Summer Flowers To Plant Biography
The Killers' second album, Sam's Town, was released in October 2006 under Island Def Jam Music Group.[23] Brandon Flowers said that Sam's Town would be "one of the best albums of the past twenty years".[24] It received a mixed response with some praising the album and others mocking it. However, Rolling Stone ranked Sam's Town as the number one underrated album of the decade. The album sold over 706,000 copies worldwide in the first week of release, with a number two debut on the Billboard chart.[25] The record has been certified 4x Platinum in the United Kingdom, Platinum in the United States, and 2x Platinum in both Australia and Canada. The album produced four singles: "When You Were Young" (Platinum in the United States, Diamond in Brazil), "Bones", "Read My Mind" and "For Reasons Unknown".
The Killers recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios for Live from Abbey Road on November 29, 2006.[26] They performed an almost totally unplugged set, which included a rendition of the Dire Straits hit "Romeo and Juliet". In December 2006 the band released a Christmas charity song (the first of what would become an annual tradition), "A Great Big Sled", which benefited Product Red.
In February 2007, The Killers attended the BRIT Awards in the United Kingdom, where they performed "When You Were Young". The band won two awards — Best International Group & International Album.[27] In the same month the band's Tim Burton directed video for Bones won Best Video at the NME Awards. During the Sam's Town Tour The Killers headlined Madison Square Garden for the first time as well as Glastonbury Festival.[28]
The band released a compilation album called Sawdust, containing B-sides, rarities, and unreleased material, in November 2007. Sawdust has been classified Platinum by the BPI.[29] The album's first single "Tranquilize", a collaboration with Lou Reed, was released in October 2007.[29] The first pressing of Sawdust contained a rare demo version of "Move Away" which Brandon Flowers later stated was a mistake on the part of the band's record label; the proper version the group intended to put on the album was previously available on the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack is included on later pressings of Sawdust.[30]
In 2008 the band picked up two awards in the first NME Awards USA, including "Best Band" and "Best Track" for "Tranquilize". "Sawdust" was also nominated for best album.
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