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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Mr. Brightside
recording engineer:
Jeff Saltzman (music attorney and record producer)
producer:
Jeff Saltzman (music attorney and record producer) and The Killers (American rock band)
mixer:
Mark Needham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records (NOT for release label use! A division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2017)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 4), NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 33) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 378)
recording of:
Mr. Brightside
writer:
Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning
publisher:
The Killers Publishing and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4.253:42
2Somebody Told Me
recording engineer:
Jeff Saltzman (music attorney and record producer)
producer:
Jeff Saltzman (music attorney and record producer) and The Killers (American rock band)
mixer:
Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records (NOT for release label use! A division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2017)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 42)
recording of:
Somebody Told Me
writer:
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Ronnie Vannucci and Mark Stoermer
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
3.853:17
3Smile Like You Mean It
recording engineer:
Jeff Saltzman (music attorney and record producer)
producer:
Jeff Saltzman (music attorney and record producer) and The Killers (American rock band)
mixer:
Mark Needham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records (NOT for release label use! A division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2017)
music videos:
Smile Like You Mean It by The Killers (American rock band)
recording of:
Smile Like You Mean It
writer:
Brandon Flowers and Mark Stoermer
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3.63:54
4All These Things That I’ve Done
recording engineer:
Jeff Saltzman (music attorney and record producer)
producer:
Jeff Saltzman (music attorney and record producer) and The Killers (American rock band)
mixer:
Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
guest choir vocals:
The Sweet Inspirations
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Lizard King Records (in 2004) and Island Records (NOT for release label use! A division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2017)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 102)
recording of:
All These Things That I’ve Done
writer:
Brandon Flowers
3.655:01
5When You Were Young
recording engineer and mixer:
Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
producer:
Flood (British producer Mark Ellis), The Killers (American rock band) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
music videos:
When You Were Young (Jump) by The Killers (American rock band) and When You Were Young (no jump) (clean version) by The Killers (American rock band)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 230)
recording of:
When You Were Young
writer:
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4.13:40
6Read My Mind
recording engineer and mixer:
Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
producer:
Flood (British producer Mark Ellis), The Killers (American rock band) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
music videos:
Read My Mind by The Killers (American rock band)
recording of:
Read My Mind
writer:
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning and Mark Stoermer
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3.74:06
7For Reasons Unknown
recording engineer and mixer:
Flood (British producer Mark Ellis) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
producer:
Flood (British producer Mark Ellis), The Killers (American rock band) and Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
recording of:
For Reasons Unknown
writer:
Brandon Flowers
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4.153:32
8Human
engineer:
Robert Root
producer:
The Killers (American rock band) and Stuart Price
assistant mixer:
Alex Droomgoole and Dave Emery (engineer)
mixer:
Stuart Price
mixed at:
Olympic Studios (1966-2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
engineered at:
Battle Born Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
music videos:
Human (official music video) by The Killers (American rock band)
recording of:
Human
writer:
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
3.554:09
9Spaceman
additional engineer:
Ted Sablay
engineer:
Robert Root
producer:
The Killers (American rock band) and Stuart Price
assistant mixer:
Alex Droomgoole and Dave Emery (engineer)
mixer:
Stuart Price
mixed at:
Olympic Studios (1966-2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
engineered at:
Battle Born Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
recording of:
Spaceman
writer:
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3.654:43
10A Dustland Fairytale
engineer:
Robert Root
producer:
The Killers (American rock band) and Stuart Price
assistant mixer:
Alex Droomgoole and Dave Emery (engineer)
mixer:
Stuart Price
mixed at:
Olympic Studios (1966-2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
engineered at:
Battle Born Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
recording of:
A Dustland Fairytale
writer:
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3.353:45
11Runaways
recording engineer:
Brendan O’Brien (engineer) and Robert Root
engineer:
John Catlin (engineer) and Catherine Marks (record producer, mixing engineer and audio engineer)
additional producer:
Steve Lillywhite and Damian Taylor (Canadian electronic & rock producer)
producer:
Brendan O’Brien (engineer)
assistant mixer:
Felix Rashman
mixer:
Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
vocals:
Brandon Flowers
performer:
The Killers (American rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!)
recorded at:
Battle Born Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
mixed at:
Assault & Battery 1 (mixing studio) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Runaways by The Killers (American rock band)
recording of:
Runaways
lyricist:
Brandon Flowers
composer:
The Killers (American rock band)
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
2.54:04
12Miss Atomic Bomb
recording engineer:
Robert Root
programming, producer and mixer:
Stuart Price
additional keyboard:
Stuart Price
vocals:
Brandon Flowers
performer:
The Killers (American rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!)
recorded at:
Battle Born Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
mixed at:
Battle Born Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and Golden Ratio (Montreal recording studio) in Mile End, Montréal (city), Québec, Canada
music videos:
Miss Atomic Bomb by The Killers (American rock band)
recording of:
Miss Atomic Bomb
writer:
Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
quotes music from:
Mr. Brightside
3.54:53
13The Way It Was
recording engineer and producer:
Brendan O’Brien (engineer)
mixer:
Robert Root
vocals:
Brandon Flowers
performer:
The Killers (American rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!)
recorded at:
Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
mixed at:
Battle Born Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
recording of:
The Way It Was
writer:
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
33:51
14Shot at the Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 2013)
recording of:
Shot at the Night
writer:
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
34:02
15Just Another Girl
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 2013)
recording of:
Just Another Girl
writer:
Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
34:22