Author Topic: Linkin Park (Read 7088 times)

OsMosis2259 · « **Reply #280 on:** June 26, 2012, 05:34:14 PM »

hopefully it will be in the mail when I get home

Already heard it on iTunes stream twice a few days ago and sounded great

faizoff · « **Reply #281 on:** June 26, 2012, 09:24:08 PM »

Bought it for $5 on Amazon. Listened to it once. Some amazing songs some ok. Just like how I felt with A Thousand Suns at first. I do fear though that this album is brickwalled to death and clips all over. Hopefully it won't distract me too much.

ariich · « **Reply #282 on:** June 27, 2012, 03:28:32 PM »

Been listening on Spotify, it's a very solid album! I don't find it quite as exciting as ATS, but the album has a great vibe.

Zantera · « **Reply #283 on:** June 27, 2012, 03:31:18 PM »

If I were to rank LP's albums I'd probably rank them: Meteora > Hybrid Theory/Living Things > Minutes to Midnight > A Thousand Suns.

Super Dude · « **Reply #284 on:** June 27, 2012, 05:56:30 PM »

I'm gonna be bold: I'm gonna call this my favorite Linkin Park album thus far. And from what little I've picked up this year, solid contender for album of the year.

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #285 on:** June 27, 2012, 07:40:38 PM »

Holy shit, THIS ALBUM IS AMAZING

I didn't know how the follow up to ATS would be, but it surpassed my expectations. I've heard it non-stop for 3 days.

Powerless is one of the best LP songs ever.

Super Dude · « **Reply #286 on:** June 27, 2012, 08:05:29 PM »

Apparently the CD is candy for audiophiles.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #287 on:** June 28, 2012, 04:43:31 PM »

Listening to the new album now

So far I like it more than A Thousand Suns...

Scorpion · « **Reply #288 on:** June 28, 2012, 04:46:18 PM »

Quote from: JayOctavarium on June 28, 2012, 04:43:31 PM

Listening to the new album now

So far I like it more than A Thousand Suns...

That's not that hard, I think. There were a few gems on there, but most of the tracks were lackluster and filler.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #289 on:** June 28, 2012, 04:50:23 PM »

A Thousand Suns just never stuck...and I am a huge sucker for Concept Albums

Scorpion · « **Reply #290 on:** June 28, 2012, 04:52:28 PM »

Yeah, I like concept albums as well, but they have be done well, otherwise they suck, no matter how good the concept.

matt1722 · « **Reply #291 on:** June 28, 2012, 05:38:49 PM »

VICTIMIZED VICTIMIZED

haha I like this album, LP did a good job, but is it just me or are they using a lot more electronic elements then usual??

Super Dude · « **Reply #292 on:** June 28, 2012, 05:44:20 PM »

It's not just you, I thought that was actually fairly obvious.

Zantera · « **Reply #293 on:** June 28, 2012, 05:56:13 PM »

Quote from: Super Dude on June 28, 2012, 05:44:20 PM

It's not just you, I thought that was actually fairly obvious.

Yeah same. I'd say the new album is more Electronica than anything else.

Super Dude · « **Reply #294 on:** June 29, 2012, 02:33:20 PM »

And thanks to my fucking LSAT classes, I have to miss another Linkin Park album tour. That's now eight years running.

matt1722 · « **Reply #295 on:** June 29, 2012, 02:38:14 PM »

Quote from: Super Dude on June 28, 2012, 05:44:20 PM

It's not just you, I thought that was actually fairly obvious.

well yeah it is quite obvious, I was kinda trying to be cute. How does everyone feel about this though? I mean everyone seems to like the album, (well most everyone from what I can see) and the and the first time I heard it I was kind of iffy but the album has grown on my quite a lot.

Super Dude · « **Reply #296 on:** June 29, 2012, 02:42:33 PM »

Depends: are you listening to the CD version or a stream?

ariich · « **Reply #297 on:** June 29, 2012, 02:52:25 PM »

Quote from: matt1722 on June 29, 2012, 02:38:14 PM

Quote from: Super Dude on June 28, 2012, 05:44:20 PM
It's not just you, I thought that was actually fairly obvious.

well yeah it is quite obvious, I was kinda trying to be cute. How does everyone feel about this though? I mean everyone seems to like the album, (well most everyone from what I can see) and the and the first time I heard it I was kind of iffy but the album has grown on my quite a lot.

They've always used electronic elements and that feature has been increasing in their music over the last couple of albums, so I didn't even think that was particularly noteworthy.

Super Dude · « **Reply #298 on:** June 29, 2012, 02:57:02 PM »

I never would've thought so, but listening to the CD vs. the stream does make all of the difference. Strings on Tinfoil, extra guitars and piano on In My Remains, bass that's more up-front on Until It Breaks, the little intricacies make for a really incredible album.

Super Dude · « **Reply #299 on:** June 30, 2012, 12:11:40 AM »

Blog post I wrote about LIVING THINGS and Linkin Park in general, if anyone cares: http://thegreenthbeatle.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/linkin-park-living-things-and-all-sorts-of-other-things/

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #300 on:** June 30, 2012, 03:37:21 AM »

Quote from: Super Dude on June 30, 2012, 12:11:40 AM

Blog post I wrote about LIVING THINGS and Linkin Park in general, if anyone cares: http://thegreenthbeatle.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/linkin-park-living-things-and-all-sorts-of-other-things/

That was actually pretty interesting. It's not a perfect comparison, but you did point out a good number of cool similarities.

Super Dude · « **Reply #301 on:** June 30, 2012, 07:14:53 AM »

Yo, thanks for commenting man, it actually took me a second to realize the name "Phanty" with you. Don't ask me how I didn't realize that right away.

Scorpion · « **Reply #302 on:** July 03, 2012, 07:26:33 AM »

Living Things arrived today!!!

Sounding really cool up to now, though I don't like Lies, Greed and Misery at all. Definitely an improvement over ATS.

Zantera · « **Reply #303 on:** July 03, 2012, 07:28:50 AM »

It's interesting because Lies Greed Misery is one of my favorites on the album, top3 at least.

Scorpion · « **Reply #304 on:** July 03, 2012, 07:30:43 AM »

Really? It's just screaming and a bit of noise for me.

My top songs are Powerless, Castle of Glass and Lost in the Echo.

Super Dude · « **Reply #305 on:** July 03, 2012, 07:31:00 AM »

It's great, because there isn't so much division on whether this album is awesome so much as why. Personally I think Powerless and Lost in the Echo are overrated, and I think Until it Breaks, Castle of Glass, and Skin to Bone are some of the best tracks.

Scorpion · « **Reply #306 on:** July 03, 2012, 07:36:03 AM »

Yeah, they're really great. Just listening to Skin to Bone. Great song.

Scorpion · « **Reply #307 on:** July 12, 2012, 04:57:05 PM »

Holy hell, I never noticed that Linkin Park wrote songs in 3/4. I just listened to The Little Things Give You Away and it really hit.

Super Dude · « **Reply #308 on:** July 12, 2012, 05:09:31 PM »

I think Easier to Run is in 6/8 as well.

fadetoblackdude7 · « **Reply #309 on:** July 12, 2012, 05:33:37 PM »

Upon first listen, I didn't care for the album too much. The opening/closing tracks are awesome, but I felt there was a lot of filler in there. Most of it, I felt, was generic LP. But I will definitely give it a few more listens.

TioJorge · « **Reply #310 on:** July 12, 2012, 05:57:19 PM »

Quote from: Scorpion on July 12, 2012, 04:57:05 PM

Holy hell, I never noticed that Linkin Park wrote songs in 3/4. I just listened to The Little Things Give You Away and it really hit.

Literally the only song on Minutes that I like, but I like it so much that it makes up for all the other songs.

Really awesome song.

On a more recent note, I'm still loving the hell out of Living Things. Echo is still by far my favorite and I've still been playing it to death and the using Full Life and then killing it again. With my ears.

Scorpion · « **Reply #311 on:** July 12, 2012, 05:59:28 PM »

Quote from: TioJorge on July 12, 2012, 05:57:19 PM

Quote from: Scorpion on July 12, 2012, 04:57:05 PM
Holy hell, I never noticed that Linkin Park wrote songs in 3/4. I just listened to The Little Things Give You Away and it really hit.

Literally the only song on Minutes that I like, but I like it so much that it makes up for all the other songs. Really awesome song.

I like In Pieces as well, but I agree that it's sort of meh. Easily my least favourite LP album, I even prefer A Thousand Suns to it.

Super Dude · « **Reply #312 on:** July 12, 2012, 06:03:01 PM »

I like most of the songs individually (I think the only one I legitimately hate is Little Things), but that tracklisting was such an epic fail. The way they ordered it wears down the listener so that by the time you get to the end all the songs feel like they'd blurred into one another. It made the album sound so fucking boring.

Zantera · « **Reply #313 on:** July 12, 2012, 06:42:11 PM »

I think Minutes to Midnight is pretty good actually. I don't think it has a song I dislike, it also has some really good ones like Little Things, Given Up, No More Sorrow, Valentine's Day etc.

ThroughHerEyesDude6 · « **Reply #314 on:** July 15, 2012, 06:27:54 AM »

Quote from: fadetoblackdude7 on July 12, 2012, 05:33:37 PM

Upon first listen, I didn't care for the album too much. The opening/closing tracks are awesome, but I felt there was a lot of filler in there. Most of it, I felt, was generic LP. But I will definitely give it a few more listens.

Definitely more listens bro! All killer no filler.

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