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  • Summary: This long-awaited follow-up to 2000's 'Hybrid Theory' contains 12 new tracks co-produced by Don Gilmore.

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Numb
I'm tired of being what you want me to be Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface Don't know what you're expecting of me Put under the pressure... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

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.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    A thunderously hooky album that seamlessly blends the group's disparate sonic elements into radio-friendly perfection.
  3. Billboard
    80
    Isn't so much a revelation as it is a ready-made crowd pleaser that delivers on the familiar.
  4. Q Magazine
    60
    Meteora is less an artistic endeavour than an exercise in target marketing. [May 2003, p.104]
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  5. AllMusic
    60
    The similarity of Meteroa to Hybrid Theory does not only raise the question of where do they go from here, but whether there is a place for them to go at all.
  6. Blender
    60
    Harder, denser, uglier. [#15, p.128]
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  7. The A.V. Club
    40
    Mercifully brief but mercilessly repetitive, Meteora is little more than a tolerable rehash of a formula that's been on the wrong side of its sell-by date for some time now.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 165 out of 197
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 197
  3. Negative: 21 out of 197
  1. JanaF
    May 24, 2009
    10
    Really good album! As the others LP's albuns, meteora was perfect! Hello from Brazil.
  2. Shadow1
    May 25, 2016
    10
    This is the best album from Linkin Park . In this album many amazing and awesome songs, eg Breaking a Habbit, Hit the Floor, Numb and FigureThis is the best album from Linkin Park . In this album many amazing and awesome songs, eg Breaking a Habbit, Hit the Floor, Numb and Figure 09 . This album was 2003 and this is the best music album of 2003 and I think this album much better than last two albums and Linkin Park is Alternative Rock and I think all Linkin Park albums is Alternative Rock, but I think Meteora much better than all Linkin Park albums because in this album most hit songs and I think this album is one of the best album of all time .… Expand
  4. CasperRex
    Aug 7, 2003
    10
    it is the best cd ever made and it's true it's so great
  5. snowcold
    Oct 14, 2011
    10
    Is there really something to say about this that isn't perfect? From the beginning, LP does it even better than Hybrid Theory. Ignore theIs there really something to say about this that isn't perfect? From the beginning, LP does it even better than Hybrid Theory. Ignore the track ''Forgotten'' at the beginning. The whole album is pure art, still, not for everyone. And yes, the album is softer than Hybrid Theory, but better than it.… Expand
  6. Jimmy
    Sep 8, 2007
    9
    Awesome! The production is slamming.
  7. FakeLies
    Dec 31, 2011
    8
    Hybrid theory was just perfect, it was the first piece of music i ever got to own ( a casette recorded by my sister :D) and today after yearsHybrid theory was just perfect, it was the first piece of music i ever got to own ( a casette recorded by my sister :D) and today after years its still impressive to listen to...meteora is a good album, sad that mtm and ats got to be garbage...the rap and the electro fits perfect, some of their sounds are really tight and just make your body move...but still the texts are far from "pickly teenage crap", like the little haters with 0-rates say, there is a lot of heart in chesters texts, and his way of shouting his feelings out into the world is great and fun to listen to...a must have album in my opinion, even if it doesnt get to the strength of Hybrid Theory… Expand
  8. OliverIgnatius
    Mar 27, 2003
    0
    We've been dooped again. What a SHITE band.

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