''Wonderful Wonderful'' is the fifth studio album by American
rock band
the Killers
The Killers are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Las Vegas in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals). After going through a number of short-term bass players and drum ...
, released on September 22, 2017, by
Island Records
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.
It is their first studio album in five years, since ''
Battle Born'' (2012), and their fifth consecutive studio album to top the
UK Albums Chart
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. It is also their first album to top the
''Billboard'' 200, moving 118,000
album-equivalent unit
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s in its first week. ''Wonderful Wonderful'' is the Killers' last album to feature the band's core line-up, with lead guitarist
Dave Keuning and bassist
Mark Stoermer
Mark August Stoermer (born June 28, 1977) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist for the rock band the Killers, with whom he has recorded six studio albums.
In addition to his work with the Killers, Stoermer h ...
being absent on ''
Imploding the Mirage'' (2020) and ''
Pressure Machine'' (2021), respectively.
Background
Brandon Flowers
Brandon Richard Flowers (born June 21, 1981) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and philanthropist, best known as the lead singer, keyboardist, and occasional bassist of the Las Vegas-based rock band the Killers.
In addition to his ...
revealed in May 2015 that he and Dave Keuning were exchanging ideas for the Killers' fifth studio album. The four members reconvened in October 2015, a few months earlier than originally planned. The band began working on the album at their own
Battle Born Studios and also rented houses in
Joshua Tree National Park
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and
San Diego
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. They briefly recorded with
Ryan Tedder
Ryan Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic, he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists since th ...
and other producers in Los Angeles before beginning to work with
Jacknife Lee
Garret "Jacknife" Lee is an Irish music producer and mixer. He has worked with a variety of artists, including the Cars, U2, R.E.M., the Killers, Robbie Williams, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Two Door Cinema Club, AFI, the Hives, Weezer, One Dire ...
, who had been recommended to them by
U2 frontman
Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2.
Born and raised in Dublin, he attended ...
. Lee worked with the band between September 2016 and May 2017 at his home studio in
Topanga, California, and at National SouthWestern Recording studios in
Las Vegas, Nevada
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. Lee produced all tracks on the album alongside the Killers, with additional production by
Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan (born 30 May 1974) is an English DJ and producer of Turkish Cypriot descent. He grew up in Archway in North London.
Career
DJ and club promoter
In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various indie nightclubs in London. His firs ...
on "The Man" and
Stuart Price on "Out of My Mind".
In May 2016, it was announced that bassist
Mark Stoermer
Mark August Stoermer (born June 28, 1977) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist for the rock band the Killers, with whom he has recorded six studio albums.
In addition to his work with the Killers, Stoermer h ...
would take an extended break from touring with the band. However, he continued work on the album, forging many of the tracks alongside Flowers. "He stopped touring with us and it ended up being a blessing for the band. He was much more eager to go to the studio, he felt like he had a monkey off his back, he really contributed a lot to this record." Keuning also announced a hiatus from touring in August 2017, shortly after the album's recording, although he would remain a member of the band.
After celebrating the 10th anniversary of their second album ''
Sam's Town
''Sam's Town'' is the second studio album by American rock band the Killers. It was released on September 27, 2006, by Island Records. Regarding the album, frontman Brandon Flowers noted that he "wanted to create an album that captured, chro ...
'' by holding a few concerts, Flowers realized they wanted to make an actual record and not just "slap a bunch of songs together". He stated ''Wonderful Wonderful'' is the closest thing they have done to their 2006 album.
According to him, the idea for the title of the album came when he was in the desert and saw a storm coming: "I thought 'wonderful, wonderful' and I was able to use it in a song that I wrote with Mark, our bass player, and it ended being an important part of the record."
The Killers enlisted
Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Born in Scotland and raised in England, he was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits. He pursued a s ...
for a guitar part on "Have All the Songs Been Written?". Australian musician
Alex Cameron contributed lyrics to some tracks, including "Run for Cover", which was originally written for the band's third studio album, ''
Day & Age'' (2008).
Music and lyrics
Lyrically, the album is about what it means to be a man, as Flowers revealed on an interview with ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'': "In your head it's about being tough and bringing home the bacon, but what I've come to find is it's really more about empathy and compassion." He explained how the song "Tyson vs Douglas" was inspired by the
1990 boxing match between
Mike Tyson
Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is con ...
and
Buster Douglas, where he explores what it is like to watch a hero fall.
For ''
NME'' magazine, Flowers shared that the lyrics of the album are "the most personal and bare" that he has ever been: "I'm looking in the mirror on this record and focusing a lot on my own personal experiences. Instead of just drawing upon all these experiences and maybe using them in other songs, I am going straight for it with this and singing about my life and my family and that's something different for me."
The track "Rut" was inspired by the struggle of Flowers' wife Tana with
posttraumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that can develop because of exposure to a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on ...
(PTSD). He said: "Usually I feel protective of her but I decided to take it head on. So 'Rut' is about her submitting to it. That doesn't mean that she's gonna let it beat her, but rather that she's gonna finally acknowledge that it's there and promise to break this cycle." Flowers also added that putting his wife's battle into a song helped him understand better what she is going through. "Have All the Songs Been Written?" was originally the subject line of an email Flowers sent to
Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2.
Born and raised in Dublin, he attended ...
, in the midst of a bout of writer's block, before the latter suggested it would make an excellent song title.
"The Man" draws inspiration from the
disco music of
Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang is an American R&B/soul/ funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West ...
's "
Spirit of the Boogie
''Spirit of the Boogie'' is the sixth studio album by Kool & the Gang, released in 1975. It can be seen as a follow-up to '' Wild and Peaceful'' (1973); the instrumental "Jungle Jazz" uses the same basic rhythm track heard in "Jungle Boogie", but ...
"; for this track,
Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Ronald Vannucci Jr. (born February 15, 1976) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer for the rock band the Killers. Vannucci is also involved in a side project called Big Talk, and became the drummer of the Rentals in 2018.
...
based his drums on "
Peek-a-Boo
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Peekaboo may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Peekaboo'' (film), a 2011 Australian short film
* "Peekaboo" (''Breaking Bad''), a television episode
* "Peek-a-Boo" (''Lego Ninja ...
" by
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin. They have been widely influential, both over their contemporaries and with later acts. Q (maga ...
.
Promotion
Singles
Starting on May 6, 2017, the band tweeted a series of photographs and short videos to tease the album's
lead single
A lead single (also known as a debut single) is the first single to be released from a studio album by an artist or a band, usually before the album itself is released and also occasionally on the same day of the album's release date.
Release ...
. Among the tweets was a photograph of Brandon Flowers wearing a silver jacket with gold lettering spelling out "
The Man", which turned out to be the title of the song. On June 14, 2017, it was finally released as the first single from the album.
BBC Radio 1
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's
Annie Mac
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debuted the track as "Annie Mac's Hottest Record in the World". The music video for "The Man" was released on June 28, 2017, and features a cameo by former
Mayor of Las Vegas
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List of mayors of Las Vegas
See also
* Las Vegas history and timeline
References
{{Reflist
External links
City of Las Vegas Off ...
and current First Gentleman of Las Vegas
Oscar Goodman
Oscar Baylin Goodman (born July 26, 1939) is an American attorney and politician. A Democrat-turned-independent, Goodman was the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1999 to 2011. His wife, Carolyn Goodman, succeeded him as mayor in 2011.
Early lif ...
. "The Man" topped the ''Billboard''
Adult Alternative Songs
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chart and reached number two on the
Alternative Songs
Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks (1988–2009) and Alternative Songs (2009–2020)) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-playe ...
chart.
On July 28, the band released the song "
Run for Cover" as the album's first
promotional single
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, which was made available as an instant download for pre-orders of the album. On August 22, a music video for the song was premiered. The song was later sent to
alternative radio
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Radio format
Mo ...
in the United States on November 14, 2017, serving as the album's second single.
The Killers performed both "The Man" and "Run for Cover" on ''
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, broadcast on ABC. The nightly hour-long show debuted on January 26, 2003, at Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood, California, as part of ABC's l ...
'' on July 31, 2017. The band also performed "The Man" on ''
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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'' on September 21, at the
2017 MTV Europe Music Awards
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on November 12, and on
BBC One
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's ''
Sounds Like Friday Night'' on November 24. On September 30, 2017, the band performed several tracks from the album at the
2017 AFL Grand Final.
The album's third single, "Rut", was serviced to UK
hot adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...
radio on December 9, 2017. On January 9, 2018, a music video for the single was released, directed by Danny Drysdale.
Promotional singles
The title track and second promotional single "
Wonderful Wonderful" was premiered on
Beats 1
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as
Zane Lowe
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After an early career in music creation, production and DJing, he moved to the UK in 1997. He came to prominence thro ...
's World Record on August 24. Nearly a year later on August 23, 2018, a music video was released for the title track. "
Some Kind of Love
"Some Kind of Love" is a song by American rock music, rock band the Killers for their fifth studio album ''Wonderful Wonderful (The Killers album), Wonderful Wonderful'' (2017). It was released on September 15, 2017 as the album's second Promoti ...
" was released on September 15 as the third promotional single from the album, which was influenced by English musician
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop an ...
.
Other songs
On the short tour the band embarked on in September 2017, the songs "The Calling", "Tyson vs Douglas", and "Life to Come" were played during the
encore
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. The track "The Calling" featured a reading of a
Bible
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verse from actor
Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards ...
.
Critical reception
''Wonderful Wonderful'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an
average
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score of 71, based on 25 reviews.
AllMusic
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editor
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance writer, oc ...
wrote, "By this point, Flowers' obsessions and signatures are so idiosyncratic, he's clearly the auteur behind ''Wonderful Wonderful'' just as he was with ''
The Desired Effect'', and the record charms because its ridiculousness is sincere and his sincerity is ridiculous – two qualities that make him and his art messy and quite genuine." Writing a four-star review for ''
NME'', Barry Nicolson said, "As a songwriter, Flowers has never been particularly guarded about himself – he's neurotic, driven, sentimental and sometimes corny – but he bares more on 'Wonderful Wonderful' than ever before, and the result is the band's best album since 2006's 'Sam's Town'. It might get lonely at the top, but the Killers aren't going anywhere just yet."
A four-star review by ''
The Guardian
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Newspapers can cover a wide ...
'' claims ''Wonderful Wonderful'' consists of the band's "best songs in a decade
..This is certainly big music, which is all the better for its more intimate, touching soul."
''
Rolling Stone
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'' gave the album the same 3.5 star rating it gave ''
Hot Fuss
''Hot Fuss'' is the debut studio album by American rock band the Killers, released on June 7, 2004, in the United Kingdom and on June 15, 2004, in the United States by Island Records. The album is mostly influenced by new wave music and post-p ...
'' (2004) and ''
Day & Age'' (2008).
In a positive review, Niall Doherty of ''
Q'' magazine described it as a "glossy indie-pop album with sonics as slick and glistening as a brand-new Vegas skyscraper".
In an enthusiastic review, ''
Beat Magazine'' said: "Rather than releasing an album for the sake of putting out music, ''Wonderful Wonderful'' oozes intention, there are no filler songs, boring melodies or lazy lyrics – every detail of the record has been taken into consideration." However, Pranav Trewn from ''
Stereogum
''Stereogum'' is a daily Internet publication that focuses on music news, reviews, interviews, and commentary. The site was created in January 2002 by Scott Lapatine.
''Stereogum'' was one of the first MP3 blogs and has received several awa ...
'' said the album "marks their most emphatic embodiment of purposelessness". Will Hodgkinson's review for ''
The Times
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'' was also critical of the album, claiming "Wonderful Wonderful has a sonic scale and production polish matched only by Bono and his world-saving stadium inhabitants, but it also displays U2's weakness for allowing grandiosity to smother intimacy of expression, alongside a desire to be all things to all people."
However, when ''
Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to ...
'' critic Jason Green reviewed ''Wonderful Wonderful'', he ultimately gave it the highest rating that any Killers studio albums had received to date from the publication and concluded, "With the Killers, greatness and ridiculousness go hand in hand."
Accolades
''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' named "Have All the Songs Been Written" as the 28th best song of 2017.
Commercial performance
''Wonderful Wonderful'' debuted at number one on the US
''Billboard'' 200, becoming their first record to top the chart.
It moved 118,000
album-equivalent unit
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s, with 111,000 being pure album sales.
Selling 51,756 copies (including 2,711 from sales-equivalent streams) in the United Kingdom in its first week, the Killers became the first international act to chart its first five studio albums at number one.
The first-week UK sales (and equivalent) figure exceeded the combined sales (and equivalent) of the rest of the top-five albums.
As of August 2020, the album had sold 182,853 copies in the UK.
''Wonderful Wonderful'' also debuted atop the Australian albums chart. In Canada, the album was the top-selling album of its debut week, but streaming factoring relegated it to a top-five charting.
Track listing
All tracks are produced by
Jacknife Lee
Garret "Jacknife" Lee is an Irish music producer and mixer. He has worked with a variety of artists, including the Cars, U2, R.E.M., the Killers, Robbie Williams, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Two Door Cinema Club, AFI, the Hives, Weezer, One Dire ...
, except where noted.
Notes
* signifies an additional producer
* signifies an assistant producer
* signifies a remixer
Sample credits
* "The Man" contains elements of "
Spirit of the Boogie
''Spirit of the Boogie'' is the sixth studio album by Kool & the Gang, released in 1975. It can be seen as a follow-up to '' Wild and Peaceful'' (1973); the instrumental "Jungle Jazz" uses the same basic rhythm track heard in "Jungle Boogie", but ...
" (1975), as performed by
Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang is an American R&B/soul/ funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West ...
.
* "Run for Cover" contains an interpolation of "
Redemption Song
"Redemption Song" is a song by Jamaican singer Bob Marley. It is the final track on Bob Marley and the Wailers' twelfth album, '' Uprising'', produced by Chris Blackwell and released by Island Records. The song is considered one of Marley's gre ...
" (1980), as performed by
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...
.
* "Tyson vs Douglas" contains a sample of the
Mike Tyson vs. James Douglas HBO fight featuring commentary by
Jim Lampley,
Sugar Ray Leonard
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and
Larry Merchant.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of ''Wonderful Wonderful''.
The Killers
*
Brandon Flowers
Brandon Richard Flowers (born June 21, 1981) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and philanthropist, best known as the lead singer, keyboardist, and occasional bassist of the Las Vegas-based rock band the Killers.
In addition to his ...
– vocals, keys
*
Dave Keuning – guitar
*
Mark Stoermer
Mark August Stoermer (born June 28, 1977) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist for the rock band the Killers, with whom he has recorded six studio albums.
In addition to his work with the Killers, Stoermer h ...
– bass ; guitar ;
fretless bass A fretless bass is a bass guitar whose neck does not have any frets. While the instrument is played in all styles of music, it is most common in pop, rock, and jazz. It first saw widespread use during the 1970s, although some players used them befo ...
*
Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Ronald Vannucci Jr. (born February 15, 1976) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer for the rock band the Killers. Vannucci is also involved in a side project called Big Talk, and became the drummer of the Rentals in 2018.
...
– drums
Additional musicians
*
Jacknife Lee
Garret "Jacknife" Lee is an Irish music producer and mixer. He has worked with a variety of artists, including the Cars, U2, R.E.M., the Killers, Robbie Williams, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Two Door Cinema Club, AFI, the Hives, Weezer, One Dire ...
– guitar, keys, programming
*
Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan (born 30 May 1974) is an English DJ and producer of Turkish Cypriot descent. He grew up in Archway in North London.
Career
DJ and club promoter
In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various indie nightclubs in London. His firs ...
– drum programming, percussion, synth
* Becca Marie – additional vocals
* Las Vegas Mass Choir – additional vocals
* Nina Fechner – additional vocals
* Justin Diaz – additional vocals
*
Dan Grech-Marguerat
Daniel James Grech-Marguerat, also known as Dan Grech, (born 11 July 1981 in Bedford), is an English / Maltese recording engineer, record producer and mixer. His production style pulls together a blend of alternative and pop genres. He is recog ...
– additional programming
*
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keys
*
Stuart Price – keys, programming
*
Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards ...
– intro narration
*
Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Born in Scotland and raised in England, he was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits. He pursued a s ...
– guitar
*
Davide Rossi – string arrangements, strings
Technical
* Jacknife Lee – production, engineering, programming ; mixing
* Matt Bishop – engineering
* Robert Root – engineering ; mixing
* Malcolm Harrison – engineering assistance
*
Rich Costey
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* Rich, an entity possessing wealth
* Rich, an intense flavor, color, sound, texture, or feeling
**Rich (wine), a descriptor in wine tasting
Places United States
* Rich, Mississippi, an unincorporated commu ...
– mixing
* Martin Cooke – engineering assistance
* Nicolas Fournier – engineering assistance
* Erol Alkan – additional production
* Jimmy Robertson – production assistance
* Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing
* Joel Davies – mixing assistance
* Charles Haydon Hicks – mixing assistance
*
Alan Moulder
Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer.
Early life
Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Boston Grammar School. He had an interest in music ...
– mixing
* Caesar Edmunds – mix engineering
*
Ariel Rechtshaid – mixing
*
Shawn Everett
Shawn Everett (born July 6, 1982) is a Canadian music engineer and producer best known for his work with Alabama Shakes, Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs, The Killers, and Julian Casablancas. Everett has won six Grammy Awards.
Early life
Evere ...
– mixing
* Stuart Price – additional production ; remix
* Matt Breunig – engineering
*
The Killers
The Killers are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Las Vegas in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals). After going through a number of short-term bass players and drum ...
– production
*
Duke Dumont
Adam George Dyment (born August 1981), better known by his stage name Duke Dumont, is an English DJ and record producer. He is best known for his hit singles " Need U (100%)" " I Got U", " Ocean Drive" and " Won't Look Back" which both reached ...
– remix
* John Davis – mastering
* Dave Kutch – mastering
Artwork
* Joe Spix – art direction, design
* Brandon Flowers – art direction, design
*
Anton Corbijn
Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (; born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, film director and music video director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2,Pitman, Joanna"The silent partner"' ...
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* Paul Lane – package production
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
See also
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List of number-one albums of 2017 (Australia)
The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays (EPs) in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly physical and digital sales of albums ...
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List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2017
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List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2010s
The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Friday to Thursday in the United Kingdom; , there had been 266 number-one albums during the 2010s, by 76 artists. The Official Charts Company (OCC) defines an "album" as be ...
Notes
References
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2017 albums
Albums produced by Jacknife Lee
Albums produced by Stuart Price
Island Records albums
The Killers albums