Wonderful Wonderful
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Wonderful Wonderful
Wonderful Wonderful is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Killers. It was released on September 22, 2017, by Island Records. It is their first studio album in five years, since Battle Born (2012), and their fifth consecutive studio album to top the UK Albums Chart. It is also their first album to top the Billboard 200, moving 118,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
With the Killers, greatness and ridiculousness go hand in hand. Their fifth album contains only a little of both.
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Spill Magazine
Wonderful Wonderful is a wonderful album (I had to do it just once). It is a strong, consistent album, lacking filler, and just presenting the best of the best.
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Consequence of Sound
The band have rarely sounded so experimental, unencumbered, and mid-tempo.
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Rolling Stone
Flowers urges, “Drop-kick the shame!” Hell, he sure has, and it’s served him well.
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SPIN
The Killers’ Shamelessly Glam Wonderful Wonderful Is Their Strongest Work In Years.
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NME
An album on which band leader Brandon Flowers bares himself more than ever before.
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Vulture
Wonderful Wonderful Is a Strong Killers Album, But It’s Not a Comeback.
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The Guardian
Glossy and striking.
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Amnplify
They have executed this album extremely well as they have continued to produce countless tracks present on the album that genuinely feel good tracks and are bangers to dance too as some of the tracks within the album present a lot of 80’s vibes.
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Stereogum
Wonderful Wonderful marks their most emphatic embodiment of purposelessness. While he might not be treading the same ground until he buries himself within it, Flowers has instead regretfully decided to simply keep the band immobile where they are.
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The Jakarta Post
Wonderful Wonderful (Island Records), is a solid, self-confident album that will please those disappointed with 2012’s Battle Born, but it’s unlikely to garner the band any new fans (not that it matters).
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Drowned in Sound
In all, it’s an album with an admirable sense of ambition and innovation, a band pushing themselves sonically and lyrically in new directions.
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Paste Magazine
Each album is as good as the last and those that came after it. To that end, Wonderful Wonderful works as a perfect introduction or a delightful continuation.
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Pretty Much Amazing
On Wonderful Wonderful, there are glimpses of that ambition on an otherwise routine album from a top-notch band on autopilot. But if the Killers want to capture the moment like they did a decade ago, they’ll have to want it more.
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The Independent
Wonderful Wonderful is an album that doesn’t let the listener look forward to the next track, because the album is restlessly glancing backwards over its shoulder, haunted by past successes of The Killers, and the great artists who came before them.
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A.V. Club
On Wonderful Wonderful, The Killers almost come close to finding it, but too often get sidetracked.
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The Line of Best Fit
The Killers put everything on show in Wonderful Wonderful.
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N.Z. Herald
The Killers are moving with the times while maintaining their ability to write coherent and playful rock songs.
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Radio UTD
The Killers may not be living up to some of their past glory, but they still have quality music to make. Wonderful Wonderful is a welcome addition to their collection with songs that fit comfortably into their usual style.
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Entertainment Weekly
The Killers prove they're far from dead on Wonderful Wonderful.
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Pepperdine Graphic
Their new album Wonderful Wonderful, released Sept. 22, shows the alternative pop rock songs with honest lyrics but this time with a more mature tone.
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The Pitt News
With the right momentum and the right moment in time, the band has the potential to not only meet the level of their early work, but to exceed it. And in the meantime, while they hopefully work on getting there, they’ve given us some jams.
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C.U. Independent
Wonderful Wonderful showcases the band’s evolution.
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The Crimson
The excitement of the band’s reunion is palpable, but it does not go without a cockiness that suggests that they are well aware of their track record.
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Slant Magazine
There’s never been a Killers album that comes so close to feeling as even-keeled and down to earth as this one does. That makes the Killers a rare band that sounds best when they settle into a workmanlike groove.
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The Stingray Blog
Vocal power, fierce sounds, and insightful lyrics.
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Sputnik Music
Not quite Wonderful Wonderful, but not Terrible Terrible.
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Sputnik Music
How did it end up like this?
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Soundblab
The Killers are playing a festival a few weeks out that I’m attending and was somewhat looking forward to seeing them for the first time. But I’m not sure I can handle the queasiness upon hearing, “here’s another one from our new album, hope you like it.”
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Exclaim!
Wonderful Wonderful is a welcome course correction, a relatively personal record from a too-often facile group.
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The Young Folks
Wonderful Wonderful is a big name for an album, but the Killers have always been larger than life, and the title suits this record well.
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The Daily Campus
The Killers’ new album “Wonderful Wonderful” a melting pot of nostalgia and revival.
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The Sprout
I think Wonderful Wonderful is a tremendous album which deserves to be heard by anyone who is familiar with Brandon Flowers and his stratospheric band
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Albumism
In Uncertain Times, The Killers Remain Consistent on ‘Wonderful Wonderful’.
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CommMedia
There is room for improvement for the next album, yet Wonderful Wonderful is the band’s best album since Hot Fuss and Sam’s Town.
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Stars and Scars
For an album that boasts an examination of what it means to be a man, Wonderful Wonderful is surprisingly unexpected in the way it balances a goofy lead single with the raw emotion and careful analysis of heavy themes that run through the rest of the album. Perhaps that’s the entire point.
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USA Today
The Killers show their age on the prematurely-graying 'Wonderful Wonderful'.
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Madison Dodger Online
The Killers gave their fans a satisfying blend of the classic sound we have come to love, mixed with some new, more profound pieces.
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TRANSISTOR
The Killers are not as great as you would like them to be.
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Gigwise
For a band clearly in flux 'Wonderful Wonderful' is a staggering achievement of cohesion and inspiration.
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Chorus.fm
The most personal and intimate record in the Killers discography.
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The Fire Note
Epitomizing the band behind it, Wonderful Wonderful is grandiose, towering and bound to polarize.
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young post
Wonderful Wonderful isn’t bad, but it feels like a movie trailer that already gave away the best bits.
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Forge Music
There is no doubt the years have been worth it and with another strong album, let’s hope there are still a lot more songs to be written.
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The Sound Board
Wonderful Wonderful? More like “average, average”.
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Standard
Wonderful Wonderful is great fun, light on its feet and, well, pretty wonderful really.
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The Ringer
The Killers Are Still Too Much, in a Good Way.
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DIY Mag
Still quintessentially The Killers.
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S.F. Chronicle
The Killers' fifth album is 'Wonderful, Wonderful'.
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The Red & Black
Sonically, the album reflects electronic influences, particularly in the distorted background vocals. The sampling is another attribute that shows a progression in the band’s style over the course of its life.
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Monkey Goose Magazine
Wonderful Wonderful is dark, colorful too, spiritual and rebellious, realistic, yet idealistic.
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Belushi's Bars
A DARK ENSEMBLE OF HEAVY BASS-DRIVEN GUITAR, PROMINENT DRUMS AND STRINGS.
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B-Sides TV
Wonderful, Wonderful is a good record, no doubt about it.
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Cryptic Rock
Wonderful Wonderful is wonderfully wonderful.
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Uproxx
The Killers Seem Like A Band On Their Last Legs On ‘Wonderful Wonderful’.
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The Musical Hype
The Killers make a “wonderful, wonderful” comeback after a five-year hiatus with its fifth studio album, ‘Wonderful Wonderful.’
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Boston Globe
Some kind of wonderful.
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The Times
Wonderful Wonderful has a sonic scale and production polish matched only by Bono and his world-saving stadium inhabitants, but it also displays U2’s weakness for allowing grandiosity to smother intimacy of expression, alongside a desire to be all things to all people.
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The Economist
“Wonderful Wonderful” is not as urgent as the early records, but there are touches that long-time fans will like.
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PopMatters
It will never go down as anyone's favorite Killers album, but this is easily the most fun the Vegas rockers have had in years.
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Newsday
It becomes clear that Carly Rae Jepsen and her collaborators have locked down this particular style of retro-pop in ways that The Killers can’t even dream of matching.
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The Upcoming
Whilst no doubt sincere and thoughtful in its intention, Wonderful Wonderful only scrapes knuckles with the ceiling without ever quite breaking through.
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WHIP Radio
The Killers are back and they have plenty of “gas in the tank.”
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VultureHound
Wonderful Wonderful feels at times like a band desperately trying to hold on to something long gone. Almost a suicide note in the last days of a career. But in that very sense, it’s still full of feeling.
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Clash Music
A glossy but deeply mixed return.
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B-Side Magazine
THE KILLERS DELIVER A KILLERS ALBUM WITH WONDERFUL WONDERFUL.
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The Advocate
The Killers return with complex and brilliant angst.
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Richer Sounds Blog
With heaps of cleverly executed pieces to choose from, this project could be the band’s strongest since the immense success of Sam’s Town back in 2006.
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The Courier Online
The Killers: you should have stuck to your mid-2000s indie-rock guns.
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Alt Rock People
The Killers are an essential presence in modern rock.
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O'Colly
The Killers’ “Wonderful Wonderful” brings smooth vibe.
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All Music
By this point, Flowers' obsessions and signatures are so idiosyncratic, he's clearly the auteur behind Wonderful Wonderful just as he was with The Desired Effect, and the record charms because its ridiculousness is sincere and his sincerity is ridiculous -- two qualities that make him and his art messy and quite genuine.
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KSDB Review
The Killers are back on top with “Wonderful Wonderful”.
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The Daily Free Press
The Killers break hiatus with stunning new album.
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The Rice Thresher
Wonderful, Wonderful” is the most intimate album from The Killers yet, which makes its triteness that much more disappointing.
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Vantage
For all its bombastic grandeur, it seems that The Killers’ newest album has yet to figure out what exactly it wants to achieve.
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Music OMH
While Wonderful Wonderful certainly isn’t The Killers’ best record – or even their second best – it is a welcome return to form after some time in the wilderness.
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Vidette Online
The Killer's 'Wonderful Wonderful' portrays candid moments while emphasizing moments of struggles.
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Audio Producer News
The mournful horns and robotic electronic accents outline some new territory for The Killers.
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Red Hawk Radio
This album has it highs and lows, but overall, I still found myself on TicketMaster researching tour dates before Wonderful Wonderful even concluded.
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MTSU Sidelines
THE KILLERS MAINTAIN THEIR VERSATILITY WITH ‘WONDERFUL WONDERFUL’.
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Cavalier Daily
After five years without any music, fans were promised something better. The Killers, sadly, did not deliver.
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The Student Playlist
The first album from The Killers in five years, ‘Wonderful Wonderful’, sees the band struggling to break with their old ways, but only sometimes sucessfully.
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The Collegian
The Killers are back and it’s wonderful.
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NNC Linked
All in all, if you have been loyal to The Killers for the past 13 years, you’ll want to give this album a listen or at least appreciate their effort to remain relevant in 2017.
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WRBB Radio
The Killers have come out of their cage with their first release in five years, and they’re getting personal this time.
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News.com
There’s still plenty of life left in The Killers.
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murlough23
Moderate cause to rejoice.
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Hotpress
Personal upheaval gives bittersweet tinge to The Killers’ most vulnerable album to date.
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Music Insight
BOMBASTICALLY CHARMING.
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Financial Times
The album introduces chewy themes of doubt and resilience to the Las Vegans’ anthemic style.
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Music Fest News
The Killers’ ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ Isn’t, Quite.
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The Breeze
“Wonderful, Wonderful” is an amazing demonstration of heavily inspired music that portrays the growth of a band once in the limelight for its youth.
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TN2 Magazine
Wonderful Wonderful definitely isn’t usual Killers, the band have taken a step forward.
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The Parthenon
“Wonderful Wonderful” takes you on a 43-minute journey that is 5 years in the making.
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Salt Lake Magazine
One of the best that I’ve attended in over a decade.
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ABC News
“Wonderful Wonderful” could be the beginning of the Killers coming out of a dense fog. Hopefully that is the case and that this album’s successes aren’t mere flukes.
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Under the Radar Mag
Wonderful Wonderful isn't a title that accurately reflects its content.
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WIUX
Wonderful Wonderful is definitely not a huge comeback album for the Killers, but it does feature a few strong songs that I will definitely be adding to my playlists.
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The Arts Desk
The trademark sweeping choruses have largely been retired and in their place, we find another series of Eighties influences.
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The Oklahoman
The Killers return with complex and brilliant angst.
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Knox News
The Killers crush cynicism on 'Wonderful'.
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The AU Review
The Killers trade glamorous indie rock n roll for full blown Las Vegas glitz.
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The Dartmouth
The Killers’ ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ deserves a listen.
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Daily Tar Heel
The Killers' 'Wonderful Wonderful' is less than wonderful.
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