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Battle Born (album)

January 01, 1970

This article is about The Killers' album. For the Five Finger Death Punch song, see Battle Born (song).

Battle Born is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Killers. It was released in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2012, by Vertigo Records and in the United States the following day by Island Records.[3] The phrase "Battle Born" appears on the state flag of Nevada and is the name of the recording studio owned by the band, where the majority of the album was recorded.

Battle Born
Studio album by
the Killers
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2012 (2012-09-17)
RecordedOctober 2011 – May 2012
Studio
Genre
Length51:18
LabelIsland
Producer
The Killers chronology
(Red) Christmas EP
(2011) 		Battle Born
(2012) 		Direct Hits
(2013)
Singles from Battle Born
  1. "Runaways"
    Released: July 17, 2012
  2. "Miss Atomic Bomb"
    Released: October 23, 2012
  3. "Here with Me"
    Released: December 16, 2012

Recorded following an extended hiatus, the band worked with five producers during the recording of the album: Steve Lillywhite, Damian Taylor, Brendan O'Brien, Stuart Price, and Daniel Lanois.

Background and recording edit

Following the completion of the band's Day & Age World Tour in January 2010, the Killers announced that the band would be entering an extended hiatus. During this time, frontman Brandon Flowers and bassist Mark Stoermer released solo albums, Flamingo (2010) and Another Life (2011), respectively, while drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. released a studio album with his side-project, Big Talk, and recorded with Mt. Desolation. Regarding the band's hiatus, Flowers noted, "Dave needed to see his kid and rest up. That was just how it worked. And so we ended up going off and doing solo things, and spending our time that way, and that was good, too. It was a good experience. It definitely taught us different ways of thinking about music."[4]

In October 2011, the band ended its hiatus to begin work on a fourth studio album.[5][6] Initial sessions were strained, with Flowers noting that the band members spent "about a week just eyeballing each other in a room."[4] The composition of the album's first single, "Runaways", marked a turning point in their reunion, with Flowers noting: "That and 'Miss Atomic Bomb' were the backbone of this record. They made me feel we were on the right track."[4]

Working at their Las Vegas studio, Battle Born, the band worked with producers Steve Lillywhite, Damian Taylor, Brendan O'Brien, Stuart Price, and Daniel Lanois.[7] Initially, the band had wanted to work with just one, but scheduling difficulties led to the need for multiple producers.[8]

The album was partially mixed by Alan Moulder, who also worked on the band's first two albums.[9]

Release edit

On June 7, 2012, the Killers released a trailer for Battle Born.[10] The track listing was announced on August 16.[11] The album's first single was "Runaways", which received its first radio play on July 10. The single was leaked on Tumblr only hours before its official radio preview.[12] Battle Born was released on September 17, 2012, in the United Kingdom and on September 18 in the United States. A week later, on September 25, the album was released as a vinyl disc.[11]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[13]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [14]
The A.V. ClubB[15]
Entertainment WeeklyB[16]
The Guardian     [17]
Melodic     [18]
NME7/10[19]
Q     [20]
Rolling Stone     [21]
Slant Magazine     [22]
Spin8/10[23]

Battle Born received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 64, based on 27 reviews.[13]

Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly wrote:

The Killers themselves have always gone for the gold, boldly aiming to fill exotic stadiums with full-throated anthems about big ideas. Like the band's previous output, Battle Born only knows how to be epic: Opener "Flesh and Bone" begins as a glitchy Soft Cell throwback before rapidly expanding into a glorious fireworks-and-brimstone sermon, while "Miss Atomic Bomb" drives into the desert sunset in a convertible fueled by echoey guitars and glistening-eyed nostalgia. These are big songs, determined to deliver photo-finish climaxes every few seconds.[16]

The Guardian's Kate Mossman gave the album three out of five stars, saying:

With stagey soundscapes more Meat Loaf than Springsteen, and lines overloaded with postcard imagery ("Your star-spangled heart took a train for the coast"), you struggle to find the energy till the third or fourth listen, when "Heart of a Girl" (co-written with Daniel Lanois) and "From Here on Out" (which sounds just like the Eagles) reveal themselves to be the sweetest, most sincere explorations of a kind of US rock that will always raise hairs on the necks of those who like this sort of thing.[17]

Accolades edit

Battle Born was voted the second Best Album of 2012 by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine.[24] Fuse's staff listed it as the 23rd Best Album of 2012.[25]

Battle Born on critics' lists and readers' polls
Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Fuse[25] United States The 40 Best Albums of 2012 2012 23
Rolling Stone[24] United States The Best Albums of 2012: Readers' Poll 2012 2

Commercial performance edit

Battle Born debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, selling 113,000 copies in its opening week.[26] As of September 2014, it had sold 344,158 copies in the United States.[27] The album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 93,989 copies—at that point the third highest opening tally of 2012—becoming the band's fourth consecutive number-one studio album in the United Kingdom.[28] It had sold 371,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of August 2020.[29] Battle Born also debuted at number three on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 12,000 copies.[30] The album reached the top 10 in 20 countries and became the 45th best-selling album worldwide of 2012, with sales of one million copies by the end of 2012.[31]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Flesh and Bone"
4:01
2."Runaways"
  • Flowers (lyrics)
  • The Killers (music)
4:04
3."The Way It Was"
O'Brien3:51
4."Here with Me"
O'Brien4:52
5."A Matter of Time"
  • Flowers
  • Keuning
  • Stoermer
  • Vannucci
  • Taylor
  • Lillywhite
4:11
6."Deadlines and Commitments"
  • Flowers (lyrics)
  • The Killers (music)
Taylor4:22
7."Miss Atomic Bomb"
  • Flowers
  • Vannucci
Stuart Price4:53
8."The Rising Tide"
  • Flowers (lyrics)
  • The Killers (music)
The Killers4:17
9."Heart of a Girl"
  • Flowers
  • Keuning
  • Stoermer
  • Vannucci
  • Lanois
  • Lillywhite
  • Lanois
4:34
10."From Here on Out"
  • Flowers (lyrics)
  • The Killers (music)
Lillywhite2:27
11."Be Still"
  • Flowers
  • Lanois
Taylor4:33
12."Battle Born"
  • Flowers
  • Keuning
  • Stoermer
  • Vannucci
Lillywhite5:13
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Carry Me Home"
  • Flowers (lyrics)
  • The Killers (music)
Price3:45
14."Flesh and Bone" (Jacques Lu Cont remix)
  • Flowers (lyrics)
  • The Killers (music)
  • Lillywhite
  • Taylor
  • Jacques Lu Cont[b]
5:45
15."Prize Fighter"
  • Flowers
  • Vannucci
Lillywhite4:38
Exclusive edition bonus tracks (selected retailers)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Be Still" (alternate version)
  • Flowers
  • Lanois
Taylor4:18
17."Runaways" (Michel remix)
  • Flowers (lyrics)
  • The Killers (music)
4:21

Notes edit

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies a remixer

Personnel edit

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Battle Born.[32]

Studios edit

  • Battle Born Studios (Las Vegas, Nevada) – recording (tracks 1, 2, 5–15); mixing (tracks 1, 3, 6–11, 13–15)
  • Blackbird Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording (tracks 2–4); mixing (track 4)
  • Golden Ratio (Montreal) – mixing (tracks 1, 6, 11, 14)
  • Assault and Battery 1 (London) – mixing (track 2)
  • Germano Studios (New York City) – mixing (tracks 5, 12)
  • The Lodge (New York City) – mastering

The Killers edit

Additional musicians edit

  • Stuart Price – additional keyboards, programming (tracks 7, 13)
  • Damian Taylor – keyboards, programming (tracks 9, 12)
  • Las Vegas Master Singers – background vocals (tracks 9, 12)
  • Alissa Fleming – violin (track 12)
  • Jennifer Eriksson – violin (track 12)
  • Nate Kimball – trombone (track 15)
  • Isaac Tubb – trumpet (track 15)

Technical edit

  • Steve Lillywhite – production (tracks 1, 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15); additional production (track 2); mixing (track 9)
  • Damian Taylor – production (tracks 1, 5, 6, 11, 14); mixing (tracks 1, 6, 11, 12, 14); additional production (track 2)
  • Robert Root – recording (tracks 1, 2, 5–15); mixing (tracks 1, 3, 8–10, 14, 15)
  • Brendan O'Brien – production, recording (tracks 2–4); mixing (track 4)
  • Alan Moulder – mixing (tracks 2, 5, 12)
  • Catherine Marks – mix engineering (track 2)
  • John Catlin – mix engineering (track 2)
  • Felix Rashman – mixing assistance (track 2)
  • Kenta Yonesaka – engineering assistance (tracks 5, 12)
  • Stuart Price – production, mixing (track 7, 13); remix (track 14)
  • The Killers – production (track 8)
  • Daniel Lanois – production (track 9)
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Artwork edit

  • Warren Fu – art direction, design
  • Martin Gomez – layout
  • Williams + Hirakawa – photography
  • Wyatt Boswell – additional photos
  • Kristen Yiengst – art and photography production
  • Doug Joswick – package production

Charts edit

Certifications and sales edit

‹See Tfd›‹See Tfd›
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[73] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[74] Gold 40,000‡
Ireland (IRMA)[75] Gold 7,500^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[76] Gold 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[77] Platinum 371,000[29]
United States — 344,158[27]
Summaries
Worldwide — 1,000,000[31]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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January 01, 1970
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This article is about The Killers album For the Five Finger Death Punch song see Battle Born song Battle Born is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Killers It was released in the United Kingdom on September 17 2012 by Vertigo Records and in the United States the following day by Island Records 3 The phrase Battle Born appears on the state flag of Nevada and is the name of the recording studio owned by the band where the majority of the album was recorded Battle BornStudio album by the KillersReleasedSeptember 17 2012 2012 09 17 RecordedOctober 2011 May 2012StudioBattle Born Las Vegas Nevada Blackbird Nashville Tennessee GenreAlternative rock heartland rock new wave 1 2 Length51 18LabelIslandProducerThe Killers Daniel Lanois Steve Lillywhite Brendan O Brien Stuart PriceThe Killers chronology Red Christmas EP 2011 Battle Born 2012 Direct Hits 2013 Singles from Battle Born Runaways Released July 17 2012 Miss Atomic Bomb Released October 23 2012 Here with Me Released December 16 2012 Recorded following an extended hiatus the band worked with five producers during the recording of the album Steve Lillywhite Damian Taylor Brendan O Brien Stuart Price and Daniel Lanois Contents 1 Background and recording 2 Release 3 Critical reception 3 1 Accolades 4 Commercial performance 5 Track listing 5 1 Notes 6 Personnel 6 1 Studios 6 2 The Killers 6 3 Additional musicians 6 4 Technical 6 5 Artwork 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications and sales 9 ReferencesBackground and recording editFollowing the completion of the band s Day amp Age World Tour in January 2010 the Killers announced that the band would be entering an extended hiatus During this time frontman Brandon Flowers and bassist Mark Stoermer released solo albums Flamingo 2010 and Another Life 2011 respectively while drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr released a studio album with his side project Big Talk and recorded with Mt Desolation Regarding the band s hiatus Flowers noted Dave needed to see his kid and rest up That was just how it worked And so we ended up going off and doing solo things and spending our time that way and that was good too It was a good experience It definitely taught us different ways of thinking about music 4 In October 2011 the band ended its hiatus to begin work on a fourth studio album 5 6 Initial sessions were strained with Flowers noting that the band members spent about a week just eyeballing each other in a room 4 The composition of the album s first single Runaways marked a turning point in their reunion with Flowers noting That and Miss Atomic Bomb were the backbone of this record They made me feel we were on the right track 4 Working at their Las Vegas studio Battle Born the band worked with producers Steve Lillywhite Damian Taylor Brendan O Brien Stuart Price and Daniel Lanois 7 Initially the band had wanted to work with just one but scheduling difficulties led to the need for multiple producers 8 The album was partially mixed by Alan Moulder who also worked on the band s first two albums 9 Release editOn June 7 2012 the Killers released a trailer for Battle Born 10 The track listing was announced on August 16 11 The album s first single was Runaways which received its first radio play on July 10 The single was leaked on Tumblr only hours before its official radio preview 12 Battle Born was released on September 17 2012 in the United Kingdom and on September 18 in the United States A week later on September 25 the album was released as a vinyl disc 11 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic64 100 13 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 The A V ClubB 15 Entertainment WeeklyB 16 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 17 Melodic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 18 NME7 10 19 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 20 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 21 Slant Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 22 Spin8 10 23 Battle Born received generally positive reviews from music critics At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications the album received an average score of 64 based on 27 reviews 13 Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly wrote The Killers themselves have always gone for the gold boldly aiming to fill exotic stadiums with full throated anthems about big ideas Like the band s previous output Battle Born only knows how to be epic Opener Flesh and Bone begins as a glitchy Soft Cell throwback before rapidly expanding into a glorious fireworks and brimstone sermon while Miss Atomic Bomb drives into the desert sunset in a convertible fueled by echoey guitars and glistening eyed nostalgia These are big songs determined to deliver photo finish climaxes every few seconds 16 The Guardian s Kate Mossman gave the album three out of five stars saying With stagey soundscapes more Meat Loaf than Springsteen and lines overloaded with postcard imagery Your star spangled heart took a train for the coast you struggle to find the energy till the third or fourth listen when Heart of a Girl co written with Daniel Lanois and From Here on Out which sounds just like the Eagles reveal themselves to be the sweetest most sincere explorations of a kind of US rock that will always raise hairs on the necks of those who like this sort of thing 17 Accolades edit Battle Born was voted the second Best Album of 2012 by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine 24 Fuse s staff listed it as the 23rd Best Album of 2012 25 Battle Born on critics lists and readers polls Publication Country Accolade Year Rank Fuse 25 United States The 40 Best Albums of 2012 2012 23 Rolling Stone 24 United States The Best Albums of 2012 Readers Poll 2012 2Commercial performance editBattle Born debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 selling 113 000 copies in its opening week 26 As of September 2014 update it had sold 344 158 copies in the United States 27 The album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of 93 989 copies at that point the third highest opening tally of 2012 becoming the band s fourth consecutive number one studio album in the United Kingdom 28 It had sold 371 000 copies in the United Kingdom as of August 2020 update 29 Battle Born also debuted at number three on the Canadian Albums Chart selling 12 000 copies 30 The album reached the top 10 in 20 countries and became the 45th best selling album worldwide of 2012 with sales of one million copies by the end of 2012 31 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Flesh and Bone Brandon Flowers lyrics The Killers music Steve LillywhiteDamian Taylor4 012 Runaways Flowers lyrics The Killers music Brendan O BrienLillywhite a Taylor a 4 043 The Way It Was FlowersDave KeuningMark StoermerRonnie Vannucci Jr Daniel LanoisO Brien3 514 Here with Me FlowersFran HealyO Brien4 525 A Matter of Time FlowersKeuningStoermerVannucciTaylorLillywhite4 116 Deadlines and Commitments Flowers lyrics The Killers music Taylor4 227 Miss Atomic Bomb FlowersVannucciStuart Price4 538 The Rising Tide Flowers lyrics The Killers music The Killers4 179 Heart of a Girl FlowersKeuningStoermerVannucciLanoisLillywhiteLanois4 3410 From Here on Out Flowers lyrics The Killers music Lillywhite2 2711 Be Still FlowersLanoisTaylor4 3312 Battle Born FlowersKeuningStoermerVannucciLillywhite5 13 Deluxe edition bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length13 Carry Me Home Flowers lyrics The Killers music Price3 4514 Flesh and Bone Jacques Lu Cont remix Flowers lyrics The Killers music LillywhiteTaylorJacques Lu Cont b 5 4515 Prize Fighter FlowersVannucciLillywhite4 38 Exclusive edition bonus tracks selected retailers No TitleWriter s Producer s Length16 Be Still alternate version FlowersLanoisTaylor4 1817 Runaways Michel remix Flowers lyrics The Killers music O BrienLillywhite a Taylor a Michel a b 4 21 Notes edit a signifies an additional producer b signifies a remixerPersonnel editCredits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Battle Born 32 Studios edit Battle Born Studios Las Vegas Nevada recording tracks 1 2 5 15 mixing tracks 1 3 6 11 13 15 Blackbird Studios Nashville Tennessee recording tracks 2 4 mixing track 4 Golden Ratio Montreal mixing tracks 1 6 11 14 Assault and Battery 1 London mixing track 2 Germano Studios New York City mixing tracks 5 12 The Lodge New York City mastering The Killers edit Brandon Flowers Dave Keuning Mark Stoermer Ronnie Vannucci Jr Additional musicians edit Stuart Price additional keyboards programming tracks 7 13 Damian Taylor keyboards programming tracks 9 12 Las Vegas Master Singers background vocals tracks 9 12 Alissa Fleming violin track 12 Jennifer Eriksson violin track 12 Nate Kimball trombone track 15 Isaac Tubb trumpet track 15 Technical edit Steve Lillywhite production tracks 1 5 9 10 12 14 15 additional production track 2 mixing track 9 Damian Taylor production tracks 1 5 6 11 14 mixing tracks 1 6 11 12 14 additional production track 2 Robert Root recording tracks 1 2 5 15 mixing tracks 1 3 8 10 14 15 Brendan O Brien production recording tracks 2 4 mixing track 4 Alan Moulder mixing tracks 2 5 12 Catherine Marks mix engineering track 2 John Catlin mix engineering track 2 Felix Rashman mixing assistance track 2 Kenta Yonesaka engineering assistance tracks 5 12 Stuart Price production mixing track 7 13 remix track 14 The Killers production track 8 Daniel Lanois production track 9 Emily Lazar mastering Joe LaPorta mastering Artwork edit Warren Fu art direction design Martin Gomez layout Williams Hirakawa photography Wyatt Boswell additional photos Kristen Yiengst art and photography production Doug Joswick package productionCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2012 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 33 2 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 34 3 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 35 6 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 36 14 Canadian Albums Billboard 37 3 Croatian Albums HDU 38 20 Czech Albums CNS IFPI 39 17 Danish Albums Hitlisten 40 8 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 41 7 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 42 10 French Albums SNEP 43 29 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 44 2 Greek Albums IFPI 45 23 Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 46 37 Irish Albums IRMA 47 1 Italian Albums FIMI 48 7 Japanese Albums Oricon 49 38 Mexican Albums Top 100 Mexico 50 2 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 51 2 Norwegian Albums VG lista 52 2 Polish Albums ZPAV 53 22 Portuguese Albums AFP 54 4 Russian Albums 2M 55 16 Scottish Albums OCC 56 1 South Korean Albums Gaon 57 Deluxe edition 41 South Korean Albums Gaon 57 Standard edition 58 Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 58 3 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 59 5 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 60 2 UK Albums OCC 61 1 US Billboard 200 62 3 US Top Alternative Albums Billboard 63 1 US Top Rock Albums Billboard 64 1 Year end charts edit Chart 2012 Position Australian Albums ARIA 65 98 Mexican Albums Top 100 Mexico 66 57 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 67 98 UK Albums OCC 68 27 US Billboard 200 69 140 US Top Alternative Albums Billboard 70 23 US Top Rock Albums Billboard 71 39 Worldwide Albums IFPI 31 45 Chart 2013 Position UK Albums OCC 72 188Certifications and sales edit See Tfd See Tfd Region Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 73 Gold 35 000 Canada Music Canada 74 Gold 40 000 Ireland IRMA 75 Gold 7 500 Mexico AMPROFON 76 Gold 30 000 United Kingdom BPI 77 Platinum 371 000 29 United States 344 158 27 Summaries Worldwide 1 000 000 31 Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit Interview Brandon Flowers Talks The Killers Direct Hits M83 Collaboration Underappreciated Singles Radio com The Killers Battle Born thedropp com Archived from the original on July 14 2014 The Killers reveal new album title Battle Born Rekwired Yerevan May 28 2012 Retrieved May 28 2012 a b c NME August 18 2012 pg 22 The Killers Brandon Flowers We ve recorded six songs for our new album Q Archived from the original on September 11 2011 Retrieved October 30 2011 The Killers 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