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The Killers, Day & Age, 2008, Island, Black.

The Killers’ third, and “more playful” album, Day & Age breaks the mold of both Hot Fuss, and Sam’s Town with a fitting in the Dance-Rock category.

Day & Age brings a lot to the table, including hits like Human, Spaceman, and depending on your location in the world, A Dustland Fairytale, or The World We Live In. Although, the sounds kind of fall between Hot Fuss, and Sam’s Town, it doesn’t feel as if the band tried to go back to Hot Fuss as much as they wanted to make something new, which is a bonus.

If you’re lucky enough to grab the vinyl album, you’ll be treated to an almost full size download code, that features the band on the back (you could frame it), as well as a poster that features the album cover, with the reverse side being the singles covers.

Suggested tracks:

All of them. This is an album that I can honestly say “I can listen to this album front to back” and mean it.

Although some say it’s not their best, I love it down to my bones.

Pick it up.

The Killers Sawdust 2007 Black

A compilation album, “Sawdust” was released in 2007, featuring “B Sides and rarities” as well as remixes, and covers recorded from 2002 until 2007.

Along side the compilation, there were two singles released: Shadowplay, a joy division cover, also used in the film “Control”. As well as Tranquilize, a single spearheading the project alongside the great Lou Reed.

Recommended Tracks, -Tranquilize, featuring Lou Reed, -Shadowplay, a Joy Division cover, -Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf, the beginnings of the “Murder Trilogy” (Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf, Midnight Show, Jenny Was A Friend of Mine) -Sweet Talk -Under The Gun (Also found on the special edition of Hot Fuss) -Move Away, used on the soundtrack for Spider-Man 3. -The Ballad Of Michael Valentine (Also found on the special edition of Hot Fuss) And -Romeo and Juliet, a Dire Straits cover.

Seeing as these are just the scraps of the 2002-2007 years, there are hopes that there could be a companion album, or a “Sawdust 2” spanning from 2007 to 2013 or 2014.

If you happen to stumble upon this album, pick it up. It’ll be worth the time.

Devo - Hardcore Devo Vol. 2

A collection of highly devolved tracks from before Devo was signed. Lots of experimental stuff here, but there are some glimpses of what Devo would become.

Re-released by Superior Viaduct after being out of print for nearly 20 years, and even this release is getting harder to come by. Check this out if you can!

Key tracks:

Booji Boy’s Funeral

Be Stiff

Chango

Fraulein

"37"

Fountain of Filth

Clockout

The Killers

Sam’s Town

Island Records, 2006,

Picture Disc.

In an attempt to bring a quality successor to their debut album, Hot Fuss, The Killers released this gem, Sam’s Town.

Following up Hot Fuss with a different, more American, sound had to have been risky. Although the idea of sound progression for most bands is a bit “hit and miss”, The Killers struck oil.

The Picture disc isn’t too different, but nice enough to add to the collection, featuring the album cover for the A side, and a Ram’s head for the B side, a nice nod to those who owned the CD.

Any album that packages a fold out poster of anything, is a great album to own. The images in the gate are too wonderful, and I hope to purchase a copy to frame them.

If you’re looking for a nice synth sound with a lot of heartland rock (maybe sprinkle a little Springsteen in there), Sam’s Town is the way to go.

Recommended Tracks:

Read My Mind,

When You Were Young,

Bones,

For Reasons Unknown,

This River Is Wild.

- Chris

I’m the newest member of GarbageVinyl.

I usually reside under: foiledcranium.tumblr.com/

Enough of my shameless promotion, I’ve come to introduce myself, and show you my set up:

The best/worst thing about buying a turntable from somebody is not knowing what the hell the make and model is. All I know, is that it’s a sony, and doesn’t function like a Crosley.

The sound spills out of the player through a pair of LogiTech computer speakers with a subwoofer. They really aren’t bad.

Now, the rest of my set up fills me with great joy. First off, there’s my tape deck, which obviously played tapes. Second, I have the pre-amp/radio which I have set up a certain way to function (more on that in a second), and my five disc changing CD player. All linked together in the form of a AV splitter.

I don’t plan to blow my entire wad right away, so I’ll be posting once a week, hopefully.

I’ll probably be doing more than just vinyl, and throw my entire collection in here.