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*[[Entertainment.ie]] {{Rating|2|5}} [http://www.entertainment.ie/reviews/review.asp?ID=4744&subcat=CD link]
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*''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' (C) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/music/0,6115,1540559_4_0_,00.html link]
|popyear=2006
*[[Guardian Unlimited]] {{Rating|4|5}} [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1883073,00.html link]
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*''[[NME]]'' (8/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-killers/8036 link]
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*[[The Observer]] {{Rating|5|5}} [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/reviews/story/0,,1871658,00.html link]
|mayor=Auqab Daraghma
*[[Pitchfork Media]] (5.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38914-sams-town link]
*[[PopMatters]] (3/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/5967/the-killers-sams-town/ link]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{Rating|2|5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11738772/sams_town link]
| Last album = ''[[Hot Fuss]]''<br/>(2004)
| This album = '''''Sam's Town'''''<br/>(2006)
| Next album = ''[[Sawdust (album)|Sawdust]]''<br/>(2007)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Sam's Town
| Type = studio
| single 1 = [[When You Were Young]]
| single 1 date = [[September 18]], [[2006]]
| single 2 = [[Bones (The Killers song)|Bones]]
| single 2 date = [[November 27]], [[2006]]
| single 3 = [[Read My Mind (song)|Read My Mind]]
| single 3 date = [[February 13]], [[2007]]
| single 4 = [[For Reasons Unknown]]
| single 4 date = [[June 25]], [[2007]]
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}}
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'''Tubas''' ({{lang-ar|'''<big>طوباس</big>'''}}, ''Tubâs'') is a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] city in the northern [[West Bank]] located 21 kilometers northeast of [[Nablus]], on the road to [[Jenin]], a few kilometers west of the [[Jordan River]]. It is currently under the administration of the [[Palestinian National Authority]] and is the ''muhfaza'' (seat) of the [[Tubas Governorate]]. The city had a population of approximately 16,100 in mid-year 2006.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop02.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Tubas District by Locality 2004- 2006]</ref>


'''''Sam's Town''''' is the second [[studio album]] by [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] [[rock band]] [[The Killers (band)|The Killers]], released on [[October 2]] [[2006]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and the following day in the [[United States]].
It was annexed by [[Jordan]] during the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]] as was all of the West Bank. While in Jordanian control it was a part of the [[Nablus Governorate]] until 1967 after its capture by [[Israel]]i forces in the [[Six-Day War]].


==History==
==Production==
The album is said to be influenced by the works of [[U2]], [[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[Tom Petty|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]], among others.<ref>[http://playlouder.com/review/+sams-town-0/ Playlouder - Latest]</ref><ref>[http://angryape.com/reviews/2006/09/the-killers-when-you-were-young The Killers - When You Were Young [Universal&#93; — Reviews — AngryApe<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Sam's Town'' received mixed reviews, with some praising The Killers' new direction and others criticising it.<ref name="Rolling_Stone">{{cite web|title=Rolling Stone : Sam's Town : Review|date=[[21 September]] [[2006]]|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|author=[[Rob Sheffield]]|accessdate=2006-10-08
The city's name ''Tubas'' derives from the [[Canaan]]ite word ''Tubas Svoys'' or "illuminating star".<ref name="ARIJ"/> Tubas was confirmed by [[Edward Robinson]] to be the [[Biblical]] town of ''Thepaz''. Here, Abimelech of Shechem was killed by a stone thrown by a woman during his siege of the town.<ref name="Robinson">Robinson, Edward. Smith, Eli. (1856). ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=sEB2R6FsJAkC&pg=PA305&dq=Tubas+Palestine&lr=#PPA305,M1 Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1852]'' J. Murray, pp.305-306.</ref> Archaeological remains such as cemeteries and olive presses indicate that Tubas was inhabited during the Roman era of rule in [[Palestine]].<ref name="ARIJ">[http://proxy.arij.org/tubas/static/localities/profiles/109_profile.pdf Tubas City Profile] Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. February 2006.</ref>
|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/11738772/review/11755516/sams_town}}</ref><ref name="Blender">{{cite web|title=The Killers on Blender.com|date=October 2006|author=Josh Eells|accessdate=2006-10-08|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2059}}</ref>


In the October 2006 issue of ''[[Giant (magazine)|Giant]]'' magazine, Flowers was quoted as saying that ''Sam's Town'' would be "one of the best albums in the past twenty years" and in ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' he remarked that it would be "the album that keeps rock & roll afloat." In an interview with Chicago radio station [[Q101]], [[Brandon Flowers]] called "[[Read My Mind (song)|Read My Mind]]" the best song that the band had ever written.
The modern city was founded in the late 1800s, when groups of [[Arab]]s belonging to the Daraghmeh clan of shepherds and farmers — who lived in the [[Jordan Valley]] — migrated westward to the site because it was fertile, near several springs and was elevated;<ref name="ARIJ"/> [[Mount Gerizim]] was visible from the area.<ref name="Finn"/> In the next century, Arabs from [[Najd]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]] and nearby [[Nablus]] came to settle the area.<ref name="ARIJ"/> During this period, Tubas became the site of clashes between the 'Abd al-Hadi and Tuqan clans of Nablus and suffered incursions by [[Bedouin]]s from areas east of the city.<ref name="Finn">[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22097/22097-h/22097-h.htm#page92 Byeways in Palestine] (2007) [[James Finn|Finn, James]]. James Nisbet & Co: pp.92-93</ref>


The album takes its name from [[Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Las Vegas|Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall]], a hotel-casino in Las Vegas, the hometown of the band.
Tubas was one of the largest villages in the [[District of Nablus]]. Most of the working inhabitants resided in tents, in order to work on their distant lands in the [[Jordan Valley]] and to graze their flocks of sheep and goats.<ref name="Doumani">Doumani, Beshara. (1995). [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft896nb5pc&chunk.id=ch1&toc.depth=1&toc.id=ch1&brand=eschol;query=Tubas#1 Rediscovering Palestine, Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900: Notes] University of California Press.</ref> Tubas, unlike the villages in the rest of the district depended on livestock and not [[olive]]s for income. Livestock products included cheese, clarified butter, woolen rugs, tents, ropes and cloth bags.<ref name="Doumani">Doumani, Beshara. (1995). [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft896nb5pc&chunk.id=s1.1.5&toc.depth=1&toc.id=s1.1.5&brand=eschol;query=livestock#1 Rediscovering Palestine, Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900: The Hinterland of Nablus] University of California Press.</ref> The Jarrar clan did not inhabit, but yet controlled Nablus as it was located within the ''[[nahiya]]'' ("subdistrict") of Mashariq al-Jarrar.<ref name="Doumani">Doumani, Beshara. (1995). [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft896nb5pc&chunk.id=s1.2.11&toc.depth=1&toc.id=s1.2.11&brand=eschol;query=Tubas#1 Rediscovering Palestine, Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900: The Hinterland of Nablus: Local Trade Networks] University of California Press.</ref>


==Artwork==
During the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]], [[Fawzi al-Qawuqji]] led 750 [[Arab Liberation Army]] soldiers to Tubas from [[Jordan]] and set up base there.<ref name="Robinson">Pipes, Daniel. (1990). ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=J3PsAb1uV94C&pg=PA57&dq=Tubas+Palestine&sig=ACfU3U1kf9E0dzEfwLCnSL-hUvTLQ-p6BA#PPA57,M1 Greater Syria: The History of an Ambition]'' Middle East Forum, p.57.</ref>
According to photographer [[Anton Corbijn]], the band initially wanted a "chic, gypsy look," for the album, and that "out of those discussions [for the sleeve] came these elements of faded glory."<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/sep/24/popandrock.killers</ref> The bikini-clad woman on the cover of ''Sam's Town'' is model and singer [http://www.felicelazae.com/ Felice LaZae], while the album's co-producer, [[Flood (producer)|Flood]], is dressed as a [[Native American]] in the CD booklet. The artwork inside the album booklet is taken from a downtown-Las Vegas mural painted by Suzanne Hackett-Morgan, a local painter.


==Demographics==
==Track listing==
All tracks written by [[Brandon Flowers]], except where noted.
Tubas had a population of 3,349 in 1922 which rose to 4,097 in 1931, according to a [[British Mandate]] census. In [[Sami Hadawi]]'s 1945 land and population survey, Tubas and nearby [[Bardala]] had a combined population of 5,530.<ref>[http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Nablus/Page-061.jpg Nablus District Stats] from [http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine] (1970) Hadawi, Sami. The Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center</ref> About 1,100 residents fled Tubas after the 1967 [[Six-Day War]], while 260 emigrated there and in 1981 its population 5,300.<ref>[http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Tubas_1653/index.html Welcome to Tubas] British Mandate Census via PalestineRemembered.</ref>


#"Sam's Town" – 4:06
In the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]' first official census in 1997, Tubas had a population of 11,760 inhabitants. The gender make-up was 50.8% male and 49.2% female. Tubas has an overwhelmingly young population with 52.7% of the city's residents below the age of 20. People between the ages of 20-34 constitute 24.7%, between the ages of 35 and 64 constitute 17.7% of the population while 4.9% are above the age of 64.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tub_t1.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality, Sex and Age Groups in Years] (1997) [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]].</ref> The census also revealed that 6.1% of the city's residents were [[Palestinian refugee|refugee]]s.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tub_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status] (1997) [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]].</ref>
#"Enterlude" – 0:49
#"[[When You Were Young]]" (Flowers, [[Dave Keuning]], [[Mark Stoermer]], [[Ronnie Vannucci Jr.]]) – 3:40
#"Bling (Confession of a King)" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 4:08
#"[[For Reasons Unknown]]" – 3:32
#"[[Read My Mind (song)|Read My Mind]]" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer) – 4:06
#"Uncle Jonny" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer) – 4:25
#"[[Bones (The Killers song)|Bones]]" (Flowers, Stoermer, Vannucci) – 3:47
#"My List" – 4:08
#"This River Is Wild" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 4:38
#"Why Do I Keep Counting?" – 4:24
#"Exitlude" – 2:29


===Bonus tracks===
In the PCBS' latest projection, Tubas had a population of 16,087 inhabitants in mid-year 2006, increasing by 32.6% from 1997 and 3.2% from 2005. The city represents roughly a third (33.4%) of the [[Tubas Governorate]]'s total population. The city's original inhabitants — the Daraghma family — constitute 70% of Tubas, while the Sawafta make-up 25%, the Husheh make-up 3% and the Fuquha represent the remaining 2%.<ref name="ARIJ"/>
*"Where the White Boys Dance" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) (Australia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States [[iTunes Store|iTunes]] pre-order [[bonus track]]/Latin American bonus track) – 3:26
*"All the Pretty Faces" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) (Japan, [[Best Buy]] exclusive bonus disc, Latin American bonus track, and UK iTunes bonus track) – 4:45
*"Daddy's Eyes" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) (Best Buy exclusive bonus disc) – 4:13
*"When You Were Young ([[Jacques Lu Cont]]'s Thin White Duke Mix)" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) (American iTunes bonus track) – 6:23


===Bonus DVD===
Nearly all of the inhabitants of Tubas are adherents of [[Islam]],<ref name="Finn"/><ref name="Robinson"/> but there is a community of nearly 60 [[Palestinian Christian|Christian]]s.<ref>[http://www.saltfilms.net/map.html Locations: Tubas] Salt of the Earth.</ref>


#"[[When You Were Young]]" Video (Jump Version)
==Economy==
#"When You Were Young" Video (No Jump Version)
According to the PCBS, in 1999, approximately 52% of the citizens are within the working age (15-64). Of the city's labor force, 48% are females.<ref name="MLG">[idrinfo.idrc.ca/archive/corpdocs/119922/Word/6-119922-Chapter04.doc Spatial and Socioeconomic analysis at micro level: Tubas city, population, living conditions, and urban trends] [[Palestinian Ministry of Local Government]] (MLG). MLG cites the mayor and municipal council of Tubas and the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]</ref>
#Making of "When You Were Young"


==Personnel==
The economical situation of the city, during the 1993-99 period, was prosperous, however since the start of the [[al-Aqsa Intifada]] in 2000-01, Tubas' income level has decreased by 70%. A major factor that has resulted from the uprising was the confiscation of agricultural land located within the city's or its governorate's jurisdiction by Israeli settlements or military authorities. Unemployment rate increased dramatically from 20% in 1999 to 70% after the year 2000.<ref name="MLG"/> Prior to the Intifada, 35% of the total labor force worked in Israel.<ref name="HWC">[http://www.hwc-pal.org/toubas.htm Toubas] (2005) Health Work Committees.</ref>
*[[Brandon Flowers]] — [[lead vocals|vocals]], [[keyboards]], [[bass guitar]]
*[[Dave Keuning]] — [[electric guitar]], [[backing vocals|vocals]]
*[[Mark Stoermer]] — [[bass guitar]], [[backing vocals|vocals]], [[electric guitar]]
*[[Ronnie Vannucci]] — [[drumkit|drums]], [[percussion]]
*Adrina Hanson — strings
*Maryam Haddad — strings
*Tristan Moyer — strings
*Tommy Marth — saxophone
*Neeraj Khajanchi — trombone
*Corlene Byrd — background vocals
*[[Louis XIV (band)|Louis XIV]] — background vocals


==Charts==
Currently, agriculture constitutes 60% of Tubas' economic activity, public services comprise 17%, trade is 10%, Israeli labor is 8%, construction and industry make-up the remaining 5%. In the city, there are 240 shops and stores, 70 service institutions and 30 small factories.<ref name="ARIJ"/>
In the US, the album opened at #2, selling 315,000 in its first week.<ref name="MP3.com_1">{{cite web|title=Evanescence tops Killers in US|publisher=[[mp3.com]]|date=[[2006-10-11]]|url=http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/6689.html&ref_id=509990&ref_type_id=1}}</ref> The album went straight to #1 in the UK selling over 260,000 in a week.<ref name="MP3.com_2">{{cite web|title=Killers, Razorlight rule in UK|publisher=[[mp3.com]]|date=[[2006-10-10]]|url=http://www.mp3.com/news/stories/6664.html&ref_id=509990&ref_type_id=1}}</ref> As of March 2007, the album has sold about 2,750,000 copies worldwide.<ref>[http://www.mediatraffic.de/year-end-albums.htm United World Chart Year-End Numbers]</ref> The album has been certified 2x Platinum in Canada.<ref>[http://www.cria.ca/gold/1106_g.php CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for November 2006]. Retrieved [[July 25]], [[2007]].</ref> As of July 11, 2007, it has sold 1,205,621 copies in the US. A late surge in sales in the United Kingdom and a continued flow of international sales means that ''Sam's Town'' is fast approaching ''[[Hot Fuss]]'' with almost 4 million sales worldwide to date.<ref>[http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46325 Billboard Top 200]</ref>
The album has sold over 1,200,000 copies in the UK.<ref>Award Type: 4 x Platinum</ref>


==In popular culture==
The main economic sector in Tubas is [[agriculture]]. There is a total of 150,000 dunams of [[arable]] land, of which 124,450 dunams are occupied by forests and 10,604 dunams are cultivated. Field crops account for 49% of the cultivable land, while fruit orchards account for 40% and vegetables make-up 11%. Israeli trenches around the neighboring villages of Ras al-Ahmar and [[al-Bikai'a|Khirbet al-'Atuf]] prevent access to nearly 40% of Tubas' arable lands.<ref name="ARIJ"/>
In the 2007 [[Chris Rock]] movie ''[[I Think I Love My Wife]]'', Richard Cooper supposedly picks up ''Sam's Town'' while in a music store. Also, when Cooper begins to speak with Nelson, a poster of an NME magazine cover can be seen in the background with all four members of the band on it.


==Government==
==Release details==
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Tubas has been governed by a municipal council since 1953, when it was granted permission to do by [[Jordan]]ian authorities who controlled the [[West Bank]] at the time. The council is made up of 15 members including the mayor and is headquartered in the municipal hall in the center of the town. The municipality has over 60 employees. Responsibilities of the municipality include civil administration, urban planning and development, social development services, distribution of social services, the issuing of building permits, infrastructural maintenance: water, electricity, solid waste collection.<ref name="ARIJ"/>
! Country
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalog
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| [[Japan]]
| [[September 27]]. 2006
| [[Universal Music Group|Universal]]
| [[compact disc|CD]]
| UICL-9037
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| [[Australia]]
| [[September 30]] [[2006]]
| [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music Australia]]
| CD
| 1706722
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| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[October 2]] [[2006]]
| [[Lizard King Records]]
| CD
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|-
|rowspan="2"| [[United States]]
|rowspan="2"| [[October 3]] [[2006]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Island Records]]
| picture disc [[gramophone record|LP]]
| B0007221-01
|-
| CD
| B0007221-02
|-
|}


==Notes==
==Local infrastructure==
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In 2004, Tubas had nine schools, 4,511 students and 191 teachers. The [[literacy rate|illiteracy rate]] was 14%. The city also contains five health centers run by various organizations including the [[Palestinian Red Crescent]].<ref name="HWC"/> There are three kindergartens, three elementary schools, two secondary schools and one high school. The [[al-Quds Open University]] also has a campus in Tubas.<ref name="ARIJ"/>


==External links==
There are no hospitals in Tubas, nor in the Tubas Governorate; Residents must travel to Nablus for hospital treatment, but there are two ambulances in Tubas for emergency transportation. There are four clinics in the city: Two are run by [[non-governmental organization]]s, one by the [[Palestinian National Authority]] and one is privately-owned. The clinics lack modern equipment and specialists, however. In addition, ten pharmacies exist in Tubas.<ref name="ARIJ"/>
*[http://www.islandrecords.com/thekillers/ ''Sam's Town''] at [[Island Records]]
*[http://www.veinrust.org/town/ Fanlisting]


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Tubas contains six mosques. The main mosques are the Abd ar-Rahan Mosque, the al-Tawled Mosque, Umar ibn al-Khattab Mosque, and Shaheed Mosque.<ref name="ARIJ"/> The Holy Trinity Orthodox Church is also located in Tubas, in the northern part of the city. The church was built in 1976 to serve the small Greek Orthodox community. It consists of a prayer room, a fellowship hall, an office, and a library for children.<ref>al-Mashni, Osama. [http://www.geocities.com/holytrinitytubas/index.html Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Tubas, Palestine]</ref> Sawafta family has an old palace in Tubas as well.<ref name="ARIJ"/>
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| after = ''[[Rudebox]]'' by [[Robbie Williams]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/opt/OCHA_Body-ASP_Files/Coordination_Sec/OCHA-oPt_FCU_BIOs_PDFs/OCHA-oPt_Tubas-FCU_Bio_Data-22Nov04.pdf Tubas (pdf file)]
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Revision as of 15:03, 12 October 2008

This article is about the album by The Killers. For the casinos, see Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall.
"My List" redirects here. For the song "My List" by Toby Keith, see My List (song).
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Sam's Town is the second studio album by Las Vegas rock band The Killers, released on October 2 2006 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States.

Production

The album is said to be influenced by the works of U2, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, among others.[1][2] Sam's Town received mixed reviews, with some praising The Killers' new direction and others criticising it.[3][4]

In the October 2006 issue of Giant magazine, Flowers was quoted as saying that Sam's Town would be "one of the best albums in the past twenty years" and in Entertainment Weekly he remarked that it would be "the album that keeps rock & roll afloat." In an interview with Chicago radio station Q101, Brandon Flowers called "Read My Mind" the best song that the band had ever written.

The album takes its name from Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, a hotel-casino in Las Vegas, the hometown of the band.

Artwork

According to photographer Anton Corbijn, the band initially wanted a "chic, gypsy look," for the album, and that "out of those discussions [for the sleeve] came these elements of faded glory."[5] The bikini-clad woman on the cover of Sam's Town is model and singer Felice LaZae, while the album's co-producer, Flood, is dressed as a Native American in the CD booklet. The artwork inside the album booklet is taken from a downtown-Las Vegas mural painted by Suzanne Hackett-Morgan, a local painter.

Track listing

All tracks written by Brandon Flowers, except where noted.

  1. "Sam's Town" – 4:06
  2. "Enterlude" – 0:49
  3. "When You Were Young" (Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr.) – 3:40
  4. "Bling (Confession of a King)" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 4:08
  5. "For Reasons Unknown" – 3:32
  6. "Read My Mind" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer) – 4:06
  7. "Uncle Jonny" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer) – 4:25
  8. "Bones" (Flowers, Stoermer, Vannucci) – 3:47
  9. "My List" – 4:08
  10. "This River Is Wild" (Flowers, Stoermer) – 4:38
  11. "Why Do I Keep Counting?" – 4:24
  12. "Exitlude" – 2:29

Bonus tracks

  • "Where the White Boys Dance" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) (Australia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States iTunes pre-order bonus track/Latin American bonus track) – 3:26
  • "All the Pretty Faces" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) (Japan, Best Buy exclusive bonus disc, Latin American bonus track, and UK iTunes bonus track) – 4:45
  • "Daddy's Eyes" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) (Best Buy exclusive bonus disc) – 4:13
  • "When You Were Young (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)" (Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci) (American iTunes bonus track) – 6:23

Bonus DVD

  1. "When You Were Young" Video (Jump Version)
  2. "When You Were Young" Video (No Jump Version)
  3. Making of "When You Were Young"

Personnel

Charts

In the US, the album opened at #2, selling 315,000 in its first week.[6] The album went straight to #1 in the UK selling over 260,000 in a week.[7] As of March 2007, the album has sold about 2,750,000 copies worldwide.[8] The album has been certified 2x Platinum in Canada.[9] As of July 11, 2007, it has sold 1,205,621 copies in the US. A late surge in sales in the United Kingdom and a continued flow of international sales means that Sam's Town is fast approaching Hot Fuss with almost 4 million sales worldwide to date.[10] The album has sold over 1,200,000 copies in the UK.[11]

In popular culture

In the 2007 Chris Rock movie I Think I Love My Wife, Richard Cooper supposedly picks up Sam's Town while in a music store. Also, when Cooper begins to speak with Nelson, a poster of an NME magazine cover can be seen in the background with all four members of the band on it.

Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Japan September 27. 2006 Universal CD UICL-9037
Australia September 30 2006 Universal Music Australia CD 1706722
United Kingdom October 2 2006 Lizard King Records CD
United States October 3 2006 Island Records picture disc LP B0007221-01
CD B0007221-02

Notes

  1. ^ Playlouder - Latest
  2. ^ The Killers - When You Were Young [Universal] — Reviews — AngryApe
  3. ^ Rob Sheffield (21 September 2006). "Rolling Stone : Sam's Town : Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2006-10-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Josh Eells (October 2006). "The Killers on Blender.com". Retrieved 2006-10-08.
  5. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/sep/24/popandrock.killers
  6. ^ "Evanescence tops Killers in US". mp3.com. 2006-10-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Killers, Razorlight rule in UK". mp3.com. 2006-10-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ United World Chart Year-End Numbers
  9. ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for November 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
  10. ^ Billboard Top 200
  11. ^ Award Type: 4 x Platinum

External links

Preceded by UK number one album
October 8 2006 – October 28 2006 		Succeeded by
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