Product Description

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'.

Track Listing

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #847 in Music
• Released on: 2003-03-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

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

Customer Reviews

I actually really enjoyed this album if I rememberd correctly! !
A few years ago I remember buying this and thinking it was a really good album and it is a very good album, it has great lyrics, good riffs, and great songs and that's all you need. My favourite songs are "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Figure .09", "Breaking The Habit" & Numb". I don't mind what genre they are in they are a good band (if you forget about there new album), they are much better then Korn & Limp Bizkit and have much more talent, but still it was obviously never gonna be as good as Megadeth's So Far So Good So What! or Black Sabbath self titled debut but those are totally different genres and my own opinion. So overall this is an excellent album recommended for Linkin Park fans and fans of rap metal.

One of the main reasons I like this album is you don't get the feel that these guys just wanna make money out of ya, the lyrics have great meaning. This is the only Linkin Park album I have I have yet to hear Hybrid Theory(strangely enough) and I am never gonna buy their new album as well i'm sure most off you know why. hope this helped. Rock On! ! !

Worth 5 stars for "numb"
I hadn't heard of Linkin park until I heard "minutes to midnight" which I thought was an excellent and diverse album; however I got this last weekend and since then have had it blaring in my car constantly. As some of the other reviewers have said, it's really rock, with rap and metal elements, but just very very well done.

"from the inside" and "breaking the habit" are excellent tracks, but the highlight is "Numb", very in the same mould as "What I've done" from the later album, but if anything a sharper track, tighter backing with nicely done, understated scratches that are actually used as another instrument rather than just thrown over the top, and a truly awesome, angry chorus with the tagline "All I want to do, is to be more like me - and be less like you!"

*amendment* Having listened to this album (lots) over the last couple of weeks, maybe the highlight is "Breaking the habit". Sad, Angry, Despairing, but racing and full of energy. "I don't know how I got this way - I know it's not alright - So I'm breaking the habit - I'm breaking the habit tonight". Think Evanescence at double speed, with tighter lyrics, twice as much power and again, those really well-integrated scratches (overlaid on an orchestral strings-sounding backing - wierd but it works brilliantly).

Worth 5 1/2 stars, for "Numb", "Breaking the Habit" and "From the Inside"

Genius!
It takes a certain kind of skill to produce what Linkin Park have done, mixing elements from Rap and Hard Rock Music to create their own unique blend, With Meteora that was no Exception.

However, Unlike Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park have Matured Both Artistically and Musically to create something New and Vibrant with Memorable Chrouses and Powerful Lyrics with tracks like 'From the Inside', 'Numb' and 'Faint'.

This could quite Possibly Be Linkin Park's Best Album to Date.

Tracks to Look Out For:

Numb
Faint
Figure 0.9
From the Inside
Breaking the Habit
Lying from You
Hit the Floor
Nobody's Listening