Reviews (page 8 of 14)
Las canciones que pegaron y fueron un hitazo en su época siguen funcionando, pero el resto del disco no me movió tanto. Está entretenido y breve, pero tampoco creo volver a los track no conocidos.
Nostalgic
3.5
Pretty much the same song 10 times but it's alright
My initial biases reaction to seeing Linkin Park pop up in the list, was “Really?!” But then I listened to the record. And it’s not nearly as bad as I expected it to be. In fact, I was listening to it while running and I found myself actually liking some of it. It’s a good example of “nu metal.” What I found a little off putting were the rapping and hip hop parts. Felt a bit like cultural appropriation. But in the end it doesn’t really matter. Ha. See what I did there?! Ha!
God's gift to angsty middle-schoolers everywhere. Maybe nostalgia is winning out here, but I can't give the album a lower score when I know how much it meant to me when I was that age.
I wore this out as a 14 year old. More than 20 years later it sounds dated and corny. They were masters of this genre but the genre itself is dated and corny. If your name isn't Deftones, good luck.
Okay, but never really got into this, then or now.
6/10 - obviously has the popular songs but the rest just sounds very angry... Almost one dimensional but still not a bad album
I liked it back in my high school years, but not massively. Also didn't age particularly good.
Nu metal och postgrunge-eran var en fruktansvärd tid, men det var min tid. Pissgäng som puddle of mudd, creed, staind, nickelback, limp Bizkit och linkin park. Fick den här skivan strax efter att den släpptes och minns att jag tyckte det var riktigt fett. Inte minst ”in the end” och de coola specialeffekterna i videon etsade sig fast, där de stod på någon gigantisk och skitful cgi-staty. Minns också att just linkin park blev första offret för subkulturens hårda regler några år senare. När jag läste på något forum, troligen helvetet.org, att linkin park var kanske det lamaste man kunde lyssna på slog jag sönder mitt ex av plattan med en hammare. Oklart för vem jag ville visa mig ”äkta”, det var bara jag där. Mycket på den här skivan har ju åldrats sådär, man hör tydligt att gitarristen spelar med hörlurar och att alla har spikes, men hitsen kommer man fan inte runt trots allt. Fick gåshud av ”crawling” fortfarande såhär 26 år senare och In the end väckte en jävla fin pojkrum-voxpop-o-mtv-nostalgi. Klart det här tidsdokumentet ska ha en 3a i alla fall!
Though definitely cringe and too much, there's a certain quality to just committing fully to the bit
That scricth scratch noice on with you just hits so right. CRAWLING IN MY SKINNNNNNNNN
Decent.
Properly one of my favs of the rock genre
this is tricky- couple bangin tracks, wouldn't seek it out on my own.
the best selling cd of the century lol immediately hit with the y2k energy rip chester :'( 💥papercut 💥one step closer 💥with you 💥in the end
It’s ok, I’m a bit too old to not know it’s earlier better predecessors.
In The End
I haven’t listened to Linkin Park in years. My brother had this CD when we were kids about 25 years ago. It’s one of those sounds that I have so many nostalgic memories for when I hear it. Was fun to revisit even if I haven’t been this angsty in a longgggg time
Be reasonable, this is not the strongest debut of the greatest band of all time, nor is it garbage. I fear reason as no place here, where anyone can be a "critic", but this has hooks, punchy lyrics, and a point of view. I also am well aware that they do sound the same, that they are not the first to produce this sounds, probably only the most well known. Good but average, just because this is "teenager music" does not mean you can shit on it.
Though I used to hate this type of music, I'll give it some flowers for being catchy and blending a lot of subgenres to make something pretty smooth, consistent, and relatable. Still doesn't graduate up to a great album in my eyes, but it's a solid piece of work, with some real highlights. Mid-to-high 3.
Like the yummy medicine that is designed to coax in a skeptical child or a tasty fast food. It's a neat package but likely not ideal to overindulge. This is my left field analysis of this album. Quite literally a hybrid highly edible fast-food remedy. It's cathartic and probably reaches everyone at some level musically or emotionally. It's not a toothless bland fest and Chester gives something in the performance to enjoy the expression of weight he has as an individual. OK, it's a little formulaic and blended at times. I almost expect Smash Mouth to appear at any moment and start singing "All Star" such is the duality of the metal and pop rock collision. Thankfully for me the heavier this gets the better for me. Do I think this is particularly innovative, no, but it is an exemplary example of what's possible when you have genuine talent and a well-crafted package. It's a blockbuster for sure, and the acid test is how easy it is to enjoy the entire album every last song! Guilty pleasure. TICK.
This wasn't my thing at the time but I definitely see the appeal. I actually really like the music and the angry, antsy style. LP were early adopters of the rap style rock delivery and I think it really works stylistically. It's got great punch and energy. My problem with it revolves around the vocals and lyrics. The lyrics are like they are written by a emotionally immature teenager and they are delivered in that universal "American rock voice" which really grinds my gears. The whole thing just puts me in mind of sweaty teenager stewing in his room fantasising about bringing a gun to school.
Some very big hits in here, but I feel as if this does not age super well.
6/10. Buen disco que tiene buenos temas. In the end es un hitazo, no es un sonido al cual esté muy acostumbrado pero sí tiene su sustancia y lo volvería a escuchar.
Ah, memories of this blasting from my little sister's room.
Not really for me. It’s a bit like hip hop but aimed squarely at white people who are scared of other cultures, but also like the least heavy of all metals but it’s good at pretending. I can see the music forming a community around itself of people who think they’re hard done by because mum wouldn’t get them nuggets on the side in McDonald’s.
Not sure how much I'm enjoying it, but I will say I can see why people would have an incredible time moshing to this
I would have dated this a year or two earlier. I really like the percussive sounds of the songs. “Points of Authority” is a highlight for me.
'In the end'는 어디서 들어봄.
Linkin Park is one of those bands that I wouldn't necessarily seek out listening to their music, but I wouldn't turn it off if it came on either. At the time this album came out, Linkin Park was everywhere. Their songs were on the radio non-stop. So as someone who listened to a lot of radio in 2000, I heard the hit songs on this album a lot. This is one of those albums that it's impressive that it was their debut album and the songs were basically songs that they had on their demo tape that they were using to shop around their music to all the labels. All of their songs sound pretty similar, in my opinion, so I'm not sure I'd want to just sit and listen to this whole album again, but definitely some great songs and big hits on it!
Meh. 3. Not my thing
It’s a great listen but couldn’t help but think some of it started to sound a bit repetitive. 7/10
Linkin Park's debut is packed with so many bangers that dominated the radio when I was a youth. "In The End", "Papercut", "One Step Closer", "Crawling" and "Points Of Authority" all take me back to my childhood and I can still have a great time with them today. The choruses are all anthemic. The lyrics are full of angst and are rather juvenile, but vocalist Chester Bennington has a strong voice and can deliver his words powerfully enough that you can be distracted from how juvenile they really are. A weaker frontperson delivering those lyrics would expose them for how childish they are. The record sounds too clean for a heavy album, as if it was scrubbed off any grit to ensure that it can be enjoyed by listeners who have yet to dip their toes in heavier music. This strategy clearly worked as I remember Linkin Park being loved by people who wouldn't dare touch anything rock-adjacent. I find it incredibly hard to look at this record objectively. This was released around the same time I started getting into music. While I can admit that a lot of those nu-metal bands haven't stood the test of time, I have a fondness for Linkin Park despite its flaws.
Looking into it and it seems like the lyrics are meant to resonate with people. I might be showing my youth but I can't take it seriously due to how much this type of music has been parodied to hell and back. I also kinda think the structure of each song isn't different enough to stand out to me. It's not bad music I just don't think it managed to survive the test of time. High 3
I don’t know. Basically the energy is great. But the formula gets old.
Some of the songs felt properly busy, but enjoyed it on the whole
Hey my shitty lyrics can mean something if I scream. 3/5
Dia de rock bebe
and he meant all of that
Didn't realize this was their first album. It sound like Linkin Park, not sure what else to say. It's fine. In the End is a classic.
Strong nostalgia
couple of real bangers on this pure classics of the area
This album is a really good representation of nu metal cause it has everything I like and dislike. The record scratching and hip hop inspired approach to instruments is fucking hype. The rapping, not so much. Mike Shinoda might just make every song worse.
Rock, pretty good
I hate most nu metal. I think that most of it sounds like white trash music .their are a few good artists from this shit genre, Linkin Park being one of them.
Some of my favorite nu metal with hip hop, lots of bangers on this album for sure, this album is definitely worth a listen.
i loved this album growing up! favs: papercut one step closer crawling runaway by myself in the end a place for my head rating 2.9/5
Nostalgie helpt bij deze plaat… Linkin Park luisteren op mijn kamer in mijn tienertijd, waarin ik mezelf zielig vind. Beetje vriendloos Bleach en Naruto luisteren… Maar dat is misschien ook wel kenmerkend voor Linkin Park, boze tiener muziek. De intro van in the end brengt mij ook terug naar de methode Staal, waarin groep 8 op die beat een rap moet schrijven.
Nog een album met ook het millennium geluid op zijn eigen manier. Bij het luisteren van dit album vroeg ik me sterk af hoe groot de rol van nostalgie zou zijn bij het beoordelen van het album. Ik was 10 jaar en In the end was de song die mijn brein en ook die van menig klasgenootje uit groep zeven deed exploderen. Het was voor die tijd ook een geluid wat in deze vorm nog niet eerder was gedaan. Wat werkt zijn de dikke muren van distorted gitaren, de energie, het gegil en het rappen, afwisselend met de fluwelen, breekbare, met gevoel gezongen stukjes. De vraag is of het de test of time heeft doorstaan: niet helemaal, ze hebben voor die tijd de formule gevonden die goed werkte, maar vandaag de dag hoor je gimmick achtige trucjes die ze doen die ik nu niet meer zo vet vind. Ik meen me bijvoorbeeld te herinneren dat ze een DJ in de band hebben die al die beatscratches doet en al die gekke effectjes. Het is vaak te gelikt en daardoor minder rauw. (milleniumsound) Ook ben ik niet bijster onder de indruk van de rapskills van de rapper. Toch iets met blanke rappers, een gebrek aan natural swagg. Desondanks was het een leuke trip down memory lane.
This has never been my kind of music but I tried to give it a shot. Some of the lyrical content is really good (some of it is very much not), but the textures of this genre are just kind of off-putting for me. Very solid on its own terms, just not for me.
Not the right time for this
Wow lots of emotions. He-emo.
3/5
Ts was tuff
I have never really sat down and listened to Linkin Park, and while many of the songs on this album are familiar to me, I wasn’t alive during the nu-metal trend in the early 2000s, so while I certainly know who they are, I can't say I had much of an opinion on Linkin Park so was excited to listen to this. It is a lot more pop than I was expecting, I think I lump them into the nu-metal group with Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock, and while they share some stylistic elements, Linkin Park is far more polished and pop forward than either of those acts. I enjoyed the music generally, and like the electronica elements a lot, but the level of pop production and song structure just feels so disconnected with the lyrical content (which is sometimes cringy levels of juvenile) like a depressed teenager has been forced to attend a very upbeat dance party. So, yeah, it was much more musically interesting than I expected, but still probably not really for me. Love the cover though, it's a high 3.
TBD for this weekend listen
Music to hate your parents to. You're not even my real Dad!!!!
I remember listening to this while playing GTA 3 on PS2.
I bet these are really fun to play on drums.
Better than I was expecting. I'm not much of a fan of either metal or rap, but somehow Linkin Park manages to pull it off.
I'm with you if we're saying Linkin Park is a band you should listen to before you die. With my limited knowledge of their songs, I could understand their debut being the best recommendation. This still feels underneath what I expect a must-listen album to be. This is the forefront of the nu metal scene, some of the more commercially successful stuff, and it does have a couple of songs that I *love* singing along to. The album itself, I can live without. The rap aspect isn't the best or most polished, it just contrasts interesting with the "hard" rock. The production was wise to put thought into the singing vocals, it really pushes the overall sound past radio-friendly and onto the peak recognition the effort still displays. Two listens was enough for me today, out of respect for a band I don't hate. A bit of a let down. 2.9/5
Linkin Park? More like... Stinkin' Fart... but one of my own, because it's a guilty pleasure to huff it every so often.
Holy shit I didn’t realize how cringe this rap rock nu metal, whatever you want to call it would be as I age. I immediately got PTSTD to playing with bionicles here. Yet another prime example of a product of its time that I just don’t need to revisit. It starts off okay and honestly isn’t that bad the first half. However there’s no fuckin way you’re paying me to bump this entire thing again. It’s not that the music itself is outright ass, it’s just TOO teenage edgy it makes me cringe to imagine listening to in the car with my windows down.
I really should have enjoyed this more but something felt off. It's properly in my wheelhouse but something just felt missing.
Te amo in the end
This shit went HARD when I was 10 years old.
On the list of great debut albums. It's hard to hear this and give it a fair review after if has gotten so much exposure. For a vibe and something for people to listen to when they're young it's pretty solid. Beyond that, I've got a lot of notes. Sure toss it on the list. It's not a masterpiece but it does have some uniqueness and was pretty genre defining when it hit.
Another album that was so burned into the fabric of reality for a time that it becomes so hard to even process it. It belongs on a list like this for sure. At least it isn't another british newave album from the 1980s. It is not a type of music that grows with the listener. As far as music for teenagers goes, it has some interesting stuff going on sonically. As far as being an ALBUM goes it's like a 4, but for me it's a 3.
a classic from childhood.
Started the fed better than expected, but it was too much of the same thing all the way through which lost my interest
The next time I ask myself why pop girlies such as Billie Eilish sing so quiet, I will consider this album as a solid example of why. So loud. Better than I expected but I hesitate to go as far as to say "good".
Such a classic album
Objectively a really cool moment for the genre but I prefer albums where men don’t yell at me (sorry)
Weirdly enjoyable, kept making me think of Lonely Island though
Chester Bennington really saves this album. The rapping is not great and the heavy riffs are kinda generic. That said, I can appreciate the ingenuity, they weren’t the first to tackle rap/rock but the layering of all the things keeps it interesting. Also Chester’s voice is amazing, dude had incredible range and he adds a layer of soul to these songs which is great because they would be pretty standard Nu-metal without that.
This takes me back when they were the hottest thing with a new fusion sound. It was a fun trick down memory lane.
Ihan jees, suurin osa aika turhia, in the end kärrää isosti
Sounds like high school, I remember way more of this album than I'd care to admit
Good, not great. Some tracks definitely haven’t aged too well
tan icónico que reconocí varias canciones. no es mi tipo de música though. las guitarras sonaron muy cool y las lyrics son buenas, los vocals no me impresionaron demasiado though.
Decent production. The contrasting vocal styles are neat, but it gets a bit tired by the end of the tracklist. Not sure how to describe it overall, but maybe a tad cold? Good performances though. 3.0/5.0
like parts
Not sure why/how this is supposed to be such a big deal and album. Feels a softer nu metal although I’m probably not their target audience. For the youth I get it and there are a few big pop catchy tunes on here. First proper listen got through it. 3/5.
This album is not my thing at all, but it has been fun, at least at some points. Would I listen to it again? Surely not, at least not because I choose to. But it has been a nice listening. This kind of rap mixed with rock (or the rap-rock genre in general) sounds too insipid for me, maybe because I don't like (most of) rap to begin with. But this mixture with nu-metal touches has been at some moments interesting, and this album does not sound bad either. It's pretty pop for me, paradoxically. In this sense, I have mixed feelings because it sounds pretty mainstream and formulaic, and some parts are actually even embarrassing, which is something that pushes me off, but at the same time I can find something that I "kind of" like. So, even if I don't think I will ever voluntarily listen to any song off this record again, it's been a good time listening to it.
Rap meets rock in one of the most famed albums of the 2000s. This is an album that I would have/did like as a teenager, but in 2026 I feel I have outgrown this. Still, this is from an era where it looked like rap-rock fusion might be taking off and joining the mainstream; and frankly, I am quite happy it didn't really...
Linkin Park er ikke min greie, men har på et vis blitt en koselig tidskapsel.
De traff en nerve i tiden (som skal sies at Creed og Nicleback gjorde det samme på den tiden. What a time to be alive), de definerte nærmest en sjanger. LP har aldri vært for meg, men de får en respektfull treer for innsatsen.
Teenage me loved this. Adult me has outgrown it. If I want angsty nu metal I'll just listen to Slipknot.
Enjoyed it overall.
Clearly a cut above their nu-metal contemporaries, in that they sound like someone I can mostly take seriously, and in that they're capable of writing memorable songs. But possibly the best thing about Hybrid Theory is that it's like the only nu metal album where they're willing to keep it to a normal length!
some really good instrumentals, this would have been a brilliant listen if it wasnt for that ridiculous rap style vocals.
This is a tough one.
Liked it more than I expected, but sounded kind of “same same” by the end. I doubt I will listen to it again.
Me gustaron algunas canciones pero no es mi estilo, no niego que es un álbum muy popular
I love this album. I also can't justify giving it a high score since it's such a product of its time. Typically I would hate the 2000s nut metal rap rock with the crime to the guitar commited here. Yet, I grew up in the Linkin Park era and I can't escape the nostalgia. So here we are.
Estuvo bien aunque definitivamente este no es mi genero
DylP lwk ruined my listening experience. Overall it was alright but nothing mind blowing.
'in the end' iconic, but just not my cup of tea as a genre. Good workout songs though.
Very good.
Every song on this album is incredibly silly.
Great rap metal album in the footsteps of Anthrax etc
loquillo pero se sintieron las canciones
Me gusta pero se me hace algo repetitivo. Tiene canciones que están buenas pero algunas ya me dan como a ruido je. Canciones que más me gustaron: - In the End - A Place for My Head - Forgotten
Was better than expected. Linkin Park have never been my jam. Very corny (not a bad thing). Big meaty guitar riffs. Every song would have made a good WWE Wrestling theme.
I like rap guy voice. I like nice singing guy voice. I don't care for angry yelling guy voice screaming at me so much.
Angst but grew on me
Si había escuchado a esta banda antes pero no me he molestado en escucharlos a ellos por mi cuenta. No soy el mayor fan de esta música, y en su época yo no los escuchaba y hasta los veia como algo gracioso porque es música para "gente que los padres no les prestaron atención" Ta bien, pero ahora no puedo escuchar sus canciones mas famosas por los memes de gente "edgy", o la canción the "in the end" sin que me salte a la cabeza ONE GAME
In the end!
Oh wow. Here we are. This album is of course simultaneously absolute garbage and amazing. No idea how to rate it. I think I'll go 3 on pure nostaliga
Actually listening to it, I think it's very much of it's age. It feels like there's no modern update.
I enjoyed it, hard-hitting ball of rage. It's interesting listening to LP with an open ear given for a long time I disregarded them as the angst meme/AMV group, it's particularly surreal listening to Crawling on its own
A lot of hits but not really my thing
Not bad, not great but not bad
Ok so. i gave this one a try after peer pressured by my friends who have a slightly different taste than i. i did not like it. but it’s alright. im just simply not into nu metal.
Singing was good. The rapping was a little corny. The instrumentals are fine. I'm partial to them because I like rock, but they aren't anything special. It's a shame that this is on the list instead of "Meteora", which is basically just a superior version of "Hybrid Theory".
I liked it a lot but I don’t think this will ever be my favorite genre.
One step closer: earlier Nu metal vibes a la KoRn, i dont mind it actually. points of authority: cheesy lyrics and rhymes- chorus kind of reminds me of Disturbed? instrumentals not really grabbing my attention either. crawling: Had heard this one before, the chorus is pretty memorable at least. I feel like the songs keep using the same kind of recipe, similar themed lyrics, the vocal performances, guitar riffs etc, there is nothing new as the album progresses in the end: the second track i recognized from the album. overplayed of course, but it has its charm. a place for my head: finally we get a vibe switch from the previous songs. more aggressive rap-metal forgotten: forgot it already cure for the itch: instrumental track full of breakbeats and scratching. beastie boys meets deltron and moby- like synths in the back. Also one of the highlights for me album closer a bit of a lowlight, in one ear out the other 3/5 - A pretty mediocre album without any offensively bad tracks. Dont see myself returning to it.
I have heard this album 100s of times but have not listened to it in 20.years. I enjoyed it more than i thought i would. Well made and well produced pop music with guitars and sometimes rapping. This doesn't deserve the hate it gets.
This was a pretty important album for nu metal and rap rock, and did a lot to popularize those sounds. There are some all-time great tracks on this record, but there are also a few that seem to just be noise for the sake of noise. Overall this a good listen and worth hearing, but is not the best album I've heard.
Definitely their peak Massive cultural phenomenon of an album I don't think it aged well about a year after it came out, but in the time since it's fine, I wouldn't put it on by choice, I did a few years ago and got a little bit bored in the end. Papercut, pushing me away, forgotten, are the highlights.. Ill go 3. But you couldn't pay me to listen to their later albums, but I am willing to take offers
Yes, it’s juvenile and embarrassing, but it’s about things that are innately juvenile and embarrassing, and you can’t deny that Chester Bennington meant it. It’s catchy and it’s over pretty fast, which helps. The rapping is God-awful. Best track: “Forgotten”
Some songs were ok.
I liked this way more than I expected to. I didn't realize they actually have ballads. My inner 13-year-old enjoyed this album a lot.
I am surprisingly neutral about this divisive album. A lot of it is done really well and I can’t really believe that this is a debut album but I do find it quite cringeworthy at times. high highs and low lows
Felt a little samey to me but they were all enjoyable
Some good ones on here, some not so good. Light 3
I was debating whether to give this 3 or 4 stars. Maybe I would rate it 3.5 stars, but I'm not going to round up, it just doesn't fit with the albums I give 4 stars. If I consider the album's purpose, which is angry music for angry teens, it serves that role very well. From a more critical perspective, it just doesn't have much depth. It's a fun and enjoyable listen, though a bit one-dimensional. It's still an album that has reached legendary status.
6 - AVERAGE
Durante toda a duração do disco imagens de AMVs miscelâneos foram passando na minha mente. O tempo todo! É um disco bem emblemático de um período bem específico da modernidade. Anos 2000, pré-adolescente com short cargo e cabelo arrepiado. Engraçado que hoje existe uma nostalgia forte nisso, mas por muitos anos todos nós que realmente vivemos nesse período sentíamos que aqueles eram os nossos “blunder years”. Talvez o tempo realmente cure tudo. A respeito da sonoridade, é um emaranhado de vários cantos e caminhos. Aquela junção de Rap com Rock pesado e melódico que tanto atrai a galera confusa que nem sabe do que gosta. Até uns scratches têm aqui, ou a faixa IDM totalmente deslocada. Som excitante pra acompanhar uma briga foda do Naruto. Rock porra! Gosto da voz do Chester, mas os vocais do outro cara têm uma vibe forte de Rap de Anime. Não curto. O conteúdo lírico é notório por ser repleto de angústia adolescente, o que envelheceu mal e parece ser meio vergonhoso hoje, mas admito que tenho todas as letras de In The End memorizadas, então o que dizer? Vou cuspir no prato que comi? No geral, há nostalgia aqui, mas também há vergonha. Barulheira que às vezes me incomoda. Meus gostos mudaram demais desde a minha pré-adolescência. Não é horrível. Divertido em alguns momentos. Mas algumas coisas ficam melhores em nosso passado. 3.5
They have some solid tunes, this is not the album I would have chosen for this list
Was never a fan of Mike Shinoda’s delivery. Still not. It just doesn’t work at all for me. Chester is an incredibly strong vocalist but Mike is not a very good rapper. The big singles are still fine. I actually enjoy In the End now in a “i will go a little bit in if it’s on with friends” kind of way.
A bit teen angst rock, but enjoyable
This one way surprisingly good!
If you asked me what I thought I would rate this before listening I would've said 5. Chester had a fantastic voice and I've always enjoyed Mike Shinoda's solo work too. That said this was kind of tough to listen to as an album. I think individually these songs are good but I was counting the minutes waiting for it to end.
This is so vaguely familiar and nostalgic, as I don't remember listening to Linkin Park before. It reminds me of the pop-rock radio stations I grew up listening to as a kid. Based on the consensus I online, the nu/rap metal genre is seen as the 2000s version of glam metal. I kinda agree with that for this record. It touches on dark themes that don't really go far/become too universal, in addition to how each song is very similar to the last. Nevertheless, being "nu" to nu metal, I do like some of the sound and production here (3.5).
Edgy teenager vibes
Variety: 2 Adequacy: 4 Listenability: 4 Uniqueness: 2 Emotionality: 5 = 3.4 rounded down to 3 "Full of broken thoughts/ I cannot repair" INTRO I was certainly aware of Linkin Park through the radio, but the band came around at a time I was retreating from new popular music. And while I've never considered myself to be particularly snobby, I did mostly avoid anyone with the "stink" of nu-metal/ rap-metal on them ( though I had enjoyed some stuff before like Korn). Knowing next to nothing about the band other than they were often lumped in with Limp Bizkit ( who I did not care for) brought my interest levels to less than zero. Over the years I've continued to hear the few radio hits replayed, and very recently have found myself listening to them quite a bit as I now have a middle-schooler who is a big fan. Have to say while they will likely never make it closer to my top 10, I have a new found appreciation for them at least, having heard a few of the deep cuts that seem to stand up with the radio hits. Looking forward to this one. THE TRACKS "Papercut" - What strikes me immediately with the opener is how much more atmospheric and musical they seem when compared to an act like Limp Bizkit. Less bombastic, and far more introspective. The quiet-loud-quiet dynamics along with the vocal gymnastics sell this one for me. Solid, contemplative angst as opposed to its more confrontational cousin. Makes you not so much want to break some stuff as maybe fume silently on the couch and play some Vice City with this blasting just loud enough to annoy your parents. "One Step Closer" - This is the one I remember hearing the most when it came out. It was striking even back then, but I would have just shaken my head and been like "That's probably their only interesting song." I find myself making more comparisons with a band like Rage Against the Machine here than Limp Bizkit, especially with the "SHUT UP!" with the scratching underneath, but also in that like the former band, Linkin Park seems a bit more serious. I might even go so far as to say they are to mental health and self-analysis what Rage was to politics. Simple and direct enough for a teenager to engage in, while remaining catchy and musically dynamic in all the right ways. Easy to see why this one has endured long enough for my 13 year-old to find it and dig it. "With You" - This is reminding me a bit too much of Limp Bizkit in the beginning and the following verses, but then veers into Korn territory for the chorus. Didn't hit for me like the first two, and felt more dated than either. "Points of Authority" - The dynamic between the delicate and screaming vocals save this one, but otherwise a little uninteresting musically. "Crawling" - This is the other track I remember hearing a lot. Very distinctive opening, and right into the epic sounding scream singing. The electronic beat, the tight modulated vocals and the anthemic loud sections work really well here. His voice never takes the complete turn into whiny emo, which is much appreciated. "Runaway" - More solid stuff here, and some great dips into the deeper range here with some more Korn-ish bass breakdowns. "By Myself" - The talk-rap over the soft section here doesn't gel as well when everything gets big here, like it has in earlier songs. Feeling a bit of whiplash, and there's not a lot to hook me as far as melody goes. Low point of the album so far for me. "In the End" - One that I regularly still hear on the radio. And easy to see why. Great balance of the rap elements and supremely catchy vocal melody. I certainly prefer one part over the other, but they each build off the other and provide plenty of emotion in the transition. We're FAR into mopey territory here, but it never rigs false, which helps sell this as legit. "A Place for My Head"- Bit of a change up here instrumental-wise with a distinctive guitar line behind the verses. Aside from the previous track, maybe the best contrast between Bennington's singing and Shinoda's ( best of the album so far) rapping. This flows right into... "Forgotten" ... where we get a little more of the same, but a lighter touch. Chorus here does not work for me though, and this feels as generic as anything I've heard on here yet. "Cure for the Itch" - Heavy emphasis on the DJ effects starting off on this one. The most hip-hop vibe of anything else, and after the opening it settles into a relatively chill beat and demonstration of Joe Han's ( I assume) turntable skills. The Ringo track. "Pushing Me Away" - Solid closer, but nothing amazing going on here. Seems to stay a little more in the emotional pocket with not as much of the dynamics present throughout the rest of the album. Can't see this being anyone's favorite though. HIGHLIGHTS - "Papercut" - "One Step Closer" - "Crawling" - "Runaway" - "In the End" MIDLIGHTS - "Points of Authority" - "A Place for My Head" - "Cure for the Itch" - "Pushing Me Away" LOWLIGHTS - "With You" - "By Myself" - "Forgotten" FINAL THOUGHTS Overall a very cohesive album, with some above average musicianship and non-abrasive vocals that make me wonder why exactly I avoided listening to this for so long. Lots to like and much more melodic than I expected. That being said, this has never, and will never be my favorite kind of music. Aside from having aged out of the target demographic for it, it's a bit too emotionally raw for me as well. I can see the appeal though, and am open to listening to more to see how/ if they evolve. And would ot rule out revisiting this either. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Probably just hang onto the highlights for now
This is the real Linkin Park, not the "What I've Done" Linkin Park that hit the mainstream in the mid-2000's thanks to Transformers.
OK
Like everyone else in 2000, I got sucked in and played this to the point of wearing it out, but it hasn't aged very well. The singles still go though.
nu-metl, a bit shouty this one
Ate this up as an angsty 14yo, so it was interesting to listen back fully grown. Still sang along to the classics, got a bit bored during the rest, which just sounded like not as good versions of the classics.
Perfect album if you're an angsty 14 year old. Sadly, those days have passed for me. In the End is still a banger though. 3/5 for nostalgia reasons.
i’m sad i wasn’t listening to this while growing up, the lyrics are so 14yo, but that’s it, impossible to comprehend if you’re older than that. the electronic track was fun
Really way more fun that I expected. Probably won't go back too much but was fun energy to work to
This doesn’t sound as revolutionary as I remember.
Well, it sounds like Linkin Park…! Yeah, decent. Of an era.
Not for me but enjoyed it more than I thought
Came in skeptical, leaving mostly neutral. ‘In the End’ holds up, the DJ scratches are a nice touch, and Chester could genuinely sing. But the formula runs out of ideas before the album does. Solid 3.
I used to make fun of this music and everyone who use to listen to it. As I get older I can appreciate some of the instrumentation, it was unique and very stylized. Lyrics are still angsty as fuck and written for losers with main character energy.
Jamais écouté avant. Les morceaux se ressemblent un peu tous, mais le mélange metal, hip-hop et électro donne envie de secouer la tête. Étonnament hard par moment. Une plaisante surprise. Top : By Myself Flop : Cure for the Itch
linkin park só me lembra tv união, logo, bom demais. 3,5.
Es decente, escuchable, pero no es nada del otro mundo, la mayoría de las canciones están bien, pero no tiene ninguna que sea más de 8 puntos. Los estribillos son una verga
This flippin' ripped in 4th form.
no es mi estilo pero definitivamente buena musica
Great
⭐️ Pushing Me Away 7/10 Lo re escucharía en el gimnasio. Es pesado, pero no como otros en los cuales literalmente gritan. Lo instrumental va de la mano con las letras. La última canción me hizo a acordar a Valentín.
Rip Chester one of the best vocalists ever
A full album of this angst is quite a lot. It can't be denied though that there are some incredible songs here.
Mwuah
i can feel the side part coming back to my hair
It was tough to put a number on this one, but ultimately I'm settling on a 3. Despite my tirade against nu metal in my review of Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water a few days ago, this one didn't really grate on me musically like that one did, with the riffs remaining interesting throughout instead of devolving into a muddy ooze. Lyrically, it's pretty bog-standard nu metal stuff, but it at least avoids the infantile shit Fred Durst was penning, and even with the memeworthy status of some songs like Crawling and In the End, I do genuinely believe there's real pain behind Chester Bennington's lyrics and delivery. It also has the incalculable advantage of being only half as long as Chocolate Starfish!!! The album was over by the time I was starting to get a bit weary of the sound. Overall, this album shows off what nu metal is capable of a lot better than Slipknot or Chocolate Starfish did, and I will maintain that In the End is a genuinely great song. Not entirely for me, but enough for a solid 6/10.
Not my favorite Linkin Park but still p good
While Linkin Park is one of my preferred to come out of the Nu-Metal genre. This album isn't as good as their later work.
I feel like I'm back in 2003 with my sister blasting this as she was going though her edgy middle/high school phase. Fun fact, the album Bella from Twilight is thought to be listening to is this album. She listens to it over and over again in an angst filled rage as she is trying to not think about Edward, who is avoiding her. She deconstructs it until she finally falls asleep. I think that encapsulates exactly what type of nu-metal this is - so accessible that it appears as an "edgy" moment in a vampire romance book. That is to say, I think tween/teens can really identify with this music because everything about it screams melodramatic and has big feelings that only puberty can really bring out. When everything that happens both positive and especially negative feels like the biggest thing that will ever happen to you. I think that this album is one that you kind of have to be in that age group to really see and feel the merits of when you first listen to it, otherwise I think it's hard to put yourself into that mindset. I wasn't much of a nu-metal fan, though there were a few times I angrily put on a couple of songs when I was going through a bad day. 3/5 because I can really see why this became popular, but it's just not my personal taste. I would say .5 of that is personal nostalgia of listening to it with my sister, and those moments where the worst thing that could happen to you was you had a breakout that wouldn't clear up and your crush was into someone else. Now I have bills.
It's okay, not my cup of tea. I did like some of the lyrics though.
Nu metal? Um no
Couple bangers but rest is tough to get through
I heard of this band for years and years but never heard the music. No idea why- I just haven't. Today that changed. I really liked parts of it, the vocals were OK- I liked the music better. I mean nothing bad about the vocals, but when the vocals get too ballad-y (like with Slipknot) I like it less and wish the vocals were always hard not that I don't like ballads (I love them) but like with Slipknot when the music is hyper and violent I feel hyper and violent but then the soft vocals come in & it messes up my I want to break stuff mood LOL and it makes me feel like I'm going crazy. I flat out can't tell how much I like Hybrid Theory with one listen so 3/5 for now but that will likely change when I listen to it more this weekend. I did like the rapping. Is it the same person that does the non-rap vocals? A lot of it grabbed me. Nu Metal is not my favorite music, but I do like Slipknot (so far, the best nu metal that I have ever heard) and Linkin Park might be in that same league of good- that's the feeling I got on my first listen. That's all I know.
Surprised by my surprise of how hard this goes. More NIN and limp bizkit than i ever knew
I don't really know how to rate this album since I'm just a gen z girl in her late 20's with most of my mental problems solved, so listening to this made me feel very alienated, I know it's an iconic album and I wouldn't say it's bad I just don't know at what point in my life I could listen to it and enjoy it, I felt a big generation gap and while listening to it I couldn't stop imagining naruto fights aggggg
going good with this opening riff definitely more my speed than slayer. still not my favorite genre but ya know. lotta record scratching going on here in the end--i like that opening piano. i think i recognize this song? i dunno it feels like a classic. a place for my head--oh my these are quite the lyrics this exudes angst in the way that can only come out of the '90s (i know i know... not the '90s. still pre-2001 tho...). cure for the itch--weird ok that was it. i don't know, 3.x/5. probably 3/5. looking forward to not listening to any angsty albums over the weekend.
Although this album isn't right in my wheelhouse, I never really gave it fair shot. After a drive listening I do understand why an angsty younger listener would find this music lethargic. Chester definitely writes in away that makes you feel like your not alone in these thoughts. The singles are still the best songs in my opinion, In the End does hit hard when you are struggling.
Overall Rating - 2.58/5 (5.17/10). Just not my taste. Screaming, distortion to the point of unpleasantness, just not what I enjoy.
I thought they were such a Korn wannabe when they came out as a teen. Good stuff
a bit anxsty but some great through back tunes that go hard
Some iconic songs that defined an era and a genre. Unique and fresh use of metal, math rock, rap, r'n'b. Some choruses have amazing melodies and vocals, but a lot of verses fall flat and rap parts almost become cringey. All songs sound very similar too, no real dynamic shift.
pretty gooddd i used to be obsessed with in the end when i was young because the older girls in my dance company did a cool dance to it
Just listened to this for the first time last month! Liked every song but can only listen under extremely specific circumstances. Otherwise it’s awful.
Sue me I really liked it. In the end is so iconic but also loved many of the other songs. I don’t usually listen to this type of music but maybe I should….
Goot
Was never a huge Linkin Park fan, but this is a fun album with some great hits that remind of high school. Definitely have their own sound and one hell of voice in Chester Bennington. Highlights: "One Step Closer" and "In The End"
This album gave me a glimpse inside the mind of a nicotine and energy drink addicted 40 something person. This person probably has at least 1 obnoxious vehicle and 1 shiny silkscreened t-shirt.
Buenos riffs y clásicos como In the end. Me resultó bastante repetitivo por momentos. La mezcla del rap siento que no se logra tan bien como otras bandas como RATM. Pero igual está bueno.
THEE millennial gateway album for any alternative taste. An absolutely crucial time capsule in sonic form. A foreshadowing of culture to come birthed from the last breath if the 90s. A classic. Unfortunately, after nostalgia subsides, the album doesn't really set itself apart from the raw feel of what came before, and falls short of improvements made after. A 3/5 today, a 100/5 when I was 11.
Confusing mix of genre, I enjoyed it in parts and not so much in other parts.
Linkin Park's music has never really been my thing. I know their hits and I know that their fans really love them. Just never really got into them myself. I thought I knew what to expect going into this, and it delivered exactly what I expected. What I didn't expect is that I would enjoy it as much as I did. A lot of it sounded pretty similar, and the rappy ad lib vocal parts are pretty corny. But overall I found myself enjoying it more than not.
Ehhh…. Nu Metal….. in my bottom three genres. LP is prob the best at this emo-rap-electronica-rock thing, but I’ll just listen to My Chemical Romance when I have any kind of hankering for this sorta thing (and blessedly replace the rap with more punk influence).
I was a teenage girl, a rather angry girl at age 14 when this album came out, so I got into it quickly and bought it on cassette (CDs were pretty expensive here in Eastern Europe). I wasn't really into nu metal and rap, but this album had the good balance of rock, rap, teenage angst and catchy tunes. It's very much a product of its time, but to be fair, it's a consistent album and it still holds up quite well despite of the fact that it's corny. It was nice to revisit it again after more than 20 years. It's not the kind of music I listen to nowadays, but I guess a 3 star is worthy considering everything.
Outside of the hits this was pretty mid
I get why it’s so popular but it was just annoying at times
The bangers still bang, the rest is kind of grating.
Never really a Linkin Park fan, but it's still pretty good.
couldn’t finish
This sounds like a perfect album for moments such as: getting cut from the JV lacrosse album; getting grounded for being caught dry-humping; losing your Title IX hearing; and other challenging events that thankfully have never happened to me, particularly not since 2000 when this was released. The rapping is all real stupid. But I admit the guitars are pretty cool and being 23 when this came out didn't help its cause at all.
This album to me is like peak junk food. I really like the way they use their voices; it reminds me of Pierce the Veil, except with less screeching. Which should be a good thing, but it also connects with me less than them. I don't mind listening to this album, and I could see it growing to a four over time, but it's not there right now.
Very nostalgic. I think it was thanksgiving my friend burned this for me. My super conservative cousin was mortified by this.
Brings back so many memories. Made me listing to Collision Course where they mash up their songs with Jay-Z. Elite.
2.5
It would’ve gone hard in middle school. Most of the songs sounded too similar to me, to the point that I thought it had repeated. Love the classics, but it is definitely “of its time,” although I acknowledge I would have probably enjoyed it more at a different time in my life.
Kul band när man hör en hit i taget, men hela platten blir lite väl mycket AAAAAANGST på en gång
Ibland är det här precis vad som behövs.
Respekterar albumet och bandet på nåt sätt mer än vad jag tycker om själva soundet. Finns ju ett par ordentliga klassiker men jag är samtidigt allergisk mot hela den här eran av musik.
Blir väl lite tröttsamt i längden, but in the end it doesn't really matter.
This album had a couple of songs that I recognized and liked. Other songs seemed to be similar but did not necessarily like.
Like Meterora better
1.crawling 2. by myself 3. in the end
Scratches do nothing for me. I like the band better without them for sure. Chester's shouty vocals have never been my thing. He sounds great when he croons but the throaty yelling gets very old for me. Shinoda's flows are mostly very dated and he interrupts the experience quite a bit. That being said, there are some really great songs here and I understand why it made the list.
some killer riffs and good drums but nothing like ridiculously good and I found the lyrics really quite cringe and over the top low-key just tasteful coworker music
I surprisingly didn’t hate this at all, it’s cool but I don’t see myself listening to the whole album again. I liked a couple of songs and the overall vibe tho.
3.5⭐️/5 01.08.2026
Unfortunately it was just a phase
Undeniably influential. Many songs I enjoyed, some felt a little repetitive and too grungy for me.
no one does it like linkin park did, true early 2000’s stuff right here
What an energetic album. Would be more resonant if I was a different person. Definitely homogenous.
i cant imagine listening to ts when im having a migrane or when im overstimulated. lyrics feel a little trashy. i dont undrestand the little rapping parts. but. listenable on a good day. meh
Never really got into linkin park after my teenage angst days. But I alway preferred Minutes to Midnight. This album has surprised me a little, the lyrics are a bit corny but the album itself has held up really well musically. Lots of big hooks and great riffs. Jack 3/5 Ale 3/5
Pretty good, but way too over-played.
I get why Linkin Park was so popular but it’s corny and repetitive. There’s nothing wrong with being corny and repetitive though.
Not bad if a little overwrought
Never listened to this, braced to hate it, surprised myself. Guitar tones and riffs are nice, has a heavy swing to it, rap elements don't sound too forced, guy has a decent flow even. Is this the cream of the crop of Nu Metal? Or is it just that after so much time, the postures taken here feel so quaint to me that I can't imagine having any real objection to it? Teenager music, in its concerns and approaches, but isn't most of the best music? Not nearly so corny or cheesy as I had feared, or maybe I'm just in an expansive mood. Wouldn't put it on, wouldn't change the station.
heard the majority of this album as a teen, probably hundreds of times. been a while tho Papercut - 3/5 One Step Closer - 5/5 With You - 4/5 Points of Authority - 5/5 Crawling - 5/5 Runaway - 2/5 By Myself - 1/5 In the End - 5/5 A Place for My Head - 4/5 Forgotten - 4/5 Cure for the Itch - 1/5 Pushing Me Away - 4/5 Average score: 3.6/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ doesn't hit the same as it did when i was younger, obviously. but most of the tracks were still somewhat enjoyable. some of the tracks i hadn't heard before were a bit too angsty and juvenile, even for the taste of my younger self
all the songs sound the same
A few very recognizable songs in this album. Not a Linkin Park fan, but I can see why they were popular. I didn't hate it. 3/5
niet per se mijn vibe
it’s a good album, not my personal taste
tbh rlly liked rock
They must hate how often they get confused for Limp Bizkit.
This. Album. It’s filling me like equal parts joy and cringe. I’m glad it was on this list, I don’t think I could listen to it all the way through off my own bat - they were really feeling some ways about some stuff
3 stars for nostalgia. It's not that amazing besides that.
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park (200) issue - Spotify 1) Papercut - 3 2) One Step Closer - 3 3) With You - 2.5 4) Points of Authoirity - 3 5) Crawling - 4 6) Runaway -3 7) By Myself - 3 8) In the End - 4 9)A Place for My Head - 3 10) Forgotten - 3 11) Cure for the Itch - 3.5 12) Pushing Me Away -3
It fucks but repetitive
I can see why millions of teenagers adore this. But to my old ears it sounds incredibly shallow. Childish lyrics about misery and escape. Guitars not doing anything interesting. Average rap but quite strong yelling. A couple of bangers but otherwise left me cold
I enjoyed this more than I expected.
Nice to have a place to put some of the anger I’ve been feeling about the ~state of the world~
bumpb ump bump bump iconic shit wel vaak the same shit maar yeah cool ig
Who doesn't like a bit of Nu Metal?
I think it is surprisingly musical, but too screamy for me. When I wore a younger man's clothes I dug it but now that I'm old it is a bit much.
Vocals are fire, instrumentation is epic, the rapping is bad
I'm finding it hard to rate this album because it's contemporary to my teenage years. I didn't listen to Linkin Park other than when their single came on the radio, but all the same, it's been part of the musical soundtrack of my life. Listening now, it's reminding me of what a great record this is for a teenager who's struggling with something. And as an adult who's had their downs, 'In the End' still hits. I appreciate the musicianship and genre mixing. A great album for processing bullshit.
There was a track that Deftones were essentially forced to put on many of the White Pony album releases. It's a track called Back to School (Mini Maggit). It's this Y2K radio friendly rap-rock track that's just bad. It truly has no business on the album, or even in their catalog. But that's beside the point. While this album isn't nearly as bad as that track, it feels like those same A&R reps worked with Linkin Park to produce their sound. It's Y2K overproduced radio rock. If this were a completely fresh listen having never heard tracks from this album before, I'd be more inclined to at least give it another shot or two. But the singles from this album were so thoroughly shoved down our throats in the early 00s, I can't give it a fair shake. Whether it's influenced or interpolated from Limp Bizkit, 311, and Korn, it feels rather unoriginal. The album definitely reflected the sound it was going for pretty convincingly, but not enticing to my taste.
I’m sorry, Linkin.
Would be the hardest banger if i was 13
It's okay but not my type of music, there was a couple good songs but it's just not really for me
I know of Linkin Park’s hits, but am not super familiar with most of their work. This album definitely had moments that were super cool. I think this album really shines when Chester sings with his actual voice and the band avoids the disc scratching and production effects. The rap sections just seem super dated and detract from the record. I’m interested in listening to subsequent albums. I think a more mature and refined version of this would fit my preferences better. 3.75/5.
A time capsule album for me. Came out when I'd come out of a bad relationship and was living on my own for the first time in awhile. At the time, it was an excellent anesthetic -- just angst over some crunchy hooks and samples that went down easy. Reliving this album 25 years later -- and ooh boy -- it really doesn't hold up well. Lyrics that once sounded heartfelt and painful are pretty damned inane in the harsh light of experience. Couldn't get past it this time around. Fun to remember the days of blasting down the highway screaming along with Chester and Shinoda -- but now I'm just too old for that shit.
This album makes me think of LAN parties circa Y2K. Some of it is catchy, but its heaviness doesn’t quite align with what I prefer.
Good to listen to more than just singles
I have never really sat down and listened to Linkin Park, and while many of the songs on this album are familiar to me, it wasn't a period in my life where I was engaging much with top 20 stuff so, while I certainly know who they are, I can't say I had much of an opinion on Linkin Park so was excited to listen to this. It is a lot more pop than I was expecting, I think I lump them into the nu-metal group with Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock, and while they share some stylistic elements, Linkin Park is far more polished and pop forward than either of those acts. I enjoyed the music generally, and like the electronica elements a lot, but the level of sugar-y pop production and song structure just feels so incongruous with the lyrical content (which is sometimes cringy levels of juvenile) like a depressed teenager has been forced to attend a very upbeat dance party. So, yeah, it was much more musically interesting than I expected, but still probably not really for me. Love the cover though, it's a 4/5.
Reviews are definitely polarizing and I find myself somewhere in between. I remember listening to a friend's copy on repeat on the way to a soccer tournament shortly after it came out. At the time, it would have been a 5. As a grew up and matured, I definitely scoffed at this band and album and probably would have given it a 1. Revisiting it now 20 years later, I appreciate some tracks and the nostalgia it brings back for a time period now lost. Not all are hits, but I'll definitely keep a few of these songs in my library. Rounding up to 3.
This brings me back to high school
Not really my cup of tea - could see why others might love it thiugh
I tried so hard
Few bangers
Listening to this album made me feel like a 14 year old boy. I enjoyed yelling along to In The End, but the rest of it all sounded pretty similar to me.
When I was 14 or 15 I was considering buying this album on CD. My friend Ben told me that I shouldn't because it was "rich white boys singing about how angry they are that their parents wouldn't give them enough pocket money." So I didn't. I was expecting to hate this, but I didn't. Not a great album by any means, but some fun songs.
Day687 - even though i never liked it i know linkin park and especially this album mean a lot to people.
that was the first time i ever listened to linkin park and no offence to nick but it needs to grow on me a lil bit
Supposedly great... not my thang.
Nice
Not my style of choice by any means, but to me this album is the definitive realization of what the nu metal/rap rock genres could be. Chester's voice is a beautiful buzzsaw.
Massif
The reviews for this are educational to someone like me who studiously ignored nu metal. These guys appear to be the uncool band on the scene to many. I still can't tell the difference. I don't feel the need to immerse myself in the genre to 'get it'. It is kind of bland and repetitive but not in a way that upsets me. Maybe if I cared about numetal it would.
I wanted to hate this more than I do. Definitely not going to keep listening, but I can't bring myself to hate it. It's competently done. The mixing is surprisingly energetic and organic after being so used to mainstream music being pitch-corrected and quantized to death. I can very easily see why this was so popular and influential. But in the end... It's kinda schlocky and trite white middle-class rebellion.
i listened to half of it and got the gist, it's not my kind of music but i thought it was catchier than the other metal we've heard actually. more commercial/poppy i think.
I bought the album when it came out. Back then, rap-rock and nu metal, bands like Korn or Limp Bizkit, were already kind of fading, and I still don’t get how Linkin Park became that popular (and still are today). Listening again now, I realize how badly their music aged compared to older records in the same genre. There are a few good tracks, sure, but the whole thing is so smooth and popified that my early excitement faded pretty fast. These days, and even though this album has its moments, I can barely listen to it anymore. White Pony, which came out the same year, is way better and way more mature.
Mitähän tästä sanoisi, vähän jotenkin päälleliimatun oloista angstia, vaikka taisi solistilla itsellään ihon alle mennäkin. Ihan menevää settiä kuitenkin. En ollut kuullut aiemmin muita kuin nuo megahitit. Läväytetään EOS eli kolmonen!
Nu-metal’s suburban angst finally found its honor-roll poster boys in Linkin Park, a band that weaponizes vulnerability as much as distortion. Hybrid Theory is all twitchy guitars and hip-hop cadence, the kind of catharsis tailor-made for kids who feel too soft for Korn but too wound-up for Matchbox Twenty. The rap-rock back-and-forth doesn’t always elevate above its influences—think Limp Bizkit without misogyny or Rage Against the Machine without a manifesto—but the band’s melodic instincts are sharper than most of their peers. “Runaway” smuggles actual hooks beneath the pummeling, and “In the End” rides that now-iconic piano line while Chester Bennington proves he can flat-out sing when he’s not venting demons at full volume. Even the more derivative cuts like “Forgotten” turn emo at the chorus, revealing a band caught between self-loathing and sincerity. It doesn’t break the mold, but it certainly nails the mood.
Nostalgia middle school vibes but too angsty
Like this more than I thought I would.
I know I’m not entirely motivated by nostalgia. Despite this being the undisputed soundtrack of my early teens, I can acknowledge this album is pretty cheesy. The production is great, though.
Best Track - "In The End"
Never really got into the whole nu metal/rap metal scene. Linkin Park are probably one of the better bands in that style along with Korn. It’s a solid album and they're a decent band, just whenever I here 'nu metal' i struggle to separate it from absolute fucking dogshit like Papa Roach and Limp Bizkit. Its just not really my bag. In the End is a banger to be fair.
Call of Duty montage music
Good. I'm not certain I could give an American band of this genre more than a 3 but this is as good as that music gets
If only they would have designed less rhymes…
Decent. I wouldn’t own it but in the right situation, it’s a fun listen.
This rapping is so bad. Chester has skills though.
Never really been my kind of thing but it’s got a lot going for it.
Sigh. Objectively, this is over-produced pop. Really, really good over-produced pop. It belongs on the list. It is the best example of rap-rock pop which was huge in the early 00's and influential on today's artists (whether those artists are respectable or not). I'm probably giving a full star because my son loves it. Influence 4. Quality 2. Hits 4. I won't complain when it comes on, but I'm not seeking it out 2.
The sound of teenage rebellion in 2000. So many bands sounded like this in the very late nineties and early 2000s. I think Linkin Park were one of the better ones, and this album was everywhere. However, it's not great. It's relentless noise, but it works sometimes. In The End and Crawling let up on the screaming noise, and I don’t mind the almost flamenco guitar intro for A Place For My Head. It gets a better towards the end, but it’s not a fantastic specimen of sound. It is fairly short though and that works in its favour for me.
I love linking but this feels more like a hit collection than an album, I love it though
Not my style usually but interesting and “In the End” was great
I like the music but can do without the screaming.
Primera vez escuchando un álbum de Linkin Park, tiene un estilo muy variado, no viene mal como primera vez, aunque en algún punto se sentirá repetitivo. Desconozco si los trabajos de la banda suenan igual ahora; 3/4 porque siento que hay mucho In The End en Hybrid Theory.
I don't have a lot of nostalgia for Linkin Park personally (aside from a few songs), but there's no denying their place on this list. Honestly should not have dropped them from the list from latest edition (or preferably, in my opinion, swapped for Meteora). That said, this is a solid debut. A little derivative of the other bands in the nu-metal scene at the time (especially Chester really channeling Fred Durst in certain songs, but this is a much stronger music than Limp Bizkit) And obviously there are the standouts like Crawling, Points of Authority, In the End, and One Step Closer. Solid debut for a band who will eventually find their voice and release more interesting stuff later on (as early as their follow up, Meteora).
This was a refreshing blast from the past.
A couple of hits I remembered a felt like a warm hug from my tortured middle school self. But overall the majority of the songs sound pretty similar and the album eventually starts to feel pretty repetitive.
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Couple of good songs, but not my style generally. I never really enjoyed the lead singer's style.
There are a few solid tracks here, but overall, it’s never really clicked for me. It’s emo-metal, polished, angsty, and trying a little too hard to sound deeper than it really is.
3 Stars (8/15)
I was too alternative and cook for Linkin Park in my youth when they were at their height, but this wasn't too bad at all. Teenage me was wrong.
Couple good songs and some nostalgia but most of the album was forgettable.
Hard to judge objectively, loved the album as a middle schooler but Linkin Park has become kind of a punchline over the years. That said, the songs are well written and catchy, the album itself feels well produced, and this was definitely new ground in 2000. I think it's an honest 3 stars.
Another band i dismissed in their day…but Linkin Park fucks. They are a good band. Is it a little repetitive and/or corny at times? Sure, but also they were huge for a reason and perfected the nu metal/rap rock vibe. Way better sounds/songs/musicianship than peers like Limp Bizkit…A perfect crossroads of music to listen to you before your lacrosse game and music to listen to when you think about how much you hate the kids on the lacrosse team. I listened at the gym and enjoyed every minute in that environment.
The Rage Against the Mahcine influence is clear, but Linkin Park isn’t political, anthemic music - it’s basically emo. This is a good album, not my taste, but a solid album. Notable tracks include One Step Closer, Points of Authority, Crawling, In the End, A Place For My Head, Forgotten.
Crawling and In the End do the heavy lifting here. Some of these songs and the rhyming scheme are just bad.