Everyonce in a while i like to write an essay about how much i like or dislike an album i've been listening too, to keep up any writing skills i have aquired.
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Length: 72:13
Released: November 9th 2007
1. Tranquilize*
2. Shadowplay
3. All The Pretty Faces*
4. Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf
5. Sweet Talk
6. Under the Gun*
7. Where the White Boys Dance
8. Show You How
9. Move Away*
10. Glamorous Indie Rock n’ Roll
11. Who Let You Go?
12. The Ballad of Michael Valentine
13. Ruby, Don’t Take your Love to Town
14. Daddy’s Eyes
15. Sam’s Town (Abby Road Version)*
16. Romeo & Juliet
17. Mr. Brightside [Thin White Duke Remix]* / Questions with the Captain
For most bands, B-Sides amount to incomplete tracks or one’s not good enough to sell to the general public. Bside album duds like Avenged Seven fold’s ‘Diamonds in the Rough’ and Gorillaz ‘D-Sides’ prove why most bands simply toss their unfinished business aside.
Since their 2003 debut, The Killers have produced a prolific number of non album tracks most of which have been released across their singles. But they didn’t stop at quantity. On their B-Side album, Sawdust, nowhere does it feel like a compilation album. This is possibly due to the tracks sharing central themes & backing instrumentation deviating from their usual sound. Its like when a group of oddballs come together and suddenly fit together. Supremely un-killers tracks that would have stuck out on their glossy studio albums are right at home amid darkness (‘Tranquilize’, ‘Shadowplay’) fragility (‘Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf’, ‘Show You’) desperation (Almost every track) and the downright weird (‘Where the White Boys Dance’, ‘Glamorous Indie Rock n’ Roll’).The best way I can summarize the album is a slow transition from dark to light(er). It begins with the dark Lou Reed duet ‘Tranquilize’ and ends with an upbeat remix of ‘Mr. Brightside’ followed by a pointless hidden track where the band is almost laughing through the short lyrics. Later tracks like their cover of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ by Dire Straits and ‘Who Let You Go?’ drag a bit compared to their more urgent predecessors, but the album provides a less glittery look at pop-rock, and lo’ it is good.
7.3/10
* notes greatness
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