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Day And Age | 
| Artist: The Killers
Label: Mercury
Category: Music
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 3
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 45
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 602517851214
EAN: 0602517851214
ASIN: B001ENHJZQ
Release Date: November 24, 2008 (In 2 Days)
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| Tracks:
| • | Losing Touch | | • | Human | | • | Spaceman | | • | Joy Ride | | • | A Dustland Fairytale | | • | This Is Your Life | | • | I Can't Stay | | • | Neon Tiger | | • | The World We Live In | | • | Goodnight, Travel Well | | • | A Crippling Blow |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 It's like a good wine, ponder that thought! November 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What is up with all the people bashing this album? I am all good and open to hearing other people's opinions and would defo admit that people can say as they wish but some of the reasons for why this is a poor album?
Let's look at the facts-
1. The Killer are my fav band and so 95% of the time, I would not say anything bad about them.
2. Their concerts are some of the best, they are born performers.
3. From looking at the past, they release only the best, they music is always memorable and different.
4. Carrying on nicely from point 3, change, different. If a band where to continually bring out the same thing again and again... yes the product works, people will buy it but then others would still not be happy... they would say this is getting boring. Keane are another band who changed for this years, 'Perfect Symmetry' they admitted this is an experiment but personally it's their best and 'Day & Age' is no different. This is not exceptionally different from the past but they are trying different things but isn't that what The Killers are known for? Before 'Hot Fuss' I cannot remember who sounded just like this. This is somewhat ungeneric to the rappers, rnb, pop etc... This is new and fresh.
5. It's great and listenable and over and over again, you hear new things that you did not notice before.
It's a great journey this album and again Flowers and Co produced what is only getting better and better for The Killers.
Please don't judge to quickly, lots of people disliked 'Sam's Town' as soon as they released it and it quickly became one of the best selling albums (gaining a Brit Award to name one!).
'Day and Age' rocks!
 Chris De Burgh November 22, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Am I missing something, or does 'Human' sound like a Chris De Burgh B-side? Honestly, I really hope that the impending recession/depression will bring back a little bit of edge to music. We need it!
 style over substance November 21, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
There was something quite joyful about The Killers performance at 2005's Glastonbury. Togged up in a white tuxedo jacket with a hint of eyeliner and poised behind his glittery keyboard like some kind of glamorous preacher Brandon Flowers cut quite a figure and stirred up the crowds with rousing renditions of hits from Hot Fuss. Sam's Town was a little more po-faced, the Springsteen sound and moustaches making him look like a slightly less glamorous preacher. So it should be good news that their new album sees a return of the synth pop.
But it's all gone a bit 80's. Fine when it's inoffensively Roxy Music like opening track 'Losing Touch'. Worrying when it's Wham (amongst others) on 'Joy Ride', which even contains a sax solo. And it's just plain baffling when the backing vocals on 'This Is Your Life' remind you of the 'a-wimba-way' from Tight Fit's 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'. It sounds in places ('I Can't Stay') like Brandon's finger slipped on the keyboard and changed the setting of a song suddenly to marimba or steel drums or perhaps they wanted to showcase the full range of settings available on the latest Bontempi. 'Goodnight, Travel Well' eschews the 80's in favour of trying to sound like Radiohead which is better but probably best left to the boys themselves.
Lyrically there's plenty to worry about too. He may be referencing Hunter S Thompson but 'Are we human, or are we dancer?' still sounds like he's singing from a lyric sheet with a typo. 'A Dustland Fairtytale' couldn't be more cliched with Cinderella and the Devil amongst 'castles in the sky' and 'moon river'. Elsewhere there's lots of grand sounding statements to fit the grand sounding songs which are sure to please festival crowds once more and radio listeners alike. Unfortunately it all sounds a little hollow to me. However if you've enjoyed the latest from Kings of Leon and Keane (ooh, bit of a K thing developing here) then jump on board and enjoy the (joy)ride.
Lazy Uneducated reviews November 21, 2008
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
The line are we human or are we dancers comes from a Hunter S. Thomson comment that America was raising a generation of dancers. Still don't understand?....... Think about it rather than putting ill informed reviews on here.
 MEDIOCRITY AT ITS FINEST. November 20, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Upon first listen you notice theres something not quite right; the guitars have gone and the Killers have gone from being a pop-rock band to being what they always threatened to become from their first outting; a synthesizer pop band pumping out bland, mediocre mainstream pop rubbish which no doubt will initially sell well based upon the strength of their first two albums but after you've listened to all of this for 3 times on the trot the only conclusion you can come to is that the Killers have lost the plot entirely on this one. The songs are weak and wishy washy, the power, melody and quirkinness of their former albums has been replaced by a dreary, monotonous, synth-pop weariness. Put simply; this is where they finally ran out of ideas, this is the hurdle they fell upon. Anyone giving this album any more than two stars obviously hasnt listened to Hot fuss and Sams Town which are both very fine albums. If you want rock'n'roll this Xmas do your self a favour and invest your hard earned cash in AC/DCs Black Ice. At least AC/DC rock and never ever disappoint. Day and Age is just a tedious, half-baked pop ramble from a band which should have known better than to serve this up to their adoring fanbase. A lowpoint which i hope the record buying public shall inform them about and which from i hope they can recover. The only reason i gave this album two stars is for effort. Sadly that effort has failed them. As for quality of material on this album; POOR.
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