Sawdust (album)

Sawdust
Compilation album by The Killers
Released	November 9, 2007
Genre	Alternative rock[1] indie rock post-punk revival
Length	70:12
Label	Island
Producer	Flood The Killers Alan Moulder Stuart Price Jeff Saltzman
The Killers chronology
Sam's Town (2006) Sawdust (2007) Day & Age (2008)
Singles from Sawdust
"Shadowplay" Released: October 8, 2007 "Tranquilize" Released: October 12, 2007

Sawdust is a compilation album by American indie rock band The Killers, released on November 9, 2007 by Island Records. The album consists of two singles, B-sides, rarities, covers, and remixes recorded between 2002 and 2007.

Background

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
BBC Music	Favorable[4]
Billboard	Favorable[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B[6]
Melodic	[7]
musicOMH	[8]
NME	6/10[9]
Now	NNN[10]
Pitchfork Media	5.5/10.0[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]

The album was first mentioned by Brandon Flowers in an interview with Billboard in late August 2007,^[13] and Rolling Stone revealed the name of the compilation in its "Smoking Section" on September 6, 2007.^[14] Sawdust was inspired by B-sides collections such as Oasis' The Masterplan, The Smiths' Hatful of Hollow, Smashing Pumpkins' Pisces Iscariot and Nirvana's Incesticide.^[15]

Commercial performance

Sawdust debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200, selling 82,000 copies in its first week.^[16] The album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on April 4, 2008,^[17] and had sold 459,500 copies in the United Kingdom by September 2012.^[18] It was also certified platinum by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) for sales of 15,000 copies.^[19]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Tranquilize" (featuring Lou Reed) (NYC, Summer '07)	Brandon Flowers	Flood Alan Moulder The Killers	3:45
2.	"Shadowplay" (Sam's Town sessions, '06)	Ian Curtis Peter Hook Stephen Morris Bernard Sumner	The Killers	4:07
3.	"All the Pretty Faces" (Sam's Town sessions, '06)	Flowers Dave Keuning Mark Stoermer	Flood Moulder The Killers	4:46
4.	"Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf" (Dave's apartment, '02 and Las Vegas, Fall '07)	Flowers	Stuart Price The Killers	3:38
5.	"Sweet Talk" (Sam's Town sessions, '06 and Las Vegas, Fall '07)	Flowers Keuning Stoermer Ronnie Vannucci, Jr.	Flood Moulder The Killers Price^[a]	4:19
6.	"Under the Gun" (Hot Fuss sessions, '03 and Las Vegas, Fall '07)	Flowers Keuning	Jeff Saltzman The Killers	2:34
7.	"Where the White Boys Dance" (Sam's Town sessions, '06)	Flowers	Flood Moulder The Killers	3:26
8.	"Show You How" (Hot Fuss sessions, '03)	Flowers	Saltzman The Killers	2:46
9.	"Move Away" (Sam's Town sessions, '06)	Flowers Keuning Stoermer	Flood Moulder The Killers	3:50
10.	"Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll" (Hot Fuss sessions, '03 and Las Vegas, Fall '07)	Flowers Keuning Stoermer Vannucci	Saltzman The Killers	4:17
11.	"Who Let You Go?" (Hot Fuss sessions, '03)	Flowers Keuning Vannucci Stoermer	Saltzman The Killers	3:43
12.	"The Ballad of Michael Valentine" (Hot Fuss sessions, '03)	Flowers Keuning	Saltzman The Killers	3:50
13.	"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (BBC sessions, '05)	Mel Tillis		3:05
14.	"Daddy's Eyes" (Sam's Town sessions, '06)	Flowers	Flood Moulder The Killers	4:15
15.	"Sam's Town" (Abbey Road Version) (Abbey Road sessions, '06)	Flowers		3:44
16.	"Romeo and Juliet" (Abbey Road sessions, '07)	Mark Knopfler		5:28
17.	"Change Your Mind" (Hot Fuss sessions, '03) (bonus track on UK and Australian editions)	Flowers Keuning	Saltzman The Killers	3:13
18.	"Mr. Brightside" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Remix) (contains hidden track "Questions with the Captain")	Flowers Keuning	Saltzman The Killers Jacques Lu Cont^[b]	10:40
Total length:				70:12

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^b} signifies a remixer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2007–09) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 6 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 35 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 66 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[23] 10 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[24] 72 French Albums (SNEP)[25] 93 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[26] 53 Irish Albums (IRMA)[27] 13 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[28] 202 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[29] 24 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[30] 18 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[31] 29 Scottish Albums (OCC)[32] 7 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[33] 80 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 33 UK Albums (OCC)[35] 7 US Billboard 200[36] 12 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[37] 1 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[38] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[39] 100 UK Albums (OCC)[40] 79 Chart (2008) Position UK Albums (OCC)[41] 104 US Billboard 200[42] 140

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[43]	Platinum	40,000
Australia (ARIA)[44]	Gold	35,000
Ireland (IRMA)[19]	Platinum	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[17]	Platinum	459,500[18]
^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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