. But comparison is the thief of joy, i guess
Need I say more
Pour les killers, It's indie rock n' Roll for me, pour moi c'est de la merd* Album qui sonne relativement bien mais entre la voix du chanteur qui me donne envie de me brûler les yeux façon slumdog millionnaire. Et le fait de devoir s'infliger 12 fois la même chansons dont 2 qui sont somebody told me et Mr brightside, qui elles me donnent généralement envie de casser l'installation de karaoké installé par Michel 72 ans qui fait ça en partie par plaisir mais aussi et surtout pour rembourser les enceintes beaucoup trop cher pour lui qu'il s'est achetée parce que je cite: "faut profiter de la vie" alors qu'au fond de lui Michel voulais juste paraître cool devant ses petits enfants qui lui manque. Maintenant Michel est poursuivi et harcelé par ses propriétaires pour qu'il paie son loyer, il ne voit plus ses petits enfants et sa femmes Caroles à décidé de demander un divorce après 40 ans de mariage heureux . Alors Michel continu d'aller dans les bar pour se faire de l'argent avec son karaoké, il écoute des gens chanter mal et il se demande quand tout cela terminera. Vous voyez je préfère inventer une histoire que parler de cette album Je lui met 1 pour le chant 1 pour l'originalité de l'époque 3 parce qu'il y a d'autres musiciens que le chanteur -1 parce qu'ils ont accepté de sortir les chansons donc environ 1 au final
Imagine tu fais un album de glamorous indie rock au point de nommer une chanson comme ça, sauf que c'est juste du rock de mec blanc ultra insipide. Playlist pick : Mr. Brightside
All bangers
so many bangers and classics omg
Good album. The singles are obvious standouts, but the rest isn’t too shabby either.
Generally I like the Killers, simple catchy rock. This was good, but not great. Really like "Somebody Told Me".
Perfect debut albums do not get much better than this one. One of those albums where the listening experience actually feels like having fun. The songs are amazing, the vibes are great, the earworms work, the deeper cuts slap, this is a banger. The only downside (that does not affect my opinion of this record) is that The Killers haven't gone anywhere near this degree of perfection.
I’ve heard this album about 1,000 times, as I got caught up in The Killers in the 2000s. They were one of those cool bands, and seeing as metal and hard rock had kind of lost their way, I got into cool rock, like the Killers, the Kings of Leon, the White Stripes, and the Black Keys. I really did love those bands. Because I was cool, you know. The band plays has an updated new wave and post-punk sound. Brandon Flowers, the lead singer, also plays keyboards, which gives their music that new wave sound. Flowers was a founding member and wrote or co-wrote all the songs on Hot Fuss. This album, their debut, was a monster, selling over 7 million albums, with 2 million in the United Kingdom alone. That’s huge. The album and singles got Grammy nominations, and the Killers went on to become huge and then, kind of, not so huge, over the course of about four years and three albums. Hot Fuss was their debut, and probably their best album thus far. Track 1 is Jenny Was a Friend of Mine and it's part of the Killers’ “Murder Trilogy” with the songs Midnight Snow and Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf. Weirdly, Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf is a B-side that wasn’t released on an album until the obligatory B-sides and rarities album, Sawdust. The song starts with a familiar new wave groove, with those disco hi-hats going like a Blondie song. The keyboards remind me of The Cars. Flowers' voice isn’t that great, really, but he sings with passion. And by a familiar new wave groove, every “cool” band had songs like that. The guitars are there just to beef up the rock a bit. I think the song would be really good without guitars and more synths. Blondie was really the band that stood out to me as a kid, I’m talking, I was 5-6 years old. They perfectly meshed punk, new wave, and disco, though I guess Blondie drummer Clem Burke would credit Kraftwerk more than disco. The disco part is the poppiest part of those three music styles, which led to their success. Especially the disco high-hats in Heart of Glass. I was enamored with Deborah Harry as a kid. And, at 5-6 years old, I didn’t even know what it meant to be enamored with a woman. Plus, at that age, I don’t know where I’d have even seen her. Mom and Dad weren’t into music, at least not the way I would later become. But I had seen her somewhere, and she was burned into my brainpan for life. Track 2 is Mr. Brightside and I’d say this is their legacy. When people start singing it at sporting events, you’ve got an all-timer on your hands. The opening guitar riff is iconic at this point. Flowers' vocals are frantic on this track. More staccato high hats, not necessarily disco style though. And that chorus is just incredibly fun to sing. Cause, I’m Mr. Brightside. The song, of course, is about Flowers getting the feeling his girl was cheating on him. He went to a bar and found her making out with a dude. It’s hard to find love in Vegas. It was the first single off the album, and the Killers were off and running. Weirdly, the song was never a number one hit in the U.S., but charted in the top ten on several charts, including #10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Track 3 is Smile Like You Mean It and this has a bit of a goth rock vibe to it. I really like this song, even more than Mr. Brightside. The splashy high-hat is there. I love the heavier guitar parts, but it’s not a metal song. The guitar just sounds a little tougher in parts. The keyboard riff during the chorus really sets it off. They released this as the fourth and last single. I really do love this song. It didn’t really perform well on the charts over here. It was #55 on the Billboard Modern Rock tracks for 2005. Track 4 is Somebody Told Me and talk about a great chorus to sing-along to. Listen for the disco high-hat. “Well, somebody told me you had a boyfriend Who looked like a girlfriend That I had in February of last year It's not confidential, I've got potential.” It’s another song with a great new wave groove. The guitars are the MVP of this song. They really shine during the verses with noise that sounds great. This was the second single off the album, and like the first two, it never hit number one on any U.S. charts, though it was 16 on the Billboard Modern Rock tracks for 2004. Track 5 is All These Things That I’ve Done and it was not a single. This starts like it’s going to be a big anthemic arena rock song. It’s just Flowers and an organ, then the band comes in, and guess what? It is a big anthemic arena rock song. Flowers has an effect on his voice, I think, for the whole album, but you can really hear it here. It gives his voice a bit of an echo. Flowers sure does know how to write a catchy chorus. I can see the crowd singing along to this, though it isn’t exactly a big, boisterous song. The guitar riff at the end is really cool. It’s kind of sad sounding, but tinged with hope….or something. Then we get the chant, “I’ve got soul, but I’m not a soldier.” That’s what the crowd will be yelling back to the band at concerts. Great song. Track 6 is Andy, You’re a Star and it starts out with a big guitar riff. It also has more synth sounds from the Cars. Hmmm, it seems the song is a classic jocks vs. geeks scenario. Andy is the big high school jock, winning sports, winning girls, but now, after high school, his star has faded. Flowers, the geek, has inherited the earth, and he’s sarcastically saying, “Andy, you’re still a star in my world.” That’s hilarious, a musical revenge of the nerd. Track 7 is On Top, and while it’s not this huge single off the album, it’s a solid song. Apparently, it was one of the first songs written by the band. The drums really stand out on this track. The synths also really help push the song forward. Track 8 is Change Your Mind and it has a nice little new wave ditty played on a synth throughout the song. It brightens up what otherwise sounds, musically, like a sad song. The lyrics are quite sad, as the song seems to be about unrequited love. I think Flowers is a really good lyricist. I think maybe he puts a bit of pressure on himself to be a Bruce Springsteen or a Dylan-type rock poet. But, he’s really good at painting a picture. Track 9 is Believe Me Natalie, and it sounds very much like a U2 song, though U2 rarely uses synths like the Killers use here. The guitar plays a big Edge-like riff. Flowers again writes a sad song, as it’s about a dancer who is diagnosed with HIV in the last days of disco. There’s a heartbreaking line in there about Natalie’s mom asking her to stay with her, as it’s been a long time since they spent time together, and they know she will be gone soon. Horns come in near the end of the song as it builds to the final crescendo. I really love this song. I know when I get that feeling like I’m going to burst with emotion, it’s a good song. Track 10 is Midnight Show, and this song rocks. They’ve got some Nile Rodgers-style guitar in there. Flowers is singing his arse off on this track. This song is the second song in the “murder trilogy.” Jenny Was a Friend of Mine was the first song. The song is about the final date between Flowers and Jenny as he ends up killing her over questions of infidelity. “The crashing tide can hide a guilty girl, With jealous hearts that start with gloss and curls I took my baby's breath beneath the chandelier Of stars and atmosphere And watched her disappear Into the midnight show.” The subject matter is dark, but the song is, as the kids in the streets say, a banger. Great disco high-hat going on in the chorus. Track 11 is Everything Will Be Alright and this one starts out very old school. It sounds like it could be a George Michael song from the 80s. I love this song. Flowers said he wrote it for his wife when she was going through a tough time, but it also sounds like a breakup song. It’s definitely not a buoy your spirits type of groove. Forget what I said about George Michael. This is easily a Cars song, sung by Ric Ocasek, type of song. I forgot how good this album was. It’s a homerun for sure, especially as a debut album. I don’t think they ever released another album as good as this one, though. I did really enjoy Sam’s Town, even if it was a bit too ambitious. I’m not sure I’d say this is an album you must hear before you die. Those are rare. However, I think if you’re a fan of 80s music, like the Cars, U2, other new wave and post punk bands, then you’ll dig this album.
A fun party album with an intimate feel. Late night drunk connection vibes. A lot of tunes for the ages here “Mr brightside” “I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier”. Those will be around for a while.
It's very difficult to make a perfect album, and this one is very close. Lots of great songs, absolute classics 15 years later.
Vocals not favorite but fit in very well with rest of music, Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told me will never get old, everything will be alright is kinda weird but I like it, good but not my favorite
Not my favourite except for the classic songs everyone knows
No skips. Best of the early 00s alt rock. Obvs Mr Brightside but OnTop is a better pop song. Love it
Excepcional La primera parte es una seguidilla de clásicos muy sólidos, de verdad que se esmeraron en mostrar lo que traen y lo que son La segunda parte después de la 5ta canción es más desconocida en general, pero no deja de ser muy buena, hay un par que son buenas, no excelentes, pero ya las dos últimas de verdad que son joyas infravaloradas Muy contento de haber escuchando el álbum completo por primera vez y salir gratamente sorprendido, ya sabía que eran buenos, pero desconocía de su consistencia Everything Will be Alright es mi nuevo descubrimiento
You guys probably won't rate this very highly, and a couple of these songs have been played to death obviously, but I feel some level of primal attachment to this band as being my generation's music. I think there was a bit of a renaissance in pop music in the 2000s and early 2010s, in that, chart topping music was better on average than the 2020s, and even maybe the 80s and 90s. They are no Passion Pit or Phoenix, but I think The Killers fit somewhere within that movement, and I appreciate them for that. There was nothing here that absolutely blew me away, and I think their stuff is honestly geared towards women. But this music isn't that bad to me. maybe just a little dated, overplayed, and cliche, but not bad. Strong two to a light three for context/ generational attachments
Loud, but not very interesting. Seems like maybe it *should* be good (has, in a superficial sense, all the necessary - or at least sufficient - elements?) - but isn't? Don't really like the singer's voice, either (loud, but not very musical), which is never good. The music almost seems like pop music created by AI - a little soulless (2 days in a row for that word, lol), or by the numbers, or something? I don't quite hate it, but it's forgettable and not very satisfying or catchy; guess I'll go with a low 2 (though 1 is tempting).
3 good songs and a lot of filler "Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine" has one of the most lackluster synth parts that I've ever heard, towards the end. And the average quality of the arrangements is not much higher I imagine Millenial parents rocking out to this in their soulless subdivisions, or hearing it in the drug store, which is fitting because of the band's U2 inspirations. Just like their predecessors, their sound fits right into the glazed-over mindset so conducive for consumption
This is one of the many albums on this list that makes me with the rating system used half stars. The first half of the album had me thinking 'oh yeah, this is an obvious 4' but then then the second half feels like they’d already used up all of the magic.
Early 2000s nightmare for me. This type of music just doesn’t do it for me. The over exaggerated 2000s New Romantic sound feels twee.
The Killers have written more bangers than I thought. Previously, I'd attributed some of these songs to a nebulous indie band that was just a blur of all the different bands of this era, and I think The Killers are a kind of victim of this era in guitar-led music where there was very little originality. Without a comprehensive review it's really hard to say who is the originator and who are the imitations, but undeniably there are some great songs here. 'Glamourous Indie Rock & Roll' is a really strange closing number though.
Well yes! Certified hood classic. Excited to hear this one. I've of course heard the popular songs and I've loved them. I really like this. Very solid alt rock. Very positive representation of 2000s music. Very easy and enjoyable listening. Having a great time with this. Not much more to say just a great album, good variance, great auditory experience. This is glamorous indie rock and roll. Amazing track to go out with actually. Favourite: Somebody Told Me/On Top/Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll Least favourite: Everything Will Be Alright
Equal parts really good and utter cringe.
Not my taste
The first half is perfect and the second half is pretty good
So bland. There's absolutely nothing interesting about any of the songs. Ooo they have a synthesizer, I hated every synth sound chosen. Watered down "indie" rock for frat boys. Completely devoid of personality. Made me want to slap a "I rather be listening to Hot Hot Heat" sticker on my ass. Hope I never have to hear it again.
It was fine.
El único tema que encontré, y que no significa que me molestó, es que sentí que el álbum está dividido en 2 géneros musicales distintos, y que estos, van cambiando canción por medio. Aunque esto en un inicio no es malo, se siente desorganizado y da la sensación de que el origen del álbum fueron puros singles parecidos entre sí que se pusieron juntos. Dejando esto de lado, las canciones en sí son buenas, y me gustó que las intros de muchas canciones son memorables.
Occasionally decent songwriting, but marred with poor production and fluff. A couple songs that are fun enough but don't stand under any real scrutiny.
I am a notorious Killers hater, or rather, un-enjoyer. The first time I gave them a try many many years ago, it was this album and I didn't think it was that special, with one or two songs as an exception. Sadly, this time around wasn't any different, I was mostly bored. Also Mr. Brightside has been so overplayed that I've grown to actively dislike it, which is a bummer since objectively not a bad tune. I'm so weird about music idk man.
When I think about this album objectively, I am not sure if it lives up to the nostalgia hype. Some of it is kind of whiney tone that now irks me. I loved this album as a teen. I even knew a person who had a tattoo based on the lyrics. I will probably always love this album because of its impact on that time of my life. With all that said, this is probably my weakest 5.
Pretty damn fun this one. The synths are dated, the lyrics are (mostly) shallow, but I somehow still enjoyed it from start to finish, and will listen again. It's not like 'Is This It' ever needed to be deep and thought-provoking anyway.
So it's indie rock and roll for me. With dance inspired beats and a few synth lines. Already know 6 or 7 tracks from this album. Of which 3 I would consider bangers. Honestly, the songwriting is incredible for a band this early in their career. And the synth is used carefully and sparingly mainly for texture and to evoke nostalgia. 4 tracks in and still not a new track for me! All These Things That I've Done sounds a bit more funky/soul Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll is also very well written, with key changes and little style changes throughout. Best track (new to me?) - Change Your Mind, Midnight Show 3 or 4 stars - torn because the good tracks are iconic, the less good are just fine. Give it a 4 for the huge impact the good songs have had
don’t get much better
A good album full of overplayed songs. It’s seriously a shame, I would rate this higher in a vacuum
Very good !
The first time I heard these guys was at a festival and I thought they were cool. Then they started being played on the radio and I thought their songs were still cool. It's a couple of decades later I'm listening to the album in its entirety for the first time and think the album's cool.
This is the first album to appear that is in my personal top 10
Lots of bangers in here, but sorta gets drowned out by the end. Good album, good time
disappointing
I listened to this when it came out but that was so damn long ago that I barely remember anything that wasn't a hit. Half of it was hits, though, which helps. The bass is the protagonist throughout. Mr. Brightside is still great, Somebody Told Me is still better. Jenny is great. ATTTID is kinda lame. A couple songs are pretty much nothing. The production and the synthpoppiness of it all evoke their native Vegas beautifully; whether that's because you know they're from there or because it's innate is hard to detangle. The writing and especially the delivery come off British even through that. Still think it's funny and valid that they threw out the original album because the Strokes' debut was just that much better. They couldn't reach those heights regardless, but this came as close as they could.
I've never listened to the entire album before, but was familiar with a few songs: Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, and All These Things That I've Done. Great album, regardless of its "overplayed" status.
CAUSE IM MR BRIGHTSIDEEEEE tbh i dont think i had ever listened to this full album, no real standouts other than the songs i already knew (which are the ones everyone knows lol). mr brightside and somebody told me on their own are such bangers tho, so, those combined with nostalgia are driving my rating here
genuinely there are a lot of fun tracks on this album i forgot about, and i think i really might be subject to nostalgia for this sound but i think this is a pretty solid cover to cover listen for all modes of transit. staring wistfully out a bus window? jenny was a friend of mine. walking with a lil pep in my step? on top. drunken taco bell parking lot karaoke? mr brightside. driving? idk i can't drive, someone else can say. fav: duh... (mr brightside)
A good album full of overplayed songs. It’s seriously a shame, I would rate this higher in a vacuum
Ok. Sort of not feeling this but of Punk rock?
I know and like Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, and All These Things That I've Done already. I don't listen to the radio so didn't get as sick of the singles as some folks seem to have. Solid debut album but some problematic lyrics. Probably won't seek it out as a whole, but I could listen if it's on and I did heart some tracks.
Good
I must say I went into this album knowing only 'Mr. Brightside' (of course!) and 'Somebody Told Me'. I expected similar sound, nonsensical lyrics, and that euphoric feeling of wanting to jump and sing along. The first 2 expectations are surely met but the joy I experience while listening to 'Mr. Brightside' cannot be replicated. Other songs lack that 'it' factor to me and I find them to be just okay. Individual songs are pretty inoffensive to me but once I had to listen to the full album (and I did a few times before writing my review), it became very fatiguing. It's continuously flashy, leaves no space to breath, and doesn't have the emotional payoff of 'Mr. Brightside'. I think this album would benefit from better storytelling and more clever writing... for me it's pretty meaningless for the most part. I assume the lyrics in this project are only means to create a catchy banger and the goal was to write an interesting hook and add nicely sounding gibberish around it but for me it contributes to the fatigue I feel after spending more time with this album - there's really nothing to hold onto when you get tired from numerous iterations of the same song that never match the lead single's appeal.
Incredible debut setting the tone for the genre. Not one skippable song, yet everything is diff
Det er godt nok bare hit på hit på start af denne plade. Jeg var dog ikke så meget til The Killers da jeg var knægt, og er det desværre stadig ikke. Jeg fanges ikke af lyden, og Mr. Brightside er ikke særligt god udover et par lytninger om året :-(
Umiddelbart ikke noget banebrydende for mig. Mr. Brightside unægteligt en banger, som trækker op. Falder hurtigt hen som noget baggrundsfylde for mig på trods af enkelte numre, som stikker lidt ud og fanger ens opmærksomhed. Stort 2-tal
*41 Det er bare ret cringe.
Et par bangers i starten af albummet, men udover det er lyden bare ikke mig. Det bliver lidt 00'er-tåkrummende på en måde jeg har svært ved at sætte ord på.
Når man lægger så hårdt ud, så er det lidt svært at holde den kørende hele albummet. Og det synes jeg ikke, at vores Killer-mormoner formår her. Der er også noget med mixet og især vokalen. Den effekt og det volumen-leje, de har valgt, er fuldstændig vanvittigt - og ikke på den gode måde. Det tager *intet* fra Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, Somebody Told Me og Mr. Brightside, der for evigt vil være ultra-bangers Der er dog også nogle stinkers her på, og ja, sidste halvdel er nok i virkeligheden 1 stjerne under første halvdel. 3.2
Har lidt en svaghed for start-nuller-rock, og synes der er nogle rigtig fine numre her. Men det er ikke specielt banebrydende og bliver måske også lidt ensformigt. Plus andre har gjort det samme både før og mindst lige så godt. Alt i alt godt underholdt, men så måske heller ikke meget mere.
I am surprised with how much I enjoyed this album. I always liked "Mr. Brightside" but I didn't expect the majority of the record to be on par with it. This is one of those albums that's such a strong 9/10, but I don't know if it should be 5 stars here on the site or not. Just know I fucking loved this thing, no matter what arbitrary score it receives from me. Bangers throughout, from start to end.
mr brightside kennen wij jaja good album!!!!!!
leuk maar weer beetje basic rock
I feel like I’ve heard that second song on there a couple times idk All jokes aside there’s some pretty phenomenal tracks on here. Jenny was a Friend of Mine is a pretty good opener, think they do a great job of contrasting their sound with the dark lyrics. Mr. Brightside is one of the ultimate white people turnt songs, and although it’s certainly a little overplayed, there’s nothing quite like being in a bar/stadium and have everyone go crazy when the lyrics start. Somebody Told Me also goes hard, super difficult to get out of your head if it gets stuck in there. Instrument wise I think this one’s pretty great as well, great guitar riffs, bass lines, drum parts, clearly a lot of talent at play. I definitely think the album being so front loaded hurts it a little, but that’s more of a symptom of the first few songs being so damn good rather than the back half being weak. I’ve said I don’t care for super distorted/robotic vocals in the past, and while I stand by that, it doesn’t bother me quite as much in this one for some reason. Either way very happy with this one, have complained about the 1001 writers having an awful track record with picking 2000s albums and they’ve definitely proven me wrong in the last few weeks. I just don’t understand how you can hate this one
Yeah. Only the greatest white people anthem to be made. My take is All These Things That I've Done is the real gem on here
This is just a fantastic album. All These Things That I've Done is the greatest song ever. All the songs sound so different from each other, this is literally the definition of a perfect album.
This is one of those albums that has that personal nostalgia and connection to it. It felt like the first sort of album that shifted my main listening habits, and one of the first that I fell in love with really. And in all honestly, I might be a little biased seeing as this was the first vinyl I ever bought and is a masterpiece. It’s a true no skip album, and also definitely the first concept album that I ever listened to. It probably taught me what that was in all honesty, and is still probably one of my favorites to date. I love believing that the story is real. I can understand how some of the start of the album feels overplayed, but I think that’s just it becoming a victim of its own success and quality, and it deserves its place on the wall of fame. Also, I would put "All These Things That I've Done" in my top 10 songs of all time.
My memory of this was that it was really front loaded and then the back half was terrible. I think in reality the last few songs are better than I thought, but I could basically go without hearing all of the singles ever again. Smile Like You Mean It is still good mind. It balances out as not a bad time, so they can have a 4 and be happy.
This album came out mid-June 2004, and in late June 2004 I went on a trip with two friends and one of their little sisters and I put this album on. She said something to the effect of turn this off and also why do I always listen to weird music nobody likes. This is one of history's great airballs and I wonder if she ever reflects on it now that she's a strategist for the DNC. Personally, I haven't listened to it all the way through in probably 20 years, and while all the hits get played plenty on millennial wedding dancefloors, the latter half is rightfully forgotten. Everything tries so hard to be anthemic, and while it hits up front (which is probably a 5) it misses on the back (probably a 2). Ultimately, it's not a superlative album but they made a pop post punk some synth dance thing that highlighted a sound and (save for maybe Interpol, who were not as dancey and fun and are decidedly not played on millennial wedding dancefloors) were probably the apogee of it.
Well I hate synth. It's okay for this though. Lots of emotion. Great bass sound, And background guitar that's easily missable. The backside is missing what the front has. Made me feel something deep.
3.5/5 would listen again and has some classic bangers
Although consistently amazing, it pushed out some mainstream good hits that get stuck in your head.
I previously felt this was band was overrated but it turns out I can spend a lot of time with this album.
Twenty years later this remains the best The Killers album. It's also half an all time great album and half filler, with the second half weaker than the first. But what a first half! You have "All The Things That I Have Done," "Somebody Told Me," and the absolute cultural juggernaut that is "Mr. Brightside" in there. I wouldn't listen to all twelve tracks again necessarily, though I wouldn't complain if I did, but you could distill the best 5 or 6 tracks here into an absolutely killer EP (no pun intended.)
pretty good bass tone and playing, lead vocals are decent, and it's fairly catchy, at least to start. writing doesn't do much interesting and the texture ends up being pretty similar across the set.
Last two songs legit dropped it from a 4 for me .....
2 or 3 great songs. Rest okay
First half of album is 5 but the last half is barely a 3. 4.
werner herzog likes it so i must be missing something big here
Whatever they call indie rock n roll is something I don't really like
Ah, the mid-2000s. A time when most of my music consumption was via Fuse and MTV2. And the Killers were ubiquitous on these channels, leading my sister and me to flip from one to the other (or, god forbid, VH1) because we did not need to see those videos again for the seventh time today, thank you. "Mr. Brightside" currently being hailed as a classic is fascinating to me, but with the benefit of time and the lack of having it forced on me hourly, I can better appreciate it. "Somebody Told Me," upon this listen, is the superior single though. I couldn't remember "All These Things That I've Done" until the really bad line "I got soul but I'm not a soldier" repeated too many times. With this being my first, and most probably last, listen to this album as a whole, the best tracks were "On Top" and "Believe Me Natalie." None of this is throw-my-headphones-across-the-room bad, I just don't need to listen to it again. My favorite Killers song remains their cover of "Shadowplay."
Me ha gustado, sobre todo las letras.
Even tho it’s super popular, Mr. Brightside is one of my all time favorite songs. Overall I enjoyed the album a lot.
Banger
Discazo
Not for me
Not for me
Great album for my first of this project! I don’t have much in the way of technical knowledge when it comes to music, so I’ll probably more express my own thoughts and experiences. This album came out in 2004, but took me back to 2010; in retrospect a very “rock n roll” time in my life. I was a radio Dj, modelling, dancing burlesque, dating the lead singer of a band, and doing my PhD. Tracks from this album were on my iPod shuffle. I enjoyed the feeling of nostalgia these tracks elicited. Mr Brightside stands out, and was the right choice for them to release as a single, but my absolute favourite musically has to be All These Things That I’ve Done - it has three different musical themes it transitions across, a gospel choir, and just brings vibes. I also enjoyed On Top, which I don’t think I’ve heard before. Smile Like You Mean It and Somebody Told Me are overrated, not my favourites. It was nice to be reminded of Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll, which I used to listen to regularly but had forgotten about and haven’t heard in years. The lead singer (Brandon Flowers) sounds British, but I believe he’s American Mormon. Anyway, his voice sounds amazing. I read that this album is a combo of the new wave and post-punk genres, and that Brandon Flowers was inspired by The Strokes ‘Is This It?’ album (another classic). Glad this was my first introduction to this project.
Brenden Flowers’ voice is just so phenomenal. It has this edge to it that lends itself to “Glamorous Indie Rock n Roll.” Somebody Told Me is a masterpiece I’d put above even Mr. Brightside.
I've already listened to this, I think I gave it like a 3.5????? I enjoy a couple songs a lot, but some of them fall flat