Hot Fuss

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Hot Fuss
Studio album by The Killers
Released	June 7, 2004
Recorded	February, July & November 2003 @ Cornerstone Studios, Berkeley, California; Dave's Apartment, Las Vegas, Nevada
Genre	Indie rock,[1] post-punk revival, New Wave[2]
Length	45:39
Label	Lizard King/Mercury/Vertigo (UK) Island B0002468-02 (U.S.) Universal (Japan, France)
Producer	The Killers, Jeff Saltzman
The Killers chronology
Hot Fuss (2004) Sam's Town (2006)
Singles from Hot Fuss
"Somebody Told Me" Released: March 15, 2004 "Mr. Brightside" Released: May 24, 2004 "All These Things That I've Done" Released: August 30, 2004 "Smile Like You Mean It" Released: May 2, 2005

Hot Fuss is the debut studio album by Las Vegas based American rock band The Killers, released on June 7, 2004 in the United Kingdom and on June 15, 2004 in the United States.^[1]

Background

The band recorded the album between February and November 2003 at Cornerstone Studios; Berkeley, California with Mark Needham and Jeff Saltzman and in Las Vegas with the help of Corlene Byrd, many of the tracks were originally recorded as demos which the band decided to keep as they felt they had spontaneity. They did, however, have some remixed by Alan Moulder at Eden Studios in London.

The album includes two parts of a Murder Trilogy. "Midnight Show" is part two and "Jenny Was A Friend of Mine" is the final part. The first part, "Leave The Bourbon on The Shelf", appears on The Killers' B-sides and rarities compilation Sawdust.

The album is mainly influenced by 80s New Wave music and post-punk bands such as New Order, The Cure, Morrissey both with and without The Smiths, Duran Duran and The Cars, other influences include David Bowie, U2, Oasis, Smashing Pumpkins and Lou Reed.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(66/100)[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
BBC	(favorable)[5]
Entertainment Weekly	(C)[6]
NME	(7/10)[7]
Pitchfork Media	(5.2/10)[8]
Q
Rolling Stone	[9]
Slant Magazine	[10]
The Times	[11]
Uncut	[3]

Hot Fuss was released on June 7, 2004 in the United Kingdom and on June 15, 2004 in the United States.^[1] Towards the end of 2005, The Killers also released the album on 7" vinyl in a box set of 11 discs.^[12] On side A of each disc is the album track and on the B-side are non-album tracks.^[12] It is also one of the five most recent albums listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

The album was The Killers' first number 1 album of three. The album reached number 7 on the US Billboard 200 chart. To date it has sold an estimated more than 7 million copies worldwide. United States sales are more than 3 million copies. Hot Fuss has sold more than 2 million copies in the UK and been certified 6x Platinum. It was also certified Platinum or multi-Platinum in Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand. Hot Fuss produced multiple critically acclaimed singles including the multi-Platinum selling Mr. Brightside.

The magazine Rolling Stone ranked Hot Fuss as the 43rd-best album in their "100 Best Albums of the Decade" list.

Track listing

UK edition

"Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" replaces "Change Your Mind" as Track 8 on the UK and Australian editions of Hot Fuss.

Vinyl edition

"Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" appended onto the end of the album.

European edition

"Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" & video of "Somebody Told Me" as bonus tracks.

Limited edition

Features the original US release tracklist and three bonus tracks:

iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

Limited Edition 7" boxset bonus tracks

Each track is found on the b-side of the corresponding track from the album. Also note, "All These Things That I've Done" is edited by fading out about 30 seconds before the track finishes.

Japan Limited Tour Edition - Bonus DVD

1. Somebody Told Me (Video)
2. Mr Brightside (Original Video)
3. Mr Brightside (New Video)
4. All These Things That I've Done (Video)

UK Special Edition - Bonus DVD

1. Smile Like You Mean It
2. All These Things I've Done
3. Somebody Told Me [Glastonbury 2005]
4. Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine [Glastonbury 2005]
5. Mr Brightside [Glastonbury 2005]

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart Peak position Argentina Albums Chart 1 Australian Albums Chart 1 Austrian Albums Chart 60[13] Belgium Walloon Albums Chart[14] 1 Belgium Flanders Albums Chart[15] 1 Canadian Albums Chart 4 Dutch Albums Chart 46[13] Finnish Albums Chart 15 French Albums Chart 8 German Albums Chart 47 Irish Albums Chart 1 New Zealand Albums Chart 5 Spanish Albums Chart 35[13] UK Albums Chart 1 US Billboard 200 7

Sales and certifications Region Provider Certification Sales/Shipments Argentina CAPIF Gold[16] 20,000+ Australia ARIA 3× Platinum[17] 210,000+ Belgium IFPI Gold[18] 15,000+ Canada CRIA 3× Platinum[19] 300,000+ Europe IFPI Platinum[20] 1,000,000+ France SNEP Gold[21] 100,000+[22] Germany IFPI Gold[23] 100,000+[24] Ireland IRMA 7× Platinum[25][26] 105,000+ New Zealand RIANZ Platinum[27] 15,000+ United Kingdom BPI 6× Platinum[28] 1,800,000+[24] United States RIAA 3× Platinum[29] 3,000,000+

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End Of Decade Chart positions

In the United Kingdom 'Hot Fuss' was the 26th best selling album of the decade, it also spent more weeks on the UK Album Chart than any other album, in total spending 173 weeks in the Top 75^[30]

Awards and Accolades

Year	Ceremony	Award	Result
2004	Shortlist Music Prize	Shortlist Music Prize	Nominated
2005	BRIT Awards	Best International Album	Nominated
2005	Grammy Awards	Best Rock Album	Nominated
2005	Meteor Ireland Music Awards	Best International Album	Nominated

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Q	UK	250 Best Albums of Q's Lifetime 1986-2010	2011	17
Drowned in Sound	UK	Best Albums of the Year	2004	2
Rolling Stone	US	Top 100 Albums of the 2000s	2009	43
The A.V. Club	US	Top 100 Albums of the 2000s	2009	41
The Daily Mail[31]	UK	Top 50 Best Albums of the Noughties	2009	3

Personnel

Musicians

• Brandon Flowers — lead vocals, keyboards
• Dave Keuning — guitar, background vocals
• Mark Stoermer — bass, background vocals
• Ronnie Vannucci — drums, percussion

Crew

• Brandon Flowers - Writer / Composer / Producer
• Dave Keuning - Writer / Composer / Producer
• Mark Stoermer - Writer / Composer / Producer
• Ronnie Vannucci - Writer / Composer / Producer
• Sweet Inspirations - Gospel Choir
• Jeff Saltzman — Producer / Engineer
• Corlene Byrd — Engineer
• Alan Moulder — Mixing
• Mark Needham — Mixing

References

External links

• Island Records with American and British versions