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Almost ten years after "Mr. Brightside" helped turn the Killers into new millennial rock sensations, the time has come for a hits collection. Calling the compilation Direct Hits -- a punning title that feels timeless but has rarely been used before, a nifty encapsulation of the group's style and attributes -- the Killers cannily use the singles-centric conceit to showcase the band at their overblown best, emphasizing their arena-sized neo-new wave just slightly over their Springsteenisms. Both are on display on the two new songs -- "Shot at the Night" and "Just Another Girl," songs that sound as if U2, Springsteen, and the Cars created a supergroup in 1988 -- but the main benefit of Direct Hits, especially for those listeners who have always doubted the skills of the Killers, is how the operatic ambitions of Sam's Town feel not so extravagant when bookended by selections from Day & Age and Battle Born. All three of the albums -- which are represented by three cuts a piece -- sound strong here but what really has lasted are those singles from 2004's Hot Fuss, especially the initial breakthroughs "Mr. Brightside" and "All These Things That I've Done," which now seem to capture a particular moment in time and yet also transcend it.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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MARK NEEDHAM, Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Saltzman, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Brierre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dario Dendi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ronnie Vannucci, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Killers, Producer, MainArtist - Dave Stedronsky, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MARK NEEDHAM, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Saltzman, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Brierre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dario Dendi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Ronnie Vannucci, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, Producer, MainArtist - Dave Stedronsky, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MARK NEEDHAM, Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Saltzman, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Brierre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dario Dendi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Ronnie Vannucci, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, Producer, MainArtist - Dave Stedronsky, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MARK NEEDHAM, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Saltzman, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Brierre, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dario Dendi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Ronnie Vannucci, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, Producer, MainArtist - Dave Stedronsky, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Gray, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALAN MOULDER, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neeraj Khajanchi, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Flood, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Max Dingel, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Savours, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist
℗ 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Gray, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALAN MOULDER, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neeraj Khajanchi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Flood, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Max Dingel, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Savours, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist
℗ 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Gray, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALAN MOULDER, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neeraj Khajanchi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Flood, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Max Dingel, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Savours, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist
℗ 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Emery, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Price, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, Producer, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Root, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Emery, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Price, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Root, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Sablay, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Emery, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Stuart Price, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Dromgoole, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Root, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ALAN MOULDER, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Catherine Marks, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lillywhite, Producer, Additional Producer - Damian Taylor, Producer - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist - Robert Root, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Catlin, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Felix Rashman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Price, Producer, Mixer, Additional Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist - Robert Root, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Brendan O'Brien, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist - Robert Root, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Lanois, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anthony Gonzalez, Producer - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist - Robert Root, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Price, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist - Robert Root, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist - Mike Sak, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Norcross, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 The Island Def Jam Music Group
ALAN MOULDER, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Calvin Harris, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Flood, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist
℗ 2013 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Damian Taylor, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Flowers, ComposerLyricist - Dave Keuning, ComposerLyricist - Mark Stoermer, ComposerLyricist - Ronnie Vannucci, ComposerLyricist - The Killers, MainArtist - Robert Root, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Lanois, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Almost ten years after "Mr. Brightside" helped turn the Killers into new millennial rock sensations, the time has come for a hits collection. Calling the compilation Direct Hits -- a punning title that feels timeless but has rarely been used before, a nifty encapsulation of the group's style and attributes -- the Killers cannily use the singles-centric conceit to showcase the band at their overblown best, emphasizing their arena-sized neo-new wave just slightly over their Springsteenisms. Both are on display on the two new songs -- "Shot at the Night" and "Just Another Girl," songs that sound as if U2, Springsteen, and the Cars created a supergroup in 1988 -- but the main benefit of Direct Hits, especially for those listeners who have always doubted the skills of the Killers, is how the operatic ambitions of Sam's Town feel not so extravagant when bookended by selections from Day & Age and Battle Born. All three of the albums -- which are represented by three cuts a piece -- sound strong here but what really has lasted are those singles from 2004's Hot Fuss, especially the initial breakthroughs "Mr. Brightside" and "All These Things That I've Done," which now seem to capture a particular moment in time and yet also transcend it.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:00
- Main artists: The Killers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2013 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2013 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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