Live from the Royal Albert Hall

Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Live album by The Killers
Released 9 November 2009
Recorded 5–6 July 2009, Royal Albert Hall
Genre Indie rock[1]
Length 78:18
Label Island
The Killers chronology
Day & Age
(2008)		 Live from the Royal Albert Hall
(2009)		 (Red) Christmas
(2011)
Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Video by The Killers
Released November 9, 2009
Recorded 5–6 July 2009: Royal Albert Hall
Genre Alternative rock, post-punk revival, new wave
Length 2:40:00
Label Island
Director Dick Carruthers
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Starpulse[3]
IGN[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Contact Music(Very Favourable)[6]
The A.V. Club(Favourable) [7]

Live from the Royal Albert Hall is a live album and DVD by American rock band The Killers. It was released on November 10, 2009 in the UK, Canada and the US.[8] The album is pulled from two nights the band performed at the Royal Albert Hall in July 2009, and also includes footage from festival dates the band headlined during the middle months of 2009.[8][9] A CD of live material accompanies the DVD as part of the package.[8] The artwork resembles the artwork for the band's third studio album, Day & Age, and was designed by artist Paul Normansell.[10]

Brandon Flowers said the decision to film the band's first live DVD at the Royal Albert Hall was because "London’s always been very good to us. They opened their arms to us before anybody else did. And Royal Albert Hall is a very iconic and special place. I grew up watching Morrissey videos that he had filmed there. So it was really exciting to be a part of it."[11]

Live from the Royal Albert Hall was nominated for Best DVD at the 2010 NME Awards.[12]

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue #
United States November 3, 2009 Island iTunes
United Kingdom November 9, 2009 Mercury DVD/CD
United States November 10, 2009 Island DVD/CD B0013632-50 (6 02527 17740 3)
Blu-ray B0013634-59[13]

Track listings

DVD and Blu-ray disc
No. TitleWriter(s)Original album Length
1. "Enterlude"  Brandon FlowersSam's Town  
2. "Human"  Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie VannucciDay & Age  
3. "This Is Your Life"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciDay & Age  
4. "Somebody Told Me"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciHot Fuss  
5. "For Reasons Unknown" (extended)FlowersSam's Town  
6. "The World We Live In"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciDay & Age  
7. "Joy Ride"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciDay & Age  
8. "I Can't Stay" (plus piano reprise)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciDay & Age  
9. "Bling (Confession of a King)" (extended)Flowers, StoermerSam's Town  
10. "Shadowplay" (Joy Division cover)Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard SumnerSawdust  
11. "Smile Like You Mean It"  Flowers, StoermerHot Fuss  
12. "Losing Touch"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciDay & Age  
13. "Spaceman" (extended)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciDay & Age  
14. "A Dustland Fairytale" (plus reprise)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciDay & Age  
15. "Sam's Town" (acoustic)FlowersSawdust  
16. "Read My Mind"  Flowers, Keuning, StoermerSam's Town  
17. "Mr. Brightside"  Flowers, KeuningHot Fuss  
18. "All These Things That I've Done"  FlowersHot Fuss  
19. "Sweet Talk"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciSawdust  
20. "This River Is Wild"  Flowers, StoermerSam's Town  
21. "Bones"  Flowers, Stoermer, VannucciSam's Town  
22. "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"  Flowers, StoermerHot Fuss  
23. "When You Were Young"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciSam's Town  
24. "Exitlude"  FlowersSam's Town  
25. "Tranquilize" (Bonus Footage Live from Oxegen Festival 2009)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciSawdust  
26. "Human" (Bonus Footage Live from Hyde Park, London)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciDay & Age  
27. "Mr. Brightside" (Bonus Footage Live from Hyde Park, London)Flowers, KeuningHot Fuss  
28. "Smile Like You Mean It (50/50)" (Bonus Footage Live from V Festival 2009)Flowers, StoermerHot Fuss  
29. "When You Were Young" (Bonus Footage Live from V Festival 2009)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, VannucciSam's Town  
CD
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Human"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci 5:29
2. "This Is Your Life"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci 3:38
3. "Somebody Told Me"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci 3:21
4. "The World We Live In"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci 4:24
5. "I Can't Stay" (plus piano reprise)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci 4:51
6. "Bling (Confession of a King)" (extended)Flowers, Stoermer 6:28
7. "Shadowplay" (Joy Division cover)Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner 4:04
8. "Smile Like You Mean It"  Flowers, Stoermer 4:18
9. "Losing Touch"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci 4:10
10. "Spaceman" (extended)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci 5:24
11. "A Dustland Fairytale" (plus reprise)Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci 4:57
12. "Sam's Town" (piano version)Flowers 4:03
13. "Read My Mind"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer 4:22
14. "Mr. Brightside"  Flowers, Keuning 3:53
15. "All These Things That I've Done"  Flowers 5:55
16. "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine"  Flowers, Stoermer 4:27
17. "When You Were Young"  Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci 4:43
Total length:
 78:18

Limited Edition formats

The Killers announced that they will be offering exclusive Limited Edition packages for the album.[15]

Collector's Package
Fan Package

Formats

Reception

Critical

Critical response to Live from the Royal Albert Hall was positive. Starpulse said the release was "quite possibly the best live album and video since Elvis and his 'Aloha From Hawaii' some 36 years ago. It's nothing less than rock and roll at its greatest," and gave it five stars out of five. Rolling Stone gave it four-out-of-five stars and claimed "Brandon Flowers doesn't sing: he testifies."[16] Entertainment Weekly put the DVD on its "Must List", remarking "When Brandon Flowers et al. explode into closing number "When You Were Young," and the fans start to sing (and then jump) along, it's a wonder those 138-year-old walls stay standing."[17]

Commercial

Live from the Royal Albert Hall was the 4th best selling music DVD in the UK in 2009, selling 84,000 copies in the UK in the 7 weeks following release,[18] and has gone on to sell over 505,000 units worldwide to date.

Album chart performance

Chart Peak
position		 Certification Sales
Dutch Album Chart[19] 35 10.000+
Mexico Albums Chart[19] 5 Gold 35.000+
German Album Chart[20] 60
Spanish Album Chart[21] 42 10.000+

DVD chart performance

Chart Peak
position		 Certification Sales
Brazil - ABPD[22] 7 Gold 25.000+
UK Music DVD Chart[23] 2 2x Platinum 100.000+
UK DVD Chart[24] 12 ^ ^
Irish Music DVD Chart[25] 1 Platinum 10.000+
Australian ARIA Music DVD Chart[26] 5 Platinum 15.000+
US Music DVD Chart[27][28] 1 Platinum 150.000+
Year end charts (2009) Position
UK Music DVD Chart of 2009[29] 4
Australia ARIA Music DVD Chart of 2009[30] 49

References

  1. ↑ "Killers SingleLatest". Clash. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Allmusic revieuw".
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  4. ↑ "IGN ((( Live from the Royal Albert Hall > Overview )))". allmusic. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
  5. ↑ "IGN ((( Live from the Royal Albert Hall > Overview )))". allmusic. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
  6. ↑ "IGN ((( Live from the Royal Albert Hall > Overview )))". allmusic. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Review: The Killers: Live From The Royal Albert Hall · Music Review · The A.V. Club".
  8. 1 2 3 "The Killers to release 'Live From The Royal Albert Hall' DVD". NME. September 21, 2009. Retrieved September 21, 2009.
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  10. ↑ "Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD Artwork". "The Killers". October 6, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  11. ↑ "The Killers' Brandon Flowers on live albums, vampires, and Sinatra: A Music Mix Q&". EW.com.
  12. ↑ "NME Awards Voting - NME.COM". NME.COM.
  13. ↑ "allmusic ((( Live from the Royal Albert Hall Blu-Ray > Overview )))". allmusic. Retrieved November 8, 2009.
  14. ↑ "Amazon.com: The Killers - Live From Royal Albert Hall Blu-ray: The Killers: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. October 1, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
  15. ↑ "Worldwide Theatrical Premiere The Killers 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' and Limited Edition Collectors Package". The Killers. October 24, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
  16. ↑ Walters, Barry (December 10, 2009), "The Killers: Live From the Royal Albert Hall". Rolling Stone. (1093):91
  17. ↑ (November 27, 2009), "THE Must List". Entertainment Weekly. (1077):11-12
  18. ↑ http://www.bva.org.uk/news-press-releases/2009-news-release-sales-robust-transitional-year-british-video-industry
  19. 1 2 "The Killers - Live From The Royal Albert Hall".
  20. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Knstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de.
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  22. ↑ http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=The%20Killers
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  24. ↑ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_videos.php
  25. ↑ "WebCite query result".
  26. ↑ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_music.asp?chart=1V40DVD
  27. ↑ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - November 19, 2014". http://www.riaa.com. External link in |work= (help)
  28. ↑ "Chart Search Results - Top Music Video 2009-11-28". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  29. ↑ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3if5f773e59310e059ad4b7e3893b88d4c
  30. ↑ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-dvd-chart-2009.htm
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