The Killers have just released greatest hits album, Rebel Diamonds, a 20-song LP with some of the band’s biggest songs, including “Mr. Brightside,” “Somebody Told Me,” “When You Were Young,” “Jenny Was A Friend of Mine,” “Human,” “Spaceman,” “Caution,” and more. It also features their two recent non-album singles “Boy” and “Your Side of Town,” and, as greatest hits sometimes do, it comes with a new song. It’s called “Spirit,” and it’s a propulsive new wave anthem that sounds like classic Killers. Check it out below.
About the idea to do a greatest hits album, Brandon Flowers said to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1:
So what’s funnily enough for me, my introduction to some of the bands that shaped me was through Best-ofs. I know it’s a little bit frowned upon, but my first cassette that I went and spent money on was the Cars’ Greatest Hits. So it’s a nice, easy, approachable way to a band, for starters. And it allowed us, like you referenced, to also shine a light on some songs that have taken on a whole other journey than they were meant to early on. And then also some songs that maybe didn’t see as much light as we’d hoped, maybe because of Covid or whatever it was.
Album trailer, new song, full LP stream, tracklist, and artwork below:
Tracklist
1. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
2. Mr. Brightside
3. All These Things That I’ve Done
4. Somebody Told Me
5. When You Were Young
6. Read My Mind
7. Human
8. Spaceman
9. A Dustland Fairytale
10. Runaways
11. Be Still
12. The Man
13. Caution
14. My Own Soul’s Warning
15. Dying Breed
16. Pressure Machine
17. Quiet Town
18. boy
19. Your Side of Town
20. Spirit