Released: 21 August 2020 |
Label: Island
Studio: Sound Studios, Los Angeles | Subtle McNugget Studios, Los Angeles | Electro-Vox Recording Studios, Los Angeles | Battle Born Studios, Las Vegas
Producers: Shawn Everett | Jonathan Rado | Stuart Price | Ariel Rechtshaid
Artists:
The Killers: Brandon Flowers – vocals (all tracks); synth (tracks 1-8, 10); organ (tracks 1-5); glockenspiel (track 1); marimbasynth (track 9) guitar (track 10) | Ronnie Vannucci Jr. – drums (all tracks); percussion (tracks 1, 4); timpani (tracks 8, 10); marimba (track 10) | Mark Stoermer – guitar (tracks 3, 4, 7, 9); bass (track 4); E-Bow (track 5); bass VI (track 6)
Additional Musicians
Bobby Lee Parker – guitar (track 1) | Jonathan Rado – bass (tracks 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 10); organ, cello (track 1); guitar (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7) piano (tracks 1-3, 7, 10); slide guitar (tracks 2-4); acoustics (tracks 2, 6); E-Bow (tracks 2, 3, 9); harmonica (tracks 2, 3, 6, 10); 12-string (tracks 3,7); celeste (track 3); acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 4, 8, 9); synth (tracks 3, 9,10); drones (track 4); Emulator, horns, bagpipes (track 5); Fairlight (tracks 6, 8); fretless bass (track 8); Linn (track 9); marimba, vibraphone (track 10) | Rob Moose – strings (track 1) | Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keys (track 1) | Brian D’Addario – acoustic guitar (track 1) | Shawn Everett – programming (track 2); drones (track 3); Emulator (track 9) | Natalie Mering – outro vocals (track 2); additional vocals (track 5); bridge vocals (track 8); vocals (track 10) | Adam Granduciel – keys, FX manipulation (track 2) | Lindsey Buckingham – guitar (track 4) | Blake Mills – guitar, bass, bass VI (track 4) | Lucius – background vocals (tracks 4, 8) | k.d. lang – vocals (track 5) | Drew Erikson – piano (track 5); strings (track 8) | Stuart Price – synths, guitar, bass (track 6) | Benji Lysaght – guitar (track 7) | Ariel Rechtshaid – guitar, bass, Linn (track 7) | Tommy King – synth, pan flute (track 7)

Artwork:
Art: Thomas Blackshear || – paintings | Brandon Flowers – art direction | Joe Spinx – art direction, design | Sandy Brummels – art direction
Technical
Jonathan Rado – production (all tracks) | Shawn Everett – production, recording, mixing (all tracks) | Ivan Wayman – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4-10) | Robert Root – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4-10) | Ariel Rechtschaid – mixing (tracks 1, 3, 7); production (track 7) | Dave Shiffman – mixing (tracks 3, 7) | Flood – mixing (track 3) | Stuart Price – production (track 6) | Alan Moulder – mixing (track 10) | Emily Lazar – mastering (all tracks)

TRACK LISTING

1. My Own Soul’s Warning (Brandon Flowers)
2. Blowback (Flowers | Shawn Everett | Jonathan Rado | Ronnie |Vannucci Jr.
3. Dying Breed (Flowers | Rado | Mike Crossey | Alex Cameron | Klause J. Dinger | Michael Rother | Michael Karoli | Jaki Liebezeit | Irmin Schmidt | Holder Schuering | Kenji Suzuki
4. Caution (Flowers | Mark Stoermer | Vannucci | Cameron | Everett | Rado)
5. Lightning Fields (ft. k.d. lang) (Flowers | Vannucci | Everett | Rado)
6. Fire in Bone (Flowers | Stoermer | Vannucci | Stuart Price)
7. Running Towards a Place (Flowers | Vannucci | Ariel Rechtshaid | Tommy King)
8. My God (ft. Weyes Blood) (Flowers | Everett | Natalie Mering | Rado)
9. When the Dreams Run Dry (Flowers | Rado | Cameron)
10. Imploding the Mirage (Flowers | Rado)

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

11. C’est La Vie (Flowers | Rado | Everett | Cameron | Guy Wood | Robert | Mellin | Dino Geangelo | Stoermer)
12. Caution (Wasatch Style) (Flowers | Stoermer | Vannucci | Cameron | Everett | Rado)
13. Blowback (Acoustic) (Flowers | Everett | Rado | Vannuci)

CHART POSITION

US Billboard 200 – 8
UK (OCC) – 1
US Billboard 200 – 8
US Top Rock Albums – 1
Also reached number 1 in Australia | Ireland | Scotland

CERTIFICATIONS

United Kingdom: Gold

AWARDS

MEDIA AWARDS

2020
Placed 1st in the Billboard Fans Favorite Rock Album
Placed 6th in the San Francisco Examiner’s Top 10 Rock Albums of 2020
Places 8th in Mic’s Favourite Albums of 2020
Placed 8th in The Soundboard’s Albums of the Year
Placed 10th in The Yorkshire Post’s Albums of 2020
Placed 19th in NME’s The 50 Best Albums of 2020
Placed 21st in Billboards The 25 Best Rock Albums of 2020; Staff Picks
Placed 21st on The Forty Five’s The 45 Best Albums of 2020
Placed 26th in Chorus.fm’s Top 30 Albums of 2020
Placed 38th in Good Morning America’s 100 Best Albums of 2020
Placed 42nd in NPR’s NPR Listeners Top Albums of 2020
Placed 43rd in 411Mania’s The Top 100 Albums of 2020
Placed 53rd in Stacker’s Best Albums of 2020

REVIEWS

All Music
Consequence
The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
NME
Pitchfork
Rolling Stone
Spill Magazine
The Sunflower
Under The Radar
Variety