Performer Notes

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Enhancements include behind-the-scenes video footage, a screensaver, and weblinks.
Linkin Park: Mike Shinoda (vocals, emcee, samples); Chester Bennington (vocals); Brad Delson (guitar, background vocals); Phoenix (bass, background vocals); Rob Bourdon (drums, background vocals); Joseph Hahn (turntables, samples, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Joel Derouin, Charlie Bisharat, Alyssa Park, Sara Parkins, Michelle Richards, Mark Robertson (violin); Evan Wilson, Bob Becker (viola); Larry Corbett, Dan Smith (cello); David Zasloff (Shakuhachi flute).
Recorded at NRG Studios, North Hollywood, California.
"Session" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
In one of the most highly anticipated follow-ups of recent years, Linkin Park maintains its position at the top of the nu-metal heap with METEORA. The band labored carefully over their craft; for instance, the writing process of leadoff single "Somewhere I Belong" spawned 30 finished choruses before vocalists Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington arrived at the version found on the album. The combination of Shinoda's raps and Bennington's sing/scream vocals makes for an altogether complementary approach, best evidenced in "Faint" and "Easier To Run."
The pressure felt by Linkin Park to meet a high standard with their sophomore release even finds it's way into the lyrics of "Nobody's Listening," where self-doubt and fear are almost all-consuming. Producer Don Gilmore (Apex Theory, Blind Tribe) mans the boards with a decisive lean towards acoustic drums. That is not to say by any means that Linkin Park's inventive use of samples and turntables is any less present or crucial to the group's now-signature sound.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (12/25/03, p.108) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2003" - "...This L.A. six-piece managed to breathe new life into loud and angsty radio rock with METEORA..."

Entertainment Weekly (3/28/03, pp.65-66) - "...Music that's by turns pretty, bludgeoning, and rhythmic....A thunderously hooky album that seamlessly blends the group's disparate elements into radio-friendly perfection..." - Rating: B+

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Album: Meteora
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Foreword	More Info...
2)	Don't Say	More Info...
3)	Somewhere I Belong	More Info...
4)	Lying from You	More Info...
5)	Hit the Floor	More Info...
6)	Easier to Run	More Info...
7)	Faint	More Info...
8)	Figure.09	More Info...
9)	Breaking the Habit	More Info...
10)	From the Inside	More Info...
11)	Nobody's Listening	More Info...
12)	Session	More Info...
13)	Numb	More Info...

Album: Meteora
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Foreword	More Info...
2)	Don't Say	More Info...
3)	Somewhere I Belong	More Info...
4)	Lying from You	More Info...
5)	Hit the Floor	More Info...
6)	Easier to Run	More Info...
7)	Faint	More Info...
8)	Figure.09	More Info...
9)	Breaking the Habit	More Info...
10)	From the Inside	More Info...
11)	Nobody's Listening	More Info...
12)	Session	More Info...
13)	Numb	More Info...