Sam's Town
| The Killers
Sam's Town
Sam's Town is the second album by the American rock band The Killers, released on October 2, 2006, in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. Regarding the album, vocalist and primary lyricist Brandon Flowers noted that he "wanted to create an album that captured, chronologically, everything important that got me to where I am today". Sam's Town has sold almost five million copies worldwide. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Much-maligned band follows the crossover hit Hot Fuss by switching its influences from the Cure and 1980s UK new wave to Bruce Springsteen and 1970s earnest U.S. classic rock.
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NME
An Under-Appreciated Album Of Ambitious Storytelling.
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Uproxx
A misunderstood classic.
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Metro
One of the best album's of the century.
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Slant Magazine
The Killers have proven repeatedly that they’re great.
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Houston Press
The album is the band at its peak – grandiose, confident, over-the-top in a good way – all traits that define peak-era Killers. It’s also a pretty great record musically.
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A.V. Club
Those who don't enter Sam's Town with inflated expectations will find it's a pretty fun place to spend some time.
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The AU Review
In the battle to love Sam’s Town, I was opened up to a world that I never wanted to leave. Loving it made me learn a lot.
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Stereogum
So this is the Killers in 1980s Springsteen-clone mode: better than Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers; not as good as John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band.
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Sputnik Music
(2013) The Killers' extremely underrated sophomore release may not be the album of the year, but its confidence and catchy melodies will satisfy most music fans looking for an accessible and enjoyable album.
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Sputnik Music
Hot Fuss minus filler and British affectation, plus Americana and more consistent songwriting equals a great record from the band destined to be our U2 - for better or worse.
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Sputnik Music
(2006) With Sam’s Town, the Killers have produced a record very different from their debut without losing sight of the essential element that brought them success to begin with: great songwriting.
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Radio UTD
Sam’s Town served as a warning to other rock outfits of the same era: stay in your comfort zone and stay humble.
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Chorus.fm
They were writing ultra-earnest songs about small towns, the American Dream, escape, and failure.
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Substream Magazine
‘Sam’s Town’ is still a perfect encapsulation of small-town America.
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The Young Folks
It’s always good to have the Killers with us, whether they’re singing “Mr. Brightside” or not.
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Las Vegas Review Journal
Locally, its influence continues to reverberate.
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Steemit
I chose to review Sam's Town because it's one of my favorite albums in the whole entire world. It might actually be my favorite.
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Entertainment Weekly
The MySpace generation has found its Bon Jovi.
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Plugged In
This poetic hodgepodge leans toward bleak ambiguity, but there's a spiritual confusion and creepy tone that tell us teens should bypass Sam's Town.
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Golden Plec
It's inescapable sense of burgeoning discovery - the thought that something better exists beyond the ether of a small town ethos - is what anchors this album, and will continue to anchor it for years to come.
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Pop Matters
Like the lure of a master carnival barker, the Killers suck us in with a phenomenal lead single, but soon after we give in and pay the ten bucks, we see Sam's Town for what it really is: a tantalizing façade, a few mild thrills, and in the end, the unmistakable, hollow feeling that we've been cheated.
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Slate
Like the Eiffel Tower outside Harrah’s, the Killers’ would-be rock monument isn’t the real thing—but it’s real enough to sing along with, and even, at points, to believe in.
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MTV
It is a cautionary tale and a touchstone album, a fascinating, flawed look at a man trying to figure out his life with the whole world watching. And shoot, songs like "When You Were Young" and "Read My Mind" still sound great after all these years.
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DIY Mag
The Killers’ second full-length saw them embark on an altogether more American adventure.
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Lyrique Discord
I’m just glad I hear it, and love it, now.
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ww_adh
Sam's Town is not as far-straying from Hot Fuss as perhaps intended (or not, given that it sold tons), but thoroughly enjoyable, and thankfully not over-long at 10 songs.
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Punk News
If you didn't like Hot Fuss, you're going to hate this. If, however, you enjoyed the Killers' first release, I'm willing to bet that you'll like Sam's Town.
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Prefix Mag
Those feelings — how they sting and then dull but never really heal — they’re there, they really are. But then you shut your eyes. They’re gone, and it’s never the same.
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Today
Killers’ album looks to bring great music back.
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Vice
The Killers' 'Sam's Town' Has Aged Better Than America Itself.
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