Sawdust (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Sawdust
Type = compilation
Artist = The Killers


Released = start date|2007|11|9
Genre = Alternative rock, post-punk revival
Length = 72:13
Label = Island, Vertigo
Producer = Flood, Alan Moulder, Stuart Price (tracks 4, 5 & 17)
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:azfwxz8hldde link]
*"Metro" Rating|4|5 [http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/music/article.html?in_article_id=75299&in_page_id=25 link]
*"NME" (6/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-killers/9240 link]
*Pitchfork Media (5.5/10.0) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47249-sawdust link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/17233628/review/17312776/sawdust link] |
Last album = "Sam's Town"
(2006)
This album = "Sawdust"
(2007)
Next album = "Day & Age"
(2008)
Misc = Singles
Name = Sawdust
Type = compilation
single 1 = Shadowplay
single 1 date = October 9, 2007
single 2 = Tranquilize
single 2 date = October 12, 2007

"Sawdust" is a compilation of re-recorded B-sides, rarities, covers and remixes by the Las Vegas rock band The Killers. The album was released in various markets between November 9 and November 13, 2007, when it was released in the United States.cite web|title=The Killers Prep Rarities Comp, Do Xmas Single, Tour|date=2007-10-15|publisher=Pitchfork Media|author=Thompson, Paul|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/45857-the-killers-prep-rarities-comp-do-xmas-single-tour|accessdate=2007-10-15] The album was first mentioned by Brandon Flowers in an interview with "Billboard" in late August,cite web|title=Killers Corralling Rarities For B-Sides Album|date=2007-08-23|publisher="Billboard"|author=Benson, John|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003630149|accessdate=2007-10-15] and "Rolling Stone" revealed the name of the compilation in its "Smoking Section" on September 6, 2007.cite web|title=Smoking Section: Fiona Apple, Kanye West, The Killers and Tom Petty|date=2007-09-06|publisher="Rolling Stone"|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/06/smoking-section-fiona-apple-kanye-west-and-tom-petty/|accessdate=2007-10-15]

Background

The Killers were inspired by B-sides collections such as Oasis' "The Masterplan", The Smiths' "Hatful of Hollow", Smashing Pumpkins' "Pisces Iscariot" and Nirvana's "Incesticide".cite web|title=Killers Talk About Two New LPs, Duet With Lou Reed|date=2007-08-27|publisher=MTV|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1567956/20070827/killers_the.jhtml|accessdate=2007-11-19]

Response

The album debuted at number 12 on the U.S. "Billboard 200" chart, selling about 82,000 copies in its first week. [Jonathan Cohen, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003676535 "Keys Storms Chart With Mega-Selling 'As I Am'"] , "Billboard", November 21, 2007.] It also peaked at number 2 on iTunes, just below Alicia Keys' new album.Fact|date=November 2007 To date it has sold 500,000+ copies worldwide.Fact|date=December 2007 As of March 15, 2008, the album has sold 283,871 copies in the US.update after|2008|03|22 "Sawdust" has sold more than 300,000 copies in the UK. [cite web|accessdate=2008-04-04|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33201|title="Sawdust" BPI certification|publisher=British Phonographic Industry]

Track listing

Bonus tracks

ong-writing credits

#"Tranquilize" (Flowers)
#"Shadowplay" (Curtis/Sumner/Hook/Morris)
#"All The Pretty Faces" (Flowers/Keuning/Stoermer)
#"Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf" (Flowers)
#"Sweet Talk" (Flowers/Keuning/Stoermer/Vannucci)
#"Under The Gun" (Flowers/Keuning)
#"Where The White Boys Dance" (Flowers)
#"Show You How" (Flowers)
#"Move Away" (Flowers/Keuning/Stoermer)
#"Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" (Flowers/Keuning/Stoermer/Vannucci)
#"Who Let You Go?" (Flowers/Keuning/Stoermer/Vannucci)
#"The Ballad of Michael Valentine" (Flowers/Keuning)
#"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (Tillis)
#"Daddy's Eyes" (Flowers)
#"Sam's Town (Abbey Road Version)" (Flowers)
#"Romeo and Juliet" (Knopfler)
#"Change Your Mind (UK Bonus Track)" (Flowers/Keuning)
#"Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Remix)" (Flowers/Keuning)

References

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