Still the best album of the decade

Still the best album of the decade

that one track with the robotic voice creeps me out

...

that's definitely up there
v underrated

Such a beautiful album.
I should really listen to it start to end again.

UNDERRATED ALBUM

I still haven't figured out what the fuck the album cover is supposed to be.

I'm not sure what exactly it represents visually, but it evokes a couple of things for me. The first thing I think about is a detonation. This could be a top-down view, where the black spot is either an area hit by a bomb recently, or the shadow of a big bomb that'd be above the point you're viewing from. The light rays would represent the trail of yet more bombs being released.

Or it could be the view of someone looking upwards to a sky where an atomic bomb has exploded. The white area would then be the "symphonies of blinding light" anticipated in The Catalyst, and the black spot something that's blocking that light, although I'm not sure what could block the light of an atomic bomb, nor do I know what the rays would be.

For some reason, I associate the picture with Oppenheimer's quote, especially "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

On the other hand, the meaning is completely inverted when you look at it metaphorically. The black spot represents negativity, which is in the end enveloped by an overwhelming light or source of optimism and hope. In that sense, it's reminiscent of the warmer songs like Iridescent, The Messenger, and especially Robot Boy with its line "One day the weight of the world will give you the strength to go."

Looking at an explosion in the sky occurring above a city.

piercing the darkness

ez

Criminally underrated, for me it's where they reached musical maturity while doing some experimental stuff.
"Waiting for the end" is a stunning song

Minutes for Midnight and A Thousand Suns are amazingly underrated by LP fans and people who dislike LP act like it didn't exist

Linkin Park had godawful album covers.

I gave it a full listen last night. Still so incredible.

I wonder that too. The alternate version is a little easier to figure out, but not by much.

Listened to it on my bus commute to college almost everyday. Didn't like it all that much but it has aged well.

>2010 was 7 years ago

I actually appreciate it greatly. Not the best of the decade though.

Fuck off Troll this album was terrible

I thought it was meant to be the sun with the plants all crossing in front of it

YOU CAN'T GET ENOUGH YOU TAKE AND TAKE AND TAKE AND TAKE AND TAKE

FUCK IT ARE YOU LISTENING

I literally just sung that, are you le me...

How about this version?

>Still the best album of the decade
Well, it made me look further regarding music because of how bad it was and how devastated I was from my favorite band becoming shit seemingly overnight.

So, from a certain point of view, it started the era of me looking for my own music instead of just trend hopping and listening to what my friends listened to.

Listening to Waiting For The End yesterday was the most painfully heartbreaking experience I've ever had with music.

Same

Oh for sure, I consider it top 3 Sigur Ros

It's a decent album but if people start taking Linkin Park seriously I'm gonna have to leave Sup Forums

This opinion is wrong.

A Thousand Suns had nothing laughable in it though? In fact it's the least edgy thing they've ever put out besides One More Shit.

I've been trying to get people to listen to this album for years and everybody always laughed at me.

You can start packing up then :^)

Ok newfag

> newfag

I am so hurt by this accusation. Pls apologize :^(

>Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds
dude, it's a dove

Every song sounds like some sort of fucking pseudo-dance track for middle aged moms to listen to on the fucking Ellen DeGeneres show.. This album blows.

A thousand suns will be Sup Forumscore in a year or less

dubs for truth

I think it represents an explosion/detonation. The album is nuclear bomb themed as well

You clearly didn't listen to the album at all

I'M GLAD I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS, user

>now that Chester is dead people will actually seriously discuss Linkin Parks music

seriously though for me this was linkin parks last great album. super cool change of pace for linkin park and it has so many good songs on it that are still great to this day

>Burning in the Skies
>When they Come for Me
>Robot Boy
>Wretches and Kings
>The Messenger

also iirc it was a concept album too, which i really like. im a big fan of concept albums and i dont think linkin park ever tried to do one after that.

the best album of the decade is rank 1 on RYM
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Album art reminds me of pic related