What if Linkin Park never released any of their unreleased tracks from the LPU releases and just used them for albums instead? Would you be able to tell the difference? I mean it does seem lazy and I am very proud of them for not doing that but they could've easily put out a full record with all of the songs (especially more modern ones) that they never finished without telling anybody. For example: Linkin Park 2011 album release: 01. What We Don't Know - single potential 02. Asbestos (finished) 03. I Have Not Begun 04. Debris (finished) - single potential 05. Homecoming (with vocals) - single potential 06. Pale (with vocals) 07. Across The Line - single potential 08. Lockjaw (with vocals if they wanted) 09. YO 10. Pretend To Be Would you think that it would be too rushed and not good enough for a full album release?
Some of them would really have to be worked on, but I suppose they could. Minus 2 or 3 of the lpu12 album that would actually make an awesome album.
I definitely would have noticed. I know a lot of people like them, but the quality of most demos and the album songs is pretty noticeably different (at least for me). I'd take my least favorite album song over most of the demos any day.
I think once you start comparing the quality of album songs to demos, you're already at a wrong. Demos are demos, unfinished pieces of work. If they were put out a song on a major album release, then it would be fair to make comparisons. But these are just song ideas that the band made but didn't feel comfortable with releasing as finished work.
The demo songs are really boring in my opinion. There are a few standouts, but especially with songs like Pretend To Be or What We Don't Know, they're not great. Songs that are on the album have likely had much more thought and effort put into them, and it really shows.
Those are two of the best demos Linkin Park has yet released. As Isadore said, they're on the album for that precise reason. Demos are demos, songs the band decided not to put more thought and effort in, in favor of the better songs which did appear on the albums. ~ Anyway, I think the LPU is probably the best way to release the demos.
Most of the LPU demos, the ones that are actually somewhat finished (Pretend to Be, What We Don't Know, Across The Line) are very one-dimensional.
A lot of the demo songs that have obtained are actually very good, in my opinion. I love What We Don't Know, Across The Line, Pretend To Be, So Far Away and some others. I do think a lot of them would need to be developed more to be good enough for an album. A lot of the songs sound weird and I don't think some of them would fit on a album, either. It would have to be the best of the best from the demos, then it could probably work.
Honestly, I think the only LPU track that was actually album-worthy was Across the Line. One or two of the instrumentals here and there would have been cool too, I suppose, but there are so many to choose from I can't really pick any in particular (other than to say my favorite is probably Pale). Oh, and I Have Not Begun would have been a cool track to include on We Major if Mike had actually recorded it during the Fort Minor days.
I agree with this cept I would add QWERTY to the list. Even though I LOVE What We Dont Know I dont think it would fit on an album
I'm going to be all contrarian and assert that there are enough LPU songs I really like to replace all of MTM. ... most notably the demos that didn't make it onto MTM. I am assuming the band would give the demos the same amount of attention as the released songs in this scenario.