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bono_212
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The Killers - Battle Born
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trevgreg
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Listening to it right now. Very 80's vibe to it...
LuckyNumber7
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This band has continuously thrown Flesh & Bone into the ground. Seriously? If they're going to put anything other than Runaways, the only two songs that are worthy of mention for "greatest hits" off BB are F&B and Miss Atomic Bomb. What a disgrace.
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bono_212
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No Tranquilize? Bleh...
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Where the hell is Jenny? Bones? Tranquilize? Tracklisting gets an F.
I like the new song though.
I like the new song though.
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bono_212
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New song's good. This greatest hits screams either getting out of a contract, or an excuse to tour.
intedomine
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A Dustland Fairytale isn't much chop. This Is Your Life would have been a much better representative from Day & Age, I reckon
LuckyNumber7
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But A Dustland Fairytale was actually a hit. Just like Jenny, and Bones.
LuckyNumber7
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Thing is... all of it is somewhat justifiable. Three songs from each album.
It's the song selection from BB that's laughable. And perhaps the lack of recognition for Sawdust.
It's the song selection from BB that's laughable. And perhaps the lack of recognition for Sawdust.
LemonMirrorSky
War Child
Bones sucks anyway. lol. The River Is Wild deserves to be in there though.
But... Greatest Hits collection after only 4 albums??
ETA: Ohh it's the end of a decade... well, fair enough I guess.
But... Greatest Hits collection after only 4 albums??
ETA: Ohh it's the end of a decade... well, fair enough I guess.
trevgreg
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Bones is the only real exclusion from the album in terms of singles. Personally, I'm sort of glad that it isn't a complete representation of every one of their singles though. Things like Jenny Was a Friend of Mine and or the Sawdust singles (Shadowplay and Tranquilize) can still be discovered after buying the other albums, you know?
I'm sort of happy The Way It Was was included as the "non-single" for the album, probably due to its reception during the live shows this past year. Considering that Here With Me didn't do anything chart-wise, I don't think it's too big of a loss there.
I'm sort of happy The Way It Was was included as the "non-single" for the album, probably due to its reception during the live shows this past year. Considering that Here With Me didn't do anything chart-wise, I don't think it's too big of a loss there.
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bono_212
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I didn't notice the lack of Jenny... That's inexcusable.
LuckyNumber7
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But is it? If you had to choose three songs from Hot Fuss, aren't those three fair too? As much of a favorite that Jenny is...
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I'm sure there's no rule that three songs is the maximum, though. I think the choices off Sam's Town are horrible.
LuckyNumber7
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Considering all of the albums are equally represents by three songs, it does look like whoever wrote the track listing did sit down and set that stipulation.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
There are actually four songs from Hot Fuss there.
And yes, I'd add another one. It's their most popular album by some distance.
LuckyNumber7
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Oh, my mistake! No doubt, if there's no strict setting then I would agree. I'd remove everything but Runaways from BB too. And maybe add F&B. Maybe this is a stretch to some, but I feel like Bling is one of their best songs.
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If I were writing a best of for The Killers, it'd probably have like 10 songs prior to Day & Age and even with new tracks, it'd probably only be like 16 songs. I guess you could say I like the early stuff better in this instance.
But I really don't care what they release at this point because odds are I won't listen to it.
LemonMirrorSky
War Child
I see 4 songs in there from Hot Fuss.
Yea it's very difficult choosing from Hot Fuss. The album is chock full of great songs!
Yea it's very difficult choosing from Hot Fuss. The album is chock full of great songs!
Jenny was never released as a single. (Of course neither was 'The Way It Was') perhaps that was the reasoning? Im guessing they just didn't want to make it too Hot Fuss heavy.
They could have swapped Jenny for Smile Like You Mean It I suppose.
They could have swapped Jenny for Smile Like You Mean It I suppose.
trevgreg
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I think that's exactly what it was. Add Jenny or any other Hot Fuss track, and it's 1/3 of the album at 5 total songs. Not really giving people an incentive to buy Hot Fuss in the future, you know?
Nope, I totally agree.
LemonMirrorSky
War Child
No way! Smile Like You Mean It is one of their absolute best! It's in my Top 3 I think. His vocal delivery is so perfect in that track.
monkeyskin
Refugee
It's a greatest hits, not a best of. Anyway, I'd switch it off after track 6. I used to like them so much and now they're just kinda there, like Muse and The Strokes.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Hahaha, exactly. I don't even particularly like Somebody Told Me. Replace that one with Jenny and you'd have one awesome EP though.
LemonMirrorSky
War Child
"Greatest Hits" is fact. And "Best Of" is opinion. There's no point in even discussing greatest hits then, as to what should've made it and what shouldn't be there.
I still haven't heard Battle Born for some reason. :/
I still haven't heard Battle Born for some reason. :/
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I kind of forgot that The Killers even released an album last year.
It seemed to leave just as quickly as it arrived.
It seemed to leave just as quickly as it arrived.
LuckyNumber7
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Because BB was unfinished and rotten by Killer standards (but good as any album).
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bono_212
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Greatest Hits for them should at least include every single... There's more than enough room.
