if you'll notice to the right, i've added a new list to the site. the top 5 albums made in the 80's. i did that because i didn't want you to actually miss out on good music that came out in the 80's. you may ask, what are you talking about...sam's town came out in 2006. i know, i know...you're all gonna try and convince me that sam's town came out in 2006 but i'm here to tell you. its a simple recreation of everything popular with the 80's subtract the lo-fi and add the stadium rock sound. the worst thing about this album are the way too over produced backing vocals, they remind me of a picture i saw of an almost dead plastic elizabeth taylor cuddling with a full grown bear. just wrong.
it starts off with the title track. let me first say that i have no idea what any of these songs are about. do they make sense? are they a cohesive thought? no. the drummer reminds me of a blogger that just keeps typing to hear himself. i think the volume goes up to 11 when the chorus hits. after he's done singing about grandma dixie the album goes quiet with the interlude. a nice chord progression, i feel invited to have fun with the album. here's to hope!
next up the single, i guess it was the first single because it sounded different. we're supposed to feel like they've grown up i guess, now that they're all cowboys. they should have drank a little less devil's water when they chose they're clothes.
skipping a few forgettable songs we arrive at track 5, read my mind. brian eno synth, and a good melody. i think its the best song on the album until the drummer ruins it.
up next uncle jonny, i think i've figured out why this song sucks. brandon flowers doesn't appear to have come from the best background which may have caused him to write not the best song. let's all celebrate, his uncle did cocaine!
then we move to the Frankenstein sounding background vocals of bones. an obvious hit that little girls will scream about when they come to town. a hear a lot of the e street band in this one. i guess if you're gonna rip some people off it might as well be the best backing band ever assembled.
the album should have ended there, but unfortunately it didn't. we go to my list, which sounds like a somebody said "hey, let's make a really weird structured song with a weird synth and let's all gather around the mic and sing really loud and spit all over each other" and then someone said, "yeah, yeah! that'd be awesome man!"
i'll skip the river is wild song because it's worth skipping, which brings us to why do i keep counting? the album gets serious. he's asking for help. he needs us all. he needs us to go out and buy his album so he can go blow it on coke.
all in all the album isn't really as bad as i've made it out to be, but what can you expect its a band that teenage girls love, we should all really hate it. will i listen to this album more? did i enjoy my stay in sam's town? i guess i would compare it to staying in a hotel with cockroaches...at least its a roof over my head. i will admit if a had a teenage daughter i'd rather she listen to this than lindsey lohan. bush vs. kerry...the lesser of two evils
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