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Aug 18, 2020The Killers have made another dazzling statement of ultra-modern pomp, and one arguably even more in step with new generations of alt-rock. It’s a musical DeLorean: rooted in mainstream Americana but speeding into adventurous horizons.
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Aug 21, 2020The songs themselves are vintage Killers, often beginning quietly but driving inexorably to those yearning, multi-layered choruses that Flowers does so well, perfect for singing emotively with an impassioned fist over the chest. The album’s 10 songs breeze by at a steady and efficient clip, never outstaying their welcome.
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Aug 20, 2020Imploding the Mirage feels like more than just one of their best albums, but a triumphant and invigorated rut-reversal that shines with a hard-won confidence.
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Aug 18, 2020Escapism running through its veins, right down to the gentle “woah-oh’s” or cascading drums, Imploding The Mirage works because it doesn’t try hard but still pulls all of those components we’ve come to know and love together.
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Aug 24, 2020The band sounds invigorated, and the listening experience benefits hugely from that sense of direction and self-awareness.
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Aug 21, 2020The Killers’ sixth studio album embodies the band’s liberated spirit and boundless appetite for the grandiose, all while beginning to make up for over a decade of below average material. Imploding the Mirage will finally have you smiling about The Killers again – and yes, this time, like you mean it.
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Aug 21, 2020It may be interesting to hear what Flowers would do if he could resist the urge to turn the dial up to 11 every time, but you really can’t fault his ambition when he delivers another album that is all killer, no filler.
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Aug 21, 2020This is the most professional, mature, clean-sounding hit of saccharine pop the band have ever delivered, and it’s certainly their best album since Day & Age.
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Aug 20, 2020By shedding any cool pretence and steering directly into the skid of adult alternative cheese, the Killers have followed a lifetime of perfect songs and made their first truly great album.
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Aug 20, 2020It’s an album that feels rich and invigorating, and proves they’re still one of our most treasured bands for a reason.
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Aug 19, 2020Despite the weak ending, Imploding the Mirage is a powerful album from a hungrier and more passionate Killers that have once again embraced bombast with fearlessness, aspiration, and confidence. You can hear the band prevailing over struggles and finding the joy in making music and being alive.
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Aug 18, 2020Sheer, unabashed stadium sonics delivered with a heart of gold, ‘Imploding The Mirage’ finds The Killers providing one of the biggest – in both a sonic and emotional sense – albums of their career. It’s a propulsive achievement, pushing their songwriting to the limit in a thrilling, Devil-may-care manner.
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Aug 31, 2020The Killers still has a way with a story song, but even those could be seen as harking back to the good old days.
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Aug 20, 2020There’s a maturity in The Killers’ music that started to emerge on Wonderful Wonderful and really takes root here.
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Aug 21, 2020Imploding the Mirage has more bangers than a Killers album should 16 years after their debut and without copping to “maturity.” This band remains as absurd—marvelously so—as ever.
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Rolling StoneSep 17, 2020The 80s-loving Vegas crew delivers its strongest set of songs in years. [Sep 2020, p.68]
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Aug 20, 2020It’s not quite a caricature of what an average rock fan considers The Killers to be, but it’s close. Still, Mirage is markedly superior to its uneven predecessor, 2017’s Wonderful, Wonderful, largely due to the presence of several guest artists.
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Positive: 133 out of 151
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Mixed: 11 out of 151
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Negative: 7 out of 151
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Aug 21, 2020
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Aug 21, 2020Every song stands out on his own, i can imagine this being a defining album in the 80s. Uplifting and hopeful, this was the album I needed for 2020.
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Aug 21, 2020