Flamingo

Product Description

Inextricably tied to Vegas in both showmanship and ideology, Flamingo is a bombastic 12-track collection of stadium-ready songs that runs the gamut from expert pop executions and forlorn electro dirges to gospel tunes and even blues-tinged rock (read: pedal steel, and plenty of it).

This special deluxe edition album will also include 2 non-album tracks, 2 remixes as well as an 8 page booklet and special 12 panel posterfold.

Review

Earlier this year, the Killers decided to take some time off – but not Brandon Flowers. “I don’t blame them for taking a break,” says the singer, 27. “But I’m always writing, and I wanted to chase these songs. I also have a fear that if I stop for a year, it might mess me up.” Working mostly with Madonna producer Stuart Price and Daniel Lanois in tandem (Brendan O’Brien also produced a few cuts), Flowers has made a solo set that walks a line between the Killers New Wave rock and a more rootsy sound. Named after Flamingo Road, an off-strip Vegas street that Flowers calls his “Penny Lane,” the LP features tunes about his spiritual beliefs (“Playing With Fire”), regret (“Hard Enough,” with Jenny Lewis) and the seedy side of his hometown (“Welcome to Fabolous Las Vegas”). He’ll support the disc with a tour in the fall and reconnect with the Killers in early 2011. “I seem to be at the age where you peak, and it freaks me out,” he says. “I don’t want to miss my chance.” — Rolling Stone, July 8-22, 2010