Hybrid Theory

I have never like Linkin Park. I don’t understand why I needed to listen to this. I only knew In the End.

Leider doch zu Rockig und selte imene Mood für sone Ladig Geschreie

I'm not sure that this one has aged particularly well. Hybrid Theory was huge in the turn-of-the-millenium music world, particularly among kids between their early teens and early twenties. The rapping feels a little simplistic, the music has a dark harmonic bent and the vocals sound like they're lifted from a melodic hardcore band but cleaned up a bit. Lyrically, Linkin Park hint at an angst beneath the surface ("I'm about to break") but they're just broad enough about it that there's everything to latch onto for a teenager, but nothing to dig into. There are a lot of bands that wouldn't have been big in the early Oughts if it weren't for Hybrid Theory, so this is a bit of a landmark album in that sense. It's very of its time -- rather than a genuine example of underground music breaking through to the mainstream, this feels like music inspired by a number of alternative rock and hip-hop subgenres that was just sent global by clever A&R work by Warner. Some interesting things that happen with Linkin Park that are worth looking at elsewhere: the guitar rhythms and chord structures are pretty typical for nu-metal of the time. You'll hear that kind of chugging and chromatic descent through a riff and periodic discordant harmonics/feedback squeals throughout Korn (sadder and weirder) and Incubus (much sunnier and still weirder). Even the "glassy" tones like the hook that runs through 'Papercut' are typical of the high-gain, rectified amps (and probably a phaser and an MXR Distortion+) that were everywhere at the time. The electronic bits added in by their tuntablist were everywhere; I have a preference for the way Chris Kilmore injected dupes of Brandon Boyd's voice into Incubus's work, but you may also enjoy the scratch-heavy stuff that DJ Lethal was doing in Limp Bizkit. I don't hate Mr. Hahn's work in LP, though (he's not the problem). The thing that makes Linkin Park distinct is the dual vocalists. Mike Shinoda handles most of the rapping but does some backing vocals (I think he also plays a little guitar). Chester Bennington became the face of the band and he deservedly earned praise for his vocal work. Both his clean and distorted vocals are impressive. A really decent scream, especially for 25 years ago -- and that broke some rules in 2000's pop music. He has a good range and a strong delivery and is complimented nicely by Shinoda's call-and-response chiming in in a deeper, more speaking-like register. LP are let down by the repetitive song structures, same-y melodies and the bland way that they express their angst. Most songs follow the theme of 'I am experiencing a darkness and there is no light of hope' which is a feeling worth expressing but would benefit from some more poetry than is offered. Add a little quiet/loud dynamic play (never a slow build with these guys!) and then mix in the other stuff and you've got a Linkin Park stew going. This album is kind of like The Strokes: it's probably someone's whole introduction to other kinds of music. On its own, this really isn't an exemplar of what was best about the music of Y2K; it's just what sold a lot of records. It's like the exact average of nu-metal but with the studio polish you get from early major label recruitment. Try White Pony by Deftones or one of Incubus's circa-2000 albums instead (Make Yourself for polished semi-metal and Morning View for the post-nu-metal drift toward mainstream rock). Or Faith No More or Dillinger Escape Plan for something more heavy. It's fine, and should you wonder what the hell was happening with the alt that broke mainstream around Y2K, this is a good place to start and stop your investigation. Just suppress your cringe reflex or it's going to come on hard. Or get a full crash course on nu-metal cliches by listening to 'Crawling In The Dark' by Hoobastank and save yourself some time. 2/5 Most enjoyable tracks: 'Papercut', 'Points of Authority', 'Cure for the Itch'.

Too heavy for me. Makes me stressed and angry. One or two better tracks

Zu sggro

I understand this album ultimately went 12x platinum. I understand it has 4 singles (Papercut, Crawling, One Step Close and In the End) that were in very regular rotation on the radio. But there are very real times throughout the record that I couldn’t tell if this was Linkin Park or any other Rap/Rock band from the era (P.O.D.. Limp Bizket or even Kid Rock).

Not as great as I remember ngl

Probably has cultural/nostalgic impact, but would resonate with my angsty 13 year old self. Tracks to Track: Crawling, In

This album is turning 25 in a few months. Wow. The fact that I didn't like this when it came out (I was 20) says a lot. In retrospect, it seems like something 20-year-old me might have liked, alas, no. The only part of this that has aged well is "In the End", thematically speaking. They were right!

A couple of superb songs, but generally speaking, the sound of the record is just too much. Specially the guitars. It doesn't sound very natural. But a good album indeed.

lol, still kinda like it tho

Nostalgic, good for a work out, not my favorite anymore. Not the best production.

Whoa, what a great idea! Let's blend together the most annoying aspects of rock/metal with rap and call it Linkin Park. What a wet dream it must have been for the promoters and record labels with dollar signs in their eyes. Obviously, millions of people agreed, bought the record, saw them live and drew the band's logo on their textbooks at school. Personally, this music makes me both angry and sad. Angry, that this sucks so bad, yet so many people spent their well earned money back in the day on this band and sad those same people are now leaving the CD's on the boulevard for free giveaway day. Yeah, it was a good idea while it lasted.

What eventually became nu-metal, when I was a teenager, was called rap-rock. We (my freaks and geeks friends group) were obsessed with it. The Judgement Night s/t, 311, Orange 9mm, and of course the perfectors of the genre, Rage Against The Machine. The Beasties dipped in, especially with Check Your Head, but were generally sample-based in our era. Most of these bands retained the anti-authoritarian and street culture of punk and hip-hop, even when grooving on some reggae or ska. So when Limp Bizkit emerged, we didn’t take them seriously. And I mean musically. And Linkin Park seemed to duck in the door after them, riding the wave of boom bap and Marshall stacks that all the kids (and by this time our gang were kids no more) loved. To us it was a politically neutered, dumbed down, radio-shiny version of rap-rock, and we were glad at the advent of the term ‘nu-metal’ because it separated this pablum from the raw ferocity and the real real of Zack DLR and Chaka Malik. But at some point all that gatekeeping became unimportant, and I was able to hear what was special about this band. It IS the massive, stadium-in-your-ears production. It IS the “slick” layers of guitar roar and synth wail that perfectly set the stage for the late great Chester Bennington’s metal god vocals. Whatever you think of the band, nobody can deny this kid’s voice was a phenomenon. And of course he is gone way too goddamn soon, another victim of depression, the forever curse of those who can’t help but see through the facade. Overall, it’s still a little too clean at the edges for my taste. I’ll always be drawn back to RATM or even early 311, neither of which are particularly punk in their production, but which have a more stripped down, focused approach to the music all around. Some bands try hard to make hits, and that’s fine, but those bands, no matter how innovative, will never be a part of the discussion about music as something more.

The more "nu" metal I listen to the more I appreciate the fact that I spent the last half of the 90's and most of the noughties listening to pretty much nothing but The Grateful Dead, Phish and Widespread Panic. I was actually surprised by how much I disliked this. "IS THERE NO STANDARD ANYMOOOORE?!!?" 2

Kinda corny Not for me

Well I bought it back in the day. Not been spun since then. Listening back, it sounds ok. But I’m struggling to see what all the hype was about now.

My teen angst soundtrack was more Deftones than Linkin Park. By the time this album came out I still had teen angst but listened to DnB. I do get the significance of this and remember hearing some early stuff in the free CV that came with Rock Sound magazine… This album is kinda peak nu metal sound and has been an inspiration to many. Based on the rapping in a place for my head it may have been the inspiration for an angst ridden AI bot to write a rap song about feelings. I can understand why it’s a top album for many millennials. Just not this one

I'll be honest, I'm not too excited for this one. Just not at all in the mood. And I might be slightly judgemental of the genre. Whatever, let's see. First song starts aggressive, as I expected, but what I was not expecting is the rap-influence delivery on the lyrics. This is very heterossexual. I like the end of the chorus, when he does his signature scream in the line "beneath my skinnnnn". This brigde (if you can call it that) is cool too. This is weird to say, but I'd like this way more if I heard it live. There's something about the lack of subtlety in the lyrics and even in the instrumentals that keeps me from liking this. I feel like I might like some things here, but the sound of the album itself is not that much for me. Like ok I get it you're mad and sad. It's not even the fact that this is just noise. Actually it is that, Because I like other kinds of heavy music. But I don't have sense of musical logic to this. The chorus of Points of Authority sounds like something that would play in the radio station on GTA 5. Which is not even an insult, that game had some gems, but yeah just reminded me of that. Oh Crawling right! Yeah I'm sorry I can't take this song seriously after years of seeing it be used in memes. It's the go-to song to that kind of thing. In mean, it is the best song so far, so I should look beyond my prejudices and compliment it as such! I was saying that Crawling was the most memed song of all time....... and then In The End starts playing.... Man I don't know, this is the closest the album has gotten to being good I guess. The chorus is cool! 3 tracks left, I'm just gonna write the conclusion. Cure For the Itch being the most interesting thing here and also being the second to last track... man what. And even then it's not necessarily good, but at least it's a change in sound. Pushing Me Away is potentially my favorite song in the whole record. And it's thanks to the fact that they take a step back for a lot of it, and the build-up feels more earned. This is what I meant at the beginning, I can like this genre, it's just rare. Yeah, this was not for me at all. This feels very teenagery. The focus on like two emotion. Being angry all the time. I don't know Linkin Park's story except the one big thing. So yeah, maybe this constant mood is warranted. But I guess I just express these emotions, when I feel them, in a different way. Nothing about this album was interesting. No moment left me surprised or excited. Again, maybe if I was drunk and I was hearing it live I'd join in the mosh pit. But listening to this at home? Yeah, probably never again. But if you like this, more power to you! So, it's a 2. Bye

Who hurt you, Chester? I was familiar with the singles; but then, how could you have been alive at the turn of the century and NOT been familiar with them? They were blasted everywhere. And I suppose, for that, they do carry a bit of nostalgia for those especially angsty times. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing depends on your pain tolerance, I guess. The unfamiliar non-singles were sorta meh for me, which makes me wonder if the singles are of an equally meh caliber but get a pass because of their familiarity? I don't think there's enough here for me to spend too much time pondering it, though; so I'm just going to move on to better things. Which seems apropos considering the parallel this album's anger and historical time period share with my own life's timeline.

Meh

Did nada pour moi. I feel nothing..

At the time of writing this there seems to be a wave of reappraisal for the nu-metal genre. It's gotten to a point where many previously ridiculed artists seem to get geniune praise and acclaim for their music. This seems strange to me as someone who's grown up clowning on this stuff with Linkin Park being one of the frequent targets. It occurs to me that the previous attitude towards this band is wholy unjustified as to this day I've never heard a full album from them. Of course I know the hits off of this album, as they are at least memorable if anything. With all of this in mind I'm willing to attempt to see past my prejudices and give it a fair shot. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised. Papercut The angsty lyrics are a bit much, feels a bit hamfisted. It sure is a staple for this style of music, but I don't love the rapping. Comes of as kinda corny. Impressive vocals. The final minute of the track has some really poweful atmosphere with the layering and the heavy drums. Average. 2.5/5 One Step Closer Great guitar riff. I really struggle with the lyrics. Really don't like that breakdown. Decent chorus. Average. 2.5/5 With You Kinda like Chester Bennington's parts on this song. Great performance. Really like the structure of his verses. Decent chorus. Decent. 3.5/5 Points of Authority The blown out speaker vocal effect instantly dates the song. There is some nice contrast between the quieter and the louder parts in the vocals. They do a great job at balancing withinhis vocal range, fitting the instrumental perfectly to whatever Chester is doing vocally. The rap verse feels a bit tacked on. Don't love the chorus. Fine. 3/5 Crawling Yeah it's this song... Can't take that chorus seriously. Honestly the lyrics aren't that bad considering this particular writing style. Really like the way the verses build up to the chorus. Great post chorus. Iconic in it's own particular way, don't love it though. 3/5 Runaway Interesting electronic intro. Love the contrast to the blaring distorted guitars. The chorus is a bit clunky. Decent breakdown. Kinda forgetable. Average. 2.5/5 By Myself I like the different structure here, feels refreshing. The background synth provides some cool ambience to the track. Impressive screams. Really like the distortion on the guitar. Decent. 3.5/5 In The End There's only one correct way to listen to this song: with the iconic music video attached to it playing in 360p. And by God that music video is probably the most year 2000 thing ever made. Those visuals could not be made today. A piece of art worthy of the Louvre. A masterpiece. 5/5. The song is alright too I suppose. A Place For My Head That opening riff is really great. Really like the instrumental to this. The rap parts really go well against it. Amazing breakdown/bridge. Love the energy of this track. Good. 4/5 Forgotten Great transition. Amazing energy leading up on the chorus. The verses are a bit bland. Impressive vocals. Melodic chorus. Decent. 3.5/5 Cure for the Itch Abrasive intro. Doesn't sound all too great. The experimental sampling added up to nothing. The instrumental part has some interesting moments, but kinda falls flat in the end. Average. 2.5/5 Pushing Me Away Kinda forgetable. Doesn't really distinguish itself much from previous tracks. The guitar on the chrous is pretty cool I suppose. Average. 2.5/5 In my quest to not be too harsh on this I might've ended up rating a few of these tracks a little too favourably. Truth be told, once you get over the angsty lyrics and the dated rapping you end up with something pretty bland. If it wasn't for Chester Bennington's outstanding vocal performances you'd be stuck with something extremely average. He does a lot of the heavy lifting to elevate some of these mediocre tracks into something that is at least listenable. The lyrics are too direct to be interesting, the guitars all sound vaguely the same, you only feel the impact of the drums on a few of these tracks, and most of the songs are structured really similarly. You do get some belters when it comes to choruses, but the lyrical content becomes so goofy the only thing left to appreciate is Chester's voice. For the most part this is just fine, and while the hits do carry an air of memorablility they aren't much more interesting than the other songs when examined through a vacuum. It all ends up being a pretty samey experience where most of the songs kinda just blend together in your head. Sure no one is denying their talent here, but it does suffer a bit from age as well as being a bit unrefined songwriting wise. The production also does not help with the sameiness as its style causes the songs to sound like they lack some sonic depth. Where everything is just mixed to be loud and aggressive, which kinda kills all humanity and soul from the instruments. And while my individual track ratings might suggest a higher rating it doesn't really reflect the frustrating listening experience of the full album. While they may possess some decent individual qualities, the flaws become too apparent over an extended listen to be anything short of annoying. Won't bash you for loving this thing, and I would gladly sing along to a few of the choruses with you. However I'd rather keep it to just a couple of songs if that's okay. 2.5/5 rounded down to a 2/5

The sounds of my life as a pre-teen

I gave 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 an honest shot and even listened to 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢 and 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 for context. Still, it just doesn’t click with me. 1. Chester Bennington’s screams on 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 feel more forced than fierce — his clean vocals are solid, but the shouting isn’t quite there yet. 2. Mike Shinoda’s rapping also lacks the confidence and flow he shows later, especially on 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢. 3. Without the electronic polish and DJ elements, 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 often sounds like just another angsty metal album from the early 2000s. 4. Honestly, I wouldn’t recommend 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 as the best entry point to Linkin Park — 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢 refines the formula and delivers it with far more impact. That said, 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱 is a clear standout, and I understand why 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 earned its place on the 1001 Albums list. It’s a defining moment for its genre — just not one that resonates with me personally.

Another album I’ve heard a lot and grew up with. Very neutral on Linkin Park in general. They are objectively good but really overplayed to the point where I listened to this album and felt nothing. Which makes it really difficult to review because the songs are good, but just illicit no response from me. I like the song Cure for the Itch, really cool song, but otherwise I would never put this album on.

I can appreciate what they were going for 20 years ago, and there’s time when it works, but this album just ain’t very good. Linkin Park is better than their meme reputation, but in other ways they’re like if Simple Plan was a little bit heavier. 2.5 Stars

Tended to like the singing more than the rapping more than the screaming but not a huge fan no matter what, don't think I'm angsty enough for it. Some songs I quite liked but most of them I just wanted to be over. Favourite: In the End Least: With You

I'm really not a linkin Parker.

I know all the songs so I must have listened to it in the past. But I’m not a fan of American indie music

They felt like a label-assembled, cheap knock off when this album came out, and having listened to this for the first time in many years, my opinion hasn’t changed. My god, this is all so angsty, yet all the lyrics are incredibly vague—almost like what you’d get after focus group testing to catch the widest possible swath of disaffected, sweaty youth. The “raps” are completely devoid of flow or flavor to make sure every suburban, cargo-shorted, upside down visor wearing male between the ages of 8 and 24 can safely digest “urban” culture. It might be a great album when you have more hormones than sense, but I’m middle aged and my ears work so fuck this shit.

Angsty music for teenagers.

I really don't like nu-metal, and this is no exception. I admit I dozed a bit during this on a plane journey. Low two; I didn't hate it quite as much as I expected.

Save yourself some time and just listen to the first song. Every other song on the album is identical.

Aaaah, enfin! Un album de marde! Ouf, je commençais à m’inquiéter...

Fav: In The End Least Fav: Points Of Authority Contender for the most dated album on this list?

So this is the kind of rubbish that I associate with nu-metal. Vastly overproduced, artificial and as far from the ethos of rock and roll as you can get. A couple of tracks saved it, but overall not great.

It was alright, not my favorite

I love Rap and I really like Rock, but Rap Rock has always been a genre I don't really like. With this in mind, I had mostly avoided Linkin Park, as I had already heard a couple of songs by them and never really liked them. This is my first time listening to a Linkin Park record front to back. I gotta say that I expected worse, but I wasn't converted. The instrumentals aren't bad, they manage to get pretty heavy guitar lines going and the drums aren't bad either. The little electronic touches and the scratching didn't really add much for me. In terms of the singing, I found Shinoda to be really lacking. His delivery is very flat, and he's repetitive and very simple in his lyricism. I don't think he's good as a singer, a rapper, or a writter (at least in this record). Bennington, on the other hand, while not my favourite vocalist, has a much higher level, more varied delivery, and really brings the songs alive. I liked how open about their struggles the band is throughout the lyrics and topics of the songs, although the lyrics are a bit simple. I think my favourite song was "Points of Authority", I felt like Shinoda's contribution didn't break up the flow of the songs that much, the chorus is pretty good and the metallic snare during the chorus was a pretty cool detail. Dislike the scratches but they're all over the album so not much to do about that. While I understand that part of the appeal at the moment was the whole rapping over a metal-ish track, I think that this record would've been much better if they just went full nu-metal with only Bennington as a vocalist. For what it is, I think there are better records I'd rather revisit than this one.

In the End, please Runaway and take your anger and your instruments. Sounds like a very disturbing and difficult childhood with lots of yelling and violence. Hopefully, now that the members of LP are no longer trapped in situations beyond their control (and are filthy rich) they can make their own decisions and are One Step Closer to finding inner peace. High Voltage and Pushing Me Away (which they are doing) are listenable, the rest of the album is the same heavy drumbeats and screaming into the mic. (2.2*s) want to like them more, but can’t.

eminem if he was somehow even edgier

Not my vibe currently, so rating 2.5

The production on Cure for the Itch is the only thing saving this from a 1

point2.

Pants

det får ett pluspoäng för nostalgi men jag anser att det här inte har åldrats med någon vidare värdighet. scratchandet går varmt.

There is no way that I am going to like this. I lived through hearing the singles on the radio. There is no way a re-evaluation of this band will change much for me. We used to laugh at the "Shut up when I'm talking to you" line when I was a teenager and it's just as dumb now. Every song sounds the same. It sounds like 311. I think the only song that aged well is In the End. For some reason, it doesn't bother me as much.

The part of me this spoke to so hard back in the day .. is not in charge anymore.

2emo4me, never got the appeal

I’ve never been a linkin park fan

I know it's sacrilege to a certain age group but I have never been able to engage with LP's earnest angst rap-rock. I've also never listened to a whole album. I can't say that I enjoyed it. It was a sort of chore today. It all was also sort of a pastiche of repeated themes both lyrically and musically. Lost my attention in a sea of same.

Not my type of music anymore, although the sound feels so nostalgic. I liked the fun instrumentation with using a cool piano, a fun synth or a good guitar riff. What I couldn't get behind was the lyrcisim and the loudness of it all. It is not my style so it was hard to enjoy. Looking at this objectively, I think it is a solid 3/5. I can admire the production and the relvance of this album when it came out, but I don't think it stands strong.

I can't believe I voluntarily listened to an entire Linkin Park album

Reminds me of very specific kids in high school, mostly friends of mine whose music I vastly disagreed with lol

All due respect th Chester Bennington, who lost his life while fighting against child trafficking, this music is still lowest common denominator. Back to his crusade, along with Soundgardens Chris Cornell, against child trafficking, the lyrics of "In the End" really hit hard

This wasn't for me but was proud of myself for listening to the whole thing as a hater

I've heard worse music. Nu metal isn't for me.

Any initial novelty that comes with the edgy nu-metal vibe started to dissipate within the first few songs. Perhaps any chance at me enjoying this kind of music was whipped out of me by the Triple M propaganda wing but I just found most of this annoying. In the end gets a pass though

Sometimes when in the mood

fUcK PaReNtS

These guys feel like they're trying so hard to be cool, but are so not cool.

If I’ve learned one thing from the internet it’s that a lot of people DEEPLY love/d Linkin Park. It didn’t make me a fan or anything, but I did listen to this with a different frame of mind than I would have a few years ago.

but in the end it doesn't even matter 2/5

Edgy enough to split hairs with, but the emotion's clearly 100% authentic so it gets a pass. It's a surprisingly solid metal record (props to Chester's vocals, the real highlight here) and an unsurprisingly shoddy rap record. Of all the angsty music 14-year old you could have been listening to, there's far worse out there, but also far better.

Not the worst nu-metal, but not the best either. A bit too polished and quantized for me. I know the guy was legitimately very troubled, but also, the lyrics are remarkably teenagery. Hard to not feel cynical that they knew what they were doing, and it wasn’t necessarily fully earnest. Here’s what I did like though: literally every song sounded like plausible entrance music for a wrestler, and that’s pretty funny.

This was much cooler when I was 11

Sounds like what I’d hear on the bus on the way to school in 4th grade Takes itself too seriously, also why is there so much rap is that Linkin’s park thing that I didn’t realize? I thought it was just rappy in their radio hit songs. The remix-y part at the end of Points of Authority is particularly goofy In the end is still a banger ngl Lyrics pretty mid Chester Bennington was a talented vocalist so gotta give him credit Someone should make one of those yelling goat remixes for the song By Myself Medium 2

One of the most overrated bands of all time. A band that highly benefited from the Kurt Cobain effect. The most meme-y band in the most meme-y genre of music. In all fairness, this isn’t the worst album so far, but it’s still bad and unlistenable. Vocals are like nails on a chalkboard, and the lyrics are terrible. Unfortunately this album only deserves to be on the 1001 list just by how inflated they got. Only pro is the production on the guitar is good at some points and there are some half decent breakdowns. Won’t ever intentionally listen to this band. Weak 2/5.

This album was everywhere - but it really hasn’t aged well. Corndog lyrics and fat sausage compression everywhere. This album must’ve been great when you’re 13 Good songs are the singles: Papercut, Crawling, In the End, and One Step Closer. Didn’t mind a Place for my head and Forgotten either. The other tracks are weak and don’t do anything for me. It’s not a great record, but I like this Linkin Park more than the U2-rips of their later stuff that I’ve heard. Solid 2/5

Kakav blast from the past 😂 sjećam se sebe kao baš baš klinke i kako mi je ovo bilo tad dobro 😁 današnjim ušima teško mogu ovo appreciateati van nostalgije (iako mi realno nije loš album za to vrijeme), tako da će biti 2/5, 4/10.

I can’t get past his voice. It feels like a theatrical performance in a play at times. Almost like I’m listening to an angsty high school play.

I just don't get it. I know, I know - they mix melody and heavy guitars and electronics and rapping/turntables and supposedly emotionally meaningful lyrics. I dare you to grab 5 random ingredients, stick them in a blender and pound the contents - ie- BBQ sauce, broccoli, yogurt, hot dogs, blue cheese. Nauseating. Still better the Steely Dan. I do kind of like Cure for the Itch (less ingredients maybe). But overall - so much noises just swirling in a whiny agro mess.

A few good songs here…

só não rapaziada só não

nu metal e rap rock juntos: meu maior pesadelo se tornando realidade. música de amv de naruto do caralho. duas estrelas apenas pelo meu amigo douglas mas pqp viu. super produzido (muito mais do que precisaria). e é besta pra caramba, hein? tipo, mesmo não gostando de nu metal, isso aqui soa como nu metal radio-friendly. tipo, é adolescente e gritado, mas, ao mesmo tempo, seus pais suportariam ouvir contigo numa rádio qualquer. meia boca pra caramba. dito isso, eles voltaram sem o rapaz careca e não trocaram o nome da banda = desrespeito com o falecido.

In the end is a decent song. The rest I wasn’t wild about. Most of the songs sound the same.

One of the more successful Nu Metal albums. Feels a little overproduced and the lyrical themes don’t really resonate with me. 2/5 Probably won’t listen again

2 out of 5. Mostly nostalgia drove this score. A bit too edgy for me now that I'm older.

Not my vibe

Lot of people like Linkin Park; I am just not one of them.

Annoyed me in then, annoys me now.

Stinkin’ Fart lol. In The End is a tune. The rest is absolute garbage.

Couldn't finish, really not into it

Couldn't be assed to go back to the well on this one—whatever

Не моё, но кто то любит

Chester, I hope you have the peace now that you never had in life. That said... listening to an entire album of "mental health crisis" is painful in multiple ways. Hybrid Theory wouldn't exist in a world with accessible, decent, affordable psychiatric care.

Kompromisslos, laut, Stilmix. Ich mag keinen Rap, aber Rock. Manchmal muss es genauso klingen.

Very forgettable

Not my thing. Like rap love rock but this just seems pointless stop start rap rock

Not for me.

Iu

I HATE how overproduced the vocals are. I DONT CARE if this part has a bitcrusher and this one has a glitch effect , and this one has weird panning (which by the way happens SO MUCH). The vocals/lyrics overall are terrible in my opinion and damn near ruin the whole thing. I feel like on old person writing this but there are so many ways to do the rap-metal thing and the screaming thing and the repetitive hook thing which are all infinitely better than this. The real only redeeming quality is the amazing guitars and raw instrumentals, and I quite like the vinyl scratching in some parts. The vocals are just so annoying that it totally ruins anything. Favourite songs: Just to prove my point, the instrumental song second till the end is by far my favourite. - I think the effects are really cool. Overall around 4/10

So there's some ear candy here. Mostly rhythmic dj stuff which i can be a sucker for. The album feels overproduced and spliced together. At times it made me think of a dumb local band. I've always struggled with thecheart on the sleeve lyrics but in light of Chester's suicide maybe I should revisit. It's just too on the nose for me. I prefer a lil mystery. There are some things I like here when I pulled my snobby head out of my ass and gave it a listen. To he honest though I can't imagine it has any real staying power. It will always be a product of its time. And that's OK.

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This reminds me of introspective emos at school wearing hyper-baggy jeans with chains, who listened to bands like Coheed and Cambria and wallowed in their faux pain. Their only real pain at that time being they'd forgotten to do their homework for Further Maths and Mrs Cole was in a particularly foul mood so they were worried they'd get detention. It's bland, it's less ground-breaking than a plastic hammer, and the rapping/scratching is bad. It has 2 songs which I consider passable, one of which, In the End, is decent.

Not a fan

This took me right back to secondary school, where it's year 8 and half the year think they could be the next Mike Shinoda, and the other half think they could be the next Chester Bennington. None of them were right. My main issue with this album is just how safe it all feels - it's dealing with mental health and substance abuse, but in a way that still feels made for radio and surprisingly inoffensive. It's angsty pop masquerading as rock/metal. It wasn't the record for me back in year 8, and it's not the record for me now.

I love a couple of the songs on this album, but never listened to the entire thing before. It really isn't good.

RIP Chester, men er fortsatt ikke fan av linkin park. Liker ikke gitartonen, generiske emotekster eller dramatisk hvisking, men det verste er kanskje rap-flowen som er så typisk for sjangeren. Jeg er kanskje litt i overkant streng, men det er det at musikken virker så selvhøtydelig og uironisk samtidig som det er ekstremt cheesy som ender opp med noe jeg virkelig ikke setter pris på. Har forresten vært i Lincoln Park i Chicago, veldig koselig ganske rikt nabolag, med fine mursteinshus og grøntområder. Litt artig å se for seg noen som går rundt der og depper. Favorittlåt: In The End

Es sind drei Lieder, die mir sehr gut gefallen. Ansonsten geht das Album an mir vorüber.

Loud

Nah not really a fan

Mid, don’t really like Linkin Park, way too simple

Crawling and In The End were tolerable, but the rest was kinda the worst of nu metal white trying to sound harder than they were.

It's not that I don't like angry music. I could listen to Rage any day of the week. Trying to put my finger on why I enjoy RATM, but kind of feel like just shaking my head at Linkin Park, I think it's that Rage's anger is turned outward. It's protest music explicitly about injustice. Linkin Park is yelling 'shut up,' too - but it sounds like it's directed at their parents, or girlfriends, or maybe their inner demons - but either way, it's just a lot harder to take seriously when you're not a teenage boy.

Honestly, not as bad as I thought it would be. I appreciated Chester's singing, and an angsty teenage me would have been all over it at the time. The lyrics were more vulnerable that I expected. But, it's fairly bland and formulaic. The rapping is terrible and banal. 2/5.

Dette er ikke min type band. Så gadd ikke å høre på hele albumet

Pretty cringe but I didn't hate it as much as I thought I would. At least it was short

Nah. This ain't for me.

How dare they even suggest this?

Cannot say I am over-impressed; yes it does go cross-genre sometimes but it comes over more as decorative rather than intrinsic to the music. Otherwise the tracks mostly go back to the same old style of rocking guitars and shouted vocals (although I will say they are clear). Nothing here that makes them stand out to me.

Meh, if you're not angry.

wau nuo toistokerrat huhhuh. ja joo ei ole kovin hyvä bändi heh.. omg so aaangry... like us in generation... angry... chesterillä yksi ärsyttävimmistä äänistä koskaan omg its so perfect so much angst.... arvaa mikä on oikeaa vihaa... sanoo ''prkl''... PRKL PRRRRKL... ja kuiskutellen: hii hoi hoi ja rommia pullo... PRKL.. PRKL.. the real angry mans quiet.. sitting silent like shadows in the shadow.. prkl prkl you hear... prkl.. not this AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh like woman... not womanly hollering hooting.. typical american rhetoric. joo vielä paskempaa mitä muistin annetaan nyt se kaksi niin ei tarvi runkkailla.. in the end

not for me

Not my thing at all but this album is nostalgic for me

Now this album is tricky for me, it came out when I was 13. I loved 70s rock and prog, my 9 year old cousin had \"found\" linkin park and was obsessed. Need I say more the walls just went up. I have tried since but it's just not my Jazz I find it all a bit too \"meh\". I know hard-core fans are really in to them but, leave me out, thanks.

Didn't really like it back then, nothing has really changed. I respect what they do, and they were way more palatable than a lot of the contemporaries.

I liked a few of these but overall the effect of listening to this was not a pleasant one

Honestly, most of it is shite. You probably shouldn't trust anyone who is over 14 and still love this album. Yet, it is quite remarkable that they made a record that spoke to so many teenagers for so many years, and only for that it deserve 2 stars.

This is album is overhyped by people who listened to it as angry and troubled edgy teens. It wasn't good and still isn't. 2/5

Was hoping for more of the guilty pleasure appeal here, but most of it is very samey and rather whiny. Best Song: In The End Worst Song: Crawling

I understand why people might love this album but I don't like anyone yelling at me. Sorry, Chester.

Was expecting better.

Must be the nostalgia. 2.4.

What do you get when you combine Rock, Rap, and Pop? Shit.

not for me

Never liked them. Too aggressive and frankly dated in 2024. Only listened to a few tracks.

Juvenile. Not good.

Yeah, this Linkin Park album is closer to Limp Bizkit than *Meteora*. It's only saving grace is "Crawling" and the closer "Pushing Me Away" which are the closest thing to being three star songs. However, they're not. Most of this album is plain old fucking horrible. By all means, *Hybrid Theory* is worse than *Meteora* (3.8) ★½

Like a teeny tots version of Rage Against The Machine with baby’s first DJ turntables and aw diddums screamo vocals flying around. After just a few tracks I felt like I was melting back into being an angsty teenager and almost tripped over a skateboard that had magically grown over the process of listening to this. Some legit awful tracks with the most cluttered, churned, plastic production and the best songs like Crawling and In The End aren’t even songs anymore if they ever were, just memes. Kind of almost look back on it fondly because it was such a big part of the music fabric at the time however cringy. Singles off of Meteora are better though.

Producto muy de su época Me ha costado mucho terminar el álbum. Prefiero el aire más enfermizo de unos Korn. Me ha resultado un tanto repetitivo aunque seguramente esa sea su seña de identidad: riffs cortantes y machacones mezclados con toques electrónicos, hip hop de andar por casa combinado con estribillo melódico. Radiable, algún single resultón pero poco más. No es para mí.

Not my cup of tea

I mean it’s okay, I guess… All the songs sound similar, heavy guitar riff, some screaming and a white boy rap/breakdown part. I don’t necessarily hate it, but I’m certainly not going to go searching for it again.

I really didn't like this band back in the day. Still don't think they are all that great but better than Limp Bizkit and some of the other Nu Metal bands...

It's got some good and familiar songs, but a lot of stinkers on it too. And I always start my day with this list, and I really don't like being yelled at in the morning! Thank you.

Hmm not for me. Simpsons: No

Stop yelling at me.

I am a psychiatric and substance use disorder registered nurse and I've had a lot of patients describe this band as an enormous influence on their recovery, so I come to this with an open mind and an open heart. This is schlocky, overproduced mediocrity. But don't worry, I'll never tell my patients that I feel this way.

Better than Limp Bizkit/10

Makes you realise how good Nirvana were.

I listened to 3/4 of this ages ago, then just relistened to most of the second half just now. I think it makes me laugh people thinking this is really emotional, but I do think it's good for what it is and I'm just a snob, critic and a hater. So I think it is a 2 but could easily understand why certain people would put this a 5. And good for them. Let people like what they chuffin' like!

My wife liked it better than I did. Brings back memories of my time before moving to VA

Yeesh. All that energy, and for this?

Very listenable. Not my usual thing - that kind of post-2000 teen angst rock thing. But some good songs on this and it's enjoyable. The rage does always sound a bit adolescent and inauthentic, though. It's not Nirvana! The guitar power chords are a bit obvious, too. The rap is a bit naff. Yet... it's decent overall. I like "By Myself". That's a high point.

One can not deny that this music is for the lethargic ones amongst us, as you are pumped with energy, or rage, the moment the album starts doing its thing. And that is where the problem lies: its thing. Angsty suburban rapper with almost the same cadence throughout the album, followed by our screamer screaming stuff... in the end, it doesn't really matter... A solid 1 1/2* as I don't want to piss off the fanboys, and girls, out there.

Too edgy. Music was alright I guess but not very enjoyable

I liked some songs of this as a teenager but this whole thing didn‘t age well imo.

Shouty shouty drums drums shouty shouty guitar guitar shouty shouty drums guitar

# Playlist track - Crawling # Notes - There are some solid tracks in there. Both "Crawling" and "In the end" definitely left a dent in the early 2000s. - Other than that, I wasn't a huge fan when I was a teenager, and listening to it now, it seems like a very teenager-ish album. - The instrumentals are not great, the raping verses tend to be bland. The calm to angry transitions get a bit old before the album is over. - But in the end, it doesn't even matter.

Overplayed, overproduced manufactured anger.

This is middle schooler music to me. The overdramatic tone and corny high-emotion lyrics come off as so goofy. There's a catchy hit or two in here, and I even think Cure for the Itch is some decent turntablism, but this is just too juvenile for me. At least too juvenile in a way I don't like.

This genre of music is not good

RIP and all that but not for me

Let me start by saying I'm not a fan. I like parts, not the whole. It moves so fast it makes me uncomfortable as the listener. I remember when it was released and it was like nothing anyone else was doing at the time, two vocalists, part rock, part rap, all angry. I do love "One Step Closer", and remember being blown away when I first heard the urgency and the angst they delivered it with. Any entire album in the same vein is overwhelming, he's yelling at the listener for 40 minutes (prime example "By Myself"). The other huge hit on the album , "In The End", is whiny and a bit annoying. "Crawling" got a bunch of airplay and he actually sings parts before the yelling commences again. Truth is the album, beats and music, don't hold up all that well 24 yrs later, I was bored 7 songs in. Groundbreaking maybe, but that sound hasn't stood the test of time, the album is not 1001 worthy.

Not as bad as I feared it might be. Not my vibe but I suppose I can see how it's popular. Rock/hip-hop crossovers can and should be more exciting than this though.

I don’t think ‘Hybrid Theory’ is an egregiously bad album. I actually think the band have some good ideas here, and I think they knew the kind of nu metal/hip hop sound they were going for from the beginning. It’s just poorly executed overall. Lyrically, the songs are amateur and feel like there's no conviction behind them. As if they were looking around the scene at the time to see what sells and went all in with it. While the hip hop elements feel like the kind of stuff you would come up with when you naively thought you were an aspiring rapper in your pre-teen years. And from a musical standpoint there really isn’t much that stands out. The riffs feel extremely basic, horribly distorted (a cliche of many nu metal bands back then), and uninventive; and a lot of tracks have a grandiose feel to them, but lack any real memorable punch to help them along. If you do even a basic scan of the nu metal scene in the early 2000’s you would find a plethora of bands who were more interesting, and far less concerned with being radio friendly, at the time. In my opinion I think ‘Hybrid Theory’ hasn’t aged well. It was overrated then, and it is probably more overrated now.

A little of this goes a long way. I surprised myself by enjoying the opening track, Papercut, but the rest is just a bunch of screaming.

Not for me.

Zuviel Geschrei My December ist ja ganz gut

Loved this when ot came out, but I don't think it has aged well. 2.5

Some promise but I think the vocals are an acquired taste. I do like the softer and more hip-hop influenced moments, but the anguished singing has aged considerably.

Not something that I want to listen to in the car or in the background while at dinner or anytime really -other than maybe during a workout. I don’t hate it - but I don’t like it.

cheesy

Juvenile and samey. Harsh sound. 2 stars instead of 1 because I at least knew what to expect.

Yeah quite entertaining to begin with but soon wore thin and I didn't care anymore. Samey

OK, so I can understand including this album as an illustration of how pissed off and directionless the world was in 2000. The republicans were poised to actually steal the presidency (for the first time) and the middle east was boiling over, the rich had become far too powerful and the poor had lost their voices. That said, its not a good album and its not really worth listening to unless you want to feel that same kind of "why am I even here" that adolescents in 2000 were going through. 2/5

This sub genre never was my thing.

I am not a fan of heavy metal

Surprising to me was that this album was mostly a hard rock/metal album with only a bit of hiphop . I like a certain amount of metal but its not my favorite. And this was listenable for me but mostly unremarkable and straight ahead. The vocals seem to be working hard to sound hard core which just ends up being grating. 2.4

I never got into this when it came out and I was a year into high school. I was still absorbed in Tool, RATM, etc., maybe SOAD. Linkin Park always sounded too polished and poppy for me, and Bennington's screaming never appealed to me. Years later, and in the wake of his death by suicide, I can at least appreciate the album more, as a kind of confessional of his (which, despite the plain-as-day, simple lyrics, I never really grasped at 14). Even still, not for me.

The multiple voices and cuts between them are interesting. But the lyrics are not of interest. Part of the issue with the album as a whole is that every song does the same kind of thing in terms of voice/sound movement. They seem unwilling to actually play with noise/sound disintegration so there is a certain neatness to the parts that are in the screaming/yelling end of the spectrum that undermines them by containing them as a style rather than an edge.

Rock, Rap, 2000 -> 2

Oj, vad överproducerat detta var. Jämför med RATM eller andra. Hade varit kul att höra demos eller mer liveinspelning

I guess I thought Linkin Park was metal? This is like a Rage cover band or something.

Just very "shouty" not my cup of tea at all.

Slightly better version of Limp Bizkit, and mercifully brief in comparison, coming in at only 37 mins. Listening to this I can’t quite fathom how it shifted 12+million units in the U.S…actually, maybe I can.

Haven’t heard this in decades. Owned the cd at some point. I know it’s well regarded Yeah, I remember this. Overproduced. Angst-driven cringe lyrics. I’m aBoUt To BrEAk ok relax bro Don’t forget to add turntable scratching. Some spoken word verses. Then the other guy scream-cries the chorus. Knockoff 311, get therapy I’m actually having a really hard time taking this album seriously. Is every song just angry white dude music? This album has a very narrow niche. Unless you’re a somehow still-angry white dude feel free to pass

Not my cup of tea.

This seems to be the best version of the limp bizkit era of lates 90s white-boy turntable rap. It’s angsty and angry, which I’m sure inspires some people. Every song ends up sounding the same to me and I don’t really like it.

Why did I like this music back in 2000? Oh, I know - because I was hanging out with rich white frat boys that thought their lives were SO hard. Listening to it now, I can’t believe how formulaic and repetitive it is. Plus the screaming… Another reviewer referred to it as “Cookie Monster vocals” and now I can’t unhear it.

I didn't like this when it came out, and I still don't like it :(

Ist mir zu hart und zu rappig

Getting 2 stars just for nostalgia

Bit annoying

By sheer coincidence yesterday I was listening to the Steven Wilson/Tim Bowness The Album Years podcast which featured this album. Steven Wilson gave a one sentence review of the album - A bit of Nine Inch Nails, bit of hip hop, bit of new metal, packaged like a boy band. As I have no knowledge of this album or Linkin Park I thought that this was an interesting observation and one which struck a chord with me. Then, Lo and behold up pops this album the very next day. I see what Wilson means and can understand why this album was such a big seller. I do actually own this album having bought it cheap at a charity store but have never got round to listening to it seriously. In all honesty now that I have listened it won’t be one on repeated plays. It was alright I suppose with some interesting phases but not a style of music I like. 2/5 1/6/24

Music like this makes me feel young again, for better or worse. Especially Linkin Park, who I remember sound-tracking a lot of AMVs on YouTube and Newgrounds back in the day. They were very sure of their sound on this debut. Even if this kind of music isn't for me, Linkin Park does this shit a lot better than, say, Limp Bizkit. But the mix is a little flat; the guitars glaze over the rest of the instruments on this record, including some actually interesting synth sounds. Their songwriting formula announces itself before the halfway point. I wasn't bothered by my listen--it became background noise a few times before I reminded myself to be mindful. Linkin Park is dear to many people (especially in my generation); I can (kind of) understand why. If this genre of music works for you, 'Hybrid Theory' is a must-listen. If not, I don't think you'd miss anything by moving past it.

Slick production but it's just so cheesy and angsty. I know Nirvana was basically the same concept but this just feels so much more...manufactured. Some interesting metal/hip-hop mashups but I just can't connect with the energy behind the songs. I was five years too old for this to have hit me at the right time.

Angsty album for an angsty evening

2.5/5. A bit much for me. But the music is not bad. Although it's definitely a weird blend of genres. Also, a lot of this sounds the same...

Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory is a hard pass for me. The hard rock influence is not enjoyable, and I don’t like the excessive yelling. Papercut and With You are clear stand-outs, being the most coherent of all the tracks, though that is not saying much. I could understand the praise someone would give this album if they love this particular genre. I simply find it to exist in a niche that I have yet to understand and enjoy. All in all, Hybrid Theory is a terrible album. Best Song: With You Worst Song: A Place for My Head

Papercut - very edgy. Enjoy instrumentals, not rly the vocals (don't enjoy the rap vocals much) One step closer - Better than papercut. Enjoy the verse "I find the answers... I need a little room to breathe." Lyrics quite simple. Skip a few to Crawling - haha funny meme song. Rest of its pretty good, nice tension building in vocals. By Myself - a bit better than the rest In the End - another meme song. Unironically pretty good chorus. Cure for the Itch - I respect going more instrumental. Interesting build to the final track. Pushing me Away - Probably the best track. Instrumentals are somewhat enjoyable, and the vocals definitely are on the better side. Overall: not a huge fan of production and musical choices, though it has a few good moments.

Not my thing. Songs are one noted excepted for the dj one.

FFS Blinking Krap

I remember thinking this stuff was so lame in high school. I still do, but maybe a little less?

Linkin Park doesn't really add anything here that nearly two decades of industrial, hard rock, and new wave hadn't already added to the genre. There have even been countless other bands that had mixed these styles together, by this point and this one is a boring as your typical Korn, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Limp Bizkit, and Deftones records. The only notable thing about this release is that had come to the party late, just as it was winding down. Your average suburban teenager in every community had already submitted to a genre that had been growing since the late 80s, and everybody was getting ready to move on. Having said all that, in the end, (see what I did there?), I enjoyed the singles "Crawling", "In the End", and further into the album the songs "Runaway", and the instrumental "Cure for the Itch". Hybrid Theory is a competent but ultimately forgettable album. Probably won't make my rotation, so it gets a 2.

over produced. specifically the levels are bent so much to allow the lyrics to be whispered. this puts a huge expectation on the lyrics but they just don't deliver.

Everything about the early 2000s culture. Highest-selling debut since Apetite for Destruction. Creaters of two eras that exploded and disappeared. The nu metal rap rock did NOT have a good shelf life. It will always be 7th grade in my Etnies

2024-04-12...

this shit SUCKS

I couldn’t name or recognize a Linkin Park song, even if I was told “this is a Linkin Park, song.” It all sounds the same…But I appreciate the effort. They’re another band with a departed soul. And that’s very sad.

This really hasn't aged well. I had this album when it came out, and I'm fairly sure I listened to it non-stop for months. Listening to it now, I have no idea why. It has all of the distortion and volume of metal, but absolutely none of the edge. And what in the world is the flow on those rap parts?

I knew that Linkin Park wasn't my kind of music and this confirmed that. It's a bunch of noise to me.

no me gustan

Meh. Lousy rap, middling vocals, and music that can't decide if it wants to be heavy or maybe a little poppy. The lyrics are so fucking tormented but they feel naive. Maybe if I was in high school this might mean something. This just goes nowhere.

some surprisingly decent tracks but boy a lot of bad cringe stiff

I was 12 years old when this came out and it was the perfect music for that age. I loved it and would have given it 5 stars if you asked. Revisiting it is a different story. I was looking forward to it when I saw it on the list and was wondering if it would hold up. It doesn't. What it does is perfectly encapsulate the sound of the hard rock / nu metal / rap rock radio sound of 2000. At my current age, it just sounds like a teenager throwing a temper tantrum in their room, punching pillows and screaming, after their mom took away their N64. I can't help but picture a young AJ Soprano in the early seasons of the show doing this while listening to this album. The lyrics to the three song run of Runaway, By Myself and In The End serve as a trilogy of sorts to this scene and made me laugh out loud to myself as I was listening to it. Definitely not my scene or sound anymore at my age, but if you want some pure distilled teenage angst, this is it. I gave it an extra star just for the nostalgia of revisiting it but all in all, In The End, it wasn't good and maybe doesn't really matter after all.

One Step Closer // In the End //

I'm happy that it makes people happy but I'm 24 years late for this train.

Clear to see why they were so famous for a hot second. It was a fresh sound, but really doesn't age well. It's angst without purpose, unlike a Rage Against the Machine or System of a Down.

Mmm no.

I wasn't looking forward to this one. I thought it would be the kind of thing American soldiers listen to when driving tanks around and killing people. I was slightly pleasantly surprised by th hip.hop influence that made it listenable. Its far too whiny for my taste and talks about experiences that I find it hard to relate to - dark thoughts, insecurities etc.

skipped through most of it. in the end and crawling still bangers but reminds me of cringe classmates in 9th grade.

Soooo Linkin Park... Full confession, I bought this album in 2000 and loved it... then hated it. I actually thought this might be fun to listen to in a heavily nostalgic kinda way. It's... fine. I mean, it's not great but musically it exists in such a definitive moment in time that ii is VERY hard to judge by today's musical taste. I still highly enjoyed In The End. And I found Be Myself to be surprisingly fun. 2.25 stars.

this seemed to be a well made record from an era and in a style that i can't enjoy. good momentum but toward the end of the album i kept checking to see how much was left and being disappointed. this is a 2.5 for me but i'm rounding down to 2.

This album dropped and then run-out music for boys' junior high and high school sports teams was never the same again. Listening to this made me have to confront some warring feelings in myself, because on one hand I think this album gave a lot of boys an outlet for big feelings in a world that doesn't give them many besides anger. On the other hand, even before I read the summary of "the album's lyrical themes deal with problems lead vocalist Chester Bennington experienced during his adolescence, including drug abuse and the constant fighting and divorce of his parents".... yeah. A big part of me wants to be like "can you please shut up and stop making white boy rap and nu metal about the world not being fair because your parents had a fight?? did you punch holes in all the drywall so this is all that's left??"

A niece peaceful album of relaxing and light meditative tunes. Peaceful And the lyrics - -Wow! SO deep and insightful!

Mixture of Metall and Rap - not my favorite taste

While they are clearly talented and highly influential, I have never particularly enjoyed Linkin Park's music. Listening to this album in its entirety did nothing to change my opinion on the them.

In a more critical assessment, William Ruhlmann of AllMusic found that on Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park sound "like a Johnny-come-lately to an already overdone musical style."[70] NME critic Noel Gardner said that it was a "decent" album in need of editing, writing that "otherwise damn fine soaring emo-crunchers like 'With You' and 'A Place for My Head' are pointlessly jazzed up with tokenistic scratching".[63] Rolling Stone's Matt Diehl felt that the album "works in spots" and the band "knows its way around a hook", but panned Bennington and Shinoda's "corny, boilerplate-aggro lyrics".[66] Reviewing Hybrid Theory in 2006, Tyler Fisher of Sputnikmusic perceived a lack of musical variety on the record, but concluded that it "stands as a defining mainstream album at the turn of the century, and for good reason."[71] Writing for Stylus Magazine the following year, Ian Cohen found that while the album is "almost completely forgettable" outside of its singles, it "was strangely fresh for mainstream rock radio, particularly placed in relief of its ugly post-grunge peers and the staunch revivalism of the Strokes/White Stripes front."

Just not my style at all. Too many of the songs sounded the same.

Better towards the end but not my type of music.

Repetitive album with a few standouts. I like the use of scratching, and I always welcome piano in rock music. A little too white-guy edgy for my taste but respectable overall. Feels like stencil overspray.

Not my style but I appreciate the contributions made by Linkin Park to heavy music as a whole. Very uninterested in this album.

After the first two songs, I thought to myself this might not be as bad as I feared. Wrong! This shit is whack. One step closer, I am loathe to admit, is actually a decent song.

SHUT UP WHEN I’M TALKING TO YOU!!!!!

polished and consistent. like it was made for mainstream radio. not for me but it’s better than i expected.

bro idk what the hell this is maybe some people like screaming? the only one i liked was in the end but i think that’s a less controversial and more catchy song so it makes sense not my cup of tea

never been my thing, i'm too old to like wank metal, or wigga hip hop

I didn't particularly like Nu-Metal when it was new but it was at least interesting - mashing pop-punk with turntablism and rap. Now it feels dated and there's really nothing here I'm that interested in returning to.

Definitely hits that nostalgia feeling, but I've just never been that into their music.

interesting debut for California rock outfit, there rock album with a rap influence is a creative idea but not executed well. the electric guitar heavy production is interesting at first but hets old quickly, the vocal performances on some songs are good but the rap-talking ruined many songs. songs like crawling and with you have good vocal performances but the rapping ruins the song for me

Album is very plain nothing really stands out due to its lack in diversity in each song making every track sounds some what similar. The guitar also throws of every instrument in the track making it feel like you where just listening to a loud guitar rather then a band of instruments

Linkin Park sucked then and they suck now. “In the End” earns this album an extra star.

Listening is like having to work on an assembly line.

Nostalgic, repetitive, and dated.

super zeitgeistiger NuMetal

Guitar tone is a lot heavier than I remember, making for riffs that stick out a lot more. Chester Bennington's voice is incredible, but Mike Shinoda's lyrics aren't very good. Maybe I don't like the performance of the lyrics. Songs get samey after a couple. Obviously a breakout in the nu-metal scene, but not my style.

Trying to be objective and ignore the nostalgia.

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background I vacillate between a 2 or a 3 for this one. Sometimes the beat is catchy . Sometimes the vocals are doing something interesting. But overall the lack of movement in the guitar creates a sameness to this genre that I just can't get past.

not for me

Not for me.

Tehard. Weinig gevoel

Solid album. I think I would've liked this a lot when I was younger. Now, I appreciate it for what it is, but I wouldn't put this on for everyday listening.

A bit better but I wouldn't buy any of these songs.

I’m of the right age that this album came out as I was entering university. I understand that this is important to so many people. But I never liked it. I don’t like good metal music let alone substandard versions of it. 2/5

6/10 i think. i liked the second half better than the first one and enjoyed the rapping parts better. it could very well potentially grow on me though.

oh damn, papercut: this is commical. the face inside is right beneath the skin. eminem meets pop-punk. lmao. One Step Closer: he's about to break guys, better watch out. omg a way to dissapear. this is teenage bullshit alright. emo damn. this is definetley the right music to be listening to while reading disaster capitalism with you: what the hell is that screaching noise. this is giving stalker. its giving bella in that one scene in twilight where she stares out the window, but for boys. lmao this is genderswapped twilight. see guys this is what happens when we don't let men express their emotions. points of authority: the record scratches are a bit much. this is the catchiest one ill give it that. Crawling: again this is what happens when we don't let men express their emotions in a normal way. although I guess my criticism is itself hypocritical because I shouldn't judge when they do actually express emotion. feel bad for this guy. but this is def not my music. I cannot take this seriously, it's just too overwrought. Runaway: why is this album on the list honestly? I guess this is their seminal work and it was a big trend at the time but still; it kind of sucks. "I want to shut the door and open up my mind?" By Myself: this is so tortured but not in a good way. I imagine this record is only being played in a truck. not a sedan or a suv, only a truck. it's that kind of insecurity. You can hear the kurt influence really strong. it's like eminem meets nirvana but then bad and super not self aware at all. it's also really self-centered. maybe that's your problem dude, you're really worried about your own problems. I don't think there is a single other person but the suposedly female love interest who doesn't have a single expression or opinion of her own. In the End: this is the most listened-to song on the album, this has a billion plays. this is the best song on the album. A Place for My Head: this is a very year 2000 album. bruh does this man have single positive emotion ever? Forgotten: wait the song changed I didn't even notice that. Straight up it literally sounded like the same song. defintely should be forgotten. Cure for the Itch: Bruh I hate this intro already. How does this thing not over yet. I'm really annoyed. I was laughing before but now I'm tired. of course an interlude track right at the end, just what I wanted.... :( Pushing Me Away: bruh the overwhelming self-pity is just too much, I don't want to listen to this anymore. I really hope this is the last one. the sacrifice is me listening to this goddamm album for a second time. I confused this with the systems of a down album that I listened to the same day the last time I listened to this. But this really fucking sucks too. Lik yeah the toxicity whatever bullshit was worse but this is really bad.

So many people bum off this album and band, it’s just rap metal where the singer says he wants to kill himself every song, overrated

Like with Harry Potter, I always felt like I was slightly too old for Linkin Park - if I was born a few years later I'd have probably ate this stuff up. Can appreciate the craft but it doesn't do anything for me

I won’t give this a 1 because the sound didn’t offend me, but I’m sorry I cannot take this seriously. Sounds like something 13 year olds discover and think is the best thing ever

I can’t.

I liked this when I was young (around middle school age), but even then I recognized that it wasn’t “good.” There’s still a kernel of nostalgia here, but now the cheesiness and hollow commercial sound drown out the enjoyment, and the whole thing just feels kind of embarrassing.

Sad and angry. And bad.

Oh geeze. Listened with my GF, who grew up on Linkin Park. They are talented for what they do, but this is NOT my music. So angry, rageful... It's impossible to appreciate the underlying music, chord structures, melodies, or even the other emotions of the lyrics.

Dat rappen verknalt het altijd net een beetje...

Ik weet dat het niet zo is, maar Linkin Park blijft voor mij toch de Boyband onder de Rockbands. Dat uber gelikte gedoe. Stoer willen zijn maar er uitzien als een onzekere puber die in een skateshop een cool t-shirt gaat passen. Die vibe. Maar als laagdrempelig instapmodel voor mensen die net hun rijbewijs hebben is de 'Linkin Park' denk ik wel een geschikt model.

Can respect the talent but not for me. Not a style of music I enjoy listening to

Midkin park

Nu metal junk

it’s a linkin park record cut in 2000. what tf else could you think this was gonna be.

Angry big time rush

I tried so hard to like this album but- yeah you get it. It's not for me. I know people who like this, and they're wonderful people, but this just isn't my kind of music. I like parts of it. I like the instrumental tracks, I think it's well produced, but I can't get into the lyrics and I find the singing to be... well suffice to say it's not what I like.

Fuha, asi som v zivote pocul iba mozno dve pesnicky z tohto albumu, no ked to teraz pocuvam cele, akoby som pocul cely album :D Akoze dost sablona, navyse celkom nudna. Po vcerajsom hodnoteni mam celkom deja vu: ostatni to robili lepsie. V jednom review som k tomu cital relatable komentar: radio rock for parents trying to sound metal, alebo nieco v takom suchu.

oh no *cracks open Monster Energy* Some of the music and melodies aren't bad. Even the singer dude that killed himself isn't a bad vocalist. But dear god, the writing... these lyrics. TERRIBLE HAHA I like track 11. 2/5

Who hurt you?

I mostly like the beats although over the course of the album, for the most part, they don’t really vary a whole lot from song to song. The lyrics are interesting but I don’t fully understand why there is so much anger along with what seems to be a bleak world outlook. Also, the screaming mixed in with what I guess is singing I don’t really like.

boring

I want this album to pump me up and Linkin Park wants me to get pumped up but I'm not pumped up. It falls flat even though they put all their energy. Not into it

The album doesn't sound the same like it did when I was in middle school. Loud and angry, with all the hallmarks of edgy pop from the 2000's.

i aint listening to all dat

Not really my taste, although Paperclip was kind of ok I guess.

I remember I was somewhat impressed by the big hit song when this first came out. It didn't last.

Liked it in my teen years. Not as much now.

Nu-metal is really not my thing and I never really listened to this album a lot as a kid. The highs of the album are really good, namely "Papercut" and "In The End". But the lows are really low and I am reminded why I don't really like this style of music in the first place, I just find it whiny and pretentious. Still I owned "Meteora" as a kid so if that comes on I will probably have a different opinion to my opinion of this which I understand is generally regarded as the better album. For now a strong 2.

One thing that struck me as I was listening to this for the second time is that it’s metal that’s not based on the riff. Instead, it’s hook based, like a pop album. I’ve not listened to enough Nu-Metal to know if that’s a trademark of the genre, but I could pick out riffs from the limited Korn or Limp Bitzkit songs I have listened to to suggest that it’s relatively unique to Linkin Park. I’m torn on this, because I don’t hate it as music. The two songs after In The End are pretty bad an overall it’s pretty entry level industrial lite. It’d be a good warm up if someone wanted to get into, like, Nine Inch Nails, or something. I’d have taken out the record scratches but hindsight is 20/20. On the other hand, the cringe. Oh. My. God. The cringe. I listened to my fair share of angsty music as a teenager, but nothing this blatant. And now that I’m in my mid 20’s, my sad boi music is more heartbreaking gentle stuff, and my angry white boy music is… political, it’s all political. So I don’t have any fond memories of listening to this as a teenager, it’s not the sort of thing I can have a sad drink over, and the lyrics aren’t something I can get angry over. I get that they come from a place of personal pain, but that’s what I have my sad music for. I’m not angry about my personal life. I’m angry about the lives that are being lived by people around me that they have no escape from. But I can still appreciate this. It’s music for angry teenagers, as I’ve said multiple times across this review. And while my angry teenager music was, dare I say, more cerebral, there is a place for this sort of music. Does everyone need to hear this? Probably not. But despite everything, I’m glad I took the time to find out for myself. Also, I really like Chester Bennington’s voice. R.I.P.

Skrikigt och för rockigt. Någon bra låt dock

Inte riktigt min grej - ganska stökigt och lite för mycket tidigt 2000-tal.

The dumbest thing to happen to music was the late 90s / 2000s 'improvement' to punk and metal and the subsequent bands calling themselves such. Linking Park, Green Day, and Limp Bizkit topping the list. I love metal. I love punk. I love rap-rock. This is neither and it's days like this that I hate my stupid commitment to listening to every album generated for this list. 2/5.

Only good song is in the end

You got some dece hits on here but ultimately is quite cringy and funny

Bonus point for the relief I felt when I realised it wasn’t Limp Bizkit

Not a fan of rap/rock or whatever but can see why people enjoy this. Even though allot of the songs all have a similar structure and sound the same there is something here that's alright. I also remember when this was new back in high school so while overplayed there's some nostalgia factor. I think I round down to a 2 though as this led to or at least was part of way too much rap-metal nonsense

nostalgic idrfw linkin park

14 year old me would have given this 5 stars, but revisiting this as an adult sees it for a lot of loud angst with pretty base lyrics. Would fit perfectly into an early 2000's edgy videogame.

Borderline unlistenable. However I appreciate what LP did for their fans and the fact that their music saved people from very dark places in their life. Maybe if I had listened to this in 2000 as a high schooler it might have resonated with me more. But as an adult this does nothing for me. 2 stars because the singles are decent enough

DNF Some songs I enjoyed, but a little too teenage angst for me to be interested right now

This now appears a bit better as its meat and potatoes combo of rap and metal was the album before the legendarily awful Kid Rock album. So no it's nowhere as bad as that, but it is very monotone. At a place I worked the boss had on her desk a rap album she'd confiscated from her son. This is the kind of music that twelve-year olds put on loudly to annoy their mums.

Goeie dag, na de slappe piemel rock van Coldplay is dit wel weer even wakker worden. Merk dat het wel een beetje heeeel erg veel is. Het constante geschreeuw, de schreeuwende gitaren... En dan staat hier ook nog eens In The End op, een nummer waar ik dus echt een schijthekel aan heb gekregen omdat een niet nader te noemen persoon deze altijd op repeat had, met af en toe What I've done als afwisseling... Ik heb dit nooit begrepen eerlijk gezegd, de hele Linkin Park hype is volledig aan mij voorbij gegaan. Denk dat ik gewoon niet zo'n boze puber was ofzo. Eigenlijk vond ik Mike Shinoda nog een soort van het beste deel van Linkin Park. De zang heeft mij nooit echt kunnen pakken. Maar als ik Mike Shinoda wil horen luister ik wel For Minor ofzo. A place for my head is echt een dieptepunt van dit album, de tering... Ik ga hierna Linde Schone luisteren ofzo om niet meer de hele tijd tegen geschreeuwd te worden. FAVO: Cure for the itch

Listened to this 1 million times as a teenager, but never bothered since. Instantly taken back to the early 00s. Nostalgia overload. Nothing screams early 2000s like this record. I get why it was added to the list in terms of it being significant. I think this has aged a lot better than its peers (looking at you, Limp Bizkit and Korn). Didnt cringe as much as I expected. It’s genuinely rammed with belters. Admittedly I would never listen to this now, but each song is maaaasssive. 14 year old me would give this a 5, but I’m not sure how I would rate this now. I appreciate its great for its genre and for a time and place, but how could I rate this on a par with other genuinely incredible albums? You would never put Linkin Park in the same bracket as Leonard Cohen or The National. Think it’ll have to be a 2, but that feels harsh.

This was never really my thing, but I have a ton of nostalgia for this album. This was the sound of rock radio during my college years. It's better than I remember thinking at the time when I dismissed it as bland corporate radio rock. The hits are all very catchy and definitely better than most of Linkin Park's contemporaries, but the rest of the album is a little bland. Their sound is closer to 311 than other rap rock groups of the time which is a good thing.

Too much screaming down the microphone for my liking, but I can see why these guys are popular. They can actually sing and play, but that wouldn't satisfy the fanbase... So lets just make a racket!

i never really got into the whole “nu metal” phenomenon. record scratching and heavy guitar riffs just don’t really go together in my opinion. this album’s riffs are pretty good. however, the “rapping” is cringey and the singing comes across as whiny. and redundant. we get it. the whole album is the songwriter trying to self diagnose all of his neuroses, and after a while it was just tiresome. at least the album was under 40 minutes, so there’s that.

I have such a primal dislike for Linkin Park because the absolute douchiest bully type people I knew growing up loved it. Which sucks because the music was intended to be an anthem against this very people. Musically, he screams too much for me.

Never got into this genre but I like that it’s on this list. It’s at least noticeable unlike some of these albums.

It was too heavy for me.

Jullie vinden dit waarschijnlijk leukere muziek dan ik. In z'n soort vast goed gemaakt, maar ik kan niet zoveel met dit soort grunge/metal, waarin de zanger met zware stem bombastisch van zich af staat te schreeuwen hoe onzeker hij wel is, dat hij het allemaal ook niet weet en graag een aai over z'n bol wil.

2.5

Not really a nu-metal aficionado, but Linkin Park dominated my angsty teen soundtrack! While I personally prefer 'Meteora', there's no denying the catchiness of tracks like 'Crawling' and 'In the End' from this album. It's a nostalgic 2/5—less for a full-on marathon listen, and more for those once-in-a-while head-banging moments. 🤘🎸

Epitome of white boy music... Tbf some of the guitars and drums are good, I just don't love the vocals. Just not my thing

Harsh