The Killers Imploding the Mirage
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JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
August 22nd 2020


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(also fuck me up, this page is broken - had to hack the address code just to be able to comment lmao)

EDIT: page break!! maybe it will be un-broken now

Sowing
Moderator
August 22nd 2020


43954 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm working on it now. Kind of a strange issue but thanks for keeping the conversation going here!

Sowing
Moderator
August 22nd 2020


43954 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The studio effects/production here is gold. Definitely covers up any shortcomings that might have been obvious on previous outings.

My discog ranking as of now is Hot Fuss > Sam's Town > Imploding the Mirage > Day & Age > Wonderful Wonderful > Battle Born

Gyromania
August 22nd 2020


37089 Comments


Undoubtedly the greatest pop album of all time

Observer
Emeritus
August 22nd 2020


9403 Comments


This was great, surprised the killers could make a solid album, as opposed to a hollow container with two or three singles. Pleasant banger.

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
August 22nd 2020


26592 Comments


"My discog ranking as of now is Hot Fuss > Sam's Town > Imploding the Mirage > Day & Age > Wonderful Wonderful > Battle Born"

huh one time i agree with you sowing (as long as you shove sawdust in third)

Sowing
Moderator
August 22nd 2020


43954 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah sawdust rules and it's been forever since I've jammed it so I need to while I still remember that these guys exist

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
August 22nd 2020


26592 Comments


haha fair, yeah i usually go on a binge every couple of years because they were my first ever favourite band

sawdust has all the pretty faces which is a top 3 killers song personally

Sowing
Moderator
August 22nd 2020


43954 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I mainly recall pretty faces and the song with lou reed (I think it was the opener), but I just know that one time I tried to make day & age better by subbing in songs from sawdust and it just ended up being 66% sawdust lol

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
August 22nd 2020


26592 Comments


sounds about right, i like most of day & age and songs like losing touch are among their best, but it was def a mixed bag. tranquilize is a banger too

Sowing
Moderator
August 22nd 2020


43954 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah i couldn't remember the title but that's it. Dustland Fairytale is probably my personal favorite from D&A. I'm not sure if that album is a grower or if it just sounds better to me now because the two albums that followed it were hot garbage.

Sinternet
Contributing Reviewer
August 22nd 2020


26592 Comments


agreed with you on battle born which was so bleh but i think wonderful wonderful had a few decent tracks, it's on a similar level to day and age personally

Sowing
Moderator
August 22nd 2020


43954 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Run for Cover was great. The Man was cheesy but fun, same with Rut. That's about all I remember off the top of my head, D&A isn't excellent but it has it edged because I liked about half of the tracklist.

Gyromania
August 23rd 2020


37089 Comments


The best oat

Tiberone
August 23rd 2020


51 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

After a couple listens I don't get why everyone's falling all over this one... to me a lot of it just seems like more of the same as their last album, ie. excessive production trying to cover up shoddy lyrics. Genuinely hoping I come around to it though because I want to get what other people are getting out of this

Sowing
Moderator
August 23rd 2020


43954 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I mean you're not wrong. The lyrics are cumbersome and I think the melodies here are good, not great. What makes this such an improvement over their last two albums is the consistency (see para 2 of review) and the production - which is overdone but not by The Killers' standards because they have no restraint...and I come to them specifically for this kind of over-the-top material anyway lol. I also think the atmosphere is actually really cool. It's got this spacey midwestern vibe. It's definitely no Hot Fuss or Sam's Town, but it easily hurdles the low bar that is the rest of their discography.

Gyromania
August 23rd 2020


37089 Comments


Yeah this doesn't come close to Sam's Town or HF for me

Sowing
Moderator
August 23rd 2020


43954 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Me neither but the important thing is that it is way better than BB and WW

Sowing
Moderator
August 23rd 2020


43954 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

(Hot Fuss and Sam's Town are borderline classics for me)

Slex
August 23rd 2020


16580 Comments


Sam's Town will always be my fave



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