Battle Born
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Battle Born
Battle Born is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Killers. It was released in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2012, by Vertigo Records and in the United States the following day by Island Records. The phrase "Battle Born" appears on the state flag of Nevada and is the name of the recording studio owned by the band, where the majority of the album was recorded. -Wikipedia
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NME
The Killers embrace 1980s U2 hugeness.
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Rolling Stone
The fourth Killers record might be their wildest neon-Springsteen fever dream yet.
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Consequence of Sound
There is something deeply, embarrasingly satisfying about The Killers’ slick shlock pomp-rock.
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A.V. Club
Battle Born just might be The Killers’ most focused record, which isn’t typically what’s suggested by the involvement of five different producers.
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Slant Magazine
A baker’s dozen of straightforward rock anthems, produced by the likes of rock vets Steve Lillywhite and Brendan O’Brien, with a heavy emphasis on reverb.
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Diffuser
‘Battle Born,’ the first we’ve heard from the band in four years, is an epically masculine, unapologetically dramatic, thoroughly enjoyable listen -- if you can get over the fact that it’s really, really cheesy.
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SPIN
Battle Born is a full-on band opus: This is where the Killers confront their personal and professional doubts, and achieve an unmistakable, unrelenting us-against-them cohesion.
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Billboard
Killers let off creative steam, collected themselves, and prepared to take on LP number four.
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BBC
A belter of an album made for bedrooms and stadiums alike.
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Drowned in Sound
This is a band who are running to stand still.
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The Guardian
Will always raise hairs on the necks of those who like this sort of thing.
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The Guardian
The harder they strain for grandiloquence, the more ridiculous the Killers sound.
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Pop Matters
Battle Born seems intent on making a statement, proving the group could pull off more artistic songs without having to appease radio format programmers, here avoiding easy pop hits in favor of a more expansive sound that's more MOR than AOR.
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L.A. Times
The band’s most fully realized record.
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Idolator
Anyone can see it: Brandon Flowers remains the prettiest creature in pop music. He seems to be aging in reverse — ever wide-eyed, delicate and up for a good wail.
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Pretty Much Amazing
If you already don’t buy into The Killers, you’ll probably find Battle Born even more bloated, ridiculous, and over-the-top than anything else they’ve ever done. But if you do buy into it, you’ll love the album for those very reasons.
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Prefix Mag
After four years, the band’s latest album, Battle Born, picks up with the familiar sound that fans are accustomed to. .
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All Music
Everything they do is outsized; their anthems are created for fathomless stadiums, a character quirk they've grown into over the years as they've gone from scrappy wannabes fighting their way out of Las Vegas to the international superstars they've longed to be.
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Louder Than War
For now at least, it's certainly a case of job well done.
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Telegraph
Battle Born by The Killers is full of exciting, catchy songs.
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N.Z. Herald
Las Vegas rockers get their Meatloaf on.
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Sputnik Music
A mostly redundant album with occasional flashes of brilliance.
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Music Trajectory
In typical fashion The Killers release an album that divides both critics and fans and in typical fashion the album soars if given a chance.
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Brent Music Reviews
Brandon Flowers sounds at his best on Battle Born.
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Plugged In
An achingly upbeat, arena-shaking reminder that we don't have to let go of the beauty, glory and innocent promise of youth even when the miles and years and heartaches of life tempt us to do so.
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Spill Magazine
This is a brilliant band who has matured a great deal since their debut album in 2004, Hot Fuss.
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Tampa Bay Times
An arena-rocking cross between U2 and Bruce Springsteen.
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Paste Magazine
Don’t underestimate The Killers.
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TIME
The Killers Are Both Grand and Forgettable with Battle Born.
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Music Feeds
After a short hiatus, The Killers are back in business.
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Seeds Entertainment
The album has the sort of inescapable, huge, sing-along sound that fills any space.
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The Young Folks
The storytelling nature of the songs makes me want to drive up and down highways in the middle of the night while listening to the album. Believe me when I say that this is high praise for a CD coming from me.
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Chunky Glasses
This album is capable of drowning the listener in a lethal combination of manufactured nostalgia and Meatloaf.
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The Hand That Feeds HQ
The fabulous Las Vegas band is back, Brandon Flowers and the gang bring once more a great album.
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American Songwriter
Nobody’s asking the Killers to restock their eyeliner, but if they insist on making everything so over-the-top, it would serve them well to crack a smile every now and then.
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The Independent
This is a production in search of an album, a massive empty shell, a big expensive nothing.
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Candid Magazine
‘Battle Born’ gives us the best of both worlds and, despite the plethora of producers (Steve Lillywhite included), this is still identifiably a Killers album and a crystallisation of their previous releases.
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Analogue Music
I really love Battle Born. I really love the new record too, but I suspect in ten years, it’ll be Battle Born I still reach for.
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Spectrum Pulse
Battle Born feels like a modernized, younger Meat Loaf album, and I mean that as the highest possible compliment.
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Oregon Live
The Killers bring back the power ballad.
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Daily Star
Here With Me is one of the best on-the-road ballads going, and the band have never sounded more like they want to save rock.
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No Ripcord
Battle Born is the sound of The Killers embracing who they are.
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Blinded by Sound
The Killers might have topped themselves on fourth album.
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Contact Music
Good.
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VultureHound
If you’re prepared to give into the indulgence, then Battle Born is a roaring success.
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What Culture
Battle Born is another addition to The Killers catalogue that will likely gain them a new band of followers while more that pleasing the fans that have waited so long for it to come.
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Melodic Net
The Killers are one of those bands that really have the potential to be one of the future big stadium bands.
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The Arts Desk
Brandon Flowers gets back to his rock roots with his old gang.
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There Goes the Fear
The Killers, then, seem doomed to have created two hugely successful and acclaimed records and at least two deeply average ones that, had it not been for their predecessors, almost no one would ever buy.
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Hotpress
Brandon and pals ditch the eyeliner and the bad moustaches, return to stadium roots.
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Tuppence Magazine
While there are flashes of potential, there seem to be too many cocked legs from the Flowers portion of the camp to pick things apart.
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RTE
Hang on! I thought they’d dropped the “disco s***”?
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Ragna Rock Magazine
To each album that launches, it consolidates its credibility and their position as a mythical band that many will remember with longing in a few decades.
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Wanderlust
I prefer this album more than “Day & Age” and even though my own music taste has changed since their last album, the tunes from “Battle Born” will for sure echo trough my apartment.
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Female First
Four years may have been a long wait for this latest record but it is good to have The Killers back and they have delivered an album full of infectious and emotional tracks.
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The Rebellion
“Battle Born” Gives the Killers a Fighting Chance.
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TimeOut Dubai
The four-piece return in grand fashion with Battle Born.
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Talkhouse
They achieved something they’ve been trying to perfect for the better part of a decade — U2 in bolo ties.
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Inquirer
The latest, greatest chapter from The Killers.
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Arrows Reach
'BATTLE BORN' IS HALFWAY THERE.
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The Michigan Daily
On 'Battle Born,' the Killers hint at past greatness.
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London Culture Blog
It’s a rollicking, fast-paced, energetic affair, interspersed with the occasional ballad (inasmuch as The Killers do ballads).
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The Ithacan
The Killers please listeners with ‘Battle Born’.
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TimeOut London
They were ours for a heartbeat, sure, but they’re too good not to share.
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