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Day And Age | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Killers
Label: Mercury
Category: Music
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 3
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 45 Minutes
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 15 more reviews...
 Chris De Burgh November 22, 2008
Mattsie (London, UK)
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
William Rycroft (London, UK)
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
P. A. Barnes (Exeter, Devon United Kingdom)
5 out of 9 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
Colin Hogg (Belfast, N.Ireland)
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.
Episode 134: In which rock music is dealt another painful blow November 20, 2008
Bernard H. Christ (Leeds, UK)
2 out of 13 found this review helpful
I think I can sum up my feelings for this album thus:
'Are we human or are we dancer?'
No wait, that doesn't mean anything at all. That's literally just some random words. Anyone? No, thought not.
As Adam & Joe said on their radio show the other day (after playing Human), we're returning to that 80s era of silly pompous stadium rock with really really really bad lyrics sung VERY seriously by very silly rock stars.
I'm trying hard to imagine anyone actually going into a shop and thinking they wanted to buy this. Don't you like your ears? Don't you and your ears get on very well? Or do you just not like music much? Was it toss up between this and the new Dido album? I mean, really, is this the album you've been waiting for?
N.B. Yes, I have heard it. Yes, all of it. My friend, for his sins, is a reviewer and had to sit through the whole album. I sat with him to make it more bearable. I don't think I succeeded.
Still, could be worse, it could be Razorlight. And that really is all I can say for it.
BRING ON THE ANGRY TEENAGERS WHO CAN'T SPELL!
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