Day & Age
| The Killers
Day & Age
Day & Age is the third studio album by American rock band The Killers. It was released on November 18, 2008, by Island Records. Frontman and lead vocalist Brandon Flowers stated that it is the band's "most playful record." As of May 2015, Day & Age has sold three million copies worldwide. Following the release of the album, the band embarked on the Day & Age World Tour. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
After the unlearned pop bent of Hot Fuss and the clichéd strained seriousness of Sam's Town, the Killers return with a third album that aims to split the difference between its predecessors.
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Rolling Stone
Their third studio album expands their scope even further, adding subtle world-music accents to their glittery New Wave anthems — fitting for a band bent on international megastardom.
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Consequence of Sound
One of the problems that carries over from Sam’s Town here is that it feels forced.
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Slant Magazine
His production is bright and imaginative, fully realized without seeming fussy.
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The Guardian
With neither the sugar rush of Hot Fuss nor the blustery thrills of Sam's Town, this is the Killers' most beguilingly strange record. As an accurate reflection of its frontman, it succeeds handsomely.
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A.V. Club
They don't seem bogged down with maintaining a sonic image that seemed so carefully crafted a few years ago.
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BBC
It's a hit and miss rollercoaster.
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uDiscover Music
The Killers’ Diversity Defined A Decade.
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The Quietus
Their precipitous quality control may have come perilously close to writing them off, but, with Day & Age, The Killers have at the very least earned a reprieve.
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Sputnik Music
(2008) Day & Age is the essence of what The Killers are, something fun, overly-pompous and way too large, but always leave you with a overwhelming feeling of "Damn. I want to listen to that again."
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Sputnik Music
All glitz and no grit makes Brandon a dull boy.
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SPIN
A respectably vivacious dance-rock album.
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Uncut
Brandon Flowers and co start learning from Las Vegas on extravagant third album.
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New York Magazine
Flowers, thankfully, embraced his pop instincts and the felicity of borrowing whatever might please his, or his fake French producer’s, ear.
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Music Radar
The Killers' Day And Age has all bases covered. It captures the emotional anxiety of late 2008 with a startling directness. There's also plenty of rocking, stomping beats to fill dancefloors. And there are melodies to fill your head and invade your soul.
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NME
The only reason it worked was their heroic knowledge of how to make a chorus fizz.
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Plugged In
On the whole, it's pretty dour stuff for a band that claims to be high on life.
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New Noise Magazine
Probably their most underrated record to date.
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Chorus.fm
Back then, Day & Age sounded like one of my favorite bands losing the plot. Today, with the future of The Killers in doubt and with the term “mainstream rock” existing only as an oxymoron, the album sounds creative and restless and confident and loose.
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Paste Magazine
Day & Age isn’t as genius as Hot Fuss, but it has enough merits to keep its makers hit-makers, albeit odd ones.
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Alternative Addiction
“Day & Age” follows up the band’s two records well; it takes qualities from both, and ultimately outdoes them.
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Mirror Online
Swaggering confidence and sleek accomplishments.
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Prefix Mag
The album has a consistent lack of meaning and genuine feeling — an album should feel like it’s about something, after all.
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Chicago Tribune
The band's third album splits the difference between the sleek pop songs of the debut and the sub-Springsteen overkill of the follow-up.
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Drowned in Sound
The Killers are the only ones who’ve managed to toss out a simple, fun album this year, and that’s got to count for something.
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Diffuser
A good measure.
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Michigan Daily
The adventurous strokes of Day & Age do much to advance the band's desire to create “epic” music, and, just as the ’80s attempted to prove, sometimes too much can be a good thing.
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Sky Hi News
What this album does do is make you feel good even when everything around you isnt. I dare you not to tap your toes, whistle, hum or even dance in the privacy of your own home when you put this album on.
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murlough23
I’ll give ’em a C plus for putting a big silly smile on my face about half the time. It sure as hell beats Sam’s Town.
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Music OMH
The album’s big statement (and closing track on the non-digital edition) highlights everything that is wrong with The Killers. We don’t want to hear Flowers over-emoting to the nth degree (and no, I haven’t got a clue what he is on about) and The Killers going all doom rock.
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Whatever
It’s okay. But if Brandon Flowers were any more precious, he’d have to have a tea party with stuffed animals.
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Steemit
In fact, I think it's pretty darn good and contains a few relatively unknown gems.
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Adrian's Album Reviews
What's not to like?
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Belfast Telegraph
In just four years The Killers have helped save pop rock.
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NOW Toronto
Good.
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IGN
Flowers and his bandmates deliver a uniquely remarkable listening experience [which] will be met with -- if not outright success -- a palpable sense of adventure.
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Pop Junkie London
HAVEN’T WE HAD ENOUGH NAFF 80S DROSS?
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