Ranking the albums of The Killers

3: Battle Born

‘Battle Born‘ immediately feels as if it’s slightly more consistent in comparison to its predecessor. It has the motherload of all lead singles in ‘Runaways‘ and the album manages to keep the attention going throughout. It manages its slower tracks with it’s higher epic anthems with ease.

‘A Matter of Time‘, ‘Miss Atomic Bomb‘, ‘From Here On Out‘ and even the title track itself see the band balancing its evolution and crafting a mix of the different flavours their previous output had.

The album feels like a Killers album, with songs you could easily identify as Killers songs based on what you’ve heard in the past. That means, however, that the album is really dependent on the sounds that have came before, lacking its own unique identity which means you really can’t pigeonhole it within their own development as a band. The songs are better throughout though, hence why it’s third in this list.