Reviews (page 11 of 14)
Kommer ihåg att In The End var en hit, resten är inte så jättebra. 2,5 av 5.
Linkin Park i guess
Eh
overall fine. no my favorite nu metal band
I owned this record in highschool and I remember being enthusiastic about it when I first got it, but then quickly moving on. I’ve always been a little surprised by how many people seemed (still seem) to absolutely adore Linkin Park. There seemed to be a big cohort that was like 1 year younger than me, so maybe they just barely missed the initial wave of nu metal acts in the late 90s. Linkin Park are in a group I think of as ‘2nd wave nu metal’ with Papa Roach and others who were clearly signed to record deals after nu metal found large audiences in the late 90s. Linkin Park showed up with this album that sounded very polished and well produced, which isn’t something I love in debut records. It makes a band feel a bit like an industry plant, or like they’re being manufactured for mainstream success. That’s kryptonite to me.
I can understand why this blew up and why it remains a favorite among so many. I guess it dropped at just the right time and stood out from the crowd. But personally this was never for me. I find it a bit bland, and at worse, annoying despite some of the more interesting production flourishes.
I wasn’t into Linkin Park at the height of their popularity, but somehow retroactively my opinion of them seemed to rise somewhat. After listening to this album frobt to back though, woof, I was right not to be a fan.
🫤
It's bad :(
Not a huge fan of the angst rap rock
So edgy 😡
https://youtu.be/hfYDQIfoE1w
I dunno, this doesn't really do anything for me or hold my attention, but people have the right to like it if they want to.
I loved this album in junior high, but only barely made it through as an adult. It’s fine.
Mycket nostalgi men det mesta är ju crap
liked this more than I thought I would, but I can’t really see myself listening to this (but I totally get people who do :p)
I can't deny that this has some catchy, melodic hooks, and it certainly makes effective use of the loud-soft dynamics of heavy rock. However, the lyrics are downright awful, and the rapping is equally as bad. Overall, nu-metal is a style I find to be utterly dreadful, and while this is certainly one of the better examples of the genre, that's still not an endorsement by any means.
I don’t hate them
I used to hate these guys. They seemed like a late 90s rip off of better early 90s bands like Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine. They also seemed a lot like Limp Bizkit, who I also hated, when they came out right after. I mean the lead singer couldn't even be original in his suicide-- he copied Chris Cornell. Anyway, my inlaw swears by these guys and this album so I first listened to the whole thing recently. And now again. I've soften a bit on them--where as before I wrote it off entirely, now I don't hate it. But the guy's singing still is a little annoying. Too much teenage angsty, and the slightly rap-like delivery sometimes doesn't work at all. Either do it well like Zack de la Rocha or don't do it. But the industrial elements of this does give it some uniqueness, though again NiN does it way better. Coming from someone who likes grunge, rap and actual metal, Nu Metal typically just annoys me. It's the watered down version of all of those other genres. The Coke Zero or Pepsi light of grunge and metal. 2/5
Några av låtarna kommer med en dos nostalgi, men hade jag inte haft någon association till det hade jag nog verkligen ogillat det. Raprock har inte åldrats särskilt bra.
Nää, fan asså jag kan inte lyssna på Linkin Park. Har aldrig kunnat. Man hoppades på chock men det går inte. Vill typ inte sätta en etta heller. Får bli en sjukt svag tvåa hahah
Ja, vad ska man säga. Totalt vedervärdigt, kanske? Som ovan lyssnare av numetal/rapcore låter det som tolv försök att göra samma låt så bra som möjligt. De lyckas väl till slut med In the end men i slutändan spelar det ingen roll.
one unexpected thing that's happened since i started this 1000 album thing is i'm into nu metal now? ive been listening to so much slipknot. this is nice if not a little samey, maybe too emo for me tho. of course being an elder millenial i remember the hits and can instantly bond with peers over an unironic fondness for them, but they are hits because theyre pretty safe. out of a genre where videos were shot in torture basement sets and guys wearing horror masks jumped off spinning drum sets while pyrotechnics went off, why hang on the safe stuff
Not a fan of what I hear is rap...it all sounds the same.
Yuk. I find it interesting to figure out why I think this sucks. Most of the components of the music - metal with electronic drum beats and DJ record scratches - were already done a decade earlier by Faith No More, which I love obviously. So I think the main reason I don’t like it is the guys voice. There’s also the fact that this felt a “younger generation’s music”. But that doesn’t explain my physical revulsion at hearing it. I like plenty of younger punk bands and stuff. I don’t like the staccato guitars that sound like they’ve been sampled. I don’t like the tinny high-pitched riffs. I don’t like the rapping. I don’t like the melodramatic soundtrack bits… Overall, it just sounds… pathetic. Like, they took the aggression and energy of metal and added horrible whiny vocals saying things like “I’m going to run away” and “I tried so hard”. Grow up! I think this is the first time I’ve wanted to punch an album in the face.
Didn’t care much for this. Decent listen for a gym visit but not my bag
I hate Linkin Park. Like, hate them. But I don't think this is a 1. Even though the lyrics are unthinkably brainless - and the melodies and hooks are so predictable it's actually impressive - Bennington's vocals are extremely impressive, and at the end of the day they wrote some fucking earworms. This is, however, terrible music to listen to when you're angry at the world (which is what it's meant for) because the lyrics make you feel like such a loser idiot that it makes you hate yourself as well. Whatever. There are worse ways to spend an afternoon. Actually, screw this. God this band works me up. 1 star. Edit: yowch, sorry about that. Clearly this is not a 1 star album. I still maintain that this is the worst possible iteration of Nu Metal that exists, and listening to this music actively rots the white matter of your brain away. But, it is quite fun and easy to listen to. 2 stars.
I like plenty of stuff that is related to nu metal (RATM, Faith No More, Helmet, Deftones) but I've never been able to get into nu metal itself. Far too polished and angsty for me, even when I was an angsty teenager Pretty much the only thing I enjoy about Linkin Park is how much their music was used in Halo 3 and Runescape videos around 2006 and 2007, so there's some nostalgia in a way. For nearly 20 years now, Crawling has always reminded me of a tutorial video for the Stronghold of Security, so it's my favourite because of that At least it's only 37 minutes and doesn't completely rip the arse out of it like most nu metal 2.5 Highlights: Crawling
Edgy middle schooler music. Some good songs that somehow are relatable despite the delivery.
Ooooo a shot of junior high nostalgia straight to the vein, when everyone in my upper middle class school suddenly was a angst ridden misunderstood youth that could only be deciphered by listening to this album on repeat. I don't mind the album, in the end is certainly a sing along, however it does not hold up over the long term, and I did not enjoy it quite like i did in my youth. Still better then Christina.
A strong bout of nostalgia gets this an extra star. Turn of the millennium nu metal hasn’t aged well
Felt like some dude was screaming at me for 37 minutes.
This is not for me, this genre of rock never really interested me beyond having some knowledge of the occasional singles that played on the radio. In my opinion I’m honestly not sure I would call this an essential album and I don’t think I will ever listen to it again.
It’s ok for what it is. It’s not one of the 1001 albums I needed to hear. Some perfectly fine radio singles that appeal to angsty teens and a bunch of other songs that sound just like them, only worse. 3/10
really not my style, but i can see why people like it, there are some elements i can appreciate
So aggressive!
The musicianship on this album is really basic, and it's pretty highly produced which I'm not into. In parts it sounds like Deftones, NiN, Filter, and other bands from the era but is less interesting than any of them.
I respect Linkin Park more than I used to, but it doesn't mean I have to like all of their songs
This is such a hard rate. Some notes: - I checked how long until this album was over more than any other I've listened to - The album is extremely funny and self indulgent - I like the fact that I can hear influences to/from other artists that I like more - very of its era (affectionate and derogatory) This probably gets a 4 on the ironic scale, 1 on the "would I ever listen to this." Giving it a 2 but really defies being rated at all.
There are some pretty cool sonic ideas here but the lyrics are so painfully juvenile. The songs are sad and angsty but indescript and general in a way that feels pandering. Compare to MCRs "remember when you broke your foot from jumping out the second floor" from I'm Not Okay - personal, dramatic and intriguing. That's how you do angst. Instead, the lyrics here boil down to some variant of "I'm full of fear / but you don't care" and other such nonsense
I've always liked their hits but man I thought they'd be a little better and more diverse in their sounds than this. It's clear that Crawling and In The End were fleshed out the most, and the rest is perfect background music for sci-fi music videos of humanoids with cables for veins or something. They do deserve credit for that consistency I suppose. Might give Meteora a full listen again cus I did have that CD as a kid and I'm hopeful it's an improvement.
The first album isn’t always the best one. 2.5 stars.
This is so early 2000s (derogatory)
fav songs: papercut one step closer in the end cure for the itch aggressive, polished, nostalgia 30/100
This isn’t as unpleasant as I thought it was going to be. Oh wait, yes it is, it’s another one of those records where the music is a solid and fun but the vocals are irritating. Is there a karaoke version of Linkin Park that I could listen to? I might enjoy that. lol the end of this track where he’s going “Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!” is making me laugh. YES PLEASE DO THAT
I made it two minutes before I decided I can't do it; this was my best friends favorite album when we were in 1st grade 25 years ago and I still can't imagine this as being for anything other than six year olds even all this time later.
For so much going on in all the songs, somehow it was still boring. I was talking to my son about this album and trying to figure out why it was not clicking with me, and he mentioned that it was just very formulaic. I think that's what it was for me. Also, they seemed to take themselves way too seriously. Just not a fan.
I get the appeal, but it’s not for me. I just can’t take this music seriously.
What a teenage boy thinks protest music sounds like. I tried to keep an open mind, but it just isn't my taste.
I didn't mind this and I would probably like it more if I listened to it again. I liked In The End first time hearing it. 2 stars
ok for what it is, but not timeless at all.
Ehhh it was fine. Honestly I expected to dislike it, and althought I didn't particularly enjoy it, I also didn't really dislike it like I thought I would. I think I'm going with two stars though; I need to like it a bit more to hit three.
I bit to heavy for my liking
Too intense for me. In the End and Crawling are classics of course.
I'm really not a fan of this style of music so I was fearing the worst. Having said that, it's really not as bad as I expected. Instrumentally, it was quite good, but the angsty vocals started to grate after a while. I can imagine for some people listening to it can be quite cathartic but it doesn't really do much for me.
Domme plaat. Thema's van het album is natuurlijk wel aangrijpend maar als je alles zo simpel en direct vertelt zonder extra laag maakt het allemaal bijzonder plat. Crawling in my skin, these wounds they will not heal kak waar je niks mee kan. Zo recht toe recht aan, daarom is was het misschien populair bij pubers. Veder zit niks interessants of iets eigens in qua muziek. Mike Shinoda brave rap boy voor wat contrast, maffe dj met de scratches en elektronische drums maakt het gedateerd maar ook nostalgisch. Er is geen complexiteit te vinden op dit album, zoveel middelmaat op een album is een bijzondere prestatie. Strakke productie en vol met hooks maakt zetten zet vol in op emotioneel effect wat bij velen erg aanslaat. Daarbij heeft Bennington heeft een heel aardige stem en doet het precies wat het moet doen. Wat dat betreft missie geslaagd maar niet voor mij.
Not for me, but can appreciate what they've done on this album. Just can't listen to the whole thing, gives me a headache. One Step Closer is a good rage song and of course In The End is quite cool.
Linkin Park’s incessantly angry rap-rock has never worked for me. Crawling and In the End are ok but most of this is forgettable
Too loud. I'm not against expressing violence or angst in songs, but this ends up being too tiring to listen to. I like some of their mainstream songs but the whole stuff is not really my thing. R.I.P. Chester.
Better than I remember eh
Starts off ok but but gets very tedious after 4 or 5 tracks.
I have definitely outgrown rap metal. This album is fine. Chester had a great voice. But this genre has really aged poorly over time.
I know a lot of this stuff is dated but this is really really dated in retrospect. It has a good intro but the middle is really muddy saved by 2 good songs and then a fun song towards the end. Papercut, crawling, In the end and cure for the itch. I understand Chester Bennington was amazing and this is a masterclass but even so I have heard others from this era that sound better honestly. The anthrax public enemy collab. This is just more palatable rage against the machine and maybe that’s a bit nuance and nit picky cause it sounds samey throughout but it was never super bad it just wasn’t very good I won’t remember any deep cuts and I think that’s sad. Almost every song starts the same too it’s a debut and will eventually lead to? I’m actually not sure does linkin park have a magnum opus I thought it was this one. I don’t hate linkin park I just don’t really like this album. They are 100% a better singles band. I get nothing from actually listening to the record other than more of the same. I think the album ends well last 3 songs were pretty good. I hate this cause I wish I was more into it but before I die. I could have stuck to the singles. Nirva-ain’t. Limp bizkit core Side note: how many rip offs of other bands are we going to get on here.
Every song sounds the same, intolerable.
Respect these guys but realistically there's not much happening here
Oh, boy… I don’t like this. I didn’t like it then and I don’t like it now. It’s like everything I didn’t like about the second half of the 90s chopped up into a soup with no regard for compatibility or flavor profile and it’s still also very bland. If a pair of JNCO jeans became sentient and made music it would sound like this. I do think I finally understand why people who listened to this were so angry, I’m angry. This is making me angry. I’m an angry teenager with labret piercing and my parents are dumb. They don’t understand. Nobody understands. It’s kind of funny though. I’ll be nice and give it a 2.5 for the effort… oh, the effort. I’m not rounding up.
Absolutely not for me. There were times I thought it was getting good and then the singer would start bellowing again. So sorry. I added “One Step Closer” to my playlist.
Like a lot of nu metal, it's objectively terrible at metal, but this one happens to be pretty good at boy band pop (and also not great at hip-hop). 2.0/5.0: Disappointing
I’m sure if I was in high school 25 years ago I would have appreciated this but listening to it now was not fun. Only enjoyed the most popular song
the fact that i forgot to comment was pissingme off so im here putting in a comment. from what i remember i was just sick of the same punk genre just too loud and not enjoyable to listen to 2/5
Not really into this
I've never been a fan of Linkin Park and while I can see the appeal listening to a whole album was tedious. This said they at least have a very distinctive and influential sound, and In the End is a genre-defining song. Won't listen again though. 5/10
not for me
OMG, forgot how shit this was, barely not a 1 star, due to the mediocre one hit wonder
Linkin park was very popular when I was in middle school with guys who thought they were *very* cool and edgy. The whole album has that vibe of a wanna be transgressive 12 year old. In the End is a banger but the rest doesn’t do it for me
That whole whispering/screaming combo is just off putting. In the End was obviously the best of the group but it's just a little much for me.
3 for isaiah, joel is giving it a 1!!! minna gave it a 3, 3.5 if that was an option. michaela gave this one a 2, initially said 5
Meh.
painful
Nu-metal. Sure. In 2026, this sounds like something AI would put together as the soundtrack for one of Iran's Trump-dissing Lego videos.
I tried REALLY hard to be open minded about this record. When Linkin Park came out they seemed incredibly lame compared to bands using the same framework. And - they still are incredibly lame compared to bands like Deftones, etc. The first song actually starts out fine, and then the rapping starts and it just falls off a cliff. Bad flow. Hokey lyrics. I think there is something about swing-y rhythms combined with hard rock that just doesn't work. The loose rhythmic feel you need for rap vocals is totally at odds with the hard edges of this kind of aggressive hard rock. The bigger issue I have with LP is they are so aggressively inauthentic. There is nothing here that sounds real at all. The DJ feels fake, the rapping feels fake, the Extremely Angsty choruses feel fake..... it's just Lee Press-On Nails: the Album. **Linkin Park Songwriting Committee Meeting**: "Hey I hear rock bands are adding DJ's to sound more hip! What do you think, fellas?" "If we sing REALLY earnestly about how upset we are, the pre-teens will eat this shit up!" "Just make sure not to specify too much what you're upset about. They won't be able to put themselves in your shoes!" Do not want. It's terrible on most levels but it isn't unlistenable. I'll give it a very generous - TWO STARS
The first four songs of the album were just noise to me. "Crawling" at least had some music that was more ballad like, and I could understand some of the lyrics as it didn't have that heavy, repetitive drum and bass sound. "Runaway" and "In The End" were better too. I've written it before, I'm just not angry enough to appreciate this genre. The songs were just so depressing and angry sounding that they just don't really appeal to me. And when the screaming started...what the heck? Most remembered song was, "My December" as it was played a lot when it was first released.
Music for disaffected teenagers. It's like Disney rebooted rage against the machine with a pg12 rating. White boy rapping, prepubescent crooning segues into metal voice - lite. The guitars have had the living shit processed out of them. The result is a few catchy riffs buried in a sea of upper mid range mediocrity which quickly tires the ears and becomes uncomfortable. Come back when your balls drop, boys.
- Tekst - Gitar - Han ELENDIGE rapperen + Chester Bennington sine catchy refreng. Crawling står igjen som beste låt, mest fordi rapperen knapt e med. De få sekundan han rappe e dog helt jævlig.
Begynner jo bra med mye energi, men etterhvert blir alle låtene like og den aggressive og paranoide synginga blir bare slitsom.
I didn't really like this. I appreciate the 'radio friendly-ness' of the singles but overall this is just pretty everything I dislike about the numetal wave of the late 90s. Weird sucky emo lyrics, zero vocal range, weird turntablism, really NOT into the 'rapping' they've mixed in... just not my thing.
2000s were a weird time. Any time else and nu-metal never would have been popular.
Way too much screaming for me
Listened to before? Partially, because in the end, it's inescapable... Context? Linkin Park's debut, and the album that launched them into the mainstream. I do not like Linkin Park. They are overproduced as hell. I find them boring. The lyricism is raw, and I respect that, but it's also quite stale. They're Evanescence for people who think drinking Monster is an aesthetic and edgy personality trait. Not that Evanescence isn't sort of that already, I guess. I'm gonna go into this with a positive mindset, though. I have a lot of friends who like them, and those friends are all great artists, so I'm sure they have some taste... Aaaaaand my primary comment is: what is that sound at the end of Points of Authority? It sounds like a cartoon duck going da da da da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da as a parody of a Linkin Park song, rather than an actual part of a Linkin Park song. Anyway, yeah: I'll start with the positive. They use dual vocals very well. In the End is also a pretty great song, with that piano and all, and the sheer desperation in his voice. It's also very honest, which I have a lot of respect for. And now the negative. I played guitar in a music collective with this annoying guy once. He was a great guitarist when it came to playing these downtuned nu-metal riffs. He had one of those bluetooth guitars for some weird reason. And he owned, like, ten Korn shirts. We were planning on doing a bunch of covers of 2000s songs at a local bar. In rehearsal, we were trying to decide which songs to play. I'm a huge Rage Against the Machine fan, so I jokingly go, "Oh, they're a 2000s band, right? Because Battle of Los Angeles came out 1999 and then there was that covers album?" He proceeds to turn around, give me the nastiest look known to man, and recount RATM's entire timeline to me. Mind you, I was literally wearing an Evil Empire shirt. Not a good start. There was also a time when I was literally turning the gain up on my amp, and he comes over and goes "oh, the volume knob is here." This happened half a dozen times throughout those rehearsals, to a point where my friend and I say "volume knob" instead of "mansplaining." Which, mind you, there was another guitarist there, and he never did anything like that to him. Felt oddly misogynistic... Anyway, you can probably guess that this guy loved Linkin Park. He loved loved loved turning up his amp to the nth degree and showing off that he could play such-and-such riff in drop-z or something while creating a one-man wall-of-sound effect. He's the only stereotypical Linkin Park fan I've ever met, though. All the other ones I know are my friends, who are obnoxious, sure, but they're very sensitive people. They're artistic and self-aware. They like the band because they can place these really personal issues over the backdrop of a killer riff. I can see both people in this album: the obnoxious and the sensitive. I don't think you can write these lyrics without going through some genuine pain. But, at the same time, you're still assaulting peoples' eardrums with a storm of down-tuned guitars and the most compressed vocals known to man. I don't think an artist's fans should reflect too strongly on the artist themselves, but I think it does reflect on what the outward draw of their art is. Here, it seems to be drama. The big, loud riffs. The lyricism that's so on-the-nose it's got it's finger up its nostril and through its own brain. The rapping and screaming twisting together to reach peak banger-dom. That drama may make songs like In The End undeniable bangers, but it takes away much of its artistic merit. I really just don't feel like they have anything interesting or new to say about their subject matter. I'm glad that they're putting their struggles into art, but as art under scrutiny of critique, it doesn't hold up. Why would I listen to somebody just...saying things, when I could listen to somebody reframing their struggles through a unique lens that speaks to me as a person, rather than a one-size-fits-all narrative? I certainly do get the appeal. It's a compulsion to head-bang to this thing. The vocals really are desperate, and I can imagine having a long day and screaming along. Maybe sitting in the backseat of a car, blasting this through a pair of old headphones. Ultimately, this album sounds like a heroic way to die. I wish there was something more poetic in here. I wish that all the life hadn't been sucked out of the compressed vocals and canned riffs. These guys are obviously talented and have the cathartic edge to make something great, but instead they vacuum-sealed this thing in some plastic wrap and broad appeal.
Just not my kind of music so I have trouble rating it. I’ve just never like nü-metal
Kinda mid, in the end goated the rest a bit heavy for me. Come back to this album later
Every song sounds almost exactly the same as the one before it.
It’s a good album, but it’s not my genre of music, so I didn’t really like it as much as I might like other albums
i’m not gonna lie, this sounded like that one snl skit of pete davidson and timothee chalamet where they’re rappers
Massive dose of nostalgia here. I guess they were influential - but I'm pretty sure other bands were doing the same sort of stuff even earlier like korn limp biscuit, Incubus. Don't get me wrong. There are some absolute bangers on this album that still go hard to this day. But overall when I listen to this album I just can't get into it. It just doesn't seem to have the depth I'm looking for even though they have some killer riffs. I think it might be the rap rock element - just feels a little overplayed, but maybe if I hadn't done this album review at the time that would have been something completely different. Any case okay album but I won't be listening to at anytime soon although some of the tracks I definitely will have on my playlist
Sounds like a bad rip off of Rage Against The Machine. Trying to be punk/rock/pop and not really working in my opinion.
I don't like this stuff
5-star album by a top tier piece of shit person.
If i were 14 id have loved this
Even at 14 i knew this was shite Most of the songs sound the same Just not my vibe!
RATING: 5.5/10 Highlight: Papercut Lowlight: Runaway
Possibly the best of the rap metal era?
It's blah,it's trying to do a bit of everything and being successful at none.
It doesn't do much for me, but also doesn't annoy me. Kind of generic and uninteresting faux-metal.
Eh
my best friend in the world is a huge linkin park fan. and while these guys are great to headbang to. im sorry i just dont care. This is gonna sound wrong but its just too simple simple drum loop, basic chords, the vocals are the same in every song even if the words are different. "eh"
I wasn't sure if I was gonna kinda like this because of nostalgia or particularly hate it. The latter was definitely true, but I don't think it's that is is actually bad. Runaway good.
I just don't think I've ever been angsty enough for this to have been my jam. If you like a singer screaming at you, then this may be for you, but it's not for me.
Listened to this album twice. I know people love this band but I can't get into it. Cure for the Itch is interesting. I could hear pieces of Moby, DJ Shadow and The Avalanches. Favorite songs: Cure for the Itch, In the End
There is a reason why Linkin Park is associated with Michael Bay movies.
Muchísimo respeto para Linkin Park, pero nunca fue tanto de mi agrado jeje
So much yelling. Gets really repetitive but the Nostalgia Hits are still really good.
First time listening to this in full and I've got to say, I didn't dig it as much as I thought I might. On the scale of my enjoyment of Nu Metal bands on this list, Linkin Park would currently sit comfortably above Limp Bizkit but with some distance behind Slipknot's 'All Hope Is Gone'. 2* feels harsh but I can't justify the third I'm afraid, sorry LP! Favourites : With You Crawling In the End
Not my fave, I like a few songs sparingly or when in major pump up mode
The rap/nu metal genre was one that thankfully came and went quickly. This is a product of that era and checks all the boxes. I remembered the song "In the End" because my tween son had this album and played it a lot, probably when he was playing "Call of Duty.". It's an OK song but the rest is the same angsty overwrought,, overproduced dreck that was, I guess, all the rage in 2000-2001.
Think I had this on cd as a kid, but I can't say I have an ounce of nostalgia for it. Linkin Park and their myriad even shittier rap-rock disciples were really trying to keep rock relevant in the early 2000s by forcing this overwrought kind of nü metally garbage. Overproduced within an inch of its life. A couple ok songs but a lot was genuinely difficult to sit through. By Myself, for example, is nails on a chalkboard to me. Perfect for a Halo session at a tween sleepover in the early naughts, but best left there - has truly aged like milk.
Obviously know a couple of songs because they are popular, so it was interesting to see if the rest was maybe better than those because they never caught my fancy...but alas no. I can see why people like this, but I do not. I Tried to listen to it objectively but just felt like every song sounded like the next. About 12 songs too long. 2 stars
Soulless studio rock. The hits keep it from being a 1. I liked them in middle school
As soon as I heard the opening notes, I knew I would not like this album. I don't know what gear is involved, but I hate that guitar sound. Kind of exciting and energizing, if you want this, but I don't.
This seems like the perfect album for a subset of 14-year-old boys who will ever after try to argue how meaningful and awesome it is. I'm glad I don't know any of those people.
It's unclear how much of this is millennial nostalgia, but I liked this a lot more than expected. It's still very embarrassing, but not a bad hang. 2.5 stars, rounding down.
My ‘theory' is that I have a, sort of, ‘hybrid’ opinion about this... I don’t like this right now, but I can appreciate it, from a distance. Huge apologies to all fans of screaming. I hope the lead singer had some throat soother or something. I like ‘cure for the itch’, though - sounds like Aphex Twin.
I’m sure it’s awesome to listen to while building Gundam models but it’s not for me.
No me gusta el grupo
This sucked to listen to. I really don’t understand their new found popularity. Not worth getting to into it to dump on these guys, but I think the main issue is the rapper guy absolutely sucks at rapping. Production is dated, lyrics are cringe, you name it. But hey, there was an attempt to be heavy, so the floor for that is 2 stars.
Está bueno tal vez no es mucho de mi estilo.
Not my thing
Sorry I listened to like three song and I don’t want anymore but giving them a 2 instead of 1 bc In The End is the most iconic music video
r/iam14andthisisdeep anthems. Some nostalgia in here but not great overall, even the mix/master sounds muddy and bad.
I think I liked it a lot more when I was a teen. Not really my thing at this point in life.
Loved Linkin Park as a kid. As an adult, I’ll be real, nostalgia bias can only take this so far. Eww I feel like I’m betraying 10 year old me :(
Mall metal. Blech!
Ehh.. right away I feel like it isn’t my style. A little too emo and heavy for me honestly. Skipped like every song lowkey. Not for me but I do see the artistry in it..
I know they've got a huge following but Linkin Park has never clicked for me. Even as a kid, I found them to be kinda mopey and boring. Totally swagless!
This should be on here, no question, but I just don't like the style that much. This is one of the most palatable versions of the nu metal variation of quiet-loud-quiet but its just not my bag.
My college boyfriend loved Linkin Park and I could never get into it. It's like Punk that's been scrubbed clean. It's always been cheesy and I've never connected with it. It's made for angsty pre-teen boys and I am not nor ever was one so it's not for me! 2 for the catchiness of like... one of the songs. Otherwise it's just bleh. Give me metal over this anyday.
This was the rare album where I liked the later tracks more than the earlier ones, but only relatively. Yesterday wasn't a great day for me, so maybe I wasn't as open as I could have been, but I don't see returning to this.
Music to drive fast to, or to crank up and scream along with when you're pissed off.
Jeg prøver at holde mig openminded men jeg synes simpelthen det her er for corny. Samme sang 12 gange og den er ikke ret god
Pretty heavy
It's ok.
If you don't listen to the lyrics it's fine. If you do, it's mind numbing. It's like a 6th grader wrote it.
It’s funny, this would have been junior year in high school for me but this was not even close to my radar back then. But of course I heard most of them anyways. Cheesy AF lyrics man … I don’t know about this one.
pretty much just born at the wrong time for this
I was 21 when this album came out, and for the most part I completely missed it. I'm familiar with the 2 singles, and I did enjoy them, but as for the rest of the album? It felt a little like the same song over and over again. Reminded me a lot of Korn too.
I absolutely understand why this was huge. It's not for me though.
Did not finish lol. Just sounds like the worst room you could possibly be in at a club
It's rap music for people who hate funk and black people
Not my cup of tea
I know I'm supposed to like the dead guy's music, but I'm on a streak of dishonoring suicide victims this year
Annoying and frankly unsexy
I am not going to listen Linkin Park. I've never liked.
The problem with nu metal isn't that it combines metal with rap - it's that it combines average metal with bad rap. This album is no exception.
Obviously an iconic band, but I don't think their sound can really carry an entire album, not even a short 37 minute one. There's one trip hop-sounding song that stands out here, the rest all sounds like In The End rehashes with varying degrees of rap quality. I do respect Linkin Park a ton, so I'm truly devastated that I had more fun with the Limp Bizkit album. Standouts: In The End • Cure for the Itch
Argh. This is the first time I ever listened to this album front to back because I was always shutting it off after a few songs. I could probably make my own album of about 12 songs by Linkin Park that I adore, pulled fairly evenly from across their albums. But their schtick is so grating over the course of 40 or so minutes.
One and two are bangers in a way. But not my thing really not. Once again, a problematic listen. The verses on track 3 are so cringe, choruses fine, I guess. 4 fine, 5 less. I prefer the louder moment on here. 7 is too much, man... not in a good way. 8 in a way the best track here. Goes all the way with that sound. 10 the most interesting musically. 11 is an experiment, at least. But not a very successful one unfortunately. 12 is not for me, like this entire thing. I kind of knew what I'm getting into. it was not something I was looking for at all. Sorry, it's really really not for me. I have a serious problem with aggressive music that has clean and sterile production. It kills the vibe for me many times. It's not a bad project, it has some highlights that even I can clearly identify. But it will probably never be something I'll be going back to. I think a 2.4 is generous from someone like me.
Dumb guy’s idea of good music imo
Ron Wilwert says 5 stars. I'm going with 2
Meh
didnt really enjoy
This album reminds me of being 10 years old, staying up with my friends, eating takeaway pizza and playing WWE Smackdown all night. Which is fitting because this is the only acceptable way to listen to this album. Put simply this is music for children - over stimulating, no subtlety, and nothing to challenge the listener. In recent years, Linkin Park has been positioned as the more critically acclaimed Nu-Metal band compared to their peers, Limp Bizkit and Korn. Unfortunately, they're just not that good. The lyrics are like something scribbled furiously in a child's diary after getting grounded by his parents, and every song follows the same formula of quiet guitar riff and rapping vocals followed by downtuned guitar riff and belted/screaming vocals. The mixing on this album is also terrible, the loudness wars have rendered this album virtually unlistenable. Muddy and crowded, with an awful scooped guitar tone that is identical from track to track. The one song that sounds different, 'Cure for the Itch' is a bamboozingly out of place turntablist instrumental piece with looped drums, string samples and record scratches. I don't know what purpose this track could possibly serve, other than introducing fans of the Transformers movies to TripHop. Chester is a legitimately talented vocalist though, which raises this to two stars. He just needs a better band, producer, and songs.
all a bit shouty angry
All sounded the same, ok but notgoing on rotation
Not a fan. Was overplayed in my childhood so find it boring now
Nu-Metal was a truly terrible genre, some bands were just lumped in and were actually much much better (Deftones, Slipknot) others however I had always lumped in with the bog standard expectations and tropes that were happily plumbed (Korn, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach... the list is huge). After listening to this album, that has many great reviews, it fits in to the latter for me. The strongest tracks were the singles, but it still feels about as angst ridden as a middle class teenager shouting in their room as their parents won't buy them that thing they want. Best Tracks: One Step Closer; Crawling; In The End
When this first came out I was in high school, and I thought at the time they were a bit mainstream for my liking. Giving this a listen now, I feel like the music feels very dated, the whole nu metal wave had its time
Too tired for this shit today. Extra star for "In the End", which I still like.
It’s not awful but nu metal is just not my thing. Just feeling like aggressively whiney or something.
Oof they were a big fan of that record scratching sound / 'technique', huh? If I could equate it to what set of men I found attractive in my high school days - the ones that liked Linkin Park - I was not a fan, I am taken back to dirty, old smelly hoodies & unwashed hair. I think I preferred the bad boy appeal of the dudes that listened to Limp Bizkit and slipknot ha.
Too much noise for my taste
Standard linkin park.
I know this album is huge for a (sub-)generation of folks that came after me; I was aware of it when it came out, and know the singles fairly well. Someone who resonates or resonated with the emotions of it probably rates it higher, but I certainly enjoyed a fair amount of it. It does leave me somewhat dreading what else from that era may be on this list though...
I struggled to get through this album. The rage in the album is tedious and comes across as very ineffective. To me it really began to compete with the music which while interesting is unremarkable. I can’t figure out why these guys are relevant. Sorry 1001.
I get it. It’s just so loud. Not for me.
i like a place for my head, sounds like the rock i listened to in high school
I'm giving this a 2, just in case Limp Bizkit also turn up on the list and I need room to express how they're even worse. Seems unlikely, but then this shit ended up on here so who knows?
corny ass lyrics annoying vocals and felt like it lasted forever even though it was only around 40 min
Geen fan, moet dit nooit meer opnieuw horen.
Unmissable album for a list such as this one. 'Meteora' does resonate more with me but I agree this is a more important record. 7/10 [KEEP]
A mixed bag.
I don’t think Linkin Park is bad at what they do I just happen to think why they do is bad. I remember when this came out I felt like the only person in the world who didn’t like it, but I was right, it stinks. I will say, the riff on One Step Closer is a solid riff, an I’m not opposed to turntablism in rock music. It’s just the songs are cheesily melodramatic, the rapping is bland and mediocre and I can’t stand the whiny guys voice.
Not my thing, really.
I'm glad I didn't have the same nostalgia as my peers for this one because my god these dudes knew how to write one song. Granted, they did it really well and made enough changes to make it radio friendly. But nothing changes through the entire album save one mini-DJ break that accomplishes almost nothing. It's not atrocious like some records of its time; Linkin Park were actual musicians. But this is simply not worth listening to now.
Es como algo que escucharía el profe richi jaja esteee no se creo que es como el estereotipo de lo que escuchan los rockeros emo y no está tan mal pero si da un poco de cringe la letra
a really interesting choice for this list. I don't think this record really does much more than other records in a similar genre from around the same time. I was also a bigger fan of Meteora personally
There’s some interesting sounds and arrangements here but it just doesn’t come across as a convincing record at all, and just makes you think of actually great albums you could be listening to instead.
Today I learned that I am not a fourteen year old boy. It's like bad. So bad. Funny thing is that some of the tones (guitar and some basic synth sequencing) is Skinny Puppy-esque from the Greater Wrong of the Right, and I kept expecting something interesting to happen. Honestly, I blame this album for MAGA. Having said all that, I am ashamed to admit that a.) I liked the instrumental that honestly sounded more like a DJ Shadow track, and b.) as I was making dinner I found myself occasionally bopping my head to this. OMG what have I become?
2/5
Had Linkin Park broken through when I was 13, not 24, their angst-laden rap-rock may have hooked me, because Hybrid Theory sounds relentlessly adolescent. (See " Runaway.") I don't mean any disrespect to the late Chester Bennington, who clearly had real struggles, and Linkin Park achieved the respectability that evaded nü metal peers like Limp Bizkit. But it all falls under the same painful umbrella for me. I couldn't wait for this to be over. (The trip-hop vibes of the instrumental "Cure for the Itch" were a nice reprieve though.)
I like Korn, I like SOAD, I even like a little Limp, but I just don't fuck with Linkin Park. Collision Course is cool though.
Removed
Acknowledging that I probably listened to this in the wrong setting (at work)
I'm very happy for the people that this is for! I'm not one of those people.
Favorite track: Crawling
I like one Linkin Park song and it is not on this album.
Too much shouting
Iconic songs but not my vibe
not really my genre :/
fine nothing special
this should’ve never been made
I hated Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory when it was released 25 years ago. I’d aged out of this whole sound like 5 years before this released, so as a guy who is creeping up on 50, time really hasn’t helped this record at all for me. Cripes, it’s like listening to the soundtrack for teen angst and aggression. The lyrics all sound like bad high school poetry, and while the music features a ton and a half of slick production, it's all very one-note. This whole record feels very paint-by-numbers (the "paint", in this case, is sadboy impotent rage, and the "numbers" is just the ability to suck). 2/5
In 5th grade my best friend showed me this cool new hip album. Hated everything about it then.
Erster Eindruck: lowkey besser als gedacht, Rap? Lieblingssong: „Crawling“ / „the end“ (Lieblingszeile:) Overall Rating: 4/10 Anmerkungen: Wenn man in der mood ist kann‘s besser kommen, aber nicht so meins durch so manche Elemente, gibt mir bisschen 2018
The first major paring of rock artists and rap artists, the Judgement Night soundtrack, was fantastic. Unfortunately, soon after the rap/rock, or Nu Metal, genre was born. A genre with the shortest shelf-life I've ever witnessed. Hybrid Theory is a poster child for that already worn-out genre.
I tried so hard and got so far in this album, but in the end, it really doesn't matter. I was 25 or 26 when this album came out, and I was into it for some reason. Listening again after 20 plus years, I am not sure why, but like everything, things change. First off this album is very dated, it does not age well. I seem to remember enjoying some of the later more progressive releases they did, I have to wonder if they still sound good, but I don't think I have the patience to go back and listen. I will give it two stars for Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn as they were always the true stars of this band, Chester just sucks!
Punchy recording, detailed mix with some brilliant highest and lows. Strong singing, fun rapping and simple song structures mean these are ear worms. Metal for idiots
I was never into the NuMetal thing, so I was surprised that I didn’t hate this, but it’s not really for me.
The theoretical hybrid of Ed Hardy and Hot Topic
These guys were really working through some stuff with this album. Very emotional. Not for me at all though, even with the nostalgia.
Too over-produced to take seriously. A few catch tunes, though.
This album takes me back to my angsty youth. So many of these songs were played non-stop on the radio. Personally, I am not a fan of the oscillation between screaming and talk/rapping. I used to love this music- now it is too depressing.
Too much angry teenage angst for my taste
Zu laut für mich.
Yeah, never my thing. Too angry. 2.
Bought the CD when this came out. Was massive back then. Telling that I haven't bothered to listen to it in decades. And revisiting it now, I can see why. It was a musical cul-de-sac....best left forgotten. 2
I enjoyed a few of the songs although it's not my main kind of music, but I felt a lot of the songs were too similar.
Music for angsty teenagers.
I didn't get into linkin park when I was 15 I'm not about to start now
While I’m 100% here for all the fun 90s/2000s nostalgia - this album reminded me how insufferably angsty my generation was.
Does not belong on the list. Like, look… It’s not horrible but not for me. And I can’t imagine there’s not something else that deserves this spot.
I was struck with how sterile and filled with impotent, adolescent rage this is. I’m not saying that a band needs to use profanity to be good, but this gives this the sense of this being watered down “metal” for babies. It’s otherwise fine, but never threatens to become actually good. I don’t think it deserves a 3. Doesn’t deserve a 1.
This was pretty meh for me, I was never a fan of Linkin Park when they came out, an overall 2 for me.
Not my thing!
I’d heard the singles before, but never the whole album. In the End is unsurprisingly the best thing on this album. So much of this sounds like a petulant teenage tantrum, with rapping that wouldn’t be out of place on a Lonely Island parody.
46/1001 I loved One step closer back in the day of Napster and LimeWire. I skimmed the rest and nothing was near as good as that one song. Listening now, I should have given it more of a chance. It sounds good but just not my jam these days. 4/10
Started listening. I clocked out of rock during the 90’s. Too angry for me. Very significant sound though. If I could give it 2.5 stars I would because of the impact it had.
It’s too bad that Chester had such cringe lyrics when he was a captivating singer, but if I could only rhyme “heal” with “real” I’d probably pull a Chester too
da ragazzino l'avrò sentito duecento volte.. adesso lo ascolto diversamente, ma non posso ascoltarlo da zero
God nu metal is just so meh. All I got out of this album is shitty rapping over metal guitars saying how sad and insane they are. Why would u go out your way to listen to this trash. In the End is the only good song off of this tbh. The only thing worst I could imagine is limp bizkit. Only a 4.4/10 2.2/10
I honestly thought I would like this more. It was pretty bad, especially the second track where he screams “shut up when I’m talking to you” - had to skip that one.
Two albums I owned as a kid in a row! One a revered classic, and then there’s this pile of shit. In my defense, it was hard to avoid some clunkers as a teenage boy who liked music in the early 00s. I had forgotten about the instrumental track, though, and I think that’s okay.
I respect the love for Hybdrid Theory. I just can’t fuckin get into it man. I couldn’t even when I was hormonally primed to love this shit. Couldn’t even make it through a full listen. The emotionality is so cheesy it’s like musical theater for emo kids. I’m sorry guys.
Not a fan
lol
i’m not a 13-year-old boy in the early aughts with no access to music or media except for his older brother’s CD collection, so obviously i don’t like this nor can i even consider taking it seriously. it’s not good but it’s also not unlistenable. catchy enough and not abjectly disgusting the way so much nu metal tends to be…
Slick production big sound...not for me
Pari hyvää biisiä, mutta muuten särkee huutaminen ja muu äänimaailma korvia.
Jos IT-kupla ois musiikkia niin se ois kyl tätä. Tässon kovasti Internet-aikaa saatu yhistettyä pomppuheviin radiopuhelinsaundiräpin ja hiphoppielementtien myötä. Ei siin mittään, ymmärrän kyl, että tää on iskenyt siihen kansanosaan aikanaan, joka on elänyt kukkeinta angstikauttaan. Rajuu meininkii, mutta sopivilla poppikoukuilla. Hitithän tästä on kuullut miljourdeja kertoja, mutta albumiraidat on vieraampia. Niissäkin kyl vähän kaikuu samoja yrityksiä kun hiteissä eli vähän tää alkaa toistaan itteensäkin pidemmän päälle. MUTTA JOO, muovi haisee. Periaatteessa tää nyt vois olla kolmosenkin levy, mutta toisaalta tää nuumetalliskenessäkin tul vähän sillain, että haki aikasempien rungon ja teki siitä tarpeeks poppista päästäkseen meinstriimiin, niin ei oikein pioneerityöpalkintoakaan voi jakaa. Joten kivasta popista käärittynä pääkallolahjapaperiin pisteitä kertyy nyt sen mitä kertyy. Plussaa toki siitä, että kävivät JÄMSÄSSÄ keikalla vielä kun alkuperäsessä huutajassa henki pihis.
Definitely cooler when you’re a high school freshman
*Slavoj Zizek voice* The problem with being an innovator…in anything trendy…is that your sound can often be so defining that revisiting it decades later can often make it feel like parody.
I love the single “In the End” so I had high hopes for this one. Sadly, in the end I will only be giving it two stars. Too industrial for my ears.
Not for 34 year old me but 13 year old me loved the Dragon Ball Z fan cut he found of “In the End” to Vegeta training.
Chyba jedyny album LP, którego jestem w stanie wysłuchać w całości bez ziewania. Potem poszli w stronę nudną i skrajnie bezpieczną.
Too much noise for me. In the end is a great song, and that’s it.
i actually don't mind linkin park. i did listen to a few tracks from them when i was younger but none from this album. not terrible but not for me
cool but a little too emo/edgy for me- someone who likes evanescence
First time listening to Linkin Park album. Several songs received a lot of airplay in the early 2000s. My first impression was “Limp Bizkit-adjacent". Then perhaps worse than LB (like that’s even possible). 2/5
Heavy handed, sloppy bland lyrics and awful generic rap interludes....BUT IN THE END, IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER
Alas, it seems I have outgrown the angst of my teen years. This hasn't aged well. RIP Chester.
Really hated this album, although their transformers songs are goated
Never listened to a whole Linkin Park album. Probably won't again. It's not the worst, just not my thing. I did get some nostalgia feels though. Top tracks: "One Step Closer," "Crawling"
Is an album that you can get thru in a half hour a bad thing? No! Is this album good? No! There's a time and a place for everything, and I have never heard something more Y2K coded in my entire life. 2? 3? who cares. "In the end it doesn't even matter" What a prescient statement about this album, very self-aware.
--One Step Closer...ridiculous but it slaps --In the End...I don't like Chester's voice but he's good here --A Place for My Head...I like the rap flow here but it's still cheesy overall. I think Chester's scream singing would be more impactful if he dialed it back a little more --Cure for the Itch...not sure why this sound collage is on here, but it's pleasant. --Pushing Me Away...has a decent hook
Nothing makes it jump out as special
Interesting concept to blend hard rock and rap, but this was just too abrasive for me.
Ok. I feel a little better about my Ray of Light rating. This album was from the same period and was also played on repeat by a certain roommate. . . And I do not like it. It's just so contrived. I'll never understand how this band got so popular, or at least why people don't make fun of them the same way they do Nickelback. "In the End" is okay. Like they sort of stumbled across something approximating authenticity. And it's a fun sing-along song. I'll dole out an extra star for that. So <checks math> . . .
Fuuuuuck, this is horrible. But at least it's not some chap in a Nehru collar weeping to the "lush" sound ofa clarinet, tinkling glasses, and a synthesizer. I'm adding a star for that.
I hate this type of music. I'll bump it up to a2 cause he's a powerful singer
4/10 This should be an album that clicks with me far more than it does. It came out just before my 16th birthday, had heavy guitars and angsty lyrics and followed in the footsteps of bands like Korn, Slipknot and Machine Head that I was already listening to. But Linkin Park were never a band that I’ve ever bothered with. I’ve heard all the big hits, which were impossible to miss in the early 00s, but nothing engaged me enough to dig deeper. Perhaps because I was already indulging in heavier music, this band that were a gateway for many people didn’t have much to offer someone who had already gone in the deep end. Listening to it now, a few things really jump out at me. First, it sounds so of its time that it’s almost laughable. The scratching, the rhythmically uninteresting rapping, the loudness wars mastering, it’s the dictionary definition of 2000’s production. Secondly, this is very much an anthemic pop record. It’s like someone gathered the most palatable aspects of bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit and wrapped them up in an emo NSYNC bow. Not that there’s anything particularly wrong with that, and again, it makes them a perfect ‘first heavy band’ for those just diving in, but it just isn’t my bag. The production to my ear is terrible. Despite the ‘quiet verse, loud chorus’ that they try, the over-compressed nature of it all just makes it lack the oomph that that dynamic change ought to have. The guitars in particular are so compressed that they feel like a wall of tone, rather than organic pieces of musicianship. There’s so little space for the instruments to breathe and it ends up feeling like an assault on the ears that you have to work hard to pick the parts from. From a song-writing point of view, they can obviously write heavy anthems, but frankly, the bits that I liked the most just reminded me of similar bits from songs by other artists that I like much more than this. It’s also all very, very samey and something about it just doesn’t quite feel genuine to me. Essentially, the ingredients are all great, but something about the meal doesn’t taste right. Extra points for being the gateway drug for so many. Papercut - Oof, the scratching does not kick this off well. The riffs are ok, I guess, but there’s no dynamic range at all. This type of rapping does not gel with me, particularly the strong emphasis that doesn’t really highlight the lyrics, but just adds a sort of soft aggression to the delivery. The singing is very pop too. One Step Closer - A big single. This verse reminds me a lot of Korn, but if Jonathan Davis was replaced by Nick Carter. It’s a great chorus, but the production just gives it this plasticy edge that makes it not sit quite right with me. I had this song in my head after the first spin through the album and my head canon version is better than the reality of it. Over-compressed and lacking dynamics, it’s a shame really. And the shut up bit near the end makes him sound like a budget Zack de la Rocha. With You - I think there’s too much going on in some of these songs. Even the quieter bits here are just stuffed full of too much and again, the loudness war mastering of this just makes it relentlessly lacking in range. There’s no subtlety to it. This one doesn’t have much in the way of hook either, it’s just a bit of a wall of bar long guitar chords for a chorus. Points Of Authority - Again, this feels quite Korny in the verse. It feels a bit corny in the chorus, as it happens. The scratching might as well be a bloke in the background just shouting “Year 2000” over and over again. The riffs here are pretty good actually and the rapping is better. But the balance of all of the parts is just bad. There’s not space for everything to have its place, everything just sounds like its competing with everything else to be heard. Crawling - Another big, big single. And there’s some actual dynamic range. Hurrah! This verse could have been clipped from an NSync song, but builds into the chorus. Perhaps a bit too much going on as it builds for my tastes, but when it hits, it’s a proper nu-metal anthem. Well written for what it is. Not really my bag, but I can see why it grabbed people. Runaway - Again, there’s a bit more dynamic range here. And again, it sounds like Backstreet Boys playing Korn in the verse. The chorus is ok, but it’s all a bit music by numbers and just isn’t grabbing me. By Myself - They really can’t have any sections where they don’t overdo the instrumentation can they? It’s like an assault on the ears. It’s more of that anthemic pop-metal that feels like it’s had its charm produced out of it to make it as radio friendly as possible. They really love those ringing, compressed chord structures, don’t they? In The End - Ah, the biggest hit single? Too much going on in a ‘quiet’ verse? Check. Unashamedly basic rapping? Check. Full bar compressed chords that follow a super basic structure? Check. It sounds like I hate it, but I actually don’t. It’s a well written, really decent pop song produced to sound heavy. But it’s also so boyband and so, so 2000. Fair play. A Place For My Head - More pointless scratching. There are some actually interesting rhythmic choices here so it stands out a bit from the other tracks. While I like some of the choices here, there’s nothing that really grabs me either. There’s a bit of a radio-friendly Machine Head about this. Forgotten - Some of these songs I can hardly tell when one ends and another begins. But there’s a bit of dynamic range again here, and some more rhythmically varied riffs, so that’s to be applauded. It’s very pop-rap in the verses. Again, nothing that’s really grabbing me though. Cure For The Itch - Ah, someone’s listened to Endtroducing. This is just not very well done though, is it? No subtlety to it at all. Pushing Me Away - At this point, this could have just been a repeat of any one of the album tracks from this album, it’s all just blending into one for me. It’s over-compressed, dynamically squashed and nothing in there grabs me. And my ears are tired.
Prior to this I would have said Linkin Park was one of the all time worst bands. Nickleback before Nickleback. After this listen I realize I was wrong. Definitely a legit band with some good ideas. That being said - everything beyond the bones of these songs is dated or ill advised. The music video for In The End summarized this well - the aesthetics are BAD. The hair, the clothes, the green screen EVERYTHING. When i was a kid I was repulsed by this and I still am. Then there is the production. For Gorillaz I called out the DJ record scratch - LP loves this sound. I do not understand it. I weak attempt to glob onto rap culture maybe, although the rappers of the day seemed to embrace these guys. There are also the obvious things about this I do not enjoy - which is the genre and the uber seriousness. Not for me, BUT definitely earned my respect. Linkin Park NOT the worst band of all time - maybe elevated nu-metal? Lets get AI to go back and erase all the record scratch sounds off nu-metal records.
Just not my thing…hard for me to listen to. I don’t know what else to say. I’m tired.
What was going on with us in this era of rap metal? Dark days. A couple songs that are kinda cool. Most of the album sounds the same. It’s better than Limp Bizkit?
Ugh, I've always disliked Linkin Park. ... After giving it a try, I still feel the same. I understand that this is an important album for many people as it serves as a sort of "intro" to a lot of genres, but outside of its impact, I just don't think it's good music. It's like how training wheels are useful on a bike, but no "good" bike has training wheels on them.
Worth a listen but that's all. 2/5
Bad genre for me
Whiny shouty screamy American nu metal. Not for me.
Another album where I was just confused why it's on the list. In the past week there have been three records from the 2000's and I've felt that way about all of them. There is some very good music from this decade, so I"m not just being a Boomer (I think). The pros-the songs and album are all fairly short, which made for at least a tolerable listen. There are also a couple of songs-the hits Crawling and In the End-that aren't just the same as everything else. The cons-I didn't like nu-metal then and I still don't like it. It was maybe "cool" back in the early 2000's, but it just sounds super dated now. My other issue is that I typically like songs of depression and sadness, but this was just too much (yes, I know in hindsight it was clearly an issue for Chester Bennington). There is no relief in sight, and that helps to ease some of the bluntness of the presentation. Overall I didn't hate the listen as much as I thought I would, but I won't listen to it again.
Somehow I feel very dirty listening to this as a 38 years old man. Don’t really know why that is.
Not gonna lie, my vocal cords hurt listening to the screaming lyrics. Not my scene, as this tries to be metal / rap. Listened before: No Saved to library: No Favorite tracks: In the End
I've been playing the new Twenty One Pilots album, Breach, on repeat since it came out. I wish I were listening to that instead of this. Hybrid Theory was released when I was in high school. It's been a while since I've listened to Linkin Park. For good reason. So repetitive. Meh. Listened before? Y Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.
I mean, it’s actually pretty solid. But, I’m a person of taste. 2*
Sounded like the same song 12 times in a row, even the ones I know I’ve heard before. Not a fan
I tried to put myself in the mind of an angsty teenage boy listening to this and found that helped a lot. In The End remains an obvious banger. But overall not for me.
Radio friendly unit shifter. No creativity or imagination beneath the hooks.
This has some elements I like, yet the whole package is so cliché and pubertal I so can't enjoy this. Nu metal tends to be like that (please give me the real thing) but this is particularly boring. No. One star up from 1 because I can get the appeal and some songs can be fun and radio-worthy (not on my favourite stations, but still).
For a few hours I actually thought this album was good.. though in hindsight, that was only because I accidentally ate moldy rye bread..
I feel like this was a mid listening experience for me. This album does have a ton of their hits on here but overall this was a miss for me personally. These songs just sound angry and whiny to me so I probably won’t be listening to this again anytime soon.
Yep, still don't like nu metal. Add the whiney voice and it's goodbye.
Es curioso ver a todos los milenials derrochar nostalgia por este disco. También resulta ser un claro ejemplo de cómo distintas generaciones tienen esos discos fundacionales con los que las generaciones anteriores y posteriores no logran comulgar completamente. En mi caso, al menos, el disco me parece más pop-rock que nu-metal, más superficial que profundo, las letras son repetitivas y monotematicas.
Not my cup of tea! in the end is a certified banger tho
Eh, other than the two well known songs I was just kinda waiting for the album to be over.
2.4 // I don't use this word often or lightly, but this is cringe. I see how people like it, but that does not mean I like it. It isn't nice, but I do think a little lesser of the person who loves this album. Objectively, it isn't terrible, but I do not like it. It should, sadly, be on this list, however. I do (and I'm not sure if it is ironic or not) like how the "crawling in my skin" line sounds. Maybe it's the COD nostalgia.
Minus the vocals, very energetic, dark, moody music, could be good for weigh lifting music. But OMG the guy singing is insufferable! In every song he is the victim and super angry. What a cry baby. If only the songs were about something else. Will not listen to it again.
every single song immediately transported me to the end credits of every superhero movie in the early 2000s. i genuinely don't enjoy the wall of guitar vibes of this album, but there were a few moments worry of bobbing my head.
Better than incubus
not my thing
Linkin Park took literally everything I disliked about music in the year 2000 and combined into one awful, inauthentic amalgam. And it caught on so well that it appears on this list. God dammit.
nostalgia can't save this one
I blame Aerosmith and Run DMC for this shit. 2/5 #156
To continue the cricket analogy, after posting my 50 yesterday, I took a wild swing at this, it clipped an edge and was dropped at slip… or something like that. That’s a roundabout way of saying that this wasn’t for me although I was surprised how many of these songs I’d heard before given that I’ve never listened to the album, possibly in clubs or music TV channels. Quite often this sounds somewhere between Korn (a band I used to like) and Incubus (a band I still like) but it lacks the looseness that either of those bands had, Korn with their hip hop groove or Incubus with their SoCal surfer vibes. It all felt a bit stiff and ‘techy’ and I’m not a fan of either vocalist. I can see the appeal but not for me.
high school
I was a huge fan of Linkin Park when I was a kid. I’m pretty sure I played this album on repeat on my Sony Walkman for weeks when I was like 10 or 11. Listening to this now, I have no idea why I liked it. I wasn’t particularly angsty or angry or anything. I think it was mostly my attempting to figure out my music preferences. It doesn’t quite hold up for me now, but I think the nostalgia alone is saving this from a 1/5.
Lotta yelling and every song sounded the same. Limp Bizkit like
Einfach nix für mich 2/5
In The End is a great song. Everything else, I don't enjoy listening to.
this is familiar to me but quite boring
Like a better Limp Bizkit, but "In the End" is a banger. 2.5
It's all pretty samey and depressing but it was OK. I'd prefer not to have to hear it all the way through again.
Very Limp Bizkit-esque and so self-serious. The nu-metal/rap hybrid makes me wince at times.
Just not my kinda rock, to be honest.