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Living Things is American rock band Linkin Park's fifth studio album, released on June 26, 2012 through Warner Bros. Records. Three singles were released from the record: "Burn It Down", "Lost In The Echo", and "Castle Of Glass". Though they were not official singles, "Lies Greed Misery", "Powerless", and "I'll Be Gone" were all released as promotional singles. The band combined elements of the previous four albums to create the sound for Living Things, as they finally felt comfortable with where they were as a band. The album debuted at #1 on the charts, making it the band's fifth consecutive #1 record.

Background

Living Things is Linkin Park's fifth studio album. While the album focused heavily on electronics, the band combined elements of all of their previous albums to craft the sound of this album. As Mike explained, "We finally felt comfortable with the sound we had." On his blog, he wrote, "For me, it’s all about getting back to the real 'hybrid theory' — not the album with that name, but the idea that the six guys in our band have drastically different tastes in music, and the blending of all those sounds into one is exactly what we built our band upon." Remixes for tracks from Living Things were released on Linkin Park's second remix album, Recharged.

The name of the album is taken from the ideas expressed within the songs. Mike spoke to NME about it: "We chose the album title 'Living Things' because it's more of a record about people. It's more about personal interactions. On the last few records we've had an interest in global issues and social issues and those things are still around, there are certainly traces of them, but this record is far more personal." He continued to say that the album goes through a variety of moods, all connected through a very human and relatable perspective.

Several months after the album came out, Danny Hayes, who had been working with Linkin Park since they were called Xero and brought Chester Bennington to the band's attention, sued Paul Hutchinson, who had been hired in 2009 to audit the band's royalties. Hayes, in 2006, helped renegotiate Linkin Park's contract with Warner, promising the band more royalties in the new contract, which ultimately led to the conflict between the two entities ending. However, after Hutchinson investigated the royalties, it was found that the band was actually receiving less royalties from digital sales than before. After this information was discovered, Linkin Park fired Hayes, leading to him suing Hutchinson for allegedly intentionally creating ill will between Hayes and Linkin Park, and he claimed that Hutchinson lied to Linkin Park to harm Hayes's reputation. Despite trying to get the case dismissed on the grounds that he did the investigation in anticipation of legal action, Hutchinson's claim was dismissed and the lawsuit went forward.[1]

Writing and Recording

Writing for Living Things dates back to March 2011. In June 2011, Chester claimed in an interview with Kerrang!, "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. It will probably get a very polarized reaction." He told Rolling Stone in an interview that, "'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."

The band entered the studio entered the studio in early 2012, and recorded at NRG Studios in Los Angeles, California. The band returned to producer Rick Rubin to help them direct Living Things - Rubin had worked with them on their previous two efforts, Minutes To Midnight and A Thousand Suns. Compared to previous album sessions, the recording of the album happened extremely quickly - the band entered the studio in the beginning of 2012 and released the album in June.

With this album, the band drew from all of their past work to create one cohesive experience. Mike said that the band kept the live setting as a motivation for creating the new music, despite only half of the album being performed at Linkin Park shows as the band toured for it. Some songs, such as "I'll Be Gone" and "Powerless", were songs that were originally worked on during previous album sessions (in this case, the two songs were worked on during the A Thousand Suns era). Songs experienced major progression throughout the recording process, "Skin To Bone" and the outro of "Until It Breaks" were originally folk songs. The outro of "Until It Breaks" is the first (and only) time Brad has sung in a studio recording (excluding the demo). The song was originally three different demos that were eventually combined into the one track: "Apaches", "Foot Patrol", and "Three Band Terror". Chester fell sick during the process, but, unlike what happened in the case of Meteora's recording process, he was still able to sing and did not wait to get better. Ironically, Chester recorded heavier songs like "Victimized" and "Lies Greed Misery" whilst sick.

Composition

Releases

  • Album Version
  • Tour Edition
  • Living Things+

Digital

  • Living Things // {cat. 093624950479}
  • Living Things (HI-Res version) // {cat. 093624950431}
  • Living Things: Acapellas + Instrumentals // {cat. 093624947035}

Track Listing

Standard Edition

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1 Lost In The Echo Linkin Park 3:25
2 In My Remains 3:20
3 Burn It Down 3:50
4 Lies Greed Misery 2:26
5 I'll Be Gone 3:31
6 Castle Of Glass 3:25
7 Victimized 1:46
8 Roads Untraveled 3:49
9 Skin To Bone 2:48
10 Until It Breaks 3:43
11 Tinfoil 1:11
12 Powerless 3:44

Japanese Bonus Track

No. Title Writer(s) Length
13 What I've Done (Live) Linkin Park 4:04

Australian Tour Edition

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1 In The End (Live) Linkin Park 3:41
2 New Divide (Live) 4:30
3 What I've Done (Live) 4:06
4 Lost In The Echo (KillSonik Remix) 5:11
5 Burn It Down (Live Rock im Park 2012) 4:02
6 Lies Greed Misery (Live Rock im Park 2012) 2:31

Living Things (Acapellas and Instrumentals)

No. Title Writer(s) Acapella or Instrumental Length
1 Lost In The Echo Linkin Park Instrumental 3:25
2 In My Remains 3:20
3 Burn It Down 3:50
4 Lies Greed Misery 2:26
5 I'll Be Gone 3:31
6 Castle Of Glass 3:25
7 Victimized 1:46
8 Roads Untraveled 3:49
9 Skin To Bone 2:48
10 Until It Breaks 3:43
11 Tinfoil / Powerless 5:03
12 Lost In The Echo Acapella 2:56
13 In My Remains 2:43
14 Burn It Down 2:56
15 Lies Greed Misery 2:14
16 I'll Be Gone 2:59
17 Castle Of Glass 2:49
18 Victimized 1:15
19 Roads Untraveled 3:11
20 Skin To Bone 2:37
21 Until It Breaks 3:43
22 Powerless 3:26

Personnel

Linkin Park is

  • Chester Bennington
  • Rob Bourdon
  • Brad Delson
  • Phoenix
  • Joe Hahn
  • Mike Shinoda

Production

  • Produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda
  • Additional Production by Brad Delson
  • Engineering by Mike Shinoda and Ethan Mates
  • Assistant Engineer and Editor: Andrew Hayes
  • Studio Drum Tech: Jerry Johnson
  • Album Production Coordination: Ryan DeMarti
  • Recorded at NRG Recording Studios
  • Additional Recording at The Stockroom
  • Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee North Studios, Universal Studios, CA
  • Assisted by Chris Galland and Del Bowers
  • Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA

Additional Musicians

  • Strings on "I'll Be Gone" by Owen Pallett

Management

  • Worldwide Representation: The Collective
  • Management Team: Michael Green, Jordan Berliant and Ran DeMarti
  • Booking Agents: Michael Arfin of Artist Group International
  • Europe Booking Agent: Scott Thomas of X-Ray Touring
  • Legal for Linkin Park: David Lande, David Byrnes, Mitch Tenzer, and Alicia Sydney for Zifren Brittenham LLP
  • Business Affairs for Warner Bros. Records: Charles Hamilton
  • Business Managers: Johnathan Schwartz and Michael Oppenheim of Gudvi, Sussman and Oppenheim
  • Publicity: Kymm Britton
  • UK Publicity: Kas Mercer of Mercenary Publicity
  • A&R: Rob Cavallo
  • A&R Coordination: Jonna Terrasi and Ran DeMarti
  • Marketing Director: Peter Standish

Artwork

  • Creative Direction by Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn, Brandon Parvini and Andrea Scib
  • Art Direction & Design: The Uprising Creative
  • Artwork by Brandon Parvini at Ghost Town Media
  • LP Icon Design: Frank Maddocks

Live Performances

Songs Played Live

  • Lost In The Echo
  • In My Remains
  • Burn It Down
  • Lies Greed Misery
  • Castle Of Glass
  • Victimized
  • Roads Untraveled
  • Tinfoil

Tours

  • European Tour 2012
  • Honda Civic Tour
  • Living Things South American Tour
  • Living Things South African Tour
  • Living Things Australian and New Zealand Tour
  • Living Things Asian Tour

Promotion

Reception

Critical Reception

Awards

Gallery

Trivia

  • Throughout the cycle for Living Things, the band adopted a policy of "all caps everything", putting the album title, song names, and even their band name in all caps. This ended in 2014, once the Living Things cycle had ended.
  • Living Things was the second album from Linkin Park to get a remix album, which was titled Recharged. The first was Hybrid Theory with Reanimation.
  • Living Things is the first album since Meteora to feature no explicit language.

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