A high-voltage collision of rock angst and 2010s EDM. Aggressive dubstep drops and glitchy synths re-envision the band's melodic rock as club-ready anthems.
Recharged feels like a high-definition digital overhaul of Linkin Park's internal friction.
Recharged feels like a high-definition digital overhaul of Linkin Park's internal friction. While its predecessor Living Things balanced organic textures with electronics, this remix collection leans entirely into the neon-soaked world of 2013 EDM and dubstep. It is a record of kinetic energy, where Chester Bennington's soaring vocals are chopped, stuttered, and layered over massive, oscillating bass lines and sharp, digital percussion. The experience is less about the intimacy of a band in a room and more about the sheer power of a sound system being pushed to its limits.
Released in October 2013, Recharged serves as the second major remix project in Linkin Park's career, following the blueprint of 2002's Reanimation. Produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, the album focuses on reinterpretations of tracks from their fifth studio album, Living Things. The project was launched alongside the LP Recharge social game and is anchored by the lead single A Light That Never Comes, a collaboration with electro-house producer Steve Aoki. This track marked a significant pivot toward mainstream EDM, a genre that was dominating the charts at the time. The album features a diverse array of remixers, including Dirtyphonics, Enferno, and Tom Swoon, each bringing a different electronic flavor ranging from glitch-hop to drum and bass. Critically, the album received a polarized response, with some praising the bold genre-hopping and others finding the dubstep influences dated or jarring compared to the band's rock roots. It remains a key document of Linkin Park's career-long obsession with hybridity and their refusal to be tethered to a single genre identity.
Put this on for
navigating a neon-lit city at 2ama high-intensity workout requiring aggressive synthsfueling a late-night coding sessiontesting the low-end of a new sound systemdecompressing after a high-stress confrontationstaring at a digital skyline from a balconypreparing for a long night of focused creative output
Moments worth waiting for
The massive drop in the Steve Aoki collaboration A Light That Never Comes that bridges pop and dubstep.
The way Castle of Glass is stripped of its folk-rock roots for a glitchy, stuttering electronic pulse.
The aggressive drum and bass breakneck speed during the M. Shinoda remix of Victimized.
Sounds like
2013s production with a 2010s soul
Lyrical territory
self_examination, existential, mental_health
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Self_examination
Lyrics · ↓ −15% less than usual
On this album, self_examination sits about 15% less prominent than across the rest of the artist's catalogue.
