It reached No.3 on its release in June, and made No.2 in the UK - but the mainman isn't downheartened. Shinoda tells the Pulse Of Radio: "Some friends of mine said, 'Sorry you guys didn't get to No.1 on the chart.' I said, 'I feel like the Billboard chart is for one thing: first-week album sales.

"This is not really a first-week sales kind of album; it's a statement album. It's meant to be taken to the stage, and that's exactly what we're planning to do."