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  Killers (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Killers, released in March of 1981 on EMI in the UK, was the second album by Iron Maiden.
It was the first of their albums to feature guitarist Adrian Smith, and the last to feature vocalist Paul Di'Anno, who left the band mid-tour due to problems with alcohol and narcotics.
The album is an unusual one in it that it features two instrumentals and was written almost exclusively by Steve Harris with only minor assistance from the rest of the band.
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 Iron Maiden : Killers - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Killers contains a much livelier sound than the debut, while bassist Steve Harris again played a prominent role in the songwriting, penning ten of the album's 11 tracks, while co-writing another.
Another hit album back home in England, Killers also gave the quintet their first taste of U.S. chart success, spurred on by their first stateside tour.
Killers is another bona fide Maiden classic, but would also prove to be vocalist Paul Di'Anno's last with the group.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Killers: Remastered: Music: Iron Maiden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
KILLERS is based on more straight-ahead heavy metal, departing from Iron Maiden's 1980 self-titled debut, which had more of a punk edge (a facet often cited as an important stepping stone for "thrash metal" years later).
After the recording of the first album, Steve Harris was concerned that it wasn't very well recorded (even after a second recording of the full album!) claiming that the guitars weren't heavy enough.
The rest of the band also perform well on "Killers", which as I understand was recorded almost as a live album (being that the tracks were layed down in one take as though being performed live).
www.amazon.co.uk /Killers-Remastered-Iron-Maiden/dp/B0000251VS   (1390 words)

  
 RTE.ie Entertainment - Killers reveal new album tracklisting
The Killers have announced the full tracklisting for their eagerly-awaited second album, 'Sam's Town'.
Billboard reports that the album is due out on 3 October and that the band previewed the album at a special function in New York on 24 July.
The trade daily says that the album "doesn't stray far from the sound introduced on [the band's debut] 'Hot Fuss'".
www.rte.ie /arts/2006/0726/killers.html   (78 words)

  
 New Killers album on the horizon : Soul Shine Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Killers formed in 2002 and are most notably recognized for their new wave-tinged sound borrowed from the 1980s from such bands like the Cure, New Order and the Smiths.
Their debut album, Hot Fuss, which was released in 2004, went on to sell 3 million copies worldwide, which is in thanks to their singles, “Mr.
Their new album, which will be heavily influenced by Bruce Springsteen, is tentatively slated to hit record store shelves by September 18.
www.soulshine.ca /news/newsarticle.php?nid=3523   (298 words)

  
 Killers by Iron Maiden CD
"Killers" was maidens second album, and slightly improved on their self titled debut, The style is a little more melodic and leans more towards the style of metal that has made the band as huge as they are today.
The highlights of the album are "Murders in the Rue Morgue" It is the best track on the album and really puts the great guitar riffs and solo's in there, The title track "Killers" is also a very good track and once again the solo's are top notch.
This brought the line-up to Paul Di'Anno on vocals (this was his last studio album with the band), Steve Harris on bass (he's the band's chief songwriter as well), Clive Burr on drums, and Adrian Smith and Dave Murray on guitars.
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 The Killers strike again with second album - Scene
Prior to the Oct. 2 release of their second album, "Sam's Town," the Killers' lead singer Brandon Flowers pronounced the LP "one of the best albums of the past 20 years." Frontman self-promotion aside, the record is a solid second go-around, although it fails to live up to Flowers' flowery language.
Breaking onto the scene in May 2004, the Killers quickly resolved questions of what the commotion was all about with the release of their smash album, the appropriately-named "Hot Fuss."
Brightside." The success rolled over into 2005 with the Killers releasing two more hit singles, "All These Things I've Done" and "Smile Like You Mean It." By the time the dust cleared and the body count was tallied, the Killers had claimed millions of victims in going platinum three times over.
www.ndsmcobserver.com /news/2006/10/12/Scene/The-Killers.Strike.Again.With.Second.Album-2345810.shtml   (396 words)

  
 Stories Tagged 'killers' » Netscape.com
Music – The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is reportedly set to record a duet with Razorlight's Johnny Borrell.
Music – The new album from Evanescence beatout the Killers by a healthy margin to be the top-selling album this week.
Music – The Killers, Tool, Jet, Muse and My Chemical Romance are among the first acts confirmed for the 15th annual Big Day Out festival tour of Australia and New Zealand, which begins January 19 in Auckland.
www.netscape.com /tag/killers   (507 words)

  
 LIPSTICK KILLERS Review
The LIPSTICK KILLERS are from Japan, they look like gothic versions of Michael Monroe's band and play heart-broken rock'n'roll influenced by Johnny Thunders, The LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH and of course...
Nevertheless, they are not a pale copy of those bands, through sadness and desperation, they managed to build an identity of their own, maybe because of a special Japanese touch that one can also find in the vocals.
It may take a few listenings to really get into it, but you will probably be seduced and that's why I recommend this record (this is the 3rd one!) to all of you who remember that "the sad and lonely are the only ones with style".
www.veglam.com /LipstickKillersREv.html   (320 words)

  
 The Rock Radio: Morrissey sought Killers producer
The album was produced by the legendary Tony Visconti (David Bowie, T. Rex), but Morrissey's original choice was Jeffrey Saltzman, who produced the Killers' multi-platinum 2004 debut Hot Fuss.
Morrissey said that he tried to do some recording with Saltzman but it didn't work out: "With Jeff I thought the sound of the album, the Killers album, was very good, so shoot me. He ended up not doing it, which was very unfortunate.
Ringleader Of The Tormentors is the follow-up to Morrissey's 2004 "comeback" album You Are The Quarry.
www.therockradio.com /2006/04/morrissey-sought-killers-producer.html   (181 words)

  
 Killers (KISS album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Killers is a greatest hits album by American hard rock group KISS.
His replacement for the Killers sessions was Bob Kulick, who had previously subbed for Frehley on a handful of tracks for 1978's Alive II.
The album sold in moderate numbers, reaching its highest chart position of #6 in Norway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Killers_(KISS_album)   (715 words)

  
 The Killers' Sophomore Album Due In October | AlternativeAddiction.com
The Killers will return Sept. 18 with "When You Were Young," the first single from their highly anticipated sophomore album, "Sam's Town." The set is due Oct. 2 in the United Kingdom and a day later in North America on Island/Def Jam.
The new album is the follow-up to the Killers' 2004 debut, "Hot Fuss," which has sold more than 3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The album, produced, recorded and mixed by Hest in his home studio, is his first release since his major label debut.
www.alternativeaddiction.com /news/tracking/articletrack.asp?id=666   (316 words)

  
 The Killers | My Chemical Romance | CD Reviews | Sam's Town | The Black Parade | Album | Picture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Lead singer Brandon Flowers has claimed this is the album that will keep rock and roll afloat, which is a pretty weighty ambition for what is essentially a pop album.
The album's dark theme - essentially death, death and more death - manages to never tread into the depressing, moody depths of Evanescence territory and instead has the kitsch skeletons-and-monsters vibe of a good Halloween party.
The title of the album was officially revealed at a concert played in London in August 2006.
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 Newsvine - Killers' New Album Nothing to Fuss Over
It was everything a first album should be in that genre and it left high hopes for their eventual follow up.
Instrumentally, the Killers' second album is exactly where it should be - it is a direct evolution from where they were on Hot Fuss.
The band is enormous; power-chorded and powerful with a crushing beat so commanding and driving that it would make a tone-deaf 94 year-old grandmother jump out of her wheelchair and pound her feat to the rhythm.
deatienza.newsvine.com /_news/2006/10/16/402941-killers-new-album-no...   (866 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Hot Fuss: Music: The Killers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Killers might hail from one of the USA's most quintessentially American cities (Las Vegas), but their debut album Hot Fuss displays an Anglophilic streak that is an ocean wide.
It's the only album of last year that I've played over and over again.1 The first 7 tracks on the album are all great songs in their own way - with a great mixture of indie rock/guitar/melody.
Having read all the reviews of this album I thought it was about time someone actually criticised it, lets be honest it's far from a five star album, the majority is mindless filler, which you seem to find a lot of from indy bands.
www.amazon.co.uk /Hot-Fuss-Killers/dp/B00020QXU4   (1747 words)

  
 The Killers: Sam's Town (2006): Reviews
The album doesn't lend Flowers the gravitas he apparently yearns for, but it does prove that few are better at irrepressible pop hooks and fist-pumping choruses.
The Killers may have grown a heart for Sam's Town, but they also grew even bigger egos, and it's unlikely that the album's bombast and self-importance will convert any new fans.
Of course the Killers needed to update their sound, given that the 80’s revival is fading away.
www.metacritic.com /music/artists/killers/samstown   (1135 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Killers: Music: Iron Maiden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This is definitely an album influenced by English punk of the late 70s and the classic Deep Purple sound of the early-mid 70s.
This is a pretty decent album, although i prefer the first maiden album of Killers.
From the first track to the last, this album is early justification of Maiden's current status as metal gods.
www.amazon.com /Killers-Iron-Maiden/dp/B000063COZ   (1660 words)

  
 Killers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Killers (album), the name of the second album from British heavy metal band Iron Maiden
Killers (KISS album), the name of the 1982 greatest hits album from the American glam rock band KISS
Killers (movie), a 2003 compilation of five short films by Japanese directors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Killers   (213 words)

  
 AlbumBuzz
The Killers had a lot to live up to with their follow up to 2004's Hot Fuss.
Their fans will be pleased with their effort and their conviction to stay true to who they are and what their music is about, and their new realism may attract a whole new group of people.
Lyrically, this is one of the best albums to come out in a long time.
www.albumbuzz.com /killerssamstown.shtml   (994 words)

  
 NME.COM - News - The Killers second album revealed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Killers have confirmed the track listing of their forthcoming second album.
The band are set to release 'Sam's Town' - named after a casino in the group's hometown Las Vegas - on October 2 and have announced the songs that have made the cut for the new record.
The album will preceded by comeback single 'When You Were Young' which is released on September 18.
www.nme.com /news/the-killers/23686   (141 words)

  
 umusic.ca :: The Killers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The band are still in the studio putting the finishing touches on their next musical masterpiece, but it wouldn't be fair to leave all of you Killer fans without a little taste of what's to come.
The Killers play a sold out show in Vancouver tonight (October 11) at the Orpheum Theatre and in Toronto at the Kool Haus on October 20.
In just three weeks they created an arsenal of potential album cuts, and, as Vegas' prodigal sons (and the most beloved band to ever rise out of the Nevada desert), the Killers got the virgin run in the brand-new, studio in Vegas' Palms Hotel and Casino.
umusic.ca /thekillers   (1501 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Hot Fuss: Music: The Killers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Killers match postpunk guitars with a synthesizer overlay that recalls '80s New Wave without burying their sound in nostalgia.
Since I've had this album for a long time but really haven't listened to it lately, I decided to give it another listen after listening to Sam's Town and maybe it's simply because of my familiarity with it, but it was like a breath of fresh air.
What some people may say is that the first album is more accessible and the new album shows growth and maturation because it doesn't catch on as quickly as the first.
www.amazon.com /Hot-Fuss-Killers/dp/B0002858YS   (1751 words)

  
 MTV News | Killers Enjoy Better Hotels As They Plot Their Evolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Everyone who has heard the new songs is saying [the next album is] going to be even better than the first one and that's the natural thing that should happen," he said.
The Killers had tossed around a fall 2005 release date for their second album, but with their second single, "Mr.
Even if it's not chosen as the next single, "Jenny," which contains one of the album's more dramatic (though fictional) story lines, will be put to good use in the mini-movie the Killers are planning.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1496184/01242005/killers_the.jhtml   (622 words)

  
 VH1.com : The Killers : Preview New Killers Single — Here, Now - Urge Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
When MTV News spoke with Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers in early May, his band was still roughly a month away from completing the recording sessions for the follow-up to Hot Fuss, but he was already lining up potential first singles.
And while "Young" is a decided change for the Killers (it sorta sounds like Bruce Springsteen backed by a wall of synthesizers), Flowers isn't worried about alienating his fanbase.
The Killers' new album is due October 3.
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 VH1.com : The Killers : Killers Album Preview: Massive Sound, Epic Ballads, Big Ideas Fill Sam's Town - Urge Music ...
Because while Sam's Town might not be "one of the best albums of the past 20 years," as frontman Brandon Flowers insisted to MTV News back in May (see "Killers' Next LP Will Show Strong Influence Of...
The album enters its home stretch with a trio of epic ballads: "My List" starts off thudding and ominous but develops into a crashing, cell-phones-in-the-air crescendo, complete with "We Are the Champions" guitar heroics and Flowers pushing his voice into unforeseen territory.
Then — almost as an afterthought — the album wraps up with "Exitlude," which opens like Bob Dylan (particularly with Flowers' vocals inflection on the words "aggressively" and "regrettably") and ends like the Beatles' "A Day in the Life," right down to the lingering piano chord.
www.vh1.com /artists/news/1537069/20060725/killers_the.jhtml?headlines=true&rsspartner=rssMozilla   (798 words)

  
 The Killers To Complete Album In London | News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
The Killers have moved to London to complete work on their second album.
Their sound is too generic for me. Not to say that they sound like everyone else, but I think they sound too plain and I don't think they're anything special.
well i heard 2 of their songs online from their new album, the style is very much the same.
www.ultimate-guitar.com /news/upcoming_releases/the_killers_to_complete_album_in_london.html?200606160220   (287 words)

  
 NME.COM - News - Brandon Flowers: 'This is the album'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
More details of The Killers' second album have emerged.
However now details of the songs being considered for the album, which is currently due out on September 18.
For the full interview with The Killers get this week's issue of NME, out on UK newsstands and available as an international digital magazine from June 28.
www.nme.com /news/the-killers/23435   (179 words)

  
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