The Killers: Hot Fuss [ISLAND]

Why you'll love it

Hot Fuss has sold more than seven million copies, and "Mr. Brightside" has spent more weeks on the U.K. singles chart than any other song in history. "Somebody Told Me," "All These Things That I've Done" and "Smile Like You Mean It" are all here too.

This edition

• Island pressing (cat# B002697901)
• Original 11-song album

About the album

The rise of the Killers in the early 2000s is reminiscent of the rise of Stone Temple Pilots in the early 1990s: a new band with a bunch of monster singles out of the box is initially viewed with suspicion by critics and other "serious" observers but goes on to prove itself as much, much better than anyone realized at first.

In hindsight, everyone should have known the Killers were the real deal right away, 'cause Hot Fuss is a freakin' hit machine above and beyond the four indelible singles ("Mr. Brightside," "Somebody Told Me," "All These Things That I've Done" and "Smile Like You Mean It") that have propelled it to well over seven million in sales worldwide over the past 20 years. It's veritably dripping in, to borrow a phrase from one of the band's later cuts, "glamorous indie rock-'n'-roll" of the post-punk/New Wave variety. And if there's always been a hint of Vegas to what the Killers do, that's just fine, because the Killers are actually from Las Vegas. It's in their blood.

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Tracklist

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On Island (cat# B002697901), a reissue of the 2004 album.