"Valentine's Day," after ten or so listens to this album, is my favorite song. It has some of the best lyrics all time from Linkin Park. It also has some of the better emotional use of music on this album. Also it seems like this song has one of those piano intro rifts that Linkin Park is known for, only they're done on guitar for once.
I like the buildup that "In Pieces" brings; it starts out nice and soft and steadily crescendos to something powerful. It just builds musically and lyrically, not necessarily louder, but bigger.
Overall this has been the best new album I have herd so far this year. More importantly, I was a Linkin Park fan before this album, and am a bigger one now. Each new album draws me in more and more. They just keep growing on a musical and lyrical level. I am excited to see how they change next.
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