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LITE, COG, and I think POWERLESS will be one too.

For some reason I can't picture Brad singing his part with a full beard. Like, I don't know why, but I just picture him singing completely clean-shaven. Maybe because his voice is so nasally that I feel like it doesn't fit with the hobo look he had going for MTM and most of ATS. This has been a post.

That's the EU release of the album, right? I'm pretty sure the Machine Shop label is still active over there, to answer Geki's question. Not completely sure though. And also, when I say "active", I mean "the logo is slapped on all of LP's releases for no reason." Mike mentioned a few years ago that he was looking into artists for a European revival of Machine Shop, but I don't think anything came of it. Machine Shop Marketing's Facebook page is also still active.

Really? Where'd you get it? All I ever see are the jewel case versions, and the CD/DVD digipak. It's why I'm glad I have the Super Deluxe edition.

LPA mentioned that LP is going on at 4:30 EST. Is there any truth to that or did they just pull a time out of their ass?

You guys saw the picture of the CD from the other topic, right? Fucking hate jewel cases. This is why I didn't buy the retail version of ATS.

That video is the only version of this I ever found. Her delivery's not very good.

This is why jakolp is a sensible fan. When people say they didn't like ATS because they didn't like the way it experimented (not the fact that it experimented at all), I can accept and understand that. Though, I would say that MTM still counted as experimenting with their sound, because LP sure as hell were not "alternative rock" in the early days.

I searched the forum and there are a couple other topics similar to this one, but have a narrower focus (CD playlists for example) and are ancient. So, what this topic is is a place to post ANY Linkin Park playlists you have, be it on CDs, in iTunes, Windows Media Player if you're in the 90s, etc. Here are mine: DEMOS [3:41:57] Pretty much what the title implies, just a chronological playlist of demos from Reading My Eyes to Robot Boy (alt vocal). 1-4. Xero Demo Tape 5. Coal (1997) from LPUX 6. Rhinestone (1998) from The Crow (played in the background of one of the scenes) 7. Slip from LPU11 8. Blue from LPU 11 9. In the End from LPU 11 10. Esaul from LPU 11 11. Stick n Move (1998) from LPU9 12. Dedicated from LPU 11 13. Sad (1999) from LPU9 14. Oh No (1999) from LPUX 15. Points of Authority (HT.com demo) 16-24. 9-track demo 25-32. 8-track demo 33-34. 2-track sampler demo 35. Plaster 36-47. Studio Finals 5/7/00 48. Unfortunate from LPUX 49. Halo from LPUX 50. A-Six from LPU9 51. Soundtrack from LPU11 52. Program from LPU11 53. Broken Foot from LPU11 54. Faint from LPU9 55. Figure.09 from LPU9 56. Drawings from LPU9 57. Divided from LPUX 58. YO from LPU11 59. Pale from LPUX 60. Bang Three from LPU11 61. Fear from LPU9 62. Drum Song from LPU9 63. Across the Line from LPU9 64. What We Don't Know from LPUX 65. Pretend to Be from LPUX 66. I Have Not Begun from LPUX 67. Robot Boy from LPU11 SESSION [4:03:41] This is my primary LP mega-playlist, weighing in at 72 tracks at its current revision. The original sequencing was based on Mike's parts in each song (whether he's absent, rapping, or singing), but I started to throw out that structure with the LIVING THINGS revision. Each section is bookended by several instrumentals that lead into the next section. All tracks are the originally released versions unless marked otherwise. 1. Opening 2. YO 3. Not Alone 4. In Pieces 5. Across the Line 6. Breaking the Habit 7. New Divide 8. No More Sorrow 9. Valentine's Day 10. Leave Out All the Rest 11. What We Don't Know 12. My<DSMBR 13. She Couldn't 14. Crawling (Studio Final take) 15. Numb 16. P5hng Me A*wy 17. Waiting for the End 18. IN MY REMAINS 19. Cure for the Itch 20. Sold My Soul to Yo Mama 21. Drawings 22. Blackbirds 23. Easier to Run 24. From the Inside 25. Fuse 26. Bleed It Out 27. Papercut 28. Somewhere I Belong 29. With You 30. In the End 31. Part of Me (8-Track) 32. Esaul (LPU11) 33. Faint 34. Forgotten 35. Nobody's Listening 36. QWERTY (Live, LPU6) 37. Reading My Eyes (LPU6) 38. Slip 39. NTR/Mssion 40. Unfortunate 41. Announcement Service Public 42. Pale 43. Halo 44. I Have Not Begun 45. High Voltage (2000 Reprise) 46. Step Up 47. LOST IN THE ECHO 48. Dedicated 49. Standing in the Middle 50. PPR: Kut 51. FRGT/10 52. Hands Held High 53. When They Come for Me 54. LIES GREED MISERY 55. UNTIL IT BREAKS 56. TINFOIL 57. POWERLESS 58. Session 59. Issho ni 60. Divided 61. Fallout 62. Wake 63. No Roads Left 64. Fear 65. In Between 66. Burning in the Skies 67. Blackout 68. Wisdom, Justice, and Love 69. Iridescent 70. The Catalyst 71. ROADS UNTRAVELED 72. The Little Things Give You Away SINGLES [1:43:48] Another descriptive title, just a comprehensive singles playlist, in chronological order. 1. One Step Closer 2. Crawling 3. Papercut 4. In the End 5. Pts. of. Athrty 6. Enth E Nd 7. FRGT/10 8. H! Vltg3 9. Somewhere I Belong 10. Faint 11. Numb 12. From the Inside 13. Lying from You 14. Breaking the Habit 15. Numb/Encore 16. Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying from You 17. Izzo/In the End 18. What I've Done 19. Bleed It Out 20. Shadow of the Day 21. Given Up 22. Leave Out All the Rest 23. We Made It [busta Rhymes ft. Linkin Park] 24. New Divide 25. The Catalyst 26. Waiting for the End 27. Burning in the Skies 28. Iridescent (Dark of the Moon) 29. BURN IT DOWN STEP UP [3:08:50] This is my Shinoda playlist, kept on shuffle. It basically includes any track that has significant amount of Mike, with both LP and Fort Minor represented. Fuse Reading My Eyes Stick n Move Step Up Papercut With You In the End A Place for My Head Forgotten High Voltage 2000 FRGT/10 Dedicated Somewhere I Belong Lying from You Faint Nobody's Listening Standing in the Middle Bleed It Out Hands Held High Faint Demo Blackbirds When They Come for Me Waiting for the End Wretches and Kings I Have Not Begun LOST IN THE ECHO VICTIMIZED LIES GREED MISERY UNTIL IT BREAKS Slip Points of Authority (Live from Sydney, In Stereo over intro) ---- 100 Degrees S.C.O.M. Spraypaint & Ink Pens Remember the Name Right Now Where'd You Go In Stereo Back Home Cigarettes Believe Me Get Me Gone High Road Kenji Petrified Feel Like Home Red to Black Slip Out the Back Be Somebody There They Go The Hard Way Do What We Did Tools of the Trade Strange Things Start it All Up ---- Freestyle w/ DJ Vice

AND YOU'RE DAMN WELCOME FOR IT But like, there's really a progression with Mike's ego, so to speak, from FM to ATS (because MTM didn't really have any self-centered rapping) to LT. With FM he's all "Yeah I'm here, I'm pretty good, but you know I'm not really trying to command or demand attention and recognition, just doin' what I like to do." With ATS he's like "You know what? Back the fuck up. I'm the shit, you need to realize that." And finally with LT he's like "Alright, look how great I am. I'm such a fucking boss. Fuck you." It's great.

Yes, thank you, thank you so much, preach that shit. Ever since FM, we've seen what Mike's really capable of, and I'm really glad that it's carried back over into LP. Especially on UNTIL IT BREAKS. I couldn't help myself.

It's probably just my brain messing with me, but I swear I heard "Linkin Park" twice in the sample. Can't tell what language it is, though.

Numb/Encore was what really sucked me in. What a great song.

LOST IN THE ECHO is a good, solid LP-formula track, with more electronica than what we're used to considering the formula. One thing I noticed is that the chorus is what gives the song its personal context; without them, Mike's verses could very well be a diss-track, throwing shit at all the LP haters. More or less. IN MY REMAINS is a lot stronger than I thought last night. I love Mike's vocals at the end. Super quality. This could very easily be a single, and it also has a home on MTM. BURN IT DOWN and LIES GREED MISERY aren't awful in the context of the album (the transition from IMR to BID in particular is pretty tasty) but I'm so sick of them right now that I just skip over them when I'm not interested in doing a full-album run. I'LL BE GONE isn't quite as lame as I thought, but I'm still fairly underwhelmed by it. Needs something more. CASTLE OF GLASS...hrm. I just...I'm not sure what I feel about this. I like the unconventional nature of the song, but it just...it isn't pulling me in, y'know? Oh well. VICTIMIZED. Holy shit. Every time this song comes up I have to keep myself from laughing because there's so much shit going on that just doesn't make sense in the context of LP. It's a brutal song, though. I think the band was hyping it up too much; perhaps not the heaviest song they've ever written, but it's certainly a giant punch to the face. Mike's second verse is still one of my favorites on the album. ROADS UNTRAVELED is probably my second-favorite song on the album. It's really a beautiful ballad, much better done than the ones on MTM. I love the mix of Chester and Mike's voices in the song, done much better than CASTLE OF GLASS. SKIN TO BONE is spooky and has that unconventional song structure similar to Robot Boy, which I like. It's definitely one of the stronger tracks on the album, even though it's pretty short and seems to fly by. UNTIL IT BREAKS is still my favorite track. I can't even articulate why. I was just...blown away by it. Yeah, fine, it's like four mini-songs stitched together, I'll give you bastards that. But Mike's verses and the way he drops them...This is easily the most hip-hop track they've ever made. Up until Brad comes in, that is. Speaking of his part, wow, dude doesn't suck at singing. I really hope they do the whole song live just so I can see Brad step up to the mic for a lead vocal. TINFOIL/POWERLESS are one track to me, I don't care what anyone else says. POWERLESS can stand fine on its own, but I prefer it to be preceded by TINFOIL in all my playlists. Initially, it came off as pretty whiny to me, typical HT/Meteora drivel. However, the more I listen to it, the more...mature it sounds, sort of. It could probably fit on Meteora, but the song also reflects the nine years between Meteora and LIVING THINGS. All in all, this album's sitting at #2 for me, with all five in this order: A Thousand Suns LIVING THINGS Minutes to Midnight Hybrid Theory Meteora LP did some good shit with LT. This should bring back at least a few fans, based on LITE and VICTIMIZED alone.

Make that motherfucker the lead singer, obviously. Chester who?

I wouldn't mind a performance video interspersed with silent scenes from the film. As long as it's the full song.

After probably ten or eleven run-throughs, my opinions have changed somewhat: LOST IN THE ECHO is a good, solid LP-formula track, with more electronica than what we're used to considering the formula. One thing I noticed is that the chorus is what gives the song its personal context; without them, Mike's verses could very well be a diss-track, throwing shit at all the LP haters. More or less. IN MY REMAINS is a lot stronger than I thought last night. I love Mike's vocals at the end. Super quality. This could very easily be a single, and it also has a home on MTM. BURN IT DOWN and LIES GREED MISERY aren't awful in the context of the album (the transition from IMR to BID in particular is pretty tasty) but I'm so sick of them right now that I just skip over them when I'm not interested in doing a full-album run. I'LL BE GONE isn't quite as lame as I thought, but I'm still fairly underwhelmed by it. Needs something more. CASTLE OF GLASS...hrm. I just...I'm not sure what I feel about this. I like the unconventional nature of the song, but it just...it isn't pulling me in, y'know? Oh well. VICTIMIZED. Holy shit. Every time this song comes up I have to keep myself from laughing because there's so much shit going on that just doesn't make sense in the context of LP. It's a brutal song, though. I think the band was hyping it up too much; perhaps not the heaviest song they've ever written, but it's certainly a giant punch to the face. Mike's second verse is still one of my favorites on the album. ROADS UNTRAVELED is probably my second-favorite song on the album. It's really a beautiful ballad, much better done than the ones on MTM. I love the mix of Chester and Mike's voices in the song, done much better than CASTLE OF GLASS. UNTIL IT BREAKS is still my favorite track. I can't even articulate why. I was just...blown away by it. Yeah, fine, it's like four mini-songs stitched together, I'll give you bastards that. But Mike's verses and the way he drops them...This is easily the most hip-hop track they've ever made. Up until Brad comes in, that is. Speaking of his part, wow, dude doesn't suck at singing. I really hope they do the whole song live just so I can see Brad step up to the mic for a lead vocal. TINFOIL/POWERLESS are one track to me, I don't care what anyone else says. POWERLESS can stand fine on its own, but I prefer it to be preceded by TINFOIL in all my playlists. Initially, it came off as pretty whiny to me, typical HT/Meteora drivel. However, the more I listen to it, the more...mature it sounds, sort of. It could probably fit on Meteora, but the song also reflects the nine years between Meteora and LIVING THINGS. All in all, this album's sitting at #2 for me, with all five in this order: A Thousand Suns LIVING THINGS Minutes to Midnight Hybrid Theory Meteora LP did some good shit with LT. This should bring back at least a few fans, based on LITE and VICTIMIZED alone.

Wow, it seems like they genuinely enjoyed the recording process this time around. Nothing but fun in that video. Interesting to see the working titles. "Breaking Point" would've been a shitty title, glad they didn't go with that.

I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with your last statement - I do think it'll bring back some people who were hoping for another short collection of good songs. The electronic elements could be a turn off, but I think a lot of people will be happy with this album. Welcome to LPL, btw. Hope you stick around.

Sounds like what people thought of blink-182's most recent album. I see where you're coming from with that.

I want Rob to do the bass drum beat in VICTIMIZED live. Talk about double bass. Actually, you know what, that entire drum part. The whole thing is insane.

Got through the whole album. Ho-ly shit. Right now the only songs I was underwhelmed by are I'LL BE GONE and VICTIMIZED. (Is it still the cool thing to use the all-caps titles? because I'm going to do that forever.) Mike's verses are...damn. Asking where Fort Minor went? Take a fucking look at UNTIL IT BREAKS, kids. I don't know what fucking band wrote VICTIMIZED, but it wasn't LP. Mike was doing some Matisyahu-esque rapping on that second verse, though. Weird shit. Fire Chester and put Brad on lead vocals. Can you imagine his nasally-ass voice screaming "BOUNCE MOTHERFUCKERS"? TINFOIL into POWERLESS reminds me a whole lot of Empty Spaces into When They Come for Me, because TINFOIL is basically the verse of POWERLESS without vocals and with an additional piano melody. Speaking of POWERLESS, damn, those lyrics have a home on Hybrid Theory. It goes to show how tolerable the lyrics are when Chester's not screaming over power chords, though. One of my favorite songs from the album. All in all, this won't beat ATS. But this is exactly what LP said it would be - one damn good album.

But it was working for- ...Oh. It probably picked up my copy of the album. Oops. Well, it's there, in any case.

And now Spotify has pulled the trigger. Bad day for LP.

It's not up for me, but in other news, Spotify pulled the trigger and put up LIVING THINGS.