Hot Fuss 912344 225620499 2008-07-14T16:22:15Z Swandon19 6440482 {{distinguish|Hot Fuzz}} {{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Hot Fuss | Type = studio | Artist = [[The Killers (band)|The Killers]] | Cover = The-killers-band-hot-fuss.jpg | Released = [[June 7]], [[2004]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br>[[June 15]], [[2004]] <small>([[United States|U.S.]])</small> | Recorded = November 2003 – March 2004 | Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[post-punk revival]] | Length = 45:39 | Label = [[Lizard King Records|Lizard King]] <small>(UK)</small><br />[[Island Records|Island]] <small>B0002468-02 (U.S.)</small><br />[[Universal Music Group|Universal]] <small>([[Japan]], [[France]])</small> | Producers = Jeff Saltzman, The Killers, [[Brandon Flowers (musician)|Brandon Flowers]] | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} <small>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cgen97qdkrjt~T1 link]</small> *[[Entertainment.ie]] {{Rating-5|4}} <small>[http://entertainment.ie/album-review/The-Killers---Hot-Fuss/3357.htm link]</small> *[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] (5.2/10) <small>[http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19191-hot-fuss July 6, 2004]</small> *''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{Rating-5|3.5}} <small>[http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6072869/hot_fuss July 8, 2004]</small> *[[E! Online]] (91%) <small>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/killers/hotfuss link]</small> *''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' {{Rating-5|4}} <small>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/killers/hotfuss link]</small> *''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' {{Rating-5|3}} <small>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/killers/hotfuss link]</small> | Last album = | This album = '''''Hot Fuss'''''<br>(2004) | Next album = ''[[Sam's Town]]''<br>(2006) | Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | Upper caption = Alternate cover | Type = studio | Cover = Hot_Fuss_limited_edition.jpg | Lower caption = Cover of US limited edition version and Japanese deluxe version }} }} '''''Hot Fuss''''' is the debut [[album]] by [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]-based [[post-punk]] [[Rock band|band]] [[The Killers (band)|The Killers]], first released in 2004.<ref name="board"/> The album reached #1 in both the UK and Australia, and was certified 3x Platinum in Canada (300,000 units) by the [[CRIA]] on October 17, 2005.<ref>[http://www.cria.ca/gold/1005_g.php Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - May 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It stayed in the Top 50 of the [[Billboard 200]] chart for over fifty weeks.<ref name="Seattle"/> Singles from the album include, in order released, "[[Somebody Told Me]]", "[[Mr. Brightside]]", "[[All These Things That I've Done]]", and "[[Smile Like You Mean It]]". Towards the end of 2005, The Killers also released the album on 7" vinyl in a boxset of 11 discs.<ref name="board">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001307872 "Killers Box Up 'Hot Fuss' Singles"] [[Billboard.com]]. Published October 18, 2005.</ref> On side A of each of the discs is the album track, and on the B-side are non-album tracks.<ref name="board"/> It is also one of the last five albums, in order of chronology, to be placed in the ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''. ''Hot Fuss'' sold more than 2,500,000 copies in the first year of its release.<ref name="board"/> After being nominated for five [[Grammys]], it has since sold more than 5,000,000 copies worldwide.<ref name="Seattle">[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2003290661_killers06.html "Still a hot fuss: The Killers beat the odds"]. [[The Seattle Times]]. Published October 6, 2006.</ref><ref>http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php</ref> ==Personnel== ===Musicians=== *[[Brandon Flowers (musician)|Brandon Flowers]] — [[lead vocals|vocals]], [[keyboards]] *[[Dave Keuning]] — [[guitar]], [[backing vocals|vocals]] *[[Mark Stoermer]] — [[bass guitar]], [[backing vocals|vocals]] *[[Ronnie Vannucci]] — [[drumkit|drums]], [[percussion]] ===Crew=== *Jeff Saltzman — producer *The Killers — producer *Jeff Saltzman — engineer *Carlene Byrd — engineer ===Facilities=== *The Hearse, Berkeley, California (2004) *Cornerstone Studios, Los Angeles, California (2004) ==Track listing== ===Original U.S. release=== #"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 4:04 #"[[Mr. Brightside]]" (Flowers, Keuning) – 3:42 #"[[Smile Like You Mean It]]" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 3:54 #"[[Somebody Told Me]]" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) – 3:17 #"[[All These Things That I've Done]]" with guest performers [[Sweet Inspirations]] (Flowers) – 5:01 #"Andy, You're a Star" (Flowers) – 3:14 #"On Top" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) – 4:18 #"[[Change Your Mind]]" (Flowers, Keuning) – 3:10 #"Believe Me Natalie" (Flowers, Vannucci) – 5:06 #"Midnight Show" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 4:02 #"Everything Will Be Alright" (Flowers) – 5:45 ===U.S. limited edition/Japan release=== #"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" – 4:04 #"[[Mr. Brightside]]" – 3:42 #"[[Smile Like You Mean It]]" – 3:54 #"[[Somebody Told Me]]" – 3:17 #"[[All These Things That I've Done]]" – 5:01 #"Andy, You're a Star" – 3:14 #"On Top" – 4:18 #"[[Change Your Mind]]" – 3:10 #"Believe Me Natalie" – 5:06 #"Midnight Show" – 4:02 #"Everything Will Be Alright" – 5:45 #"[[Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll]]" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) (vinyl edition bonus track) – 4:14 #"The Ballad of Michael Valentine" (Flowers, Keuning) - 3:49 (bonus track) #"Under the Gun" (Flowers, Keuning) - 2:33 (bonus track) * "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" is titled "Indie Rock & Roll" on this release. ===Regular U.S., U.K. and Australia release=== #"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" – 4:04 #"[[Mr. Brightside]]" – 3:42 #"[[Smile Like You Mean It]]" – 3:54 #"[[Somebody Told Me]]" – 3:17 #"[[All These Things That I've Done]]" – 5:01 #"Andy, You're a Star" – 3:14 #"On Top" – 4:18 #"[[Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll]]" – 4:14 #"Believe Me Natalie" – 5:06 #"Midnight Show" – 4:02 #"Everything Will Be Alright" – 5:45 There was also a special edition of 100x 12" LP's released that had the "The Killers" printed on the front in red instead of the usual silver. ===U.K. special edition=== ====Disc one==== #"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" – 4:04 #"[[Mr. Brightside]]" – 3:42 #"[[Smile Like You Mean It]]" – 3:54 #"[[Somebody Told Me]]" – 3:17 #"[[All These Things That I've Done]]" – 5:01 #"Andy, You're a Star" – 3:14 #"On Top" – 4:18 #"[[Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll]]" - 4:14 #"Believe Me Natalie" – 5:04 #"Midnight Show" – 4:02 #"Everything Will Be Alright" – 5:44 #"[[Somebody Told Me]] (Mylo Mix)" – 7:18 (bonus track) #"[[Smile Like You Mean It]] ([[Fischerspooner]] Mix)" – 6:25 (bonus track) #"[[Smile Like You Mean It]] (Ruff and Jam Eastside Mix)" – 7:35 (bonus track) ====Disc two (DVD video)==== #"[[Smile Like You Mean It]]" #"[[All These Things That I've Done]]" #"[[Somebody Told Me]]" ([[Glastonbury]] 2005) #"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" ([[Glastonbury]] 2005) #"[[Mr. Brightside]]" ([[Glastonbury]] 2005) ==U.S. 7" box set== This is an 11 disc box set released in late 2005. Only 5000 were released. {|class="wikitable" |- ! Disc ! Songs |- | 1 | A: "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" – 4:04<br>B: "[[Somebody Told Me]] (Josh Harris [[Remix]])" |- | 2 | A: "[[Mr. Brightside]]" – 3:43<br>B: "[[Under the Gun]]" – 2:33 |- | 3 | A: "[[Smile Like You Mean It]]" – 3:54<br>B: "Show You How" – 2:46 |- | 4 | A: "[[Somebody Told Me]]" – 3:17<br>B: "The Ballad of Michael Valentine" – 3:50 |- | 5 | A: "[[All These Things That I've Done]]" – 5:01<br>B: "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself" – 3:21 |- | 6 | A: "Andy, You're A Star" – 3:14<br>B: "[[Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town]]" – 3:05 |- | 7 | A: "On Top" – 4:18<br>B: "[[Mr. Brightside]] ([[Thin White Duke]] [[Remix]])" – 8:44 |- | 8 | A: "Change Your Mind" – 3:12<br>B: "[[Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll]]" – 4:14 |- | 9 | A: "Believe Me Natalie" – 5:05<br>B: "[[Smile Like You Mean It]] ([[Acoustic music|Acoustic]])" |- | 10 | A: "Midnight Show" – 4:02<br>B: "Who Let You Go?" – 3:42 |- | 11 | A: "Everything Will Be Alright" – 5:45<br>B: "Get Trashed" – 3:39 |} ==Singles== *"[[Somebody Told Me]]" ([[March 15]], [[2004]], #28 [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]) *"[[Mr. Brightside]]" ([[May 24]], [[2004]], #7 UK) *"[[All These Things That I've Done]]" ([[August 30]], [[2004]], #18 UK) *"[[Somebody Told Me]]" ([[January 10]], [[2005]], #3 UK) *"[[Smile Like You Mean It]]" ([[May 2]], [[2005]], #11 UK) ==Charts== ===Album=== {|class="wikitable" ! Chart (2004) !align="center"| Peak<br>position |- | U.S. Billboard 200 |align="center"| 7 |- |} {|class="wikitable" ! Chart (2005) !align="center"| Peak<br>position |- | Australian [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] Albums Chart |align="center"| 1 |- |} ===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" ! Single ! Chart !align="center"| Peak<br>position |- | "Mr. Brightside" | U.S. Modern Rock Tracks |align="center"| 3 |- | "Somebody Told Me" | U.S. Hot Dance Club Play |align="center"| 31 |- | "Somebody Told Me" | U.S. Modern Rock Tracks |align="center"| 3 |- | "Somebody Told Me" | U.S. Hot 100 |align="center"| 51 |- | "Mr. Brightside" | U.S. Hot 100 |align="center"| 10 |- | "Smile Like You Mean It" | U.S. Modern Rock Tracks |align="center"| 15 |- | "All These Things That I've Done" | U.S. Modern Rock Tracks |align="center"| 10 |- | "All These Things That I've Done" | U.S. Hot 100 |align="center"| 74 |} ==Murder Trilogy== 2 of the songs on the album ("Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" and "Midnight Show") are a continuing story along with "Leave the Bourbon On The Shelf" from ''[[Sawdust (album)|Sawdust]]'', which is known as the Murder Trilogy. The band have also said they may expand this in the future. The order of the songs is the reverse of how they appeared on the albums, with "Leave the Bourbon On The Shelf" being first, followed by "Midnight Show" and finally "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine". In their official biography <ref>[http://www.universalmusicpublishing.com/spotlight.aspx?ID=2127 The Songs of The Killers</ref> the Killers explain a few of the theories behind the Murder Trilogy. For example Brandon Flowers says "There was water involved, although he didn’t drown her." ==Footnotes== <references /> ==External links== *[http://www.islandrecords.com/thekillers/site/musicvideo_discography.las Island Records with American and British versions] *[http://fan.memories-fade.net/hotfuss/ Fan listing] {{s-start}} {{succession box | before = ''[[Love. Angel. Music. 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