Recharged (album)

Recharged was officially announced on the band's Facebook page on September 12, 2013, the same day that their new game, LP Recharge, was released. The band revealed that the album is a remix album, featuring reinterpretations of ten of the songs from Living Things, as well as including their new song with Steve Aoki, "A Light That Never Comes" (and a remix of it). Five of the remixes were previously released as part of a pre-order promotion for Living Things, called Living Things Remixed (following the release of Living Things, pre-order customers received a remix of a song from the album each month for eight months).{{cite web|url=http://mikeshinodaclan.com/2012/04/pre-order-living-things-and-packages-available-details/|title=Pre-Order "LIVING THINGS" and Packages Available Details|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=November 3, 2013|archive-date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104160300/http://mikeshinodaclan.com/2012/04/pre-order-living-things-and-packages-available-details/|url-status=dead}} The band also announced that there will be a limited-edition version of the album, available exclusively from their website. It features an interactive 3D sculpture based on the Living Things album artwork, a 48-page art booklet, both Living Things and Recharged albums, and a magnetic stylus that can interact with the liquid solution in the 3D sculpture to create unique patterns and designs are included. Pre-orders began on September 16.{{cite web|title=Linkin Park post info about LP Recharge and upcoming album|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151894935666788&set=a.132163956787.140836.8210451787&type=1|work=Facebook|publisher=Linkin Park|access-date=12 September 2013}}

In regards to the song "A Light That Never Comes" and the album, Mike Shinoda said:

{{blockquote|"I think this song and release show where we're at right now. Making the song with Steve, premiering it through the Recharge Facebook game, and debuting it via Microsoft's Xbox Music—I think it's all indicative of our band's commitment to experimentation and pushing boundaries."}}

On September 13, Shinoda made another post on the band's Facebook page, revealing the track list and talking about the album:

{{blockquote|"After Reanimation, I told many people I would never put together another album of remixes...but as I began to hear all the amazing reinterpretations of LIVING THINGS, I had to change my mind. The result, RECHARGED, is definitely worth it. I can't wait for you guys to hear this amazing project, with contributions by Pusha T, Datsik, KillSonik, Bun B, Money Mark, and others. Our new song with Steve Aoki, A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES is on the album as well, plus a special remix of the new song by the inimitable Rick Rubin."}}

In that same post, Shinoda revealed that pre-orders from the band's website will receive an exclusive digital download of Paul van Dyk's remix of "Burn It Down",{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151897279901788&set=a.132163956787.140836.8210451787&type=1&relevant_count=1|title=RECHARGED track list|date=September 13, 2013|work=Facebook|publisher=Linkin Park|access-date=September 13, 2013}} which was also previously released as part of Living Things Remixed.

As of October 24, 2013, the album can be heard in its entirety on MTV.com, five days before it was officially released.{{cite web|author=James Montgomery |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1716081/linkin-park-recharged-album-stream.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024214418/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1716081/linkin-park-recharged-album-stream.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2013 |title=Linkin Park's Recharged: Hear The Entire Album Right Now! - Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV.com |access-date=2013-10-26}}

On January 21, 2014, a new EP was released; it is entitled "A Light That Never Comes (Remixes)" online.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/linkinpark/status/425739736511049730|title=LINKIN PARK on Twitter}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev2 = NME

| MC = 49/100{{cite web|title=Recharged Reviews - Metacritic|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/recharged/linkin-park|work=Metacritic|access-date=2013-12-13}}

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/recharged-mw0002582373 |title=Allmusic Album Reviews - Linkin Park- 'Recharged' |publisher=Allmusic.Com |access-date=2013-06-11}}

| rev2Score = 5/10{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/linkin-park/14891 |title=NME Album Reviews - Linkin Park- 'Recharged' |date=28 October 2013 |publisher=Nme.Com |access-date=2013-10-30}}

| rev3 = Now

| rev3Score = 40/100{{cite web|author=Stephen du Manoir |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=195312 |title=Linkin Park | NOW Magazine |publisher=Nowtoronto.com |access-date=2013-12-13}}

| rev4 = Kriss Method

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Recharged received an average score of 49 based on 4 reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews. NME called Recharged "further proof" that dubstep and EDM is nu metal's successor, and described the songs as "nosebleed drum’n’bass, 8-bit blips and oversized dancehall bass". They go on to add "Rick Rubin’s final Primal Scream-gone-hip-hop remix of "A Light That Never Comes" saves Recharged from disaster, but you might need resuscitating after this lot"

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave it 3 out of 5 stars, declaring that "This is the kind of album that appeals primarily for hardcore fans looking for a new spin on the familiar; in other words, this is unlikely to convert EDM listeners to the pleasures of Linkin Park."

The album debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 33,000 copies in the United States.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26130/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-11-03-2013-|last=Tardio|first=Andres|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/03/2013|magazine=HipHopDX|date=2013-11-06|access-date=2013-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109045059/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26130/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-11-03-2013-|archive-date=2013-11-09|url-status=dead}} In its second week, the album sold 11,000 more copies.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26230/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-11-10-2013|last=Tardio|first=Andres|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/10/2013|magazine=HipHopDX|date=2013-11-13|access-date=2013-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114023608/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26230/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-11-10-2013|archive-date=2013-11-14|url-status=dead}} In its third week, the album sold 5,000 more copies bringing its total album sales to 49,000.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26321/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-11-17-2013|last=Tardio|first=Andres|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/17/2013|magazine=HipHopDX|date=2013-11-20|access-date=2013-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000236/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.26321/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-11-17-2013|archive-date=2013-12-03|url-status=dead}} By mid-2014, the album is said to have reached 111,000 sales in US.{{cite magazine | url =http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6128793/ask-billboard-with-nico-vinz-norway-continues-us-chart-invasion?page=0%2C2 | title = Ask Billboard: With Nico & Vinz, Norway Continues U.S. Chart Invasion | author =Trust, Gary|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media| date = June 24, 2014}} The album did more business in 2014 as compared to 2013. It became the eighth best selling Dance/Electronic Album and twenty-fifth best selling Hard Rock Album.

{{Track listing

| headline = Recharged – Digital download / CD / Vinyl{{cite web|title=Recharged Album Cover + Tracklist|url=http://www.linkinpark.com/profiles/blogs/recharged-album-cover-tracklist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916061351/http://www.linkinpark.com/profiles/blogs/recharged-album-cover-tracklist|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2013|publisher=Warner Bros. Records, Linkin Park|access-date=14 September 2013}}

| title1 = A Light That Never Comes

| note1 = Steve Aoki remix

| length1 = 3:49

| extra1 =

| title2 = Castle of Glass

| note2 = M. Shinoda remix

| length2 = 6:20

| title3 = Lost in the Echo

| note3 = KillSonik remix

| length3 = 5:09

| title4 = Victimized

| note4 = M. Shinoda remix

| length4 = 3:00

| title5 = I'll Be Gone

| note5 = Vice remix; featuring Pusha T

| length5 = 4:00

| title6 = Lies Greed Misery

| note6 = Dirtyphonics remix

| length6 = 4:50

| title7 = Roads Untraveled

| note7 = Rad Omen Remix; featuring Bun B

| length7 = 5:28

| title8 = Powerless

| note8 = Enferno remix

| length8 = 6:07

| title9 = Burn It Down

| note9 = Tom Swoon remix

| length9 = 4:46

| title10 = Until It Breaks

| note10 = Datsik remix

| length10 = 6:00

| title11 = Skin to Bone

| note11 = Nick Catchdubs Remix) (featuring Cody B. Ware and Ryu

| length11 = 3:54

| title12 = I'll Be Gone

| note12 = Schoolboy remix

| length12 = 6:11

| title13 = Until It Breaks

| note13 = Money Mark Headphone remix

| length13 = 4:29

| title14 = A Light That Never Comes

| note14 = Rick Rubin remix

| length14 = 4:40

| total_length = 68:43

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{{Track listing

| headline = Recharged – Pre-order bonus track

| title15 = Burn It Down

| note15 = Paul van Dyk remix

| length15 = 8:00

| total_length = 76:43

}}

Notes

• All tracks are stylized in all caps, just like their original versions.

Original Living Things credits adapted from Living Things liner notes.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/living-things-mw0002357741/credits |title=Living Things - Credits |website=Allmusic |access-date=25 June 2012}}

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• Chester Bennington – vocals
• Rob Bourdon – drums
• Brad Delson – lead guitar, backing vocals; additional vocals on "Until It Breaks"; synthesizer on "Burn It Down"; sampler on "Lies Greed Misery", "Castle of Glass" and "Victimized"; acoustic guitar on "Castle of Glass"
• Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass, backing vocals; sampler on "Lost in the Echo", "Lies Greed Misery" and "Victimized"
• Joe Hahn – turntables, samples, programming, backing vocals
• Mike Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano, synthesizer; strings and horns on "Castle of Glass"

• Steve Aoki – programmer, producer on "A Light That Never Comes"
• Owen Pallett – strings on "I'll Be Gone"
• KillSonik – interpretation on remix of "Lost in the Echo"
• Vice – interpretation on first remix of "I'll Be Gone"
• Pusha T – vocals on first remix of "I'll Be Gone"
• Dirtyphonics – interpretation on remix of "Lies Greed Misery"
• Rad Omen – interpretation on remix of "Roads Untraveled"
• Bun B – vocals on remix of "Roads Untraveled"
• Enferno – interpretation on remix of "Powerless"
• Tom Swoon – interpretation on remix of "Burn It Down"
• Datsik – interpretation on the first remix of "Until It Breaks"
• Nick Catchdubs – interpretation on the remix of "Skin to Bone"
• Cody B. Ware – vocals on remix of "Skin to Bone"
• Ryu – vocals on remix of "Skin to Bone"
• Schoolboy – interpretation on second remix of "I'll Be Gone"
• Money Mark – interpretation on second remix of "Until It Breaks"
• Rick Rubin – interpretation on remix of "A Light That Never Comes"

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• Rick Rubin – producer
• Mike Shinoda – producer, engineer, creative director
• Joe Hahn – creative director
• Ethan Mates – engineer
• Andrew Hayes – assistant, engineer, editor
• Brad Delson – additional production
• Jerry Johnson – drum technician
• Ryan DeMarti – production coordination, A&R coordination
• Manny Marroquin – mixing (assisted by Chris Galland and Del Bowers)
• Chris "Tek" O'Ryan - sound engineer
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• Rob Cavallo – A&R
• Liza Jospeph – A&R coordination
• Peter Standish – marketing director
• Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn, Rickey Kim – creative direction
• Annie Nguyen – art direction
• Brandon Parvini of Ghost Town Media – additional artwork
• Frank Maddocks – LP icon design{{col-2}}

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