What's this? An album review this early? Yes! I decided to do one this early instead of waiting 'til the last minute, for once. Today I'm reviewing Linkin Park's fourth album, "A Thousand Suns". I'm gonna be honest and say this is my least favorite album of there's. This is because the album sounds a little bit more pop than any album they've done. This is my track by track review:
1) The Requiem: The first track is mainly instrumental, except for the part where the chorus of "The Catalyst" is played but it's a little higher than it is in that song. It's okay but a little weird. 7/10
2) The Radiance: All this is, is 18 seconds of a speech by J.Robert Oppenheimer. I won't give it a score because it's short.
3) Burning in the Skies: The third single from the album. The song is about looking back on past mistakes. I love Mike's part where he sings "blood of innocence burning in the skies". The video was pretty good but the single wasn't released in the U.S. 9/10
4) Empty Spaces: Only 18 seconds and I actually thought it was the introduction to the next song on the album. No score.
5) When They Come for Me: This is one of my favorites on the album. The song is said to be about the comments that the band got for going in a different direction instead of making another album like "Hybrid Theory" or "Meteora. It should've been a single. 10/10
6) Robot Boy: The song may be about someone who feels like a loner. I don't listen to the song mainly because it doesn't feel like there's buildup to anything in the song to keep me interested. 6/10
7) Jornada Del Muerto: What is up with all these interludes? It's getting a little annoying. Still pretty good though.
8) Waiting for the End: The second single from the album. I hated the song at because it sounded to mainstream but after hearing so many times, it began to grow on me. My favorite line is, "all I wanna do is trade this life for something new, holding onto what I haven't got." The video was a little strange though. 9/10
9) Blackout: This song was a promo single and was also rumored to be the fifth single at one point. The song is an angry song and one of the few songs where Chester screams. It was remixed as "Blackout (Renholder Remix)" for the "Underworld: Awakening Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". 9/10
10) Wretches and Kings: The song samples a little bit of Mario Savio's speech, "Operation of the Machine". Why this song wasn't released as a single still confuses me. It's one of the best songs on the album, as well as my favorite song on the album. 10/10
11) Wisdom, Justice, and Love: This song features a speech from Martion Luther King Jr. It also features a piano playing in the background. It's weird when the voice gets deeper near the end of it.
12) Iridescent: The fourth and final single from the album. I had no idea what the title meant until I just looked it up (hehehe). The was also used to promote the movie, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon". I think there's a little too much production which kinda overpowers the song. 8/10
13) Fallout: How many interludes are we at now? 4? Geez! The band might as well have released an ep instead of putting so many interludes on the album. I find it weird hearing a clip of an auto-tuned version of "Burning in the Skies" here as well.
14) The Catalyst: The first single from the album. The album title comes from a lyric in this song, "will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns". While it was different from what the band had released prior, the single was still very successful. 10/10
15) The Messenger: This is just Chester singing on acoustic guitar. His voice is awesome as well as the lyrics but (and I feel bad for saying) the song is a little forgetful to me. 7/10
"A Thousand Suns" is my least favorite album from the band. I understand artists want to change their sounds every once and awhile but this was a drastic change that I'm pretty sure no one saw coming. Thankfully their next two albums, "Living Things" and "The Hunting Party" were amazing. My favorite songs on the album are: "Wretches and Kings", "When They Come for Me", "The Catalyst", "Waiting for the End", "Burning in the Skies" and "Blackout". Out of 100 points I give the album 85 points which is 85%, a B+. The score would've been much lower had I included the interludes. Thanks for reading this review!
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