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Living Things
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LIVING THINGS
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Track Listings
| 1 | Lost in the Echo |
| 2 | In My Remains |
| 3 | Burn It Down |
| 4 | Lies Greed Misery |
| 5 | I'll Be Gone |
| 6 | Castle of Glass |
| 7 | Victimized |
| 8 | Roads Untraveled |
| 9 | Skin to Bone |
| 10 | Until It Breaks |
| 11 | Tinfoil |
| 12 | Powerless |
Editorial Reviews
From day one, Linkin Park built the band upon the premise of fusing all of their favorite styles of music-as disparate as they might be-into one signature sound. Fast-forward 12 years to LIVING THINGS and the same six players have not only developed new tools to make that philosophy a reality, but they're finally comfortable embracing-and coalescing-every aspect of their career. OK, maybe not the XXL work shirts and neon hair dye of the early days. But in their music, the band has spent the past year reinventing how to tastefully bridge the gap between all the musical destinations they've visited, and how to marry all the ideas they've accumulated. And as LIVING THINGS began taking shape, for the first time Linkin Park was eager to use every tool in their toolbox.
With each song, they flexed their expertise with both cutting-edge and classic gear, and they infused their vocals with an honest, thrilling enthusiasm; they picked apart their own ideas of what defines a song, and what defines Linkin Park. LIVING THINGS is a personal album, centered on human emotions and relationships implied by the title. It is informed by and built upon all previous Linkin Park albums, while still pushing the band's sound into new territory. It's spirited, energetic, daring and unafraid to hybridize the past, present and future. It's absolute proof to a radical theory six musicians have devoted their lives to testing.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.88 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.67 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Warner Bros.
- Item model number : 249504
- Original Release Date : 2012
- SPARS Code : DDD
- Date First Available : April 16, 2012
- Label : Warner Bros.
- ASIN : B007UQ5Z1G
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #24,527 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #12,438 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #15,813 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl)
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Overall, I was very impressed by the sounds and lyrics of "Living Things," and I definitely recommend this CD.
I've listened through 30+ times since it got delivered - it's great working music and obviously holds my interest. Definitely recommended to existing fans or folks who thought they knew what Linkin Park sounded like and didn't like it. You'll be pleasantly surprised. : )
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Like most of the other albums, Mike Shinoda steals the show, closely followed by Chester Bennington, and then Rob Bourdon. Brad Delson, Joe Hahn and Pheonix are not very noticible in this album (except the part where Brad sings of course), but oh well. (Mike Shinoda's my favourite anyway).
Lost In The Echo - A great Mike rap with a great Chester chorus.
In My Remains - Rock, Chester sings most of it, but then Mike ends it.
Burn It Down - The only song on the album I don't love. Of course, it's Linkin Park, so it is still amazing, just not as good as the others. Fairly slow and level Chester all the way until Mike ends it with a single rap verse.
Lies Greed Misey - Back to the anger of the first two albums, angry Mike rap and even angrier Chester chorus.
I'll Be Gone - Chester all the way
Castle Of Glass - Very catchy chorus, Mike all the way, but this time Mike's singing instead of rapping, and he's still great at it.
Victimized - Heavy metal rock, very angry, best drum beat since When They Come For Me.
Roads Untravelled - Mike all the way, very sad, great meaning
Skin To Bone - Nothing much to say about this one, but still great, kinda catchy
Until It Breaks - The most original and one of the best tracks on the album. Mike Shinoda has a go at proper gangsta rap and Brad Delson (the guitar player) sings a sad verse.
Tinfoil - The only instrumental on the album, leads straight into Powerless, quite emotional.
Powerless - Chester ends the album with a slow, sad song.
All amazing all the way through. This seems like a great mix of Linkin Park's first angry style, their newer sad, slow and electronic style, Fort Minor (Mike Shinoda's epic rap group which only ever made one album, but some of the songs on this album definetly reminded me of them) and Dead By Sunrise (Chester Bennington's other band which also only ever made one album which was sad).
PS, if you haven't heard Fort Minor or Dead By Sunrise and you are fans of Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington, you should definetly check them out - Fort Minor's like a group of Mike Shinodas and Dead By Sunrise are a lot like Linkin Park
Living Things returns Linkin Park to their best sounds, with just the right amount of Mike Shinoda rap, and Chester Bennington scream, combined with some of the electronic sounds they experimented with in their last album.
Particular highlights on the album are the opener "Lost in the Echo", "Burn it Down" and "Lies Greed Misery".
Another standout has to be "Victimized", the hardest hitting song on the album, which, while short, packs a punch!
My favourite song has to be "Castle of Glass", providing the token emotional/ballad-esque song on all their albums (like Numb, In the End, or Shadow of the Day).
The only disappoint was the end of the album. "Tinfoil", an instrumental, was too short - they should've expanded it and turned it into a full song like "Session" or "Cure for the Itch". The final song, "Powerless" was, well, powerless. It seemed the album slowed down and petered out at the end, but maybe thats the point - as "Living Things" we will all stop one day.
Fans of Linkin Park will love this, and its a good introduction to the band for new listeners.
Sporting a mix of experimental (Lies Greed Misery) and traditional tracks (Victimized), Living Things seems to be slightly less complex than thier previous album, A Thousand Suns, and melds the elctronic aspects which worked for them in that album, with a little of thier more traditional aggresive sound, to produce a few hits such as Castle of Glass and Roads Untravelled. 2010's A Thousand Suns polarized opinion amongst fans, as, I am sure, will this album. While not thier best album by far, it does mark a welcome change in direction. Give it a second listen, too, as the radio hit "Burn it down" is actually one of the weakest. Overall, the production quality is very good, although a little over-loud.
The single release Burn It Down is arguably the song closest to the mainstream, and represents a sound similar to that featured on Minutes to Midnight and, at a push, Meteora. If you are hoping for a new Hybrid Theory (and a lot of fans are) then I don't think this album is quite there. But for me, that's not a huge problem as Linkin Park have grown and changed since then. I enjoyed much of A Thousand Suns, but thankfully Living Things is more chilled out and just a really good listen.
Lost In The Echo leads the way and is surely a future single release, and the album is rounded off by Powerless, a decent ballad. In between there is a lot of familiar stuff, with Victimized thrown in as a nice bit of angry rock to keep you on your toes. The overall feel is a little more electronic and I miss the more epic feel of the band's guitars and orchestral kicks in previous releases. But they are still great at what they do and Living Things is a great album for fans and anyone new to Linkin Park; it's a good starting point.
You may not be surprised to hear, therefore, that I wasn't really expecting too much from this follow up; Burn It Down was revealed as the first single. My initial response was more of a "meh" than a "that's more like it" and so it's fair to say I wasn't exactly at the front of the pre-order queue, or even the second-week sales queue. Even the previews didn't sway me and so I forgot about it.
However, Amazon then offered it for a fiver soon after it's release and so I took a chance - and I'm now glad I did. Contrary to my initial impressions, there are some really solid songs on here; Lost In The Echo, Skin To Bone and the rather brilliant Castle Of Glass to name a few. Yeah, there are a couple of dodgy numbers, but at least it's a return to form for the ex-metal band.
So if, like me, you hated A Thousand Suns, then give them a second chance with this album. For a start it's got actual songs on it instead of experimental, self-indulgent bilge of it's predecessor. Thus Linkin Park are back on my regular playlist, well saved lads!
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