Sam's Town

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For the casinos, see Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall.

Sam's Town
Studio album by The Killers
Released	October 3, 2006
Recorded	2005-2006
Genre	Rock
Length	44:14
Label	Island, Lizard King
Producer(s)	Flood, Alan Moulder
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Billboard (Very Positive) link Blender link Entertainment Weekly (C) link Guardian Unlimited link NME (8/10) link The Observer link Pitchfork Media (5.9/10) link Q (#243, Oct. 2006, p. 112) Rolling Stone link
The Killers chronology
Hot Fuss (2004)	Sam's Town (2006)

Sam's Town is the second studio album by Las Vegas rock band The Killers, released in 2006. It was released on October 2 in the United Kingdom and October 3 in the United States. In the US, the album opened at #2, selling 315,000 in its first week.^[1] The album went straight to #1 in the UK selling over 260,000 in a week.^[2] As of March 2007, the album has sold about 2,750,000 copies worldwide, of which about 1,000,000 were in the U.S. ^[3]

The album is said to be influenced by the works of U2, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, among others.^[4][5] Sam's Town received mixed reviews, with some praising The Killers' new direction and others critiquing it.^[6][7]

The album takes its name from Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, a hotel-casino in Las Vegas, the hometown of the band.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus tracks 2 Singles 3 Trivia 4 Release details 5 Notes 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Brandon Flowers, except where noted.

1. "Sam's Town" – 4:05
2. "Enterlude" – 0:50
3. "When You Were Young" (Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr.) – 3:39
4. "Bling (Confession of a King)" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 4:08
5. "For Reasons Unknown" – 3:32
6. "Read My Mind" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer) – 4:03
7. "Uncle Jonny" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer) – 4:25
8. "Bones" (Flowers, Stoermer, Vannucci) – 3:46
9. "My List" – 4:08
10. "This River Is Wild" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 4:38
11. "Why Do I Keep Counting?" – 4:23
12. "Exitlude" – 2:24

[edit] Bonus tracks

• "Where the White Boys Dance" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer) - 3:28 (Australia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and American iTunes pre-order bonus track)
• "All the Pretty Faces" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) - 4:45 (Japan, Best Buy exclusive bonus disc, and UK iTunes bonus version)
• "Daddy's Eyes" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) - 4:13 (Best Buy exclusive bonus disc)
• "When You Were Young (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) - 6:23 (American iTunes bonus version)

[edit] Singles

"When You Were Young" September 18, 2006 U.S. Modern Rock #1 UK #2

"Bones" November 27, 2006 UK #15

"Read My Mind" February 13, 2007 U.S. Modern Rock #9 UK #15

In an interview with UK radio station Mercury FM, broadcast on March 6, 2007, Brandon Flowers revealed that the fourth single to be released from Sam's Town will be "For Reasons Unknown".

[edit] Trivia

• The band's lead singer, Brandon Flowers, was quoted as saying that 'Sam's Town' will be "one of the best albums in the past twenty years" in the October 2006 edition of Giant magazine, and "the album that keeps rock & roll afloat" in Entertainment Weekly.
• The bikini-clad woman on the cover of Sam's Town is model and singer Felice LaZae.
• The album's co-producer Flood is dressed as a Native American in the CD booklet.
• In an interview with Chicago radio station Q101, Brandon Flowers called "Read My Mind" the best song that the band had ever written.

[edit] Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Japan	September 27. 2006	Universal	CD	UICL-9037
Australia	September 30, 2006	Universal Music Australia	CD	1706722
United Kingdom	October 2, 2006	Lizard King Records	CD
United States	October 3, 2006	Island Records	picture disc LP	B0007221-01
			CD	B0007221-02

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Evanescence tops Killers in US. mp3.com (2006-10-11).
2. ^ Killers, Razorlight rule in UK. mp3.com (2006-10-10).
3. ^ United World Chart Year-End Numbers
4. ^ http://playlouder.com/review/+sams-town-0/
5. ^ http://angryape.com/reviews/2006/09/the-killers-when-you-were-young
6. ^ Rob Sheffield (21 September 2006). Rolling Stone : Sam's Town : Review. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
7. ^ Josh Eells (October 2006). The Killers on Blender.com. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.

[edit] External links

• The Killers - Sam's Town official Island Records site
• The Killers official UK site

The Killers
Brandon Flowers | Dave Keuning | Mark Stoermer | Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Discography
Albums: Hot Fuss | Sam's Town
Singles: "Somebody Told Me" | "Mr. Brightside" | "All These Things That I've Done" | "Smile Like You Mean It" | "When You Were Young" | "Bones" | "A Great Big Sled" | "Read My Mind" | "For Reasons Unknown"
Related articles
Marrakesh Records | Island Records | Las Vegas | "Crystal"
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