Almost a year after Linkin Park's album, A Thousand Suns, came out, I still hear a lot of shit talk about it as well as the band. I'm kind of sick of it. I think VERY highly of LP and it makes no sense to me how hardcore LP fans can hate the new album that much.
People are calling them sellouts which I don't understand. Just because a band changes their sound doesn't mean they are selling out. A band that sells out, after changing their sound, is a band that changes they sound for record selling. LP purposely made this album NOT radio friendly and they proved successful from what I've seen. Also I think it may have sold less copies than any of their other albums. They also aren't selling as many concert tickets either. So how is that selling out? What I don't get is how some fans think that if the band made another NuMetal album, they wouldn't be selling out.... This makes NO sense to me. I think a band that makes the same album over and over again is selling out. For example, AC/DC. They say they won't chance their sound because they don't want to "sell out". I'm sorry but they are selling out making the same album over and over and over. All their songs sound the same and they get boring. If you buy one AC/DC album you already have the all.
I think A Thousand Suns is unlike anything I have heard. I think it is very unique and I love the new sound. I think it brought a new genre to the table. They even put an acoustic song on the album which was a first for them. It is a very beautiful song but still has Chester's strong, powerful voice. This album personally got me more into the band than ever before. I love them so much. No matter what the criticizes say I love this album and it is one of my favorites.
According to LP though the next album with be different and I'm very curious to see what happens. I will admit I'm afraid but I think I will love it because every album gets better and better. And this band never ceases to amaze me.
