One More Light sold 111,000 total copies of which, 100,000 were. Linkin Park has betrayed their own roots and fan base with the Band's weakest album yet. Linkin Park locked up their sixth Number One album as the band’s newest LP One More Light debuted atop the Billboard 200. Pop nowdays always sounds the same and One More Light is no different. This is not new, this is not original and this sure doesn't seems like innovation to me. Mike Shinoda says that the Band likes to innovate and experiment new things each album, but this argument totally backfires when you listen to this album. You would think that they were walking toward the right direction with the release of The Hunting Party, but in reality all they wanted to be mainstream like everybody else. They wanted an original album with a Heavy sound that only them could make. They didn't wanted another Hybrid Theory like the group likes to insist. The band recorded the album between September 2015 and February 2017 in multiple studios. Sean Dowdell, the drummer for Chester Bennington's pre-LINKIN PARK band GREY DAZE, has opened up about his late friend's mental state before his tragic death more than three years ago.The singer's. It is the last Linkin Park album to feature lead vocalist Chester Bennington before his death on July 20, 2017. It was released on May 19, 2017, through Warner Records and Machine Shop. The only radical change made by the band was to give a middle finger to their oldshool fans that made them successful in the first place. One More Light is the seventh studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. Linkin Park has always been a band that have been fascinated with electronica and hip-hop, remix albums and a collaboration with Jay-Z have attested to that over the years. With electronic beats taking over the guitarist space, short lenghted songs and even multiple featured guests, Linkin Park clearly shows their intentions with a Radio friendly album that was made to sell-out. The music on One More Light does not fit into the metal genre at all, at best this could be considered pop rock. Mike and Chester dominated the production of the album and led the group toward a complete pop direction. You can't even notice any trace of real instruments being played on the record. Linkin Park locked up their sixth Number One album as the band’s newest LP One More Light debuted atop the Billboard 200.
And i have to say that is really a shame that Linkin Park decided to tarnish their discography with such a weak album. And i have to say that is really a shame that Linkin I've waited until the release to analyse and judge the album with a neutral look on it. I've waited until the release to analyse and judge the album with a neutral look on it.