1. Lucaskeane

   10

   well you should know before hear this album:it's the perfect combination of all the other 3 albums toghether and we can take from this that this it's a masterpiece!! the whole album its something very pleasure to be hear the sound of guitar the brilliant vocal os brandon flowers..and plus i can image the band playing Flesh and Bone in the shows:it's going to be amazing congratulations for this brilliant album… Expand

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2. Ricko

   8

   On first impression this sounded bloated, over produced and underwhelming but as I really enjoyed all their of their previous albums, I decided to give this time and space to breathe before making up my mind. I'm glad I did. On repeat listens there are some excellent songs on here and some really great songwriting on display although too often the bands talent is completely smothered by overproduction. I really think this album would have majorly benefitted from an Indie Rock production approach instead of the Stadium Rock production thats on show. I know it's totally not cool to like The Killers anymore, but given a chance, this record has many charms.… Expand

   • Helpful? 2 of 2 users said Yes.
3. anarchyfps

   7

   When I first put on this album for a listen I got very excited, the opening track, Flesh and bone is my favorite song on the album possibly because it was also used as the preview song for it.
   
   But after runaways I noticed that the album defiantly slows down in pace and only a few songs pick the pace up again. Most of it appears to be ballads and slow songs which is fine but with an album title of battle born I was expecting more songs like the first two that opened it.
   
   Overall, a good album if you are a killers fan but could have used some more anthem songs.… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 1 users said Yes.
4. zdase27

   0

   Finally, after a four-year hiatus, The Killers broke the silence with their fourth studio album, 2012’s Battle Born. Turns out silence would’d’ve been easier on the ears. This album couldn’t have been further from Hot Fuss and Sam’s Town if they’d tried (and they may’ve; it’s really bad). It’s almost as if they decided to remake Day Age with more engineering and less emotion (if that’s even possible). I don’t know who their target audience is nowadays, and I’m not sure they do either; all I know is that it can’t be the same people who made their earlier works fly off the shelves, skyrocketing them into superstardom. I guess “what happens in Vegas” really should “stay in Vegas”. My guess is that The Killers will be reduced to ‘house band’ at Caesar’s Palace in no time. On a positive note, Battle Born makes me appreciate Day Age a lot more than I ever thought I could. Oh, and I think it’s time for The Killers to change their name to something a little less aggressive, such as “The Whiners” or perhaps “The Fray”. They don’t deserve a cool name anymore.… Expand

   • Helpful? 0 of 2 users said Yes.

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