Linkin Park is an American rock band formed in 1996 from Agoura Hills, CA. They have released six albums so far, Hybrid Theory being their first. In the past, in albums such as Reanimation (based off of Hybrid Theory), Linkin Park has done remixes of their own songs, but Recharged takes the mixing to a whole new level.
Recharged was dropped on Oct. 29 to digital retailers. The album includes dubstep remixes of past songs written by Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda and other artists. It also features songs from their latest studio album, Living Things, remixed, plus one new song that opens up the album: “A Light That Never Comes” by Linkin Park and Steve Aoki.
The tracklist is as follows:
1. A Light That Never Comes – Linkin Park & Steve Aoki
2. Castle of Glass – Mike Shinoda Remix
3. Lost in the Echo – KillSonik Remix
4. Victimized – Mike Shinoda Remix
5. I’ll Be Gone – Vice feat. Pusha T Remix
6. Lies Greed Misery – Dirtyphonics Remix
7. Roads Untraveled – Rad Omen feat. Bun B Remix
8. Powerless – Enferno Remix
9. Burn It Down – Tom Swoon Remix
10. Until It Breaks – Datsik Remix
11. Skin To Bone – Nick Catchdubs feat. Cody B. Ware and Ryu Remix
12. I’ll Be Gone – Schoolboy Remix
13. Until It Breaks – Money Mark Headphone Remix
14. A Light That Never Comes – Rick Rubin Remix
15. Burn It Down – Paul Van Dyk Remix (available only through Linkin Park orders online)
The album reaches a high point at Tom Swoon’s remix of “Burn It Down.” Though this song is more house music than it is dubstep, and is one of my favorites off of the album. The synth at the beginning is what caught my attention, as Tom Swoon keeps the key aspects of the original songs but adds a new twist with the remix.
The only disappointment for me was with the “Skin To Bone” remix by Nick Catchdubs featuring Cody B. Ware and Ryu. The song sounds very random, as if the mixer threw sounds together with two rappers and just happened to include parts of the original song. “Skin To Bone” is one of my top songs off of Linkin Park’s album Living Things and I wished that they had just left this song alone in Recharged.
Overall, Recharged was extremely well put together for being a remix album. It impressed me from the very beginning with “A Light That Never Comes” and continued to impress me most of the way through. I would give Recharged a 4 out of 5.
