Continuing with rock album reviews and posting reviews really late (my bad) I'll be reviewing Linkin Park's first album, "Hybrid Theory". The album was released almost 15 years ago, wow I feel so old now. Here's my track by track review:
1) Papercut: The third single from the album. The song is about paranoia. This is my favorite Linkin Park song of all time so you can guess how excited I was when I found out it had a video. Although the person on the other side of the room where the band was creeped me out, the video is still awesome. 10/10
2) One Step Closer: The first single from the album. The song, like most of the songs on the record, is about anger. It's when you've hit your breaking point and just want to shout "Shut Up!" We've all had days like that. 10/10
3) With You: I didn't start listening to this song until last year. It seems like the song is about a relationship that goes back and forth from being good one minute and bad the next. That's at least what I think when I hear it. Apparently it was also set to be a single after "In the End" but was cancelled, but that's just a rumor I heard. 10/10
4) Points of Authority: This song was originally called "Vertical Limit", not sure which title is weirder. The song was remixed and re-titled as "Pts.OF.Athrty" and was released as single from their first remix album, "Reanimation". I prefer the remixed version. 9/10
5) Crawling: The second single from the album. I had this song for almost 3 years before I gave it a chance and started to like it. The song is about taking responsibility for your actions. The song won the band their first grammy award for "Best Hard Rock Performance" in 2002. 10/10
6) Runaway: While this song wasn't a single, it did chart on the U.S. Modern Rock Songs at 40 and the Mainstream Rock Tracks at 37. The song about feeling like no one understands you and you want to run away from all the hell. 10/10
7) By Myself: This song is about how the narrator everything will go wrong even if he tries to make something work. It's still growing on me. 7/10
8) In the End: The fourth and final single from the album. It is currently to this day the band's most successful single peaking at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Apparently Chester didn't want the song to be a single, how weird. The song is about growing up and looking back on the hell you went through and realizing all of it didn't matter. 10/10
9) A Place for My Head. The guitar part in the beginning is awesome. The song is about being sick of going through the same problems with your lover or friend because it's exhausting. 9/10
10) Forgotten: The song was initially called "Rhinestone" and it was on their demo "Xero" with a different lead singer. The song is about feeling lost and it was remixed and had an animated video. 10/10
11) Cure for the Itch: Where do they find the titles for their songs?!?!?! Anyway this song is an instrumental. It's really good. 10/10
12) Pushing Me Away: This song is about still having feelings for an ex and knowing that you can't get back with them because of what has happened in the past. They performed a piano version of the song back in 2008. 10/10
13) My December: Now for bonus tracks! This song is completely different from the rest of the album. It's about being away from the ones you love. It showcases the band's softer side. It was also a b-side for "One Step Closer". 10/10
14) High Voltage: The line "Coming at you from every side" was used on the band's song "Nobody's Listening" from "Meteora". It was also a b-side for "One Step Closer". It's a great song that should've been a single. 10/10
The band performed the album in it's entirety (minus the last two songs) last year at the "Download Festival". I love all the songs on the album. Out of 140 points I give the album 136 points which is 97%, an A+. Thank you for reading this review and I'm sorry for posting so late!
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