Sam's Town
by The Killers
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Sam's Town is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by The Killers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Killers is Hot Fuss which is ranked number 215 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,102.
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Sam's Town track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Sam's Town rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 91 Music Albums of 2006 | 42/91 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 77 Music Albums of 2006 | 50/77 | 2 |
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 13 Music Albums of 2006 | 4/13 | 4 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 56 Music Albums of 2006 | 3/56 | 5 |
| 2026 | Springsteen | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 33/100 | 63 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 29 Music Albums of 2006 | 5/29 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 440 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,490 | |||
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Sam's Town ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/10/2026 15:10 | thenamesbaka | 78 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 16:22 | RemainInLight | 3,796 | 36/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 18:43 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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What a disappointment after Hot Fuss, which I found much better. It has two great songs (Read My Mind and When You Were Young), two good songs (Bones and For Reasons Unknwon) and the rest is utterly forgettable.
Defago 10/03/2012 01:14 | #51658 | TOP COMMENT
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If only every Killers album was like this one...
Very good follow up to, hot fuss, sam's town, is another strong record of big pop hooks and anthemic stadium rock. When you were wrong, reasons unknown, bones, all good. Unfortunately the Killers went downhill after this record. Still, extremely enjoyable
I'd put this higher than the Hot Fuss. There's a better distribution of quality on the album and, though I think the overall concept is okay, the quality of the songs is pretty high. They tap more into a Heartland Rock vibe and capture vistas somewhat well. I don't know if they come close to those Springsteen storytelling heights, though, so that, along with 2 of these songs, knocks the album down for me.
But there's no denying that Sam's Town, When You Were Young, For Reasons Unknown, Read My Mind, and This River is Wild are all great songs and, in my opinion, rival the classics off Hot Fuss. (Edited)
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/03/2013 15:48 | #66869 | TOP COMMENT
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As a whole, this is the group's strongest work, but there aren't the same highs as its preceding and proceeding efforts.
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