The Killers - Live from the Royal Albert Hall
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Artist: The KillersBrand: Uni
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: CD+DVD, Live
Picture Format: 1.77:1
CD Release Date: 2009-11-10
Music Label: Island Records
Soundtracks:
- Human
- This Is Your Life
- Somebody Told Me
- For Reasons Unknown
- The World We Live In
- Joy Ride
- I Can't Stay
- Bling (Confession Of A King)
- Shadowplay
- Smile Like You Mean It
- Losing Touch
- Spaceman
- A Dustland Fairytale
- Sam's Town (Acoustic)
- Read My Mind
- Mr. Brightside
- All These Things That I've Done
- Sweet Talk
- This River Is Wild
- Bones
- Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
- When You Were Young
- Behind-the-scenes documentary including interviews with crew and fans.
- Tranquilize - Oxegen Festival
- Human - Hyde Park
- Mr. Brightside - Hyde Park
- Smile Like You Mean It - V Festival
- When You Were Young - V Festival
- Human
- This Is Your Life
- Somebody Told Me
- The World We Live In
- I Can't Stay
- Bling (Confession of A King)
- Shadowplay
- Smile Like You Mean It
- Losing Touch
- Spaceman
- A Dustland Fairytale
- Sam's Town (Acoustic)
- Read My Mind
- Mr. Brightside
- All These Things That I've Done
- Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
- When You Were Young
Free Music Notes for Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Free Music Review: One of the Best Live DVDs I've Purchased
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a majestic performance from beginning to end, and The Killers prove themselves well-worthy of the beautiful Royal Albert Hall setting.
I saw the band live at T in the Park earlier in the year, and while some elements of the performance are similar (the set list is almost identical, and some of the songs are introduced in the same way), the overall "feel" of the Royal Albert Hall gig is more refined and intimate.
Highlights, for me, are the extended Day and Age Tour versions of "For Reasons Unknown" and "Bling" (both of which drop down and take a lull while Brandon Flowers encourages some crowd interaction, before picking back up and exploding into their utterly climactic conclusions); the surprise-packages of "I Can't Stay" and "Sweet Talk" (the former in particular is performed stunningly), and the one-two smackdown of "Mr Brightside" and "All These Things That I've Done"... "Spaceman" and "Dustland Fairytale" are a pretty powerful combination too. Generally speaking, all of the tracks sound far better live than they do recorded; there's more energy and clarity to them and Flowers' voice sounds tremendous when it isn't needlessly roboticized as it sometimes is in their albums.
The only song that I feel somewhat drags is "The World We Live In", but that's more to do with the fact that the studio version was never a favourite of mine anyway, not because it's a sub-par performance -- if you like the song, you'll like the live version more than I did.
The DVD begins and ends with new versions of "Enterlude" and "Exitlude", and features bonus performances, including one of my personal favourites "Tranquilize" from the Oxegen festival. In terms of bonus features it's a bit sparse; there's a nice little Behind The Scenes documentary which is worth watching, but that's really about it... The quality of the primary content renders this irrelevant anyway.
Speaking of quality, in terms of production and sound -- top notch. My only criticism - and it's a minor one - is that I'd like the crowd noise to have been brought into the foreground just a notch more for certain songs such as "Mr Brightside". Other than that, the balance is pretty much perfect.
To put it succinctly; buy this DVD, it's one of the best.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall Poster
Now The Killers know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall. On July 5-6th, during their 8-country European festival tour, the multi-platinum VMA Award-winning, Grammy-nominated band performed two historic nights at the legendary Kensington venue. LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, The Killers' first official DVD release, is a spectacular 22-song live concert experience - filmed in HD (with `Fan's Eye View' alternative camera angle) and full 5.1 sound. The package, with live performances on the DVD plus a 17-song live CD from the shows (unavailable elsewhere), will be released November 10th in regular and Blu-Ray editions on Island Records. Killers fans will appreciate how faithful LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL is to the band's sight and sound onstage. Moreover, the songs cut across all four of the Killers' album releases, from their debut Hot Fuss ("Somebody Told Me," "Smile Like You Mean It," "Mr. Brightside," "All These Things That I've Done," "Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine"); to Sam's Town ("For Reasons Unknown," "Bling (Confessions Of A King)," "Sam's Town (acoustic)," "Read My Mind," "The River Is Wild," "Bones," "When You Were Young"); to Sawdust ("Shadowplay," "Sweet Talk"); and Day & Age ("Human," "This Is Your Life," "The World We Live In," "Joy Ride," "I Can't Stay," "Losing Touch," "Spaceman," "A Dustland Fairytale").The DVD, who's running time is over 2 hours, is packed with bonus extras - starting with an additional five songs from the festival tour: "Tranquilize" (live at the Oxegen Festival in Ireland, July 12th); "Human" and "Mr. Brightside" (from Hyde Park in London on June 26th); and "Smile Like You Mean It" and "When We Were Young" (from the V Festival in August). A behind-the-scenes documentary, including interviews with crew and fans, rounds out the bonus content on the DVD.
The 78-minute live CD was mastered by British producer Stuart. Price's work with the band began with his 12-inch remix (`Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix') of "Mr. Brightside" in 2004. He later remixed (again as the Thin White Duke) "When You Were Young," the first single from Sam's Town. Price produced two tracks, "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf" and "Sweet Talk," re-recorded for the B-sides album, Sawdust, which also included the "Mr. Brightside" remix. He went on to produce The Killers' third studio album, Day & Age, and created an extended remix (as the Thin White Duke) of its lead single "Human." In addition to the Killers, Price has worked with Madonna, Missy Elliott, Gwen Stefani, Keane, and others.
LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL was produced by Jim Parsons and directed by Dick Carruthers, whose credits include The Who Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2000), and long-form live performance DVDs with Oasis, Noel Gallagher, Keane, Van Morrison, Kaiser Chiefs, Bryan Adams, Aerosmith, White Stripes, and many others.
DISC 1 DVD LIVE FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
SET LIST
1. Human 2. This Is Your Life 3. Somebody Told Me 4. For Reasons Unknown 5. The World We Live In 6. Joy Ride 7. I Can't Stay 8. Bling (Confessions Of A King) 9. Shadowplay 10. Smile Like You Mean It 11. Losing Touch 12. Spaceman 13. A Dustland Fairytale 14. Sam's Town (Acoustic) 15, Read My Mind 16. Mr. Brightside 17. All These Things That I've Done 18. Sweet Talk 19. The River Is Wild 20. Bones 21. Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine 22. When You Were Young EXTRAS
Behind-the-scenes documentary including interviews with crew and fans.
FAN'S EYE VIEW
Alternative camera angle
BONUS FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES
Tranquilize - Oxegen Festival Human - Hyde Park Mr. Brightside - Hyde Park Smile Like You Mean It - V Festival When We Were Young - V Festival
Produced by Jim Parsons Directed by Dick Carruthers Approx. Running Time: 2 hr. 40 mins.
DISC 2 Live CD
1. Human 2. This Is Your Life 3. Somebody Told Me 4. The World We Live In 5. I Can't Stay 6. Bling (Confessions of A King) 7. Shadowplay 8. Smile Like You Mean It 9. Losing Touch 10. Spaceman 11. A Dustland Fairytale 12. Sam's Town (Acoustic) 13. Read My Mind 14. Mr. Brightside 15. All These Things That I've Done 16. Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine 17. When You Were Young
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