Sam's Town
by The Killers

Decent follow up to Hot Fuss. But unlike the album of two halves that Hot Fuss was, this is very solid and reliable right through.

From DJFresh-Rock 12/29/2024 03:56 | #306704

Brandon Flowers and co. produce a credible follow-up to their acclaimed debut. Not quite as punchy, but still enjoyable.

My favourite Killers album and an improvement on Hot Fuss imo

The album that saved Rock and Roll in the 00's!

From VictorVale 01/08/2023 00:06 | #292608

Bom álbum, um pouco estridente.

Some great highlights on this album, but a lot of filler too. When You Were Young, Bones, Reasons Unknown and Read My Mind are all great but there is little to shout about with the rest.

From Brad1770 09/14/2020 20:27 | #258230

One of rock’s greatest opening salvoes here - “Sam’s Town” into “Enterlude” into “When You Were Young “ setting the scene for a kick ass album

Note 1: Rolling Stone incredibly gave this album a 2 star review (for reasons unknown )

Note 2: Add this to the list of all time iconic album covers

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.

This is easily their best album for me (though Hot Fuss is certainly wonderful). Brandon's vocals and lyrics are excellent on this album and in my opinion an improvement from Hot Fuss. He's definitely matured as a vocalist and songwriter. Rest of the band is top notch.

From TerryTezza 06/26/2019 03:55 | #238280

This is The Killers at their best in my opinion. Hot Fuss is great but this album goes another level higher with more raw emotion and story telling. All songs are brilliant from the opening Sam's Town to When You Where Young (their best live song) to Read My Mind to Bones and well the darn whole album. A perfect album! 100/100!