The Hunting Party (Album)
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June 13, 2014 |
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CD / CD + DVD (Live in Monterrey ) / Vinyl |
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45:12 |
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Larrabee Sound Studios (Los Angeles, CA), EastWest Studios (Los Angeles, CA) |
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The Hunting Party ( English for "The Hunting Party ") is the sixth studio album by Californian rock band Linkin Park . The album was released on June 13, 2014 in Germany.
background
During the Living Things Tour in 2013, Mike Shinoda made various demos . Although the rest of the band and longtime producer Rick Rubin of the Dance - and Indie -beeinflussten shots were quite impressed, located Shinoda decided again to start over and instead wrote much louder, harder and more aggressive music. Chester Bennington , who had suggested taking a darker direction before joining the Stone Temple Pilots for an EP and a short tour in the summer of 2013 , was surprised on his return and compared the new style a little exaggeratedly to Death Metal . Shinoda explained the abrupt change of course by realizing that he "doesn't believe in this music" and that it was a mistake. In September 2013, Shinoda wrote an article in which he sharply criticized “today's rock music” and denounced it as “pussified”. He saw his band in a position to be able to make the music he is currently missing.
Shinoda compared the "state of rock music" with the phenomenon of Sōshoku Danshi ( Japanese for "herbivore man"). The Carnivores Tour ( English for “meat eater tour”) planned for August 2014 with Thirty Seconds to Mars and AFI takes up this idea as well as the album title.
Origin and composition
Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda produced the album themselves after the last three albums were co-produced by Rick Rubin. Another studio was also specially selected for this album. In general, the band spent more time in the studio and worked with less digital support. In the past few years the songs were mostly created on the computer and only played back later in the studio. The instrumental Drawbar , which was recorded with Tom Morello , was even created during a jam session , as Rage Against the Machine always wrote their songs that way.
Brad Delson explained the new approach as follows:
"Something unintentional might be the coolest sound I make all day, and knowing how to allow those mistakes to happen and to shape them potentially makes for some great music."
“Something unintentional can be the coolest sound I make all day; knowing how to make mistakes like this possible and how to shape them can lead to great music. "
Mike Shinoda said in an interview that the album was a difficult task for Rob Bourdon. Since it's the hardest material the band has ever written, it became necessary for him to improve physically. After playing the drums for ten hours for seven days, he suffered a back injury.
Four songs feature guest musicians: Page Hamilton from the rock band Helmet sings the chorus and plays the guitar in All for Nothing . According to Shinoda, this song would never have been written had it never heard Helmet's music. For this reason he asked Hamilton if he would sing the chorus, whereupon the latter agreed and even made some additions.
Rap legend Rakim , known as part of the 80s hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim contributed a verse to Guilty All the Same . The idea of getting a rap part from Rakim was originally just announced - Shinoda repeatedly referred to Rakim as one of his great idols - but was realized when her sound engineer knew Rakim's former sound engineer and suggested that they inquire there. Rakim, who has an aversion to today's pop music, got enthusiastic about the idea on which the song or album is based and took a week and a half to write a few lines about today's music industry.
Daron Malakian of System of a Down plays guitar in rebellion . Originally, Malakian was supposed to add a part to an existing demo. When he played the riffs that can be heard on Rebellion , it was decided instead to develop a new song from them.
The band got together with Tom Morello for a jam session, which resulted in the instrumental Drawbar . Shinoda said they tried to layer vocals over it, but it didn't feel right.
Single releases
The first single Guilty All the Same was released on March 7, 2014. A compilation of scenes from the computer game Project Spark serves as the music video .
The slightly more radio-friendly Until It's Gone was released as a second single on May 6th. It was also possible to pre-order the album on iTunes since May 6th. In Germany, the download single was released at the same time as the CD single on May 30th. Guilty All the Same , which was not released as a physical single, serves as the B-side here. The music video was released on June 11th.
Also before the album, the promo singles Wastelands (June 2nd), Rebellion (June 3rd) and Final Masquerade (June 9th) were released on iTunes. They were not available in Germany.
Official lyric videos for all five pre-released songs were published on the same day. Conventional music videos were only produced for Until It's Gone and Final Masquerade .
On September 26, 2014 the CD single with Final Masquerade and a live version of Until It's Gone was released as the B-side.
Versions
In addition to the standard version with twelve titles, a version with a bonus DVD is also available. A few weeks later, those who had pre-ordered the album at linkinpark.com also received a live recording of Hybrid Theory , which the band played in full at the 2014 Download Festival , as an audio download.
A vinyl version is also available as well as downloads of all tracks, divided into a capellas and instrumentals.
Track list
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| 1 | Keys to the Kingdom | 3:38 | |
| 2 | All for Nothing (feat. Page Hamilton ) | 3:33 | |
| 3 | Guilty All the Same ( feat.Rakim ) | 5:56 | First single (March 7, 2014) |
| 4th | The summoning | 1:00 | Interlude |
| 5 | Was | 2:11 | |
| 6th | Wastelands | 3:15 | Promo single |
| 7th | Until It's Gone | 3:53 | Second single (May 6, 2014) |
| 8th | Rebellion (feat. Daron Malakian ) | 3:44 | Promo single |
| 9 | Mark the Graves | 5:05 | |
| 10 | Drawbar (feat. Tom Morello ) | 2:46 | Instrumental |
| 11 | Final masquerade | 3:37 | Third single (September 26, 2014) |
| 12 | A line in the sand | 6:35 |
Critical reception
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| Metacritic | 65% |
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The Hunting Party received mixed reviews from critics. In general, a return to harder rock was advocated, with frequent criticism of the lack of musical orientation, lack of identity and repetitive sound.
The US-American site Metacritic calculated a Metascore of 65 points (“generally favorable”) from 14 reviews, giving the album a similar value to their last two studio albums. The German reviews of the e-zines laut.de , plattentests.de and cdstarts.de as well as the German edition of Metal Hammer were better than those of the previous albums.
“Chester Bennington proves to be a good singer in a technical sense. His voice remains a bit colorless. The same applies to rapper Mike Shinoda - the sophisticated and dynamic arrangements of the band make a lot more impressive. […] Brad Delson and Shinoda do a brilliant job on the guitars, the “The Hunting Party” riffs play in the top league of the alternative circus. Rob Bourdon works his way variably through the twelve numbers [...] over the length of the album [is] not a real failure, which is ultimately due to the fact that there are enough ideas in each of the twelve tracks - even in the ones you don't like - to be varied stay and, above all, always maintain the tension. "The Hunting Party" shouldn't disappoint fans' hopes. "
“After many years of gentle gliding, Linkin Park are finally bringing hardness back into the game. […] Slowly the entire sound of “The Hunting Party” crystallizes out in this way: Linkin Park have orientated themselves towards uncompromising punk rock, which drifts into the hardcore field in parts (“War”) and every now and then one of these characteristic, expansive ones Refrains cut out (“Wastelands” “Until it's gone”). [...] That sounds exciting on paper, but on the one hand it is the expected slap in the neck for all fans of the quiet Linkin Park tones and on the other hand it does not represent the punk rock whip that has been announced to the end. "
““ The Hunting Party ”mainly contains louder guitar tracks, less synthetic frippery and a lot more displeasure than usual from the last records. [...] In spite of all the restrictions, Linkin Park still set the tone in their profession. They have reflected on what once made them strong: controlled outbursts of anger with irresistible refrains in a solid stadium rock outfit. Even if there is sometimes a lack of variance. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ German music database. ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. May 16, 2014
- ^ Rolling Stone Interview
- ↑ a b Hip Hop DX Interview
- ↑ a b Kerrang interview
- ↑ a b Pigeons and Planes article by Mike Shinoda
- ↑ a b Interview , Noisey
- ↑ Mike Shinoda Blog ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d Revolvermag interview
- ↑ Contactmusic
- ↑ Rock Atlantic
- ↑ Under the Gun ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ metacritic.com - Metascore
- ↑ Review by PopMatters , accessed October 27, 2014
- ↑ Drowned in Sound: Linkin Park. The Hunting Party , accessed October 27, 2014
- ↑ Review on sueddeutsche.de , accessed on October 27, 2014
- ↑ Eberhard Dobler: The amplifiers are glowing again. (accessed October 27, 2014)
- ↑ Matthiad Reichel: Review of cdstarts.de June 28, 2014 (accessed October 27, 2014)
- ↑ Andreas Knöß: Review of plattentests.de (accessed on October 27, 2014)
