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 REANIMATION LIKE MARMITE!
(You’ll love it, or you’ll hate it!)
LINKIN PARK: REANIMATION REVIEW
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"Reanimation" isn't better
than "Hybrid" - last year's best seller - but it
is different enough to justify a buy.“
www.nypost.com
“They have taken one of the most successful
debuts in history and done more reconstruction on it than
Michael Jackson's face.”
www.undercover.com
Five days ago
I decided to visit my local music store to see what was new
and left with Linkin Park: Reanimation in my hands. After
having the label ‘Hybrid Theory’ burned on my CD player from
so much use and thoroughly enjoying ‘Pts.Of.Athrty’
on MTV I was convinced to buy this album despite some bad
reviews.
I was not disappointed…
Five days later
the album is still playing and I have Linkin Park tunes in
my head again.
It has been said
many times that there is no good remix album yet in my opinion
Linkin Park have defied this, dicing, slicing and reconstructing
their award winning ‘Hybrid Theory’ to create a remixed hip-hop/metal/industrial
monster so hard to categorise yet unmistakably recognisable.
The album in general has stronger hip-hop/industrial influences
than ‘Hybrid’ but still has enough guitar crunch to keep most
rock fans happy. The quality of the remixes is superb (with
the collaboration of nu-metal’s Korn, Orgy, The Deftones and
Staind, hip-hop's Kutmasta Kurt, Chali 2Na of Jurassic 5,
Pharoahe Monch, The X-Ecutioners and more) and experimentation
and originality is present throughout the entire album.
The generous 20-track record includes all songs from ‘Hybrid
Theory’ remixed such as ‘One Step Closer’ featuring Jonathan
Davis, ‘Crawling’ recreated by Mike Shinoda
with the voice of Staind’s Aaron Lewis, ‘Pushing me away’
with Stephen Richards, Jay Gordon for ‘Ports of Authority’
etc. It also includes the non-LP cuts “Hi
Voltage” remixed into a fully-fledged rap song with Pharoahe
Monch and DJ Babu and “My December”.
This album
is a must have for the fans but if you’re not into Hip-Hop
or industrial music it may not be for you. If you’re not sure
then try it out before you buy it.
Track
Listing
1.
Opening
2. Pts.Of.Athrty/Jay Gordon
3. Enth E Nd/Kutmasta Kurt Feat Motion Man
4. ^Chali]
5. Frgt/10/Alchemist Feat Chali 2na
6. P5hng Me A*wy/Mike Shinoda Feat Stephen Richards Of Taproot
7. Plc.4 Mie Haed/Amp Live Feat Zion
8. X-ecutioner Style Feat Black Thought
9. H! Vltg3/Evidence Feat Pharoahe Monch and DJ Babu
10. ^Riff Raff]
11. Wth>You/Chairman Hahn Feat Aceyalone
12. Ntr\Mssion
13. PPr:Kut/Cheapshot & Jubacca Feat Rasco and Planet
Asia
14. Rnw@y/Backyard Bangers Feat Phoenix Orion
15. My Dsmbr
16. ^Stef]
17. By_Myslf/Josh Abraham and Mike Shinoda
18. Kyur4 Th Ich/Chairman Hahn
19. 1stp Klosr/The Humble Brothers Feat Jonathan Davis
20. Krwlng/Mike Shinoda Feat Aaron Lewis
Useful Links
http://www.linkinpark.com
http://www.dvd.linkinpark.com
http://www.lpunderground.com
http://www.projektrevolution.com
by Keeran Slade
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