Living Things

Master piece by Linkin Park. I was waiting for this album to drop on Amazon in an affordable price. Finally got it from the paper palette.They didn't disappoint me this time with their packing. I love this album.Thank you Chester.And we miss you

Not my favourite album of all time but this album was a game changer. Hits like Burn it Down and Castle of Glass showed that Linkin Park could do anything and other under-appreciated songs like Roads Untraveled, Powerless and I'll be Gone proved that Linkin Park has a lot of juice left in them to make songs that everybody could relate to and enjoy. 5/5. A must buy for a Linkin Park and a music lover in general.

Superb Album.My Best After A Thousand Suns.Standout ones Castle of glass,Roads Untravelled and Lost in the Echo

what else u can say except LINKIN PARK!

All I can say is that this is the best album from the best band.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 wayCastle 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 meaningSkin To Bone - Nothing much to say about this one, but still great, kinda catchyUntil 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

I just love the fact that Linkin Park have got the guts to try all these different sounds and hence not go 'stale'. I'm not one of those people who compare a new album to the last album, the second album or whatever. I believe every piece of work should be taken and enjoyed on it's own merit and it's own sound.In other words judge it for what it is and not what it's not. No it's not Meteora or Hybrid Theory or Thousand Suns, it's Linkin Park doing what they do best and exploring and experimenting and I love the fact they can still suprise me. I for one love every album they've ever done but for different reasons and different moods with each one. Let's face it if they all sounded the same we'd be moaning they playing on past glories and living in the past etc etc. Hope that doesn't sound like the ramblings of a madman but there you go, buy it and just imagine it's the first time you've ever heard them, I love it, hope you do to :)

Linkin Park's latest studio album sees something of a return to their roots following the divisive A Thousand Suns. Their last album still has an influence over the sound of some of the tracks here, but generally Living Things is more conventional Linkin Park than before.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.

Having been a fan of Linkin Park since their first album (Hybrid Theory) I bought this album in the hope that it would be a return to the sound that first drew me in. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed "A Thousands Suns", their fourth album, but it just wasn't them, and "Minutes to Midnight" was a mixed bag...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.

Living Things, Linkin Park's fifth studio album, seems more like an EP, clocking in at a mere 36 minutes long, with most songs on the album being arond 3 minutes. Besides being short, the band seems to have gone back to basics in an attempt to come back into the spotlight. As a Linkin Park fan, one is acutely aware than the band cannot help but keep changing thier sound every album. Note that by this I dont mean a return to thier nu-metal roots, but rather a retreat to the middle ground of electronic pop rock, away from the stagnant carcass of the nu-metal genre. No Linkin Park album has ever sold as well as thier debut, Hybrid Theory, and I guess the bold result seems like an attempt to please both old and new fans in order to survive.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.