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1 hour ago, Somebodyangry said:

Yeah like, even if THP is my least fav LP album and the least succesful by the band, leaving the album out of a GH compilation makes no sense, even more in the case of a band with relatively short discography, like LP is not Black Sabbath, make it 21 songs and put FM on it at least 

maybe one day, we will have the answer of why THP completely left out from this compilation. 😭 Final Masquerade deserve to be in PAPERCUTS. I'll swapped it with LOATR

1 hour ago, linkindan said:

WB right now: I FUCK UP EVERYTHING I SEE

karma for WB because ditching THP.. 🥹

I have a strong feeling that the band will have something in the future, which is not related to album anniversaries. maybe in 2025, they will back to touring (without any new album, it's possible, just like SOAD)

11 hours ago, martinez said:

It's not in Germany only, Australia also have it and also describe it as exclusive to their store lol.

 

I'm talking about this - Click

that price, it's so expensive for single-track cd. 😭 love it but maybe not now.

I believe it was Chester who prefers "The Hunting Party" instead of "Carnivores" because he said "Carnivores" just a word and it translate really well while "The Hunting Party", it's something that need to be figure out and mysteriously. i might be wrong on that but i watched the LPUTV recently.

3 hours ago, linkindan said:

I think it was Mike who made an off handed comment about how awesome it would be to have someone like Rakim on the track, and their engineer was like “Oh, I just did a record with him. Want me to give him a call?”

oh yess!!! it was Mike. it was a great decision ever! LP with Rakim, two legends together. but now it made senses, why GATS or the rest of THP being hated by the label. Rakim's verse is one of the reason. he dissed the record label straight forward.

3 minutes ago, Somebodyangry said:

Not having Rebellion as the first single might be the weirdest decision of their career 

Rebellion is a great track but it's not really LP-style-ish. if the song hit the radio randomly, ppl might think it's System of A Down track.

GUILTY ALL THE SAME is technically "out of the box" for LP musical style. those riff, solos. dont forget about the legendary guest on the track. like, how the f**k they got RAKIM on the track, which is brand new song, not some remix shit. 😭🤘💯🎉 i remember that during the promo for the song, you've got to Shazam any LP tracks and you got a link to listen to "GUILTY ALL THE SAME".

Happy 10th Anniversary, GUILTY ALL THE SAME!

It's a shame that the fkin label hate the entire album & excluding any tracks from THP into the Greatest Hits album. 

16 minutes ago, Somebodyangry said:

Imagine someone who is a casual fan and discovers FF and QWERTY hearing them side by side 😂😂😂 delicate bittersweet pop song about the nonsense of arguing and going mad about little things and then BEHIND YOUR LIIIIIIIIIES WHAA blows up on your face 😂

hahahah! it will blown their minds! even for hardcore fans, listening QWERTY on streaming platform surely gonna be different vibes! 

hopefully, they releases "QWERTY (Official Music Video)" on the release day. 

43 minutes ago, Bambitt said:

yeah, it might be. Id expect a little bit more regarding FF or even QWERTY. 

true! because FF is a brand new vault song and QWERTY is fan-club exclusive track. cant wait for people to hear QWERTY for the first time.

9 minutes ago, Bambitt said:

Whats wierd is the lack of promotional interviews etc. regarding Papercuts. Or are there some new articles etc.? I have been busy this week so I might be out of loop

maybe because it's a compilation/greatest hits album? not really a "new" album to them? unlike M20, it's celebrating 20th anniversary, they were really proud and hype bout it. besides, the band wasnt really into this compilation. 

4 hours ago, martinez said:

CD: 4-panel Softpak with 2 pockets, 16-page booklet - 093624846017 / 726266-2

Vinyl standard (black): 12" Vinyl gatefold sleeve with two pockets. Two x 12" printed Inner bags. 12" Vinyl Lyrics/Credits 4 page folder insert - 093624846000 / 726366-1

i believe the last jewel case CD that LP has released was OML Live. after that, it's just digipak/softpak. i love digipak but i miss a lot jewel case. 🥹

1 minute ago, Coizu said:

LP was big enough to negotiate contractual terms in their favor, there is no way they are hostages of the record label (and they continuously repeated that they are very happy with their relationship with Warner anyway).

as long as they still with the label, they cant do much. no matter how big you are. that's the reason why Taylor Swift f**k out her old label and recreating everything from the beginning. her fans is happy with it. so she won the battle.

"repeated that they are very happy with their relationship with Warner anyway" - you know they have to said it right.. it will be stupid for the band to against the label. 😂

let's hope one day LINKIN PARK fully owned the masters. and get off from these freaking label.

27 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

Up to 7 vinyls now. That's not a good look when the band their entire career has been so meticulous about every single merch item and thing they put out. OML had what, 3? A normal and 2 others?

Looks very cash grabby to do something like that when you have the press and fans running wild about "unreleased song featuring Chester Bennington vocals" combined with the fact the band and label are both VERY aware the LP fans collect every single item with the band's name on it. The attention to detail here the band usually has on physical releases, including HT20 and M20, is just not there for this.

 

You need some degree of sensitivity when something with Chester comes out, for a billion reasons.

 

There are good aspects of this, of course - the Friendly Fire music video is fantastic. But who was really pushing/itching to do a release here? It sure doesn't look like the band, especially coming after Mike's comments about greatest hits collections. There are some personal notes from the band in this - you have to do SOME sort of press or statement when your name is on a release. But for something that comes out with their band's name on it, the attention to detail/care for this doesn't look even remotely comparable to anything the band has ever released previously. Even RECHARGED was significantly better.

"and record companies killed me, try to force me to stray and obey" - Rakim 

We all know this is all on WR. they become fkin greedy with the successful of M20. maybe they're tired of waiting for the band to move forward and release new album, so instead of waiting, "Hey let's put out Greatest Hits album and releases tons of fkin variation vinyls, fans gonna dig it!".

that's how label works. but hey, they owned them. and the label has right for everything. unlike GD, which you all know.. 🫣🤑

2 hours ago, Sukotto said:

Let’s mock that up…

https://ibb.co/HHP7nw8 👀 

DUDE, YOU'RE ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD! that looks good to me! thank youuuu! 😄🎉

they just updated the spotify playlist cover art.

12 minutes ago, Somebodyangry said:

There's this weird situation where the song is amazing, the video is incredible but the artwork is awful lol  

it's not tally at all. i'm not sure what's the direction that Frank Maddock heading but he surely know what he did was right. maybe not for us but for the company he worked for. 

35 minutes ago, linkindan said:

Every 12 year old with PowerPoint, circa 2002

the cycle repeated.. including music, arts, fashion.. 😂

From the website tab icon.

the combination of this and the logo should be much better

so, QWERTY is produced by Rick Rubin & Mike Shinoda.  so it will be the Studio Demo version from LPU6.

From that quote, is that mean they reworked the song? Just like LOST. No wonder the sound is different from OML sound. The drum is more live organic, not electronic.

38 minutes ago, linkin_boss said:

 

Of course, people will complain one way or the other, but at the end of the day it will still mostly as a "hardcore linkin park fan" discussion. I don't think the mainstream audiences would engage in that discussion for long.

hardcore fans complain but yet, still, here we are. supporting the band but for casual fans, they will notice the band if they making new song (not a new old song). As for now, 2 new old song released by LP and casual fans starts to ask if the band will making new song as in fresh start. Also there’s a negative perception that LP using AI for these releases song. They stuck at that position with the mindset that LP dont have a brand new song. So Mike should step in and making new song/album with the rest of the band! It will be instant blow!

3 hours ago, JZLP-NaughtyNottingham said:

Mike has been trying to have a hit as the main vocalist and has failed every single time. (Waiting For Tomorrow, Aoki collabs, Invisible etc etc)

those are collaboration tracks and for Invisible (or any Mike main vocal track in LP album) always been overshadowed by Chester. it's time for Mike to prove that he capable to lead the band with 100% fresh new materials with his vocal lead the song. he should try and if fails, then they know what to do next. but trust me, any materials post-CB era will blown the internet. 

2 hours ago, Hybrid1988 said:

Doubt it. just going off the Shinoda releases, they never got close to the hype of an LP release. The rest of the members aren’t big rockstar personalities so their contributions won’t add much to the casual fans.

that's because he released those materials under the banner of "MIKE SHINODA". hell, Mike can ever releases "ALREADY OVER" as LP track if he want to but he carefully not to do that because people will still fkin complain bout it. 

4 minutes ago, Bambitt said:

Love it, great prechorus, cool bridge, catchy chorus. Drums sound cool when it's their time to shine, same for guitars, they are louder than on some other OML songs. In my perfect little world, this song would be on OML instead of SFN which is my least favorite song, but I know most of you love it, which is good for you  gonna give it a spin again and again

it seems like FRIENDLY FIRE a bit different (not much) than the rest of OML tracks. is it because they mix differently? but as Martinez told us, only "Numb/Encore" is new mastering.

Just now, martinez said:

 

They probably didn't have it in Hi-Res version, it's the first time the song will be available in that quality.

 

 

I already answered on that:

 

understood. thanks for the clarification! i hope this new "Numb/Encore" mix is a teased for COLLISION COURSE 20th Anniversary or something. 🥹

Just now, martinez said:

And just like i thought - Numb/Encore is the only one with new mastering, other songs are untouched.

wondering, why Numb/Encore is the only song with new mastering? 

quick one: will QWERTY release on the album release date or could it be earlier? just like Fighting Myself?