LP Underground 11.0

LP Underground Eleven
Demo album by Linkin Park, LP Underground
Released November 15, 2011
Recorded 1998-2011
Genre Alternative
Length 32:12
Label Machine Shop
Producer Mike Shinoda
LP Underground non-studio album chronology
Underground X: Demos
(2010)		 LP Underground 11.0
(2011)		 LP Underground 12.0
(2012)

LP Underground 11.0 is a CD and digital download set released in November 15, 2011 by Linkin Park Underground.[1] The demo album was the third by LP Underground. This album is one of the albums released per year by the fan club.

Content

All the ten tracks included in the studio album are demos of the unreleased songs included in the studio albums by Linkin Park like Hybrid Theory (2000), Meteora (2003), Minutes to Midnight (2007) and A Thousand Suns (2010). The album includes the demos of the songs like "What I've Done" and "Robot Boy" from their studio albums, Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns respectively.

History

The LP Underground 11.0 album, released in November 15, 2011 via Linkin Park's official website and in CD plus digital download, features demos and unreleased tracks from four of their previous studio albums, including Hybrid Theory (2000), Meteora (2003), Minutes to Midnight (2007), and A Thousand Suns (2010) respectively.

Before Hybrid Theory in 2000, there are two unreleased tracks that is featured on the compilation album, including Slip and Blue. The band recorded the two tracks in 1998, but they were not released until they were leaked online via their official website in 2011 with its album release at the same time. A demo version for A Place for My Head had its original working title, entitled as Esaul, is featured on the compilation album, written by Linkin Park and their former lead singer and bass guiarist Mark Wakefield, as well as Wakefield wrote Slip with the band. A demo version of In the End, originally with its working title known as "Untitled", is featured on the album as well, only titled as "In the End (Demo)", just before the single version itself with a slight change of lyrics in the version before the final version and its lyrical text became different.

Before Meteora in 2003, and after their first studio release of Hybrid Theory, a few demos for the track began during their first documentary DVD Frat Party at the Pankake Festival (2001), plotting about the old times after the first album is released in 2000. A demo recorded for Meteora, entitled as Program, can be heard on the DVD when a documentary scene called The Future is being watched throughout before the music video of In the End is seen throughout.

Before Minutes to Midnight in 2007, and after the second debut release of Meteora, the album features demos of songs, such as What I've Done as the "Original Demo" to the song, entitled as "Bang Three (What I've Done Original Demo)", recorded and released in the album before the final version of What I've Done is featured and recorded on Minutes to Midnight, charting the song as the first single on the charts.

Before A Thousand Suns in 2010, a demo version for "Robot Boy" is featured on this compilation album, just before the final version of the song is featured and recorded on A Thousand Suns itself. The demo version on the album contains different lyrics from the album version, entitled as "Robot Boy (Test Mix, Optional Vocal Take)", and everything had changed, due to the test mix of Robot Boy. The ending to the demo is different from the final version of "Robot Boy", cutting off the long note, which leads the track listing to the short song "Jornada del Muerto" (also on A Thousand Suns). The demo version and its final version for A Thousand Suns has no working title.

Enhanced features

After requests to bring back the message board, LP Underground website was changed from Topspin platform to ground(ctrl), with returning member's profiles and blogs, but not e-mails. Also, points system (as part of ground(ctrl) platform) was added with a special Points store, where some exclusive items:

When the season was launched, only Monthly ($10, online only) and Annual ($60) was available, with special offer to buy LP Underground 11 with a membership for a special price ($61.11 - $65). Later, on January, 26, new membership tier was announced, called LP Underground 11 Pass, $25 for annual online membership with a small package - exclusive laminate and lanyard. Full Annual membership for $60 was renamed to LP Underground 11 Plus Pass, and everyone who bought Annual LP Underground 11 membership before this announce, now have one guaranteed Meet & Greet, that can be used anytime,even after 4 years from announcement's date. Membership benefits are the same that in LP Underground X season, but now not only LPTV are available for download, but LPU-TV too. Items in Annaul Membership Package:

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "YO (MTM Demo)"  Linkin Park 2:44
2. "Slip (1998 Unreleased Hybrid Theory Demo)"  Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield 3:31
3. "Soundtrack (Meteora Demo)"  Linkin Park 3:16
4. "In the End (Demo)"  Linkin Park 3:53
5. "Program (Meteora Demo)"  Linkin Park 3:32
6. "Bang Three (What I've Done Original Demo)"  Linkin Park 3:30
7. "Robot Boy (Test Mix, Optional Vocal Take)"  Linkin Park 4:29
8. "Broken Foot (Meteora Demo)"  Linkin Park 2:43
9. "Esaul (A Place for My Head Demo)"  Linkin Park, Mark Wakefield 3:39
10. "Blue (1998 Unreleased Hybrid Theory Demo)"  Linkin Park 3:29
Total length:
 32:12

Personnel

Linkin Park

Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ "Home: Linkin Park Underground". lpunderground.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2012.

External links