Reviews (page 8 of 15)
Starts about as well as any rock album from the 2000s, but is unable to maintain that level, how could it? Nonetheless, the album does lose steam in the back half and the experience is a little uneven. Still, the bangers absolutely bang.
Gives 80s new wave
Good album. Lots of originals I had forgotten about.
This took me back. What a great debut album from this band, very nostalgic. As a producer, it reminds me of how quality use of stereo panning can have a profound affect to your sound
The most British sounding group of Americans I can think of. Liked the album overall, especially the first half. I do think it goes on for a little bit too long without really giving you anything new on the second half.
An album of the time. Brought back some good memories.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. I remember returning the CD back in 2004/5! Definitely front-loaded, but it holds up well and is just a fun listen all around.
Meeh, midtier
I look forward to listen to the rest, but currently, it's been a banger of a time
Gutes Album. Somebody Told Me und Mr. Brightside natürlich top. Ansonsten solide.
Una obra bastante interesante y disfrutable, combina muy bien elementos de géneros varios como indie, alternativo y post-punk, un clásico de la década de los 2000 que se mantiene firme aún después de 20 años.
If you're making a list of the top 50 rock songs of the 2000s, like 3 of them are on this album.
Mr Brightside is the well known track on this album, but for me All These Things That I’ve Done is the one. What a brilliant song 4/5
A lot of great songs
Fun rock with recognizable songs
I really liked it
Light 4 based on the strength of the hits
Better than I was expecting
This has to be in my top-20 albums of all time.
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine - Did not like at first, but as the song went on, I liked it a little. Will definitely need to listen again (3.5/5) Mr. Brightside - A classic. Love it (5/5) Smile Like You Mean It - Really enjoyed this one, but there was something holding it back that kept me from truly loving it like Mr. Brightside (4.5/5) Somebody Told Me - Really loved this one. (5/5) All These Things I've Done - Very different sounding compared to the rest of the songs so far. Love it, but it's not one I would actively seek out like Mr. Brightside or Somebody Told Me (4/5) Andy You're a Star - Meh it was alright. Wouldn't turn it off if it came on, but I wouldn't put it on myself (3/5) On Top - Really enjoyed this one. Loved the synths and the aura that the song created. Feels like spending a summer in LA (5/5) Change Your Mind - It was good, but it's just not all that interesting or memorable compared to what came before (4/5) Believe Me Natalie - Very slept on song from Hot Fuss. Not as great as On Top or Mr. Brightside or Somebody Told Me, but it's still a fantastic song worth listening to again and again (4.5/5) Midnight Show - Very interesting guitar play. And the synths are appropriately eerie. Kind of reminds me of Halloween (5/5) Everything Will Be Alright - Meh I didn't really like this one all that much. Not bad or anything, I just didn't really vibe with it (2.5/5) Glamourous Indie Rock & Roll - It was alright. Had some interesting instrumentals, but overall just didn't really find it all that interesting or memorable (3/5) Overall: It was a good, solid album filled with a bunch of good songs that I really enjoyed and thought were interesting. Not every song was a hit and there were very few that I truly, truly enjoyed. But this is an album full of songs that I would definitely come back to again and again. (4.1/5)
Album is a bit imbalanced, all the hits at the start and a weaker second half, however I enjoyed the whole album
I’m glad that we can stop pretending that Mr. Brightside isn’t the best song of the 21st Century.
Strong start full of hits, second part a bit weaker, after all it was their first album. Not their best but a solid start.
Excellent debut
Hot Fuss sound like timeless indierock and could easily deserve 5 stars, but the lyrics are so dull sometimes and Brandon is just a lil asshole, so I take a star for that.
Lots of classic tracks here, crazy for a debut. Didn't love the album songs as they all blur into each other a bit for me. Still a high 4/4.5 for Mr Brightside and All These Things That I've Done.
This one gets that nostalgia bump. Is it actually a 4? I didn't know, but it is for me.
4.5
This was actually pretty entertaining the obvious favorites were “Mr. Brightside” and “Somebody Told Me”
Awesome album, anthemic songs. The first five are incredible, powerful dance/rock/alt songs. The second half of the album cools of a little, while still enjoyable the songs aren't as special
Cool
What a debut!
This was a pretty solid and fun Rock album that I know I've heard tracks off of, and maybe my kids played for me before. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it.
Karaoke HOF with Mr. Brightside. Honorable mention to Somebody Told Me. Overall banger.
Begin was beter en laatste
Forgot about this album and how great it is. So much energy and what a voice! I enjoyed listening to this again.
Awesome!
eh i don't have to always make this so complicated: I want to *not* like these guys and the singer is more than a bit mid and I absolutely hate this mega-compressed terrible mix but ... dammit there's a dumb and irresistible catchiness to it all. Maybe it's good for me to not think too hard about rock music sometimes because I'd be stupid to deny the nostalgia here with the big hits. And even though those first 4 songs could carry the album alone, the second half (which I'd never heard) is actually just as fun, if not more-so. Much less wall-of-guitar-heavy and reliant on synths and melody.... I really like it. "Change Your Mind" is a straight-from-the-80s synth pop hit tarted up for this millennium. TL;DR: went into it thinking I was gonna be arrogantly rolling my eyes for the better part of an hour lumping them in with hipster and fecking horrible shit like Arctic Monkeys / Strokes / Hives but instead added an album to my collection. I feel slightly less-jaded tonight. 8/10 4 stars.
Probably good but I don’t like the singer’s voice.
Muy buen disco. Nada que decir de "Mr. Brightside", pero las otras canciones también son muy buenas, aunque se van apagando hacie el final del album. Debe ser el mejor disco de The Killers, a verificar con Sam's Town quizás.
I was excited to see this come up - very much of my era, memories of university and one of few albums now that my whole family will get on board with. That said, it is pretty front-loaded with most of its best songs in the opening run and then sags in the middle. Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll is one of my all-time favourite songs though so I'm always happy to let it run to the end.
Tu pariento parece tu parienta
I feel for my fellow listeners who got this album the day after the American election and just couldn't. There are some really great, propulsive, fun tracks on this. That may not match with current personal/political energy.
Average nightclub at 2am music but still good
Great album.
This is a very crucial album for me. I remember my mom playing this CD all the time and it slowly growing on me as I grew up. It starts and ends incredibly strong but a couple of songs (Change Your Mind and Believe Me Natalie) feel out of place on this. Still a great listen.
Flott plata. Mjög mikið Killers sound. Þétt og nokkrir bangers.
Oh give me a break. Coldplay yesterday. The Killers today. The author of this book clearly made no effort to account for recency bias when making this list. It’s almost hard to judge this album objectively because many of these songs were inescapable when the album was popular (some of them are still inescapable). Still, there’s some really catchy songs on here. I don’t even particularly care for Mr. Brightside, but it gets an honorary “Highlights” nod as one of the anthems of the Millennial generation (2.4 billion streams don’t lie). I guess this album was/is so popular that it’s justified being on the list, but I can’t help but feel like there’s not enough staying power here to call this album “important”. I just find popular music from this era so boring and uninteresting. Catchy enough, nonetheless. Take my 4 and be gone, Soul Soldier. 4/5 Highlights: Mr. Brightside All These Things That I’ve Done
Jenny was a friend of mine is such a great track and I feel like it gets overshadowed cause this album is full of bangers.
If this were my childhood, I would've given it a 5 easily, but I only knew a few, so most of the songs were new to me. A lot of bangers and just long enough. A very strong 4 full of pop bangers
full of classics
4.5 really
Decent album with lots of hits
Es ist das Debütalbum der amerikanischen Rockband und kombiniert Elemente von New Wave, Post-Punk und Synth-Pop und ist geprägt von eingängigen Gitarrenriffs, treibenden Schlagzeugrhythmen und markanten Synthesizer-Melodien. “Mr. Brightside” ist ein echter Ohrwurm mit treibendem Beat und melancholischen Texten über Eifersucht und Herzschmerz. “Somebody Told Me” ist ein tanzbarer Track mit eingängiger Melodie, der von Verwirrung und Missverständnissen in Beziehungen handelt. “All These Things That I’ve Done” ist geprägt durch den Refrain “I’ve got soul, but I’m not a soldier” und entwickelt sich von einer ruhigen Ballade zu einem kraftvollen Finale. “Smile Like You Mean It” ist ein melancholischer Song über Vergänglichkeit und den Verlust von Unschuld, kombiniert mit einer eingängigen Melodie. Insgesamt ist es ein starkes Debütalbum - unbedingt Wiederhören.
Solid album
It was alright, the Killers are definitely a hits band that can stand by their hits modt of the time, but some of these songs are so overplayed that I can't help but find them a bit cheesy. However, the album still is good, and some of the deep cuts are pretty good, too.
A favorite of mine. Saw them live in Japan long time ago. Quite good!
Honestly The Killers are one of those bands I kinda overlook. I think iit could be the lead singers voice gets a bit redundant maybe? I don't know. But I get mixed vibes listening to this album. It is really "quite good" and gets boosted by a few real solid hits. I think it might be that thorn in my side that more often than not does not "enjoy" listening to "just the one band" too many songs in a row. I don't know. Not a huge fan of The Killers but this is a pretty darn solid album...
That final song sucks so hard. Great album, though.
If I could give 4.5 I would. This album was truly everything I enjoy, and if I sit with it for longer it could even be 5 stars. It really is just everything I enjoy :)
Dealt with
nice
This album has me split between a rating more than any of the 200+ we’ve rated so far. On one hand, there’s a four song stretch of hits that almost every millennial knows by heart, including an all-time anthem in Mr. Brightside. On the other hand, the second half of the album is incredibly weak compared to the first. Regardless, cranking out these singles from a debut album is super impressive, even if they haven’t topped that success since. I think this is one where the singles give just enough boost to round up from a three and a half.
You want white people to dance at a wedding? Boy do I have a song for you. Did you know that "Mr. Brightside" has spent 260 weeks on the UK Top Singles Chart over the a past 13 years?! This album would be on this list for that song alone, but this band/album is anything but a one hit wonder. "Smile Like You Mean It", "Somebody Told Me", and "All These Things That I've Done" are all awesome singles in their own right. The rest of the album is just a cherry on top. Unfortunately, the layout of this album suffers from the iTunes effect (I'm guessing). When iTunes started, you could sample listen to 15 seconds of the first 3 songs of an album before you bought it. Bands started to frontload their albums with their best songs to try and sell the whole thing. I'm guessing that's what happened here. I think this album would have benefited if the big hits were a little more spread out. The back half isn't bad, but it needs a little spice added to it. I hate this rating system, because I want to give this a 9/10.
This link took me to a version with an extra track from the US release - interesting, while it's more generic I prefer 'Change Your Mind' to the irritating 'Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll'. While it's part of a 2000s soup, it does sound better than the other Indie bands of this time, and has held up relatively well. I think? 'Mr Brightside', however, can fuck right off. I'll see you at the next wedding no doubt.
Come on, it's a millennial staple. Additionally, outside of the major hits like "Mr. Brightside," songs like "Smile Like You Mean It," "On Top," and "Midnight Show" are just as good, if not better.
I loved this when I was younger. I still do but I used to too
Has lost a little bit of its luster over the years for me but still a top tier album. -1 because I don’t trust Mormons
I have listened to this whole album before but I relistened to part of it and remembered how good it is! Love smile like you mean it the most
The first half of the album was excellent 5/5 but the second half was like a cheap copy of the first half.
A timeless classic. I used to love it back during my uni days, and though my music preferences have changed considerably since then, I still occasionally put this album on. I doubt 'Mr Brightside' will ever go out of style. 4 stars
First half amazing, second half not so much
Didn’t realise they had so many bangers on this album
First album off the list that I own. A classic, lots of great songs.
There's not much of this album left once you take out the big singles - Mr Brightside, Indie Rock and Roll, Somebody Told Me, Smile Like You Mean It,Jenny Was a Friend of Mine. What's left rattles along pretty quickly. Is it a five star album? Not quite as the Killers are not a five star band. The last track is a bit of an unnecessary appendage. But it's 4.5.
Two standout songs I had heard before. Interesting vibes, it didn’t really feel very upbeat or happy. But still decent. Low 4.
mr brightside n somebody told me r def the best songs on here imo, I think id be really into this some years ago when this genre was my shit. some bangers and the rest wasn't bad. also guess this is one of the expunged albums, I would think thats because theres only a few songs that you NEED to hear(imo) and you've prolly heard those without this book so I guess that makes sense. Also the killers have a song with weyes blood that I like.
7/10 - The popular songs are bangers and the rest are pretty good. I liked Jenny was a Friend of Mine quite a bit.
Ngl I did not want to like this but it was actually pretty good. New guilty pleasure I guess
Brutally good intro into the album, kinda could have made more out of the first song tho. The vocals don't carry the intro energy well I think. Obviously, there are a couple of pretty solid songs on there, overall it sounds a touch too much all-the-same to me. Solid 3.6/5 but cover art is nice so 4/5.
Some real anthems here. Why does Everything Will Be Alright sound so compressed though?
liked it
An incredible debut album. Tons and tons of bangers on this one. It brings me back to an incredible point in my youth. It would get a 5, but the last 1/4 of the album kinda drops off a bit.
Great classic album - absolute winner in the clubs in the early 2000’s. Every tracks a winner until end of album /m- feels like it runs out of steam 3 tracks from the end.
Leuk. Niet helemaal mijn stijl, maar wil het nog wel eens luisteren
A fun rock pastiche.
IT WAS ONLY A KISS, IT WAS ONLY A KISS
Favourite songs: Somebody Told Me, Mr. Brightside, All These Things That I've Done, Jenny Was a Friend of Mine, Smile Like You Mean It, Change Your Mind, Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll Least favourite songs: Believe Me Natalie, Everything Will Be Alright 4/5
First half slaps, 2nd a bit weaker.
Liked this more than expected on my first listen. That’s right, my first listen was 2024. I had convinced myself I didn’t really like them.
I like them.
The Killers easily wrote some of the best pop rock bangers of the early 2000s. All These Things That I've Done is my favorite out of all the singles. They really did front load this album with all of their best songs, the second half is fine, but nothing really stood out. High 4
I really enjoy this. Fun listen with enough pop and rock sensibilities and Brandon has a great voice. Not a fan of the loud production which makes this a slightly tiring full listen even if packs a lot of quality rock songs. Good to hear synths too! Highlights: “Jenny Was a Friend of Mine”, “Mr. Brightside”, “Smile Like You Mean It” & “Everything Will Be Alright”. 4 stars.
4 - White boy music
Great album
I liked this one. It's one of the first so far that I've truly enjoyed and been pleased with for personal listening preferences rather than the cultural events surrounding it.
4.5
4.5
8.4 ★★★★ The first six tracks are off the hook... Then only 1 of the last five. But overall quite an enjoyable listen
I might have a bit of a sentimental connection to this album, but I think it is a real fun indie album. "Mr. Brightside" is a great song
Not the world’s most impressive or exciting band but they delivered the goods with this 00s indie classic. Great synthpop elements and some of the catchiest, most prevalent songs and hooks of the decade. First half has the bulk of all the iconic singles whereas in the second half the quality control goes a bit awry. On Top and woozy synthfest closer Everything Will Be Alright are slightly grander album cuts whereas Change Your, Believe Me Natalie just plain suck. UK tracklist has Glamorous Indie Rock And Roll stuck in the middle of the album and is like chucking in a hand grenade of clunky riffs and bad autotune. An album whereas at least 7 of the 11 tunes are absolutely excellent.
Very front loaded but very good
Yass
Good vibes with the classics
One of the top albums of that decade for sure
Yeah, great
Tää oli kova debyytti Killersiltä. Kappaleet on hyvää pop rokkia jossa vähän synia mukana. Parhaat: Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine, Everything Will Be Allright
Really good. Once again I didn't even realize half these songs were The Killers until hearing them here. Love it.
Hot Fuss is the Killers debut album, and the work that made international stars of the band. Led by the success of the breakout single "Mr. Brightside," the Las Vegas-based band first became popular in the UK, and their commercial success quickly spread across the globe. A few of the songs on the album became international hits, like "Smile Like you Mean It" and "Somebody Told Me." The Killers make guitar and synth based alt rock, with strong, soaring vocals from their lead singer, Brandon Flowers. The Killers' filled Hot Fuss with danceable, catchy pop songs that were so very successful that the band became a central figure of alt rock of the aughts.
A fun debut Rock album which takes me back to my middle school years("All These Things That I've Done" is better than "Mr. Brightside", and I'll die on that hill). Favorite track: "All These Things That I've Done".
Certified CLASSICS On here
Stark, I like it! *****
Another cracking album from 2004
Class album. Never been a massive fan of the killers but this is good. 8/10
Leuk album, veel geluisterd. Paar echte topnummers, maar als geheel misschien wat gedateerd, en ook niet echt origineel.
This is a really difficult one to rate because the first half is really good, but it drops quite a bit in quality during the latter half. I decided to be gracious, because there is some excellent music in this album.
First half singles 2nd half b sides. Some crackers on her. Heard before but was good to listen to again 7/10
Killer opening track and many others beside. Lacklustre finish. They ever were as good as their debut.
Overraskede mig. Fedt stort lydbillede
Great album.
I really liked this album, interesting, different, funky.
Top
This album and especially the hits were partially the soundtrack of some of my teenage years. I honestly like the whole album more than I did 18 years ago.
already listened pretty good mr brightside!!
All the feels. I bought this CD back in 2004, possibly in Virginia. Really well composed. Remember thinking the album art was pretty cutting edge. Lyrics touch on a lot of themes of pain and loss that I find relatable. Guitar, keys, and synth work (is that what I'm hearing) are pretty on point. Will always be a standout record for me.
Post-puni revival, Pop rock. Pretty crazy for a debut, no wonder they were everywhere for so long. Not a huge fan of every song but the classics are still great. Strong 3.5/5
Sort of Strokes-like
I enjoyed it quite a lot. Honestly I enjoyed it way more than I was expecting. Good straight forward indie rock. Well done Killers.
was expecting this to be annoyingly mainstream and too focused on being catchy. i wasnt exactly wrong but i gotta admit that its pretty fun. 7/10
Let's not beat around the Bush or Buckcherry, this album is a great basic bitch stadium rock quite symptomatic of 00s.
Hard to analyse this really. You can smell the Red Reef, feel the sticky floor of York's Gallery nightclub and taste the 2004 garlic burger from Oki's the second the intro to Jenny starts up. I actually thought, despite familiarity breeding a level of contempt in the last few years, it held up well. Somebody Told Me is still a huge banger, All These Things is massive, and Brightside, in its own way, is completely undeniable. It's not doing anything clever, but it's dopamine.
I knew a few songs. Better than expected
as 3 músicas boas são mt boas, mas sei lá, o resto não bate mt, fica desequilibrado
3.5/5 Bright, poppy rock. This album gets off to a flier before a strange gospel fusion is introduced on All These Things That I've Done that is just ok, and really breaks the pacing, and the album struggles to reach those consistent highs again. Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine 5/5 Mr. Brightside 5/5 Smile Like You Mean It 5/5 (FAV) Somebody Told Me 4.5/5 All These Things That I've Done 3/5 Andy, You're A Star 4/5 On Top 3.5/5 Change Your Mind 4/5 Believe Me Natalie 3/5 (LEAST FAV) Midnight Show 3.5/5 Everything Will Be Alright 3.5/5
This was during Lisa's university years.
A casualty of having been too popular when I was in college for me to take the time to listen to it, this album still somehow captures that exact feeling. Time in a bottle. The exuberance of youth and freedom in an hour or whatever. So good. Mad I didn't listen to it back then.
Big gestures, great fun, oh the melodies
Quite a different sound to the rest of their discography, they're at their most indie. I think the last 4 songs are a bit meh. Also the last two remixes are fun.
Should be a 3 but the amount of times multiple drunk Individuals and I have belted out "Mr. Brightside" at a karaoke together elevates this on principle.
Album goes hard ngl
Geggjuð byrjun! Elskaði öll fyrstu lögin, hafði heyrt þau öll áður, en þegar leið á seinni hlutann fór ég smá að zone-a út. Næs vibe samt
Highly enjoyed
4.5
The Killers har inte direkt något revolutionerande uttryck, men framförallt första halvan av den här skivan är riktigt vass, med hit på hit som avlöser varandra. Andra halvan är bra men inte riktigt på samma nivå. Klar fyra.
Kicks off with 5-star energy that fades to 3+ by the turn. Half point boost for it being a solid debut album gets it back to 4 overall.
“It’s indie rock and roll for me.”
an absolute classic . jenny was a friend of mine beats all others
I always forget how many good songs are on this album.
I’m sort of amazed The Killers aren’t a one-hit-wonder. I love so much of the music they’ve made, but they definitely peaked with “Mr. Brightside” on their debut album, which still stands head and shoulders over everything else they’ve done. The whole first half of the album is full of songs which I’m glad became hits for the band, since I love each and all of them. The second half of the album is a bit weaker, and so this isn’t my favorite Killers album despite having some of their best songs.
Who knew? Turns out I’m a The Killers fan.
Day161 - mr brightside is such a great song, it’s reached levels of ubiquity that not many songs have before and it’s crazy that all these things that i’ve done is about matt pinfield. this album is still good 20 years later
Absolutely loves this album and the Killers when this came out. It’s great to listen back but can see its flaws now. Still giving it a soild 4 out of 5 though.
great!
I loved the post-punk revival of the early 90's, but only gave the Killers occasional listens and generally only on playlists. I don't think I've listened to an album from start to finish. What a mistake that was! This album is right up there with the best of Interpol, the Strokes, Editors, and so on. It's a bit more "diverse" in showing its influences, making it more unique than many of its brethren in the movement. Great album!
Pretty stellar. One of the last vestiges of rock. Side B is way better than Side A, imo. Flowers is probably the best modern front man? And who the hell is on bass? What a tone and what a player.
Hey, look at that! Another iconic album, and a great one at that! I feel like, aside from the Marshall Mathers LP a few days ago, I haven't gotten very many 2000s albums as of lately, so getting Hot Fuss by the Killers was a nice treat. The sound of this album is pretty unique. The instrumentals are all great, and the singing is pretty good. I liked every song on here. Obviously, "Mr. Brightside" was a highlight and is an iconic song for a reason, but I also really liked songs like the album's opener "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine," as well as the rest of them. I will admit that the first half is definitely stronger than the second half, but the latter 6 songs are still pretty good. The writing is solid as well. I certainly enjoyed this album quite a bit and it absolutely deserves to be on here, but I think it just barely misses the mark of being among the best of the best. High 4/5.
Great album but back of the album is a little lacking
Brandon flowers. Full sentence name.
I'M MR BRIGHTSIDE
Buen debut de The Killers una de las más exitosas bandas de principios de siglo. Este es su disco más popular y el que mayor reconocimiento les ha reportado, aunque a mi me gusta más Sam´s Town, que incluye su mejor cancion: When you were young. Con este debut fueron "The next big thing", sustituyendo a bandas como The Strokes, Kings of Leon o Muse. Sin embargo hubo otros debuts mucho mejores y de mayor recorrido (hasta que aparecieron unos Artic Monkeys que los barrieron a todos): Arcade Fire y Franz Ferdinand. En Hot Fuss destacan sobre todas: Jenny was a firend of mine, Somebody told Me y Mr. Brightside. Las canciones de la primera mitad tienen un nivel muy por encima del resto (All The Things That I’ve Done es otro clásico, Smile like you mean it es un tema muy bien considerado, aunque a mi no me dice nada especialmente). Andy, you´re a star parece un homenaje a Jim Morrison... De la segunda parte, On Top suena a Depeche Mode o The Cure, pero no en el mejor sentido precisamente. Change yor mind tiene un bajo muy interesante y las guitarras encajan perfectamente. Es una canción bien construida, que no desmerece a cualquier otro éxito indie. Believe Natalie, es una canción claramente marcada por U2 y en su parte final por The Cure. Las 3 finales, palidecen al compararlas con el inicio del disco. En Hot Fuss las influencias, pese a ser americanos, son claramente británicas (sintetizadores, juegos vocales, guitarras... Post-Punk, New Order, Duran Duran, U2, Depeche Mode o The Cure... Hubo muchos y alguno mejor en 2004: Nick Cave- Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus, Arcade Fire- Funeral, Wilco – A Ghost Is Born, Bart Davenport – Game Preserve, Interpol – Antics, Tom Waits – Real gone, Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand, Modest Mouse – Good news for people who love bad news, Brian Wilson – Smile, Lambchop – Aw c’mon / No you c’mon, The Dears – No cities left, The Divine Comedy – Absent friends, The Delgados – Universal audio, MORRISSEY - You are the quarry, Kasabian-Kasabian, Sonic Youth- Sonic Nurse, THE ORGAN - THE ORGAN, ADAN GREEN - FRIENDS OF MINE, Ye (Kanye West)- The College dropout, Keane- Hopes and feras, TV on the radio- Desperate, Youth, Blood, Green Day - American Idiot, PINBACK-Summer in Abaddon...
Mr. Blindside is the white person anthem
Super solid album.
ADELE PROBLEM
Bien, pero no es mi favorito de The Killers.
It's a good album. A classic of that era. If I had listened to this album when it came out and not the radio hits, it might be a 5 for nostalgia, but I have a hard time connecting with it like a lot of my peers do.
This really is a great album. I think I gave this to someone once and they burned a copy for me and it stayed in my CD player for quite some time. Looking at the track list, I know the first 6 songs were amazing but I do want to make it all the way through to the end because the rest have to be as good right? I don't care if The Killers made it big and are too popular. They do make good music that I enjoy and I am not afraid to admit it. The second half of the album really trails off from the first half. I'm not even sure why. The songs aren't that bad, but they just aren't as catchy as the first half. And the last song about indie rock just kind of sucks. But the first half is so strong I have to give it 4 stars.
Solid tunes brah
Memories give this one an extra star
Hadn’t listened to this album. Pretty good! Definitely like the hits more in the context of the album as a whole.
Lots of songs on here that are tired from being overplayed, but that’s its own compliment in a way
Kill killer kill
There were some big hits on this album, lots of nostalgia. Unfortunately they put all of them at the beginning, and some but not all of the later tracks are a bit filler-y. Still good overall.
A fantastic nostalgia-fest. A tough call but I don't think it quite scrapes a five, just because it's a tad samey aside from a few bangers.
Awesome album. This band was such a needed thing at the time. Popular music was just starting to crawl out of the depths and The Killers really helped launch the return of listen-toable music. From the first notes you’re just hooked and the album really doesn’t let up. No weak spots on the album as best as I can hear. Great listen.
Classic childhood album, love it but its definitely not a five
Mostly nostalgia
El debut de The Killers sigue manteniéndose casi tan fresco como cuando se estrenó. Melodías y voces sumamente potentes, con algunos de los himnos más perennes jamás lanzados en los 2000's, este LP resalta dentro de la discografía de los icónicos norteamericanos y desearía que todos sus discos, fueran igual de potentes.
Bunch of bangers, with a few half decent songs falling below the par
Love, including mr brightside
Fun through and through
I kind of ignored them at the time, I thought that being drilled by their two big singles was more than enough for me, but I'm surprised at how good this is. There's no dud on this, I had underestimated it, I'm sorry boys.
Great songs that keeps hitting and hitting. Very good stuff, but a little too pop for my taste.
A real 3.5, but considering the shit I went through in the last few weeks within the 1001 albums generator, I can give it a 4 without feeling bad. Great post-punk revival album, strong debut album from The Killers.
Álbum muito bom para o primeiro de uma banda. A primeira metade é muito bem construída, é energética e tem hits que sustentam a qualidade até hoje. Foi o álbum que lançou uma banda que carregou o nome do gênero alternativo / indie durante a primeira década do ano 2000. A segunda metade é bem mais caída e passa até despercebida, e apesar disso, ainda é o álbum que sustenta sua qualidade e relevância até hoje.
Love their music. Can never remember their name
Classic. Turns soppy to the end.
Bit too religious for me, but undeniable bangers
Nostalgia
Four stars
An absolute banger of an album and I cannot wait to see The Killers live in May at Boston Calling. It can be hard to predict which songs from an album will catch on and be the most played so it is unfortunate that all the songs I enjoy the most from this album are in the front half. I don't remember the last time I listened to the album front-to-back so this was as good of a reason to do that as there is. Mr. Brightside will never fail to get me hyped and in comparison, you can feel the back half of the album fall off. I always recommend people listen to more than just Mr. Brightside off this album because they are doing themselves a disservice by not listening to the other tracks that on this album.
Obviously very fun!
It’s nostalgic, but more than that it’s exactly what you expect and want from it. I get it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but it’s good.
Amazing album that starts off as strong an album can ever start. Sadly it can't keep the tempo up
First 5 tracks are pretty great. It loses steam after that, but i'd listen to this again.
Pretty good album. Favourites- Jenny was a friend of mine, Mr. Bright side, somebody told me, all these things I’ve done, on top, everything will be alright
The album started off with a bang. You get all the Killers bangers in at the beginning and all is well. The second half of the album gets a bit dull, however. I think they could have cropped a few of the songs shorter or even out completely (especially looking at you Everything Will Be Alright). I think this album would have been a 3 if I didn't already know some of the songs, but you can't rule out just how proper the tunes are at the beginning of the album. Songs everyone knows. I'll bump the rating to 4 because of this.
Good album
4/5⭐️ Best song: Smile Like You Mean It Worst song: Everything Will Be Alright Comments: One of my mum’s favourite bands! We used to listen to this CD in the car almost every day, a family favourite for sure
Volgens mn (oude) HJ "Om en nabij het beste album ooit gemaakt" Stem van een generatie album(?) Niet slecht hoor, vind sommige nummers wel veel op elkaar lijken Wel altijd meeblèren bij Mr Brightside (2 miljard streams op Spotify wtf)
Rock alternativo y new wave. 2 megahits. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
Даже немного удивлен тому насколько мне понравился инди рок из начала нулевых. Чувствуется вдохновение пост панком эксперименты с синтами напоминают о наследии depeche mode а вокал увлечение альтернативой 90-х гранжем в частности. В купе несмотря на довольно надоедливую mr brightside здесь оказалось неприлично много хороших песен, приятный опыт.
klassiker
un bon nombre de classiques
Good lord, this album will be twenty years old in two months and I still think of it as new music. Time makes fools of us all. I am not prepared to weigh in on whether this was the last great rock record or just Imagine Dragons 1.0. This albums is ambitious and incredibly well-produced and has hooks for days. It also doesn’t hurt that it came out at a time when I was ready to fall in love with an album like this. Listening to it now, twenty years later, it still sounds great to me.
Rumor has it she is still calling a cab to this very day.
Not their best but still amazing
I like Dad-Rock. Maybe not so dad and not so rock, but I like it.
this feels like one of the albums from my high school senior year that would play in the background of a bunch of memories, highlighting situations that seemed like they were world ending but today feels like I can laugh it off. They got a couple long lasting hits on this one, but the rest of the album has some good hits too. thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Lots of good songs on here. I’ve never really given the Killers a chance before but I enjoyed it. “All these things that I’ve done” is a bop!
"Glamorous indie rock and roll, [...] it's all I need"
I would say, if anything, this LP is like a paean to teenage angst - love, lust, loss, carefree excitement. It worked for the mood I was in. The mixing is a little overly loud, but not ear shattering, and everything that is meant to be heard can be. "Mr. Brightside" has been played to death and is nowhere near the best song on this project. But do you also play the tambourine and go hard?
I always liked there songs. Good listenable album. I still consider them a new band.
Liked the hits on this album when I first heard 'em and always thought I’ll give a deeper listen one of these days…20 years later…
Eingängige Melodien, markante Gitarrenriffs und eine charismatische Stimme des Leadsängers. Wirklich gute Musik.
Enjoyed it
I knew that The Killers exist, but they somehow stayed under my radar. I enjoyed listening to the album.
By far their best
Idk maybe because I grew up listening to this album I don't appreciate it as much
Love The Killers!
I actually own this album. It's got two great songs and the rest are fine.
On first listen to the album I knew the band would do great..
GREAT love it
Jenny Was A Friend of Mine through to All These Things That I’ve Done is a crazy run, especially on a debut album. Nothing else on the album stacks up to that first half, but it’s definitely worth the price of admission. Incredibly catchy and instantly something you can sing along to, no surprise hits like Mr Brightside continue to see play even 20 years on.
I really liked the songs, but thought the instrumentation was a bit heavy handed. But, in general, I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked the music from a band with such a distasteful name.
One of the best albums of the early 00's Lots of well deserved airplay at the time. Strong lyrically and musically
Cute 'fus > hot 'fus There's lots of fillers but the greatest songs are iconic. Beautiful first half.
I like this album. First half is better than the second. I forgot that I love the song, On Top!
Veel beter dan ik verwachtte, zit heel dicht tegen de 5 aan
that was good, I guess I was in the mood
mr. darkside
Amazing! Hard to believe there are so many pop/rock hits on one album. Reminds me of albums released in '73 - not style as much as good solid music.
Good overall. 3.5/5
Love this album. It came out in 2004, the same year I graduated high school, so I definitely listened to the three singles on this album A LOT during that time. I think Mr. Brighside will live on as an online trope of sorts ("coming out of my cage and I've been doing JUST FINE") and I will never fail to scream/sing along to it anytime I hear it. All These Things That I've Done is probably my favorite from this album.
Such a good album. "All These Things I've done," "Somebody Told Me," and "Mr. Brightside" are amazing songs. The rest of the songs are good, but never quite reach the heights of these three.
First half is an absolute banger. Second half is meh
Pop rock at its absolute best. Hot Fuss takes me straight back to nights out in my youth. Loud, confident, full of hooks and impossible not to sing along to. It captures that mid 2000s indie disco energy perfectly, with big choruses and sharp, driving rhythms. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine is a brilliant opener. Dark, punchy and instantly engaging. The album is packed with top tunes and feels cohesive from start to finish. It balances swagger with melody really well and never loses its momentum. There are one or two tracks that do not quite hit the same heights, but overall this is a cracking debut and still sounds great. Favourite song: Jenny Was a Friend of Mine Least favourite song: On Top Album artwork: Great cover. Clean, stylish and instantly recognisable. I love it
So many forgotten bangers, especially at the front end. Bass line is 🔥
Great album! Includes one of the most iconic cult favourite song Mr Brightside, I've added quite a few of their other songs to my playlist. Overall I did enjoy listening this album
Really liked this one, some well know bangers but some great songs I hadn’t heard before. Excellent album.
Good Indie Rock album. Sounds like it was made with the explicit purpose of stadium tours in mind rather than just for the artistry.
Enjoyed this when I was younger and still enjoy a lot of this album, a bit more picky nowadays but overall still really like it.
This album is all attitude, and if you like that attitude you'll love this album. Well-crafted songs and lots of fun hooks, a bit snarky/whiny for me as a complete listen. "Somebody Told Me" is a great rockin tune, "Everything Will Be Alright" is my favorite. Flowers reveals his selfawareness in the last track, makes clear they have a sense of humor about it all.
lots of bangers and the others were good too. 4
2/16/24. Millennial classic for me!
Good tunes ...indie music is eclectic but I kinda like it depending on mood. Recognize the band and can relate to a few songs.
Finally! An album worth listening to, was good when it released and has tons of replay value. Catchy tunes, radio hits, and some lesser known gems on this album. Love the Killers (Vegas locals btw ) Took some time off from this album generator because the selection is pretty whack, but back at it and determined to give it another shot after a hiatus.
a band from Las Vegas! Nice sound
Loud, fun, just overall a good fucking album
Hard to imagine this record is already 20 years old. I liked it at the time but did not think it was super special: some big, catchy pop singles, several OK songs and a few fillers. score: 8/10 (should it be on the list? mwah, perhaps)
Well underway for a perfect score but losing that in the second half.
Kuinka paljon tähdityksestä menee nostalgian piikkiin? No, ehkä hitunen. Mikään ei kuitenkaan tuu muuttamaan sitä et Mr. Brightside on yksi lempibiiseistäni.
Was familiar with the radio-singles, but never took a deeper dive. They seem to have taken the best elements of 80s alt-pop and updated the sound. I really like this.
Bardzo przyjemny indie rock. Jedna z bardziej klasycznych płyt z tego gatunku. Niektóre piosenki przywołują wspomnienia z nastoletności. 4/5
Classic listen - how can you not like Mr. Brightside.
The 00s represented a sea change in alternative music to me. Grunge and whatever post-grunge is was on its way out and left room for a number of styles, including dance music infusions like Hot Fuss. This was a shockingly good record from the time that has become a classic of the 00s.
Classic listen, some of the best singles released in my lifetime.
Surprisingly solid for what it is and took me back to my teenage years where this was literally EVERYWHERE.
brandon flowers doesn’t sing, he YELLS. really love the first five songs. the rest is okay. i think this would have changed me brain chemistry had i heard it in high school. 3.5
Well this was ubiquitous throughout my 20's on radio and everywhere else. I had the cd and if you aren't tempted to bounce around at Mr Brightside then I suggest you donate your ears to someone who would make better use of them. A relisten reminds me of how many singles they pumped from this album and the general lack of filler throughout. It's not going to change the world but it's undeniably a strong album of pop/rock.
Some really great tracks on this. My friend is a huge Killers fan so I've developed an appreciation - though I wouldn't call them groundbreaking, they make solid, enjoyable rock.
Aight so everyone obviously knows Mr Brightside. It's a banger. Everyone that denies that is a fool. What I didn't expext is that this album is full of songs that also kinda go bang.
First 5 songs are all bangers tbh, especially Mr Brightside. From there on it gets a bit bland with weaker songs, but the first 5 are just so good that this still deserves a 4. Huge cultural influence as well in this one, not to mention that this was a debut album, which is pretty mad.
Ещё одни инди-ребята, которые записали альбом уже 20 лет назад. Может быть, музыка перестала так быстро стареть? Потому что эти 20 лет не чувствуются совсем.
I think Mr. Brightside is the song I’ve heard the most that I’ve never intentionally put on. The first half of this album is jam packed but loses steam was it ends. 3.5/5
I have heard Me Brightside and Somebody Told Me way too much so I wasn’t too excited for this album but it was actually really good! Listens: 1 Fave Song: All These Things That I’ve Done Rating: 4
i liked it! i had already heard some of the songs before, and i was very happy to find lots of songs to add to my name playlist. i think my favorite besides the super popular ones was definitely jenny was a friend of mine. not my favorite album but pretty good!
Jenny.... Decent track Mr Brightside - yeah, always liked the song Smile... Another good one Somebody told me - and another All these things... Not great Andy - shit On top - crap Change your mind - quite good Midnight Show - probably the best song I'll give it a 4 for likeability and listenability
Hits and not so hots. Danced-through party night
Amazing
Didn't realize so many of their famous songs were all from one album, kind of crazy
Good classics on there
One of the great rock albums of the last 20 years. 2 monster hits and then just a lot of good guitar based rock music. Love it.
Their best album and a mid 2000s classic. Side one is all hits.
Was murdered by the Killers a few years back. Love this album. Its like the Album generator is just pulling LPs off my wall.
A great record for sure, feels like them at their best while their ideas and motifs were still fresh and inspired. Not something I’ll return to often, but definitely an album that deserves its accolades in music history
A debut album this good is hard to top. So many strong melodies that have lasting power. Almost gave it a 5.
Mr. Brightside is one of the greatest songs of all time. The rest of the album is pretty good too.
Very strong album, surprisingly easy to listen to but one or two misses bring this to 4 stars
A classic, could listen again and again
This was a huge album in my middle-high school years, so it carries some nostalgia points. I think the fact that Mr. Brightside has been in the UK charts consistently since it was released almost 20 years ago (fuck) makes it worthy of inclusion, and the fact that this is just a strong debut album that really captures the early 2000s era only strengthens the case. Seriously, the first 5 tracks are an amazing run of catchy, fun songs. And the back half of the album still has some A+ bangers, “Andy, You’re a Star”, “On Top”, and “Change your mind”. I think there is an argument that the last 3 songs on the album don’t match the quality, and are even just a lesser retread of the ground covered earlier on the album. I think The Killers still pull it off though, and it leaves you with a really solid debut album, with one of the biggest songs of the 2000s.
Blast of nostalgia! Didn’t realize how many great songs were on this album
Jenny was a friend of mine and I've been doing *just fine* Powerful album
not 5 stars like I remember from high school :/
1. I really like this first song 2. A classic obv 3. This one is boring 4. I didn't know this was the same person as Mr brightside 5.
Have heard most of this plenty of times. Not all the way through though.
Bittersweet, this one. It’s fun but also replaced Dixieland Delight for Bama’s Student Song and that’s not cool.
Sehr cooles Album - zweimal durchgehört... wenig bekanntes, viel cooles neues...
The first half is solid. 4 great songs. The second half trails off a bit, but still liked it a lot.
Lyrics are creative. Some of the 80s musical touches can get distracting/annoying.
I liked it
Bass is really forward on some tracks, overall solid listening experience
Erst gestern habe ich etwas gemogelt und mal geschaut, was hier an Alben nach 2000 kommt und da ist mit Hot Fuss natürlich direkt ins Auge gestoßen. Dass es nun direkt heute kommt, finde ich super:) Auf meinem ersten mp3Player hatte ich knapp 55 Songs. 2 davon von diesem Album. Komplett am Stück habe ich es aber nie gehört. Schade! Tolles Album:) Zu Mr. Brightside muss nichts geschrieben werden. Knapp 2 Mrd. Streams sprechen für sich. Das Niveau kann schwierig gehalten werden, ist aber auch nicht nötig, um insgesamt ein tolles Album zu sein.
- Ich kannte und liebe die Hits, habe das Album aber nie in Gänze gehört. Habe mich irgendwie aufs Hören gefreut, aber eigentlich auch gar keine Erwartungen gehabt - und plötzlich geht das Album los und startet mit "Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine" einfach direkt mitten in mein Herz! Ich spüre einen Hauch von The Cure. Da rennt man bei mir eh schon offene Türen ein. - Im Anschluss dann einer der Songs dieses Jahrtausends. Ein Killer-Track (*Augenzwinkern*). Unfassbar gute Energie. Unfassbar guter Refrain. Kann man diesen Song überhaupt nicht mögen?! - Das Level wird auch in den nächsten paar Songs hoch gehalten. Leider fällt es dann nach "Change Your Mind" doch ganz schön ab. Die Songs sind immernoch gut, keine Frage, aber die Magie, die ich am Anfang verspürt habe, geht doch verloren. - Es bleibt für mich also krank gute zweidrittel von dem Album, ein Versprechen, das hinten raus leider nicht ganz so gehalten werden kann. - Trotzdem alles andere als enttäuscht und froh, das Ding mal durchgehört zu haben. Rating: 3,75/5
- Fängt wirklich sackstark an und hält sich bis zur Mitte mit viel Abwechslung und Dynamik. Dann wirds langsam etwas eintöniger aber ich finde nie langweilig. - Die Hits sind natürlich bombastisch bis legendär und die ganze Platte reiht sich zumindest vom Vibe her in das Gefühl der beiden Tracks ein 3,5/5
Man sieht es auch an den Wiedergabezahlen: die ersten fünf Tracks sind einfach ein sackstarker Einstieg (5 / 5) in dieses Album, danach flaut es leider ab. Nicht so sehr, dass ich ab da nicht weitergehört habe / weiterhören möchte, aber schon zu einem Grad, zu dem ich mich nicht wirklich an bestimmte Tracks erinnere (weder im Positiven, aber immerhin auch nicht im Negativen). Im Ganzen macht das Album aber wirklich Spaß, wenn auch zum Start mehr, als zum Ende. Insgesamt reicht es dadurch am Ende bei mir für eine 4 / 5.
Great Album
First album on the start to the new year and it's one I'm familiar with. Went back and listened to Hot Fuss on my own curiosity last year before starting this project and quite enjoyed it. The first 5 songs, including Brightside, absolutely rip. Very very strong start to a record. Last half is kinda forgettable all things considered.
All the things I've done isy favorite killers song
King of the karaoke, honestly fantastic album, hasn’t aged a day. 4.2
I’d already heard this one for the first time recently, and it’s just as good the second time. Love this album. It’s exactly the kind of indie rock and roll (for me) that I love. While yes, the second half is not nearly as good as the first, the first half makes up for it easily. And I somehow only realized on this listen, but apparently Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine is about a guy confessing to murdering his ex? How I missed that after listening to that song so much is beyond me. Oh and by the way, go listen to the Tally Hall cover of Smile Like You Mean It. It’s so much better, and I’m not just saying that because I love Tally Hall. 8/10 Top 5: 1. Mr. Brightside 2. Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine 3. Smile Like You Mean It 4. Somebody Told Me 5. Everything Will Be Alright