The LIVING THINGS Leak Options

[MacGyver]

Thanks a lot man! Yeah, UIB is weird as hell.. I like it a lot too!

Yeah, I think is not the worst song, it is most a crazy weird song, the end of the song reminds me at the end of Hands Held High

[VavourasLP]

OVERALL OPINION
The album is really really good. It has everything LP has ever done but is based more on the MTM era. I won't go as far as to say it's the best LP album, but for sure they have some of their best melodies in that album. Full of energy, does not get you bored, it keeps your attention for the whole 37 minutes.
This album is a "journey" and it's meant to be listened as a whole.

I agree with you on almost everything. Great job reviewing the album! I'll be posting mine in 2 days.

[jako]

I agree with you on almost everything. Great job reviewing the album! I'll be posting mine in 2 days.

Thanks a lot Vav! I'll be waiting for yours!

[LGraham]

That's what I was about to say!

QUACK

@LP Mermaid - No, the iTunes stream was 100% NOT intentional. iTunes just fucked up there.

probably got LP and SP confused

[VFCMartins]

Until it breaks seems like a mix of I Have Not Begun, In pieces and Blackout (the ending with Brad singing reminds of Mike singing in the end of Blackout).
And am I the only one who noticed that when Chester sings the "each word gets" part in LITE it seems he sings: "each orgasm" ? hahahaha

[metalgearryan]

Man I love this album, but I hope to god Brad never sings on an LP album ever again...

[corey_UKLP]

Personally 'Lost In The Echo' is one of the finest songs Lp have ever created. It seems so geniune and well crafted which has many of the aspects that fan's know and love about LP. I don't post in these forums ever but I thought this deserved one. This album plays to my ears perfectly. It's not about "heaviest to date" or "genre defying" , It's just clearly six extremely talented guys who have clicked on this album more than ATS AND MTM. There is safety and expression. Risk and reward. Those who want to wait untill the release date will appreciate that Lp are incredible musicians.

[leftshoe18]

Looks like I'm the only one who likes the second half of the album more.

Don't worry. You're not alone there. Victimized, Roads Untraveled, Skin to Bone, and Until It Breaks are all tied for my favorite right now. The second half is amazing (then again, so is the first half).

Lost in the Echo 9/10
In My Remains 8/10
Burn It Down 9/10
Lies Greed Misery 7/10
I'll Be Gone 7/10
Castle of Glass 9.5/10
Victimized 10/10
Roads Untraveled 10/10
Skin to Bone 10/10
Until It Breaks 10/10
Tinfoil 8/10
Powerless 7/10

Average: 8.7/10

Tracks 6-10 is the best stretch on any LP album in my opinion.

This post has been edited by leftshoe18: Jun 16 2012, 09:15 PM

[linkin_boss]

I liked a lot the album, but i disagree with someone, i don't think listening the album from beginning to end adds something to the experience or anything, i mean, there are barely some loose links between songs, the only two that are really meant to be heard one after the other is tinfoil and powerless, wich is pretty obvious.

[linkindaniel]

Best LP Album in a while. glad there's only one instrumental. great vocal performances by chaz and mike( and don't forget brad lol)and just awesome music.

really addicting songs and really enjoyable too.


LP IS BACK HATERS oh wait they never left haha

Living things 4.8/5.0

[MrCinder]

nahh mate, making a nice deal of going down to the record store and (literally) getting my hands on it. I want to be called a slowpoke when I make my "ipubenrvipbqerbpi" post


haha deal

but, but the album sounds amazing. Just one listen couldn't hurt.
You know you want to

Also, I plan on being at the doors to best buy waiting them for open on the 26th.
In my ATS shirt of course

[linkindaniel]

lol

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[Numbrocker]

Listened to the album AT LOT more times since my review yesterday.

A lot is the same. I do like BID/LGM more in the context of the album then by themselves.

My two beefs were with Victimized and Until it Breaks.

Victimized- WAY OVERHYPED. I think it killed a bit. But even then it reminds me of a short Given Up. Lots of energy without a lot of substance. Best part is Rob drumming, and for that alone I'd like to see it live. Worst song of the album IMO.

Until it Breaks- This is such a weird song, but I'm beginning to embrace the weird. Or at least I'm not skipping it to get to Tinfoil/Powerless. You have to listen to this more then once (or around 10 in my case) to form a solid opinion of it. I think I'll always prefer if it was 3/4 different songs, but its growing on me now.

Now good things. I couldn't choose a favorite yesterday. I was stuck between LITE/I'll Be Gone/Road Untraveled/ Powerless, with COG/In my Remains a very close second. All really fantastic songs. But I think I'm going to go with Tinfoil/Powerless (because its so much better together). Chester's vocals were amazing.

I also like Skin to Bone, though I can see why it will take a while for it to grow on some people.

So my new album ranking is Meteora, Living Things, Hybrid Theory/ATS (can't choose), MTM.

[HybridThe0ry97]

I think we're partly to blame for the overhyping of victimized.

I never choose favorite Linkin Park songs because they're all my favorite except The Crapalyst, but I'm really into I'll Be Gone right now on this album.

Lost In The Echo: makes me want to scream "MORTAL KOMBAT!"

This post has been edited by HybridThe0ry97: Jun 16 2012, 11:03 PM

[skyzlmt]

Can't wait to see what they do with this on Monday. Mike tweeted Rick Rubin will be there to discuss the production process so that should be awesome too!

Still think Victimized is impressive. Jamming all of that into 100ish seconds is pretty impressive. Yeah it's short, but in this case there is so much going on in that short time frame it flows and will be a hell of verse(s) to throw on top of BiO to close the set. I almost vote they just go BiO into Victimized and wrap. That "short circuit" (couldn't think of any other way to explain) synth over Mike's second verse is fucking amazing.

I'm not a fan of slower LP stuff, but I'm digging the 2nd half of the album. The electronic backing really drives it and keeps it progressing. Roads Untraveled has a Johnny Cash "Hurt" feel to it and both Mike/ Chester pull that shit off!

See everybody who's going on Monday at Sonos!!!

[Geki]

I didn't even want to come on LPL once the album leaked because a lot of posts about the new music will piss me off. They already have.

EDIT: Who is the speech from at the beginning of VICTIMIZED? Anyone know?

This post has been edited by Geki: Jun 16 2012, 11:49 PM

[Jen]

I didn't even want to come on LPL once the album leaked because a lot of posts about the new music will piss me off. They already have.

EDIT: Who is the speech from at the beginning of VICTIMIZED? Anyone know?

I haven't listened to it yet, but you can probably google the words. if its famous it should be online

[Geki]

I haven't listened to it yet, but you can probably google the words. if its famous it should be online

It's not in English...

[skyzlmt]

I haven't listened to it yet, but you can probably google the words. if its famous it should be online

I've been trying to figure that out too! IDK what language it's even in.

[Geki]

I've been trying to figure that out too! IDK what language it's even in.

At first I thought it was Spanish. But now I think it's either German or Russian... It could be something totally different. I wanna know what it says and who is saying it. It's driving me insane! It's probably something awesome.