Why does it take so long for LP to release albums? I can understand that it takes time to make great music, but both Meteora and MTM were for from perfect in my opinion, and they both took a long time to make. Personally, I think they need to put out albums more quickly. Maybe cut down on touring time.
The gap between Hybrid Theory and Meteora was only a little under two and a-half years, which is fairly normal. MTM though, took so long because the band took a year off and then another 14-months to make the album. I don't think they planned to do it that way... it just happened. I think the next one will come out sooner since the band have got a lot of creative momentum from this album and touring cycle. if they take a break after the next tour, it'll take a VERY long time to get that back. We'll see, though.
It sure takes a long time to produce a GOOD album, not like other stars who make Sh*t in only 1 month or so... First you have to invent lyrics, mix them with instruments and so on!!
In an interview with Blender, Chester talked about why MTM took so long to come out, and then said the next albums wouldn't take so long to come out.
And then in another interview, Chester talked about hopefully being able to get 2 more years of touring support out of Minutes to Midnight, so who knows, he even contradicts himself. Regardless, I agree that taking longer isn't always better, though they kind of used that approach in the production of MTM anyway, with how they toned down on the production a little bit and wound up using original demo recordings for some of the final tracks. There have been some REALLY good albums that were recorded in a matter of weeks though, back in the early 70s it wasn't uncommon for a group to release 2 albums a year, I even know of a couple that would do like 3 in an 18-month span.
I seriously doubt they'll tour for two-years off of MTM. They'll do, at the most, 18-months. I really like MTM, but only a little over half of the material really works in the live form. So by the end of the touring cycle, they'll probably drop some of the MTM songs, start playing older ones again, which will start to bore them, thus shortening the cycle. I just hope Chester doesn't get too caught up with Dead By Sunrise, to the point where it'll be another long wait. We'll see.
01. Wake 02. Given Up 03. Leave Out All the Rest 04. Bleed It Out 05. Shadow of the Day 06. What I've Done 07. Hands Held High 08. No More Sorrow 09. Valentine's Day 10. In Between 11. In Pieces 12. The Little Things Give You Away Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 have been played live. That's 10 of 12 off the CD. A little over half? Wrong. Dunno what you're trying to base that off of....
I'm saying only 6-7 of the songs actually sound good live, not how many they've played. As much as I like them, In Pieces and The Little Things Give You Away tend to bore most people in the live setting. They get far from a rapturous response. I also think Leave Out All the Rest is kind of crap (but I may be biased since I don't like that song). On the other hand, tracks 1-6 seem to go over pretty well, and HHH is hit or miss live.
From the videos off of YouTube regarding In Pieces, the audience seemed pretty hyped on the song in its own ways. I mean sure its not as hard rocking as Faint where you would make a devil sign out of your fist, but there were people who were singing along with the song. I also doubt that the band will be taking the song out of their play list since I think they did a good job on trying to perform it live; compare to Easier To Run or Hit The Floor. For The Little Things Give You Away, don't have much to say it. Also Leave Out The Rest is like Numb; honestly it was hard for the band to perform Numb live but I think the audience usually gets hyped over the song.
The time it takes to make an album does not have anything to do with quality. The guitarist from RHCP, Frusciante wrote 6 albums in 6 months. And as for MTM live, I think they translate fairly well live. Just because it isn't hard-rocking doesn't mean it connects to the audience on some other level... TLTGYA feels to me like that 'Unplugged' moment (along with Pushing Me Away, etc.). And I have no idea what you (Tehcrusha) mean about Numb being hard to play live. They nail it every time. They're all new songs... it's gonna take a while for them to be able to play all of them perfectly. I remember seeing LP during the LPU Tour, some of the songs sounded like crap, honestly. I hope Dead By Sunrise becomes a big deal. Then we can have a PR headlined by Fort Minor, Dead By Sunrise, AND Linkin Park.
I never said Numb was hard to play live. As far as In Pieces and TLTGYA, I would like to clarify that I actually enjoy the way those songs are played live. I'm basing my "not going over very well" accusations on a plentiful amount of people who say they didn't like those songs live (HHH as well). Many seem to be misinterpreting what I'm saying as "they should only play the hard songs." This is untrue. Although, now that you bring it up, I do think they should go about performing the lighter songs in a different way. LP likes to save all of the light songs until the end of the first set. I would prefer it if they did it more like Deftones do, with a few heavy songs, then 2 or so light songs - repeat.
Some songs that bands write can come very quickly but other songs can take a very long time to perfect. My opinion is based on interviews with many different types of artists. I believe Breaking The Habit was an idea in chester's head for a very long time. So time does have some impact on quality.
Yea, Breaking The Habit was Mike's idea actually. Took him 6 years or something, then I think it came together quickly at the end?