{{Use American English|date=December 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Rebel Diamonds | type = greatest | artist = the Killers | cover = The Killers - Rebel Diamonds.png | alt = | released = {{start date|2023|12|8}} | recorded = 2001–2023 | studio = * Cornerstone (Los Angeles, California) * Kill the Messenger (Henderson, Nevada) * The Hearse (Berkeley, California) * 11th Street Records (Las Vegas, Nevada) * The Garage (Topanga, California) * Battle Born (Las Vegas, Nevada) * The Phantasy Sound (London) * Subtle McNugget (Los Angeles) * Electro-Vox (Los Angeles) | genre = | length = | label = Island | producer = * Flood * the Killers * Steve Lillywhite * Alan Moulder * Brendan O'Brien * Stuart Price * Jeff Saltzman * Jonathan Rado * Shawn Everett | prev_title = Pressure Machine | prev_year = 2021 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Rebel Diamonds | type = greatest | single1 = boy | single1date = August 5, 2022 | single2 = Your Side of Town | single2date = August 25, 2023 }} }}
'''''Rebel Diamonds''''' is a greatest hits album by American rock band the Killers, released on December 8, 2023, through Island Records. It is the band's second greatest hits collection, following ''Direct Hits'' in 2013.
The compilation features three original songs from the band's aborted eighth studio album – "boy", "Your Side of Town" and "Spirit" – produced by Stuart Price and Shawn Everett.
==Background== On August 5, 2022, the band released "boy", their first new song following 2021's ''Pressure Machine.'' "boy" was written during the recording sessions for ''Pressure Machine'' and was described by the band as a "catalyst" for the album, but was left off the final album as the band felt it didn't fit the album's overall genre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=2022-08-05 |title=Brandon Flowers Discourages Overthinking on the Killers' New Single 'Boy' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-killers-boy-single-1393136/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Consequently, they intended for it to be the first single from their planned eighth studio album, which was to be a "more electro-leaning record" and to be produced during the Imploding the Mirage Tour.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Killers "10 Questions" interview (and new single!) |url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2023/08/25/the-killers-10-questions-interview-new-single-your-side-of-town |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.thecurrent.org |language=en}}</ref>
However, by the time their second single "Your Side of Town" was released on August 25, 2023, the band had scrapped this planned eighth album, instead suggesting that the two new singles would be included on an EP, which was later also scrapped.<ref name=":0" />
Instead, on November 7, 2023, the band announced that they were to release their second greatest hits album, ''Rebel Diamonds'', to mark twenty years since their debut album, ''Hot Fuss'' (2004). This serves as a retrospective look at the career of the rock band, featuring a chronological arrangement of twenty of their hits by the year of release, including at least one track from each album, alongside the two previously released standalone singles, "boy" and "Your Side of Town", and a new track, "Spirit".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-killers-announce-greatest-hits-album-featuring-new-song-spirit/|title=The Killers Announce Greatest Hits Album Featuring New Song "Spirit"|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|website=Pitchfork|date=November 7, 2023|access-date=December 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-killers-announce-rebel-diamonds-compilation-featuring-new-song-spirit-3533157|title=The Killers announce ''Rebel Diamonds'' compilation featuring new song 'Spirit'|last=Rigotti|first=Alex|website=NME|date=November 7, 2023|access-date=December 3, 2023}}</ref>
The album title is taken from the lyrics of their song "Read My Mind" from their second album, ''Sam's Town'', which features the line, "the stars are blazing like rebel diamonds, cut out of the sun".<ref>{{Citation |title=The Killers – Read My Mind |url=https://genius.com/The-killers-read-my-mind-lyrics |access-date=2024-07-10}}</ref>
== Promotion == "boy" debuted live on 7 July 2022 at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, and was subsequently a regular fixture of set lists during the Imploding the Mirage Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Alex |date=2022-07-08 |title=Watch The Killers debut new song 'Boy' at Mad Cool Festival 2022 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-the-killers-debut-new-song-boy-at-mad-cool-festival-2022-3264418 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> "Your Side of Town" was given a similar festival debut, at Reading Festival on August 26, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Surej |date=2023-08-27 |title=Watch The Killers debut new single 'Your Side Of Town' at Reading 2023 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-the-killers-debut-new-single-your-side-of-town-at-reading-2023-3489141 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Finally, "Spirit" was first performed live the week before the release of ''Rebel Diamonds'', in São Paulo on November 30.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4IQCQXKcQE |title=The Killers - Spirit (New Song) @ Tokyo Marine Hall (São Paulo, 30.11.23) |date=2023-11-30 |last=David Amórtegui |access-date=2024-07-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
The release of the album was accompanied by the band's seventh major concert tour, the Rebel Diamonds Tour. This featured a number of arena shows in the UK and Ireland and North America, as well as festival headliner spots in Japan and Spain, between June and October 2024. The tour was announced the week before the release of the album with a four-city UK and Ireland tour, with the international dates announced later.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2023-12-01 |title=The Killers announce 2024 'Rebel Diamonds' UK arena tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/the-killers-announce-2024-rebel-diamonds-uk-arena-tour-35339/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Rolling Stone UK |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Commercial performance == ''Rebel Diamonds'' debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band's eighth number one album with first-week sales of 25,360 copies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-15 |title=The Killers celebrate eighth Number 1 album with Rebel Diamonds |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-killers-rebel-diamonds-number-1-album/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=EMI claims 14th week at No.1 in 2023 with The Killers' best of debuting at the summit |url=https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/emi-claims-14th-week-at-no-1-in-2023-with-the-killers-best-of-debuting-at-the-summit/089020#:~:text=The%20Killers%20have%20secured%20their,and%202,811%20sales-equivalent%20streams. |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.musicweek.com |language=en}}</ref> This tied them with R.E.M. as the US group with the most UK number one albums.<ref name=":1" />
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Rebel Diamonds'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Jenny Was a Friend of Mine | note1 = from ''Hot Fuss'', 2004 | writer1 = {{hlist|Brandon Flowers|Mark Stoermer}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Jeff Saltzman|the Killers}} | length1 = 4:04 | title2 = Mr. Brightside | note2 = from ''Hot Fuss'' | writer2 = {{hlist|Flowers|Dave Keuning}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Saltzman|the Killers}} | length2 = 3:43 | title3 = All These Things That I've Done | note3 = from ''Hot Fuss'' | writer3 = Flowers | extra3 = {{hlist|Saltzman|the Killers}} | length3 = 5:02 | title4 = Somebody Told Me | note4 = from ''Hot Fuss'' | writer4 = {{hlist|Flowers|Keuning|Stoermer|Ronnie Vannucci Jr.}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Saltzman|the Killers}} | length4 = 3:17 | title5 = When You Were Young | note5 = from ''Sam's Town'', 2006 | writer5 = {{hlist|Flowers|Keuning|Stoermer|Vannucci}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Flood|Alan Moulder|the Killers}} | length5 = 3:40 | title6 = Read My Mind | note6 = from ''Sam's Town'' | writer6 = {{hlist|Flowers|Keuning|Stoermer}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Flood|Moulder|the Killers}} | length6 = 4:05 | title7 = Human | note7 = from ''Day & Age'', 2008 | writer7 = {{hlist|Flowers|Keuning|Stoermer|Vannucci}} | extra7 = {{hlist|Stuart Price|the Killers}} | length7 = 4:05 | title8 = Spaceman | note8 = from ''Day & Age'' | writer8 = {{hlist|Flowers|Keuning|Stoermer|Vannucci}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Price|the Killers}} | length8 = 4:45 | title9 = A Dustland Fairytale | note9 = from ''Day & Age'' | writer9 = {{hlist|Flowers|Keuning|Stoermer|Vannucci}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Price|the Killers}} | length9 = 3:45 | title10 = Be Still | note10 = from ''Battle Born'', 2012 | writer10 = {{hlist|Flowers|Daniel Lanois}} | extra10 = Damian Taylor | length10 = 4:35 | title11 = Runaways | note11 = from ''Battle Born'' | writer11 = Flowers | extra11 = {{hlist|Brendan O'Brien|Steve Lillywhite{{ref|a|[a]}}|Taylor{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length11 = 4:05 | title12 = The Man | note12 = from ''Wonderful Wonderful'', 2017 | writer12 = {{hlist|Flowers|Stoermer|Vannucci|Jacknife Lee|Robert Bell|Ronald Bell|Don Boyce|George Brown|Robert Mickens|Otha Nash|Claydes Smith|Dennis Thomas|Richard Westfield}} | extra12 = {{hlist|Lee|Erol Alkan{{ref|a|[a]}}|Jimmy Robertson{{ref|b|[b]}}}} | length12 = 3:41 | title13 = Caution | note13 = from ''Imploding the Mirage'', 2020 | writer13 = {{hlist|Flowers|Stoermer|Vannucci|Cameron|Everett|Rado}} | extra13 = {{hlist|Jonathan Rado|Shawn Everett}} | length13 = 3:26 | title14 = My Own Soul's Warning | note14 = from ''Imploding the Mirage'' | writer14 = Flowers | extra14 = {{hlist|Rado|Everett}} | length14 = 4:34 | title15 = Dying Breed | note15 = from ''Imploding the Mirage'' | writer15 = {{hlist|Flowers|Rado|Mike Crossey|Alex Cameron|Klause J. Dinger|Michael Rother|Michael Karoli|Jaki Liebezeit|Irmin Schmidt|Holger Schuering|Kenji Suzuki}} | extra15 = {{hlist|Rado|Everett}} | length15 = 4:06 | title16 = Pressure Machine | note16 = from ''Pressure Machine'', 2021 | writer16 = {{hlist|Flowers|Keuning|Rado}} | extra16 = {{hlist|Rado|Everett}} | length16 = 4:45 | title17 = Quiet Town | note17 = from ''Pressure Machine'' | writer17 = {{hlist|Flowers|Rado}} | extra17 = {{hlist|Rado|Everett}} | length17 = 4:17 | title18 = boy | note18 = previously released as a single | writer18 = {{hlist|Flowers|Price}} | extra18 = {{hlist|Price|Everett}} | length18 = 3:32 | title19 = Your Side of Town | note19 = previously released as a single | writer19 = {{hlist|Flowers|Price}} | extra19 = {{hlist|Price|Everett}} | length19 = 3:08 | title20 = Spirit | note20 = previously unreleased | writer20 = {{hlist|Flowers|Price}} | extra20 = {{hlist|Price|Everett}} | length20 = 2:59 | total_length = }}
===Notes=== * {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an additional producer * {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} signifies an assistant producer
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''Rebel Diamonds'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2023–2025) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/albums-chart/2023-12-18|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=December 18, 2023|access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref> | 31 |- {{album chart|Flanders|91|artist=The Killers|album=Rebel Diamonds|rowheader=true|access-date=December 17, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|177|artist=The Killers|album=Rebel Diamonds|rowheader=true|access-date=December 17, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|70|artist=The Killers|rowheader=true|access-date=September 17, 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?categorie=Top%20Rock%20%26%20Metal&semaine=26|title=Top 100 Rock & Metal Albums du semaine 26, 2025|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique|access-date=June 30, 2025|language=fr}}</ref> | 22 |- {{album chart|Germany|97|id=528741|artist=The Killers|album=Rebel Diamonds|rowheader=true|access-date=December 15, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Ireland3|1|date=20231215|rowheader=true|access-date=December 15, 2023}} |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2023-12-15|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=December 18, 2023|access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref> | 16 |- {{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20231215|rowheader=true|access-date=December 16, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Spain|80|M|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2023/50|title=Top 100 Albums Weekly|publisher=Promusicae|work=El portal de Música|rowheader=true|access-date=January 3, 2024}} |- {{album chart|UK2|1|date=20231215|rowheader=true|access-date=December 15, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|74|artist=The Killers|rowheader=true|access-date=December 19, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|6|artist=The Killers|rowheader=true|access-date=December 19, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|10|artist=The Killers|rowheader=true|access-date=December 19, 2023}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2024 year-end chart performance for ''Rebel Diamonds'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2024/albums-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2024|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref> | 87 |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2024-12-19|title=End of Year Top 50 Albums|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=December 21, 2024|archive-date=December 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220120230/https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2024-12-19|url-status=live}}</ref> | 46 |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20240101/37502/|title=End of Year Albums Chart – 2024|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref> | 65 |} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2025 year-end chart performance for ''Rebel Diamonds'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20250101/37502/|title=End of Year Albums Chart – 2025|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 1, 2026}}</ref> | 93 |} {{col-end}}
== Certifications == {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Rebel Diamonds''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|title=Rebel Diamonds|artist=The Killers|type=album|award=Gold|id=2024-11-15|source=newchart|access-date=19 November 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|title=Rebel Diamonds|artist=Killers|type=album|award=Gold|id=19818-921-2|access-date=July 22, 2024}} {{Certification Table Bottom | noshipments=true|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
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