2004 album by the Killers
Not to be confused with the 2007 action comedy film
Hot Fuzz .
Hot Fuss the Killers , released on June 7, 2004, in the United Kingdom and on June 15, 2004, in the United States byIsland Records . The album's music is mostly influenced bynew wave andpost-punk .Hot Fuss spawned four critically and commercially successful singles: "Mr. Brightside ", "Somebody Told Me ", "All These Things That I've Done " and "Smile Like You Mean It ".
The album reached number seven on theBillboard 200UK Albums Chart . As of December 2012[update] Hot Fuss had sold more than seven million copies worldwide, including more than three million in the United States and more than two million in the United Kingdom. It has also been certified platinum or multi-platinum in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. The album and its first three singles went on to garner fiveGrammy Award nominations at the47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005.
The album was recorded at various points throughout 2003 with Jeff Saltzman inBerkeley, California , with the exception of "Everything Will Be Alright", which was recorded by Corlene Byrd in guitaristDave Keuning 's apartment. Many of the tracks were originally recorded as demos, which the band decided to keep for their spontaneity. The album was mixed byMark Needham at Cornerstone Studios in Los Angeles andAlan Moulder at Eden Studios in London. In 2012,Brandon Flowers toldNME the Strokes ' albumIs This It [ 10]
The songs "Midnight Show" and "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine " are two parts of the so-called "Murder Trilogy", detailing the fictional story of a woman who is murdered by her jealous boyfriend. The first part, "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf", appears on the band's B-sides and rarities compilation,Sawdust [ 11]
The album heavily features a vocal effect called Echo Farm on Flowers' voice. In 2014, Needham recounted, "There were three of us involved in the production company on that record: Braden Merrick, Jeff Saltzman and myself. Jeff and I had been partners for a few years. He was an entertainment attorney and was shopping stuff, but he actually really wanted to be a producer as well. We set Jeff up with a studio, got him started in recording and since he’s a smart guy, he picked it up really quick. At that time, Echo Farm had just come out, and that was really the only vocal effect he had. If you open up Echo Farm, the first setting that comes up is the default setting, which overdrives the vocal a bit and sets an 84 ms delay. That was basically what he put on everything and it sort of became the default vocal tone on the whole record, plus it worked really great, so we kept it. It changes a little bit on certain things, but it was a fairly consistent effect through the whole record."[ 12]
The album cover was photographed by Matthias Clamer in 2000, in the southern region of the suburbs of Beijing, China.[ 13] [ 14]
Release and reception [ edit ] Hot Fuss received generally positive reviews from critics. OnMetacritic , the album has aweighted average score of 66 out of 100 based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[ 15]
Hot Fuss was released on June 7, 2004, in the United Kingdom and on June 15, 2004, in the United States.[ 2] [ 25] Billboard 200Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 1, 2005,[ 26] [ 27]
Hot Fuss topped theUK Albums Chart for two consecutive weeks in January 2005.[ 28] [ 29] longest-charting albums in the history of the UK Albums Chart, with 254 weeks.[ 28] British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the album seven-times platinum;[ 30] [ 31] [ 32] Hot Fuss had sold over than seven million copies worldwide as of December 2012.[ 33]
Rolling Stone Hot Fuss 43rd on its list of the "100 Best Albums of the Decade", and it was, at one point, listed among the1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Gigwise readers voted it the number-one "Best Debut Album of All Time" in 2013.[ 34] Rolling Stone Hot Fuss the 33rd of its list of "The 100 Greatest Debut Albums of All Time".[ 35]
The album has inspired numerous cover recordings, includingMeg Washington 's 2022 cover album of the same name.
Hot Fuss is listed among the1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
All tracks are produced by Jeff Saltzman andthe Killers , except "Everything Will Be Alright", produced byBrandon Flowers .
Bonus track on US vinyl edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 12. "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" Flowers Keuning Stoermer Vannucci 4:14
Bonus tracks on European edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 12. "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" Flowers Keuning Stoermer Vannucci 4:14 13. "Somebody Told Me" (music video)
Bonus tracks on the Enhanced edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 12. "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" Flowers Keuning Stoermer Vannucci 4:14 13. "Mr. Brightside" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke mix) 4:38 14. "Somebody Told Me" (music video) 3:18 15. "Mr. Brightside" (music video) 3:44
Bonus tracks on Japanese and US 2005 limited edition No. Title Writer(s) Length 12. "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" Flowers Keuning Stoermer Vannucci 4:14 13. "The Ballad of Michael Valentine" 3:49 14. "Under the Gun" 2:33
iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracksNo. Title Length 12. "Somebody Told Me" (Mylo mix) 7:17 13. "Smile Like You Mean It" (Fischerspooner mix) 6:24 14. "Smile Like You Mean It" (Ruff and Jam Eastside mix) 7:35
7-inch limited edition box set B-sides No. Title Length 1. "Somebody Told Me" (Josh Harris remix) 2. "Under the Gun" 3. "Show You How" 4. "The Ballad of Michael Valentine" 5. "Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself?" 6. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" 7. "Mr. Brightside" (Thin White Duke remix edit) 8. "Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll" 9. "Smile Like You Mean It" (acoustic version) 10. "Who Let You Go?" 11. "Get Trashed"
Bonus DVD on Japanese limited tour edition No. Title Length 1. "Somebody Told Me" (music video) 2. "Mr. Brightside" (original music video) 3. "Mr. Brightside" (new music video) 4. "All These Things That I've Done" (music video)
Bonus DVD on UK special edition No. Title Length 1. "Smile Like You Mean It" (music video) 2. "All These Things That I've Done" (music video) 3. "Somebody Told Me" (Glastonbury 2005) 4. "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" (Glastonbury 2005) 5. "Mr. Brightside" (Glastonbury 2005)
Credits adapted from the liner notes ofHot Fuss .[ 41]
Additional musicians [ edit ] Jeff Saltzman – production, recording(tracks 1–10) The Killers – production(tracks 1–10) Brandon Flowers – production(track 11) Corlene Byrd – recording(track 11) Dave Stedronsky – engineering assistance Mark Needham – engineering assistance(all tracks) ; mixing[ c] (tracks 2, 3, 8, 11) Will Brierre – engineering assistance Dario Dendi – engineering assistance Alan Moulder – mixing[ d] (tracks 1, 4–7, 9, 10) Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering[ e] Louis Marino – art direction Seth Goldfarb – cover photo Matt Hartman – band photography 2004 year-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2004) Position UK Albums (OCC)[ 65] 41 USBillboard 200[ 66] 148
2005 year-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2005) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 67] 19 European Albums (Billboard )[ 68] 16 French Albums (SNEP)[ 69] 79 Irish Albums (IRMA)[ 70] 8 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[ 71] 21 UK Albums (OCC)[ 72] 12 USBillboard 200[ 73] 17 Worldwide Albums (IFPI )[ 74] 28
2006 year-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2006) Position UK Albums (OCC)[ 75] 72
2007 year-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2007) Position Belgian Midprice Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[ 76] 6 Belgian Midprice Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[ 77] 40 UK Albums (OCC)[ 78] 93
2008 year-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2008) Position UK Albums (OCC)[ 79] 124
2009 year-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2009) Position UK Albums (OCC)[ 80] 115
2018 year-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2018) Position Australian Vinyl Albums (ARIA)[ 81] 32
2019 year-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2019) Position Australian Vinyl Albums (ARIA)[ 82] 87
2000s decade-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2000–2009) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[ 83] 97 UK Albums (OCC)[ 29] 26 USBillboard 200[ 84] 131
2010s decade-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2010–2019) Position UK Vinyl Albums (OCC)[ 85] 49
[ edit ] Century-end chart performance forHot Fuss Chart (2000–2019) Position UK Albums (OCC)[ 86] 30
Certifications forHot Fuss Region Certification Certified units /salesArgentina (CAPIF )[ 87] Gold 20,000^ Australia (ARIA )[ 88] 6× Platinum 420,000‡ Belgium (BRMA )[ 89] Gold 25,000* Canada (Music Canada )[ 90] 8× Platinum 800,000‡ Denmark (IFPI Danmark )[ 91] 2× Platinum 40,000‡ France (SNEP )[ 92] Gold 100,000* Germany (BVMI )[ 93] Gold 100,000^ Italy (FIMI )[ 94] sales since 2009 Gold 25,000‡ New Zealand (RMNZ )[ 95] 4× Platinum 60,000‡ Singapore (RIAS )[ 96] Gold 5,000* South Korea — 2,623[ 97] United Kingdom (BPI )[ 30] 8× Platinum 2,400,000‡ United States (RIAA )[ 26] 6× Platinum 6,000,000‡ Summaries Europe (IFPI )[ 98] Platinum 1,000,000* Worldwide — 7,000,000[ 33] * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Release history forHot Fuss Region Date Label United Kingdom June 7, 2004 Lizard King United States June 15, 2004 Island
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