1. FOWARD (-) No score, so song.
2. DONT STAY (A) Wakes us up into what we know, and what we like. A very strong track.
3. SOMEWHERE I BELONG (B+) Honestly, the reason I was worried about this CD was because of this song. The bridge is awesome, though.
4. LYING FROM YOU (B) Back to business with this one. But somehow I'm still feeling alienated...
5. HIT THE FLOOR (A) This is very fresh! agressive, resistant- this song fights you!
6. EASIER TO RUN (A) Soaring with vocals, this is Linkin Park's rock ballad.
7. FAINT (A-) Love flowing to this, Linkin Park's answer to pop anthems.
8. FIGURE.09 (A-) At this point in the CD we are hearing a blend of what we've heard, and never heard before. This is good.
9. BREAKING THE HABIT (B+) What is this?! It's super funky?! It's mellow?! It works!
10. FROM THE INSIDE (A-) I'm feeling alienated from this disc. I can't tell this one from the three before it. Yay for screaming bridges!
11. NOBODY'S LISTENING (A) Straight rap. Hated it at first. But I still couldn't get those "eastern" flutes out of my head. Now a fave, and good for break-dancing battles.
12. SESSION (C) Yes, Mr Hahn is talented- No, we don't care.
13. NUMB (A+) Redeams the whole album. One of the best songs I've ever heard. Makes me cry- almost.


nothing new,its Hybrid Part 2...but who cares, it will sell!   March 26, 2003
 29 out of 47 found this review helpful

For the kids who want to buy a cool CD and show it to their friends and prove that they can bust out Mike Shinoda's rap and belt out Chester Bennington's melodies....this is the CD! But do not expect any significant changes from their riff,melody, rap and scratch formula which helped 'em out for Hybrid.
Its filled with 3-minute songs (the album is only 37-minutes short) which won't be a problem for the band to pick a single that will boost their sales. this is my rundown:

The Good: Those who love the obvious Linkin Park trademark sound, they won't be disappointed. They experimented a tiny bit with new sounds(drum n bass beats, more tasteful samples, flute).

The Bad: 37 minutes is way too short for a 'rock' album. There were opportunites for them to expand their arrangements, but chose to play it safe.

In all, fair play to them for putting out a decent CD that would live up to Hybrid Theory. But personally, this CD was too obvious and i can't see me listening to this to often in the near future.It wasn't bad, but it wasn't groundbreaking either! It doesn't have 'staying power' and i thought this was their chance to show that Linkin Park had other colours..and i guess, they don't...and thus, they face the uphill battle of trying to survive in this genre and reinvent themselves in their next effort.


THIS IS WHERE YOU SEPARATE THE MEN FROM THE BOYS   March 14, 2004
 29 out of 64 found this review helpful

Much like the above title subject... this is, truly, where you separate the TRUE Linkin Park fans away from the posers/player hatin'/rap crap b*s* listening/korn sucks!!! no matter what they says, indenial fans.

I mean, Are you out of your mind!! Just how many bands do you know that whenever they come out with an album (minus Reanimation), almost every songs in their album can be a hit?!

Exactly!

Not even Disturbed (my fave band of all time by the way, just above LP) or Metallica has succeeded in that respectable category.

So Stop frontin' GO BUY THE CD!!! IGNORE all the haters, cuz chances are... they don't know what they're talking about.

'nuff said.


Linkin Parks' Second Effort - A Successful One   March 2, 2005
 28 out of 34 found this review helpful

I enjoyed this album better than 'Hybrid Theory'. Its a short CD with 13 songs and goes for 47 mins or there abouts. But it has many great songs layered in their successful blending of rock with rap and comes out with a good effort. This is the enhanced CD version that comes out with great multimedia content. The video of 'Somewhere I Belong' was the highlight and shinoda has a great voice almost reminiscent of Aaron Lewis from Staind.

The hit song from this album became and for good reason, 'Somewhere I Belong', it shows Linkin Park at their full potential with gritty lyrics and a delivery that is amazing. My other favourite songs from this album were 'Faint', 'Breaking the Habit' and 'Sessions'. Sessions is one of the better instrumental songs I have come across recently.


Flawless   May 11, 2003
 23 out of 32 found this review helpful

Criticism 1: Meteroa is Hybrid Theory 2.
- as great as HT is, Meteora is better. Better because it takes the the spirit of Hybrid Theory and expands on it, in a fuller, richer and more mature way. Meteroa is an album of muscial depth, one listen is never enough. Where Hybrid Theroy was edgy, Meteroa is softer. Meteroa is very much of a reflection of where and who Linkin Park are now.

Criticism 2: Meteroa is repetitive.
- having listened to the album non-stop for the last 2 weeks, I think this is just an unfounded. Don't Stay sounds nothing like Nobody's Listening, Easier to Run sounds nothing like Lying from You. Breaking the Habit sounds nothing like Faint. Where, I ask, is the repetition? All the songs on this record are standout briliance, fantastically individually and yet always with the common thread that is Linkin Park.

Criticism 3: Meteora is too short?
-since when has the value of a record been determined by it's length. Meteora is the only CD I have in my considerable collection that hasn't seen the skip button. I'd rather take 37 minutes of brilliance than have to skip over "fillers" and ... songs.

Meteora is everything that music should be: without boundaries and restrictions of genre and sounds, rich and powerful. The vocals are fabulous as always, with the chemistry between Mike and Chester becoming fuller with every song, the guitar work by Brad is flawless, accentuating the mood of each song, the drumming is superb, Phoenix rocks on bass and Mr. Hahn is far superior on Meteora than he ever was on Hybrid Theory.

Can't find a bad thing to say about this CD, it is absolute fantastic! A more than worthy addition to anybody's music collection.