Linkin Park - Living thing from Neogef.com

Originally Posted by LPassociation.com:

LIVING THINGS is the fifth studio album from Linkin Park and is set for release June 26th (US) 25th (UK/EU) 22nd (AUS/NZ) 2012. The album is the follow up to A Thousand Suns which saw a release in September 2010, making this the shortest turn around time for a Linkin Park album ever. The album is once again co-produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin who also shared the responsibilities on their previous two albums, Minutes To Midnight (2007) and A Thousand Suns (2010). The title of the album has been described by Mike Shinoda as a comment on the personal issues the album deals with: "We chose the album title 'Living Things' because it's more of a record about people. It's more about personal interactions. On the last few records we've had an interest in global issues and social issues and those things are still around, there are certainly traces of them, but this record is far more personal." Mike Shinoda has described LIVING THINGS as a "firecracker" record filled with quick stand-out tracks stating that LIVING THINGS is "not a concept record. It's a song based record". The band have also touted LIVING THINGS as a foundation of all of the band's previous work, a collective use of all of the "tools in their toolbox" which allowed the band to be "comfortable in their skin" for the first time, by embracing both the past and present of Linkin Park. LIVING THINGS is available in both digital and physical formats, although no CD / DVD Digipak is available compared to their previous albums. The Japanese version will be released June 27th and features an additional bonus live track: What I've Done (Live from iTunes Festival) - 04:05.

Originally Posted by Mike Shinoda, Complex interview:

It doesn’t lose any of the creativity of the newer stuff and it brings in the energy of the older stuff. It’s kind of a comprehensive sound. I feel like we’ve been able to take all the stuff we’ve learned on the way and put it all together in each song and still keep it fresh and forward-thinking. Read More.

Originally Posted by Chester Bennington, Kerrang Interview:

"with this [new] album, we've incorporated a lot of guitar work with big choruses and the heavier electronic stuff to give it that really big wall of sound feeling without getting too metal. This will be more familiar to people than A Thousand Suns was, where we were like 'Fuck it, we're just going to go bonkers. Read More.

1. "Lost in the Echo" 3:23
2. "In My Remains" 3:19
3. "Burn It Down" 3:51
4. "Lies Greed Misery" 2:27
5. "I'll Be Gone" 3:30
6. "Castle of Glass" 3:23
7. "Victimized" 1:51
8. "Roads Untraveled" 3:44
9. "Skin to Bone" 2:48
10. "Until It Breaks" 3:46
11. "Tinfoil" 1:02
12. "Powerless" 3:36

Album length: Approximately 37 minutes.

*links lead to official lyric videos from the Linkin Park channel on Youtube.

Those who pre-order the album will get one remixed track from the album per month for 8 months. The first remix has been released.

• Burn It Down (RAC Remix)

Inside Living Things (Making Of Video)


Living Things Album Teaser


Burn It Down (1st single) Music Video


Lies Greed Misery Live (PinkPop 2012)


Burn It Down Live (Rock Am Ring 2012)


Tinfoil (instrumental) + Faint Live

Originally Posted by The Guardian:

Living Things is more personal than A Thousand Suns, with underlying themes of recovery from traumatic experiences. The exception, Burn It Down, delivers an antiwar sentiment via Depeche Mode-y electro-bounce, while the similarly standout Roads Untraveled is an eerie confessional ballad. Living Things would have benefited from more of such adventure, but they still sound like a band enjoying an unexpected second life. Read More.

Originally Posted by Entertainment Weekly:

Linkin Park's fifth album opens with ''Lost in the Echo,'' a torrent of hate-your-parents guitars and suburban-ennui boom-bap that could have come from the group's 2000 debut. Living Things doesn't totally retreat from 2010's art-aggro detour A Thousand Suns; bits of noise-pop schizophrenia surface on late-arriving shape-shifters ''Skin to Bone'' and ''Until It Breaks.'' But what remains is a barrage of cyber-metal elbow jabs, with just enough fluffy new-wave padding to soften the onslaught. B Link

Originally Posted by Toronto Sun:

Growth. Evolution. Call it what you want; bottom line is Linkin Park aren’t getting stuck in any ruts. With their fifth disc, the restless California rockers continue to explore new sonic and stylistic terrain, eschewing traditional sounds and songcraft for a bold hybrid that utilizes everything from hip-hop to electronica to punk to reggae — yet ends up forging its own unique identity. Respect. Link

Originally Posted by Artist Direct:

Not only is Living Things one of the best albums of the decade, it's a new classic. Once again, Linkin Park raise the bar. This is a hybrid like you've never heard and won't again—until their next album. The world's been crying out for a great rock album, and this is it. Read More.

Originally Posted by Noisecreep:

LIVING THINGS clocks in at a brisk 37 minutes, perhaps leaving the listener wanting more - which is rarely a bad thing to do. But there is not one wasted second and it certainly satisfies. Based on Noisecreep's first listen, we are pretty certain this will be one of the most talked about (and played) albums of the summer. Powerful, hypnotic and thoroughly true to form, this is a brilliant, definitive collection that represents an important band at its peak - yet again. Read More.

Last edited by Hydrogen Bluebird; 06-22-2012 at 06:55 AM.