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Simon Davey mastered track 17 at The Exchange.

Annotation last modified on 2014-07-26 00:38 UTC.

Tracklist

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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:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (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: 4), NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 33), Offizielle deutsche Charts – Single-Jahrescharts 2025 (number: 51), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 90) and Rolling Stone: 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)
4.153:42
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)
3.73:54
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
3.555:01
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)
3.83:40
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)
3.754:06
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)
3.653:32
8Human
engineer:
Robert Root
producer:
The Killers (American rock band) and Stuart Price
assistant mixer:
Alex Dromgoole 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.
3.64:09
9Spaceman
additional engineer:
Ted Sablay
engineer:
Robert Root
producer:
The Killers (American rock band) and Stuart Price
assistant mixer:
Alex Dromgoole 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)
3.454:43
10A Dustland Fairytale
engineer:
Robert Root
producer:
The Killers (American rock band) and Stuart Price
assistant mixer:
Alex Dromgoole 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)
33:45
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)
2.354:04
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 (Montreal, city), Québec (Quebec), 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
3.254:53
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)
2.653:51
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
16Mr. Brightside (original demo)
engineer:
Mike Sak
membranophone:
Matt Norcross
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 2013)
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)
14:22
17When You Were Young (Calvin Harris remix)
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)
remixer:
Calvin Harris (Scottish DJ and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 2013)
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)
26:12
18Be Still
recording engineer:
Robert Root
producer and mixer:
Damian Taylor (Canadian electronic & rock producer)
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 (Montreal, city), Québec (Quebec), Canada
recording of:
Be Still
writer:
Brandon Flowers and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
2.54:33