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Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Don't Stay

3. Somewhere I Belong

4. Lying From You

5. Hit The Floor

6. Easier To Run

7. Faint

8. Figure.09

9. Breaking The Habit

10. From The Inside

11. Nobody's Listening

12. Session (Instrumental)

13. Numb

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Meteora, Linkin Park's second studio effort (not counting the 2002 remix album Reanimation), overflows with glossy production values and Big Rock oomph, fully embracing the pop instincts of their Hybrid Theory debut. For many, Theory sounded inexcusably corporate, from its too-timely rap-rock sound to the long list of product endorsements included in the sleeve notes. Meteora will only amplify those complaints, but this album is actually truer to the band's nature. It's still impossible not to hear strains of Limp Bizkit, Korn, Rage Against the Machine and the like. None of those acts, however, would try something as blatantly anthemic as "Easier to Run", which would sound fine to a Def Leppard fan, or as borderline danceable as "Breaking the Habit" and "Session". Linkin Park are what Trent Reznor was always afraid of becoming, but if you ever wished he would drop the pretences and just make a hair-metal record, you'll find Meteora to your liking. --Matthew Cooke

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Multi-million selling nu-metal superstars' second album proper, following 2002's remix collection 'Reanimation'. Working once again with producer Don Gilmore (Pearl Jam, Trust Company, Good Charlotte), they have written a record they describe as "darker" than their debut 'Hybrid Theory'. Featuring more of their slick blend of rap, metal, pop and electronica, it includes the single 'Somewhere I Belong'.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Meteora? Truly meteoric, 26 Jan 2007

By	Lucas Jacobellis "Jack" (South Cornwall, England) - See all my reviews

Let's start with the bad, shall we? Erm... well, I don't get the point of having a seven-second intro piece, but... gees, that's about it. Now for the good.
Hear the rousing beginning of Faint and you get the whole album summed up in a nutshell. Here is a band who have a vocalist, an MC and a DJ, and in key songs, mix rock with electronica and rap. Easy to do. Hard to do well. Which they do. Numb, despite never really being accepted to begin with, is a rock classic, and if you watch the video, you see a pattern forming. Linkin Park are all about reaching out to the unpopular and telling them who they are is alright. And that being cool isn't always important.
Once you invent another genre of rock like Linkin Park has, like Nu-Metal, a lot of people are going to hate you. Rock isn't to be meddled with, after all. And more people think having Mike Shinoda (the MC) and Joseph 'The Chairman' Hahn (the DJ) in is to the band's detriment. But although Chester Bennington is a great vocalist, he has less to do with it then Mike and Jo.
Meteora is a 101 of what's good about Linkin Park, and from that pointless intro to Somewhere I Belong, and the great anime video for Breaking The Habit, the album is great and so is the band.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

Meaty aura, 21 Oct 2003

By	Steve "---steve---" (Littlehampton) - See all my reviews

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This is a great album and is what I imagine all Hybrid Theory fans were waiting for.
This was designed to be played loud. We have the now familiar mixture of rap and rock - mixing the different vocal styles with crashing guitars on a well paced beat.

There seems to be a lot of criticism over the lack of progression by LP. I disagree. It is similar in style to Hybrid Theory but who wants something completely different? If you do, then buy a disk by another band and stop whining.
Clearly we don't want the same stuff re-gurgitated again and again and we haven't with Meteora. This has got it's own identity and has some truely excellent tracks such as Don't Stay and Faint, for example.

My only criticisms are;
1. the album is too short - a length suitable for putting onto one side of a C90 tape, but who does that anymore?
2. the high visibility commercialism rankles with most metal/punk/rock fans over the age of 9. The extras and sleeve inserts are a bit sad. I am not interested in their "art", fan club website, buying socks with Linkin on the left and Park on the right or a book of LP cookie recipes.

Despite these reservations, this is a very good album, worth every penny. Buy it.

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Everybody's Listening!, 6 April 2003

By	Ben (Portsmouth, Hants United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

Im not that much into grunge or the heavier rock side of things. Neither am I too into rap and the like whose influences pervade LP's distinctive sound. However, these are true musicians with a finely tuned collective musical ear for what works and what doesn't. This album, their follow up to the fantastic 'Hybrid Theory' is more evenly balanced in its sound. The 'bad second album syndrome' is no-where to be found, and for the most part the songs are solid. The following is a review-let of each song.

1. FOREWORD - What's the point?....1/5
2. DONT STAY - This is where 'Hybrid Theory' leaves and 'Meteora' takes over. A kind of ease-in. 3/5
3. SOMEWHERE I BELONG - Solid, heartfelt with a soaring chorus and a brilliant chord sequence. 4/5
4. LYING FROM YOU - Not the most memorable but still a solid song. 3/5
5. HIT THE FLOOR - Kind of hip-hop, kind of not. An experiment in textures and some great drumming! 4/5
6. EASIER TO RUN - BRILLIANT! This song combines power, emotion, rap and Chester's great vocals, with a chord sequence in the chorus to get anyone hooked. 5/5
7. FAINT - Some people say this is the new 'In The End'. However, its not that good! 3/5
8. FIGURE.09 - Dodgy title but a v.cool song. The whole idea and way the words work is really solid and proffessional. 4.5/5
9. BREAKING THE HABIT - This song was 6 years in the making! It shows, and it a very dark, yet confidently defiant sounding song. THIS is the new 'In The End'. 5/5
10. FROM THE INSIDE - This piece is in 6/8, rather than the standard 4/4 rhythm. A great lilt, with cross pattern drumming and a very convincing chorus. 5/5
11. NOBODYS LISTENING - A very brave attempt at LP's version of 'alternative' and different. Not quite sure though...4/5
12. SESSION - An instrumental which provides a balanced change in course for the album as a whole. 3/5
13. NUMB - BRILLIANT BRILLIANT BRILLIANT!. It sounds like a cross between 'Crawling' & 'In The End' but with a huge helping of maturity. A fitting conclusion to the album great second verse lyrics. 5/5

NB: What LP do, they do very well. But, there are only so many ways to write rap, grunge and melodic vocal combo's. Maybe they should try something COMPLETELY different next time. It would be easy to get stuck in a rut. But right now...WHOS COMPLAINING!!

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