Meteora is a Metal album by Linkin Park, originally released in 2003. On Gatefold: 172 pressings tracked, owned by 105 collectors.
About
When LINKIN PARK started writing the album that would become 2003's <i>Meteora</i>, they were touring behind their 2000 debut <i>Hybrid Theory</i>, a wildfire hit that took even the band by surprise. Their blend of guitar rock's pummeling riff, hip-hop's swaggering groove, and intricately emotional lyrics delivered by co-vocalists Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda turned them into one of the 21st century's biggest new artist. <i>Meteora</i> allowed LINKIN PARK to prove their versatility to the world, to show that they were more than just a run-of-the-mill rap-rock band. “One of the benefits of having a second album is to say, ‘Okay, cool—you understand this much about u, let us fill in a lot of gaps and add a whole bunch of other color,’” Shinoda told Zane Lowe in 2023. Individually and as a collective, LINKIN PARK pushed their artistic limits on <i>Meteora</i>, which is apparent from the details on each song: The dueling vocals of “Somewhere I Belong” recall an internal monologue being annotated in real time; the urgent plea for reconciliation “Faint” is animated by high-drama strings and a relentless drumbeat; the seething “Nobody's Listening” pivots on a serpentine sample played on bamboo flute; and the glitchy instrumental “Session” hints at LINKIN PARK's CD wallets containing selections from electro masters like Aphex Twin and Squarepusher. Then there was “Breaking the Habit”—a track that, according to guitarist Brad Delson, “never could have been on our first album.” A breakneck plea for the world to make sense that combines the knotty guitars of emo with flashes of Joe Hahn's turntablism and icily looming string, it's also a spotlight for Bennington's emotion-wracked wail, with Shinoda, who wrote the track, taking a break from rapping. “We said, ‘We're going to do a song that's going to be dark, emotional. It's a single. It's going to be no heavy guitar. It's going to be no screaming. It's just going to be a powerful LINKIN PARK song,’” recalled Shinoda. .
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Tracklist
- 1Foreword0:13
- 2Don't Stay3:07
- 3Somewhere I Belong3:33
- 4Lying From You2:55
- 5Hit The Floor2:44
- 6Easier To Run3:24
- 7Faint2:42
- 8Figure.093:17
- 9Breaking The Habit3:16
- 10From The Inside2:55
- 11Nobody's Listening2:58
- 12Session2:24
- 13Numb3:09
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Nu Metal
- layered
- anxious
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alyssa ParkVIOLIN
- Brad DelsonBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUITAR, PERFORMER BAND , GUITAR
- Charlie BisharatVIOLIN
- Chester BenningtonBAND , VOCALS MUSICIAN , VOCALS PERFORMER , VOCALS
- Daniel SmithCELLO
- Dave FarrellBACKING VOCALS BASS BASS GUITAR
- David CampbellARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY, STRINGS STRINGS
- Evan WilsonVIOLA
- Joel DerouinVIOLIN
- Joseph HahnARTWORK , BACKING VOCALS, PERFORMER , SAMPLER, TURNTABLES BACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, ARTWORK
- Larry CorbettCELLO
- Mark RobertsonVIOLIN
- Michele RichardsVIOLIN
- Mike ShinodaARRANGED BY ARTWORK , CREATIVE DIRECTOR, MC, PERFORMER , SAMPLER, VOCALS BAND , MC , VOCALS, SAMPLES
- PhoenixBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, BASS, PERFORMER BAND , BASS
- Rob BourdonBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, DRUMS, PERFORMER BAND , DRUMS
- Robert BeckerVIOLA
- Sara ParkinsVIOLIN
105 collectors on Gatefold own this · 172 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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