Hot Fuss

Artist: The Killers
Label: Lizard King
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5060073770069
ASIN: B00020QXU4

Release Date: 2004-06-08

Hot Fuss

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Tracks:

Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
Mr. Brightside
Smile Like You Mean It
Somebody Told Me
All These Things That I've Done
Andy, You're a Star
On Top
Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
Believe Me Natalie
Midnight Show
Everything Will Be Alright

Album Description

UK pressing of the Las Vegas indie act's 2004 debut album includes one exclusive bonus track 'Indie Rock & Roll'. 'Hot Fuss' is the kind of debut that will be on everybody's lips come December's end of year polls. It stands alongside 'Definitely Maybe' & 'Is This It' as a classic first salvo in the war against mediocrity. Energetic, innovative & consistently surprising 'Hot Fuss' is a remarkable record from an extraordinary new band. Lizard King.

Album Details

Includes One Song "Indie Rock and Roll" Not Available on the USA Version.

Customer Reviews:

KILLER single-laden debut!.......2005-06-07

The Killers sound like a lot of great British synth rock bands from the 80s; The Cure, Blur, but most of all like Duran Duran! Amazing to find out that they are actually a US band.

`Somebody told me' is the best song Duran Duran never recorded. Wow! It features some fierce scratching guitar and some really great vocals, all of which builds up to a very catchy disco chorus with lyrics like `somebody told me/you had a boyfriend/looks like a girlfriend..' similar to the gender bending referencing of Franz Ferdinand.

In a similar vein is `Midnight hour', another highly infective rock/dance number.

Opening track `Jenny was a friend of mine' starts off with some helicopter sound effects, great dance beats kick in, synths blazing and swirling guitars, and then the best Duran Duran vocal impression since, well Duran Duran! Brilliant.

`Mr Brightside' is an upbeat rocker sounding very much like Blur; half spoken lyrics and an almost mumbled but great chorus.

`Smile like you mean it' features some twilight zone-like sound effects and a sing-a-long chorus, similar vocally to The Cure.

`All these things that I've done' starts off a vaguely Beatles-ish ballad, which kicks into a great rocker with an almost choir-like segment.

`Andy you're a star' is a sluggish sounding rocker, with some Cure like vocals again.

All these Blur/Duran/Cure etc influences should have been cloying and annoying but what saves the day is the fact that the songs are GREAT!

Next influence channeled is Oasis on `Glamorous indie rock and roll' which starts off gentle and features semi shouted vocals and a killer chorus.

`On top' is another Durannie influenced great pop/rock song.

All in all, a great debut, packed with tonnes of potential singles.

Something we've needed for a long time........2005-03-29

Okay the only dif between the UK and the US versions is 1 song got swapped (and the one on the UK version is waaay better), but that's the version I've got so that's the version I'm reviewing.

That being said, this is a great album. The Killers are no doubt going to be labelled as another "retro" band. Let me just say that I'm really tired of this whole "retro" label. Just because a new band actually has a melody instead of a dull repetition of over-over-overdiven minor chords (ahem...Godsmack), sings instead of growling like a dorky 3rd grade kid trying to scare his little sister on Halloween (ahem...Slipknot), and sings about things us normal human types can relate too instead of moaning and wailing about how much they hate being rich and successful (shem...Korn), doesn't mean they're ripping off "older" music.

True, The Killers use the same sort of synth-driven hooks that Duran Duran used, but did Duran Duran ever bust out the guitars like "Mr. Brightside"? True, The Killers throw in a good dose of melancholy-English-croonery that might remind you of Morrisey (if you allow yourself to be reminded of that sort of thing), but would Morrisey have made you want to just get up and bounce around in the middle of your bedroom like "Somebody Told Me" does?

The Killers--just like a lot of other so-called-retro, may have their roots in something a little more recent than whoever's-on-the-cover-of-Blender-magazine-this-week, but face it, they're a new band and overall a new sound.

And by Jove it's a good sound indeed. I had more fun listening to this album the *first* time than I did listening to one song by most "New and Innovative bands" (ahem...Linkin Park...you guys really suck...quit now...stop selling reptition to the kids, they get enough of it from pop/rap/whatever as it is, they don't need it from ignored-computer-nerds posing as a rock n roll band).

So, the lesson today, kids, is that if somebody is getting labelled as "retro", it probably means they are playing REAL music (with notes, not just an expensive effects rig plugged out of a guitar that they really don't know how to play), and it would do your poor MTV-abused brain some good to give 'em a listen.

Bought it for one track.......2004-10-26

I bought this album for the single track "Indie Rock and Roll" and it's worth it. I own the US version and it's great as well but I had to have that song.

Saw The Killers in concert in Ottawa, Canada and they were great. I'm looking forward to a lot of great albums from this band.

Still damned good.......2004-10-20

So there's only one difference... So? It's still a good CD, and Indie Rock & Roll is an awesome song. Of course, if you have the US version, don't buy it unless you're a completist (like me)

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