Flamingo has got to be one of the hardest albums I've ever listened to. Because its bad.... really really bad. I don't understand what happened to Brandon Flowers. When the Killers released Hot Fuss I was impressed with its sound. The songs were catchy and people seemed to like them. Then Sam's Town came out and I was confused. Who actually listens to the Killers now? Sam's Town was one of the worst albums I've ever heard. Not because it didn't share characteristics of Hot Fuss, but because its just bad music. The lyrics a pretentious, the song structures are all over the place. Its like they tried to be artistic when they should have stayed musically inclined. I'm not even sure that makes any sense, but it does in my head.
So what do the Killers have to do with Brandon Flowers original material. Well you could just call Flamingo "Sam's Town Two" and it would work just as well. Flowers style isn't represent well on these tracks. A lot of times he actually sounds off key. The songs are over produced and all over the place as far as style, which for a record like this, doesn't really work. There is a duet with Flowers and Jenny Lewis that is just down right painful.
Not sure who though that Flowers was musically talented enough to record his album but they were very wrong.
Flamingo gets 1 overrated band out of 5
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