Meteora
by Linkin Park
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8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 749 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 28 out of 749
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  1. Kostas_Spirou
    Aug 1, 2023
    10
    My favorite music album of all time, a timeless classic and arguably one of the most iconic albums of the genre.
  2. JCXdsonic
    May 9, 2023
    10
    Perfecto, hermoso y lo mejor de las últimas décadas, se puede reflejar el dolor de Chester Bennington, algo que los "críticos expertos" no les gusta por tontos y por envidiosos de esta obra de arte espléndida. GOD
  3. Quadmusictaste
    Mar 16, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow! This album is one of my favorites of all time NO SKIPS! Let's start with the flaws its 160 $ on vinyl the sounds of the riffs and Chester's screams and mike shinoda's flows a rhymes on tracks like "Faint" and "Nobodys listening" are Insaine and the song breaking the habit in my top 5 with the story of attempts of unal8ving and at the end where chester had successfully unal8ved himself sadly and this sing sends chills down my spind because the subject matter and KNOWING how chester passed makes this one of the best of all time FAVORITE SONG: BREAKING THE HABIT
    LEAST FAVORITE SONG: SESSION RATING 10/10    … Expand
  4. NewVural89
    Sep 22, 2021
    9
    It wasn't very good except for numb somewhere i belong just for numb's sake 10/9
  5. Mellowry
    Aug 17, 2021
    9
    I would say this is Linkin Park's best album, slightly better than the predecessor 'Hybrid Theory', which already was really good. The only song that just doesn't seem to grow on me is 'Nobody's Listening'. I know that the variety of instruments on it is very appreciated but it always cringes me with that one line of Shinoda saying "I hate my rhymes but i hate everybody elses more". OverI would say this is Linkin Park's best album, slightly better than the predecessor 'Hybrid Theory', which already was really good. The only song that just doesn't seem to grow on me is 'Nobody's Listening'. I know that the variety of instruments on it is very appreciated but it always cringes me with that one line of Shinoda saying "I hate my rhymes but i hate everybody elses more". Over the 10 Tracks before it was so relateable, like you want people to go because you don't feel well near their presence, or you want to replace pain with something numb, like all the previous songs had some deeper lyrics, while this one is just kind of those "songs you can just vibe to" and the flute quite gets annoyingly monotone over the time too. Also the album has these sort of useless tracks like "Foreword" which could've also just been already attached to "Don't Stay" and songs like "Session" which have that vibe of "take it or leave it", which makes me feel kind of uncomfortable. But overall i think, the band took what made Hybrid Theory successful, evolved it further and two years later "Meteora" was the result. The rest of the unmentioned songs are really well done and also make Meteora one of my alltime favorite albums. Even over 18 years later, the album hits it really hard and if anybody would've put an album out today like this, i would be incredibly pleased.… Expand
  6. Destlay
    Aug 9, 2021
    10
    Моя любимая группа и однин из лучших альбомов. Слушаю до сих пор.
    My favorite band and one of the best albums. I've heard it so far.
  7. Codeling
    Aug 7, 2021
    10
    This album is a masterpiece. One of my favorite albums of all time.
    Best songs: Numb, Breaking the Habit, Somewhere I Belong, Faint, Lying from You, From the Inside, Easier to Run, Don't Stay
    Worst songs: -
  8. shoma-
    Apr 25, 2021
    10
    Прекрасный альбом, от моей любимой альтернативной рок-группы. Песни из этого альбома навсегда в моём сердце
  9. Dalmx
    Mar 23, 2021
    8
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  10. Leth99
    Mar 20, 2021
    10
    My favourite album from my favourite band. It doesn't have the best songs, but it's the most consistent album and probably the only one that I would listen all the way everytime.

    Best songs in my opinion: 1. From the Inside 2. Breaking the Habit 3. Lying from You 4. Numb - the song I discovered LP in 2006 at just 6 yrs old 5. Easier to Run 6. Somewhere I Belong 7. Nobody's Listening 8.    My favourite album from my favourite band. It doesn't have the best songs, but it's the most consistent album and probably the only one that I would listen all the way everytime.

    Best songs in my opinion:
    1. From the Inside
    2. Breaking the Habit
    3. Lying from You
    4. Numb - the song I discovered LP in 2006 at just 6 yrs old
    5. Easier to Run
    6. Somewhere I Belong
    7. Nobody's Listening
    8. Faint
    9. Don't Stay
    10. Figure.09
    11. Session
    12. Hit the Floor
    13. Foreword    … Expand
  11. Thunder95
    Feb 5, 2021
    10
    Best lp album.one of my favorites. Somewhere I belong and faint are the most played tracks I'm my phone
  12. clem666
    Jan 15, 2021
    10
    Nothing is comparable to Linkin Park's impressive firepower and fighting spirit. Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda together form one of the most iconic duets on the music scene in the 2000s.

    Meteora saw the birth and experimentation of the fusion of the most popular genres of the time: rap, rock and metal, in the direct continuity of their 'Hybrid Theory' project. The band offers us    Nothing is comparable to Linkin Park's impressive firepower and fighting spirit. Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda together form one of the most iconic duets on the music scene in the 2000s.

    Meteora saw the birth and experimentation of the fusion of the most popular genres of the time: rap, rock and metal, in the direct continuity of their 'Hybrid Theory' project. The band offers us an intense immersion of the depth we were all waiting for. The rhythms are frenzied, Chester's voice still carries his emotions and inner conflicts, the riffs are incredible and Mike's verses are incisive. Each track perfectly precedes the next one.

    Even though the formula of Mike's rapping verse and Chester's chorus starts to burn out and begin to show its first flaws, the band still manages to deliver poignant, catchy and visceral songs. They timidly push the experiment a bit further by daring to offer us a totally instrumental piece (without counting the introduction 'Forward'), 'Session'. This piece demonstrates all the rage and work on the edge of the abyss established by the group.

    It is extremely complex to describe the variety of phases through which this album takes us in spite of ourselves. In some songs Chester is quite self-effacing and sings more than he screams, while in others he lets himself go and indulges his demons. It goes the same way for Mike Shinoda. The instruments also know how to subtly alternate between the soft, the screaming and the powerful.
    First time I give a ten out of 10 to an album on Metacritic. 'Meteora' totally deserves it, it is an unwavering true love.    … Expand
  13. MisteRPrO2000
    Dec 3, 2020
    10
    Una autentica obra de arte superrecomendada a todo el mundo, temazos como Numb, Breaking the habit o Fainth
  14. HarveyQ
    Oct 2, 2020
    10
    My favorite album from my favorite band. This album features some of my favorite songs from them personally and I never get tired of listening to it.
  15. MusicLeo
    May 22, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A legendary album with a perfect blend of Vocals from Chester and Mike's rap. A perfect blend of Rock music from Brad, Joe, Farell and Rob. Lp's rock music was never the same after this… Expand
  16. MegaAscension
    Apr 2, 2020
    10
    I'm a Linkin Park fan, but an honest fan. This is their best along with A Thousand Suns. This album is special. I love how every track flows into each other. There are no lulls in the tracklist- I don't say, hey, I'm bored when I listen to this. What makes this better than Hybrid Theory is the experimentation that is on display in tracks like Breaking The Habit, Easier To Run, and Nobody'sI'm a Linkin Park fan, but an honest fan. This is their best along with A Thousand Suns. This album is special. I love how every track flows into each other. There are no lulls in the tracklist- I don't say, hey, I'm bored when I listen to this. What makes this better than Hybrid Theory is the experimentation that is on display in tracks like Breaking The Habit, Easier To Run, and Nobody's Listening. Faint makes me want to have a mosh pit in my room when it gets a play on my CD player. If there are any weak tracks, it's Lying From You and Hit The Floor (songs that can cause this album to garner the reputation of Hybrid Theory 2). Oh, and this album closes with the rock classic Numb. Check it out if you haven't already, this album is still spectacular.… Expand
  17. NERo0o
    Mar 14, 2020
    10
    One of my favorite albums of all time, this is the album that made me a Linkin Park fan. Every song in this album is at the very least good, not a single bad tune.
    A true masterpiece. Amazing album!
  18. banzar
    Feb 24, 2020
    8
    Meteora bietet eine interessante Mischung aus Metal, elektronischen Sounds und HipHop-Elementen. Dabei findet es eine Balance zwischen ruhigen Versen und explosiven Refrains, die zwar mit verzerrten Gitarren und Schreien aufwarten, aber trotzdem melodisch und eingängig sind, sodass sie hohes Pop-Appeal mitbringen. Die Lieder behandeln meist klassische Emo-Themen wie Selbstzweifel,Meteora bietet eine interessante Mischung aus Metal, elektronischen Sounds und HipHop-Elementen. Dabei findet es eine Balance zwischen ruhigen Versen und explosiven Refrains, die zwar mit verzerrten Gitarren und Schreien aufwarten, aber trotzdem melodisch und eingängig sind, sodass sie hohes Pop-Appeal mitbringen. Die Lieder behandeln meist klassische Emo-Themen wie Selbstzweifel, Weltschmerz und dem Gefühl nicht verstanden zu werden. Schwachpunkte des Albums sind die Sterilität des Hochglanzstudio-Sounds und die "aufgesagte" Rap-Performance von Mike Shinoda. Insgesamt ist Meteora eine gelungene Genre-Mischung, die energiereichen NuMetal mit Elementen anderer Stile zusammenfließen lässt und in einem mainstreamtauglichen Paket abliefert.… Expand
  19. bjweemsyt
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    best album I've ever heard i love it so much i love linkin park i love this
  20. Gamesearcher1
    Aug 30, 2019
    8
    After listening to this album, isn’t it obvious why fans begged for the band to re-do their early sound up until Chester’s tragic suicide? I love so many aspects of this album, everything from the aggressive guitar riffs, to Chester’s and Mike’s absolutely great harmony. It adds a note of aggression to their nu-metal sound, but I tend to enjoy the slower moments even more. I’m not sureAfter listening to this album, isn’t it obvious why fans begged for the band to re-do their early sound up until Chester’s tragic suicide? I love so many aspects of this album, everything from the aggressive guitar riffs, to Chester’s and Mike’s absolutely great harmony. It adds a note of aggression to their nu-metal sound, but I tend to enjoy the slower moments even more. I’m not sure why, maybe because the writing on those songs aged a whole lot better. It has it few downs, but this a consistent and unforgettable album, that was one of the few of my favourite albums to click with me immediately.
    Favourites: Easier to Run, Breaking the Habit, Somewhere I Belong
    Least Favourites: Session (Still pretty decent.)    … Expand
  21. JaydenPickens
    Feb 20, 2019
    8
    This is an amazing album! It doesn't top Hybrid Theory, but it's a great follow-up to it. If you haven't heard this yet, I don't know where you lived Pick it up! Fav tracks: Lying From You, Hit The Floor, Don't Stay, Nobody's Listening, From The Inside. Pickens approves!
  22. Easyman
    Jul 31, 2018
    10
    Best CD I have ever bought and best Album I have ever listened to!! Chester’s vocals along with Shinoda’s rapping makes it triumph to be one of their best works!!!!
  23. Jay_Pickens
    Jul 25, 2018
    9
    This is an amazing album! It doesn't top Hybrid Theory, but it's a great follow-up to it. If you haven't heard this yet, I don't know where you lived Pick it up! Fav tracks: Lying From You, Hit The Floor, Don't Stay, Nobody's Listening, From The Inside. Pickens approves!
  24. MysticManiac
    Mar 10, 2018
    9
    Although might seem like a redo of Hybrid Theory, this album tries a lot of new things and succeeds much more than Hybrid Theory and has aged much better too. Don't Stay is an awesome opener, Numb is a brilliant closing track and deserved the success it's gotten and other tracks show Linkin Park at their best like Hit the Floor, Nobody's Listening, From the Inside and Easier to Run.
  25. LUKEOPERCOUP
    Jan 7, 2018
    10
    Meteora is an step foward for Linkin Park from their debut album...Their best album with losts of memorable songs and rhyms, the production is better then again than their predecessor. it's Remarkable the way the band put out their feelings into their songs and makes you feel less alone, accompained and understood
  26. Recon97
    Oct 9, 2017
    10
    10000000000000000/10. This is the perfect album. Everything about it is perfect. The production, the lyrics, the singing and rapping, EVERYTHING!! If you are a fan of rock, you need to pick up this album. It is one of the only albums I've bought, instead of listening to Spodify. This is my favorite album of all time. Thank you, Linkin Park. RIP, Chester Benington. 11/10
  27. Screamager
    Jul 21, 2017
    6
    A worthy follow up to a nu metal classic.

    At the time of writing, Chester Bennington, lead singer for Linkin Park has died. When such events occur I feel inclined to revisit the major works the individual was involved with. Meteora was released 3 years after Hybrid Theory, the biggest selling nu metal album of all time and one of (if not THE) biggest selling albums of the decade, so    A worthy follow up to a nu metal classic.

    At the time of writing, Chester Bennington, lead singer for Linkin Park has died. When such events occur I feel inclined to revisit the major works the individual was involved with.

    Meteora was released 3 years after Hybrid Theory, the biggest selling nu metal album of all time and one of (if not THE) biggest selling albums of the decade, so naturally expectations were high for the follow up. In many ways, Meteora is Hybrid Theory Part 2: it is a continuation of the themes presented on their first album (angst, broken homes, drugs et al.) but with more polish. For these reasons it would be easy to state that Meteora is a lesser album, but this is not entirely true.

    It has been my opinion for some time that the first two Linkin Park albums are, quite possibly, the best sounding metal albums in terms of their production values. Nu metal has always been a controversial topic amongst metal fans, but there is no denying that Linkin Park simply sounds fantastic - all the members show their respective skills and create a layered sound where each element can easily be identified, and the electronics are no gimmick either (see the Grammy nominated "Session" for proof).

    However the album isn't as direct as Hybrid Theory, with only a handful truly standing out - such as "Somewhere I Belong", "Breaking the Habit" and the instantly recognisable "Numb" (a song later reworked by the band in collaboration with Jay Z to even greater success). The most significant part of the song is obviously the vocal work of Bennington and his interplay with Mike Shinoda. With "Numb" he displays a great deal emotion in the verses before erupting into his usual shouting style in the chorus, whilst with "Breaking the Habit" his delivery is more understated than other songs on the album. For a brilliant example of Shinoda and Bennington's trading of vocals, the aforementioned "Somewhere I Belong" and "Hit the Floor" show off Shinoda's rap style that juxtaposes Bennington's shout.

    Regardless of your opinion on Linkin Park, one cannot deny that they were a huge success for the much reviled nu metal genre and arguably the best sounding of the artists in that category. It was obvious that they would never match the behemoth that was their first album, but Meteora is a good enough attempt, but let down by the fact that many of the songs sound too similar to each other.

    As an album, it stands as one of the best in Linkin Park's catalogue.    … Expand
  28. FruitJuice
    Jul 18, 2017
    7
    good album.....................................................................................................................................................
  29. Sockenbart
    Jun 27, 2017
    10
    I really love this album and its one of my all-time favorites.
    A little bit better than Hybrid Theory and better than everything Linkin Park released after Meteora.
  30. metzwalker
    May 21, 2017
    10
    Amazing album! Great rock, a bit emo, but it's really great. Totally recommended. k k
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. E! Online
    91
    Through it all, the guys stay just as tight (translation: radio-ready) as ever, offering up tracks in near-perfect three-minute doses.
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  2. ShakingThrough.net
    50
    Coming from a group whose debut offered a glimmer of hope for the expansion of the genre's boundaries, such creative laziness is all the more disappointing.
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    While being as well-crafted, catchy and dynamic as the first one, it leaves you feeling distinctly underwhelmed, as if the band had simply reprogrammed the Pro-Tools machine that they'd made the first album on and changed the lyrics and speed of the songs a bit.
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