It doesn’t take a genius to work out that the source material here is Springsteen, whom songwriter Brandon Flowers credits as ‘making me fall back in love with my America’. Not just any old Bruce but specifically Born to Run, which The Killers apparently studied and dissected, absorbed and rebuilt. Improbably, this proves to be their masterstroke. Selling Springsteen back to his homeland might look like a canny way of ensuring radio play, but there’s no disputing the quality of their songs and Sam’s Town sounds like a complete collection.
TRACKLIST
SIDE A
- Sam’s Town
- Enterlude
- When You Were Young
- Bling (Confessions Of A King)
- For Reasons Unknown
- Read My Mind
SIDE B
- Uncle Jonny
- Bones
- My List
- This River Is Wild
- Why Do I Keep Counting
- Exitlude
