Linkin Park - Living Things (2012)

01 – Lost in the Echo
02 – In My Remains
03 – Burn It Down
04 – Lies Greed Misery
05 – I’ll Be Gone
06 – Castle of Glass
07 – Victimized
08 – Roads Untraveled
09 – Skin to Bone
10 – Until It Breaks
11 – Tinfoil
12 – Powerless

Personnel:
Chester Bennington – vocals
Rob Bourdon – drums
Brad Delson – lead guitar, additional vocals on "Until It Breaks", synth on "Lies Greed Misery"
Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass, backing vocals, synth on "Lies Greed Misery"
Joe Hahn – turntables, synth, samples, keyboard
Mike Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano, synth, strings and horns on "Castle of Glass"
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Owen Pallett – strings on "I'll Be Gone".

Linkin Park got pretty moody on 2010's A Thousand Suns, settling into a sulky electronica groove that pretty much screamed "growing pains" to anybody who listened closely. On its 2012 sequel, Living Things, Linkin Park attempts to graft guitars back onto their newly mature musical outlook, and the reintroduction of visceral force certainly helps give this album a pulse lacking on A Thousand Suns. It's hardly a step back to the old angst-ridden rap-rockers of the turn of the millennium, however. Admirably, Linkin Park revels in a near-middle-aged angst, letting their songs address adult concerns and giving their productions contours and texture; the additional noise isn't an expression of fury, it's used to enhance the drama. Generally, the songs feel sharper on Living Things -- 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 in that regard, Living Things handily trumps A Thousand Suns: it doesn't stay still, it peaks and ebbs, flowing steadily between brooding and explosions of repressed rage, a fitting soundtrack for aging rap-rockers who are comfortable in their skin but restless at heart. --- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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