A Thousand Suns+

A Thousand Suns +
Video and Live album by Linkin Park
Released April 1, 2011 (USA)
June 17, 2011 (Europe)
Recorded November 7, 2010 at Puerta de Alcala in Madrid, Spain
Genre Alternative rock, electronic rock, rap rock, nu metal
Length 74:28 (DVD)
47:56(CD)
Label Warner Bros., Machine Shop
Producer Mike Shinoda (DVD and CD)
Rick Rubin (CD)
Linkin Park Video chronology
The Meeting of A Thousand Suns
(2010)		 A Thousand Suns+
(2011)		 Inside Living Things
(2012)
Alternate Cover

A Thousand Suns+ is the ninth DVD of American alternative rock band Linkin Park, originally released on April 1, 2011.[1] The CD version of the video includes all the tracks of the band's fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns.[2] The DVD version of the video includes the live version of various songs from all the studio albums by the band like Hybrid Theory, Meteora, Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns.

Background

The DVD comes with a bonus CD that features all the tracks from the album, A Thousand Suns. The concert footage was shot on November 7, 2010 at Puerta de Alcalá in Madrid, Spain. The album was released in European Countries on June 17, 2011.[3] The concert performed by the band is also known as Live in Madrid. The show also featured a live version of the song "The Messenger", which was rarely played by the band in any of the concerts.[4][5][6]

Track listing

DVD

All songs written and composed by Linkin Park. 

No. Title Length
1. "The Requiem" (Samples the second verse from "The Catalyst") 2:01
2. "Wretches and Kings" (featuring the speech "Operation of the Machine" from Mario Savio) 3:54
3. "Papercut"   3:26
4. "New Divide"   4:22
5. "Faint" (Extra Outro) 4:14
6. "Empty Spaces / When They Come For Me"   5:22
7. "Waiting for the End"   3:52
8. "Iridescent"   5:01
9. "Numb"   3:10
10. "The Radiance" (featuring an interview from J. Robert Oppenheimer and the chorus from The Catalyst sung by Mike Shinoda) 1:48
11. "Breaking the Habit" (Extra Outro of the chorus sung solo by Chester Bennington) 3:58
12. "Shadow of the Day"   5:13
13. "Fallout" (Samples the chorus from Burning in the Skies) 1:24
14. "The Catalyst"   6:11
15. "The Messenger"   3:39
16. "In the End" (bridge sung by the audience present there) 3:30
17. "What I've Done"   3:31
18. "Bleed It Out / A Place for My Head"   5:04
19. "End Credits (with "Robot Boy" instrumental)"   4:10

CD

All songs written and composed by Linkin Park. 

No. Title Length
1. "The Requiem"   2:01
2. "The Radiance" (featuring a speech from J. Robert Oppenheimer) 0:57
3. "Burning in the Skies"   4:13
4. "Empty Spaces"   0:18
5. "When They Come for Me"   4:55
6. "Robot Boy"   4:28
7. "Jornada Del Muerto"   1:34
8. "Waiting for the End"   3:51
9. "Blackout"   4:39
10. "Wretches and Kings" (featuring the speech "Operation of the Machine" from Mario Savio) 4:15
11. "Wisdom, Justice, and Love" (featuring a speech from Martin Luther King, Jr.) 1:38
12. "Iridescent"   4:56
13. "Fallout"   1:23
14. "The Catalyst"   5:39
15. "The Messenger"   3:01
Total length:
 47:48

Personnel

Linkin Park
DVD production
  • Director: Cristian Biondani
  • Producer: Mike Shinoda
  • Photography by Klaus Thymann
  • Edited by Ethan Mates & Mike Shinoda
Production
  • Rick Rubin – producer
  • Mike Shinoda – producer, engineer, creative director, Pro Tools
  • Neal Avron – mixing
  • Kymm Britton – publicity
  • Anton Brooks – publicity
  • Lindsay Chase – production coordination
  • Brad Delson – Pro Tools
  • Ryan DeMarti – production coordination, A&R
  • Nicolas Fournier – assistant
  • Joe Hahn – creative director
  • Jerry Johnson – drum technician
  • Liza Joseph – A&R
  • Frank Maddocks – art direction, design, creative director
  • Ethan Mates – engineer, Pro Tools
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Josh Newell – engineer, Pro Tools
  • Czeslaw "NoBraiN" Sakowski – programming
  • Mark Santangelo – assistant
  • Peter Standish – marketing
  • Josh Vanover – artwork, creative director
  • Ellen Wakayama – creative director
  • Tom Whalley – A&R

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2011) Position
Swiss Albums Chart[7] 86

Certifications

Territory Provider Certification
Switzerland IFPI Platinum[8]

References

  1. ↑ "A Thousand Suns [Import]". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ "A Thousand Suns+ [Discogs]". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  3. ↑ "A Thousand Suns [Limited Edition, Deluxe Edition, CD+DVD]". Amazon.com. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Linkin Park– A Thousand Suns+". discogs.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "A Thousand Suns". last.fm. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "A Thousand Suns - Linkin Park". metacritic.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "2011 Year End Charts". Swiss Albums Chart. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  8. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards 2010". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 10, 2010.


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