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* AtomicFBomb: Chester drops this before the second chorus of "Blackout"
-->'''''FUCK IT, ARE YOU LISTENING?!'''''
-->'''''FUCK IT, ARE YOU LISTENING?!'''''
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** On 'When they Come for Me': "[[Music/PublicEnemy Chuck said that Uzi weigh a mothafuckin' ton!]]"
** On 'Wretches and Kings', Mike drops in about three "Shits" in his two rap verses.
** On 'When they Come for Me': "[[Music/PublicEnemy Chuck said that Uzi weigh a mothafuckin' ton!]]"
** On 'Wretches and Kings', Mike drops in about three "Shits" in his two rap verses.
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* CallBack: In "Fallout", Mike sings the final chorus of "Burning in the Skies" with electronically-distorted vocals, which crosses back into his natural singing voice at the end.
-->''I'm swimming in the smoke\\
Of bridges I have burned\\
So don't apologize\\
I'm losing what I don't deserve\\
The blame is mine alone\\
For bridges I have burned\\
So don't apologize\\
I'm losing what I don't deserve\\
What I don't deserve..\\
-->''I'm swimming in the smoke\\
Of bridges I have burned\\
So don't apologize\\
I'm losing what I don't deserve\\
The blame is mine alone\\
For bridges I have burned\\
So don't apologize\\
I'm losing what I don't deserve\\
What I don't deserve..\\
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-->''Listen to your heart''\\
''Those angel voices''\\
''They'll see to you''\\
''They'll be your guide''\\
''Back home where life leaves us blind''\\
''Love keeps us kind''\\
''It keeps us kind''
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--> "God save us everyone\\
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns?"
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--> "God ''God save us everyone\\
Willeveryone''\\
''Will we burn inside the fires of a thousandsuns?"suns?''
Will
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--> "All I wanna do is trade this life for something new\\
Holding on to what I haven't got"
Holding on to what I haven't got"
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Holdingnew''\\
''Holding on to what I haven'tgot"got''
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For the sins of our hand\\
The sins of our tongue\\
The sins of our father\\
The sins of our young"
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns\\
For the sins of our hand\\
The sins of our tongue\\
The sins of our father\\
The sins of our young"
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---> "God ''God save us everyone\\
Willeveryone''\\
''Will we burn inside the fires of a thousandsuns\\
Forsuns''\\
''For the sins of ourhand\\
Thehand''\\
''The sins of ourtongue\\
Thetongue''\\
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--> "And it seems ugly, but it can get worse\\
'Cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse\\
'Cause once you got [[Music/HybridTheory a theory]] of how the thing works\\
Everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first\\
And I'm not a robot, I'm not a monkey\\
I will not dance even if the beat's funky\\
Opposite of lazy, far from a punk\\
Ya'll oughta stop talking\\
Start trying to catch up, motherfucker"
'Cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse\\
'Cause once you got [[Music/HybridTheory a theory]] of how the thing works\\
Everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first\\
And I'm not a robot, I'm not a monkey\\
I will not dance even if the beat's funky\\
Opposite of lazy, far from a punk\\
Ya'll oughta stop talking\\
Start trying to catch up, motherfucker"
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--> "And ''And it seems ugly, but it can get worse\\
'Causeworse''\\
''[='=]Cause even a blueprint is a gift and acurse\\
'Causecurse''\\
''[='=]Cause once you got [[Music/HybridTheory a theory]] of how the thingworks\\
Everybodyworks''\\
''Everybody wants the next thing to be just like thefirst\\
Andfirst''\\
''And I'm not a robot, I'm not amonkey\\
Imonkey''\\
''I will not dance even if the beat'sfunky\\
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''Opposite of lazy, far from apunk\\
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''Ya'll oughta stoptalking\\
Starttalking''\\
''Start trying to catch up,motherfucker"motherfucker''
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** "Wretches and Kings" samples Mario Savio's "operation of the machine" speech.
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** "Wretches and Kings" samples Mario Savio's "operation of "Bodies upon the machine" Gears" speech.
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It is a ConceptAlbum that revolves around mass-scale human fears and social issues, namely nuclear warfare. It derives its title from the ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' as quoted and popularized in 1945 by UsefulNotes/JRobertOppenheimer in describing the atomic bomb, likening its blast to "the radiance of a thousand suns". Clocking in at 47 minutes, it is Linkin Park's longest studio album to date.
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It is a ConceptAlbum that revolves around mass-scale human fears and social issues, namely nuclear warfare. It derives its title from the ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' as quoted and popularized in 1945 by UsefulNotes/JRobertOppenheimer in describing UsefulNotes/JRobertOppenheimer's description of the atomic bomb, likening which likened its blast to "the radiance of a thousand suns". Clocking in at 47 minutes, it is Linkin Park's longest studio album to date.
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* TakeThatCritics: "When They Come for Me" disses those complaining about their shift from nu metal with ''Music/MinutesToMidnight''
--> "And it seems ugly but it can get worse\\
--> "And it seems ugly but it can get worse\\
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* TakeThatCritics: "When They Come for Me" disses those complaining about their shift from nu metal NuMetal with ''Music/MinutesToMidnight''
''Music/MinutesToMidnight''.
--> "And it seemsugly ugly, but it can get worse\\
--> "And it seems
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It is a ConceptAlbum revolving around dealing with mass-scale human fears and social issues, namely nuclear warfare. It derives its title from the ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' as quoted and popularized in 1945 by UsefulNotes/JRobertOppenheimer in describing the atomic bomb, likening its blast to "the radiance of a thousand suns". Clocking in at 47 minutes, it is Linkin Park's longest studio album to date.
Following 2007's ''Music/MinutesToMidnight'', this album moves even further away from the band's NuMetal roots to the point of metal being almost entirely absent in favor of electronic-based experimental and melodic AlternativeRock, with several interludes to tie the songs together that [[{{Sampling}} sample]] speeches from the aforementioned Oppenheimer as well as UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr and activist Mario Savio. Although rapping is only slightly more prominent than on the previous album, this album makes Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda a VocalTagTeam again, with Mike being a co-lead singer on many tracks.
Following 2007's ''Music/MinutesToMidnight'', this album moves even further away from the band's NuMetal roots to the point of metal being almost entirely absent in favor of electronic-based experimental and melodic AlternativeRock, with several interludes to tie the songs together that [[{{Sampling}} sample]] speeches from the aforementioned Oppenheimer as well as UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr and activist Mario Savio. Although rapping is only slightly more prominent than on the previous album, this album makes Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda a VocalTagTeam again, with Mike being a co-lead singer on many tracks.
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It is a ConceptAlbum revolving that revolves around dealing with mass-scale human fears and social issues, namely nuclear warfare. It derives its title from the ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' as quoted and popularized in 1945 by UsefulNotes/JRobertOppenheimer in describing the atomic bomb, likening its blast to "the radiance of a thousand suns". Clocking in at 47 minutes, it is Linkin Park's longest studio album to date.
Following 2007's ''Music/MinutesToMidnight'', this album moves even further away from the band's NuMetal roots to the point of metal being almost entirelyabsent in favor of absent. Instead, the album centers on electronic-based experimental and melodic AlternativeRock, with the addition of several atmospheric interludes to tie the songs together that [[{{Sampling}} sample]] together, some of them {{sampling}} speeches from the aforementioned Oppenheimer as well as UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr and activist Mario Savio. Although rapping is only slightly more prominent than on the previous album, this album makes Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda a VocalTagTeam again, with Mike being a co-lead singer on many tracks.
Following 2007's ''Music/MinutesToMidnight'', this album moves even further away from the band's NuMetal roots to the point of metal being almost entirely
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''A Thousand Suns'' is the fourth studio album by Music/LinkinPark, released on September 13, 2010, by Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. Following 2007's ''Music/MinutesToMidnight'', this album moves even further away from the NuMetal roots to the point of metal being almost entirely absent in favor of electronic-based experimental and melodic AlternativeRock with several interludes to tie the songs together. Although rapping is only slightly more prominent than on the previous album, this album makes Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda a VocalTagTeam again, with Mike being a co-lead singer on many tracks.
!! Track list:
''A Thousand Suns'' is the fourth studio album by Music/LinkinPark, released on September 13, 2010, by Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. Following 2007's ''Music/MinutesToMidnight'', this album moves even further away from the NuMetal roots to the point of metal being almost entirely absent in favor of electronic-based experimental and melodic AlternativeRock with several interludes to tie the songs together. Although rapping is only slightly more prominent than on the previous album, this album makes Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda a VocalTagTeam again, with Mike being a co-lead singer on many tracks.
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everyone\\
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For the sins of our hand, sins of our tongue\\
The sins of our father, the sins of our young'']]
->''"...''A Thousand Suns'' grapples with the personal cycle of pride, destruction, and regret. In life, like in dreams, this sequence is not always linear. And, sometimes, true remorse penetrates the devastating cycle. The hope, of course, springs from the notion that the possibility of change is born in our most harrowing moments."''
-->-- From the album's liner notes
''A Thousand Suns'' is the fourth studio album by Music/LinkinPark, released on September 13, 2010, byCreator/WarnerBrosRecords. Creator/WarnerBrosRecords.
It is a ConceptAlbum revolving around dealing with mass-scale human fears and social issues, namely nuclear warfare. It derives its title from the ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' as quoted and popularized in 1945 by UsefulNotes/JRobertOppenheimer in describing the atomic bomb, likening its blast to "the radiance of a thousand suns". Clocking in at 47 minutes, it is Linkin Park's longest studio album to date.
Following 2007's ''Music/MinutesToMidnight'', this album moves even further away from the band's NuMetal roots to the point of metal being almost entirely absent in favor of electronic-based experimental and melodicAlternativeRock AlternativeRock, with several interludes to tie the songs together.together that [[{{Sampling}} sample]] speeches from the aforementioned Oppenheimer as well as UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr and activist Mario Savio. Although rapping is only slightly more prominent than on the previous album, this album makes Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda a VocalTagTeam again, with Mike being a co-lead singer on many tracks.
!!Track list:Tracklist:
Will we burn inside the fires of [[AlbumTitleDrop a thousand suns]]?\\
For the sins of our hand, sins of our tongue\\
The sins of our father, the sins of our young'']]
->''"...''A Thousand Suns'' grapples with the personal cycle of pride, destruction, and regret. In life, like in dreams, this sequence is not always linear. And, sometimes, true remorse penetrates the devastating cycle. The hope, of course, springs from the notion that the possibility of change is born in our most harrowing moments."''
-->-- From the album's liner notes
''A Thousand Suns'' is the fourth studio album by Music/LinkinPark, released on September 13, 2010, by
It is a ConceptAlbum revolving around dealing with mass-scale human fears and social issues, namely nuclear warfare. It derives its title from the ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' as quoted and popularized in 1945 by UsefulNotes/JRobertOppenheimer in describing the atomic bomb, likening its blast to "the radiance of a thousand suns". Clocking in at 47 minutes, it is Linkin Park's longest studio album to date.
Following 2007's ''Music/MinutesToMidnight'', this album moves even further away from the band's NuMetal roots to the point of metal being almost entirely absent in favor of electronic-based experimental and melodic
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** [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Radiance"]] samples J. Robert Oppenheimer in UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer referencing ''Bhagavad Gita'' in his own response to the Manhattan Project that led to the UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki.
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* Mike Shinoda, Lead and backing vocals, rap vocals, guitar, keyboards
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[[caption-width-right:341:''God save us everyone'']]
''A Thousand Suns'' is the fourth studio album by Music/LinkinPark, released on September 13, 2010, by Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. Following 2007's ''Music/MinutesToMidnight'', this album moves even further away from the NuMetal roots to the point of metal being almost entirely absent in favor of electronic-based experimental and melodic AlternativeRock with several interludes to tie the songs together. Although rapping is only slightly more prominent than on the previous album, this album makes Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda a VocalTagTeam again, with Mike being a co-lead singer on many tracks.
!! Track list:
# "The Requiem" (2:01)
# "The Radiance" (0:57)
# "Burning in the Skies" (4:13)
# "Empty Spaces" (0:18)
# "When They Come for Me" (4:53)
# "Robot Boy" (4:29)
# "Jornada Del Muerto" (1:34)
# "Waiting for the End" (3:51)
# "Blackout" (4:39)
# "Wretches and Kings" (4:10)
# "Wisdom, Justice, and Love" (1:39)
# "Iridescent" (4:56)
# "Fallout" (1:23)
# "The Catalyst" (5:47)
# "The Messenger" (3:01)
!! Principal members:
* Chester Bennington - Lead and backing vocals
* Mike Shinoda, Lead and backing vocals, rap vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Brad Delson - Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
* Dave Farrell - Bass, backing vocals
* Joe Hahn - Turntables, sampling, programming, backing vocals
* Rob Bourdon - Drums, backing vocals
!! Waiting for the tropes to come:
* AnAesop: "The Messenger" rambles about how important hope and love is in the face of evil and pain. The impact of the song is increased by the fact that it's on an album mainly about how broken the world is.
* AlbumIntroTrack: Two of them! The first proper song, "Burning in the Skies", is the third track.
* AlbumTitleDrop: [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Requiem"]] and "The Catalyst". It's not quite an example of BookEnds, but the latter (and penultimate) track is the climax of the album.
--> "God save us everyone\\
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns?"
* ConceptAlbum: Dealing with human fears like nuclear warfare.
* ClusterFBomb: "When They Come for Me"
--> "Start trying to catch up motherfucker (fucker, fucker)!"
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Most of the songs are linked by interludes or other songs, to the point of the iTunes deluxe edition including a bonus track that is literally the entire album as a single track.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Jornada del Muerto", which features Mike singing [[BilingualBonus singing "Lift me up, let me go" in Japanese]].
* IWantSong: "Waiting for the End"
--> "All I wanna do is trade this life for something new\\
Holding on to what I haven't got"
* LimitedLyricsSong:
** "Robot Boy" has three stanzas over a slow, minimalist piece. The last one is the same lyric repeated four times.
---> "Hold on, the weight of the world will give you the strength to go."
** "The Catalyst" is also minimalist in the lyrics department, with both verses based on "God [x] us everyone". The second verse is also a reprise of the only lyrics in [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Requiem"]].
---> "God save us everyone\\
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns\\
For the sins of our hand\\
The sins of our tongue\\
The sins of our father\\
The sins of our young"
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The album title and [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Radiance"]] reference a passage from ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' made famous by J. Robert Oppenheimer:
--> "If the radiance of ''a thousand suns'' were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one,"
* MinimalisticCoverArt: A negative of an image representing Earth being blown up in a nuclear war.
* MinisculeRocking: All of the interlude tracks are under two minutes, with "Empty Spaces" (0:18) deserving a special mention. [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Requiem"]] just barely passes the two-minute mark.
* NewSoundAlbum: A mix of electronic and experimental rock. More rap than ''Minutes to Midnight'', but not as much as before.
* PowerBallad: "Iridescent", which also features the full band singing in the climax.
* {{Sampling}}:
** [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Radiance"]] samples J. Robert Oppenheimer in referencing ''Bhagavad Gita'' in his own response to the UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki.
** "Wretches and Kings" samples Mario Savio's "operation of the machine" speech.
** "Wisdom, Justice, and Love" samples a speech by UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr
* TakeThatCritics: "When They Come for Me" disses those complaining about their shift from nu metal with ''Music/MinutesToMidnight''
--> "And it seems ugly but it can get worse\\
'Cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse\\
'Cause once you got a theory of how the thing works\\
Everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first\\
And I'm not a robot, I'm not a monkey\\
I will not dance even if the beat's funky\\
Opposite of lazy, far from a punk\\
Ya'll oughta stop talking\\
Start trying to catch up, motherfucker"
* TextlessAlbumCover: Aside from a Parental Advisory warning on certain editions of the album.
[[caption-width-right:341:''God save us everyone'']]
''A Thousand Suns'' is the fourth studio album by Music/LinkinPark, released on September 13, 2010, by Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. Following 2007's ''Music/MinutesToMidnight'', this album moves even further away from the NuMetal roots to the point of metal being almost entirely absent in favor of electronic-based experimental and melodic AlternativeRock with several interludes to tie the songs together. Although rapping is only slightly more prominent than on the previous album, this album makes Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda a VocalTagTeam again, with Mike being a co-lead singer on many tracks.
!! Track list:
# "The Requiem" (2:01)
# "The Radiance" (0:57)
# "Burning in the Skies" (4:13)
# "Empty Spaces" (0:18)
# "When They Come for Me" (4:53)
# "Robot Boy" (4:29)
# "Jornada Del Muerto" (1:34)
# "Waiting for the End" (3:51)
# "Blackout" (4:39)
# "Wretches and Kings" (4:10)
# "Wisdom, Justice, and Love" (1:39)
# "Iridescent" (4:56)
# "Fallout" (1:23)
# "The Catalyst" (5:47)
# "The Messenger" (3:01)
!! Principal members:
* Chester Bennington - Lead and backing vocals
* Mike Shinoda, Lead and backing vocals, rap vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Brad Delson - Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
* Dave Farrell - Bass, backing vocals
* Joe Hahn - Turntables, sampling, programming, backing vocals
* Rob Bourdon - Drums, backing vocals
!! Waiting for the tropes to come:
* AnAesop: "The Messenger" rambles about how important hope and love is in the face of evil and pain. The impact of the song is increased by the fact that it's on an album mainly about how broken the world is.
* AlbumIntroTrack: Two of them! The first proper song, "Burning in the Skies", is the third track.
* AlbumTitleDrop: [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Requiem"]] and "The Catalyst". It's not quite an example of BookEnds, but the latter (and penultimate) track is the climax of the album.
--> "God save us everyone\\
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns?"
* ConceptAlbum: Dealing with human fears like nuclear warfare.
* ClusterFBomb: "When They Come for Me"
--> "Start trying to catch up motherfucker (fucker, fucker)!"
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Most of the songs are linked by interludes or other songs, to the point of the iTunes deluxe edition including a bonus track that is literally the entire album as a single track.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Jornada del Muerto", which features Mike singing [[BilingualBonus singing "Lift me up, let me go" in Japanese]].
* IWantSong: "Waiting for the End"
--> "All I wanna do is trade this life for something new\\
Holding on to what I haven't got"
* LimitedLyricsSong:
** "Robot Boy" has three stanzas over a slow, minimalist piece. The last one is the same lyric repeated four times.
---> "Hold on, the weight of the world will give you the strength to go."
** "The Catalyst" is also minimalist in the lyrics department, with both verses based on "God [x] us everyone". The second verse is also a reprise of the only lyrics in [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Requiem"]].
---> "God save us everyone\\
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns\\
For the sins of our hand\\
The sins of our tongue\\
The sins of our father\\
The sins of our young"
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The album title and [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Radiance"]] reference a passage from ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' made famous by J. Robert Oppenheimer:
--> "If the radiance of ''a thousand suns'' were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one,"
* MinimalisticCoverArt: A negative of an image representing Earth being blown up in a nuclear war.
* MinisculeRocking: All of the interlude tracks are under two minutes, with "Empty Spaces" (0:18) deserving a special mention. [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Requiem"]] just barely passes the two-minute mark.
* NewSoundAlbum: A mix of electronic and experimental rock. More rap than ''Minutes to Midnight'', but not as much as before.
* PowerBallad: "Iridescent", which also features the full band singing in the climax.
* {{Sampling}}:
** [[AlbumIntroTrack "The Radiance"]] samples J. Robert Oppenheimer in referencing ''Bhagavad Gita'' in his own response to the UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki.
** "Wretches and Kings" samples Mario Savio's "operation of the machine" speech.
** "Wisdom, Justice, and Love" samples a speech by UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr
* TakeThatCritics: "When They Come for Me" disses those complaining about their shift from nu metal with ''Music/MinutesToMidnight''
--> "And it seems ugly but it can get worse\\
'Cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse\\
'Cause once you got a theory of how the thing works\\
Everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first\\
And I'm not a robot, I'm not a monkey\\
I will not dance even if the beat's funky\\
Opposite of lazy, far from a punk\\
Ya'll oughta stop talking\\
Start trying to catch up, motherfucker"
* TextlessAlbumCover: Aside from a Parental Advisory warning on certain editions of the album.
