10 Artists That Destroyed Their Own Album

Any band who takes pride in their work would want to talk up their latest album as something special. After all, since you've put your blood, sweat, and tears for the better part of months (or years) to make the thing, you really deserve to let the audience know that it's something worthwhile. As much as Brandon Flowers might have meant well with the rollout for Sam's Town, he ended up being a little too pretentious for his own good.

While the album itself is one of the best in the Killers' career and a worthy followup to their album Hot Fuss, Flowers wasn't treating this as just another great album. Taking inspiration from the rock legends of old, Flowers' demeanor in interviews ended up coming off a little bit snobby, as if he had just written one of the greatest records that would ever be released in the modern age.

As much as the album had its fair share of great songs like For Reasons Unknown and When You Were Young, the rollout made some of the fairweather fans kind of reel back a little bit, as if to say "well...how good can it really be?." While the hardcore Killers fans got a great record out of the deal, this is what happens when you start to believe your own hype just a little too much.