Sam's Town

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Sam's Town
Sam's Town cover
Studio album by The Killers
Released October 3, 2006
Recorded 2005-2006
Genre Rock
Length 44:14
Label Island, Lizard King
Producer(s) Flood, Alan Moulder
Professional reviews
The Killers chronology
Hot Fuss
(2004)		 Sam's Town
(2006)


Sam's Town is the second studio album by Las Vegas rock band The Killers, released in 2006. It was released on October 2 in the United Kingdom and October 3 in the United States. In the US, the album opened at #2, selling 315,000 in its first week.[1] The album went straight to #1 in the UK selling over 260,000 in a week.[2] As of March 2007, the album has sold about 2,750,000 copies worldwide, of which about 1,000,000 were in the U.S. [3]

The album is said to be influenced by the works of U2, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, among others.[4][5] Sam's Town received mixed reviews, with some praising The Killers' new direction and others critiquing it.[6][7]

The album takes its name from Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, a hotel-casino in Las Vegas, the hometown of the band.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Brandon Flowers, except where noted.

  1. "Sam's Town" – 4:05
  2. "Enterlude" – 0:50
  3. "When You Were Young" (Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr.) – 3:39
  4. "Bling (Confession of a King)" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 4:08
  5. "For Reasons Unknown" – 3:32
  6. "Read My Mind" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer) – 4:03
  7. "Uncle Jonny" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer) – 4:25
  8. "Bones" (Flowers, Stoermer, Vannucci) – 3:46
  9. "My List" – 4:08
  10. "This River Is Wild" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 4:38
  11. "Why Do I Keep Counting?" – 4:23
  12. "Exitlude" – 2:24

[edit] Bonus tracks

  • "Where the White Boys Dance" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer) - 3:28 (Australia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and American iTunes pre-order bonus track)
  • "All the Pretty Faces" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) - 4:45 (Japan, Best Buy exclusive bonus disc, and UK iTunes bonus version)
  • "Daddy's Eyes" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) - 4:13 (Best Buy exclusive bonus disc)
  • "When You Were Young (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) - 6:23 (American iTunes bonus version)

[edit] Singles

"When You Were Young"
September 18, 2006
U.S. Modern Rock #1
UK #2
"Bones"
November 27, 2006
UK #15
"Read My Mind"
February 13, 2007
U.S. Modern Rock #9
UK #15

In an interview with UK radio station Mercury FM, broadcast on March 6, 2007, Brandon Flowers revealed that the fourth single to be released from Sam's Town will be "For Reasons Unknown".

[edit] Trivia

  • The band's lead singer, Brandon Flowers, was quoted as saying that 'Sam's Town' will be "one of the best albums in the past twenty years" in the October 2006 edition of Giant magazine, and "the album that keeps rock & roll afloat" in Entertainment Weekly.
  • The bikini-clad woman on the cover of Sam's Town is model and singer Felice LaZae.
  • The album's co-producer Flood is dressed as a Native American in the CD booklet.
  • In an interview with Chicago radio station Q101, Brandon Flowers called "Read My Mind" the best song that the band had ever written.

[edit] Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Japan September 27. 2006 Universal CD UICL-9037
Australia September 30, 2006 Universal Music Australia CD 1706722
United Kingdom October 2, 2006 Lizard King Records CD
United States October 3, 2006 Island Records picture disc LP B0007221-01
CD B0007221-02

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Evanescence tops Killers in US. mp3.com (2006-10-11).
  2. ^ Killers, Razorlight rule in UK. mp3.com (2006-10-10).
  3. ^ United World Chart Year-End Numbers
  4. ^ http://playlouder.com/review/+sams-town-0/
  5. ^ http://angryape.com/reviews/2006/09/the-killers-when-you-were-young
  6. ^ Rob Sheffield (21 September 2006). Rolling Stone : Sam's Town : Review. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
  7. ^ Josh Eells (October 2006). The Killers on Blender.com. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.

[edit] External links

The Killers
Brandon Flowers | Dave Keuning | Mark Stoermer | Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Discography
Albums: Hot Fuss | Sam's Town
Singles: "Somebody Told Me" | "Mr. Brightside" | "All These Things That I've Done" | "Smile Like You Mean It" | "When You Were Young" | "Bones" | "A Great Big Sled" | "Read My Mind" | "For Reasons Unknown"
Related articles
Marrakesh Records | Island Records | Las Vegas | "Crystal"
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