Sawdust by The Killers (US)

Personnel: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar); Andy Savours (guitar); Ted Sablay (piano, synthesizer); Tamara Robinson (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Andy Savours; Graham Bonnet; Alan Moulder; Mark Needham; Stuart Price; Rupert Cobb. Recording information: Cornerstone Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Sears Sound, New York, NY; Studio At The Palms, Las Vegas, NV; The Hearse, Berkeley, CA. Photographers: Rich Cook; Tessa Angus; Robert Reynolds. The Killers emerged in 2004 with a more pop-friendly version of the post-punk revival sound of Franz Ferdinand, the Rapture, et al., and their combination of arena-sized guitar-pop, candy-colored dance-rock, and Robert Smithian vocals (de rigueur for their peer group) made them stars. Three albums down the line, they prove to be more than a flash in the pan on SAWDUST. Something of a grab-bag, the album contains their cover of Joy Division's "Shadowplay" (used in the biopic CONTROL), as well as a tune from the Spider Man 3 soun...