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Meteora
Studio album by Linkin Park
Released March 25 2003
June 29 2004 (Tour Edition)
Recorded April 2002 – December 2002 at NRG Recordings in North Hollywood, California
Genre Hard Rock
Nu metal
Rapcore
Length 36:43
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Don Gilmore
Professional reviews
Linkin Park chronology
Linkin Park Underground v2.0
(2002)		Meteora
(2003)		Linkin Park Underground v3.0
(2003)
Special Edition Cover
Special Edition cover
Singles from Meteora
# "Somewhere I Belong"
Released: March 17 2003# "Faint"
Released: June 9 2003# "Numb"
Released: September 8 2003# "From the Inside"
Released: January 12 2004# "Lying from You"
Released: April 2004# "Breaking the Habit"
Released: June 14 2004


Meteora is the second studio album by California-based nu metal band Linkin Park, first released on March 25 2003. Following the collaboration album Reanimation which featured remixes of their debut album Hybrid Theory. Linkin Park released singles from Meteora for over a year, including Somewhere I Belong and Numb.

The music in Meteora represents significant changes since the release of Hybrid Theory. It is characterized by more relevant influences from rapcore ("Lying From You", "Hit The Floor", "Figure.09"), hip hop ("Nobody's Listening") and electronica ("Breaking the Habit"). Their instrumental song Session was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 2003.

Background info and production

The album was named after the Meteora rock formation in Greece. After seeing these monasteries on a trip to Europe, the band was inspired by the way they were built, almost defying gravity. It was this feeling of greatness and awesome accomplishment that Linkin Park wished to convey with their music, thus the name.

Don Gilmore co-produced the album. Linkin Park comprehensively rehearsed the album recording more than 40 choruses for the first single "Somewhere I Belong". Like the band's first full-length Hybrid Theory, Meteora was recorded using Pro Tools software. In its 1st week it sold an estimated 810,000 units. To date, it has sold 5.5 million in the U.S. alone, and selling over 10 million copies worldwide[1].

Also interesting to note is the almost complete synchronization of every song throughout the album. The precedent is immediately set with "Foreword," an intro to the album which finishes with a crashing sound (thought by many to be glass breaking, but it is in fact an external CD burner on a wooden table being smashed with an aluminum baseball bat). The sound effect smoothly transitions this cue into the album's first song "Don't Stay." Almost all the songs are likewise linked together, with some instrumental motif carrying over one song into the next. The album performs this trick between "Foreword", "Don't Stay" and "Somewhere I Belong", "Easier to Run" and "Faint", and "Figure.09", "Breaking the Habit", "From The Inside", and "Nobody's Listening".

There is also a special edition of Meteora, which includes the "Making of Meteora" DVD documentary. They are packaged together in a blue tinted case with the standard Meteora cover. The Tour Edition of Meteora is a 2 disc set. The second disc, which is a Video CD, has the music videos for "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", and "Breaking the Habit". This edition also comes in a standard plastic case, rather than their trademark Meteora case.

Track listing

  1. "Foreword" – 0:13
  2. "Don't Stay" – 3:07
  3. "Somewhere I Belong" – 3:33
  4. "Lying From You" – 2:55
  5. "Hit the Floor" – 2:44
  6. "Easier to Run" – 3:24
  7. "Faint" – 2:42
  8. "Figure.09" – 3:17
  9. "Breaking the Habit" – 3:16
  10. "From the Inside" – 2:55
  11. "Nobody's Listening" – 2:58
  12. "Session" – 2:24
  13. "Numb" – 3:09

iTunes Bonus Tracks

  1. "Lying From You" (Live LPU Tour 2003) - 3:04
  2. "From the Inside" (Live LPU Tour 2003) - 2:55
  3. "Easier to Run" (Live LPU Tour 2003) - 3:22

Bonus Tour Edition VCD

  1. "Somewhere I Belong" (music video)
  2. "Faint" (music video)
  3. "Numb" (music video)
  4. "Breaking the Habit" (music video)

The Making of Meteora

Some special editions have a DVD called "The Making of Meteora," where Linkin Park explains the events that occurred while they were making Meteora.

Chapter listing

  1. "Intro"
  2. "Summer 2001"
  3. "Early 2002"
  4. "June 2002"
  5. "July 2002"
  6. "August 2002"
  7. "Early October 2002"
  8. "Late October 2002"
  9. "October 29, 2002"
  10. "Early November 2002"
  11. "Late November 2002"
  12. "December 6, 2002"
  13. "December 12, 2002"
  14. "2003: Meteora"

Chart performance

Album

Year Chart Position Certification Shipments
2003Billboard 200#16x Platinum
2003UK Albums Chart#1
2003Italian Albums Chart#1
2003ARIA Top 50 Albums#2
2003Polish Albums Chart#3Platinium50,000
2003New Zealand RIANZ#13x Platinum45,000+
2003Mexican Top 100 AlbumsGold50,000+


Meteora has topped the album charts in both the UK and the U.S. since its release and has reached #2 in Canada and Australia. It was the best selling rock album of 2003.

Singles

Meteora has a number of songs that have topped the Modern and Mainstream Rock charts and enjoyed success in the pop charts throughout the world.

Year Single Chart Position
2003Somewhere I BelongMainstream Rock Tracks#1
2003Somewhere I BelongModern Rock Tracks#1
2003Somewhere I BelongBillboard Hot 100#32
2003Somewhere I BelongBBC Radio One Official Chart Show#10
2003Somewhere I BelongCanadian Singles Chart#2
2003Somewhere I BelongWorld Modern Rock#1
2003Somewhere I BelongCanada MuchMusic Chart#1
2003Somewhere I BelongWorld Internet Sales#1
2003FaintBBC Radio One Official Chart Show#15
2003FaintBillboard Modern Rock#1
2003FaintWorld Modern Rock#1
2003FaintCanada MuchMusic Chart#1
2003FaintBillboard Mainstream Rock#2
2003FaintBillboard Hot 100#48
2003FaintNetherlands Top 40#40
2004NumbBillboard Hot 100#11
2004NumbBBC Radio One Official Chart Show#14
2004NumbModern Rock Tracks#1
2004NumbMainstream Rock Tracks#1
2004NumbWorld Modern Rock#1
2004NumbCanada MuchMusic Chart#1
2003Breaking the HabitBillboard Hot 100#20
2004Breaking the HabitBBC Radio One Official Chart Show#39
2004Breaking the HabitModern Rock Tracks#1
2004Breaking the HabitMainstream Rock Tracks#1
2004Breaking the HabitCanada MuchMusic Chart#1
2004Breaking the HabitNetherlands Top 40#5
2004Breaking the HabitChina Top 20#1
2004Breaking the HabitWorld Modern Rock#8
2004Lying from YouWorld Modern Rock#9
2004Lying from YouModern Rock Tracks#1
2004Lying from YouMainstream Rock Tracks#2
2004Lying from YouBillboard Hot 100#58

Critical response

Despite the strong sales response from fans, Meteora received a mediocre response from critics. The overall Metacritic score was 62, indicating a mixed response among the sources used to compile the score, while with a higher user score of 8.3.[2]
  • The album received excellent reviews from E! Online and Entertainment Weekly.
  • E! Online rated it an A-, and expected it to "shoot straight for the stars". Best tracks: "Don't Stay", "Somewhere I Belong", "Numb".[3]
  • Entertainment Weekly described it as "radio-friendly perfection".
  • The album received good reviews from Dot Music, Billboard, and New Musical Express, .
  • Dot Music described it as a "guaranteed source of ubiquitous radio hits". Best Tracks: "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Lying from you", "Nobody's Listening"; rating 8 out of 10.[4]
  • Billboard Magazine described Meteora as "a ready-made crowdpleaser". Best Tracks: "Somewhere I Belong", "Breaking the Habit"[5]
  • The New Musical Express said it had "massive commercial appeal" but left the reviewer "underwhelmed" Rating 7 Best track: "Breaking the Habit".[6]
  • The band received average reviews from All Music Guide, Rolling Stone, Blender, Q Magazine, and ShakingThrough.net.
  • Rolling Stone said the band "squeezed the last remaining life out of this nearly extinct formula" (nu-metal) Rating 3 stars Best tracks: "Breaking the Habit", "Lying From You", "Figure .09", "Numb"[7]
  • Allmusic.com described it as "nothing more and nothing less than Hybrid Theory Part 2". Best tracks: "Somewhere I Belong", "Lying from You", "Breaking the Habit", "Hit the Floor".[8]
  • Blender described it as "harder, denser, uglier" (#15, page 128) while Q Magazine described it as "less an artistic endeavour than an exercise in target marketing".

Trivia

  • Brad Delson, the lead guitarist of the band, was the first person to purchase the album.
  • The man on the cover of the album is Boris "Delta" Tellegen, one of the installation artists for the album. He appears on the enhanced portion of the CD called The Art of Meteora. The shoes he wore in the picture are Nike sneakers.
  • Early versions of Somewhere I Belong & From The Inside can be heard on the band's first DVD, Frat Party at The Pankake Festival.
  • The first time Linkin Park ever played Nobody's Listening live, it was extended and featured rapper Xzibit performing verses from his song My Name.
  • The intro of the song "Nobody's Listening" was featured in Jetix Spain's advertisement for the anime series Naruto. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUj20pYo52E
  • "Nobody's Listening" is performed live on LPU 4.0 a part of a medly with "Step Up" and "It's Goin' Down"
  • Track 12, "Session", is an instrumental. A similar track, an unnamed instrumental, is featured on the Hybrid Theory EP as a hidden track.
  • Track 12, "Session" is featured in the movie & on the for The Matrix Reloaded
  • Track 12, "Session" and track 6, "Easier to Run", are used in AWAKEN, Riverside Drama Ministry, as part of their drama.
  • Track 8, "Figure.09" is featured in the movie: S.W.A.T.
  • Mike, Joe, Boris, and other people took over a year to paint the graffiti on the inside of Meteora.
  • Every word of graffiti in Meteora has a meaning to the band.
  • The album art colors for the special edition compared to the standard edition is similar to the 2002 Jurassic 5 album, Power In Numbers. Both standard editions have a yellow-ish cover while both special editions feature a blue cover.
  • In The Making of Meteora an unreleased track (The Wizard Song) is featured. It may have been a track that was removed from the final version.

External links

References

1. ^ [1] Billboard News Report
2. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/linkinpark/meteora/ Metacritic.com Retrieved on 05-28-07
3. ^ http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2917,00.html Eonline.com Retrieved on 05-28-07
4. ^ http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/28815.html Uk.launch.yahoo.com Retrieved on 05-28-07
5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bb/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1844735 Billboard.com Retrieved on 05-28-07
6. ^ http://www.nme.com/reviews/linkin-park/7056 Nme.com Retrieved on 05-28-07
7. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/265830/meteora Rollingstone.com Retrieved on 05-28-07
8. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ypdgylo4xpeb~T0/ Allmusic.com Retrieved on 05-28-07


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Chester Bennington Rob Bourdon Brad Delson Dave "Phoenix" Farrell Joe Hahn Mike Shinoda
Discography
Studio albums: Hybrid Theory Meteora Minutes to Midnight
Other releases: Hybrid Theory EP Reanimation Live in Texas Collision Course
Singles
"One Step Closer" "Crawling" "Papercut" "In the End" "Pts.OF.Athrty" "Frgt/10" "Somewhere I Belong" "Faint" "Numb" "From the Inside" "Lying From You" "Breaking the Habit" "Numb/Encore" "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You" "What I've Done" "Bleed It Out" "Shadow of the Day"
Other notable songs
"A Place for My Head" "Cure for the Itch" "It's Goin' Down" "P5hng Me A*wy"
Videography
Frat Party at the Pankake Festival The Making of Meteora Live in Texas Breaking the Habit Collision Course Minutes to Midnight
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