The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party
Album Information
Type	Studio
Artist	Linkin Park
Released	June 13, 2014
Recorded	May 2013 - April 2014 at Larrabee Sound Studios, EastWest Studios and Glenwood Place Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Alternative metal, hard rock, rap rock
Length	45:12
Label	Warner Bros., Machine Shop
Producer	Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, Emile Haynie, Rob Cavallo
Linkin Park studio album Chronology
Living Things (2012)
The Hunting Party (2014)

The Hunting Party is the sixth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. The album, self-produced by band members Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, was released by Warner Bros. Records on June 13, 2014. It is the first album since Meteora not to be produced with Rick Rubin, after producing the band's previous three studio albums. The title The Hunting Party is a contextual metaphor: Linkin Park is the party that is hunting to bring back the energy and soul of rock.

The Hunting Party is a departure from the band's recent electronic rock sound of their previous two studio albums. The album, described by Shinoda as simply "a rock record", serves a statement by the band against contemporary mainstream and active rock bands, accused by Shinoda as "trying to be other bands and playing it safe". Packaged by an artwork by Brandon Parvini based off an original drawing by James Jean, the album took under a year to record and produce, with material being improvisationally written in the studio by the band. The album also features guest appearances from Page Hamilton of Helmet, Rakim, Daron Malakian of System of a Down, and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine.

The album was promoted by the band and Warner Bros, with multiple promotional teasers and interviews produced and published in the lead-up to the album's release and listening parties of the album being held worldwide on multiple dates. The band are also set to embark on the Carnivores Tour, a double-headline tour with Thirty Seconds to Mars, in support of the album. So far, three singles and two promotional singles from The Hunting Party have been released; "Guilty All the Same" in March 2014, "Until It's Gone" in May 2014 and a triple-release of "Wastelands", "Rebellion" and "Final Masquerade" in June 2014.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Linkin Park, except where noted. 

The Hunting Party
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Keys to the Kingdom"		3:38
2.	"All for Nothing" (featuring Page Hamilton)		3:33
3.	"Guilty All the Same" (featuring Rakim)	Linkin Park, William Griffin	5:56
4.	"The Summoning"		1:00
5.	"War"		2:11
6.	"Wastelands"		3:15
7.	"Until It's Gone"		3:53
8.	"Rebellion" (featuring Daron Malakian)	Linkin Park, Daron Malakian	3:44
9.	"Mark the Graves"		5:05
10.	"Drawbar" (featuring Tom Morello)		2:46
11.	"Final Masquerade"		3:37
12.	"A Line in the Sand"		6:35
Total length:			45:12

The Hunting Party (Xbox Deluxe Edition) (Live Bonus Tracks)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"With You" (Live at Home Depot Center)	Linkin Park, Michael Simpson, John King	3:42
14.	"Lost in the Echo" (Live at Home Depot Center)		3:57
15.	"Numb" (Live at Home Depot Center)		3:17
16.	"Burn It Down" (Live at Home Depot Center)		3:57
Total length:			60:09

Bonus DVD ─ The Hunting Party: Live from Mexico
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"		2:31
2.	"A Place for My Head"	Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield, Dave Farrell	2:49
3.	"New Divide"		4:40
4.	"Somewhere I Belong"		4:16
5.	"Points of Authority"		3:21
6.	"Lies Greed Misery"		2:28
7.	"Lost in the Echo"		3:55
8.	"What I've Done"		3:37
9.	"Burn It Down"		3:54
10.	"In the End"		3:29
11.	"Bleed It Out"		4:51
12.	"One Step Closer"		4:10
Total length:			41:21

Limited digital bundle ─ Hybrid Theory: Live at Download Festival 2014
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Papercut"		3:13
2.	"One Step Closer"		3:13
3.	"With You"	Linkin Park, Simpson, King	3:34
4.	"Points of Authority"		5:00
5.	"Crawling"		3:29
6.	"Runaway"	Linkin Park, Wakefield	3:16
7.	"By Myself"		3:24
8.	"In the End"		3:40
9.	"A Place for My Head"	Linkin Park, Wakefield, Farrell	3:44
10.	"Forgotten"	Linkin Park, Wakefield, Farrell	3:26
11.	"Cure for the Itch"		2:50
12.	"Pushing Me Away"		3:29

Notes

• Live from Mexico is Linkin Park's 2012 live performance in Monterrey, Mexico, originally recorded for MTV World Stage.

Personnel

Linkin Park Chester Bennington – vocals Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion Brad Delson – lead guitar Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitar Joe Hahn – turntables, sampling, programming Mike Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards Additional musicians Page Hamilton – vocals and guitar (on "All for Nothing") Daron Malakian – guitar (on "Rebellion") Tom Morello – guitar (on "Drawbar") Rakim – vocals (on "Guilty All the Same")

Technical personnel Mike Shinoda – production, engineering, creative direction Brad Delson – production Rob Cavallo – production (on "Wastelands"), A&R Emile Haynie – production (on "Final Masquerade") Ryan DeMarti – production coordination Ethan Mates – engineering Andy Wallace – mixing Paul Suarez – Pro Tools Josh Newell – digital editing Emily Lazar – mastering Rich Morales – mastering assistance

Alejandro Baima – assistant engineering Brendan Dekora – assistant engineering Jennifer Langdon – assistant engineering Jerry Johnson – drum technician Brandon Parvini – computer graphics, creative direction Rickey Kim – creative direction Annie Nguyen – art direction James Jean – artwork Brandon Cox – photography Kymm Britton – publicity Kas Mercer – publicity

References

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