Product Description

In comparison to most UK acts being influenced by American counterparts, The Killers most evoke (and claim influence by) UK acts such as Oasis, The Jam, Talking Heads, The Smiths and David Bowie. The Las Vegas quartet add an American quirkto these influences to create a debut album filled with keyboard led indie/pop/rock songs. The album also contains a collaboration with the 'Sweet Inspirations' choir, better known for their work with Elvis and Hendrix.

Track Listing

1. Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
2. Mr Brightside
3. Smile Like You Mean It
4. Somebody Told Me
5. All These Things That I’ve Done
6. Andy, You’re A Star
7. On Top
8. Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
9. Believe Me Natalie
10. Midnight Show
11. Everything Will Be Alright

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1979 in Music
• Released on: 2004-06-07
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Killers might hail from one of the USA's most quintessentially American cities (Las Vegas), but their debut album Hot Fuss displays an Anglophilic streak that is an ocean wide. Steeped in the back-catalogue of the Smiths and Pulp, with broad 80s synth sweeps cloaking each tale of fraught metrosexual romance, this band clearly rate the swoon over the swagger. Still, this is almost entirely an upbeat record, one made for the packed club than the smoky VIP room; in particular "On Top", "Somebody Told Me" and "Mr Brightside" are tremendous examples of breathless indie-pop that gallop along like a lovestuck heartbeat with frontman Brandon Flowers gasping for breath on the claustrophobic disco floor. This is, inarguably, what the Killers do best. Even when they deviate from form they’ve got a few neat ideas--see the gospel choir that echoes back Flowers' repeated exclamation "I've got soul/ But I'm not a soldier" on "All These Things I've Done", or the self-consciously epic "Indie Rock'n'Roll", delivered by the Killers with all the fireworks and gusto of a curtain-closing Broadway showtune. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

Hot property!
****FANTASTIC ALBUM****

This is one of the best albums of this type i have heard recently. There are some fantastic songs with great bass and some great songs with awesome drum bashing! You will probably recognise 'Smile like you mean it', 'All these things that i've done' and 'Somebody told me'. They are all recent big hits. You will also see that there are some that you don't recognise. 'Andy, you're a star', 'On top' and 'Glamerous Indie rock & roll'. Don't be put off buy the unkown!!! These are all great songs written superbly. I cannot think of any songs on here that i wouldn't want to listen to, there are no songs on here that aren't catchy and there are no songs that aren't well written hits! What i can garentee if you do buy this is apsolutepleasure when listening to this CD and you will be suprised that an English band have been able to come up with such a thourough CD!! Pure genious!

Hot Fuss
I only bought this a couple of weeks ago and was my first bought CD in a long time! [I usually download from iTunes]. I have been after this album for ages, but have never really got round to buying it and then I saw it in a shop and acted on impulse! It was a good buy, and well worth the money for just the first 6 tracks!

One of the best records I've ever purchased
I have to say this is one of the best , if not THE best, records I have ever bought. I've read reviews that have slated this album saying the first half of the album is excellent and the rest is just filling the CD. I have to disagree, althought the first 5 tracks are the some of the best tracks realesed in recent years, I enjoyed this album as a whole and it is a must buy for any Indie/Rock fan, get it NOW!