Finishing touches on Sam’s Town

Shortly after finishing touring for Hot Fuss , the Killers headed back into the studio to start recording their second studio album with producers Alan Moulder and Flood , who were working together for the first time in a decade. Sam’s Town was mostly recorded at Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas , with finishing touches added to the album at Criterion Studios, London in June 2006. Upon completion of the album, Flowers claimed he felt the band had made “one of the best albums of the past twenty years” and that he wanted the album to capture “everything important that got me to where I am today”. In July 2006, the lead single ” When You Were Young ” was premiered and it became a hit, gaining another two Grammy Award nominations and mostly positive reviews with many bringing attention to the influence of Bruce Springsteen on the song.