Day & Age was released on November 18, 2008. Flowers stated that Day & Age was “like looking at Sam’s Town from Mars”, with the band having called it their “most playful record” with the album making use of saxophones , steel drums , harpsichord , and tribal chanting. The album also saw the band write some of their most personal and challenging lyrics to date. Closing track ” Goodnight, Travel Well ” was written about the death of Keuning’s mother, while ” A Dustland Fairytale ” was written as a tribute to frontman Flowers’ parents, as his mother had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer . Day & Age became the band’s third studio album to reach number one in both the UK and Ireland, reaching number six on the Billboard 200 album chart. It has also been certified 4× Platinum in the UK and Ireland, Platinum in Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Canada and Gold in the US, Mexico, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, and Greece.
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