One More Light is the seventh studio album by Linkin Park, released on May 19, 2017, through Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop. It is the band’s first album to have a title track, as they felt that the song “One More Light” was the heart of the album. It is also the last Linkin Park album to be released before the death of lead vocalist Chester Bennington on July 20, 2017, and subsequent hiatus.
The band recorded the album between September 2015 and February 2017 in multiple studios. Band members Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda served as the album’s primary producers. The sound of One More Light has been described as being more pop-focused, departing from the alternative rock and alternative metal sounds of their previous albums. The album features guest vocal appearances from Pusha T, Stormzy, and Kiiara, and production and songwriting collaborations with J. R. Rotem, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Ross Golan, Andrew Goldstein, Blackbear, and Eg White.
The album’s lead single, “Heavy”, featuring Kiiara, was released on February 16, 2017. “Battle Symphony”, “Good Goodbye”, and “Invisible” were released as promotional singles prior to the album’s release. “Talking to Myself” and “One More Light” were released as radio singles later on. The album received mixed reviews from music critics; this, along with accusations of selling out, prompted an angry response from Bennington. Despite the mixed critical reception, the album performed well commercially, debuting at number one in several countries; it also became the band’s fifth number-one album on the Billboard 200 and was certified Gold in five countries.
Tracklist:
- Nobody Can Save Me
- Good Goodbye (featuring: Pusha T, Stormzy)
- Talking To Myself
- Battle Symphony
- Invisible
- Heavy (featuring: Kiiara)
- Sorry For Now
- Halfway Right
- One More Light
- Sharp Edges
Linkin Park
Chester Bennington: lead vocals, backing vocals on “Invisible” and “Sorry for Now”
Rob Bourdon: drums, backing vocals
Brad Delson: guitars, backing vocals
Dave “Phoenix” Farrell: bass, backing vocals
Joe Hahn: samples, programming, backing vocals
Mike Shinoda: keyboards, backing vocals, programming, rap vocals on “Good Goodbye”, lead vocals on “Invisible” and “Sorry for Now”
Technical
Alejandro Baima: assistant engineering
Blackbear: co-production (track 7)
Andrew Bolooki: vocal production (tracks 1–4, 6–8)
Andrew Dawson: additional production (track 5)
Brad Delson: production
Ryan DeMarti: A&R coordination
Lorenzo Errico: photography
Robin Florent: assistant mixing engineering (tracks 2–4, 8–10)
Chris Galland: mixing engineering (tracks 2–4, 8–10)
Chris Gehringer: mastering [79]
Serban Ghenea: mixing (tracks 1, 5–7)
Andrew Goldstein: co-producer (track 7)
Jon Green: additional production (track 1)
Joe Hahn: creative direction
John Hanes: mixing engineering (tracks 1, 5–7)
Andrew Jackson: additional production (track 3)
Jeff Jackson: assistant mixing engineering (tracks 2–4, 8–10)
Jerry Johnson: studio drum technician
Tom Kahre: vocal engineering for Pusha T (track 2)
Michael Keenan: additional production (tracks 7, 8)
Peter J. Lee: art direction, creative direction, design, photography
Frank Maddocks: art direction, creative direction, design, photography
Manny Marroquin: mixing (tracks 2–4, 8–10)
Ethan Mates: engineering
Dan McCarroll: A&R
Josh Newell: engineering
RAC: additional production (tracks 5, 10)
JR Rotem: co-production (track 3)
Jesse Shatkin: additional production (track 2), co-production (track 5)
Mike Shinoda: creative direction, engineering, photography, production
Fraser T Smith: vocal engineering for Stormzy (track 2)
Alexander Spit: additional production (track 8)
Peter Standish: marketing
Christian Tachiera: photography
Jonna Terrasi: A&R
Warren Willis: studio assistant engineering
Emily Wright: vocal production (tracks 5, 6, 9, 10)
Additional musicians
Kiiara: vocals on “Heavy”
Pusha T: rap vocals on “Good Goodbye”
Stormzy: rap vocals on “Good Goodbye”
Ilsey Juber: backing vocals on “Talking to Myself” and “Sharp Edges”
Ross Golan: backing vocals on “Halfway Right”
Eg White: guitars, piano on “One More Light”
Jon Green: additional guitars, bass, backing vocals on “Nobody Can Save Me”
Jesse Shatkin: additional keyboards, programming on “Invisible”
Andrew Jackson: additional guitars on “Talking to Myself”
