Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory Year: 2000 *denotes a single *Track #1 - Papercut: ================ "Hybrid Theory" opens with the frenetic, exciting track "Papercut". This song exemplifies the quick-fire rapping of Mike Chinoda, and the crisp vocals of Chester Bennington. The mixture of heavy guitar work and synthesisers/mixing may be too disorientating for some to enjoy, yet I think it works, and sets a precedent that the rest of the albuim seems to work off of pretty well. *Track #2 - One Step Closer: ===================== "One Step Closer" is perhaps Linkin Park's most famous song, ...  Read the complete review

Linkin Park exploded onto the music scene in 2000 with their 'Hybrid Theory' album. The band originally formed in 1996 under the name of 'Xero', actually changing the band name itself to 'Hybrid Theory' in 1999 before settling on the final name of Linkin Park. Whilst 'Hybrid Theory' did not stick as a band name, it did of course feature as the title of their début album which has to date sold in excess of 24 million copies worldwide. 'Hybrid Theory' is by far my favourite of all the studio albums that Linkin Park have released to date and contains the hit singles of 'Crawling', 'Papercut', 'One Step Closer', and 'In The End'. Whilst these are the hits, it is ...  Read the complete review

Linkin Park exploded onto the nu-metal scene with a loud commercial bang with their hit single 'Crawling', track 5 on this album, shortly followed by 'In The End', the 8th track. They provide a style of the genre that is friendly to the commercial market as a whole, whilst keeping in true form to the label of a nu-metal group. The band is fronted by the two lead vocalists Mike Shinoda (original member) and Chester Bennington (amazing vocal range). 'Hybrid Theory' is Linkin Park's first album, released in 2000 with immediate success. The title of the album also happens to be the band's previous name. This was changed to Linkin Park shortly before the album was ...  Read the complete review

Linkin Park is one of those bands that I think will stick around for a few years, create a few albums, and then fall off the map. And no, I'm not saying I don't like this band, because I do (a lot, in fact). What I'm trying to say is that their music has a good variety of musical qualities, blending hard rock, hip-hop, and hints of techno into their songs, but once you listen to the album, you'll discover that most of the songs sound pretty much the same. But if the music is good, who cares? I discovered Linkin Park a few years back when my sister had picked up their debut album, Hybrid Theory. I was immediately drawn into the catchy rock tunes ...  Read the complete review

Hybrid Theory is the smash hit album released by the Nu-Metal kingpins Linkin Park in 2000. The album features 12 songs and last's approximately 38 minutes, unless you are an owner of the special edition which lasts approx 56 mins. The 12 Tracks are as follows: 1 - Papercut - 3 mins 05 2 - One Step Closer - 2 mins 35 3 - With You - 3 mins 23 4 - Points of Authority - 3 mins 20 5 - Crawling - 3 mins 29 6 - Runaway - 3 mins 06 7 - By Myself - 3 mins 10 8 - In The End - 3 mins 36 9 - A Place for my head - 3 mins 05 10 - Forgotten - 3 mins 15 11 - Cure for the itch - 2 mins 37 12 - ...  Read the complete review