Billboard reviews "The Catalyst"

[coreydimond]

Billboard review of the the single "The Catalyst"

 

ARTIST: LINKIN PARK

 

SINGLE: THE CATALYST (Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros. Records)

 

For the lead single to upcoming fourth album "A Thousand Suns," Linkin Park offers a nearly six-minute anthem of aggression with two distinct parts. "The Catalyst" lets the band dip its toe into electronica in its first half, with rave-ready blips surrounding Chester Bennington's dystopian cries. At the three-minute mark, however, the track morphs into a slow, emotional dirge, with Bennington singing, "Lift me up, let me go," over a beat tailor-made for a stadium's worth of slow claps. "The Catalyst" recalls Muse's epic vocal chants as well as Green Day's political commentary, but Linkin Park creates an original, if a bit awkward, transition from twisty techno to fist-pumping rock. The band's interesting fusion of ideas -- and the fact that "Catalyst" is its first No. 1 debut on Billboard's Rock Songs chart -- proves that Linkin Park still has a few tricks up its sleeve.

 

 

Thoughts?

 

Source: uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE67C4VW20100813

Edited August 14, 2010 by corey_UKLP

[eandy]

awesome !

[Dark_Adolescent]

I thought Mike sang the "Lift me up" part?

[Ashwhisker]

I thought Mike sang the "Lift me up" part?

It's both.

[Ree]

Yeah Mike sings that part and then Chester joins in.

 

Good review. I understand why they might have found the transition in the song awkward but I honestly think it works well.

[Sucre06]

chippie in one word   

[Jesper]

good review

don't agree with everything but it's alright