lol sorry for bumping an ollld thread but the topic of this interested me. time for another revive.
Hybrid Theory:
This album is great but theirs some stuff I would change. For starters, I would put in place the demo rap vocals for Place for my head, In The End, as well as By Myself. I would also put in transitions to the songs similar to Meteora and ATS. These transitions would be a somewhat slow buildup for the songs, their wouldn't be one for everyone, just a few. I would most definitely add the songs Part of Me, Carousel, And One, High Voltage(Remix). The Part of Me I would add would be the one from the 9 track however mixed with some elements of the EP version( mainly the post bridge section with mikes rap) as well as make Chesters Chorus a slight bit raspier. Carousel would Chesters Chorus from the EP version, except with the 9 track instrumentals (mainly the guitar in the chorus, its present in the EP but its mixed differently and sounds distorted). For And One, I would make it like the version they performed live in their early years. High Voltage would just be at the end of Cure for the Itch. I also would like the tracks to be mixed and mastered slightly different, more like the unmastered studio finals with of course some changes.
Meteora:
Not to much to change here, but for starts I would incorporate the Figure.09 demo into another new song (just slightly change the instrumentals of the chorus, give it a brand new riff and add mike). I would also add A.06 aswell as the old unreleased demo Thoughts That Take Away My Pride. I would also change the mixing and mastering on this ever so slightly. The Mixing on the first 2 albums is amazing but I would still change it a bit. I would also make this sound like the unmastered HT finals, so basically without a lot of those effects added on(vocals effects).
Minutes To Midnight:
I like it how it is, I would say make a Hybrid Theory Part III but clearly that wouldn't happen. I would add the Minutes to Midnight tracks that were cut from the final list, and make it end on Black Birds.
A Thousand Suns:
Absolutely nothing except change the messenger (Its an amazing song but doesn't fit in that well) So I would just change it it to be more like the other tracks. Probably just make it a little more electronic. Make the guitar more synthy, etc.
The Living Things:
There aren't many songs on here that I like, so if it was an option, I would replace the ones that Im not fond of to something else (all of the songs are fine TBH, it just doesn't click together for me when listening to the entire album at once.) Some songs like IN MY REMAINS and LOST IN THE ECHO, I would make it with maybe a slightly different vocal take, perhaps just a little more energy, other than that rest is fine. Of Course I would want this mixed differently.
The Hunting Party:
I know Linkin Park wanted to do something different and heavy which Im fine with. I would add a lot more turntable use to this album, and mix it slightly differently, I would like to see Mike return with some of his raps for a few songs on this album aswell.
One More Light:
Something strange always happens to me when I listen to this album. I dislike it when listening to the Album at once. I get bored, the songs dont cut it for me. However when I listen to one track individually I like it. Of course that is probably because more people buy singles now and dont often listen to albums in one sitting. If I could change something I would remove those annoying Chipmunk Vocals but other than that, thats it.
