Hot foot

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Hot foot
Studio album by The Killers

Publication
(s)

United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom : June 15, 2004 Germany : October 4, 2004
GermanyGermany 

admission

February – November 2003

Label (s) Island Records

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Indie rock , new wave

Title (number)

11

running time

45 min 33 s

occupation

production

The Killers, Jeffrey Saltzman

Studio (s)

The Hearse, Berkeley
Cornerstone Recording Studios, Dave Keuning's Los Angeles
apartment, Las Vegas

chronology
- Hot foot Sam's Town
(2006)
Single releases
March 15, 2004 Somebody told me
May 24, 2004 Mr. Brightside
August 30, 2004 All These Things That I've Done
May 2, 2005 Smile Like You Mean It

Hot Fuss is the debut album by the American rock band The Killers . It was released in German-speaking countries on October 4, 2004 on Island Records .

Creation and publication

The band's first album was recorded between February and November 2003 in Berkeley and Los Angeles. An exception is the piece Everything Will Be Alright , which was recorded in the apartment of guitarist David Keuning.

The album was released in the UK on June 15, 2004, and in Germany on October 4, 2004.

Track list

  1. Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine - 4:04
  2. Mr. Brightside - 3:42
  3. Smile Like You Mean It - 3:54
  4. Somebody Told Me - 3:17
  5. All These Things That I've Done - 5:01
  6. Andy, You're A Star - 3:14
  7. On Top - 4:18
  8. Change Your Mind - 3:10
  9. Believe Me Natalie - 5:06
  10. Midnight Show - 4:02
  11. Everything Will Be Alright - 5:45 am

Chart placements

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Hot foot
  DE 75 10/18/2004 (6 weeks)
  AT 60 10/17/2004 (7 weeks)
  CH 48 02/20/2005 (26 weeks)
  UK 1 06/19/2004 (224 weeks)
  US 7th 07/07/2005 (94 weeks)
Singles
Somebody told me
  CH 16 04/10/2005 (17 weeks)
  UK 3 03/27/2004 (21 weeks)
  US 51 11/27/2004 (20 weeks)
Mr. Brightside
  DE 44 10/09/2006 (13 weeks)
  UK 10 06/05/2004 (84 weeks)
  US 10 06/11/2005 (38 weeks)
All These Things That I've Done
  UK 18th 09/11/2004 (4 weeks)
  US 74 09/17/2005 (14 weeks)
Smile Like You Mean It
  UK 11 05/14/2005 (6 weeks)

The album reached number one in two countries, namely in Australia and Great Britain . In the latter, Hot Fuss stayed in the top 100 for 224 weeks. With fourth place in Canada , fifth in New Zealand , seventh in the USA and eighth in France , positions in the top ten were achieved in three other countries. There were further placements in the charts with number 15 in Finland , number 35 in Spain , number 46 in the Netherlands , number 48 in Switzerland , number 60 in Austria , number 66 in Wallonia , number 75 in Germany , number 88 in Mexico and Reached 95th place in Flanders .

Awards

In Argentina , Belgium , France and Germany the album was each awarded with a gold record , in New Zealand there was this award in platinum. This award was presented three times in the USA , Canada and Australia and six times in the UK .

In 2005, Hot Fuss was nominated for the Grammy Awards in the category for best rock album , but was beaten by Green Day's American Idiot . At the BRIT Awards , the album was nominated in the category for the best international album , the award went to the Scissor Sisters album of the same name . It was also added to the list of 1001 albums to hear before you die .

reception

By critics , the album was recorded mixed Metascore assigns a rating of 66% based on 20 reviews and the predicate "generally favorable" (dt. "Generally positive" ). This puts Hot Fuss on the level of other albums by the band.

Armin Linder from Plattentests.de particularly praises the musical composition, which he describes as a "bang" . However, the last songs on the album would prevent a better rating as they can't keep up with the beginning. Overall, it awards eight out of ten points.

The BBC also praises the album. Critic Nick Reynolds particularly praises the composition and singer Brandon Flowers, but two to three songs and the production reveal slight weaknesses. The song Somebody Told Me received special praise, Reynolds gave it a chance for the title "Song of the Year" .

The Rolling Stone awards 3.5 out of five stars and says that the album consists mainly of good, danceable hits. In 2009, Hot Fuss was voted # 43 on albums of the decade.

MacKenzie Wilson from Allmusic describes The Killers as "one of the few pop bands with talent" , but the band does not manage to keep the momentum throughout the album. The album was given three out of five stars.

Laut.de awards two out of five stars. Critic Michael Schuh attests that the band has good approaches, but many songs seem "old-fashioned or overly poppy" .

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF) Argentina (CAPIF) Gold record icon.svg gold 20,000
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum 280,000
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Gold record icon.svg gold 25,000
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg gold 150,000
Europe (IFPI) Europe (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum (1,000,000)
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Gold record icon.svg gold 100,000
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum 300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 30,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum 3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum 2,100,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg4 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg20 × platinum
 6,005,000

Main article: The Killers / Music Sales Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Hot Fuss at Allmusic (English). Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b c d Michael Schuh: This is what the new Duran Duran disc could sound like. On: laut.de. Retrieved January 6, 2013
  3. ↑ Hot Fuss on discogs.com (English). Retrieved January 8, 2013
  4. ↑ a b The Killers in the German album charts ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / musicline.de
  5. ↑ a b The Killers in the Austrian charts
  6. ↑ a b The Killers in the Swiss charts
  7. ↑ a b The Killers in the UK charts
  8. ↑ a b The Killers in the US album charts
  9. ↑ The Killers in the German single charts ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / musicline.de
  10. ↑ The Killers in the US singles charts
  11. ↑ The Killers in the Australian charts
  12. ↑ The Killers in the Canadian charts
  13. ↑ The Killers in the New Zealand charts
  14. ↑ The Killers in the French charts
  15. ↑ The Killers in the Finnish charts
  16. ↑ The Killers in the Spanish charts
  17. ↑ The Killers in the Dutch charts
  18. ↑ The Killers in the Walloon charts
  19. ↑ Hot foot in the Mexican charts. Mexicancharts.com, archived from the original on October 30, 2013 ; Retrieved October 18, 2014 .
  20. ↑ The Killers in the Flemish charts
  21. ↑ Awards for The Killers in Argentina (Spanish) ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  22. ^ Golden and platinum records in Belgium 2007. On: ultrabop.be (Flemish). Retrieved January 6, 2013
  23. ↑ Les disques d'or 2005. ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: snepmusique.com (French). Retrieved January 6, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.snepmusique.com
  24. ↑ Hot foot in the gold / platinum database. On: musikindustrie.de. Retrieved January 6, 2013
  25. ^ New Zealand Charts October 24, 2005 and Awards. On: nztop40.co.nz (English, PDF file; 1.2 MB)
  26. ↑ Awards in the USA for The Killers. On: riaa.com (English). Retrieved January 6, 2013
  27. ↑ Awards in Canada for The Killers.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: musiccanada.com (English). Retrieved January 6, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.musiccanada.com  
  28. ^ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums. From: aria.com.au, December 31, 2007. Accessed January 6, 2013
  29. ↑ Search for awards in the UK. On: bpi.co.uk (English). Retrieved January 6, 2013
  30. ^ Grammy Awards 2005. At: mtv.com (English). Retrieved January 6, 2013
  31. ↑ The BRITs 2005. At: brits.co.uk (English). Retrieved January 6, 2013
  32. ↑ 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die from 2005. On: rocklistmusic.co.uk (English). Retrieved January 12, 2013
  33. ↑ Hot Fuss on metacritic.com (English). Retrieved January 6, 2013
  34. ↑ The Killers on metacritic.com (English). Retrieved January 6, 2013
  35. ↑ Armin Linder: Fire and Flame on plattentests.de. Retrieved January 6, 2013
  36. ↑ Nick Reynolds: Review on bbc.co.uk (English), May 18, 2004. Accessed January 6, 2013
  37. ↑ Jenny Eliscu: Review on rollingsatone.com (English), July 8, 2004. Accessed January 6, 2013
  38. ↑ 100 Best Albums of the 2000s. On: rollingstone.com (English). Retrieved January 6, 2013