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This was a huge success back in 2004 - the whole first side of the record was all singles. I'm not a huge fan of his voice or the lyrics, too whiney, but the music is very catchy. The music is all very earnest, but a little too calculated, lots of retro sounding keyboards - this was their debut and they were aiming for a huge impression. I'd like to give this a 3 or a 4 even, but I can't get past the singer's delivery.
The Killers is a great album that is an easy listen with only skipping 1 or 2 tracks. I owned this cd when it was released.
Very nice, mi kid was dancing from track 1
Pretty decent albiet derivative sounding. Some questionable lyrics?
Has a few hits, but the album overall is a dud. A lot of Pop Rock albums from the 2000s suffer from this, actually.
Ставлю авансом 2. То, насколько я не люблю такую музыку, не описать словами. Она была повсюду во времена, когда мне хотелось слышать что-то более мелодичное, разнообразное, но по радио и телевизору транслировался нескончаемый поток музыки от подобных групп. Она вроде и ладная, и местами мелодичная, но я на физическом уровне не принимаю подобный звук. Какая-то музыка для титров американского сериала про старшеклассников, ей богу. Бесит, слов нет.
I'm sure it's not as great as I think it is, but for all the sentimental reasons, this hits so hard.
DISCAZOOOOOOO
2 good songs and a bunch of junk
Top 3 All the things that ive done Everything will be alright Change your mind
Front to back bangers
Was not a stranger to this at all. If this system was out of 10, this would be that 9. I can't call it a perfect 10 cause the back half tracks are not very strong, but I will still give it a 5/5.
Besser als in meiner Erinnerung
This is making me think of Muse. Something about the vocals. Favorite cut is Somebody Told Me. I wouldn't put them on my favorites list, but this was pretty good.
no es algo que me pondria a escuchar la voz se me hace exagerada
Ich hab das Album vorher höchsten drei Mal ganz durchgehört. Ich find das ist klingt, bei aller Nostalgie irgendwie kalkuliert, Hits sind Hits, aber viel zu viel gespielt. Fand ich zu der Zeit schon etwas komisch wie sehr die in Vergleich zu vielen anderen tollen Sachen gefeiert würden, also die Hits. Natürlich funktionieren trotzdem Nostalgie und die Formel ja auch. Eigentlich 3,5, aber halt auch nicht gleich viel wie die Bongos.
Ich war mir ziemlich sicher dass ich außer den Singles nichts von diesem Album kenne... bis zu den ersten drei Sekunden ses Openers. Krass wie sehr sich dieses Album in mein Unterbewusstsein eingepflanzt hat, bis zur lausige Ballade am Ende war jedes Lied sofort wieder da. Krasse Erfahrung. Soundtrack of my life, unfreiwillig. Dafür
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier. Meine Güte was ein Album. Sogar ohne biographische Verklärung bekommt das die Höchstwertung. All killer, no filler. Schon schade, dass das totgehörte Mr. Brightside das Album fast ein wenig schlechter macht. A 2004-piece-of-art. 🖤 While I've been down Across the road or two But now I've found The velvet sun that shines on me and you
Hot Fuss by The Killers was one of those unexpected treasures. I found it in a small stack of CDs my wife had not long after we started dating—maybe after we were already married; the timeline’s a little fuzzy now. I knew a couple of their big radio singles, but the album truly hooked me with its haunting opener, “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine,” and it never really let go. While the back half loses a bit of that initial edge and not every song hits with the same punch, the tracks remain catchy and solid in their own right. The Killers blended alternative rock, new wave, and dance rock in a way that felt both fresh and strangely familiar—a difficult balance to strike, and they nailed it. By the mid-to-late 2000s, I’d more or less given up on discovering new music, but Hot Fuss reminded me that there was still great stuff out there waiting to be found.
Let me just say - This is a good album. It's rare that you know half of an album without having listened to it. These guys really had lightning in a bottle for this album and it shows. The music is well crafted and enjoyable to listen to. The only drawback for me are the vocals. Though they really lock with the music well, I find them one-dimensional and lacking in character and nuance. He just stays in one vocal tone ALL the time and it gets old. It's the furthest you can go talk-singing without going full Vince Neil.
Better than i expected.
Ryan hates the Killers
5/10
it's fine when you do math homework
Great album all songs are very catchy and just feels like something you can dance to while also having its sad points
One of the most front-loaded albums I’ve ever heard. The first half is filled with only hits (I thought I only knew Mr. Brightside but I was wrong), but the last half just doesn’t have that same energy. Still, the hits alone make it a pretty decent album. It’s not something I would return to often, but all songs from side one are good as standalone tracks. That closer, however… not good.
2. helfti vom album han ich ziemlich enjoyed, ersti naja
Am Afang no nice gsi. So ab de Helfti isch’s irgendwänn glichtönend und repetitif worde. Hät perse aber kei schlechti tracks gha
Bin kein grosse Fan. Tönt mir alles zu gliich.
Inneholder en av historiens mest irriterende sanger. Det blir NEJ
Meh
Purely feel good 2000s vibe music. I actually didn’t dislike it as much as I thought it would. I guess the more popular songs turned out to be less my favorites as well. Some stuff here is very reminiscent of The Strokes but a bit less interesting. Still extremely listenable and fun songs while also some stuff that’s pretty bland and boring.
soundtrack to my middle school years. second half is a drag though. 3.5
When I heard the first song I thought I had found one of my favorite albums... But then I had the impression of listening to the same song over and over. I got completely bored by the end of it. Also, are we going to talk about how problematic the lyrics of some songs are?
Very impressive album actually 8/10
I've known a few of these thanks to my brother's music taste, he never outright shared them with me, so all I could do was steal them when he wasn't looking. _______________________________________________________________________ "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine": Sinister and fun, I really like the way the vocals sound, combined with the way the melody switches from suspenseful to upbeat. "Mr. Brightside": An all times clasic, kinda hard to relate to it without sounding like a total loser, but I like it a lot. "Smile Like You Mean It": It’s fun how the vocals go much slower than what the song seems to want to go, it's a little sappy, and I like it because of that. "Somebody Told Me": At this point is clear the killers really like having something like an A and B melody, it’s like they mesh two songs that would sound fine on their own to make something interesting. At the very least, it impresses me, but I hope that won't be all of their tricks up their sleeves. "All These Things That I've Done": For a title like that, it's surprising how funky this song is. I'm always up for these types of sounds, a little way too much sentimental, but alas i am a sentimental one too. "Andy, You're a Star": One, if not my favorite from the whole album, god i relate so much. It goes between pure hatred and jealousy and untold love, man, what an amazing song. "On Top": Now this! This feels like its own complete thing! Really cool and explosive, I also feel like even though the lyrics are cheerful, they're hiding some sort of early celebration? like the feeling that you've made it, but you've really not done anything yet, maybe more like anticipation then. "Change Your Mind": My GOD this song was made for me. There’s nothing left in this love but hope. Needy and clingy, but if there’s a spark somewhere, isn’t it cruel not to have hope for something else? What a nice and sappy song, also really short. "Believe Me Natalie": The crescendo is clear, while building from the high intensity of the previous track, it brings it to the forefront with more urgency, and at the same time, it slows the melody down. Really sweet and sad, the lyrics also convey the same clinginess as well. "Midnight Show": Starts strong, but i dont feel too much about it by the end, even though it has more variety in lyrics, it becomes all jumbled down once it’s over. I'm trying to avoid reading into others' interpretations, but there seems to be a story within some of these as a whole, maybe that’s why I'm not engaging with it as a whole? idk "Everything Will Be Alright": CHRISTMAS SONG. I'm kidding, but yeah i like its lullaby feel, a bit too much, but I cannot get it out of my mind. "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll": Here it is! The album closer! very sarcastic, maybe too much, cmon man, do you really need to do this much? Maybe so haha, it wasn’t working for me at the beginning because of how much of a downer it is, hold on i think it still isn't working for me. This album screams middle school, in all the best and worst ways possible. Some songs are way better than others, but I dig the sound!. I think I'll keep on listening to them for a long while.
Wall to wall bangers. Yes, I am a 35 year old white man, how can you tell?
Creo que está bueno, aunque en un momento sentí que todas las canciones son iguales, lo cual no está mal pero me gustaría un poco más de variedad. Tiene muy buenas canciones igual!! Siento que este álbum es nostálgico para los que fueron adolescentes en esa época.
Creo que está bueno, aunque en un momento sentí que todas las canciones son iguales, lo cual no está mal pero me gustaría un poco más de variedad. Tiene muy buenas canciones igual!! Siento que este álbum es nostálgico para los que fueron adolescentes en esa época.
Thought I didn’t like these guys. Turns out… I DO! Real top heavy album though- 4 bangers. A star for each, why not.
You know, I dig most of these songs.
I think “I got sold but I’m not a soldier” is a better lyric
I think it must be impossible not to be aware of tracks 2-5 on this album, as ubiquitous as they were at the time and largely still are. Unfortunately that did little for me; I threw The Killers into the same pool as the rest of the indie landfill of the time. I’ll admit that they’re better than that and can write a catchy tune but although they may have crawled out of that pit in the subsequent years, i still find them a little on the vapid side. The album is also spectacularly front -loaded with the back side being very forgettable. I get why people like them, it’s just not for me.
Album No. 0161 on my list. Nice. I was glad seeing this on the list. The Killers did some of the most important songs of my late adolescence, and I fully agree with a comment I saw on YouTube stating that “Mr. Brightside” should be the official anthem of the world. I had not listened to “Hot Fuss” in a while, so I was curious how it would hold up. Let’s just say I’m a bit conflicted about the final verdict. This is definitely a great album, but there is a distinct difference between the first five songs and the rest. And I’m asking myself whether the greatness of the first five songs warrants a 5 star rating or if the okay-ness of the last 7 reduces it to 4. The first five songs of “Hot Fuss” are all bangers, and I’ll add all of them to my playlist: “Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine”, “Mr. Brightside” (you know, the world anthem”), “Smile Like You Mean It”, “Somebody Told Me”, and “All These Things That I’ve Done.” All great, all very unique yet still with a consistent sound to them, good lyrics, great singing. These are certainly some of the best rock songs of the 200s. That being said, the latter half is rather just “pretty good”, or “okay”. There is no bad song on this, but there are less inspiration, a little less creativity, a little less catchiness in these songs. Yet, I kinda like the sound of them and the production with this distant voice of Brandon Flowers, I like the drumming on the whole album (Ronnie Vannucci is really the band’s not-so-secret weapon.) Heck, this album is great, awesome, iconic in its best songs, and pretty good in its worst, so the highest rating is definitely warranted: 5/5 stars!
If I had ever owned this on vinyl, I imagine I would've played out Side A and had a limited appreciation for Side B. It's not that the second half of the album is bad. It's just that the first half of the album (first five songs in particular) are incredibly catchy, well-done pop/rock songs (most of which were radio hits as well...kind of at the end of when that mattered in the mid oughts). A solid album that gets a four for the first five songs alone, but also "Change Your Mind" and "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll".
4,6 Highlights: Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, Somebody Told Me
Nostalgic so I probably won't be objective. The first half of the album is good, but the latter drags.
Some real catchy stuff here, and then the fillers.
Good album. Knew the hits but the album as a whole worked well. Best song was Mr. Brightside
classic album. enjoyed this. not a huge fan of his vocals. didn’t love this. nostalgia def played a big part in the quality of this album because take that away and it’s not too good
They frontloaded the hits (and what hits they are!) leaving the second half mediocre. Flowers has a fantastic voice for rock 'n' roll but for the love of God will someone cuff his hands behind his back so he can't play that cheesy ass synth.
If Mr. Brightside isn't on this album, does it make the 1001 list at all?
I dont have much to say about this album. I really dont. The first half feels like a greatest hits album and the second half feels like filler. I will not be revisiting this album again. 3 stars Saved songs: Mr brightside, somebody told me, on top Was this album better than yesterday’s album, Stardust by Willie Nelson? Yes.
The Killers – Hot Fuss (2004) On Day 60, Hot Fuss was exactly the rescue mission I needed. I actually enjoyed the album quite a bit, it’s a solid 4/5. While there weren't quite enough favorite songs across the whole tracklist to push it to a 5, the standouts were incredibly high-quality. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, Mr. Brightside, Smile Like You Mean It, Andy, You're a Star, and Somebody Told Me all had great energy. However, the absolute best of them all was All These Things That I've Done. The harmony and the way they integrated the choir were so good that I found myself playing it five times in a row. I got hooked easily; that track alone has the kind of triumphant soul that makes the whole experience worth it. Good stuff right there.
I try to keep an open mind and face my persona biases. As soon as I opened the link today and was faced with The Killers, I had an immediate ick. I’ve never liked any of their singles. All of which were overplayed in the clubs I hit up during my 20s. These tracks ended up in Guitar Hero. I was forced to play through them to level up. Despite confronting those biases, I’ve come to the conclusion that I still don’t like The Killers and I didn’t need to listen to this record before I died. 2/5 Please never play Mr Brightside within my earshot
First half is pretty good, second half is completely forgettable. Solid 3 star album
Somebody told me, all these things ive done
14 year old me should have listened to the whole thing
Starts out strong and in retrospect the first half feels like a greatest hits album. It loses some momentum in the second half but is decent all the way through. Not my favorite pop-rock of the era, and not my favorite album of theirs either, but it’s undeniably a classic. However, some of the songs have been overplayed on the radio and at bars, sports stadiums, and other public spaces for years, so revisiting the album now, it wears a little thin.
Solid all around and Mr brightside just makes this go fromo an 8.5 to a 9. But great vocals and kind of new sounds for rock in the 00’s. So a well deserved 9
A longtime favorite of mine. A perfect example of the last wave of popular rock music in the US. Critics always seemed to hate the Killers, Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, etc., calling their sounds derivative and uninspiring. I never understood it. These bands took inspiration from post-punk and alt-rock, added a pop sheen, and produced some amazing, catchy, popular, and timeless music. This album is one of the best examples. Mr. Brightside is an anthem for American Zillennials as are Somebody Told Me and All These Things That I've Done. But some of the deeper cuts are also great, I particularly like more aggressive tracks like On Top and Midnight Show.
All these things that I've done is still a jam
Very early 2000s rock sound :) An easy listen, simple lyrics, feels a bit nostalgic.
An album with infinite amounts of potentially and a couple of bangers, but let down by fatigue. Despite how much I enjoy many of the songs in isolation, its cumulative sound gets repetitive, giving it less of an identity than other albums I have listened to. If only they harnessed what clearly worked so well, instead, one gets left with a taste of artificialism.
Really enjoyed
I’m 39 so I am biologically predisposed to adore this album.
Very nostalgic album for me, absolutely love it from top to bottom
"Hot Fuss" is chock-full of thumpingly good tunes that evoke a whiff of Duran Duran mixed with pure Britpop swagger. At their best, these songs are brimming with melody, soaring choruses, and hooks aplenty. The keyboards, in particular, provide that splash of colour that demands the listener's attention. Brandon Flowers’ vocals possess a nervous urgency, heavily treated with the Echo Farm effect; he sounds like a man desperate to deliver a message, not unlike a public speaker at Hyde Park Corner. The album is famously front-loaded, with the first five tracks hitting hard in quick succession. This opening run culminates in the sublime "All These Things That I’ve Done", a track anchored by a brilliant guitar riff that remains one of the definitive anthems of the era. It is rare for any debut to maintain the stratospheric quality of such an opening salvo, and that holds true here. While the momentum shifts with "Andy, You’re a Star", its Lou Reed and Velvet Underground-inspired riff, combined with a clever use of dynamics, maintains a high standard. This effectively sets the tone for the remainder of the record; the subsequent songs follow a similar template to those opening anthems, and there isn’t a bad track to be found. In fact, they are all remarkably strong, yet they struggle to hit the same heights and are inevitably overshadowed by the initial sugar-rush of the opening hits. A strong four-star album. 1 "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" (5/5) 2 "Mr. Brightside" (5/5) 3 "Smile Like You Mean It" (5/5) 4 "Somebody Told Me" (5/5) 5 "All These Things That I've Done" (5/5) 6 "Andy, You're a Star" (4/5) 7 "On Top" (4/5) 8 "Change Your Mind" (4/5) 9 "Believe Me Natalie" (4/5) 10 "Midnight Show" (4/5) 11 "Everything Will Be Alright" (4/5) Total - 49 Average - 4.45 246/1001 135/246 albums reviewed were new to me
Album #1,045 I've heard a few of their songs before, introduced via Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The singer has a distinctive voice, sometimes too heavy on the effects, but they have a cool sound. "Smile like you mean it <ooooh eeee ooooh, ooooh eeee ooooh>." First half better than the second, but pretty good indie rock overall.
There are 2 great songs on here that I know. “Mr. Brightside,” a sad story about cheating turned into a stadium anthem, even after 20 years, and “Somebody Told Me,” which has an infectious drum pattern and great lyrics.
Kind of the corniest guy ever. Somebody told me and mr brightside are acc good tho
The year is 2004 and, in my world, Bratz dolls are huge and so are Primark velour tracksuits with diamanté detailed pockets. My dad introduces me to a band he's heard on Radio 1 called "The Killers" and I think they're crap because their outfits do not match my Bratz dolls and boys are stinky. Fast-forward 5 more years and boys are no longer stinky, especially not Mormon, eyelinered ones with intriguing songs about sex, drugs and murder, not to mention this being the time of another Mormon classic I would also madly, deeply, irrevocably in love with. Now, I'm wearing my vampire-teeth necklace with a drop of blood, I'm spending all my money on Topshop skinny jeans, I'm spending weekends at a Hyde Park Tumblr meet-up and I am most definitely listening to The Killers!!! Teen me fucking loved this album, I thought it was genius, I thought it was art quite frankly. Listening to it now in full as an adult, perhaps it is an album of mostly clangers, perhaps the good songs are mostly about the murder of a women and I don't particularly think that is a good subject for an album written by men. But I don't know, they didn't end up being wronguns like so many indie men of the time, so maybe it's okay? The good songs are good! It's a time capsule, and I think some of the tunes do hold up in a fun, dancey, indie time. We liked it! I think there is a tenderness to some of the songs, I think the potential for them to move on to better things (and then move on to ballads only I guess) was right there and genuinely songs like Believe Me Natalie hold up for me. I will concede that the classic / overplayed ones are not great and there is some serious clumsiness with lyrics (or maybe all the lyrics low-key). But what you gonna do?
Mr Brightside is basically the millenial Don't Stop Believing and I absolutely fucking hate it. If it was a new song without the cultural baggage of all the worst people at a wedding shouting it at me, would I hate it as much? Probably not, idk, but of all the songs impossible to detach from their social context this is the one. As for the rest of it, there a few others that I've heard so many times they kinda just become background noise, but you know what apart from got soul but i'm not a soldier it mainly holds up - looking back they sorta have more in common with Interpol musically (like a not quite as good Interpol) than a lot of the indie landfill they ended up chucked in with.
Kills me to say this but I really did not enjoy the album.
This album had me in a chokehold in my mid teens, now it has me in a chokehold in my mid twenties. Life is good
barely ok album, but the ironic thing is that the most popular "mr. brightside" is my most hated one. other songs like "smile like you mean it", "somebody told me", "andy, you're a star" are good, others are a bit boring. also the singer's voice gets annoying really quick. 2
11/02/2026 *1. jenny was a friend of mine - liking all the electronic noises at the start. bassline is really nice. like the chorus. 2. mr. brightside - obviously know this one. going into it, it's overplayed and just alright. similar to how i feel about seven nation army. bit too emo/indie/very 2000s and it's now a bit dated and overplayed.... the kindof song that would play in a car advert. 3. smile like you mean it - all of these songs sound alright, but are just indie pop-rock in the worst way possible... good background music and the instruments are well played, but it's just lacking something. not mad on the lyrics either. 4. somebody told me - also know this one. it's alright. *5. all these things that i've done - quieter... more eerie... he's started singing again.... it's not bad, just bland. reminds me of that keane song in the m&s christmas advert years ago. not massive on the chanting bit, but the rest of it sounds nice. 6. andy, you're a star - remember listening to this one at some point as a kid, but cannot remember what it sounds like at all. alright. not much to say about this album. like the synths. 7. on top - what is this intro. all of these songs are melding into each other. lyrics are getting more obviously annoying. 8. change your mind - every indie band in the last ten years sounds like this song. not a fan. it's alright i guess. definitely listenable, but so bland. 9. believe me natalie - like the drums at the start. all the songs sound the same and it's not really my thing lol. 10. midnight show - lyrics are a bit weird.... *11. everything will be alright - liking the descending intro.... more spacey... still wouldn't consciously listen to this, but enjoying it more than any of the other songs (except maybe the first). four minutes in and it's going on a bit now. 12. glamorous indie rock & roll - not looking forward to this one from the title. i do not need indie rock and roll. bassline is nice. liking the guitar in the chorus more than the rest of the album. very glad this is over. 2000s indie pop-rock is not for me and the killers is no exception! sounded alright, but sooooooooo mind-numbingly bland that i wouldn't choose to listen to any of these songs again. no nostalgia for this. begging for a properly good album tomorrow.........
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
The hits are great, the rest is eh
mr brightside is so wedding/karaoke coded for me. still the best song on the album
it was a decent palate cleanser, but i genuinely had to force myself through this. im just not a fan when rock music has those "because tonight will be the night that i will fall for you" vocals. 4/10, decent but will not listen again.
I mean, it is that album that everyone knows and loves. I can see why this is on here. There’s not really much to day about it. From start to finish just a glorious production. The bass lines are something else. I mean they aren’t my favourite band, but I’m here for this album.
Some obvious bangers on here , Jenny was a friend of mine great opener The bass tone and riff really well wrote And a hooky melody over top with the synths Ronnie Vannuci hitting them drums like they owe him money with those big fat sounding craviottos of his Just a very cool pop album and Brandon flowers I’ve always rated as a singer , delivers some really hooky choruses and synth lines , he was inspired heavily by the pet shop boys so I can hear where he gets those soundscapes from in his tunes
Didn't have too much time to listen but undeniable 4
Super excited for this album, a lot of these songs are absolute bangers ! Such a throwback. Fav song is ‘Somebody Told Me.’
This is a classic for sure. The highs are incredibly high, but some of the songs in the latter half don’t quite reach it for me enough to be a 5
I love this album start to finish. All These Things should have been as popular as Mr Brightside. Actually, this band should have been more popular. They have great vocal styling, the fullness of their sound is impeccable, the drums and guitars are pure rock.
Great indie rock album, enjoyed the tunes
Den her genre er meget lidt For Me, men det er et virkelig definitivt album for hele den her æra og der er sgu nogle bangers på. Stor 3
Holds up! Frontloaded men shit hvor er første halvdel også bare solid
Frontloaded and the second half is pretty forgettable.
Decent
Overplayed, overhyped, over it! Couldn't wait for this to end, every track felt more torturous than the last
HEY THIS IS KINDA FIRE. I'm surprised by the number of songs i actually enjoy for real in this album. 3 years ago me would have absolutely loved this album and listened to it again and again. Current me will hit play from time to time but damn that's an album i do have pleasure listening to
I'm not sure if I like this or just tolerate it. A little poppy for my taste and some of the guitars / keyboards sound grate with me
song i went back to first after first full listen: all these things that i've done
This is a strong standout debut album with several great bangers. A very interesting effort from a band that has its own unique style and sound. A true 9/10 or 4.5/5. I’ll stop just short of the round up since for me it doesn’t quite make the needle drop play through test. 4.5/5
A pretty incredible debut for a band that definitely carved out their own unique sound. I forgot just how loaded the front half of this one is with full on bangers that are both catchy and unpredictable. The back half drags a bit compared to those first 5-6 tracks, and is probably the only reason it doesn’t make it to a forever 5 rating. Still a really solid listen.
Like Herbie, this album is fully loaded. Man there are some hits on here, and some lesser known songs that really hold up to. Such an impressive debut, and I think I even like the sound they evolved into after this better.
Strong out of the gate. Sounds massive, great riffs, great vocals. A few songs in and I was thinking this could possibly get rounded up to a 5. Would that be the first one for the 2000s? 🤔 But back half of the album just wasn’t as strong as the start. Still solid and enjoyable but pulled me back. 4.5
Amazing run of tracks to open the album. Fizzles a bit in the second half but still an easy 4 IMO. 4/5
Synth, post punk, and new wave. I don't think I need to say anything more to justify the rating.
There's some good songs on here. I can tell why they're popular: they've got a knack for a good melody. I can't get over the style though. This is a style that dominated popular music, and with anything popular it's easy to get tired of.
Imagine a new band releasing a debut album where the entire first half is filled with such blistering hits that you can't even catch a breath? You don't even have to imagine it; the album is right there. The second side isn't bad, but it certainly pales in comparison to the first. Nevertheless, its blend of post-punk, Britpop, neon synths, incredibly dense bass, and pleasant, if not particularly profound, lyrics made this album one of the pillars of 2000s indie rock. Its main and only flaw is how good it is; twenty years later, The Killers still haven't quite managed to overcome this, and later they completely retreated into American Springsteen-esque territory. However, some other bands haven't achieved even half the awesomeness of this single album in their entire careers, so there's no point in complaining.
Hey man, the early aughts were weird. Turns out it was more or less the dying embers of rock as the last great period of good albums coming out. This one has hooks, riffs and solid storylines. I'm a fan and think it holds up really well.
Rock, 2004 -> 2
The kind of music you’d hear playing on the radio in a public space and remember absolutely nothing about afterwards cause it blends perfectly into the endless mass of other similar, thoroughly sterile, harmless, modern soft rock bands.
Has some 10/10 songs but doesn't end up being a 10/10 album
the oc coded!
Hitjes hitjes hitjes 2000 is calling
I already know this is a 5/5 album. Seeing them in concert was incredible and it was basically this album lol. Also bonus, served as a good reminder to give my friend Jenny a call.
Very iconic album but I did feel weird listening to it at 5 in the morning and not at a party
Wasn’t prepared to listen to this album all the way through for the first time and think that it was so fire
He has such a great voice. His singing style reminds me of Gerard Way a little bit. I had heard Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, and All These Things That I've Done before.
I really liked this. I expect it will become even better with repeated listens.
China savait que c'est un groupe de la ville de Bob Wood. Je savais pas. Pour moi c'est le rendu de Las Vegas en comparaison des Strokes de New York.
Les 5 premières tounes c'est de la bombe! Je suis agréablement surpris, j'ai toujours aimé leurs gros hit mais sans m'y intéresser davantage. Il y a quelque chose de the edge dans le son et l'attitude de la guitare. Et aussi The Strokes. Du bon rock efficace et simple. Par contre les paroles, du gros n'importe quoi.
Quand même des gros hits, présence de synthés mais pas choquant. Tite inspiration Springsteen sur certains compositions? (Je fais mon Félix avec ses références à Dylan). Surtout, c'est le seul album rock que Stéphanie connait absolument par coeur. Juste pour ça, ça mérite 5 étoiles.
Not a big fan
3.5
aii conheço esse!! FAVS (top 3): jenny was a friend of mine, somebody told me, on top mençoes honrosas: mr brightside, all these things that ive done, change your mind, belime me natalie, everything will be alright, glamorous indie rock & roll gente esse album é MT bom de começo ao fim, especialmente o fim, eu adoro a vibe da outro (gir&r) q arraso!!! nota final: 5/5
I love this one. I don't know if I would have included it on a list of albums everyone must hear, but I'm still happy to listen to it.
Holy shit, this is like Biting Elbows mixed with Muse, i LOVE it
Great album
Like it’s a good album but I wanted more
This album was very oversaturated on the radio but I knew every song. Its a good album just got wayyyyy overplayed.
Lot of nostalgia going into this one. Pretty stacked album but drops off a bit in the second half.
Front loaded with nostalgic bangers
Before talking about the album, “Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll” is the most cringe inducing this I’ve ever heard omg. Is your angle being the ManOWar of indie rock? Oh yeah the album. This is one of the biggest most successful albums that came out of the whole early oughts post punk revival - Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, The Strokes, all that thing. The Killers really wear their influences on their sleeve - The Cure, Joy Division with more than a dash of Springsteen. Timeless singles and inconsistent album tracks. Overall a product of the time but an important specimen so three stars.
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7.5 / 10
The hits are great. “Mr.Brightside” is an all time classic. Other than that this album doesn't really offer much. 5/10
Good so far. I’ve realized I’ve heard some of these songs before🙃 ⭐️⭐️ /5
Ghost
this was so fire like already amaze with mr bright side, Jenny was a friend of mine, smile like you mean it and somebody told me. I liked on top, all these things that I’ve done and midnight show. Loved the vibes the production overall everything rlly fit well together first 5 star album 👍👍
Really nice, euphoric rock album.
Good first half, mid second
Album 89. Hot Fuss (https://open.spotify.com/album/4piJq7R3gjUOxnYs6lDCTg?si=Fbd1YjF0T824eDiHoVhQpQ) — The Killers (2004) It's not great, but good music. Had two songs in my playlist before. Forgettable indie rock besides the hits. 3/5 —————————————— Liked: — Mr.Brightside — Somebody Told Me
I know people love this album, and I think a lot of that is born from a certain nostalgia. This album sounds like it was recorded for stadium shows with blown-out singles Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told Me. On that thread, its hard to deny that Mr. Brightside is one of the quintessential songs of the early 2000s. It has a certain relentless, propulsive optimism about it and taps into a soundscape that was endemic during that era (synthy, poppy, and bright). Somebody Told Me takes a bit of a back seat, but is in my personal opinion a more fun song; dancy with a catchy as hell (if somewhat inane) chorus. I first heard All These Things That I've Done in a skate video (I think for either a Rodney Mullen or Daewon Song part) and have always enjoyed it. Once again, even though the chorus reeks of adolescent profundity (I've got Soul but I'm not a Soldier). Outside of the hits, I think this album is okay, but is (at its worst) kind of boring. Songs I enjoyed the most include: On Top, Midnight Show, and Change Your Mind. For me this is solid 3 territory.
Another album where the first half is all megahits that everyone has heard hundreds of times, then the brand new songs in the back half. Everything Will Be Alright really stood out to me as a sound I didn't think The Killers were capable of. Not sure what I expected out of this album outside of the hits. Not entirely impressed, but it was still a decent album.
Absolutely slammed by mega hits through the first 5 songs. All These Things That I've Done is an incredibly fun high energy song. Didn't realize they got so funky with some of the synth parts in a few of these songs. The Killers are going to go down as an all time band that puts on all time live performances and it's well deserved. They sure do know how to write awesome songs. This was so close to a 5 but there were some songs that were a bit of a let down so it's a high 4
Bassline on Jenny is always welcome. Obviously Mr. Brightside is a singalong for any millennial. The biggest problem with it and Somebody Told Me is that they're just too overplayed. But they are damn catchy. Smile Like You Mean is a fun one and All These Things That I've Done is probably their best song. Album start incredibly hot and cooled off a bit on the second half, but I still think it warrants a 4.
LOVE
Debut album and I lucky to see them on that first short tour of the UK to promote it. They were brilliant and this album has 6-7 brilliant songs. This is the only album for me. Each album got less alternative or more mainstream for me.
I loved this album when it was released. Still some strong songs on here but it hasn't aged well. The singers voice can be grating, dubious lyrics, toylike synths, uninspiring guitars. The drums are strong and Mr brightside is outstanding.
I was working in a CD retailer when this came out and it was on high rotation at the time, so I know this pretty well, even though I haven't listened to it once since, until now. It was also one of the first albums that made me realise I was getting older - this was a millennials album, and as a gen-Xer i was probably not going to be at the clubs / indie nights where this would have been spun in 2004. Musically, on relisten I feel much the same as I did when it was released - it's front loaded with absolute monster tunes, the bass and keyboards give the best of New Order and The Cure, alongside guitar parts lifted directly from U2, and the drums are dancey and scream 2004. After the first 5 songs though, it drops off a cliff - i have no desire to listen to any of the back half again. The closer "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" could be the worst thing I've ever heard. A 3 star album that should have been a 5 star EP.
Solid album with a few tracks that are in my regular rotation.
This sucks. And why does the lead singer sound british? He's from Las Vegas right? Is it just because he's ripping off better british bands? On the positive side, when the robot sings "from the back of the restaurant" on the track Smile Like You Mean It, it's one of the funniest things I've heard while going through this list.
Vegas rock with familiar lyrics
taki średni ale w sumie kilka bangerow
Da hora o álbum, duas músicas muito famosas nele. Gosto do som, me lembra a juventude, uma banda local de rock tocando no Bovary. Já é mais meu estilo, e tem músicas picas. Daria 3.5, mas vou com 4.0 então.
Great album! I knew the singles but not the album- and also I didn’t realise so many hit singles were on the same album! I like the strong melodies and anthemic quality- the kind of songs that are fun to sing along to in a crowd. Deducting a star for terrible lyrics.
It’s ok, definitely some big hits and Mr Brightside is a great tune. But also just don’t love the killers, this album starts strong but doesn’t really carry through.
Great start and ending, let down a bit in the middle
Better than I was expecting. I was familiar with two songs, and I like them. I realised I knew another song during the listen that I liked too. The other songs had interesting melodies and production too.
Yeah I get why people like this
Fine. The hits are good but the rest of the album is very samey. Great 2000s era rock band but not an interesting one.
Genre: Post-Punk Revival It's impressive how well all of these mid-aughts rock records have aged. From the Arctic Monkeys to Coldplay to Franz Ferdinand to The White Stripes, to this. This thing rules. I think, though, having been a kid (10-11 years old) when this album was kicking off certainly plays a factor, but the greatness of this album goes beyond my nostalgia. This is a great pop rock record, full of catchy songwriting, anthemic, epic moments, and it's just a great time. It's not perfect, but it's a total gem, and chock full of hits, too. I GOT SOUL, BUT I'M NOT A SOLDIER. 4/5
Coupla real stinkers near the end here.
I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier if you know what I mean. Actually I don’t but it’s the best moment of the album. I think Queen is likely the Killers spirit animal, but the singer has perhaps half the charisma of Mercury.
I’ll never forget the people scream singing Mr. Brightside on repeat at 3am while camping at the Renaissance Faire. Going over to yell at them to shut up and finding all of them completely naked will forever be burned in my brain when I think about this song.
My review was not saved and I’m sad cause it was why I hate the killers sublime and oasis
Not as good as Hot Fuzz, but then again, what is?
3.5
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This is such a good alternative rock album. It's also simply right up my alley as far as genre so that helps. But regardless the tones are so good on this record, and it's mixed so well. Everything has space to shine, and everything deserves the space that it has. Each piece of these arrangements is so purposeful and works so cleanly with everything else. The vocal timbre is just right and everything is performed so gorgeously. I had a great time running through this album. The guitar is tasteful and the bass so full that is feels like that would even be enough. But the percussion is tight and groovy without being repetitive and the keys and a dimension that is really working for them. And it has an awesome closer to help resolve this project. Wonderful use of 50 minutes. 4.8/5
Mr. Brightside’s 20-odd years of dominance on this side of the Atlantic makes some sense to me now. The whole album is like that. Almost the Cure. Somewhat Modern English. Maybe even the Chameleons. When other American bands of that period - Interpol, say - sounded like Americans who had just learned what post-punk, just like the grunge movement represented ‘The Day Punk Broke,’ The Killers hardly sound American at all. Rather their version of New Wave music has a pop friendly indeterminacy, a transatlantic received pronunciation. When no British act was doing that at the time, at least not without irony, of course that most banal of paradoxes, the mainstream indie night, would take to the singles to heart. And those students would take the song to wedding receptions. And on and on. It’s genuinely admirable. 2.5 The first I heard of The Killers was ‘Somebody Told Me’. This was a song that I took an immediate dislike to in 2004 and I loathe it to this day. As I was wont to do twenty years ago I felt compelled in the course of the next weeks to mention to a number of friends that The Killers were utter shite, taking the opportunity whenever new music was mentioned and sometimes as a charming non sequitur. A little later I heard ‘All These Things I’ve Done’ for the first time. I remember it clearly, I was in Mark’s flat (he lived above a flower shop at the time) and he called my attention to their new song, streaming it on his computer. The track knocked my socks off on first listen as few other songs have ever done. The first guitar line was very simple but strangely elegant. The first verse melody, cleverly derived from the riff but not a copy of it, was absolutely delicious as was the melody of the songs slow, dramatic introduction; yet another variation which was then revisited in the second verse. This was impressive, beguiling stuff. I was gutted. I did walk back my previous dismissal of The Killers with my friends over the course of the next weeks and months, all the same I felt tricked. How dare any band be so wonderful and so terrible at the same time? Over the course of their career, The Killers have more or less sustained this duality. Even their album ‘Wonderful, Wonderful’ is partly Terrible. There has been general improvement, to be fair. Although they haven’t done much better than Hot Fuss at its best, only rarely have they produced work as annoying as Hot Fuss at its worst. And how dreadful that worst. The cold, cutting, idiotic one-finger synth assaults of Smile Like You Mean It and On Top, although the most painful bits are surely the end of Jenny Was… and that post-chorus bit in Mr Brightside. The witless oscillations of the melody of Midnight Show, or the non-melody of the verse of Mr Brightside. The frequently excruciating lyrics (let’s single out Smile Like You Mean It and Believe Me Natalie here). And of course there is Somebody Told Me; which embodies all these faults in its own special low-place. Over ‘dancey’ drums. What could possibly redeem any album that is host to such horrors? Well there are two elements to its redemption for me. First there’s the better stuff on the album. All These Things… I’ve mentioned already, although I generously omitted mention of ‘I got soul but I’m not a soldier’; a rather goofy bridge section which at the time drew more popular attention than it deserved. Several times around 2004/05 I encountered lairy students at kicking-out time using it as a substitute football chant. Brandon Flowers is a gifted writer of melodies, and though he is by no means a good lyricist he yields interesting enough moments, particularly where his faith as a Mormon intrudes on his writing - fragments in which he touches on God, morality, Heaven and so on. Hot Fuss is at its best when the songs are at their most structurally unusual and, unfettered from the chore of lowest common denominator repetition, Flowers lets his gift for melody and his terrific voice fly. ‘Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll’ is a glorious mess. The passage after the second key shift - Flowers belting at the top of his range amid a clutter of backing vocals and ecstatic drum rolls never fails to get my blood racing. ‘Andy, You’re a Star’, the oddest song on the album, may also be the best. Again, Flowers’ vocal provides the highlight, suddenly shifting up an octave in the second pre-chorus and turning an already dramatic number into near-Opera. The first verse of ‘Everything Will Be Alright’ is another of the album’s most beautiful moments - a rich, meandering melody - and although much of the rest of the song is defined by repetition the whole thing has a warm, intoxicated quality, possibly stemming from the fact that the band recorded it at home rather than in a studio. Which brings me to the other reason this album is, for me, ultimately redeemed. Personal sympathy. Brandon Flowers, as was widely noted at the time, sings most of this album in an English accent, despite being born and bred in Nevada, USA. He quickly offered up his enthusiasm for The Cure and The Smiths as some sort of explanation but there was no getting away from the fact that he was deeply embarrassed by his faux-English accent being observed. The Killers second album saw Flowers shift to an (arguably over-egged) American twang. Just as tellingly, he re-recorded Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll in this new accent - with virtually no other musical changes - presumably as a partial corrective to his debut. Now this peculiar embarrassment I can sympathise with. In the early noughties, at the same time young Brandon was jumping about the practice room channeling Morrissey (although not quite the same age - I am a few years younger) I indulged in a fair bit of home recording of my own songs. I am not English either, although I’m not quite 5000 miles away, but I also sang everything with an English accent. Years later I would listen back and blush as much at the accent I put on as the terrible music and lyrics. Even then (it’s been at least 15 years since I clapped ears on a Jamie Aceytlcholine track) I couldn’t quite account for why I sang like that. I could try to claim it was part of the dramatic assumption of a musical alter ego but this was just not so, despite the pseudonym. I think the truth is I simply didn’t notice; or at least implicitly assumed that no one else would notice. It certainly didn’t occur to me at the time that there was any musical value to my own accent. I suppose Thom Yorke and Damon Albarn (above all others) taught me how to sing and theirs was also the sort of music I wanted to make. I was very young and perfectly myopic in my musical creativity. So I feel for Brandon Flowers when I listen to Hot Fuss - an album which I understand he has for many years been unable to listen to. I don’t entirely pity him or anything; whatever his blushes over the accent thing he was blessed with a marvellously strong singing voice which is very much more than Jamie had. There was also all the money and success which must have gone some way to consoling him. A tragic epilogue. I am of an age now where I will pay money to stand in a big muddy field for hours for almost no one. So I didn’t bother going to see The Killers when they played at Boucher a few years ago. Throughout that show, however, I could hear all the basslines clearly as I sat in my flat, which was about three miles away and I recognised most of the songs. Credit to the bassist I suppose, of whose efforts I have yet made no mention. But amid the hits from Hot Fuss and Sam’s Town (a better album) there was, unmistakably, a cover of Teenage Kicks; a move more cringe even than the lyrics of ‘Human’. Wee Jamie was bad but he never sunk that low. 3/5
more debut albums that represent big historical points in the world of western music, this time in the world of 2000s alt rock. blending blunt lyrics with super wide sounds that coat your ears in sound, the killers' energetic songs make just about anyone get up from their chair and sing along. the album hits hard and it would probably hit harder if it blasted through a slightly distorted, mega crunchy fm radio station 20 years ago.
This is a good one.
I guess because of all the other music that came out at this time, I’ve never found this album to be very impressive. It’s like what other bands were doing, but way less good. Or interesting or impressive. If this were the only thing I’d heard from that era I’m sure this would be a perfectly fine pop album. However, since I am familiar, it’s like: “Her?” Update: I felt like I wrote above was a little snobby, but then I heard the last song (apparently for the first time) and nope, I’m right. So gross. Fucking dorks.
I expected to enjoy this album a bit more than I did. It has some highlights, but it's overall just ok.
Very listenable, some big hits here.
has too many bangers for an average band
Somehow never listened to this from start to finish despite having heard every track on its own a million times. Sam's Town is better but this is still great
This album was pretty ubiquitous in the mid-Naughties, which I think has then led to a case of familiarity breeding contempt. I have a few of these songs on various playlists and at times they come on and it’s just ‘nah, heard that too many times’. Having said that, hearing them in isolation does give a slightly different appreciation. You can see how the first 4 songs were all huge hits - singable choruses, catchy (if at times inane) lyrics, slick production. The quality drops off fairly rapidly after that - All These Things That I've Done has the crazily catchy 'I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier' chant at the end (which I swore he ripped off from somewhere, but apparently not). 'Andy, You're A Star' is notable for being the most musically different with just a guitar and Flowers singing, but unfortunately again the lyrics are kinda rubbish and his delivery ruins it. 'On Top' is back to the pop-rock, but without the major hooks, and 'Change My Mind' is similar again. After another couple of filler tracks (prize for the worst lyric from 'Believe Me Natalie' - 'There is an old cliche under your Monet, baby' - like, what?!?!?!), we get to 'Glamourous Indie Rock 'n' Roll', which I can only assume is Flowers attempt at being a hardened cynic. Overall, it's impressive how the first 4 songs have endured over the last 20 years, but as an album, it's not great. 3 stars for the first half, can't say I'd waste my time listening to the rest again.
It really takes the glossy-key thing up to forefront--some real bangers but also generally leaves a weird taste in my mouth on account of everything in my life circa 2004. (And also, it DOES sound a little too... satisfied?)
Yep, still good. I didn’t know about the references to biblical text or questions about them being a Christian band until only a few years ago and it actually made me like them more. I like the “open to expression” style of lyrics and their use of music to explore their own beliefs. Anyway, besides the deep shut, it’s a really fun album and one I would happily listen to on repeat. I bet they would be a fun band to see live. Of course All These Things That I’ve Done is amazing and technically probably my favorite, I have to pick something different for… Standout: Andy You’re a Star or Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll. Brandon’s voice is so damn good.
⭐⭐ Hitsen Mr.Brightside och Somebody told me är spår som jag kan uppskatta men annars känns det mest mhee. Produktionen stör jag mig på. Känns platt, kantigt och odynamisk. Det plus sången som är ganska "pikig" gör att soundet "obekvämt".
Bumpin
I love this one but I'm honestly wondering why there has been no revision to replace it or ALSO include Sam's Town
Somebody should really tell the Killers that a few people listen to the other side of LPs. It really feels like they gave up after All These Things and called it a day. The big hits have obviously been played to death, but it's hard not to scream along to Mr. Brightside every time it comes on at the club or a music event. Somebody Told Me doesn't have that same effect and has definitely lost some of its punch after 500 listens. I actually found myself enjoying the other songs on the A-side more simply because of how fresh they were compared to the battle-scarred corpse of Somebody Told Me. It's hard to deny that these tracks got a good formula down. It's nothing super intricate or deep, but neurotypical people need a Pop win every now and then. I'll give the B-side about as much attention as they did.
yicky
They tried to beat the strokes and failed miserably. Never actually heard the album before … not good. sounds rushed two singles on here are completely out of place all the other songs Sam throw together knackered
Hat seine Höhen und Tiefen. Teilweise interessante Ideen aber vieles wirkt sehr einfallslos. At its best, wenn sie tatsächlich etwas probieren, dass nicht nur 0815 pop rock ist. Höhepunkt(e): Everything Will Be Alright, Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll Tiefpunkt(e): Somebody Told Me Rating: 6/10
Guter erster Eindruck, instrumental sehr gut, gutes Schlagzeug, sehr guter Bass, nur der Sänger ist bisschen losgelöst von dem Rest der Band. Das zweite Lied on top sehr gutes instrumental Gesang Melodie ein bisschen komisch Everything will be alright: das Instrumental hat gute Ansätze aber die Stimme macht mit dem Filter keinen sensiblen Eindruck obwohl das Thema des Liedes sensibel sein soll. 4/10 All these things I've done ist bis jetzt das beste meiner Meinungnach, weil das Instrumental und der Gesang das erste Mal an einem Strang ziehen und nicht zwei verschiedene Melodien spielen. Mr Brightside ist super bekannt aber meiner Meinung nach ein wenig overhyped. Es ist auf jeden Fall eins der guten Lieder. Fazit: mir gefällt der Sänger nicht und der ständige Filter auf der stimme noch weniger. Die Musiker haben auf jeden Fall was drauf, aber der Sänger will so ein bisschen mehr als er kann. Der Synth ist mega random und es wird nur in die Tasten gehackt ohne jegliches Können. Ich sehe den Millenial Rebell vibe von der Musik und den trifft es auch gut aber es fehlt mir generell so ein wenig Identität bzw Alleinstellungsmerkmal. Die Turn Up Lieder sind solide, aber die "gefühlvollen" werden von dem Gesang nur kaputt gemacht. Die besten Lieder meiner Meinung absteigend sind: All these things that I've done Glamorous Indie Rock & roll Mr. Brightside HM: On Top
Boring af, coming from a Mr. Brightside Fan
I don't know that I've evr listened to this front to back, so I didn't realize how many bangers were on this one album. Not always a genre or sound I reach for, but enjoyed it.
Lots of good memories attached to songs on this record. Remember first hearing it with friends, remember it soundtracking new relationships, and remember it being part of a fantastic Friday night at Glasto. Never actuially listened to the LP though. Time has not been kind to this record. This is one bland album. Like really bland. They front loaded the thing with all the singles. They haven't aged well but then the second half is so dull and forgettable. I find their sound quite abrasive and not at all melodic, and the lyrics very uninteresting. It gets a 2 because "All These Things That I've Done" is a great song admittedly. I cannot believe it doesn't close the album though. WTF.
The music sounds very familiar and even timeless in the sense that I couldn't say, "This is typical years... music."
Let's be so effing for real, I almost combusted when I saw the killers. Not that I listen to them on a daily, but its like a familiar name. I already knew its a five
One of the best alt rock albums of all time.
Very neutre
Surprisingly fun, much more fun than I'd ever expect. Idk if I should be ashamed of liking The Killers, maybe I should be. So sybau y'all
Heard Some; 3.5; Really fun singles and first half of the album, but the rest of the album is kinda uninteresting. I didn't like this as much as I thought I would have. Favorite Track: Mr. Brightside
There are a surprising number of "breakthrough albums" by artists for which the lead single - the song that got them famous - is the worst song on the album. That's certainly the case here. Somebody Told Me is the weak link . . . but it's still pretty good.
Meh.
4/5 - This is somewhere between a 4 and a 5 for me. It's a remarkable debut album with a packed front half. I'm probably dinging it just because I've listened to it so much in the past, and some songs didn't hold up as well as I remembered, but still, really good stuff. "Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll" is a truly silly song; would have loved to see that live back then.
I can't deny the hits. The non-hits are pretty average though.
Great album, so much nostalgia for me in this! Lots of great nights out lol. Some songs I hadn't heard in years, need to go through and save some
Meh
I am partially familiar with The Killers due to Mr. BrightSide, but rock and punk music just isn’t my thing.
Carried by a few songs
This album was very good. This is a top tier rock album. It goes on different directions but every sound is so good.
Didnt expect to like it that much
meh. started off real strong but started losing my interest by the end. perhaps its because the singles from this album are such bangers the other songs fall victim to subconscious comparisons but i couldnt get into them. didnt hate it but didnt love it.
Great album, I’m just a little tired of it personally
Thats good, this kind of indie rock always has a least one good song on the album, and this one have more then one. There are songs that dont impact the listener, but most of it is good. Mr. Brightside and somebody told me are classic of the genre, and i like it.
I forgot how much I like The Killers. Great album.
FAVS: All These Things That I've Done, Everything Will Be Alright, Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll Not necessarily what I would reach for, but honestly a great listen.
Not bad... Never heard of it before (maybe that one song that was playing everywhere... "Somebody Told Me"). Not sure I'll keep this album in my rotation (?), not really my flavour.
great!
anthemic indie rock vibes
first album i know (actually know)! lot of loud noise, lot of bangers also and im feeling good so gonna round it up today
Ok
It was pretty good, but outside of a few songs it almost felt too meta.
2. mr.brightside 4. somebody told me
Great album! I love the sound, pop punk is my favorite genre so I had high hopes and this album did not disappoint. I do not have the words to discribe this album, It is just really good!
COÑA GITANA QUE M'HA TOCAT ESTE ALBUM DE MILLONES OMG MR BRIGHTSIDE ÉS LA MILLOR CANÇÓ DEL MON somebody told me top 2 cançó del album literalment cançó perfecta si no fora pq mr brightside és més perfecta encara all these things that i've done top 3 trobe q cançó mes bona 5 estreles esq és un album perfecte
Perf
I was surprised to learn The Killers are not a British band. I hear similarities to The Cure, but I enjoy this more. Mr. Brightside is obviously a singalong, but I feel the same about Jenny Was a Friend of Mine. Some of the less famous songs sound good, as well.
Vocals very stereotypical of the early 2000s post-punk revival a la Interpol. An historical reenactment of an historical reenactment. 2/5
very good
This album feels like an idealized portrait of early 00’s alternative rock, infused with the energy of groups like Franz Ferdinand, The Strokes, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but cleaned up – maybe a little too cleaned up – to appeal to a wider audience. In the process, it loses a lot of the character and idiosyncrasies that made these peers so charming. It’s certainly not lacking in hooks, and I enjoyed the cascading synths throughout, but even the heavily distorted riffs seemed carefully dialed in and lacking any danger of surprise. I had most fun with tracks like “All These Things I’ve Done” and “Everything Will Be Alright,” that haven’t had so much radio play as to ruin their groove.
A quintessential album for all millennials. Fun, nostalgic for some, but certainly not ever lasting. (Like many albums on this list, or at least what I’m beginning to find….)
Starting off I had most of these songs already Liked so I knew I would overall really like listening to this album, so I tried to be extra critical of it. I will admit the songs don't go deep enough and are very surface level. I needed to look up a lot of them and figure out what exactly he was trying to sing about because I don't think he went far enough with the lyrics. I also see a little fboy, douchyness here, its early 2000's indie hipster boy energy that can be a little too far and too 'cool.' However, I can't help but love it and want to sing and dance along. They are catchy and fun and give a happy energy to hipster emo indie rock feelings.
I like The Killers. Brandon writes pretty great catchy melodies and I like his singing. The music is a cool fusion of rock and pop that feels like power-disco at times. The hits (Mr Brightside, All These Things, Somebody Told Me) are all great songs. The rest of the songs took awhile to win me over. This is an album that I've picked up and put down many times over the years and I think I've gone from a 3 to a 4 to a 5 with it. The Indie Rock and Roll song isn't that great. It feels like a throw away that they should have left off because Everything Will Be Allright feels a bit like a lullaby and a great song to finish the album.
This guys voice SUCKS! It’s too whiny and it sounds like his lips stay glued to the mic the entire time. I TRULY despise this Indie-er than thou, bored rich kid style of singing. It’s nails on a chalkboard. Even if the songs are ok, catchy even, it doesn’t matter. I couldn’t make it through the album because his voice is SO fucking insufferable. I’ll never come back to this.
The Killers might not be everyone's cup of tea, but gosh dang, I love them and this album. I even walked down the aisle to an operatic version of All These Things That I've Done. One of my most favorite songs. This is a super impressive debut album. It rocks out hard with great hooks throughout. It's front loaded with the best songs in the first half, but the lesser known songs are still solid. Especially love Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll to close the album.
Great choruses, a little bit of filler, but it really feels like soaring!
A fun listen. I was not familiar with them. I had listened to The Strokes and somehow missed The Killers. To me, they sound very similar. Would listen again, certainly.
ah nostalgia
I already love the killers but giving it a full listen needs to be done.
Great album. Knew Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told Me before listening so was super excited to listen. loved everything.
i meeaaaan la primer parte es MUY BUENA pero la segunda…… mamita….
I liked this one quite a bit in the beginning but towards the end it kinda fell off. Favorites include Mr. Brightside and Somebody Told Me and Jenny Was a Friend of Mine.
Not my cup of tea at all.
OMG. No. Never
Not a fan of the killers. So didn't listen to this album
[9:38 a. m., 7/1/2026] Johana: smile like you mean it [10:20 a. m., 7/1/2026] Johana: Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
Incredible album. Iconic.
Huge sound and big feels. Just what we needed for the early 2000s. Flawless blend of synth pop vibes and indie rock. "Smile Like you mean it" is a personal mantra that I use daily. Clever lyrics, great for karaoke
What a fantastic album. Truly this is the sound of my college days (dating myself). I listened to this album on repeat, and the first half is all on my Liked songs playlist already. It's a 4 star album because I like it so much, it has that good good nostalgia hit, and it's so easy to listen to over and over. It's not a 5 star album because the first half is just so solid and the second half doesn't meet the same quality.
More angular than I remember, some Beatlesesque moments (everything will be alright?), feel like you can hear the desert in some songs to me. 1 or 2 very cut and paste indie pop songs
I was surprised by how many songs on here I’d heard previously without being aware. It’s good for what it is, but ultimately it’s all pretty bland and middle-of-the-road.
Ahhhhh The Killers! This record was absolutely critical to folks my age back in 2004. But I never gave it a chance - it was too popular, for one, and it didn't help that I thought "Somebody Told Me" was just a retread of Blur's "Girls and Boys," another song I can't stand. But then - this record also has some of my favorite tunes from that time period - particularly "All These Things That I've Done." A better than average rock record. FOUR STARS
Super listenable. So many fun hits. Was jammin.
It's taking me back to high school! Obviously All These Things That I've Done is such a highlight, there is a reason it's such an indy rock classic. Everything Will Be Alright was a highlight I had never heard. Also Glamorous Indy Rock & Roll. This album was a cool vibe, although very of its time. I think people have iterated it so much that it unfortunately sounds somewhat tired to me, although it is incredible that most of the music I listened to in High School came from this album ish, that it was very modern for when it came out to the point where most of the music I listened to from 2015-2019 sounds exactly like it, which I think shows how ground breaking and ahead of its time it was. Unfortunately, because I didn't bump into it until I was 25, it sounds generic to me, but maybe I need to grow my appreciation. Glad I listened through.
Sympa, typique rock band des années 2000 je trouve que l’album s'essouffle vachement
Classic. Indie (or what was indie) at its finest. A whiff of folkyness gives us the impression there might be a gram of truth in all this heartbreak.
Definitely an album I avoided listening to because I think Mr.brightside is overplayed. Jenny was a friend of mine is a Killer way to start off an album. Andy you're a star kind of rubs me the wrong way.
I was really excited to listen to this album. I've heard the hits so many times but never heard the vision as a whole. I thought it was excellent. The first half is definitely stronger than the latter half. The lyrics are nothing groundbreaking, but they do dig deep enough to leave an impact. Vocal performance is good, mixing is a little bit messy in places, but where it's good, it's REALLY good. Mostly highs with a few lows towards the end. Nothing on this record was truly bad. This is what the mid 2000s sounds like to me. My childhood. My rating might be a little bit high, but I think it's deserved. Mr. Brightside is a treasure of a song. Solid 4/5.
obviously it contains the banger played at every college party ever. but the rest of the album is also pretty enjoyable. I rlly enjoy the classic indie rock sound, and it’s definitely solid throughout. definitely will come back to this one. 4/5⭐️
Many have tried to recreate this kind of synth-tinted indie rock and very few have matched this quality. Stadium bangers and esoteric deep cuts on the same album and it’s so good front to back.
Automatically a great album because of Mr. Brightside. Enjoyable
Initial thought before listening to this record: - I hope this is better than I think it is Some thoughts I had while listening to this album: - I wish the vocalist had a more interesting voice - Brandon Flowers is a funny name - Wow, this drummer must he bored (during Somebody Told Me) - Why this album has several billion plays is beyond me - This is perhaps the most medium record I’ve had so far in this challenge After: - Yup, it was pretty much as I thought it would be Favourites: All The Things That I’ve Done and Believe Me Natalie
Solid album I hadn’t heard in years (but only listened to in entirety probably once). Bunch of popular tunes though….
alcune canzoni mi hanno fatto SCHIFO, altre carine
Before listening to this, I wanted to preface this review with simply not discussing "Mr. Brightside" in any amount of depth. It's almost the 'ultimate' drunk-in-a-club-at-2am song, and has become almost nothing more than that for me. Honestly, "Somebody told me" is a very close second in this regard. It is a shame, because lyrically and musically they are both good songs, I've just listened to them both so much that it's very difficult to be even remotely objective about them. "Jenny was a friend of mine" with its hard hitting bass and Flowers' voice - which I've always thought had an air of 'matter of fact' to it - makes for an impressive opening track, telling the story of a man accused of murder; a fitting track for a band holding a name like this. Under the weight of Mr. Brightside before it, "Smile like you mean it", with it's unique whining guitar and punchy bass has always been a favourite of mine. The chorus too, delivered in a way that sounds like a plea, really sells the emotion in the track. The opening to "All these things that I've done" with its near-biblical pianos, megaphone vocals and slow building drums sound like the beginning of a Pink Floyd record. The biblical tone continues throughout the song, with choir backing vocals on the lyric "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier"; incredibly catchy and personal to Flowers' connection to LDS. Everything ties together exceptionally well here. With "Andy, You're a Star", I find myself saying - for the first time this journey - that I really wasn't a phone. The buzz of the guitar and Flowers' voice just create a mixed drone that I couldn't wait to hear the end of. "On Top" was enjoyable in places, such as the inflections in Flowers' voice when singing the chorus, though it felt a little chaotic with the synthesized bops, tambourines and orchestral strings in different places. Although it all sounds great, it lacks cohesion enough to be truly satisfying to listen to. As the album pulls closer to the end after "On Top", it feels as though it begins to run out of ideas, "Change your mind" being hugely unremarkable, "Believe me Natalie" starting with real uniquity then washing out with predictable sounding verses. "Midnight Show" was a surprise, and I did enjoy its more energetic beat and orchestral outro. "Everything will be alright" starts like a sexy spy thriller title sequence track, and whilst I wasn't entirely keen on Flowers' voice on this one, the instrumental was carrying the track until about the 2 minute mark, where near chip-tune beeps ruined the beauty of it all. I still enjoyed my time with this, but whether I listen to this again in it's entirety is up for debate.
First half of this album is back to back bangers. Not as interested in the second half but 3 stars awarded based on the initial run of songs.
Очень классное насыщенное звучание , неплохая лирика , но пару песен не понравилось
A great album! Really nostalgic, I love The Killers!
Was coo
This is such a classic. I can totally understand why it’s on the list.
Teenagers were onto something in the 2000’s.
I understand the appeal, but it will never be me. The sound of this album emulates the settings that play Mr. Bright side: claustrophobic rage rooms. The sound does open as the album progresses, creating some prettier moments.
Some bright spots but none of them are strung together into a full song. The back half of the album is particularly weak, except for ‘Midnight Show.’ (3/5)
This album is a very catchy album. My favourite song was Andy you’re a star.
Overall: 2.5/5. Some catchy songs here but nothing really stuck out to me as particularly impressive or great, especially when comparing it to other indie-rock records from the same period. But it is very listenable, there was no point where I was actively irritated by it.
Like the lyrics and tempo of songs. Favorite song Mr Brightside.
Ok
Overall for me this album is too much in one tone. The voice is more droning than expressive to my ear. Not a fave.
It was nice to hear some of the album songs that are not overplayed to death again. This is a fun album, but still feels of the moment rather than classic to me.
Through the first 4 overplayed tracks I thought this album was for the bin, but the rest of it surprised me
The first 5 songs are incredible. The rest are hit or miss. 3.5 rounded up for nostalgia.
Didn’t care for The Killers when they first came out. Don’t really care now. Perhaps I’ve heard Mr. Bright side one too many timea
Having to listen to this album the day the U.S invaded Venezuela is really unfortunate.
6/10 wasn’t a fan but definitely had its good songs in there! My favorite track is Everything will be alright’
Liked the songs…not sure about the singer
The songs are OK and I'm familiar with the first five. But they're ruined by the sound recording IMO. It lacks clarity anf space between the instruments and there's a harshness anf density to the sound that makes it hard to listen to.
Richtig toll
Added a good amount of songs from this one! Had two liked already!!
I love the cult classic songs by The Killers and even a couple of their more obscure/less mainstream ones, but I'm ashamed to admit that even in the year of our Lord 2026, I had never listened to this entire album before. While listening to this, I can see why the popular ones are popular and why the other ones kind of faded into oblivion.
Solid Rock album. It's got the two songs I know and like from The Killers (Mr. Brightside & Somebody Told Me) but otherwise nothing too special. I'd give it 3.5 Stars if I could but 3 seems reasonable
Mr brightside, always will bring me back to Maastricht and karaoke night :) but overall not my style.
really good very 2000s
Quite good
Good Stuff! 4 *
nice
Yep
Immediate 5 Nostalgia ridden. In an album so full of bangers, it's a shame that Mr Brightside is the only one that was really caught in the mainstream. Fave track: All These Things That I've Done
So much more here than just one, ridiculously overplayed song. Sam’s Town better though, sorry not sorry. 4/5
Ridiculously front-loaded, the first 5 tracks are genuinely great. Tracks 2-5 were inescapable on the radio at the time, listening to this is like a time warp back to the mid 2000s. The second half is pretty forgettable, no real standouts there for me.
Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, All These Things That I've Done, Smile Like You Mean It
Nostalgic album for me. Loved it when it came out. Listened again. It's okay.
I really enjoyed this entire album not a dull song on the whole thing
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ meh
such a nostalgic feeling type of album
What a debut! (Decided to change my initial rating of 4 to 5 because this labum is that good, and the one or two skippable tracks are semi-decent actually and don't detract from the rest.)
One of my favorite alternative albums of all time. So many iconic tracks and peak musicianship throughout the album