General Article name: Living Things
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Warner Bros. Records Number of tracks: 18 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Linkin Park - Lost In The Echo 2. Linkin Park - In My Remains 3. Linkin Park - Burn It Down 4. Linkin Park - Lies Greed Misery 5. Linkin Park - I'll Be Gone 6. Linkin Park - Castle Of Glass 7. Linkin Park - Victimized 8. Linkin Park - Roads Untraveled 9. Linkin Park - Skin To Bone 10. Linkin Park - Until It Breaks 11. Linkin Park - Tinfoil 12. Linkin Park - Powerless   Tracklist - 2 Linkin Park - VICTIMIZED 1:46 Linkin Park - ROADS UNTRAVELED 3:49 Linkin Park - SKIN TO BONE 2:48 Linkin Park - UNTIL IT BREAKS 3:43 Linkin Park - TINFOIL 1:11 Linkin Park - POWERLESS 3:44   Description Description

Linkin Park got pretty moody on 2010's A Thousand Suns, settling into a sulky electronica groove that pretty much screamed "growing pains" to anybody who listened closely. On its 2012 sequel, Living Things, Linkin Park attempts to graft guitars back onto their newly mature musical outlook, and the reintroduction of visceral force certainly helps give this album a pulse lacking on A Thousand Suns. It's hardly a step back to the old angst-ridden rap-rockers of the turn of the millennium, however. Admirably, Linkin Park revels in a near-middle-aged angst, letting their songs address adult concerns and giving their productions contours and texture; the additional noise isn't an expression of fury, it's used to enhance the drama. Generally, the songs feel sharper on Living Things -- there is definition to their structure, some of the choruses catch hold without too much effort -- but this album remains one of sustained mood, not individual moments. And in that regard, Living Things handily trumps A Thousand Suns: it doesn't stay still, it peaks and ebbs, flowing steadily between brooding and explosions of repressed rage, a fitting soundtrack for aging rap-rockers who are comfortable in their skin but restless at heart. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Contributors Artist: Linkin Park Record Label: Warner Bros.