Living Things (Linkin Park album)

Living Things
Studio album by
Linkin Park
ReleasedJune 20, 2012
RecordedMarch 2011 – April 2012
StudioNRG Recording Studios
Genre
Length36:59
Label
Producer
Linkin Park chronology
A Thousand Suns
(2010) 		Living Things
(2012) 		The Hunting Party
(2014)
Vinyl and Australian Tour Edition
Singles from Living Things
  1. "Burn It Down"
    Released: April 16, 2012
  2. "Lost in the Echo"
    Released: October 5, 2012
  3. "Powerless"
    Released: October 31, 2012
  4. "Castle of Glass"
    Released: November 10, 2012

Living Things (stylized as LIVING THINGS) is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Linkin Park. It was released under Warner Records and Machine Shop Records on June 20, 2012, in Japan, and throughout the rest of the world during the following week. Production was handled by vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, who both co-produced the band's previous two studio albums, Minutes to Midnight (2007) and A Thousand Suns (2010). Living Things was their last album to be produced by Rubin and recorded at NRG Recording Studios.

The band states that Living Things combines elements from their previous four studio albums to create a new sound. They stated they finally felt they were in "familiar territory" and "comfortable in [their] own skin" after years of experimentation that resulted in their two previous studio albums, Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns.[1][2][3] Living Things was chosen as the album's title because of the numerous personal topics on the album.[4]

The lead single for the album, "Burn It Down", was sent to radio and released to digital music retailers on April 16, 2012. Living Things debuted at number one on Billboard 200 with sales of 223,000 copies in the United States in its opening week. The second single for the album, "Lost in the Echo", was released on October 5, 2012. The third single "Powerless" was released on October 31, 2012. The fourth and final single for the album, "Castle of Glass", was released in its physical format on February 1, 2013. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in August 2017.

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  3. ^ "Linkin Park: 'We finally feel comfortable in our own skin'". NME. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Linkin Park: 'Our new record is far more personal'". NME. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-22.