The Hunting Party
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83
Radio bait "Until It's gone" feels limp, but the itchy noise engulfing the bracing "War" and the adenoidal clawing of "Keys To The Kingdom" prove the band still has swagger.
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Excitingly, War's chaotic punk and the frantic Guilty All The Same are as raw as they've ever been, but The Hunting Party is the sound of Linkin Park coming in from the cold.
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74
I wouldn’t be surprised if history ends up remembering The Hunting Party as the most important album that the Agoura Hills outfit made for themselves.
70
They attack record companies, politicians, rule makers, exes, and anyone else in sight, all the while rediscovering the savage fun of super-loud guitars.
60
It might not kill the Mumford and Butler clones, but ‘The Hunting Party’ is an energetic effort at least.
60
Shinoda's desire to make a (rather expensively produced) punk rock record and Bennington's more ethereal electropop segments don't always make comfortable bedfellows, but Rob Bourdon's terrific drumming means the energy never lets up.
60
Straining a little too hard for intellectual depth and emotional intensity, The Hunting Party is ultimately let down by its lack of focus and poor quality control.
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Breaking away from Rick Rubin, with whom they had a three-album association, Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda co-produce this time around and retreat from the moody electronica that characterized many of those records. Instead, The Hunting Party is designed as a return to rock, evoking the group's earliest records.
50
Even pushing 40, these dudes can still bring it like backward-ball-cap warriors hopped up on Mountain Dew and Dad's fourth divorce.
50
On their sixth effort, The Hunting Party, the group emphasizes an old-fashioned approach, with plenty of aggression, dissimilar transitions, and by-the-numbers moments; unfortunately, this results in a collection that’s less poignant, prophetic, and anthemic than previous releases, making it a disappointment overall.
43
The Hunting Party ... is an album all about transitions, the band seemingly no longer content to carry the nu metal torch ... The problem with trying new things, though, is that it’s helpful if they’re new to someone other than the party concerned.
40
If you want, you can listen to the record, find those nuggets, and enjoy them. Otherwise, there’s just a new Linkin Park record out.
30
There is a great album to be written about overcoming the scars picked up from one of the most-maligned genres of recent times. The Hunting Party is not that album.
Nevermind I take it back this album is awesome. The genuine anger and raw production elevate the shit out of this album. It feels like if they took Minutes To Midnights (at points) political lyrics and put them next to the aggressive nature of Hybrid Theory but more guitar driven (basically No More Sorrow from MTM but kinda better).
I know that a lot of people are kinda put off by the super raw production style and the vocals but honestly I think they are what make this album what it is. When ... read more
Linkin Park's second to last album. Outside of Meteora, I'm really not a big fan of the band, however, I was still hoping to like this, I heard it's heavier, so I was really hoping it wouldn't be as mediocre as Living Things.
And right off the bat with Keys To The Kingdom and Guilty All The Same, it was a great start. Those two were the best Linkin Park songs I've heard since Meteora. And I was kind of expecting it to dip after, but it really didn't. The quality pretty much stayed for the ... read more
The hunting party.
the album that is often labelled as linkin park trying to return to their roots. But this is definitely not how linkin park used to sound in their first two albums. Rob bourdon (drummer) and brad delson (guitarist) show their true skills on this album as the drumming and the guitar riffs are much more complicated compared to their first albums. And it even has guitar solos (something that is not usual in a nu metal album) so this album is linkin park's attempt to make a hard ... read more
A relatively strong late-career album, much better than what I had expected. However many tracks feel incomplete, and there are almost as much interludes here as on A Thousand Suns. Still, not their worst.
FAV TRACKS: Keys to the Kingdom, Until It's Gone, Final Masquerade, A Line in the Sand
LEAST FAV: War
"The Hunting Party" is the closest the band has sounded to it's original form since "Minutes To Midnight". The album boasts some really solid tracks, but their return to real rock has left a lot to be desired.
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Track List
| 1 | Keys to the Kingdom 3:38 | 83 |
| 2 | All for Nothing 3:33 feat. Page Hamilton | 79 |
| 3 | Guilty All the Same 5:55 feat. Rakim | 88 |
| 4 | The Summoning 1:00 | 74 |
| 5 | War 2:11 | 78 |
| 6 | Wastelands 3:15 | 80 |
| 7 | Until It's Gone 3:53 | 82 |
| 8 | Rebellion 3:44 feat. Daron Malakian | 86 |
| 9 | Mark the Graves 5:05 | 82 |
| 10 | Drawbar 2:46 feat. Tom Morello | 74 |
| 11 | Final Masquerade 3:37 | 87 |
| 12 | A Line in the Sand 6:35 | 88 |
Total Length: 45 minutes
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Added on: April 19, 2014