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Agreed. And I didn't know about the 8-10 guitar tracking. That sounds nuts, haha! I've just quad tracked stuff, and that sounds excessive too sometimes. I'll look it up. And that's a HOG, yes. Not a fan of it.

Quick thoughts on first listen: 1. The chorus sounds not a million miles away from that Sum 41 song. 2. That solo in the end is sort of pointless. Just covering it up with all that wah and a few random notes. I've never really been a fan of the similar thing that Brad does on the extended outro of Faint. 3. It sounds like a grower, though. I can imagine it would sound killer live, if anything. Has an anthemic feel to it. 4. Not digging the guitar tone. I wish Brad got back to that HUGE monster of a guitar tone that he had on the first two albums. By that I don't mean that they make HT/Meteora-esque songs, this is just fine. Bold, even...which is always a good thing in my books. But that sound that Brad had with the Mesa Boogies (and a million other things he did with the mic placements to get that meaty dirty channel tone) would have worked SO MUCH better on this song. But then again, wishful thinking. Just my opinion!

THANK HEAVENS that they finally played Burning in the Skies. Not a bad first performance. Mike will get close with his notes soon enough, we can cut him some slack, right? And oh, I guess I'm the only one who found BiTS better than Iridescent. Sure, I like Iridescent as well, its a nice song. But there's something radically infectious about BitS. It is a standard LP "verse-chorus-verse-bridge-chorus" song, but its catchy as fuck! I'd love for it to be the next single, instead of Iridescent (still not confirmed, right?). For me, BitS > Iridescent, by a small margin. Live, it ain't perfect, But I'm sure it'll reach there. P.S.: Blackout is TOTAL MAYHEM!!

Crawling, In The End and Pushing Me Away ... ACOUSTIC? I don't even know they've ever done that. Do recording of any of those exist?

While listening to the album, I've been thinking of the right word that would describe the music that I'm hearing, sitting in my dark room right now, with my headphones on. And really, the only word that comes to mind, is "Beautiful". I don't fucking care if there's less Brad or less old-school Linkin Park sound on ATS. All I know is that, right now, I'm listening to some really beautiful music ... and its making me think about the expansive landscape that music, in general, can create in our minds. And if a "mainstream" band like LP has come up with an album like "this", then I'm glad that the mainstream has at least two genius bands (Muse being the other one ). Journey, it fucking is, Mr. Shinoda. And what a journey it is. Today, I'm truly proud to be a Linkin Park fan.

Its unbelievable, really. First The Rev, then Pete Steele, then Dio, now Paul Gray.......WHAT'S UP WITH THE MUSIC COMMUNITY? R.I.P. Paul Gray

In all honesty, I think it'll go to AIC - Check My Brain.....and it deserves one as well.

Could I have an invitation as well? Thanx in advance!! *mail removed*

Wow, this is only one of the few albums in my collection that never gets old. I still listen to it and find something new. How many albums can you say that about? That's the best part about it. I saw OSC's video and right after that came Crawling (how many times does that happen? Two videos of a new band, back to back.)......man, I remember running to the record store to buy this album. Damn, I still remember how much I loved it when I heard Papercut when I popped it into my discman. Fucking great record man. I think it's a classic, in real terms, cuz I truly believe that even LP themselves can't top it...like they REALLY cant, ya know. And that's not about disrespecting the band. Infact, I want them to top it so bad. But sometimes you create a gem, and it just gets the biggest place in the accolades. HT is THAT record. LP will come close, but they won't touch the perfection of HT. P.S. - My favorite, With You. Samples never sounded so good on a song. Period.

I want Walking In Circles to be a single SOOOOOOOOO BAD!!

Ha! Na dude, I wasn't attacking you or anything. Sorry if I sounded like that. The internet never translates human emotion too well I guess. Now, If you said it like the way you just did now instead of that Fresh band Pro band translation, then I'd agree with you totally, which I do NOW, I might add. Your "translation" of what I wrote was not really....ya know, accurate. You make sense now that you explained what you meant brother. You see footage of RAR '01 and see them live now, you'd definitely see (at least) some difference in their energy. Brad - He hardly moves, i'll be frank. And you can't call 31 "Old". Not trying to complain, but it is true. They DO have the money now, so they don't need to break a sweat now that they're all "out there" as a brand. So yes, a bit less "spark". But, they're human too man. It kinda gets monotonous after all these years of touring. So i'm gonna save some space and not crib over this. It's been discussed a billion times in the forum anyway. Coming back to my topic, that's exactly what I meant. The amps. The guitars. The Pick-Ups. The Effects. The whole "Vintage" obsession. I understand "We need to re-invent the wheel/Experiment with new sounds" for MTM, but what happened with that was that the whole rig was revamped to suit tracks on MTM. The tracks from MTM, all translate great live, but it just kinda gets a bit....(let me choose my words carefully.)...not the same, when it comes to playing songs from the older catalogue. I personally think the guitars sound "weak" on One Step Closer on Road To Revolution. I din't know if Brad uses a half stack now instead of a full like you said rav0k. All I knew was that he switched to Randall cabinets and modules for his live shows. So yeah, it kinda makes sense why. Again, if I say that I did not like OSC on Road to Revolution, that's just my opinion. So don't get all worked up dudes! P.S. - New Divide is my personal "LP sold out" moment btw. I never used to think that LP did sell out before this, but damn, everytime it plays on the radio...I can't help but wonder, WHY? Say what you want to, but it IS WID part 2. Same "basic" chord progression - Not exact, but "Basic". Read the bass line too. LP could do so much better than that.

@rav0k - I couldn't disagree more. Where the fuck did the money aspect pop out from dude? The sound, the "TONE" of the instruments, has changed a lot, guitars and drums especially. And that is just my own perception. Im not saying that anyone else has to feel that way. Money??? Well, who doesn't want it anyway? I would! And besides, the sound has got nothing to do with money. So all in all....it's just a stupid thing to say in the first place.

Random thought - Im listening to With You from Ozzfest '01 after such a long time right now....and maybe it's just me, the LP "sound" back then was something else man. Like, even when they play the same songs now - A Place For My Head, Crawling, One Step Closer, With You....all of these and more, they tinkered so much with the whole "TONE", be it Brad's guitars and amps settings or the obvious change in the sound of Rob's drums since MTM happened....it just doesn't feel the same, the old songs i.e.. Does anyone else feel like that? Like I said, maybe it's just me. Im not saying it's bad NOW, they're great, but 2001 to 2004 was, I think, the best LP ever sounded live. Nothing to do with the musicianship, Brad isn't playing like shit at all, and Rob has actually upped his game....I just have qualms with the sound that they've picked up since the MTM touring cycle.

The first album I bought - Thriller, age 4. Fuck the controversies, I remember him for his music and showmanship....enough of turbulence for a man's life. There will be no performer on a stage like him. Period. R.I.P. Sir.

Now im gonna wait for the video like crazy ... damn!