Half of us aren't even complaining about the interludes. But rather the lack of actual songs. But yeah, it's not a huge deal haha.
I know, but this is a whole non-issue by just not listening to the interludes if you don't like them. Its just like not listening to a song you don't like. Simple.
Oh no, people on a Linkin park discussion forum discussing what they do and do not like album Linkin Park? Well to hell with that shit!
Nobody said your opinions weren't allowed here. Just when you contradict yourself between threads is when people start questioning.
Listen to the album without looking at the tracklisting. And bam, you have no interludes, since they all flow and would effectively be part of the songs if they weren't given separate titles.
Then stop claiming you can make these songs in two hours or put the proof. Asking you to prove it is no more ridiculous than your claims/insults. Yes some interludes are confusingly short, making one wonder why they have their own tracks. (Empty Spaces, The Radience) Fine. Then just accept what's an interlude and what's a continuation. It may have been pointless to split Forward apart from Don't Stay, but it was and it works well enough. If you can accept that, I'm pretty sure you can accept the decisions in A Thousand Suns without menstruating everywhere.
I just want to say that this thread has made me aware that a lot of LPA is about a third as articulate as they seem to think they are.
As with everything on "A Thousand Suns" and every other one they've made, the band were clearly pretty meticulous with every detail, or we'd have gotten "A Thousand Suns" much sooner than we did.
Silly me, I forgot that the whole album was just one 18 second track. You win. But yeah, on one hand one or two more songs would be good for when you just want to listen to individual tracks. On the other, they've made it clear that they were thinking a lot about how everything goes together as a whole this time, and that's one area where they've done pretty well in my opinion. They did a good job of what they set out to do.
With the songs, it's obvious that the band were thinking quality over quantity and did what they thought would be best for the album. :" They've made it quite clear that it's meant to be experienced as an album as opposed to "nine songs" or "fifteen tracks".
It's not because they had 3 years that they must create a double album with 24 songs. The songs chosen are the ones that fit in, the ones that made sense for the album they wanted to create. And about Wisdom Justice and Love, this interlude is amazing, powerful, gripping and persistant. The way the voice fades in electronics just resumes the whole perspective of this album. I just love it.
Of course opinions are allowed here. If they weren't, these boards wouldn't exist. It's just when you post your precious opinion, be ready to face both agreement and disagreement. So don't go "whoops opinions aren't allowed here" everytime someone disagrees with you.
"Jornada del Muerto" and "Wisdom, Justice & Love" are as good as any song on the album. "The Requiem/The Radiance" and "Fallout" aren't as creative, but they help establish mood and get the listener in the zone for upcoming songs. "Empty Spaces" is silly, but it's also an intentional nod to Pink Floyd's The Wall. You got the bullhorn cries, similar to "Waiting for the Worms," the military sound effects, like in "Vera," and the title of, go figure, "Empty Spaces." Packs a lot of homage into eighteen seconds, and it threads back into "When They Come for Me" nicely.