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    Linkin Park releasing "Friendly Fire"

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    4 minutes ago, JZLP-NaughtyNottingham said:

     

    For me the idea behind THP was the very last spark of creativity that the band had.

     

    The way they talked about the project, the Collabs, everything was pretty badass.

     

    I still remember the very first time that I Heard the leak of GATS.

     

    It was a massive song.

    The real problem w THP is that they needed a producer that actually knew how to work w a metal album.

     

    With someone who actually knew what he was doing THP could have been one of the best albums of metal ever.

     

     

    THP has more skips than any LP albums. I'm still upset why WHITE NOISE never made to the cut and songs like Until It's Gone which is the worst song they released made to THP. 

    Linkin Park releasing "Friendly Fire"

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    2 minutes ago, bloodbath said:

    THP seemed like a "Mike only" wish and the rest of the band and the label weren't big fans of it. 

     

    Any possible marketing for OML was overshadowed by the vitriol received.

     

    His wish came true because it turned out shit. THP was the product of his being too self-centred, too cocky with his creative idea that he's working with stuff in the vein of LT but threw that away because he want to make the most heaviest record to date. Jeez

     

    Linkin Park releasing "Friendly Fire"

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    9 minutes ago, LPsMart said:

    I think it's disappointing..

    But tbf the promotion of the album was underwhelming. Seemed like an underground record. GATS was the lead and didn't even get a proper music video. UIG got two and then Joe didn't want to participate in directing them anymore. OML got the promo THP needed and even though Heavy was played over and over again, it didn't appear to me that the album was promoted that well either besides that stripped-down/unplugged + interview format that mostly Mike and Chester did. I think the reception came with the passing of Chaz. I wonder how TTM would've ended up charting if it were released as a single.

     

    Nah, THP was half-cooked, ATS-wannabe record and I hate that with passion. The production was terrible, Chester's vocal performance was obnoxious, thin and underdeveloped. ALITS is like a copy&paste of GATS. Rebellion and Drawbar+FM were the only decent songs of that album. It's a shame because I love Rebellion but it's part of the album that I hate and dislike makes me hate Rebellion too. I like Mike's vocal performance on Rebellion but that song should be the main creative direction for that album. 

     

    THP is on my bottom list of LP discography. The creative direction is bold and edgy but the album sucked so hard.

    Linkin Park releasing "Friendly Fire"

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    54 minutes ago, lpliveusername said:

    Ok, so assuming this is just a greatest hits compilation, here is a list of all Linkin Park singles (Numb/Encore not included) with Gold & Platinum certifications. This is considering worldwide certifications, not only US (RIAA) certifications.

     

    Platinum singles:

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    One Step Closer
    Crawling
    In The End
    Faint
    Numb
    Breaking The Habit
    What I've Done
    Bleed It Out
    Shadow Of The Day
    Given Up
    Leave Out All The Rest
    New Divide
    Waiting For The End
    Burn It Down
    Castle Of Glass
    Heavy
    One More Light

     

    Gold singles:

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    Papercut
    Somewhere I Belong
    The Catalyst
    Iridescent
    Lost In The Echo

     

    And here is the list if you consider only US sales:

     

    RIAA: Platinum

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    One Step Closer
    In The End
    Faint
    Numb
    What I've Done
    Bleed It Out
    Shadow Of The Day
    Given Up
    Leave Out All The Rest
    New Divide
    Waiting For The End
    Burn It Down
    Castle Of Glass
    Heavy
    One More Light

     

    RIAA: Gold

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    Crawling
    Papercut
    Somewhere I Belong
    Breaking The Habit
    The Catalyst
    Iridescent
    Lost In The Echo

     

    This should give us a good idea of what's going to be included in The Singles Collection besides the new song.

     

    Nothing from THP? lol 

     

    That album was a disgrace anyways, so. no need to be acknowledged.

    Linkin Park releasing "Friendly Fire"

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    7 minutes ago, bloodbath said:

    If we count all the LP singles by LP, excluding collars, they would fill an entire CD, so maybe neither Steve Aoki single is feature.

     

    PS: Wouldn't that be funny that, we're all here debating and in the end nothing happens?

     

    That's why forum exists. That's the beauty of a community that speculates every album hype.

    LPLive Presents: "Refraction" A Meteora Experience

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    On 12/16/2023 at 4:03 PM, xxHybridXeroxx said:

    This sounds awesome! Looking forward to this! So, in a certain way we get Meteora remixes after all! Wasn’t there rumors of a cancelled Meteora remix album? 

     

    When Mike sees these Meteora remixes, he might dig the old hard drives from the tour bus to find the remixes demos. 

    New Fort Minor Merch / "The Rising Tied" Reissue

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    2 hours ago, E93 said:


    I agree. I don’t think this means that we won’t get a 20th Anniversary for The Rising Tied. At least it doesn’t rule it out, IMO, maybe Mike hasn’t thought about that yet. 
     

    But as far as Fort Minor being done, didn’t Mike kind of say that in 2018? I thought the whole point he brought back Fort Minor in 2015 was because he wanted to do some solo stuff again but Linkin Park was still a thing at that time. That’s why in 2017 he was going to release I.O.U. and Lift Off as Fort Minor tracks and he was wearing those new Fort Minor shirts on tour that remain unreleased. But when Chester passed and Mike did Post Traumatic under Mike Shinoda, he basically said that Fort Minor was essentially what ‘’Mike Shinoda’’ now was. If I’m wrong on this that would be cool because I’d like to see Fort Minor again, I am a huge fan of the original Fort Minor music and era. And the 2015 comeback wasn’t bad either, just wish he brought back some of the original guys like Ryu. 
     

    Also great point here about Minutes To Midnight’s anniversary thing. Brad said this year on the Zane Lowe interview or maybe somewhere else, I can’t remember for sure without searching, but he said that he didn’t consider it a proper re-issue for Minutes To Midnight at all when he was asked about the recent MTM that went up on streaming with the re-issued bonus tracks. So I feel like the band will definitely do MTM20. Mike even said as well a few months ago that he would like to continue celebrating LP anniversaries. MTM was still a massive album for the band, not as big as HT and Meteora but still quite massive. And the band loves a lot of the MTM music. Phoenix said in 2017 that it was one of the most special times to him and he praised TLTGYA. Brad also loves MTM a lot, he always has praised that album if you look at interviews even as recent as this year. Mike also said once in 2014 that A Thousand Suns would have never been possible without doing Minutes To Midnight first. 
     

    I see a lot of similarities with Minutes To Midnight and A Thousand Suns, they’re almost like brother albums, kind of like how HT and Meteora were. Yes they were different but the ethos and attitude was the same to make both. And they share the whole apocalyptic theme as well. Even the artwork of both is the same color scheme. And when Mike said that about ATS not being possible without doing MTM first, that’s what made me realize it. Both albums were the band at their full creativity.  Remember that during MTM they wrote over 150 songs. Joe said they had songs in every style, even ‘’heavy metal’’ songs and ‘’dance songs’’ and other stuff. Just because the 12-13 songs that made the final cut sounded kind of similar-ish doesn’t mean there wasn’t crazy expermentation going on in the MTM era. I bet they have some epic stuff in the vaults of just totally weird and cool stuff. Same as for ATS obviously but we know that about ATS. I just read an interview from 2007 where Phoenix said the band worked on a demo during MTM that he thought sounded like ‘’the Mulan soundtrack’’. LOL. So there definitely was tons of creativity. The band loved making those two albums for sure, very important for them. 
     

    And so I think we will definitely see 20th anniversary sets for both MTM and ATS for sure. And they will probably be amazing. I think Mike and Brad and the rest of the guys will have tons of fun going through the vaults for those albums as well compiling video footage from the making of’s and touring cycles. Don’t forget Mike also loved PR07. He said just last year it was one of his favorite memories of Linkin Park’s entire career. So I think we will get some cool footage from it. The ATS tour was also epic too. I mean think about it now looking back, they played some huge places like the Griffith Observatory, Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv, Red Square in Moscow, etc. I think the band will love celebrating those album cycles for sure.

     

    Sorry for this long post. Just love talking about LP. And this is good that they will be excited to do those anniversaries because it keeps LP alive even if they aren’t fully ready to come back yet. Keeps the guys talking and celebrating the band. 
     

    And plus we need Grecian. Hahaha. 😝 

     

    If MTM20 will be a thing, I hope they put the original Shadow of the Day (from 2007). not the 2013 new string version or 2022 clean guitar version. I want the original version like the original 2007 first pressing MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT.

     

    I hated my MTM vinyl from 2018 pressing. Terrible, horrible pressing. As soon as you start with 'Wake', it is so loud and very painful to your ears. No dynamics at all, it's like a compressed mp3. I want to throw away my vinyl copy and just stick to the 2007 CD.

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