Album of the Decade: Hot Fuss

The Killers are one of the biggest bands around at the moment. Every single they release is pretty much guaranteed to make it into the top 20. It is my opinion that their debut album, Hot Fuss (2004), is the greatest album of the last ten years.

I wouldn’t say The Killers are my favourite band. Not now and not back in 2004 when I first heard Hot Fuss. But the album as a whole is a brilliant piece of work. From start to finish you don’t get a dud track.

	Hot Fuss Track Listing
1.	“Jenny Was a Friend of Mine“		4:05
2.	“Mr. Brightside“		3:43
3.	“Smile Like You Mean It“		3:55
4.	“Somebody Told Me“		3:17
5.	“All These Things That I’ve Done“		5:02
6.	“Andy, You’re a Star“		3:14
7.	“On Top“		4:19
8.	“Change Your Mind“		3:11
9.	“Believe Me Natalie“		5:07
10.	“Midnight Show“		4:03
11.	“Everything Will Be Alright“		5:45

I challenge you to pick a bad song from that list!

It’s ironic the songs that made me buy the album in the first place are now the songs I dislike the most. Namely Somebody Told Me and Mr Brightside. They, like The Killers themselves, suffer from that most tainted of double edged swords, being overplayed and too popular.

Get off your high horses and accept the undeniable: Hot Fuss is a brilliant album. Is there anyone who wasn’t obsessed with it for at least a short time? I think not.

So vote for Hot Fuss as the greatest album of the decade.

Here’s a clip of The Killers at Glastonbury 2004 playing Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll, a bonus track found on European copies of the album.

Here are the other contenders.

Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not – By Ciaran Jones

Brand New – The Devil And The God Are Raging Inside Me – By Hugh Morris

Sufjan Stevens – Come On Feel The Illinoise – By Alex Smith

Bloc Party – Silent Alarm -By Joe Curtis

At The Drive In – Relationship Of Command – By Tom Victor

Bon Iver – For Emma Forever Ago – By Ammelio

Daft Punk – Discovery – By Will Gilgrass

Coldplay – Parachutes  – By Dan Bloom

Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night – Caroline Cook

Bright Eyes – Digital Ash In A Digital Urn – By Emma Davies

The Strokes – Is This It? – By Alfie Tolhurst

Kings Of Leon – Youth And Young Manhood – By Becky Rutt

Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP – By Tom Mooney

Johnny Cash – Man Comes Around - By Mike Brown

Regina Spektor – Begin To Hope – By Fiona Roberts

Snow Patrol – Eyes Open – By Sarah Scott

Arcade Fire – Funeral – By Rob Goodman

Here’s the poll, get voting

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