<div>Albümden ilk kez Ağustos 2007'de [[Brandon Flowers]]'ın [[Billboard]] röportajında bahsedildi ve Rolling Stone albüme "Smoking Section" bölümünde 6 Eylül 2007'de yer verdi. Sawdust'un esinlenildiği b-yüzler; [[Oasis]] - The Masterplan, [[The Smiths]] - Hatful Hollow, [[Smashing Pumpkins]] - Pisces Iscariot ve [[Nirvana]] - Incesticide.<ref name="Billboard">{{Web kaynağı | title = Killers Corralling Rarities For B-Sides Album | date = 2007-08-23 | publisheryayıncı = ''[[Billboard]]'' | authoryazar = Benson, John | url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1049719/killers-corralling-rarities-for-b-sides-album | accessdateerişimtarihi = 2007-10-15 | arşivurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20160121182702/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1049719/killers-corralling-rarities-for-b-sides-album | arşivtarihi = 21 Ocak 2016}}</ref><ref name="Rolling Stone">{{Web kaynağı | title = Smoking Section: Fiona Apple, Kanye West, The Killers and Tom Petty | date = 2007-09-06 | publisheryayıncı = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | url = http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/06/smoking-section-fiona-apple-kanye-west-and-tom-petty/ | accessdateerişimtarihi = 2007-10-15 | arşivurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20090711155942/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/06/smoking-section-fiona-apple-kanye-west-and-tom-petty | arşivtarihi = 11 Temmuz 2009}}</ref><ref name="MTV News">{{Web kaynağı | title = Killers Talk About Two New LPs, Duet With Lou Reed | date = 2007-08-27 | publisheryayıncı = MTV | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1567956/20070827/killers_the.jhtml | accessdateerişimtarihi = 2007-11-19 | arşivurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20090114223352/http://www.mtv.com:80/news/articles/1567956/20070827/killers_the.jhtml | arşivtarihi = 14 Ocak 2009}}</ref></div>
== Ticari başarı ==
<div>İlk haftasında yaklaşık 82.000 kopya satarak ABD Billboard 200 listesine 12 numaradan giriş yaptı.<ref>Jonathan Cohen, [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047254/keys-storms-chart-with-mega-selling-as-i-am "Keys Storms Chart With Mega-Selling 'As I Am'"], ''[[Billboard (dergi)|Billboard]]'', November 21, 2007.</ref> ABD'de 400,000'den fazla, Birleşik Krallık'ta 350,000'den fazla kopya satarak platin plak kazandı.<ref>{{Web kaynağı | accessdateerişimtarihi = 2008-04-04 | url = http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33201 | title = ''Sawdust'' BPI certification | publisheryayıncı = [[British Phonographic Industry]] | arşivurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20160625140742/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=33201 | arşivtarihi = 25 Haziran 2016}}</ref> İrlanda'da 15,000 kopya satarak platin plak kazandı.<ref name="irishcharts1">{{Web kaynağı | authoryazar = Jaclyn Ward | url = http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/platinum07.htm | title = The Irish Charts - All there is to know | publisheryayıncı = Irishcharts.ie | date = 1962-10-01 | accessdateerişimtarihi = 2012-03-08 | arşivurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20160303185232/http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/platinum07.htm | arşivtarihi = 3 Mart 2016}}</ref></div>
