The Killers - Sawdust
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Free Music Review: Works as an Album
Hit: 5 Stars
I had heard The Killers several times on radio, and actually thought pretty good about them, without noticing any specific song-titles. My first impression was that they must be British, reminding me a lot about groups like Blur and Starsailor. It was only when I heard The Kilers' version of "Romeo and Juliet" that I became seriously interested. A fantastic version that deservedly brought new focus to one of Dire Staits' best songs.
When I searched on the net I also discovered that the group had recorded a new interpretation of the classic "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", which for me clearly surpassed previous versions. I had to find out where these numbers could be found on CD . It proved to my luck to both songs are found on "Sawdust, " which is a collection of outtakes and assorted oddities that have not found their way into the official albums. The music is recorded in the period 2003-2007.
Fortunately, and of course, there are also many great songs among The Killers' original material. Being brought forward deserves alternate version of "Sam's Town", a great song. The opening track "Tranquilizers", which features guest appearance by Lou Reed is another of the pleasant surprises - having both Bowie and Sparks elements. The same can probably said about "Where the White Boys Dance", an outtake from "Sam's Town".
Brit- and Indie-Pop is focused on "Glamerous Indie Rock and Roll" - could well have been a Blur song.
Magnificent but more traditional is "Daddy's Eyes". Solid straightforward rock can be found on "Change Your Mind ".
A beautiful and a worthy final to the set is "Mr Brightside", which in glimpses contains techno elements.
Finally "Show You How" which, with its catchy guitar theme is a song must return to. A very fine CD which actually works fine as a whole - a real album.
Free Music Review: Sometimes leftovers can be just as sweet
Hit: 5 Stars
The killers are such a talented and innovative synth rock group that every song they touch is potential gold. Their Midas touch is apparent on this album, which is a collection of unreleased tracks from previous albums, b-sides, covers, remixes, and one terrific new track.
Seventeen tracks make for a long and enjoyable listening experience, starting with the new track and first single "Tranquilize" which was recorded with Lou Reed. This is simply one of the best songs I've heard in a while, and has been playing (loudly) on "repeat" as I write this.
Covers: Shadowplay (originally by Joy Division); Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town (The First Edition, which included Kenny Rogers); Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits).
B-sides and remixes: All the Pretty Faces; Under the Gun; Where the White Boys Dance; Show You How; Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll; Who Let You Go?; The Ballad of Michael Valentine; Daddy's Eyes; Sam's Town; Mr. Brightside, Questions with the Captain (very short, very hidden track).
Previously unreleased tracks: Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf; Sweet Talk.
Other: Move Away (remix of track from Spiderman 3).
It's almost impossible to recommend specific tracks, but if I was forced to choose, I'd go with:
Tranquilize
Sweet Talk
Shadowplay
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
Mr. Brightside
Try the samples on Amazon, and then if you agree with me, buy the album or at least these tracks - they're more than worth the price.
Amanda Richards, November 14, 2007
Free Music Review: Thank You for a Great Early X-mas Gift!
Hit: 5 Stars
I love the killers and have been a huge fan since "Hot Fuse".
I was really happy that in April of 2007 I got to see them in concert in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm glad that "The Killer" released an album of compilation of B-sides, rarities and remixes to hold us Killer fans over till the new studio album in 2008.
What I'm most excited about is that after 3 Years the " Murder Trilogy" is now complete!
They way I have interpreted the "Murder Triogy" is this:
'Jenny was a friend of mine' and 'Midnight Show' are two thirds of a trilogy of songs. They chronicle the murder of a girl named Jenny. In the first song, Brandon is seemingly interrogated over a crime he claims to have not committed. In 'Midnight Show', he tells the story of how the jealous murder came about. The two songs are linked with the lyric, "She said she loved me". The third song is a song called "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf" and is supposed to explain why Jenny was murdered.
The "OTHER" orrder I have heard is:
1) Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf
2) Midnight Show (about the actual murder of a girlfriend who wasn't being faithful)
3) Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine (The murderer is being interrogated by police. )
Thanks for a great CD, and thanks for finally giving us all 3 parts of the "Murder Trilogy"!
In an interview Lead singer Brandon Flowers says, "The murder has something to do with water, but it's not drowning."
Free Music Review: A+ B-Sides!
Hit: 5 Stars
"Sawdust" is a collection of B sides, remixes, covers, movie tracks, and more by dance rockers The Killers, and it's a fan's delight.
Most fans would have already heard the sawing/droning "Move away" from the excellent "Spider-man 3" soundtrack, and "Shadowplay" from the movie "Control".
The Beatles/Oasis-like "Glamorous indie rock and roll" was on the UK version of their debut "Hot fuss". Their smash "Mr Brightside" is given a glossy dance make over, while the title track to their sophomore set "Sam's town" is given a more stripped down piano Beatles-like treatment.
For a collection of B sides and rejects, it features strong songs; single "Tranquilize" (a rousing theatrical sounding ballad), "All the pretty faces" (B side to "When we were young" with similar pulsing guitars and synths), the shimmery "Sweet talk", a cover of Dire Strait's "Romeo & Juliet", and "Show you how" (which starts off as a phone message before morphing into a blistering rocker) to mention a few, the latter an unreleased song along with the choppy "Leave the bourbon on the shelf".
Look out for a bonus track, "Change your mind", a sunny rocker with nice jangly guitars. Vital to all Killers fans.
Free Music Review: Unexpected pleasure
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought Hot Fuss when it first came out, and if it were a record, it would have been played to pieces by now. I was disappointed in the first whispers of Sam's Town and so didn't buy it, but my love of Brandon Flowers' vocals drove me to pick up Sawdust over the weekend.
I didn't realize when I picked it up that it was a comp/B-sides album, and as I started to listen to it, I immediately loved it. The songs on here have a different feel-- unpolished, as they should be for an album from the cutting room floor, and a much better feel than Sam's Town or even, in places, Hot Fuss.
The song that sold me was "Leave the Bourbon On the Shelf", which is sure to hook a listener, but as I listened through the whole album, I found more treasures just than that.
I was mildly disappointed in "Romeo and Juliet" simply because it is so like the original, but I think that's one song not to be tinkered with, and the remake of "Mr. Brightside" offered me nothing I didn't already know or love. But the rest of this cd is amazing, and definitely good enough to stand on its own.