Linkin Park Albums

Linkin Park
Albums
Contents
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Hybrid Theory
1.1
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2
Writing and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.3
Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.4
Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.5
Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.5.1
Special editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.6
Critical reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.7
Legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.7.1
Accolades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.8
Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.9
Hybrid Theory Live Around the World
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1.10 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.11 Charts and certications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.11.1 Singles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.12 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.13 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Meteora (album)
2.1
Background and production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2
Other editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.3
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.4
Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.4.1
Multimedia Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Meteora Live Around the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.5.1
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2.6
Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.7
Charts and Certications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.7.1
Singles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.8
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.9
External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2.5
Track listing
Track listing
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CONTENTS
Minutes to Midnight (album)
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3.1
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.1.1
Recording and composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.2
Commercial performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.3
Critical reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.4
Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.5
Minutes to Midnight Live Around the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.5.1
Track list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.6
Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.7
Charts and certications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.8
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Thousand Suns
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4.1
Writing and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.2
Style and composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.3
Release and promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.3.1
Singles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.4.1
Commercial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.4.2
Critical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.5.1
iTunes Deluxe Edition Bonus Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Thousand Suns Live Around the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.6.1
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4.7
Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.8
Charts and certications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.8.1
Singles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.8.2
Other charted songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.8.3
Album number-one chart successions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Living Things (Linkin Park album)
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5.1
Background and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.2
Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.3
Release and promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.4
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.4.1
Commercial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.4.2
Critical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.5
Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Living Things (Acapellas and Instrumentals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.4
4.5
4.6
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Track listing
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5.7
Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.8
Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.9
Certications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.10 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Hunting Party (album)
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6.1
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.2
Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.3
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.4
Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.4.1
Artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.4.2
Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.5
Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.6
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.6.1
Critical reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.6.2
Commercial performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.6.3
Accolades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.7
Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.8
The Hunting Party (Acapellas + Instrumentals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.8.1
Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.10 Charts and certications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.10.1 Singles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.10.2 Other charted songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.11 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.12 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.13 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.13.1 Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.13.2 Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.13.3 Content license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6.9
Chapter 1
Hybrid Theory
This article is about the album. For the EP released 1.1 Background
in 1999, see Hybrid Theory (EP). For the theory of
hybridism, see Theory of hybridism.
Linkin Park was founded in 1996 as the rap rock band,
Xero: lead guitarist Brad Delson, vocalist and rhythm
Hybrid Theory is the debut album by the American rock guitarist Mike Shinoda, drummer Rob Bourdon, turntabband Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000 through list Joe Hahn, lead vocalist Mark Wakeeld and bassist
Warner Bros. Records. The album was a commercial Dave Farrell (who was not with the band during this point
success, having been certied Diamond for sales of over to tour with Tasty Snax). In 1999, after Wakeeld's de10 million units in the United States alone as of 2010, parture, lead vocalist Chester Bennington joined the ve
peaking at number two on the Billboard 200, and also members Xero and the band was renamed to Hybrid Theory. Bennington's previous band, Grey Daze, had rereaching high positions on other charts worldwide.
cently disbanded, so his lawyer recommended him to Je
Recorded at NRG Recordings in North Hollywood, CaliBlue, vice president of A&R coordination for Zomba,
fornia, and produced by Don Gilmore, the album's lyrical
who at the time was seeking a lead vocalist for Xero. Blue
themes deal with problems lead vocalist Chester Benningsent Bennington two tapes of Xero's unreleased recordton experienced during his adolescence, including drug
ings one with vocals by former Xero member Mark
abuse and the constant ghting and divorce of his parents.
Wakeeld, and the other with only the instrumental tracks
Hybrid Theory takes its title from the previous name of
asking for hisinterpretation of the songs.* [5] Benthe band as well as the concept of music theory and comnington wrote and recorded new vocals over the instrubining dierent styles.
mentals and sent the tapes back to Blue.* [6] As Delson
Four singles were released from the album: "One Step recalls, "[Bennington] really was kind of the nal piece of
Closer", "Crawling", "Papercut", and "In the End", all of the puzzle [...] We didn't see anything close to his talent
them being responsible for launching Linkin Park into in anybody else.* [7] After Bennington joined, the group
mainstream popularity. While In the Endwas the rst renamed itself to Hybrid Theory and released a selfmost successful of the four, all of the singles in the al- titled EP. Legal complications with Welsh electronic mubum remain some of the band's most successful songs to sic group Hybrid prompted a second name change, thus
date. Although "Runaway", "Points of Authority", and deciding on Linkin Park.* [5]* [8] Throughout 1999,
My Decemberfrom the special edition bonus disc al- Linkin Park was a regular act at the Los Angeles club,
bum were not released as singles, they were minor hits on The Whisky.* [9]
alternative rock radio stations thanks to the success of all
of the band's singles and the album. At the 2002 Grammy
Awards, Hybrid Theory was nominated for Best Rock
Album. The album is listed in the book 1001 Albums 1.2 Writing and recording
You Must Hear Before You Die. It was ranked #11 on
Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade.* [1] A special The music that would ultimately become the Hybrid Theedition of Hybrid Theory was released March 11, 2002, a ory album was rst produced by Linkin Park in 1999
year and a half after its original pressing. Hybrid Theory as a nine-track demo tape. The band sent this tape to
has sold 27 million copies worldwide,* [2] which makes various recording companies and played forty-two difit the best selling debut album of the 21st century.* [3] ferent showcases for recording industry representatives,
Linkin Park performed the album in its entirety for the including performances for Los Angeles promoter and
rst time at the Download Festival on June 14, 2014.* [4] impresario, Mike Galaxy's showcase at The Gig on melrose.* [6]* [10] However, they were initially turned down
by most of the major labels and several independent
record labels.* [5] The band was signed by Warner Bros.
Records in 1999, due in large part to the constant recom1
CHAPTER 1. HYBRID THEORY
mendations of Je Blue, who had joined the label after receiving heavy rotation on MTV and other music televiresigning from Zomba.* [5]* [6]* [7]
sion networks.* [6] Stand-in bassist Scott Koziol is shown
*
Despite initial diculties in nding a producer willing performing with the band in the video. [21]
to take charge of the debut album of a newly signed
band, Don Gilmore ultimately agreed to head up the
project,* [6] with Andy Wallace hired as the mixer.
Recording sessions, which mostly involved re-recording
the songs o the demo tape, began at NRG Recordings
in North Hollywood, California in early 2000 and lasted
four weeks.* [6] Shinoda's rapping sections in most of the
songs were signicantly altered from the original, while
most choruses remained largely unchanged.* [11] Due to
the absence of Dave Farrell and Kyle Christener, who
took part in the 1999 extended play, the band hired Scott
Koziol and Ian Hornbeck as stand-in bassists; Delson also
played bass throughout most of the album. The Dust
Brothers provided additional beats for the track With
You.
Bennington and Shinoda wrote the lyrics of Hybrid Theory based in part on early demos with Mark Wakeeld.* [5] Shinoda characterized the lyrics as interpretations of universal feelings, emotions, and experiences,
and as everyday emotions you talk about and think
about.* [12]* [13] Bennington later described the songwriting experience to Rolling Stone magazine in early
2002:
1.3 Composition
The music of Hybrid Theory draws from diverse inspirations. Bennington's singing style is inuenced by acts such
as Depeche Mode and Stone Temple Pilots,* [5] while
the ris and playing techniques of guitarist Brad Delson
are modeled after Deftones, Guns N' Roses,* [6] U2, and
The Smiths.* [5] Mike Shinoda's rapping, present in seven
tracks, is very close to The Roots' style. The lyrical content of the songs primarily touches upon the problems that
Bennington encountered during his childhood, including child abuse, constant and excessive drug and alcohol
abuse,* [5] the divorce of his parents, isolation,* [14] disappointments, and the aftermath feelings of failed relationships.* [15] Stylistically, the album has been described as nu metal,* [16] rap metal* [17] and alternative
metal.* [18]
The album eventually produced four singles. "One Step
Closer", the album's second track and rst single, was
gradually recorded in increments after Linkin Park struggled with Runaway, and features a guitar ri and
electronic percussion in the introduction transitioning
into a bridge with distortion-heavy guitars and aggressive
drums.* [19] It is also infamous for the Shut up when
I'm talkin' to you!" refrain screamed by Bennington one
minute and 48 seconds into the song.* [19]* [20] The music video for One Step Closerwas shot in a Los Angeles subway* [21] and became an instant hit, eventually
The second single was "Crawling". Lyrically, the song

focuses on Bennington's personal experiences with child
abuse the physical violence, the diculty in breaking
the cycle of abuse, and the subsequent loss of self-esteem.
This concept is echoed in the music video, in which a
girl (Katelyn Rosaasen) is abused by her father and can
be seen in the beginning of the video with several visible
bruises.* [22]
"Papercut" was the album's third single, and its lyrics describe paranoia. The music video for Papercutfeatures the band performing in a hallway opposite a completely dark room on the walls of which are scribbled the
song's lyrics. Various supernatural themes are present in
the video, and special eects are used to create eerie renditions, such as thestretchingof Shinoda's ngers and
the meltingof Bourdon's face.* [23]
The fourth single to come from Hybrid Theory was "In
the End", which prominently features a signature piano
ri performed by Shinoda. His rapping also dominates
the verses of the song and is later joined by Bennington's
vocals in the chorus. The song's concept is mainly based
on one person's failure. It is considered symbolic of an
ending relationship, however, it can also represent broken trust in a once long-lasting friendship. The music
video forIn the Endwas shot at various stops along the
2001 Ozzfest tour and was directed by NathanKarma
Cox and the band's DJ Joe Hahn, who would go on to
direct many of Linkin Park's future videos (the two also
directed the music video forPapercut).* [24]* [25] Although the background for the In the Endvideo was
lmed in a California desert, the band itself performed on
a studio stage in Los Angeles, with prominent CGI eects
and compositing being used to create the nished version.
Performing on a studio stage allowed Hahn and Cox to set
o water pipes above the stage near the end and drench
the band. The music video won the Best Rock Video
award at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards.* [26]
Points of Authority, the fourth track on the album,
has its own music video that can be found on Frat Party
at the Pankake Festival, the band's rst DVD. Drummer
Rob Bourdon describes the recording process of the song:
Brad wrote this ri, then went home. Mike decided to
cut it up into dierent pieces and rearranged them on the
computer [...] Brad had to learn his own part from the
computer.Regarding the song, Delson praised Shinoda's
skill, describing him as a geniusand Trent Reznortalented.* [5] On live performances of the song, when
Shinoda raps the line, Forfeit the gameverse for the
third time in the song, Bennington would rap the verse
along with Mike.
1.6. CRITICAL RECEPTION
1.4 Artwork
With Hybrid Theory being Linkin Park's rst album,
Mike Shinoda, who had worked as a graphic designer before becoming a professional musician, has stated that the
band had looked through books for inspiration on how to
present themselves for the rst time. The result was a
winged-soldier which Shinoda illustrated himself. According to Chester Bennington, the idea of the soldier
with dragony wings was to describe the blending of hard
and soft musical elements by the use of the jaded looks of
the soldier and frail touches of the wings.* [27] The cover
also features scrambled lyrics of the album's songs within
the background, though the lyrics of "One Step Closer"
are the most prominent. A dierent version of the soldier
can be seen on some of the album's singles. The cover of
Reanimation, a remix album of Hybrid Theory, features a
robotic version of the soldier that is similar in-appearance
to a mobile suit Gundam, a line of robotic combat machines that are featured in the Gundam Wing anime series, which achieved a high popularity in the United States
prior to the album's release.
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positions and ranked among the top ten in the charts of the
United Kingdom, Sweden, New Zealand, Austria, Finland, and Switzerland.* [37] At the 44th Grammy Awards
in 2002, Linkin Park won Best Hard Rock Performance
for their song Crawling. Additional nominations for
Best New Artist and Best Rock Album lost out to Alicia
Keys and All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2.* [38]
Following the success of Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park received invitations to perform at various rock concerts and
tours, including Ozzfest, the Family Values Tour, KROQFM's Almost Acoustic Christmas, and the band's selfcreated tour, Projekt Revolution, which was headlined by
Linkin Park and featured other bands such as Cypress
Hill and Adema.* [5]* [7] During this time, Linkin Park
reunited with their original bassist, DavePhoenixFarrell.* [5] The band kept an online journal on their ocial
website throughout their 2001 and 2002 touring regime,
in which each band member made a respective notation.
Although the notes are no longer on their website, they are
available on fansites.* [39] Linkin Park played 324 shows
in 2001.* [5]
1.5.1 Special editions
1.5 Release
A two-disc special edition of Hybrid Theory was released

on March 11, 2002 in Asia.* [40] The rst disc contains
Hybrid Theory was released in the United States on Octo- the original album, and the second disc features live perber 24, 2000 following radio airplay ofOne Step Closer formances ofPapercut,Points of Authority, and
.* [28] Hybrid Theory also sold 50,000 copies in its rst "A Place for My Head" recorded at the Docklands Arena
week,* [29] entering the U.S. Billboard 200 charts at #16 for BBC Radio 1. Also featured on the second disc are
in late 2000,* [30] and was certied gold by the RIAA ve two studio tracks: My Decembera song written afweeks after its release.* [6] In 2001, Hybrid Theory sold ter the release of Hybrid Theory for inclusion on KROQ's
4.8 million copies in the United States, making it the best- Slim SantaCD, and High Voltage, a remix of the
selling album of the year,* [31]* [32] and it was estimated song originally on the Hybrid Theory EP.
that the album continued selling 100,000 copies per week
in early 2002.* [5] Throughout the following years, the al- On August 12, 2014, the band released a Live CD of the
bum continued to sell at a fast pace and was certied di- Download Festival 2014 performance where they played
amond by the RIAA in 2005 for shipment of 10 million their debut album in its entirely, "Hybrid Theory: Live at
copies in the US.* [33] As of June 2014, the album has Download Festival 2014".
sold 10,222,000 copies in the US.* [34]
Four singles from the album were released throughout
2001 (though Points of Authoritywas released as a
promotional single), three of which were chart successes
on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts.* [35]
The single In the Endwas the highest charting single
from the album, which peaked at #1 on the Modern Rock
Tracks charts and appearing on charts worldwide. The
success of In the Endwas partly responsible for Hybrid Theory's chart success; it reached #2 in the Billboard
200 in early 2002 behind Weathered by Creed and by J to
tha LO!: The Remixes by Jennifer Lopez. Hybrid Theory was the 11th best performing album on the Billboard
200 during the decade, the album reached the top ten in
its 38th week on the chart and stayed in the top ten for 34
weeks. The album spent 105 weeks on the chart (roughly
2 years)and re entered at #167 in February 2011.* [36]
The album also charted in 11 other countries at fairly high
1.6 Critical reception

Hybrid Theory received generally positive reviews from
critics. Stephanie Dickison of PopMatters commented
that the band was a far more complex and talented
group than the hard rock boy bands of late, and claimed
thatthey will continue to fascinate and challenge music's
standard sounds.* [20] Q magazine gave Hybrid Theory
four out of ve stars.* [45] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice wrote thatthe men don't know what the angry
boys understand, and gave the album atwo-star honorable mention rating, citing "Papercut" andPoints of
Authorityas highlights of the album.* [41] Jenny Eliscu
of Rolling Stone gave the album two and a half stars and
commented that Hybrid Theory had as much potency
as albums by Limp Bizkit or Korn" and called it an album
that reects the frustration of life.* [46]

AllMusic writer William Ruhlmann said that Linkin
Park sounds like a Johnny-come-lately to an already overdone musical styleand called "One Step Closer" a
typical eort, referring to the lyrics of the song's chorus.* [28] Johan Wippsson from Melodic praised Don
Gilmore's production and described the albums as destructive and angry but always with a well controlled
melodic feeling all over.* [43] NME's Noel Gardner
commented that otherwise damn ne soaring emocrunchers like 'With You' and 'A Place for My Head' are
pointlessly jazzed up with tokenistic scratching,giving
the album a score of six out of ten.* [49] Tyler Fisher at
Sputnikmusic gave the album a 3.0/5, saying Hybrid
Theory stands as a dening mainstream album at the turn
of the century, and for good reason., but calling the guitar ris often bland and unoriginal.* [47] Mike Ross
of Jam! declares the albums as a combination of the best
of hip hop and heavy metal. He goes on to state "...they
can actually rap. They can actually crank out a ferocious,
head-banging groove. They can write introspective lyrics
with intelligence. It adds up to one of the nest new rap
metal bands I've ever heard.* [42]
Later in 2002, Linkin Park released an album entitled
Reanimation. It included the songs of Hybrid Theory
remixed and reinterpreted by nu metal and underground
hip hop artists.* [50] Contributors to the album included Black Thought, Pharoahe Monch, Jonathan Davis,
Stephen Carpenter, and Aaron Lewis. The sound of later
Linkin Park albums would involve experimentation with
classical instruments such as strings and piano, both of
which, along with the same elements of electronica from
Hybrid Theory, are prominently included in the band's
second studio album Meteora.* [51] As Shinoda explains
the dierence in the sound between Hybrid Theory and
Meteora:That electronic element has always been there
in the band it's just that sometimes we bring it closer to
the front.* [52]
1.8 Track listing

1.9
Hybrid Theory Live Around the

World
Hybrid Theory Live Around the World is a live album

which features live versions of eight songs from the debut studio album, Hybrid Theory. They were recorded in
various city's around the world from 2007 to 2010.
1.9.1 Track listing

All songs written and composed by Linkin Park, except
A Place for My HeadLinkin Park, Wakeeld, Farrell.
1.10 Personnel
Linkin Park
Chester Bennington lead vocals
Mike Shinoda lead vocals, rhythm guitar,
keyboard, piano
Brad Delson lead guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
Joe Hahn turntables, samples, programming,
backing vocals
Rob Bourdon drums, percussion, backing vocals
1.11 Charts and certications

1.11.1 Singles
An en-dash () denotes countries in which the singles were
not released or did not chart.
1.7 Legacy
1.12 References
1.7.1
Accolades
Hybrid Theory found itself in several must havelists

that were compiled by various music publications, networks, and other media. In 2012, Rock Sound named Hybrid Theory the best modern classic album of the last 15
years. In 2013, Loudwire ranked it at #10 in its Best Hard
Rock Debut Albums list.* [53] Some of the more prominent of these lists to feature Hybrid Theory are shown
below:* [54]
* denotes an unordered list
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contrasting vocal interplay of gru rapper Mike Shinoda and crooner Chester Bellington, hooks you could land
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1.13 External links

Hybrid Theory at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Chapter 2
Meteora (album)
Meteora is the second studio album by American rock
band Linkin Park. It was released on March 25, 2003
through Warner Bros. Records, following Reanimation,
a collaboration album which featured remixes of songs
included on debut studio album Hybrid Theory. Linkin
Park released singles from Meteora for over a year, including "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", "From
the Inside" and "Breaking the Habit". The song "Lying
from You" was released as a promotional single. Meteora
takes its title from the Greek Orthodox monasteries.
Meteora is the most successful album in the history of
the Alternative Songs chart, a chart that specializes in
radio play of alternative songs. As of 2013, the album
has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, and is certied six times platinum by the RIAA. Meteora was also
ranked number 36 on Billboards Top 200 Albums of the
Decade.* [1]* [2] The songSessionwas nominated for
the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental
Performance, losing to Je Beck's "Plan B". Some songs
from the album were remixed with some of Jay-Z's songs
for the EP Collision Course. It is the rst Linkin Park studio album to feature Dave Farrell after he rejoined the
band in 2001.
2.1 Background and production

Meteora, which was co-produced by Don Gilmore,* [3]
features a mixture of the band's previous nu metal and
rap metal styles with newer innovative eects.Nobody's
Listeningfeatures a sample from the band's trackHigh
Voltage, which appears on the B-side for the single "One
Step Closer" and the bonus disc of Hybrid Theory. The
sample is a distorted version of Mike Shinoda's rapping
line that is in the chorus of High Voltagewhere he
states Coming at you from every side. The track
also includes the induction of a shakuhachi, a Japanese
ute made of bamboo. Breaking the Habitfeatures
an electronica-inuenced sound, live strings and guitar.
This is an exception from their previous nu metal/rap
rock performances, as no distorted guitar ris, nor any
rapping vocals from Mike Shinoda are included a style
they would further explore on the albums A Thousand
Suns and Living Things. Linkin Park comprehensively re-
hearsed the album, recording more than forty choruses

for the rst single Somewhere I Belong.
In a retrospective interview, Chester Bennington stated
We knew what we wanted, and we knew how to execute
to a certain degree. However, we were also just going
for it. We didn't really care about what anybody else was
doing. We also didn't care whether or not the songs t
together stylistically as a whole or a collection of songs.
*
[4]
2.2 Other editions

There is a special edition of Meteora, which includes the
Making of Meteora" DVD documentary. They are packaged together in a blue tinted case with the blue Meteora
cover that can be found in some parts of Asia, United
States, and more commonly in India. The India version
contains an alternate DVD and alternative cover that is
packaged in a slimline case with the disc in original packaging. The Tour Editionof Meteora is packaged in a
two disc set. The second disc, which is a Video CD, has
the music videos for Somewhere I Belong, Faint
, Numb, and Breaking the Habit. The tour edition is packaged in a standard Compact Disc case, rather
than their trademark digipak case. The album was also released on a very limited quantity of vinyl records (spread
across two LPs) under Warner Brothers. These are coveted by collectors and fetch high prices at auction. In
2014, Linkin Park released a demo version of Shinoda
singing the song, on their 14th annual fan club CD, LPU
XIV.
2.3 Reception
In its rst week it debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and
sold an estimated 810,000 units. As of June 2014, the
album has sold 6.1 million copies in the US,* [16] and
over 20 million copies worldwide.* [1] The album was
ranked number 36 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the
Decade.* [2]
Meteora received generally positive reviews, although
8
2.6. PERSONNEL
critics noted that the album's musical style was similar 2.5.1 Track listing
to its predecessor, Hybrid Theory (2000). The overall
Metacritic score is 62.* [5] E! Online rated it an A, and All songs written and composed by Linkin Park.
expected it toshoot straight for the stars.* [17] Entertainment Weekly described it as radio-friendly perfection. Dot Music described it as aguaranteed source of
2.6 Personnel
ubiquitous radio hits.* [18] Rolling Stone said the band
squeezed the last remaining life out of this nearly extinct
formula.* [14] Billboard Magazine described Meteora as Linkin Park
a ready-made crowdpleaser.* [19] The New Musical Express said it had massive commercial appealbut left
Chester Bennington vocals
the reviewer underwhelmed.* [12]
Mike Shinoda lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyAllMusic described it asnothing more and nothing less
board, piano; strings arrangement on Faintand
than Hybrid Theory Part 2., addingMore importantly,
Breaking
the Habit
the group has discipline and editing skills, keeping this
record at a tight 36 minutes and 41 seconds, a move that
Brad Delson lead guitar, backing vocals
makes it considerably more listenable than its peers and,
by extension, more powerful, since they know where to
DavePhoenixFarrell bass guitar, backing vocals
focus their energy, something that many nu-metal bands
*
simply do not. [6]
Mr. Hahn turntables, samples, programming,
Blender described it as harder, denser, uglier,* [20]
backing vocals
while Q described it as less an artistic endeavor than
Rob Bourdon drums, percussion, backing vocals
an exercise in target marketing.* [21] Entertainment
Weekly gave the album a B+, calling it a thunderously
hooky album that seamlessly blends the group's disparate Additional musicians
sonic elements into radio-friendly perfection* [10]
The songSessionwas nominated for a Grammy Award
for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 2004.
David Campbell Strings arrangement on Faint

and Breaking the Habit
2.4 Track listing
Joel Derouin, Charlie Bisharat, Alyssa Park, Sara

Parkins, Michelle Richards, Mark Robertson
Violins
All songs written and composed by Linkin Park.
2.4.1
Multimedia Part
The Art of Meteora 17:04

Somewhere I BelongVideo
LPTV
Evan Wilson, Bob Becker Violas

Larry Corbett, Dan Smith Celli
David Zaslo shakuhachi ute onNobody's Listening
Production
Website tool-kit
Extra
Produced by Don Gilmore and Linkin Park
Merch
Recorded by Don Gilmore
LP Underground
EnrJohn Ewing, Jr. Engineer
2.5
Meteora Live Around the

World
Meteora Live Around the World is a live album which

features live versions of seven songs from the second studio album, Meteora. They were recorded in various cities
around the world from 2007 to 2011.
Fox Phelps Assistant engineer

Andy Wallace Mixing at Soundtrack Studios, New
York, NY
Steve Sisco Assisted mixing
BrianBig BassGardner Mastering, digital editing at Bernie Grundman Mastering
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CHAPTER 2. METEORA (ALBUM)
2.7 Charts and Certications
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2008-06-24.
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2.9 External links

Meteora ocial lyrics page at the Wayback Machine
(archived January 14, 2010)
Chapter 3
Minutes to Midnight (album)

Minutes to Midnight is the third studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007,
through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced
by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin. Minutes to Midnight
was the band's rst album since Meteora (2003) and features a shift in the group's musical direction. For the
band, the album marks a beginning of deviation from
their signature nu metal sound. Minutes to Midnight takes
its title from the Doomsday Clock.
stripped down, classic-rock and hip-hop kind of feel.

*
[9]
Linkin Park started work on their third studio album in

2003, taking a break to tour in support of Meteora in
2004. In this time period, the band formed numerous side
projects; Mike Shinoda formed his hip hop side project
Fort Minor, while Chester Bennington formed Dead by
Sunrise, causing the album to be shelved temporarily.
The band returned to work on the record afterward, taking on a dierent musical direction than the 2003 sessions
while working with producer Rick Rubin. The album's
completion was delayed several times for unknown reasons. Eventually, "What I've Done" was chosen as the
album's lead single in April 2007, with the album seeing
release in North America on May 15, 2007.
3.1.1 Recording and composition
The album debuted at number one in the United States

and in 15 other countries, including the United Kingdom
and Canada.* [1]* [2]* [3] In the United States, the album
had the biggest rst week sales of 2007 at the time, with
623,000* [4] albums sold, going on to be certied triple
platinum in the United States. The album worldwide has
sold over 15 million copies. It was also certied double platinum in New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, and Australia and certied platinum in Canada, France, Switzerland and in the UK.* [5] Despite its commercial success,
Minutes to Midnight received mixed reviews from critics.* [6] Rolling Stone magazine named it the twenty-fth
best album of 2007.* [7] It was ranked number 154 on
Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade.* [8]
3.1 Background
In an interview, lead singer Chester Bennington explained
that the album is a mix of punk, classic rock, and hiphop standardsand that "Rick has brought more of a
In another interview, Bennington stated: This time

around, Mike Shinoda is singing a lot more. It may seem
like he's not on the record, but he's doing a lot of the harmonies. He also sings a couple of songs alone. We're
presenting ourselves in a dierent way.* [10]* [11]
Guitarist Brad Delson experimented with an EBow when

the band was piecing together The Little Things Give
You Away. The band decided not to use the eect for
the solo in that song and instead ended up creating No
More Sorrowout of the eect. In "Given Up", he jingles the keys that are heard while several clap sounds are
overlaid in the intro of the song (as mentioned in the lyric
book: Brad added the sounds on the intro song: multiple
tracks of claps - and keys jingling.). Shinoda and Delson
teamed up with David Campbell to add string elements
to six songs;Leave Out All the Rest,Shadow of the
Day,Hands Held High,The Little Things Give You
Away, as well as the two b-sidesNo Roads Leftand
Blackbirds(which was instead later used in the iPhone
game 8-Bit Rebellion! as well as being included as a bonus
track for A Thousand Suns), respectively. All scratching
elements by Joe Hahn that existed in the previous two
studio albums are largely absent because of the low mixing, except on the songs What I've Done, Wake
, The Little Things Give You Away, Valentine's
Dayand In Pieces. Hahn contributes more with
programming, electronics, and other elements to many
of the songs. The church organ and military drumbeat on
Hands Held Highwere originally to be used as the backdrop to melodic vocals, but Rubin recommended that the
band try the opposite approach according to the album
booklet. In live performances, Brad Delson plays keyboard on this song (the only song on which he does not
play guitar). "Shadow of the Day" is one of two songs
(the other being No Roads Left) to have Bennington
playing the guitar. During live performances, Shinoda is
generally playing the keyboard forShadow of the Day
, while Bennington plays rhythm guitar. Shinoda stated
in an interview:We were looking back at the things that
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3.3. CRITICAL RECEPTION
13
Out All the Rest". Although Given Upand Leave

Out All the Resthad not been released as singles until
early March 2008, Given Uphad already charted on
the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Pop 100 charts at
numbers 99 and 78 respectively in 2007, and Leave
Shinoda performs his rapping vocals on only two tracks, Out All the Resthad already charted on Billboard's Pop
"Bleed It Out" and Hands Held High. This is a sig- 100 chart at number 98 and Billboard's Bubbling Under
nicant decrease compared to the amount of rapping on Hot 100 Singles chart at number 17 in 2007. The songs
Hands Held HighandNo More Sorrowalso charted
previous albums. The rap vocals on Hands Held High
are much closer styled to Mike Shinoda's side project Fort on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at numbers
23 and 24, respectively, in 2007. The album has sold over
Minor than his traditional Linkin Park verses, as he raps
during most of the song. Despite a decrease of Mike 15 million copies* worldwide, with 3.3 million copies sold
in the US alone. [16]
Shinoda as rapper, he has three solo lead songs on the
record:Hands Held High,In Betweenand the bonus
trackNo Roads Left. He also sings lead inBleed It
Outwhile What I've Done, Shadow of the Day
3.3 Critical reception
, No More Sorrowand The Little Things Give You
Awayfeatures backing vocals from Shinoda at the end.
Minutes to Midnight is also Linkin Park's rst album to Minutes to Midnight received generally mixed refeature guitar solos, particularly in the tracksWhat I've views, based on an aggregate score of 56/100 from
Done,In Piecesand The Little Things Give You Metacritic,* [6] with critics showing approval, disapproval
Away. Also, unlike the previous two studio albums, and indierence in almost equal measure.
Minutes to Midnight contains profanity and thus the rst Rolling Stone gave Minutes to Midnight 4 out of 5 stars,
Linkin Park studio album to contain a Parental Advisory stating thatmost of Minutes is honed, metallic pop with
(the rst overall being their collaborative EP with Jay-Z, a hip-hop stride and a wake-up kick,* [25] and it was
Collision Course) and politically charged lyrics.* [13] The placed at number 25 in their list of the Top 50 Albums of
songs that contain profanity are Given Up, Bleed 2007.* [7] IGN referred to it as denitely a step in the
It Outand Hands Held High.
right direction and a stepping stone for things to come
we had done in the past... and I think we just gured that
we had exhausted that sound. It was easy for us to replicate, it was easy for other bands to replicate, and we just
needed to move on.(can be heard on the Sessions@AOL
interview with Fort Minor)* [12]
3.2 Commercial performance

Minutes to Midnight was delayed several times before its
release. First scheduled to be released in the summer of
2006, it was later postponed to the fall of 2006, then again
to early 2007. The album's release date was nally set for
May 14, 2007. In Canada, the album was released on
May 15, 2007. There are non-Parental Advisory releases
of both the regular album and the special edition album.
The songsGiven Up,Bleed It Out, andHands
Held Highare edited. In Malaysia, the edited version
for the album is available in digipak cover while the explicit edition available for the Tour Edition which features
white slipcase cardboard cover and a standard jewel case.
In the United States, the album had the biggest rst week
sales of 2007 at the time, with 625,000 albums sold.* [14]
In Canada, the album sold over 50,000 copies in its rst
week and debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart.* [2] Worldwide, the album shipped over 3.3
million copies in its rst four weeks of release.* [15]
.* [28] Herald Sun writer Karen Tye gave it 3 out of 4

stars and praised the band's new sound, asking, Who
knew being a plain old rock band could suit Linkin Park
so well?".* [29] Despite commending the band for their
ambition, The Guardian 's Caroline Sullivan gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and perceivedtheir decision to stay
roughly within the shrieky boundaries of their genreas a
weakness, while writing thatthe sound still pivots on the
interplay of walloping guitar chords and self-agellating
lyrics.* [30]
Among those with a more negative view of the album was
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic, who described
the album's sound aspass" and summed the band's effort up asopting to create a muddled, colorless murk,
giving it 2 and a half out of 5 stars.* [18] Johan Wippsson
from Melodic acknowledged the band's progression but
felt that the album isweakandtoo shattered.* [21]
NME magazine's Dan Silver gave it a rating of 2/10, calling it the sound of a band trying and failing to forge a
new identity, and referring to the song Hands Held
High, a song about terrorist attacks and war, as far
and away the funniest thing you will hear all year.* [23]
A year after the release of Minutes to Midnight, the band

released ten dierent covers that were originally used as
consideration for the nal cover for the album prior to its
3.4 Track listing
release. The band made all ten of these covers available
for fans to use as the album art on iTunes. Five singles
were released from the album: "What I've Done", "Bleed All lyrics written by Mike Shinoda and Chester BenningIt Out", "Shadow of the Day", "Given Up", and "Leave ton. All songs written by Linkin Park.
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3.5
CHAPTER 3. MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT (ALBUM)
Minutes to Midnight Live

Around the World
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& Vinz, Norway Continues U.S. Chart Invasion. Billalbum which features live versions of songs from the third
board. Prometheus Global Media.
studio album, Minutes to Midnight. They were recorded
in various cities around the world from 2007 to 2010.
[17] Minutes To Midnight Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and
3.5.1
Track list
3.6 Personnel
Singles
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CHAPTER 3. MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT (ALBUM)
Chapter 4
A Thousand Suns
A Thousand Suns is the fourth studio album by American
rock band Linkin Park. It was released on September 8,
2010, under Warner Bros. Records. The album was written by the band, while production was handled by Linkin
Park vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin who previously worked together to produce the band's third studio
album Minutes to Midnight (2007). Recording sessions
for the album took place at NRG Recording Studios in
North Hollywood, California from 2008 until early 2010.
4.1 Writing and recording
A Thousand Suns is a multi-concept album dealing with

human fears such as nuclear warfare. The band has acknowledged that the album is a drastic departure from
their previous work, as they experimented on dierent
and new sounds for A Thousand Suns. Shinoda stated in
an interview with MTV that the album references numerous social issues, as well as blending human ideas with
technology. The album's title comes from the lineGod
save us everyone, will we burn inside the res of a thousand suns ?" from the rst single of the album, "The Catalyst".* [3] It is also a reference to the nuclear bombing
of Japan in 1945, the ash of the detonation described by
those who survived as as bright as a thousand suns.
The lead single for the album,The Catalyst, was sent
to radio and released to digital music retailers on August 2, 2010. The Catalystpeaked at the Billboard
Alternative Songs and Rock Songs charts, as well as
reaching #27 at the Billboard Hot 100 upon the album's
release. Three more singles were released to promote the
album, namely "Waiting for the End", "Burning in the
Skies" and "Iridescent". The Catalystand Waiting
for the Endhave been both certied gold by the RIAA.
The band promoted the album through the A Thousand
Suns World Tour from October 2010 to September 2011.
Upon release, the album was met with positive reviews,
but it polarized critics and fans over the band's new direction. Despite this, the album has been a commercial
success debuting at number one on over ten charts. The
album was certied gold by the RIAA in February 2011.
Linkin Park co-vocalist Mike Shinoda (left) and Rick

Rubin (right) served as producers for A Thousand Suns.
Recording for the album began in 2008, shortly after the release of Minutes to Midnight (2007).* [4] As
with their previous album, Minutes to Midnight, Shinoda and Rick Rubin served as the album's producers.* [5]
Primary recording sessions for A Thousand Suns took
place at NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood,
Los Angeles, California.* [6] In November 2008, lead
singer Chester Bennington claimed the new record was a
concept album, and stated that itsound[ed] a little daunting to me, so, I think my condence level will drop, but
when it was presented to us by this friend of ours, we liked
the idea. It was an inspiring idea, and it was something we
could relate a lot of the things we like to write about to.
*
[4] In May 2009, a Billboard magazine story was published where Shinoda revealed info on the album, saying:
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I feel like we've been writing a lot. I'd say we've got
about half the music done, though I shouldn't say halfway
because who knows how long the next batch of songs will
take. But all the material's just kind of coming together,
and every week we meet up and assess the situation and
for the rest of the week we just go and work on whatever
we nd exciting.* [7] He also explained the experimentation that the band would be working with. It's not
going to be Hybrid Theory. It's not going to be Minutes to
Midnight. And if we do it right, it'll have a cutting edge
sound that denes itself as an individual record separate
from anything else that's out there.* [7]
CHAPTER 4. A THOUSAND SUNS

Minutes to Midnight, the new album would have a bigger
thread of consistencyand would be more experimental
and hopefully more cutting-edge.* [13]
Bennington continued composing for the album while

touring with Dead by Sunrise in support of their 2009
studio album Out of Ashes.* [8] He claimed that the band
was still making a concept record, stating in another interview with MTV that we might need to just make a
record and still try to do a concept but gure out a way
to do it without actually waiting another ve or six years
to put out a record, to try to pull o all the grandiose insanity we were thinking of doing. And we're doing that.
*
[8] Bassist Dave PhoenixFarrell predicted that the
band's fans will be divided on A Thousand Suns, saying,
We've known [the album is] going to be dierent, and
if fans were expecting Hybrid Theory or Meteora, they're
going to be surprised. It's going to take people some time
to gure it out and know what to do with it.* [9]
Drummer Rob Bourdon referred to himself and the band
as perfectionistswhen asked about the new project.
We tend to be perfectionists and it's sort of how we work.
We like being in the studio and when we get in there we
write a ton of material.* [10] Bourdon admitted that the
album was a challenge to complete. We've been making music for a long time so one of the challenges was
to evolve and make something to keep us interested and
also have a lot of fun in the process. We've been used to
making a certain type of music and using sounds to accomplish that. So to break out of that and push ourselves
to grow is denitely challenging.* [10] Shinoda later denied that the album was a concept record,* [11] saying,
People asked us if it's a concept record, and in the middle
of the process, we were contemplating whether or not that
was what we wanted to do,although he stated that eventually A Thousand Suns at its completion has no narrative
and ismore abstractthan many concept albums.* [11]
4.2 Style and composition

In an interview with Rolling Stone in May 2009, Shinoda
revealed that the band was in the process of writing and
recording material for the album.* [12] The album was
originally scheduled for an early 2010 release, but Shinoda was largely concerned withthe quality of the tunes
and stated thatif we need to take a step back and make
sure everything is top, top quality by our standards, we
will.* [12] Shinoda also stated that, in comparison to
Christopher Weingarten of The Village Voice compared

the album to Radiohead's third studio album, OK Computer, describing the record's composition as uninhibited hooks, day left turns, piano-soaked bathos, explorations of the human relationship with technology, [and]
a complete avoidance of metal.* [14] Weingarten noted
various elements and styles the band incorporated in A
Thousand Suns, commenting that the band wassink[ing]
their distortion pedals into a tender oblivion, embracing
the pulseless Vocoder syrup of Imogen Heap, the cuddly heavenward synths of Yeasayer, the post-apocalyptic
stutter-hop of El-P, the head rush of Ibiza house.* [14]
Jordy Kasko of Review Rinse Repeat compared the style
of A Thousand Suns to Pink Floyd's eighth studio album
The Dark Side of the Moon and Radiohead's fourth studio
album Kid A.* [15] James Montgomery of MTV echoed
similar thoughts, comparing the album to Kid A due to the
album's lack of guitars, the style being completely dierent from the band's previous works, and the album's message, described by Montgomery: None of these problems, these terrors or these specters that haunt us in 2010
are particularly new. Quite the opposite, in fact. We've
just chosen to ignore the warnings. And now it might be
too late.* [16] According to turntablist Joe Hahn, the
album's title is a reference to the Hindu Sanskrit scripture, the Bhagavad Gita: 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,which was made
famous by J. Robert Oppenheimer in reference to the
atomic bomb.* [17] The band stated that Oppenheimer's
comments about the nuclear bomb inuenced the apocalyptic themes of the album, as said by the band in the
album's liner notes:
4.3. RELEASE AND PROMOTION
19
less technical and instead being more organic: "[While]
there are hip-hop songs on the album 'Wretches and
Kings', 'When They Come for Me' they're like nothing the band have tried before: snarling, raw, dark and
[...] strangely organic.* [24] Some critics noted the use
of multiple genres within the album, including electronic
rock, alternative rock, industrial rock, experimental rock
and rap rock.* [24]* [25]* [26]* [27]* [28]
Compared to their previous record, Minutes to Midnight

(2007), the amount of vocals contributed by Shinoda is
greatly increased, while Brad Delson's guitar ris are put
more in the background, described by Gary Gra of
Billboard as on the back burner (and barely even in
the oven)".* [29] Shinoda raps in three tracks, specically
When They Come for Me,Wretches and Kingsand
second single "Waiting for the End", while he sings on
numerous songs (specically verses), such as third single
"Burning in the Skies", Robot Boy, Blackout,
fourth single "Iridescent" and rst single "The Catalyst".
Bennington and Shinoda sing simultaneously together on
The Catalyst,Jornada del MuertoandRobot Boy
, while Iridescentfeatures all band members singing
Samples of notable speeches of J. Robert Oppenheimer together.* [30]
(left), Mario Savio (center) and Martin Luther King, Jr.
(right) were used in A Thousand Suns.
4.3 Release and promotion

The band has also stated that the album's tenth track,
Wretches and Kings, pays homage to the hip-hop group
Public Enemy.* [19] Speaking to NME about the song's
reference to Public Enemy, Shinoda stated There is a
homage to Chuck D on there. It's probably the most hiphop song on the record and one of the most aggressive...
Public Enemy were very three-dimensional with their
records because although they seemed political, there was
a whole lot of other stu going on in there too. It made
me think how three-dimensional I wanted our record to
be without imitating them of course, and show where we
were at creatively.* [19] Ian Winwood of Kerrang! noted
thatWretches and Kingsreferences the Public Enemy
song "Fight the Power", as well as comparing the album's
content to Public Enemy's third studio album, Fear of a
Black Planet.* [20] Chuck D would later provide vocals on
a remix by HavocNdeeD.* [21]* [22] Fifth track When
They Come for Mereferenced The Blueprint2 : The Gift
& The Curse, the seventh studio album of hip hop artist
Jay-Z, whom the band collaborated with in the 2004 EP
Collision Course.* [23] The album also features samples of
notable speeches by American political gures,* [16] including Martin Luther King, Jr., J. Robert Oppenheimer,
and Mario Savio.* [19]
Linkin Park performing in Berlin, Germany to promote A Thousand Suns
The entire album was exhibited at a 3-D laser exhibition at Music Box Theater in Hollywood on September 7, 2010.* [31] A Thousand Suns was ocially released on September 10, 2010 in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland* [32] and on September 14, 2010 in the
US.* [33] The band started worldwide promotion of the
album through the A Thousand Suns World Tour, which
started on October 7, 2010 and ended in September 25,
2011. The band performed an entire setlist in the Puerta
When it came to doing things that felt very much like de Alcal Gate in Madrid, in which their live performance
older Linkin Park, like mixing hip-hop with a rock cho- of Waiting for the Endwas shown in the 2010 MTV
rus, [we] felt like, if we were going to do it, we need to Europe Music Awards.* [34]
really do it in a way that felt natural and felt original and
The band also promoted A Thousand Suns by featuring
felt like it was something we hadn't done in the past,
songs from the album in numerous video games. Joe
Chester Bennington stated in an interview with MTV
Hahn revealed that The Catalystwould be included
News who referred to Linkin Park's new style as being
in the video game Medal of Honor.* [35] Hahn also an-
20
nounced that he would direct a trailer for the game; it

was released on August 1, 2010,* [35] one day before the
single's release.* [36] DavePhoenixFarrell stated that
the band believed that the song's dark undertones...ts
with the subject matterof the game, which was why
The Catalystwas chosen for Medal of Honor.* [36] During the Japanese release of the album on September 15,
2010, Warner Music Japan announced that The Catalystwould be the ocial theme song of Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.* [37] The song Blackoutwas featured in the soccer video game, FIFA 11.* [38] The band
released another video game called Linkin Park Revenge
(an edition of Tap Tap Revenge), which features four new
songs from the album as well as six songs from previous
albums.* [39] The songWretches and Kingsis featured
in the trailer for the video game EA Sports MMA.* [40] Six
songs from the album (Blackout, Burning in the
Skies, The Catalyst, The Messenger, Waiting for the End, and Wretches and Kings) were
available as downloadable content in the Linkin Park
Track Packfor the rhythm video game Guitar Hero:
Warriors of Rock.* [41] The track pack was released on
October 19, 2010 on the PlayStation Store, Xbox Live
Marketplace, and Wii Shop Channel.* [41] In addition,
for those who purchased Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
from Amazon.com between October 17 and October 23,
they received a copy of A Thousand Suns.* [41] Three
songs will also be remixed and released as downloadable
content for the rhythm video game DJ Hero 2 in the winter
(2010).* [42] On January 11, 2011, a Linkin Park track
pack was released for the rhythm video game Rock Band
3. This pack includes Waiting for the Endand ve
other songs from previous albums.* [43]
band revealed that the album's rst single would be "The

Catalyst", which was released on August 2, 2010.* [45]
From July 9, 2010 until July 25, 2010, Linkin Park held
the contest Linkin Park, Featuring You.* [46] In the
contest, fans could download stems fromThe Catalyst,
remix the stems and/or write their own parts for the song
on any instrument.* [46] The winner of this contest was
Czeslaw NoBraiNSakowski from widnica, Poland,
whose remix is featured as an additional track on the album, available via Best Buy and Napster.* [47]* [48]* [49]
The album's liner notes also credit Sakowski with supplemental programming" onWhen They Come for Me
.* [18] The top 20 remixes that were selected by the band
are being considered for future use as b-sides and online
downloads.* [47] Two of the remixes (by DIGITALOMAT and ill Audio) have since been released via the
band's webpage as free mp3 downloads,* [50] while two
others have (by Cale Pellick and DJ Endorphin) been released on an exclusive German release of The Catalyst.* [51] The music video for The Catalyst, directed by Joe Hahn, premiered on August 26, 2010.* [52]
On August 31, 2010, It was announced that the band
would perform the single live for the rst time at the 2010
MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010.* [53]
The venue of the debut live performance was Grith
Observatory, an iconic location used in numerous iconic
Hollywood lms.* [54] However, the venue was held secret until the performance, although it was revealed to
be a prominent landmark of Los Angeles.* [55] The single peaked at the number-one spot at the Billboard Rock
Songs and Alternative Songs charts,* [56] as well as the
UK Rock Chart.* [57] The single also peaked at number
twenty-seven in the Billboard Hot 100 upon the release of
*
On March 5, 2011, Mike Shinoda announced the Euro- A Thousand Suns, and spent ve weeks on the chart. [58]
Induspean release of A Thousand Suns +, a limited re-issue of The Catalystwas certied gold by the Recording
*
try
Association
of
America
in
July
2011.
[59]
the album, which would later be released on March 28,
2011. The re-release includes a live DVD of the band's On September 2, 2010, Linkin Park released the promofull MTV Europe Music Awards concert at Puerta de Al- tional single Wretches and Kingsto those who had
cal, Madrid on November 7, 2010, as well as a free MP3 pre-ordered the album.* [60] On September 8, 2010, the
of the show.* [44]
band further debuted two more tracks Waiting for the
EndandBlackouton their Myspace page.* [61] The
band announced on their ocial website theFull Experience Myspace Premiere, streaming the entire album
4.3.1 Singles
on their Myspace page on September 10.* [62] A remix of
Blackoutby Renholdr was included in the soundtrack
of Underworld: Awakening.* [63]
"Waiting for the End" was released as the album's second single on October 1, 2010.* [64] The music video
for the song premiered on October 8, 2010 and was also
directed by Joe Hahn.* [65] The group's performance of
Waiting for the Endat Puerta de Alcala in Madrid was
broadcast in the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards.* [34]
The single, as well asWhen They Come for Me, was
also performed live on Saturday Night Live on February
"The Catalyst", the album's rst single, was rst performed live 5, 2011.* [66] The song was also featured in CSI: Crime
at the Grith Observatory (pictured).
Scene Investigation on CBS on October 14, 2010.* [67]
The single reached the number-one spot on the AlterDuring the announcement of the album's release date, the
4.4. RECEPTION
21
number 35 in Portugal,* [75] number 26 in German airplay,* [76] and number six in Mexico.* [77]
On April 13, 2011, Shinoda conrmed that the album's
third US, fourth international and overall nal single
would be "Iridescent". He also conrmed that there will
be a new, slightly shorter version of the song, which will
be part of the soundtrack of the movie Transformers:
Dark of the Moon, as well as the fact that a music video
directed by Hahn was shot for the single.* [78] The band
performed the single remix of Iridescentat the lm's
premiere at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on June
23, 2011.* [79] The single peaked at number eighty-one
at the Billboard Hot 100, spending three weeks on the
chart, number nineteen at the Alternative Songs chart
and number twenty-nine at the Rock Songs chart.* [58]
Despite these low peaks, the single has achieved moderate success in other countries, peaking at number 39
in Australia,* [80] number ten in Israel,* [81] number two
in South Korea,* [82] and number two on the UK Rock
Chart.* [57]
"Waiting for the End", the album's second single, was performed
at the Puerta de Alcal Gate (pictured).
4.4 Reception
4.4.1 Commercial
native Songs chart (the band's tenth number-one on the

chart), number two on the Rock Songs chart and number forty-two on the Billboard Hot 100, spending nine
weeks on the chart.* [58] The single also achieved success in other countries, peaking at number 34 in Austria,* [68] number 20 in Belgium,* [69] number 29 in Germany,* [70] and number 34 in Japan.* [71] Waiting for
the Endwas certied gold by the Recording Industry
Association of America in April 2011.* [59]
The radio edit of "Iridescent", the album's fourth single, was performed live at Red Square (pictured) in Moscow.
On January 22, 2011, Linkin Park announced that

their next international single would be "Burning in the
Skies".* [72]* [73]* [74] The music video, directed by
Hahn, premiered February 22, with the single's release on
March 21. The single reached respectably high positions
in other countries, reaching number 35 in Austria,* [75]
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard

200, with rst-week sales of 241,000 copies in the United
States,* [83] beating out Trey Songz's Passion, Pain &
Pleasure by 1,000 sales (Nielsen SoundScan).* [84] It
is the band's fourth US number-one album,* [85] although the rst-week sales were signicantly lower
than their previous album, Minutes to Midnight (2007),
which opened at 623,000 copies.* [83] The album also
entered at number one on Billboard's Rock Albums,
Alternative Albums, Hard Rock Albums, and Digital Albums charts.* [86] In the second week, the album slid to
number three with 70,000 copies, and two months into
its release, in December 2010, it had already passed a
half million in sales.* [87]* [88] On January 11, 2011, A
Thousand Suns was certied gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of
ve hundred thousand copies sold in the US.* [59] It spent
30 weeks on the Billboard 200,* [83]* [89] and by December 2010, it had sold 600,000 copies in the United States
and 1,700,000 copies worldwide.* [90] As of June 2014,
the album sold 906,000 copies in United States according
to SoundScan,* [91] and 2,600,000 copies worldwide.
In Canada, the album peaked at number one on the
Canadian Albums Chart with 23,000 copies sold.* [92]
On February 2011, the album was certied platinum by
the Canadian Recording Industry Association for 80,000
units sold.* [93] In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number two with rst-week sales of 46,711
copies, behind The Script's album Science & Faith,* [94]
on which it spent seventeen weeks.* [95] On September 10, 2010, two days after the album's release in the
22
United Kingdom, A Thousand Suns was certied gold

by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), marking
shipments of 100,000 copies to retailers.* [96] In Australia, it also debuted at number one on the ARIA Top
50 Albums,* [97] and retained the top position for four
weeks.* [98] The album retained in the chart's top 50 for
18 weeks.* [98] By the end of 2010, A Thousand Suns
received a gold certication from the Australian Recording Industry Association,* [99] and was eventually certied platinum the following year.* [100]
4.4.2
Critical
A Thousand Suns polarized critics upon release, with

some very positive response to the album and others
much less so. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics,
the album received an average score of 66 based on 10 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.* [101]
The Dark Side of the Moon and Radiohead's Kid A, saying "A Thousand Suns is an ALBUM. It is not a collection
of songs. It is not meant to be listened to as such. The
band is going so far as to release an iTunes version that
is one track, 47 minutes and 56 seconds long. This is
no more an 'album' by conventional standards than Dark
Side of the Moon or Kid A are. Sure, there are identiable
songs, but to understand or to appreciate any of them you
must take them in the context of the entire album.* [15]
Christopher Weingarten of The Village Voice praised the
album, calling it2010's best avant-rock nuclear-anxiety
concept record, as well as comparing it to Radiohead's
OK Computer.* [14]
Mikael Wood with Spin gave it six out of ten stars, saying
that itcontains plenty of aggressively arty materialand
called the trackThe Messengerthemost unexpected
track on the boldly conceived A Thousand Suns".* [110]
Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly gave the album
a B rating and said on A Thousand Suns at times the
band's odd mlange of industrial grind, hip-hop swagger,
and teenage-wasteland angst feels jarring.* [105] Jody
Rosen with Rolling Stone gave it three out of ve stars,
saying they arefeeling their way toward a new identity
, although she dened their skill for melody asobvious
and said that they sounded like a killer Linkin Park
tribute band.* [108] Australia's Music Network magazine gave the album a mixed review, stating it is a radical shift for the band, but its also a very uneven one...
while there's some commanding moments ('The Catalyst,'
'Wretches and Kings'), many of the tracks feel like experiments rather than fully-formed songs.* [112]
Rick Florino of Artistdirect gave the album ve stars out

of ve, saying that after A Thousand Suns, all rock
'n' roll will revolve around Linkin Parkand credited
Linkin Park for creating their own genre.* [103] Ian Winwood with Kerrang! gave it anexcellentrating, saying
that it can only be best described as a political album
.* [20] He praised the writing of the songs, saying that
These are songs that have been constructed as much as
they've been writtenand said that its closest comparison was Public Enemy's 1990 album, Fear of a Black
Planet.* [20] Dave de Sylvia with Sputnikmusic called it
an extremely well-crafted rock album,saying it was
somewhat better than its predecessor Minutes to Midnight However, Johnny Firecloud with Antiquiet condemned
(2007), but doesn't live up to their debut, Hybrid Theory the album, referring to it as amelodramatic farce, and
(2000). David Buchanan of Consequence of Sound gave said it was amechanized mess of sentimentality [...] the
as a call to acthe album three-and-a-half out of ve, saying, Some 15 track collection is entirely unconvincing
*
tion
for
uprising
and
activism.
[113]
Stephen
Thomas
might argue this new sound is posturing, complete mutaErlewine
with
Allmusic
commented
that
the
album
was a
tion to the point of absurdity; in the band
s associated artclear
continuationof
its
predecessor,
referring
to
it as
work and videos, evolution has been touted from day one.
recycled
ideas
and
saying
thatthe
problem
is,
the
subIn essence, Linkin Park has been chasing this all along,
raps of A Thousand Suns winds
and now it has become tangible, complete.* [104] Jo- dued rhythms, ris and
*
up
monochromatic
.
[102]
Jim Farber of The New York
han Wippsson from Melodic felt that Linkin Park have
Daily
News
gave
the
album
one star of ve, stating that
created a very cool and unique soundand described the
no
fewer
than
15
cuts
crowd
the tight 47-minute length
tracks Blackoutand When They Come for Meas
*
of
the
CD,
many
of
them
fragments
or, more accurately,
really innovative. [106] Ian Winwood of BBC Mu*
[107]
Jamie
Primack
of The Badsonic
non
sequiturs.
sic, opening his review of the band's succeeding album,
ger
Herald
wrote
that
there
are
at
least
ve
ller tracks
Living Things, expressed praise for A Thousand Suns, dethat
contain
nothing
more
than
noise
and
sound
bites [....]
scribing it as a body of work startling enough that it
the
full-length
songs
arent
particularly
daring
or intergambled with the massive commercial success the group
*
esting.
[114]
had achieved since their debut album, 2000's Hybrid Theory.* [111]
Fans of the band were equally polarized with A ThouJames Montgomery of MTV praised the album for be- sand Suns. Initial signs of the fans' division over the
ingsprawling, discordant, ambitious and an all-out game band's new material was when The Catalystwas rechangerwhile comparing it with English alternative rock leased. MTV conducted a poll on how fans received the
band Radiohead's 2000 album Kid A, but pointed out that song; most *were positive, however a large amount were
debated on what
A Thousand Suns is more optimistic.* [16] Jordy Kasko dissatised. [115] Fans then therefore
*
*
[115]
[116]
Sara Ferrer
they
thought
of
the
new
sound.
with Review Rinse Repeat gave it a perfect rating, calling
*
of
Orange
County
Reloaded
stated
that
the
album split
it anepic quest. [15] He compared it to Pink Floyd's
4.6. A THOUSAND SUNS LIVE AROUND THE WORLD
23
the views of fans and critics into love-it versus hate4. Linkin Park Visualizers
it groups.* [117] Montgomery expressed similar senti5. Secret Code Puzzle
ments, saying that the album alternately thrilled and
thinned LP's substantial fanbase with its vast swaths of
6. The Catalyst (Music Video)
sonic sprawl (and overall lack of guitar solos).* [118]
Shinoda shared his thoughts on the divided reception of
the fans; he thanked the people that accepted the album, 4.6 A Thousand Suns Live Around
while he defended it from the criticism of the people
the World
who dislike A Thousand Suns.* [119] Commenting on the
album's polarized response from fans, Bennington said:
"[A Thousand Suns] is denitely something that we knew A Thousand Suns Live Around the World is a live
people would need to digest and get over the fact that it's album which features live versions of ten songs from
not what they thought we would do.* [85]
the fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns. They were
recorded in various cities around the world from 2010 to
2011.
Accolades
Kerrang! listed A Thousand Suns as the nineteenth best 4.6.1 Track listing
album of 2010.* [120] James Montgomery of MTV listed
the album as twentieth best album of 2010, calling itthe
year's most ambitious major-label rock album...there's no 4.7 Personnel
denying the dense, dark power it packs.* [118]
Source: Allmusic* [129] and A Thousand Suns booklet.
The album received numerous awards and nominations.
At the 2011 MTV Video Music Aid Japan, A Thousand Suns was nominated for Album of the Year, while
The Catalystwas nominated for Best Group Video and 4.8 Charts and certications
Best Rock Video.* [121] The album received two 2011
Billboard Music Award nominations: Best Rock Album 4.8.1 Singles
and Top Alternative Album, whileWaiting for the End
was nominated for Top Alternative Song.* [122] The mu- 4.8.2 Other charted songs
sic video for Waiting for the Endwas nominated
at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Spe- 4.8.3 Album number-one chart succescial Eects.* [123] The band won the Best International
sions
Rock/Alternative Group for A Thousand Suns at the 2011
*
ECHO Awards. [124] Blackoutwon Best Song in a
Video Game award from the MTV Video Game Awards, 4.9 Release history
for its use in FIFA 11.* [125]Waiting for the Endwas
nominated at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards for Choice
4.10 References
Rock Song.* [126]
4.5 Track listing
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Chapter 5
Living Things (Linkin Park album)

Living Things is the fth studio album by American rock
band Linkin Park. It was released under Warner Bros.
Records and Machine Shop Recordings on June 20, 2012,
in Japan, and throughout the rest of the world during
the following week. Production was handled by vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, who both co-produced
the band's previous two studio albums Minutes to Midnight (2007) and A Thousand Suns (2010).
The band states that Living Things combines elements
from their previous four studio albums to create a new
sound. They stated they nally felt they were in familiar territoryandcomfortable in [their] own skinafter
years of experimentation that resulted in their two previous studio albums, Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand
Suns.* [2]* [3]* [4] Living Things was chosen as the album's
title because of the numerous personal topics on the album.* [5] It is the rst album since Meteora to not have a
Parental Advisory label.
The lead single for the album, "Burn It Down", was sent
to radio and released to digital music retailers on April 16,
2012. Living Things debuted at number one on Billboard
200 with sales of 223,000 copies in the United States in
its opening week. The second single for the album, "Lost
in the Echo", was released on October 19, 2012. The
third and nal single for the album, "Castle of Glass",
was released in its physical format on February 1, 2013.
The album has sold 2.5 million copies worldwide as of
December 2013.
5.1 Background and recording

In June 2011, lead singer Chester Bennington revealed
to Kerrang! that Linkin Park had begun working on new
material for their fth album. He explained,We've been
working on a new record for the past two months. The
music is great and we're well ahead of where we're expecting to be. There aren't a whole lot of noises going
on, but there are a lot of good songs.* [6]
For so early in the project, they are much further along

than they have been on the last two albums we did. On
A Thousand Suns there were still a lot of irons in the re.
We knew, 'OK, we can't do this forever. Let's leave this
batch and we'll come back and address it when we start up
again'", Rubin said.* [7] Bennington explained that Rubin
gives us spaces to just be ourselves and to work on our
own...He gives us a clear and concise description of what
he likes...He would like us to push ourselves into a more
fresh take on that particular sound.* [8] He also stated
that Shinoda guides the band through the process of each
song, and called the team-up of Shinoda and Rubinour
golden ticket.* [8]
In July 2011, Bennington told Rolling Stone that Linkin
Park aims to produce a new album every eighteen months,
and that he would be shocked if a new album did not come
out in 2012. The band continues to record and produce
new material even while touring. Bennington commented
on Linkin Park's schedule, stating,Touring for two years
is excruciating. When we would tour for two years even
the most resilient person in the band, at the end of that,
was fucking miserable.* [9] He further elaborated on
their ideas in an interview with MTV saying, We do
have a really great head start. We've got some great music, some good ideas. The creativity has continued to ow
for us for the last few years, consistently.* [10] He later
revealed in another interview in September 2011 that the
band was still in the beginning phases of the next album,
saying We just kind of began. We like to keep the creative juices owing, so we try to keep that going all the
time...we like the direction that we're going in.* [11]
Shinoda told Complex that they spent a year in making the
album,* [12] as well as elaborating on the album's sound,
saying that It doesn't lose any of the creativity of the
newer stu and it brings in the energy of the older stu.
It's kind of a comprehensive sound. I feel like we've been
able to take all the stu we've learned on the way and
put it all together in each song and still keep it fresh and
forward-thinking.* [12] Shinoda told HitFix that the process of the albumfelt like a drug trip...we were looking
to redene everything.* [13]
The band's co-lead vocalist and rapper Mike Shinoda and

Shinoda spoke to Co.Create about the album's art, saying
Rick Rubin served as producers for the album. Typithat it will blow [the fans] away...the average person
cally we'll have a once-a-week meeting to go listen to the
is not going to be able to look at it and go, I understand
songs that they're coming up with and talk about them.
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5.3. RELEASE AND PROMOTION
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that that's completely new, like not just the image but the
way they made the image is totally new. So there's going
to be that.* [14] The band underwent 360 degree body
scans for numerous lyric videos and artwork for the album.* [15] On April 9, 2012, the band released a teaser
video for the album on Tumblr.* [16]* [17] The album's
art was released on April 16, 2012, along with the album's
rst single, Burn It Down.* [18]
sic inuenced by the works of Bob Dylan, as well as the

inspirations of Dylan.* [23] In the seventh track Victimized, which Rolling Stone described as the band's
most aggressive track in years,* [24] was inuenced by
punk rock bands such as Pennywise and Dirty Rotten Imbeciles.* [22] Shinoda noted the minimal content of numerous punk rock songs attributed to the short length
of Victimized"; bassist Dave PhoenixFarrel noted
that the song's working title, Battle Axe, which to
me is..what that song is; it's just this big 'crack' and then
you're out.* [22] Like the band's rst two albums, the
5.2 Composition
penultimate track (Tinfoil) is an instrumental.* [25]
Brad Delson, the band's guitarist, has vocals in the tenth
In an interview featured in the March 21, 2012 issue of track Until It Breaks, which was Delson's idea.* [22]
Kerrang! magazine, Bennington stated that the band has The album explores the genres alternative rock, electronic
returned to more 'familiar' territory on their new record, rock and rap rock.* [26]* [27]
sayingwith this [new] album, we've incorporated a lot of
guitar work with big choruses and the heavier electronic
stu to give it that really big wall of sound feeling without getting too metal. This will be more familiar to people 5.3 Release and promotion
than A Thousand Suns was, where we were like 'Fuck it,
we're just going to go bonkers.Bennington also said that
The band toured with Incubus and Mutemath on the
the new album's lyrics would be personal and avoid being
*
political, addingWe've been writing a lot about relation- 2012 Honda Civic Tour. [28] The band's concert at the
ships.* [3]* [19] Bennington and Shinoda echoed similar Admiralspalast Theatre in Berlin, Germany was recorded
shown in theaters on June 25, 2012 for one night
statements during an interview with Spin, with the former and was
*
only.
[29]
The band performed a private concert at the
commenting that We now know we have the skills and
X
Games
in Los Angeles.* [30] On July 23, 2012,
2012
the tools to take those ideas and make them into what
we're actually looking for, as opposed to getting into it Linkin Park announced they would be touring South
in Johannesburg and
and discovering that it just sounds really n-metal. That's Africa for the rst time, performing
*
Cape
Town
in
November
2012.
[31]
always going to be gross to us, but we can take elements
of that and reinvent the vibe, make it new and fresh.* [2] On March 28, 2012, Shinoda conrmed that the album's
The two previewed ve songs from the album, as well as rst single is "Burn It Down".* [32] On April 11, 2012,
announced that they had collaborated with Canadian mu- it was conrmed that it would be sent for radio airplay
sician Owen Pallett.* [2] The vocalists also stated that they and released to iTunes digital download on April 16,
have adopted numerous inuences and topics for the al- 2012.* [18] Shinoda also conrmed they were lming a
bum, particularly about people.* [2]
music video for the song,* [33] with the band's turntablist Joe Hahn directing the video.* [34] The band teamed
Bennington told Live 105 that the band is embracing everything that [they] have done in the past,tak- up with the Lotus F1 team to create a musical racing
iPad app titled Linkin Park GP, where players drive a
ing the best piecesof their previous four albums and
*
smash[ing] them together into this new record. [8] Lotus E20 and interact with an environment that allows
the player to create a remix ofBurn It Down, as well
Shinoda explained in an interview with NME that the al*
bum would not return to their nu metal sound, however as zooming into individual sections of the song. [35] The
music video forBurn It Downpremiered on MTV on
they assured that the record gets back to our roots and
*
it's captured a feeling that we haven't gone after in many May 24, 2012. [36]
years.* [20] He also spoke similar statements to Bennington about combining elements of all four albums,
saying, We've learned so much from all the albums
we've done, so we've taken everything we've learned and
mixed it all into one.* [4] Shinoda stated that the album is more "rap-centric" compared to their previous two
albums.* [21] Shinoda told Musique Mag that the band
wanted the album to be more energetic [and] songbased, as opposed to their previous album, A Thousand
Suns, which was more of a concept record.* [22]
On April 15, 2012, Mike Shinoda posted a blog update

conrming that the new album title is Living Things and
that the album would be available for pre-order through
their website, starting April 16.* [37] Living Things was
released on June 26, 2012.* [38] Pre-orders for the album
began in April 17, 2012; upon purchase, fans were subscribed to Living Things Remixed, remixed songs from
the album.* [39] In celebration of the release of Living
Things, the band teamed up with music streaming website Spotify to release live compilations of each album
*
*
The band had numerous inuences and inspirations for era. [40] [41]
Living Things. Shinoda told Rolling Stone that Skin On May 9, 2012, a worldwide interactive scavenger hunt
to Boneand Roads Untraveledcontained folk mu- commenced.* [42] Shinoda proclaimed the near-end of
32
CHAPTER 5. LIVING THINGS (LINKIN PARK ALBUM)
the scavenger hunt in May 23, 2012, stating he would

call BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe the next day to premiere a new song from Living Things, the end result of
the hunt.* [43] The song that premiered on BBC Radio
1 on May 24, 2012 was the album's fourth track, "Lies
Greed Misery".* [44]
On June 4, 2012, the ocial lyric video of Lies
Greed Miserypremiered.* [45] On the same day,Lies
Greed Miserywas featured in a trailer for the video
game Medal of Honor: Warghter, that was revealed by
Electronic Arts at E3 2012.* [46]* [47] "Castle of Glass"
was also conrmed to be featured in Medal of Honor:
Warghter.* [48] "Powerless", the twelfth and closing
track of the album, is featured in the closing credits to
the lm Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.* [49] A performance music video of Powerlessfeaturing scenes
from the lm was released on Yahoo!.* [50] The music video was directed by Timur Bekmambetov, director
of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.* [51] The ocial
lyric video for "Lost in the Echo" was released via Linkin
Park's ocial YouTube page on June 29, 2012.* [52] and
the ocial music video was released on September 4,
2012.* [53] On October 5, 2012,Lost in the Echowas
released as the album's second single.* [54] On October
10, 2012, Linkin Park released the music video forCastle of Glass.* [55] On October 31, 2012, Powerless
was released as an iTunes-only single in Japan, although
there has been neither an ocial statement about Powerlessbeing a single nor any promotion around the release date.* [56] "I'll Be Gone" was released to alternative
radio as a promotional single on December 5, 2012,* [57]
whileCastle of Glasswas released as the album's third
single on February 1, 2013* [58] and impacted US radio
on January 5, 2013.* [59]
5.4 Reception
5.4.1
Commercial
Living Things debuted at number one on the Billboard

200, selling 223,000 copies, beating out Maroon 5's
Overexposed by 1,000 sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan,* [60] and fell to number 5 on its second week on
chart selling 64,000 copies.* [61] The album has reached
the top spot in seventeen countries becoming their best
charting album so far and has been certied Gold in
Australia for shipments of at least 35,000 copies,* [62]
and also attained Gold certication in Switzerland.* [63]
It also debuted at number one in UK Albums Chart, selling 41,000 copies beating out Maroon 5's album once
again.* [64] In Canada, the album also debuted at number one selling at least 20,000 copies.* [65] As of June
2014, the album has sold 681,000 copies in the United
States.* [66] In India the album was pre-released at the
request of the fans to IMI and was only distributed to the
fans,* [67] and so it started with the tenth position in the
charts and managed to reach second position till July. In

mid July the album was dropped from the charts and in
August the album peaked the charts at the top position,
preceding Cocktail by Pritam and was succeeded by Bar!
by Pritam again. The album then dropped till the ninth
position and again topped the charts, preceding Student
of the Year. The album was then never dropped from the
charts and as of 2014 the album holds the position of 89
in the charts. The album is certied as twice Platinum by
IMI.
5.4.2 Critical
Upon its release, the album was met with mixed reviews
from critics. According to the aggregate review website
Metacritic, Living Things holds a score of 60 out of 100
based on 15 collected reviews, indicating mixed to average reviews.* [68]
Chad Childers of Loudwire stated that the album as
a whole continues to expand their world-view writing
like what listeners got with A Thousand Suns, but it also
adds more of the anger that was prevalent in their earliest
work, Hybrid Theory.* [73] Stephen Thomas Erlewine
from AllMusic declared that there is denition to their
structure, some of the choruses catch hold without too
much eort -- but this album remains one of sustained
mood, not individual momentsand concludes that the
album isa tting soundtrack for aging rap-rockers who
are comfortable in their skin but restless at heart.* [69]
The Guardian writer Dave Simpson observed that "Living
Things is more personal than A Thousand Suns, with underlying themes of recovery from traumatic experiences.
The exception, Burn It Down, delivers an antiwar sentiment via Depeche Mode-y electro-bounce, while the
similarly standout Roads Untraveled is an eerie confessional ballad, and concluded that "Living Things would
have beneted from more of such adventure, but they still
sound like a band enjoying an unexpected second life
.* [72] Johan Wippsson of Melodic wrote that the album
istoo little too pop-oriented and made for the charts than
before. The synthesizers are a bit too intent to Coldplay
mode, but assume that the band felt it was time to conquer the charts again.* [78] PopMattersJordan Blum
concluded that Living Things is a very good entry that
s simply not as special as its precursor.* [76] Phil Mongredien from The Observer comments on their refusal to
play it safe and praises their boldness.* [75]
Tim Grierson at About.com stated that Living Things is

a straightforward collection that plays to their rap-rock
strengths, and while its often musically engaging, these
12 songs dont have enough cumulative impact. As a
result, the record ends up being a diverting experience
rather than an arresting one.* [27] At The A.V. Club,
Evan Rytlewski commented that the bandcan dial down
(or turn back up) the heaviness all it wants, recruit the
most Grammy-proven producers, and keep current with
the latest electronic textures, but those moves can only
5.10. RELEASE HISTORY
33
take Linkin Park so far when its songs have all the emo- 5.10 Release history
tional range of an MMA bout.* [70] Another mixed review from Hamish MacBain at NME stated that "...their
foray into said genre here is restricted to the three minutes 5.11 References
ofCastle of Glass. The rest iswell, to be fair, they
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Chapter 6
The Hunting Party (album)

The Hunting Party is the sixth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. The album, self-produced
by band members Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, was
released by Warner Bros. Records on June 13, 2014. It
is the rst album since Meteora not to be produced with
Rick Rubin, after producing the band's previous three
studio albums. The title The Hunting Party is a contextual metaphor: Linkin Park is the party that is hunting to
bring back the energy and soul of rock.
The Hunting Party is a departure from the electronic rock
sound of the band's previous two studio albums. The album, described by Shinoda as simply a rock record
, serves a statement by the band against contemporary
mainstream and active rock bands, accused by Shinoda as
trying to be other bands and playing it safe. Packaged
by an artwork by Brandon Parvini based o an original
drawing by James Jean, the album took under a year to
record and produce, with material being improvisationally written in the studio by the band. The album also features guest appearances from Page Hamilton of Helmet,
Rakim, Daron Malakian of System of a Down, and Tom
Morello of Rage Against the Machine, marking the rst
time Linkin Park has collaborated with other artists on a
studio album.
The album was promoted by the band and Warner Bros,
with multiple promotional teasers and interviews produced and published in the lead-up to the album's release and listening parties of the album being held worldwide on multiple dates. The band embarked on the
Carnivores Tour, a double-headline tour with Thirty Seconds to Mars, in support of the album. So far, four
singles and two promotional singles from The Hunting
Party have been released; "Guilty All the Same" in March
2014, "Until It's Gone" in May 2014 and a triple-release
of "Wastelands", "Rebellion" and "Final Masquerade" in
June 2014, the former two being promotional releases
while the latter was released as a retail single. Rebellionwas eventually released as a retail single in October.
Linkin Park performing at Soundwave 2013, during the Living

Things Tour.
6.1 Background
In 2010 and 2012 respectively, Linkin Park released
their fourth and fth studio albums A Thousand Suns and
Living Things. The albums, both produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda, marked a shift in the band's musical direction from a nu metal-oriented sound, recognized with Hybrid Theory (2000) and Meteora (2003),
to a more experimental and cutting edgesound.* [1]
The electronica-inuenced albums, contrasting to what
the band had released previously, were still commercially
successful. A Thousand Suns was certied Platinum in
seven countries and Gold in twelve other countries, and
the album charted in the top ve of nineteen national
record charts,* [2] peaking at #1 on the Billboard 200* [3]
and #2 on the UK Albums Chart.* [4] It's successor, Living Things, was certied Gold in eleven countries, but was
only certied Platinum in France by the SNEP.* [5] The
album, however, also charted within the top ve of sixteen national record charts,* [6] once again peaking at #1
on the Billboard 200,* [3] and at #1 on the UK Albums
Chart.* [7]
Production on the band's sixth studio album began as a
result of a series of events in which Mike Shinoda decided to drop the electronic and experimental sound of
the band's previous two studio albums. Shinoda had originally produced and recorded demos, which continued
the sound of A Thousand Suns and Living Things, for the
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6.3. RECORDING
band's sixth studio album during the band's Living Things
Tour in 2013. He presented the demos to his bandmates,
which received a positive reception from the rest of the
band, and to producer Rick Rubin, who was also positive
towards the demos, although describing them to Shinoda
as more poppythan he expected. However, Shinoda,
after listening to the demos again after the end of the
tour, felt a strong negativity towards his material, especially after Rubin's statements. In a Warner Music interview, Shinoda stated that I was listening to the stu I
was making, but, for the most part, I listened to it and
then I was like, 'This is not what I wanted to stand behind for the next album; I don't even believe in this music.
This is a mistake; I don't like what I'm making'. I kind
of went backwards into the process and scrapped all of it
and started new stu.* [8]
Following A Thousand Suns and Living Things, albums
which were created with leaving behind a sound that was
not new and not cool anymorein mind,* [9] the band's
sixth studio album was approached as a return to the
band's early sound, with the electronic sounds of their
previous two studio albums being dropped in favor of
the band's traditional rock instrumentation.* [10] Using
Hybrid Theory itself as a template, the band composed
and recorded the album in vein of the album, but also
considered the idea of a Hybrid Theory composed and
recorded in context of modern times, in 2014 rather than
2000.* [11] Brad Delson jokingly stated that the album
was analternative Hybrid Theory" andmaybe its prequel, in context of the album being inspired by artists
members of the band listened to before the band started
their musical career.* [12] Mike Shinoda told music magazine Rolling Stone about the ideas surrounding The Hunting Party: We're not 18-year-old kids making a loud
record we're 37-year-old adults making a loud record.
And what makes a 37-year-old angry is dierent than
what made us angry back in the day.* [11]
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It's loud and its Rock, but not in the sense of what you
ve heard before, which is more like '90s Hardcore-PunkThrash".* [17] He stated the weakstatus of modern
rock in the music industry as an inspiration in recording a heavier rock album; to try to bring the sound of
the 90s back to the forefront.* [17] In an interview with
MusicRadar, Delson stated that the album will feature
many more guitar solos. He further stated that this is
from someone who was quoted early on as saying I hated
them. Not that I hated them as a listener; I just dont
want to play any; I shirked guitar solos. Early on, I felt
as though the songs we were making aesthetically didn't
want them. This new batch of songs, to me, always want
solos. I feel like every song has one.* [18]
6.3 Recording
The Hunting Party was partly recorded at EastWest Studios in

Hollywood, California.
The Hunting Party was recorded at the Larrabee Sound

Studios, located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
During the recording for the band's sixth studio album,
the band would spend ve or six days a week at the
Larrabee Studios working on the record. The Hunting
6.2 Composition
Party was also recorded in part at EastWest Studios, also
located in Hollywood. There, drummer Rob Bourdon and
The band took a dierent method in writing new material Mike Shinoda would record drums and percussion for the
for their sixth studio album as opposed to their previous album. The band would also record other material for the
albums. While for all their previous albums they used the album at EastWest on occasion.* [13]
traditional method of writing, demoing and rerecording In an interview with Rolling Stone, Shinoda said that the
in the studio, songs were instead written and composed in album was dicult for drummer Rob Bourdon, where he
the studio itself, with no material being written or com- had to push himself to meet the music speed and style.
posed beforehand. Guitarist Brad Delson spoke about the He commented that It's probably the hardest stu he's
methods used on the album in an interview with Premier ever played on one of our albums. He had to physically
Guitar, saying that Something unintentional might be work his way up to it. He had to go running, lift weights,
the coolest sound I make all day, and knowing how to work with a trainer, eventually Bourdon feels that he
allow those mistakes to happen and to shape them poten- had become a better drummer at the end of each day after
tially makes for some great music.* [13]
recording.* [11] Shinoda later told Q magazine that BourThe Hunting Party has been described as an alternative
metal,* [14] hard rock* [15] and rap rock record by professional reviewers.* [16] Shinoda described the album's
sound as a 1990s style of rock recordIt's a Rock record.
don had to seek help from a chiropractor after he had

broken his back marathon-recording material for the new
album. Shinoda told Q thatRob was killing himself. He
played 10 hours a day for seven days straight and blew his
40
back.* [19]
Orange, Bogner and ENGL brand ampliers were used
on the record by guitarist Brad Delson, providing acore
sounddescribed by engineer Ethan Mates as a small
collection of core tones to be used in a sonically consistent
way throughout the record. Chandler brand amps were
also used for overdubs and higher parts.* [20] Delson spoke about his studio setup for The Hunting Party,
stating that Its great to have a setup where I can run
combinations of heads and cabs simultaneously to get the
most appropriate tone, or do something more straightforward like record just one cabinet with two mikes.* [21]
CHAPTER 6. THE HUNTING PARTY (ALBUM)

says it's feeling like it should be, then why don't we just
go straight to the source.* [27]
On June 17, SiriusXM's Octane give Shinoda a chance to
introduce the album, track-by-track, on the track 'A Line
In the Sand' he revealed that the rst verse (words) that
is heard was from an idea that they (the band) thought of
when they were making 'A Thousand Suns' , they couldn't
make the song work (at the point) so they left it alone, then
on this record 'The Hunting Party' , they nally made the
verse work, so they put this verse into this song (A Line
In the Sand).
6.4 Packaging
6.4.1 Artwork
Guitarist Brad Delson contributed greatly to the production of

The Hunting Party.
Lead singer Chester Bennington arrived late in the

recording process of the album, having been chosen to
replace Scott Weiland in the band Stone Temple Pilots,
and then proceeded to record High Rise and tour with
the band for most of 2013.* [22]* [23] When he eventually joined the band in the studio, he was surprised to
nd the band had reverted to their heavier rock-centric
sound. Bennington stated in an interview with Kerrang!:
Mike wrote tons while I was touring with Stone Temple Pilots last year. When I got home, there was a lot for
me to catch up with, and he was playing me things and
I was like, 'Dude, this is fucking awesome!' I was really
surprised how heavy it was.* [24]
The album cover for The Hunting Party features a 3D

modeled artwork by Brandon Parvini, who had previously
designed the artworks for Living Things and the band's
singles during the album's release cycle. The artwork
was based o an original drawing, entitled Archer,
by Taiwanese American visual artist James Jean that was
created by Jean for the band's sixth studio album.* [28] It
is one of many artworks by Jean to be used in the packaging of the album, which will also feature, in deluxe editions of the album, a lithograph, t-shirt and a 36-page art
book by Jean himself. Jean's traditional style, notably different to the artwork created for The Hunting Party had
been previously described by Dana Jennings of The New
York Times assuused with a dreamy romanticism and
lyricism worthy of Maxeld Parrish, even as Mr. Jean
subverts those and other isms.* [29]
Linkin Park had professed that they have been fans of
James Jean's art for a while, describing discussions between the band and Jean as having started naturally
.* [30] Joe Hahn served as a creative director for the artwork of The Hunting Party, instructing Jean to create
a universe inhabited by powerful characters and dened
by strange landscapes, with a general concept of having a unique characterfor each track on the album.
Brad Delson also contributed ideas ofinternal and external struggles, metaphorically depicted on a battleeld,
where images such asesh tearing and transforming into
dierent forms and brittle shards of crystal erupting from
organic matterwould recur. Mike Shinoda explained:
We try to approach our artpackaging, merchandise,
tour visuals, videos, anythingin a holistic way. All the
parts are interconnected, and by creating great imagery
that can be used in multiple contexts, we can immerse the
fans in a universe that is consistent and unique to each release. It's always a work in progress, but I feel like we've
learned a lot and continue to make it better each time
.* [30]
The album features four guest artists; Rakim from the

golden age hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim on "Guilty
All the Same", Page Hamilton from American alternative
metal band Helmet on "All for Nothing", Daron Malakian
from American rock band System of a Down for the song
"Rebellion" and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine fame on the song Drawbar.* [25]* [26] Lead
singer Chester Bennington commented on the collaborations, stating that We really felt like if we need to
be inspired and move in another direction. I think when
we got Page in, Mike had written this chorus and sang it,
and his voice had this tone, and it was unlike anything I'd
heard from him before. And I was like, Dude this is
crazy, this sounds like a Helmet song! It's cool!" And we
were like, Dude, why don't we see if we can get like James Jean was invited by Shinoda and Delson to listen
Page in here?" You know? And if that's why the song to the band's rough material created early on during the
6.5. PROMOTION
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recording sessions for The Hunting Party. He acknowledged the band's change of musical direction from A
Thousand Suns and Living Things, and was inspired by
the material to create artworks that were charged with
[the band's] intensity as well as their rationale for that
change. However, Joe Hahn banned Jean from listening
to any more material after Jean had performed some of
the songs from memory on his piano.* [30] Jean originally
sketched each individual artwork for The Hunting Party
in a personal sketchbook, where it felt more intimate and
less precious to Jean. The minimality of the images was
intentional, as the artworks would eventually be made into
3D-modelled artworks where lighting and texture would
be added to each character. 20 artworks were made in Linkin Park are set to embark with American rock band Thirty
Seconds to Mars on the double-headline Carnivores Tour.
the space of a month by Jean for Brandon Parvini and
his team to transform into 3D-modelled artworks, with
Parvini choosing exactly which artworks would be modvideo game Project Spark. Additionally, the course made
elled for The Hunting Party.* [30]
for the music video was made openly available by the
band, giving players of Project Spark on Microsoft Windows and the Xbox One the opportunity of editing and
6.4.2 Title
remixing the course.* [33]
The title of the album, The Hunting Party, is a contex- While information about Linkin Park's sixth studio album
tual metaphor. The album, a return to the band's original had leaked beforehand, including the album's title and reharder rock-centric sounds, represents the band's desire lease date,* [34]* [35] The Hunting Party was ocially unto not only create something dierent from other rock veiled by the band and Warner Bros. Records on April 9,
bands, but to also bring back the energy and soulof 2014.* [10] The track listing of the album was additionrock itself, and that Linkin Park are the party that will ally unveiled by Mike Shinoda and Linkin Park's manhunt for that energy and soul.* [31] Shinoda elaborated agement team on April 27, 2014.* [36] "Until It's Gone",
on the title of the album in an interview with Kerrang!. the seventh track on the album, became the second track
He explained: We got so sick of other bands trying to to be unveiled. It was released as the album's second
be other bands and playing it safe the whole time, so the single on May 6, 2014. Pre-orders for the album were
album name comes from a theory about culture becoming also opened on the same day, withGuilty all the Same
too passive, everyone just standing around waiting for op- andUntil It's Gonereleased early on the album's iTunes
portunities to come to them instead of going out and get- Store page.* [37] A music video forUntil It's Gonewas
ting theirs. I'm aware there are always going to be heav- then released on June 11.* [38] "Wastelands" was released
ier bands than us, but The Hunting Party is Linkin Park early on the iTunes Store on June 1, 2014,* [39] and was
going out and getting it for ourselves.* [24] The inspi- later released as a promotional single on June 2.* [40] On
ration for the title came from a news article Shinoda read June 3, 2014, Chester appeared on Zane Lowe's BBC Raonline about a Japanese writer's concerns about today's dio 1 show to premiere the song, "Rebellion".* [41] An
growing society. The writer described the young men of ocial lyric video was released alongside a release of
today as herbivores, and explained how they are es- the track on the iTunes Store the same day on June 3,
sentially grazing, waiting for an opportunity to come to 2014. It was later released as a promotional single on
them, rather than hunting for it.* [30]
June 4, and was released as the album's fourth retail single on October 13.* [42]* [43] On June 8, 2014, Linkin
Park premiered the third single Final Masqueradeon
MTV.* [44]* [45]* [46]
6.5 Promotion
On March 6, 2014, the band premiered "Guilty All the
Same", which features American rapper Rakim, from the
upcoming studio album through Shazam.* [32] The track
was later released by Warner Bros. on March 7, 2014
as the lead single promoting the then-unannounced sixth
studio album by the band. A music video forGuilty All
the Samewas also produced and premiered on YouTube
on March 25, 2014. The music video, a continuation of
the band's collaboration with Xbox, was made entirely
with the in-game engine of Team Dakota's 2014 sandbox
A listening session for members of the Linkin Park Underground, the band's ocial premium fan club, took
place on May 23, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Passes
to the event were also given away in competitions held by
various California-based media outlets such as KROQFM. Further listening sessions for Linkin Park Underground members were announced for June 4, 2014 in
various locations worldwide.* [47] The band, additionally,
are set to host the tenth and eleventh editions of the LPU
summit, a convention for Underground members, during
the album cycle. The tenth edition will be held at the
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The Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien, New
York on August 21, 2014,* [48] and the eleventh edition
will be held at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in
The Woodlands, Texas on September 5, 2014.* [49]
He continues to compare the album with the band's recent discography, describing their past albums as having
sagged with overwrought ballads and pretentious softrock, while The Hunting Party gets on with the task
*
The band's rst live performance of the The Hunting of rap-rocking like it's 1999 all over again. [16]
Party album cycle was on May 24, 2014 at the KMFA David Renshaw at NME states It might not kill the
Day music festival, in which they headlined. The band Mumford and Butler clones, but The Hunting Party is
performed Guilty All the Same, Until It's Gone an energetic eort at least.Renshaw also praises Daron
and Wastelandsfor the rst time.* [50] The band also Malakian's guest spot, but considers Tom Morello's
performed as headliners at Rock in Rio Lisboa VI on contribution a disappointment.* [61] AllMusic reviewer
May 30, 2014. During the performance, Mike Shinoda Stephen Thomas Erlewine observes Far from soundthrew promotional singles containing the studio version ing as if they're grasping at straws, Linkin Park seem
of Wastelandsout into the open audience, days be- rejuvenated, proving there is value in the clich of refore the song's ocial promotional single release.* [51] turning to roots.* [58] Dan Epstein from Revolver deLinkin Park are also set to embark on a double-headline scribed the album as "...not only the hardest and heaviest
tour of North America with American alternative rock thing they've ever released, but it's also their rst album
band Thirty Seconds to Mars in support of both The to pack the sort of guitar repower that would actually
Hunting Party and Thirty Seconds to Mars' 2013 album appeal to your average headbanger.Epstein concludes
Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams.* [52] The tour, dubbed by stating that it's proof that bands don't need to get softer
the Carnivores Tour, spanned 25 dates in August and in order to mature.* [62] At Billboard, Kenneth Partridge
September 2014, with American rock band AFI serving states "...these Cali rap-rock commandos go rogue, ingas opening act during the entire tour.* [53]
ing missiles in all directions. They attack record comThe band later declared another tour named as "The panies, politicians, rule makers, exes, and anyone else in
rediscovering the savage fun of superHunting Party Tour" which featured guests like Of Mice sight, all the while
*
loud
guitars.
[59]
Neil McCormick from The Daily
& Men and Rise Against. However the tour was later canTelegraph
stated
"...it
is sleek, exciting and committed
*
*
*
celled because Chester broke his leg. [54] [55] [56]
enough to suggest there is life in the rock beast yet.* [65]
Jordan Blum at PopMatters rated it a 5/10, describing it
as a solid album, but considers it too repetitive,
6.6 Reception
uninspired, and generic, compared to the three previous albums.* [66] Rolling Stone reviewer Jon Dolan states
that on Album Six they're back with a retro-neo-aggro
6.6.1 Critical reception
sound that would've been too intense for modern-rock raUpon its release, The Hunting Party received generally dio in 1999...these dudes can still bring it like backwardpositive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, the al- ball-cap warriors hopped up on Mountain Dew and Dad's
*
bum has received an aggregated score of 65/100, which fourth divorce. [63]
indicates generally favourable reviews, based on 15
reviews.* [57] Dave Simpson of UK national newspaper
The Guardian gave the album a positive review. Upon 6.6.2 Commercial performance
giving the album three stars, he praised the band's return to their original sound, stating that Shinoda's de- The album debuted at number three on the Billboard
sire to make a punk rock record and Bennington's more 200 chart behind Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence and Sam
ethereal electropop segments don't always make comfort- Smith's In the Lonely Hour, with rst-week sales of
able bedfellows, but Rob Bourdon's terric drumming 110,000 copies in the United States.* [67] This was the
means the energy never lets up. Despite labeling some rst week of 2014 where three albums sold more than
tracks of the record like Until It's Goneas clich, he 100,000 copies in the US. In its second week, the alcommented positively on the music and writing of oth- bum dropped to number nine on the chart, selling 29,000
ers such as Drawbarand Rebellion. He further copies in the United States.* [68] In its third week the
wrote, Linkin Park certainly know their audience, and album sold 16,000 more copies bringing its total album
here delicately navigate the gulf between their own aspi- sales to 155,000 in the United States.* [69] As of Decemrations and a fanbase who will celebrate the band's loud ber 2014, the album has sold 274,000 copies in the United
return to rocking hard.* [60] Chris Schulz of Auckland- States and 900,000 copies Worldwide.* [70]
based newspaper The New Zealand Herald also gave the
album a positive review, describing the record asLoud,
spontaneous and free, attributes that, he states,aren't 6.6.3 Accolades
normally associated with Linkin Park, but The Hunting
Party takes just seconds to prove the sixth release from The Hunting Partymarked the return of Linkin Park
the Californian precision-metal act is a dierent beast. in the lists of The Best Rock albums.
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6.10.1
Singles
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Hybrid Theory Live Around the World

1.11 Charts and certications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A Thousand Suns Live Around the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Living Things (Acapellas and Instrumentals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The Hunting Party (album)

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CHAPTER 1. HYBRID THEORY

The second single was "Crawling". Lyrically, the song

1.6. CRITICAL RECEPTION

1.5.1 Special editions

A two-disc special edition of Hybrid Theory was released

1.6 Critical reception

CHAPTER 1. HYBRID THEORY

that reects the frustration of life.* [46]

1.8 Track listing

Hybrid Theory Live Around the

Hybrid Theory Live Around the World is a live album

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1.11 Charts and certications

Hybrid Theory found itself in several must havelists

[5] Fricke, David. Rap Metal Rulers, Rolling Stone No.

[6] Everybody loves a success story.. The LP Association.

[28] Ruhlmann, William. All Music review. AllMusic.

[7] Sculley, Alan. Linkin Park interview with Rhythm.

[29] Linkin Park - Million Sellers! | News. Nme.Com.

[10] Complete Linkin Park discography. The LP Association. Retrieved 2007-08-09.

[33] Gold and Platinum: Diamond Certied Albums.

[11] Linkin Park demos. The LP Association. Retrieved

[12] BBC Radio 1, Evening Session Interview with Steve

[35] Linkin Park single chart history. Billboard. Retrieved

[13] BBC Session Interview. LP Times. Retrieved September 19, 2007.

[36] Decade Charts. Billboard. Retrieved 2010-01-01.

[14] Chester Bennington biography. The LP Association.

[37] Linkin Park international charts. Rockdetector.com.

[25] In the End facts. Song Facts. Retrieved 2007-09-29.

[46] Diehl, Matt (December 7, 2000). Linkin park: Hybrid

[26] MTV Video Music Awards History. Rock on the Net.

[47] Sputnikmusic review.

[48] Cohen, Ian (2007-07-03).Linkin Park Hybrid Theory