I have followed this band right from the outset since Hybrid Theory came out way back in 2000. I love the guitar work and tones that our engineer Ethan helped create with me and Mike Shinoda throughout this album.Brought out in May 2017, One more light is the 7th album by US rock band Linkin Park. We were looking at ways to juxtapose influences that we have in ways that you havent heard before. One of the goals of the production of this album was to do away with any notion of genre. The minute I put loud heavy guitars into an arrangement, I feel like it is a heavy colour.

The guitar work is nuanced and complementary to all of the other elements that we have put in there. So we wanted to go out with a song like that, where everybody can get a sense of the direction of this body of work.Īccording to him, a lot of songs on the album can make the listener think of old songs by The Cure or Tears for Fears. This wasnt a scenario where the whole album sounds one way and the single sounds different. Stylistically we wanted to blend all of the sound and genres together in a way you cant tell them apart.Īs to why they chose Heavy to present the album to the world, he told Billboard, One of the reasons why we chose Heavy as the first single is because it is really the core sound of the album. In an interview with Zane Lowe, Shinoda explained the composition as, In terms of the style of the record, its one of the most diverse stylistically, theres more genres mashed into this album than anything weve ever put out. The album marks the second to be self-produced following The Hunting Party. None of these collaborations, however, made the final version of the album.

They worked with Zayed Hassan, which resulted in his song Sailing Through the Clouds, 4 Martin Garrix, 5 Hot Karl, 6 Mike Baczor of the band Her0, 7 The Lonely Island, which resulted in Things in My Jeep, 8 and One Ok Rock. The main production began as soon as the tour ended. The pre-production of One More Light began in mid-2015 during The Hunting Party Tour by Shinoda on his phone. The album, produced by Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, marked a shift from the overall rock sound in their previous albums produced with help of Rick Rubin. This, along with accusations of selling out, prompted an angry response from Bennington. The album performed well commercially, debuting at number one in several countries it also became the bands fifth number-one album on the Billboard 200 2 and was certified Gold in five countries.ĭespite a positive commercial performance, it received mixed reviews from music critics. Talking to Myself and One More Light were released as radio singles later on. The album is also the bands first to feature a title track, as they felt that the song One More Light was the heart of the album.īattle Symphony, Good Goodbye, and Invisible were released as promotional singles prior to the albums release. The album features guest vocal appearances from Pusha T, Stormzy, and Kiiara, and production and songwriting collaborations with JR Rotem, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Ross Golan, Andrew Goldstein, blackbear, and Eg White. The sound of One More Light has been described as being more pop -focused, departing from the alternative rock and alternative metal sounds of their previous albums. It is the last Linkin Park album to feature lead vocalist Chester Bennington before his death on July 20, 2017.

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