Living Things (stylized as LIVING THINGS) is the fifth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released under Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop Records on June 20, 2012, in Japan, and throughout the rest of the world during the following week. Production was handled by vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, who both co-produced the band's previous two studio albums, Minutes to Midnight (2007) and A Thousand Suns (2010). Living Things was their last album to be produced by Rubin and recorded at NRG Recording Studios.
The band states that Living Things combines elements from their previous four studio albums to create a new sound. They stated they finally felt they were in "familiar territory" and "comfortable in [their] own skin" after years of experimentation that resulted in their two previous studio albums, Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns.[1][2][3]Living Things was chosen as the album's title because of the numerous personal topics on the album.[4]
The lead single for the album, "Burn It Down", was sent to radio and released to digital music retailers on April 16, 2012. Living Things debuted at number one on Billboard 200 with sales of 223,000 copies in the United States in its opening week. The second single for the album, "Lost in the Echo", was released on October 5, 2012. The third single "Powerless" was released on October 31, 2012. The fourth and final single for the album, "Castle of Glass", was released in its physical format on February 1, 2013. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in August 2017.
Background and recording
The recording of Living Things started in March 2011 and ended in April 2012.[5] In June 2011, lead singer Chester Bennington revealed to Kerrang! that Linkin Park had begun working on new material for their fifth album. He explained, "We've been working on a new record for the past two months. The music is great and we're well ahead of where we're expecting to be. There aren't a whole lot of noises going on, but there are a lot of good songs."[6]
The band's co-lead vocalist and rapper, Mike Shinoda, and Rick Rubin served as producers for the album. "Typically we'll have a once-a-week meeting to go listen to the songs that they're coming up with and talk about them. For so early in the project, they are much further along than they have been on the last two albums we did. On A Thousand Suns there were still a lot of irons in the fire. We knew, 'OK, we can't do this forever. Let's leave this batch and we'll come back and address it when we start up again'", Rubin said.[7] Bennington explained that Rubin "gives us spaces to just be ourselves and to work on our own...He gives us a clear and concise description of what he likes...He would like us to push ourselves into a more fresh take on that particular sound."[8] He also stated that Shinoda guides the band through the process of each song, and called the team-up of Shinoda and Rubin "our golden ticket."[8]
In July 2011, Bennington told Rolling Stone that Linkin Park aims to produce a new album every eighteen months, and that he would be shocked if a new album did not come out in 2012. The band continues to record and produce new material even while touring. Bennington commented on Linkin Park's schedule, stating, "Touring for two years is excruciating. When we would tour for two years even the most resilient person in the band, at the end of that, was fucking miserable."[9] He further elaborated on their ideas in an interview with MTV saying, "We do have a really great head start. We've got some great music, some good ideas. The creativity has continued to flow for us for the last few years, consistently."[10] He later revealed in another interview in September 2011 that the band was still in the beginning phases of the next album, saying "We just kind of began. We like to keep the creative juices flowing, so we try to keep that going all the time...we like the direction that we're going in."[11] Shinoda told Complex magazine that they spent a year in making the album,[12] as well as elaborating on the album's sound, saying that "It doesn't lose any of the creativity of the newer stuff and it brings in the energy of the older stuff. It's kind of a comprehensive sound. I feel like we've been able to take all the stuff we've learned on the way and put it all together in each song and still keep it fresh and forward-thinking."[12] Shinoda told HitFix that the process of the album "felt like a drug trip...we were looking to redefine everything."[13]
Shinoda spoke to Co.Create about the album's art, saying that it will "blow [the fans] away...the average person is not going to be able to look at it and go, I understand that that's completely new, like not just the image but the way they made the image is totally new. So there's going to be that."[14] The band underwent 360-degree body scans for numerous lyric videos and artwork for the album.[15] The album's art was released on April 16, 2012, along with the album's first single, "Burn It Down".[16]
Composition
In an interview featured in the March 21, 2012 issue of Kerrang! magazine, Bennington stated that the band has returned to more "familiar" territory on their new record, saying "with this [new] album, we've incorporated a lot of guitar work with big choruses and the heavier electronic stuff to give it that really big wall of sound feeling without getting too metal. This will be more familiar to people than A Thousand Suns was, where we were like 'Fuck it, we're just going to go bonkers." Bennington also said that the new album's lyrics would be personal and avoid being political, adding "We've been writing a lot about relationships."[2][17] Bennington and Shinoda echoed similar statements during an interview with Spin, with the former commenting that "We now know we have the skills and the tools to take those ideas and make them into what we're actually looking for, as opposed to getting into it and discovering that it just sounds really nü-metal. That's always going to be gross to us, but we can take elements of that and reinvent the vibe, make it new and fresh."[1] The two previewed five songs from the album, as well as announced that they had collaborated with Canadian musician Owen Pallett.[1] The vocalists also stated that they have adopted numerous influences and topics for the album, particularly about people.[1]
Bennington told Live 105 that the band is "embracing everything that [they] have done in the past," taking the "best pieces" of their previous four albums and "smash[ing] them together into this new record."[8] Shinoda explained in an interview with NME that the album would not return to their nu metal sound, however he assured that the record "gets back to our roots and it's captured a feeling that we haven't gone after in many years."[18] He also spoke similar statements to Bennington about combining elements of all four albums, saying, "We've learned so much from all the albums we've done, so we've taken everything we've learned and mixed it all into one."[3] Shinoda stated that the album is more "rap-centric" compared to their previous two albums.[19] Shinoda told Musique Mag that the band wanted the album to be "more energetic [and] song-based", as opposed to their previous album, A Thousand Suns, which was more of a concept record.[20]
The band had numerous influences and inspirations for Living Things. Shinoda told Rolling Stone that "Castle of Glass", "Skin to Bone" and "Roads Untraveled" contained folk music influenced by the works of Bob Dylan, as well as the inspirations of Dylan.[21] In the seventh track "Victimized", which Rolling Stone described as "the band's most aggressive track in years",[22] was influenced by punk rock bands such as Pennywise and Dirty Rotten Imbeciles.[20] Shinoda noted the minimal content of numerous punk rock songs attributed to the short length of "Victimized"; bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell noted that the song's working title, "Battle Axe", "which to me is..what that song is; it's just this big 'crack' and then you're out."[20] Like the band's first two albums, the penultimate track ("Tinfoil") is an instrumental.[23]Brad Delson, the band's guitarist, has vocals in the tenth track "Until It Breaks", which was his idea.[20] The album explores the genres alternative rock, electronic rock, rap rock and industrial rock.[24][25][26]
Release and promotion
The band toured with Incubus and Mutemath on the 2012 Honda Civic Tour.[27] The band's concert at the Admiralspalast Theatre in Berlin, Germany was recorded and was shown in theaters on June 25, 2012, for one night only.[28] The band performed a private concert at the 2012 X Games in Los Angeles.[29] On July 23, 2012, Linkin Park announced they would be touring South Africa for the first time, performing in Johannesburg and Cape Town in November 2012.[30]
On March 28, 2012, Shinoda confirmed that the album's first single is "Burn It Down".[31] On April 11, 2012, it was confirmed that it would be sent for radio airplay and released to iTunes digital download on April 16, 2012.[16] Shinoda also confirmed they were filming a music video for the song,[32] with the band's turntablist Joe Hahn directing the video.[33] The band teamed up with the Lotus F1 team to create a musical racing iPad app titled Linkin Park GP, where players drive a Lotus E20 and interact with an environment that allows the player to create a remix of "Burn It Down", as well as zooming into individual sections of the song.[34] The music video for "Burn It Down" premiered on MTV on May 24, 2012.[35]
On April 15, 2012, Mike Shinoda posted a blog update confirming that the new album title is Living Things and that the album would be available for pre-order through their website, starting April 16.[36]Living Things was released on June 26, 2012.[37] Pre-orders for the album began on April 17, 2012; upon purchase, fans were subscribed to Living Things Remixed, remixed songs from the album.[38] In celebration of the release of Living Things, the band teamed up with music streaming website Spotify to release live compilations of each album era.[39][40]
On May 9, 2012, a worldwide interactive scavenger hunt commenced.[41] Shinoda proclaimed the near-end of the scavenger hunt on May 23, 2012, stating he would call BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe the next day to premiere a new song from Living Things, the result of the hunt.[42] The song that premiered on BBC Radio 1 on May 24, 2012, was the album's fourth track, "Lies Greed Misery".[43]
On June 4, 2012, the official lyric video of "Lies Greed Misery" premiered.[44] On the same day, "Lies Greed Misery" was featured in a trailer for the video game Medal of Honor: Warfighter, that was revealed by Electronic Arts at E3 2012.[45][46] "Castle of Glass" was also confirmed to be featured in Medal of Honor: Warfighter.[47] "Powerless", the twelfth and closing track of the album, is featured in the closing credits to the film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.[48] A performance music video of "Powerless" featuring scenes from the film was released on Yahoo!.[49] The music video was directed by Timur Bekmambetov, director of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.[50] The official lyric video for "Lost in the Echo" was released via Linkin Park's official YouTube page on June 29, 2012.[51] and the official music video was released on September 4, 2012.[52] On October 5, 2012, "Lost in the Echo" was released as the album's second single.[53] On October 10, 2012, Linkin Park released the music video for "Castle of Glass".[54] On October 31, 2012, "Powerless" was released as an iTunes-only single in Japan, although there has been neither an official statement about "Powerless" being a single nor any promotion around the release date.[55] "I'll Be Gone" was released to alternative radio as a promotional single on December 5, 2012,[56] while "Castle of Glass" was released as the album's third single on February 1, 2013[57] and impacted US radio on January 5, 2013.[58]
Reception
Commercial
Living Things debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 223,000 copies, beating out Maroon 5's Overexposed by 1,000 sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan,[59] and fell to number 5 on its second week on chart selling 64,000 copies.[60] The album has reached the top spot in seventeen countries becoming their best charting album so far and has been certified Gold in Australia for shipments of at least 35,000 copies,[61] and also attained Gold certification in Switzerland.[62] It also debuted at number one in UK Albums Chart, selling 41,000 copies beating out Maroon 5's album once again.[63] In Canada, the album also debuted at number one selling at least 20,000 copies.[64] As of 2014, the album has sold 681,000 copies in the United States.[65]
Upon its release, the album was met with mixed reviews from critics. According to the aggregate review website Metacritic, Living Things holds a score of 60 out of 100 based on 15 collected reviews, indicating "mixed to average reviews."[66]
Chad Childers of Loudwire stated that "the album as a whole continues to expand their world-view writing like what listeners got with A Thousand Suns, but it also adds more of the anger that was prevalent in their earliest work, Hybrid Theory."[71]Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic declared that "there is definition to their structure, some of the choruses catch hold without too much effort – but this album remains one of sustained mood, not individual moments" and concludes that the album is "a fitting soundtrack for aging rap-rockers who are comfortable in their skin but restless at heart".[67]The Guardian writer Dave Simpson observed that "Living Things is more personal than A Thousand Suns, with underlying themes of recovery from traumatic experiences. The exception, Burn It Down, delivers an antiwar sentiment via Depeche Mode-y electro-bounce, while the similarly standout Roads Untraveled is an eerie confessional ballad", and concluded that "Living Things would have benefited from more of such adventure, but they still sound like a band enjoying an unexpected second life".[70] Johan Wippsson of Melodic wrote that the album is "too little too pop-oriented and made for the charts than before. The synthesizers are a bit too intent to Coldplay mode, but assume that the band felt it was time to conquer the charts again."[76]PopMatters' Jordan Blum concluded that "Living Things is a very good entry that’s simply not as special as its precursor."[74] Phil Mongredien from The Observer comments on their refusal to play it safe and praises their boldness.[73]
Tim Grierson at About.com stated that Living Things is "a straightforward collection that plays to their rap-rock strengths, and while it’s often musically engaging, these 12 songs don’t have enough cumulative impact. As a result, the record ends up being a diverting experience rather than an arresting one."[25] At The A.V. Club, Evan Rytlewski commented that the band "can dial down (or turn back up) the heaviness all it wants, recruit the most Grammy-proven producers, and keep current with the latest electronic textures, but those moves can only take Linkin Park so far when its songs have all the emotional range of an MMA bout".[68] Another mixed review from Hamish MacBain at NME stated that "...their foray into said genre here is restricted to the three minutes of ‘Castle of Glass’. The rest is... well, to be fair, they've obviously been listening to a bit of Skrillex, and thus the heavy guitar thud of yore has been replaced by a new, heavy electronic thud, but that aside it's largely the usual semi-hilarious histrionica to which we’ve become accustomed." MacBain also added that, in the sub-description of the review, the album is "A predictable earache".[72]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Living Things (Acapellas and Instrumentals) is the first instrumental and a capella tracks album performed by American rock band Linkin Park, taken from their fifth studio album Living Things. The album was released on iTunes, and was released through Warner Bros. and Machine Shop on June 25, 2012, it was produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda. This album was released before the release of Living Things on June 26, 2012. The album was released by Linkin Park after Shinoda heard all the remixes of their songs by other producers, and it was confirmed on their official website.
^Diehl, Matt (June 2012). "Linkin Park Rage Again on New LP". Rolling Stone. No. 1157. We looked not just to Bob Dylan, but the music that inspired Dylan," says the singer. "Having a driving beat with this country-folk melody is weird – but it's totally Linkin Park.
^Diehl, Matt (June 2012). "Linkin Park Rage Again on New LP". Rolling Stone. No. 1157. ...the brutal headbanger "Victimized" is the band's most aggressive track in years.
^"Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 26.Týden 2012 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^オリコン年間 アルバムランキング 2012年度 [Oricon Annual CD Album Ranking 2012] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
^"Recording Industry in Numbers"(PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. 2013. p. 11. Archived from the original(PDF) on April 9, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
La Coppa Italia Serie D 2016-2017 è la diciottesima edizione della manifestazione. Coppa Italia Serie D 2016-2017 Competizione Coppa Italia Serie D Sport Calcio Edizione 18ª Organizzatore FIGC Date dal 20 agosto 2016al 20 maggio 2017 Luogo Italia Partecipanti 162 Risultati Vincitore Chieri(1º titolo) Secondo Albalonga Semi-finalisti Darfo Boario Bisceglie Cronologia della competizione 2015-2016 2017-2018 Manuale Indice 1 Partecipanti 2 Regolamento 3 Dat...
Milot Rashica Rashica bersama Vitesse pada tahun 2016Informasi pribadiNama lengkap Milot RashicaTanggal lahir 28 Juni 1996 (umur 27)Tempat lahir Vučitrn, FR YugoslaviaTinggi 178 m (584 ft 0 in)Posisi bermain Gelandang serangInformasi klubKlub saat ini VitesseNomor 7Karier junior2010–2013 VushtrriaKarier senior*Tahun Tim Tampil (Gol)2013–2015 Vushtrria 21 (9)2015– Vitesse 80 (13)Tim nasional‡2012 Albania U17 3 (1)2014 Albania U19 3 (0)2015–2016 Albania U21 6 (1)...
Festival Lagu Populer IndonesiaSampul album kompilasi Festival Lagu Populer Indonesia 1975DeskripsiLagu terbaik untuk berkompetisi dalam World Popular Song FestivalNegara IndonesiaDipersembahkan olehKoes HendratmoNama sebelumnyaFestival Lagu Populer Tingkat NasionalDiberikan perdana1973Diberikan terakhir1991Siaran televisi/radioSaluranTVRI Festival Lagu Populer Indonesia (disebut pula Festival Lagu Populer Tingkat Nasional atau FLPTN) adalah festival musik tahunan Indonesia yang dimulai pelak...
American politician For his son, co-founder of the Los Angeles Daily Times, see Nathan Cole Jr. Nathan ColeMember of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Missouri's 2nd districtIn officeMarch 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879Preceded byErastus WellsSucceeded byErastus Wells Personal detailsBorn(1825-07-26)July 26, 1825St. Louis, MissouriDiedMarch 4, 1904(1904-03-04) (aged 78)St. Louis, MissouriPolitical partyRepublicanProfessionPolitician, merchant, businessmanSignature...
Jim Saxton Hugh James Jim Saxton, född 22 januari 1943 i Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, är en amerikansk republikansk politiker. Han var ledamot av USA:s representanthus 1984-2009. Saxton gick i skola i Lackawanna Trail High School i Factoryville. Han avlade 1965 sin grundexamen vid East Stroudsburg State College. Han studerade sedan vidare vid Temple University i Philadelphia. Han flyttade därefter till New Jersey och arbetade som lärare. Kongressledamoten Edwin B. Forsythe avled 1984 i �...
Cet article est une ébauche concernant une entreprise française. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en l’améliorant (comment ?). Une page sur une entreprise étant sujette à controverse, n’oubliez pas d’indiquer dans l’article les critères qui le rendent admissible. Compagnie des compteurs Création 1881 Siège social Montrouge Activité Fabrication d'instruments et d'appareils de mesure, d'essai et de navigation; horlogerie (d)[1], mécanique de précision et industrie...
Graham Rahal Graham Rahal (lahir 4 Januari 1989) merupakan seorang pembalap mobil profesional Amerika Serikat. Ia merupakan putra dari Bobby Rahal. Saat ini Graham membalap untuk tim yang dimiliki dan dikelola oleh ayahnya sendiri di Seri IndyCar yaitu tim Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Debut Rahal di ajang IndyCar di mulai di Grand Prix IndyCar St.Petersburg 2008. Dalam lomba debutnya ini ia juga sekaligus mencatatkan rekor pribadi tersendiri sebagai pembalap paling muda yang pernah memenan...
National governing body of cycle racing in Fiji The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.Find sources: Fiji Cycling Association – ...
Association football club in Northern Ireland This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Institute F.C. – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Football clubInstituteFull nameInstitute Football ClubNickname(s)Stute, The Sky BluesFounded19...
Mazmur 117Naskah Gulungan Mazmur 11Q5 di antara Naskah Laut Mati memuat salinan sejumlah besar mazmur Alkitab yang diperkirakan dibuat pada abad ke-2 SM.KitabKitab MazmurKategoriKetuvimBagian Alkitab KristenPerjanjian LamaUrutan dalamKitab Kristen19← Mazmur 116 Mazmur 118 → Mazmur 117 (disingkat Maz 117, Mzm 117 atau Mz 117; penomoran Septuaginta: Mazmur 116) adalah sebuah mazmur dalam bagian ke-5 Kitab Mazmur di Alkitab Ibrani dan Perjanjian Lama dalam Alkitab Kristen. Tidak ditu...
CCTV-7 军事 农业CCTV-7 Militer dan PertanianDiluncurkan1 Januari 1994PemilikChina Central TelevisionNegara Republik Rakyat TiongkokSitus webCCTV-7Televisi InternetCNTV Ai BuguCCTV-7 CCTV-7 adalah saluran militer-pertanian di jaringan televisi, CCTV di Republik Rakyat Tiongkok. Saluran ini mulai mengudara pada 1 Januari 1994. Pranala luar (Tionghoa) Situs web resmi CCTV-7 lbsChina Central Television (CCTV)CCTV CCTV-1 (Umum) · CCTV-2 (Keuangan) · CCTV-3 (Seni dan Hiburan) �...
Louis d'Amboise Dessin du tombeau de Louis d'Amboise en l'église de Thouars, collection Gaignières, Paris, BnF, XVIIe siècle. Titre Vicomte de Thouars Biographie Dynastie Maison d'Amboise Naissance 1392château de Rochecorbon Décès 28 février 1469Thouars Père Ingelger II d'Amboise Mère Jeanne de Craon Conjoint Louise-Marie de RieuxColette de Chambes Enfants Françoise, Péronnelle, Marguerite Armes : écartelé, aux 1 et 4 palé d'or et de gueules de six pièces (Amboi...
German sculptor Detail of St. George and the Dragon group by Henning van der Heide in St. Anne's Museum, Lübeck Henning van der Heide (sometimes von der Heide/Heyde, ca. 1460 - 1521) was a German late Gothic sculptor. Life and works Little is known about van der Heide's personal life. He was trained in the workshop of Bernt Notke (and worked with him on his famous Saint George and the Dragon statue in Stockholm)[1] and seems to have lived and worked in Lübeck, present-day Germany. I...
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Mossynoeci – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Mosinoeci (lower centre) in a map of the voyage of the Argonauts by Abraham Ortelius, 1624 Mossynoeci (Georgian: მოსინიკებ...
Grenadian Citizenship ActParliament of Grenada Long title An Act relating to Grenadian citizenship Enacted byGovernment of GrenadaStatus: Current legislation Grenadian nationality law is regulated by the 1973 Grenadian Constitution, as amended; the Citizenship Act of 1976, and its revisions; and various British Nationality laws.[1][2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Grenada. Grenadian nationality is typically obtained either on the princi...
YaquiThe location of the Yaqui people in Sonora, Mexico when first encountered by the SpanishDaerah dengan populasi signifikan United States ( Arizona, California)11,324BahasaYaqui, English, SpanishAgamaIndigenous Religion, ChristianityKelompok etnik terkaitMayo Uto-Aztecan people Yaqui people, c. 1910 Yaqui atau Yoeme adalah nama suku atau orang-orang pribumi Amerika yang merupakan leluhur dari lembah Río Yaqui yaitu wilayah utara Meksiko, Arizona, dan California.[1]...
Pour les articles homonymes, voir Essonne. Essonne L'Essonne dans le centre-ville de Corbeil-Essonnes. Cours de l'Essonne (carte interactive du bassin de la Seine). Caractéristiques Longueur 101,1 km [1] Bassin 1 870 km2 [2] Bassin collecteur Seine Débit moyen 8,17 m3/s (Ballancourt-sur-Essonne) [2] Organisme gestionnaire Syndicat intercommunal d'aménagement de réseaux et de cours d'eau (SIARCE)[3] Régime Pluvial océanique Cours Source Forêt d'Orléans · Localisat...
Disambiguazione – Se stai cercando altri significati, vedi Rodano (disambigua). RodanoIl Rodano a LioneStati Svizzera Francia Suddivisioni Canton Vallese Canton Vaud Canton Ginevra Rodano-Alpi Provenza-Alpi-Costa AzzurraAlvernia-Rodano-Alpi Lunghezza812 km Portata media1 820 m³/s Bacino idrografico95 500 km²[1] Altitudine sorgente1 853 m s.l.m. NasceGhiacciaio del Rodano, Alpi Urane Affluentivedi sezione SfociaMar Mediterraneo nella Camargue Map...