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| Released = October 2, 2006
| Released = October 2, 2006
| Recorded = November 2005 – July 2006, at [[Studio at the Palms]], [[Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] and Criterion Studios, [[London]], [[England]]
| Recorded = November 2005 – July 2006, at [[Studio at the Palms]], [[Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] and Criterion Studios, [[London]], [[England]]
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]],[[Indie Rock]], [[Heartland rock]] , [[Post-Punk revival]]
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]],[[Indie Rock]], [[Post-Punk revival]]
| Length = 44:14
| Length = 44:14
| Label = [[Island Records|Island]], [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]]
| Label = [[Island Records|Island]], [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]]

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This article is about the album by The Killers. For the casinos, see Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall (disambiguation).
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Sam's Town is the second studio album by American rock band The Killers, released on October 2, 2006 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. Regarding the album, vocalist and primary lyricist Brandon Flowers noted that he "wanted to create an album that captured, chronologically, everything important that got me to where I am today".[1] Sam's Town has sold 4.0 million copies worldwide to date.[2]

Production

The album is said to be influenced by the works of U2, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, among others.[3][4] Sam's Town received mixed reviews, with some praising The Killers' new direction and others criticising it.[5][6]

In the October 2006 issue of Giant magazine, Flowers was quoted as saying that Sam's Town would be "one of the best albums in the past twenty years" and in Entertainment Weekly he remarked that it would be "the album that keeps rock & roll afloat." In an interview with Chicago radio station Q101, Brandon Flowers called "Read My Mind" the best song that the band had ever written.

The album takes its name from Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, a hotel-casino in Las Vegas, the hometown of the band. Sam's Town was also a huge sign that was visible by band member Mark Stoermer though his room window when he was young.

Artwork

According to photographer Anton Corbijn, the band initially wanted a "chic, gypsy look," for the album, and that "out of those discussions [for the sleeve] came these elements of faded glory."[7] The album's co-producer, Flood, is dressed as a Native American in the CD booklet. The artwork inside the album booklet is taken from a downtown-Las Vegas mural painted by Suzanne Hackett-Morgan, a local painter. The cover artwork of 'Sam's Town' features model and singer Felice LaZae. Sam's Town, and each of the singles from Sam's Town, use a script typeface for the titles, Archive Roundhand Script from Archive Type, or Gigofonts' Gf Script No 2.

Track listing

Sam's Town
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sam's Town"Flowers4:06
2."Enterlude"Flowers0:49
3."When You Were Young"Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci3:40
4."Bling (Confession of a King)"Flowers, Stoermer4:08
5."For Reasons Unknown"Flowers3:32
6."Read My Mind"Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer4:06
7."Uncle Jonny"Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer4:25
8."Bones"Flowers, Stoermer, Vannucci3:47
9."My List"Flowers4:08
10."This River Is Wild"Flowers, Stoermer4:38
11."Why Do I Keep Counting?"Flowers4:24
12."Exitlude"Flowers2:29
Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Where the White Boys Dance" (UK/Australian/Japanese editions)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci3:26
14."All the Pretty Faces" (Japanese/US Best Buy editions)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci4:45
15."Daddy's Eyes" (US Best Buy edition)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci4:13
16."When You Were Young" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke radio edit) (French edition)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci4:19
Bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
17."When You Were Young" (Video (Jump Version)) 
18."When You Were Young" (Video (No Jump Version)) 
19."Making Of "When You Were Young"" 

Personnel

Band

Additional musicians

  • Adrina Hanson — strings
  • Maryam Haddad — strings
  • Tristan Moyer — strings
  • Tommy Marth — saxophone
  • Neeraj Khajanchi — trombone
  • Corlene Byrd — background vocals
  • Louis XIV — background vocals
  • Ted Sablay — additional musician on tour playing keyboards and guitar

Production

  • Max Dingel — engineer
  • Flood — producer, engineer, mixing
  • Mark Gray — engineer
  • Alan Moulder — Producer, engineer, mixing
  • Paul Resta — marketing
  • Robert Reynolds — management
  • Andy Savours — mixing
  • Howie Weinberg — mastering

Design

  • Andy West — art direction, design
  • Suzanne Hackett Morgan — painting
  • Anton Corbijn — photography
  • Doug Joswick — package production

Chart history

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position 		Certification Sales
Argentina Albums Chart CAPIF 1 Platinum[8] 40,000+
Australian Albums Chart ARIA 2 2× Platinum[9] 140,000+
Austrian Albums Chart IFPI Austria 5
Belgium Walloon Albums Chart[10] IFPI 1 Gold[11] 15,000+
Belgium Flanders Albums Chart[12] 1 Gold
Canadian Albums Chart CRIA 1[13] 2× Platinum[14] 200,000+
Danish Albums Chart IFPI 17[15]
Dutch Albums Chart IFPI 14[15]
Finnish Albums Chart IFPI Finland 15
French Albums Chart SNEP 8
German Albums Chart IFPI 5 Gold[16] 100,000+
Irish Albums Chart IRMA 1 4× Platinum[17] 60,000+
New Zealand Albums Chart RIANZ 1 Gold[18] 7,500+
Norwegian Albums Chart IFPI 10
Polish Album Chart OLiS 34[19]
Portuguese Albums Chart IFPI 27[15]
Russian Albums Chart IFPI Gold[20] 10,000+
Spanish Albums Chart IFPI 14[15]
Swedish Albums Chart PROMUSICAE 45[15]
Swiss Albums Chart IFPI 9
UK Albums Chart BPI 1 4× Platinum[21] 1,234,800
US Billboard 200 RIAA 2 Platinum [22] 1.2 million+

End Of Decade Charts , Awards and Polls

In December 2009 Sam's Town was voted by US Magazine Rolling Stone's readers as the most underrated album of the decade.[23]

In the UK Chart Sam's Town was the 70th best selling album of the decade and Q Magazine ranked it as the 11th best album of the decade [24]

Chart (2000–2009) Position
UK Albums Chart 70

Awards

Year Ceremony Award Result
2007 BRIT Awards Best International Album Won
2007 MTV Australia Awards Album of the Year Nominated
2007 Shockwaves NME Awards Best Album Nominated

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

Notes

  1. ^ Kent, Nick (October 20, 2006). "The saints of Sin City". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Playlouder - Latest
  4. ^ The Killers - When You Were Young [Universal] — Reviews — AngryApe
  5. ^ Rob Sheffield (21 September 2006). "Rolling Stone : Sam's Town : Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2006-10-08.
  6. ^ Josh Eells (October 2006). "The Killers on Blender.com". Retrieved 2006-10-08.
  7. ^ McLean, Craig (September 24, 2006). "Songs of praise". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ [3]
  10. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=a
  11. ^ [4]
  12. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a
  13. ^ [5]
  14. ^ [6]
  15. ^ a b c d e [7]
  16. ^ [[[:Template:Cite gold platin]]
  17. ^ [8]
  18. ^ [9]
  19. ^ [10]
  20. ^ [11]
  21. ^ [12]
  22. ^ [13]
  23. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/12/14/readers-rock-list-most-underrated-album-of-the-decade/
  24. ^ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm#21cent
Preceded by UK number one album
October 8, 2006 – October 28, 2006 		Succeeded by
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