Love Steven and Tim together. Listening to music awesome but listening to 2 music nerds playfully argue about music comes in a close second. It does make me sad that the album is a dying art form. Luckily there is a great catalog of music that I need to discover and their podcast is highlighting many gems I missed.
I was born in 87 and was the perfect age to receive both this and Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water, which I believe were the same year or perhaps a year apart. They were both absolutely ubiquitous at school and brought everyone together in way I'll always have great fondness for those albums for, besides the music itself which I can still enjoy today regardless of any nostalgia..
Without that album, I would never have ended up listening to Porcupine Tree years later. They are my two favorite bands, and I feel that they have something in common, nostalgic and catchy melodies, mellow parts mixed with very heavy parts, and lyrics that can easily be related to daily life. Being an adult and listening to Linkin Park again, I feel that the rapped vocals are the only aspect that was difficult for me to digest, since sometimes it sounds a bit cringey, but I got used to it and I think it is my favorite band
I'm not a fan of this album at all but there's one element you're missing.
Melody. These guys had hooks for days.
Adrenaline, soul, caracter, emotion.. its all there..
It’s one of the most melodic rock metal albums ever.
this album has more adrenaline in it than all the uk roller coasters combined..
It fits in more at Thorpe Park than my record collcetion.
Love that album. I am glad I had the chance to see LP live back in 2007. RIP Chester. Awesome band. Cheers.
Love Steven and Tim together. Listening to music awesome but listening to 2 music nerds playfully argue about music comes in a close second. It does make me sad that the album is a dying art form. Luckily there is a great catalog of music that I need to discover and their podcast is highlighting many gems I missed.
I was born in 87 and was the perfect age to receive both this and Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water, which I believe were the same year or perhaps a year apart. They were both absolutely ubiquitous at school and brought everyone together in way I'll always have great fondness for those albums for, besides the music itself which I can still enjoy today regardless of any nostalgia..
Without that album, I would never have ended up listening to Porcupine Tree years later.
They are my two favorite bands, and I feel that they have something in common, nostalgic and catchy melodies, mellow parts mixed with very heavy parts, and lyrics that can easily be related to daily life.
Being an adult and listening to Linkin Park again, I feel that the rapped vocals are the only aspect that was difficult for me to digest, since sometimes it sounds a bit cringey, but I got used to it and I think it is my favorite band
Live they were the best Linkin Park they were - it was a moment in my life
"And then they'd go into a kind of death metal chorus..." LOL
*me listening to linkin park* oh turn it up the death metal chorus is coming up
I'd love to hear their take on System of a down
I wonder if Steven would like "A Thousand Suns", easily Linkin Park's best album in my opinion.
im so confused by their description of this albums sound lol
Good work Tim.......couple more slaps his way. Lush.
this album really captured the angst of having a parent insist that the child finish their dinner. The whole thing hit me so sideways, it was silly
This is a prog album.
My one sentence review is: “Emo band founded by nu metal guys who had to get on board ‘my cousin who raps’ because otherwise aunt will be angry at me”
Funny enough it's actually quite the opposite. Originally a rap-rock band founded by the rapper and the lead singer was the last to join.
Stupid review by Steven. (See me, D-)