Recharged (album)
Recharged (stylized in all caps) is the second remix album of recordings by American rock band Linkin Park. The album was released on October 29, 2013, through Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop Recordings. It is entirely produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda. The album includes remixes of ten of the songs from the band's fifth studio album "Living Things", as well as a new song, "A Light That Never Comes" (and a remix of it) with Steve Aoki, which is the album's first single, released on September 16. Although "Recharged" received mixed reviews from  critics, it was the tenth best selling remix album. Background and promotion. "Recharged" was officially announced on the band's Facebook page on September 12, 2013, the same day that their new game, "LP Recharge", was released. The band revealed that the album is a remix album, featuring reinterpretations of ten of the songs from "Living Things", as well as including their new song with Steve Aoki, "A Light That Never Comes" (and a remix of it). Five of the remixes were previously released as part of a pre-order promotion for "Living Things", called "Living Things Remixed" (following the  release of "Living Things", pre-order customers received a remix of a song from the album each month for eight months). The band also announced that there will be a limited-edition version of the album, available exclusively from their website. It features an interactive 3D sculpture based on the "Living Things" album artwork, a 48-page art booklet, both "Living Things" and "Recharged" albums, and a magnetic stylus that can interact with the liquid solution in the 3D sculpture to create unique patterns and designs are included. Pre-orders began on September 16. In regards to the song "A  Light That Never Comes" and the album, Mike Shinoda said: On September 13, Shinoda made another post on the band's Facebook page, revealing the track list and talking about the album: In that same post, Shinoda revealed that pre-orders from the band's website will receive an exclusive digital download of Paul van Dyk's remix of "Burn It Down", which was also previously released as part of "Living Things Remixed". As of October 24, 2013, the album can be heard in its entirety on MTV.com, five days before it was officially released. On January 21, 2014, a  new EP was released entitled, "A Light That Never Comes (Remixes)" online. Critical reception. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, "Recharged" received an average score of 49 based on 4 reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews. NME called "Recharged" "further proof" that dubstep and EDM is nu metal's successor, and described the songs as "nosebleed drum’n’bass, 8-bit blips and oversized dancehall bass". They go on to add "Rick Rubin’s final Primal Scream-gone-hip-hop remix of "A Light That Never Comes" saves Recharged from disaster, but  you might need resuscitating after this lot" Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave it 3 out of 5 stars, declaring that "This is the kind of album that appeals primarily for hardcore fans looking for a new spin on the familiar; in other words, this is unlikely to convert EDM listeners to the pleasures of Linkin Park." Commercial performance. The album debuted at number ten on the "Billboard" 200 chart, with first-week sales of 33,000 copies in the United States. In its second week, the album sold 11,000 more copies. In its third week, the album sold 5,000 more  copies bringing its total album sales to 49,000. By mid-2014, the album is said to have reached 111,000 sales in US. The album did more business in 2014 as compared to 2013. It became the eighth best selling Dance/Electronic Album and twenty-fifth best selling Hard Rock Album. Track listing. Notes Personnel. Original "Living Things" credits adapted from "Living Things" liner notes.