Grade: B+
In a many ways, “Direct Hits” ties up a lot of The Killers’ loose ends. While the record is a compilation album made up of the band’s most well-received work and isn’t totally necessary for the relatively young band, it features two new tracks that could be viewed as a farewell before the band’s upcoming hiatus. Produced by M83 member Anthony Gonzalez, in “Shot At The Night,” the Vegas-based band somehow manages to mix material from previous albums in a way that’s so elegantly ’80s, it makes the listener feel stuck in a Molly Ringwald movie. “Just Another Girl,” produced by Stuart Price (New Order, Madonna) is like a lovesick follow-up to the infamous “Mr. Brightside” in which the narrator has gone off the deep end, which this makes for some gorgeous Killers tunes.