Day & Age

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	Day & Age
	Singles
	Human
	Spaceman
	The World We Live in

chronology
Day & Age
Studio album by The Killers
Publication ; (s)	November 21, 2008
admission	April – September 2008
Label (s)	Island Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Indie rock , synth pop
Title (number)	10
running time	40:49
occupation	Brandon Flowers : vocals , keyboards ; Dave Keuning : guitar , backing vocals ; Mark Stoermer: bass , backing vocals; Ronnie Vannucci : drums ;
production	Stuart Price , The Killers
Studio (s)	Battle Born Studios, Las Vegas
September 22, 2008	Human
November 4, 2008	Spaceman
May 18, 2009	The World We Live in

Day & Age is the third studio album by the American rock band The Killers . It was released in German-speaking countries on November 21, 2008 on Island Records .

Creation and publication

The recordings on the album were made in 2006 when the band recorded the single Human within two hours . Producer Stuart Price was in London during the writing process and demo recording , while the band was in Las Vegas . The demo tapes and the suggestions for improvement were therefore sent back and forth between the cities via the Internet. Price only flew to Las Vegas for the final recordings. The album was released in Germany on November 21, 2008, in the USA and Great Britain it was released three days earlier.

Track list

Losing Touch - 4:13
Human - 4:05
Spaceman - 4:44
Joy Ride - 3:33
A Dustland Fairytale - 3:45
This Is Your Life - 3:38
I Can't Stay - 3:05
Neon Tiger - 3:04
The World We Live In - 4:38
Goodnight, Travel Well - 6:51

Chart placements

In Great Britain and Norway , the album entered the album charts at number one. In New Zealand (2nd place), Mexico (3rd place), Australia and Switzerland (4th place each), the United States (6th place), Germany and Sweden (8th place each), Austria and Spain and Denmark (10th place) were achieved further positions in the top ten. With number twelve in the Netherlands and the Flemish part of Belgium , number 17 in Finland , number 29 in Portugal , number 41 in the Walloon part of Belgium and number 57 in France , positions were achieved in six other charts.

Reviews

The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics . Metascore awards an average of 69% based on 31 reviews and the predicate "generally favorable" (dt. "Generally positive" )

Laut.de awards a positive rating and four out of five possible stars as a rating. Critic Max Brandl writes in his review that the band has managed to develop positively, where many bands would fail.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from allmusic.com also awards four out of five stars and also says that the change in style was good for the album. He describes the album as a "grotesque but great album."

Cdstarts.de awards 6.5 out of 10 possible points. Editor Tanja Kraus praises the stylistic U-turn, but also criticizes the fact that it does not come close to the previous albums in terms of quality.

British BBC's Chris Long rates the album rather average. For him, Day & Age is still in the development process and the band themselves don't yet know where the band's style is going.

Plattentests.de rated the album as negative with three out of ten points . Critic Christian Preußer is of the opinion that producer Stuart Price in particular is to blame for the fact that the album sounds like a bad record from the 80s.

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	200,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
Greece (IFPI)	gold	7,500
Ireland (IRMA)	4 × platinum	60,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	80,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	40,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	40,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	9 × gold 13 × platinum	2,212,500