Numb on Meteora | 3:05 |
In the End on Hybrid Theory (Special Edition) | 3:36 |
Crawling on Hybrid Theory (Special Edition) | 3:29 |
One More Light on One More Light | 4:15 |
What I've Done on Minutes to Midnight [Explicit] | 3:25 |
Somewhere I Belong on Meteora | 3:33 |
Breaking the Habit on Meteora | 3:16 |
New Divide on New Divide | 4:29 |
One Step Closer on Hybrid Theory (Special Edition) | 2:37 |
BURN IT DOWN on Living Things | 3:50 |
Minutes to Midnight | ||||
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Released | May 14, 2007 | |||
Recorded | January 2006 – February 2007 | |||
Studio | The Mansion, Laurel Canyon, NRG Recordings, North Hollywood | |||
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Length | 43:23 | |||
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Linkin Park studio album chronology | ||||
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Singles from Minutes to Midnight | ||||
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Minutes to Midnight is the third studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007, through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin. Minutes to Midnight was the band's follow-up album to Meteora (2003) and features a shift in the group's musical direction. For the band, the album marks a beginning of deviation from their signature nu metal sound. Minutes to Midnight takes its title from the Doomsday Clock.[1] It is also the first Linkin Park full-length album to carry a Parental Advisory label.
Linkin Park started work on their third studio album in 2003, taking a break to tour in support of Meteora in 2004. In this time period, the band formed numerous side projects; Mike Shinoda formed his hip hopside projectFort Minor, while Chester Bennington formed Dead by Sunrise, causing the album to be shelved temporarily. The band returned to work on the record afterward, taking on a different musical direction than the 2003 sessions while working with producer Rick Rubin. The album's completion was delayed several times for unknown reasons. Eventually, 'What I've Done' was chosen as the album's lead single in April 2007, with the album seeing release in North America on May 15, 2007.
The album debuted at number one in the US Billboard 200[2][3] and in 15 other countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada.[4] In the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 623,000[5] albums sold, going on to be certified fourfold platinum in the United States. It was also certified double platinum in New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, and Australia and certified platinum in Canada, France, Switzerland and in the UK.[6] Despite its commercial success, Minutes to Midnight received mixed reviews from critics.[7]Rolling Stone magazine named it the twenty-fifth best album of 2007.[8] It has sold more than four million copies in the US and 20 million copies worldwide.[9] It was ranked number 154 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade.[10]
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- 5Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World
- 7Charts
Background[edit]
In an interview, lead singer Chester Bennington explained that the album is 'a mix of punk, classic rock, and hip-hop standards' and that 'Rick has brought more of a stripped down, classic-rock and hip-hop kind of feel.'[11]
In another interview, Bennington stated: 'This time around, Mike Shinoda is singing a lot more. It may seem like he's not on the record, but he's doing a lot of the harmonies. He also sings a couple of songs alone. We're presenting ourselves in a different way.'[12][13]
Recording and composition[edit]
16-second sample of 'Bleed It Out', the second single from Minutes to Midnight. 30-second sample of 'Shadow of the Day', the third single from Minutes to Midnight. | |
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Guitarist Brad Delson experimented with an EBow when the band was piecing together 'The Little Things Give You Away'. The band decided not to use the effect for the solo in that song and instead ended up creating 'No More Sorrow' out of the effect. In 'Given Up', he jingles the keys that are heard while several clap sounds are overlaid in the intro of the song (as mentioned in the lyric book: Brad added the sounds on the intro song: multiple tracks of claps - and keys jingling.). Shinoda and Delson teamed up with David Campbell to add string elements to six songs; 'Leave Out All the Rest', 'Shadow of the Day', 'Hands Held High', 'The Little Things Give You Away', as well as the two b-sides 'No Roads Left' and 'Blackbirds' (which was instead later used in the iPhone game 8-Bit Rebellion! as well as being included as a bonus track for A Thousand Suns), respectively. All scratching elements by Joe Hahn that existed in the previous two studio albums are largely absent because of the low mixing, except on the songs 'What I've Done', 'Wake', 'The Little Things Give You Away', 'Valentine's Day' and 'In Pieces'. Hahn contributes more with programming, electronics, and other elements to many of the songs. The church organ and military drumbeat on 'Hands Held High' were originally to be used as the backdrop to melodic vocals, but Rubin recommended that the band try the opposite approach according to the album booklet. For the album, the band recorded fifty to sixty songs in August 2006.[14] Their previous albums took only about three to six months to complete, while this one took 14 months.[14] They spent over six months writing the songs.[14] In previous albums, they composed an average of 40 songs, but they made over 100 this time.[14] 'Shadow of the Day' is one of two songs (the other being 'No Roads Left') to have Bennington playing the guitar. During live performances, Shinoda is generally playing the keyboard for 'Shadow of the Day', while Bennington plays rhythm guitar. Shinoda stated in an interview: 'We were looking back at the things that we had done in the past... and I think we just figured that we had exhausted that sound. It was easy for us to replicate, it was easy for other bands to replicate, and we just needed to move on.'[15]
Shinoda performs his rapping vocals on only two tracks, 'Bleed It Out' and 'Hands Held High'. This is a significant decrease compared to the amount of rapping on previous albums. The rap vocals on 'Hands Held High' are much closer styled to Mike Shinoda's side project Fort Minor than his traditional Linkin Park verses, as he raps during most of the song. Despite a decrease of Mike Shinoda as rapper, he has three solo lead songs on the record: 'Hands Held High', 'In Between' and the bonus track 'No Roads Left'. He also raps on 'Bleed It Out' while 'What I've Done', 'Shadow of the Day', 'No More Sorrow' and 'The Little Things Give You Away' features backing vocals from Shinoda at the end. Minutes to Midnight is also Linkin Park's first album to feature guitar solos, particularly in the tracks 'What I've Done,' 'In Pieces' and 'The Little Things Give You Away'. Also, unlike the previous two studio albums, Minutes to Midnight contains profanity and thus the first Linkin Park studio album to contain a Parental Advisory (the first overall being their collaborative EP with Jay-Z, Collision Course) and politically charged lyrics.[16] The songs that contain profanity are 'Given Up', 'Bleed It Out' and 'Hands Held High'.
Cover artwork[edit]
The front and back cover were recorded around the ruins of North Shore Beach and Yacht Club in North Shore, California.[17]A year after the release of Minutes to Midnight, the band released ten different covers that were originally used as consideration for the final cover for the album prior to its release. The band made all ten of these covers available for fans to use as the album art on iTunes.
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 56/100[18] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [19] |
Entertainment Weekly | C[20] |
Los Angeles Times | [21] |
Melodic | [22] |
New York Times | mixed[23] |
NME | 2/10[24] |
PopMatters | 6/10[25] |
Rolling Stone | [26] |
Spin | 7/10[27] |
USA Today | [28] |
Minutes to Midnight received generally mixed reviews, based on an aggregate score of 56/100 from Metacritic,[7] with critics showing approval, disapproval and indifference in almost equal measure.
Rolling Stone gave Minutes to Midnight 4 out of 5 stars, stating that 'most of Minutes is honed, metallic pop with a hip-hop stride and a wake-up kick',[26] and it was placed at number 25 in their list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[8]IGN referred to it as 'definitely a step in the right direction and a stepping stone for things to come'.[29]Herald Sun writer Karen Tye gave it 3½ out of 4 stars and praised the band's new sound, asking, 'Who knew being a plain old rock band could suit Linkin Park so well?'.[30] Despite commending the band for their ambition, The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and perceived 'their decision to stay roughly within the shrieky boundaries of their genre' as a weakness, while writing that 'the sound still pivots on the interplay of walloping guitar chords and self-flagellating lyrics'.[31]
Among those with a more negative view of the album was Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, who described the album's sound as 'passé' and summed the band's effort up as 'opting to create a muddled, colorless murk', giving it 2 and a half out of 5 stars.[19] Johan Wippsson from Melodic acknowledged the band's progression but felt that the album is 'weak' and 'too shattered'.[22]NME magazine's Dan Silver gave it a rating of 2/10, calling it the 'sound of a band trying and failing to forge a new identity', and referring to the song 'Hands Held High', a song about terrorist attacks and war, as 'far and away the funniest thing you will hear all year'.[24]
Commercial performance[edit]
Minutes to Midnight was delayed several times before its release. First scheduled to be released in the summer of 2006, it was later postponed to the fall of 2006, then again to early 2007. The album's release date was finally set for May 14, 2007. In Canada, the album was released on May 15, 2007. There are non-Parental Advisory releases of both the regular album and the special edition album. The songs 'Given Up', 'Bleed It Out', and 'Hands Held High' are edited. In Malaysia, the edited version for the album is available in digipak cover while the explicit edition available for the Tour Edition which features white slipcase cardboard cover and a standard jewel case. In the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 625,000 albums sold.[32] In Canada, the album sold over 50,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart.[3] Worldwide, the album shipped over 3.3 million copies in its first four weeks of release.[33]
Five singles were released from the album: 'What I've Done', 'Bleed It Out', 'Shadow of the Day', 'Given Up', and 'Leave Out All the Rest'. Although 'Given Up' and 'Leave Out All the Rest' had not been released as singles until early March 2008, 'Given Up' had already charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Pop 100 charts at numbers 99 and 78 respectively in 2007, and 'Leave Out All the Rest' had already charted on Billboard's Pop 100 chart at number 98 and Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 17 in 2007. The songs 'Hands Held High' and 'No More Sorrow' also charted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at numbers 23 and 24, respectively, in 2007. The album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide,[9] with 3.3 million copies sold in the US alone.[34].Although sales of the album were lower than their two first studio albums, the album was more successful in terms of single's charting performance, with all of the five singles released reaching the Billboard Hot 100, and two songs reaching the Bubbling under Hot 100.
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics written by Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda; all music composed by Linkin Park.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Wake' | 1:40 |
2. | 'Given Up' | 3:09 |
3. | 'Leave Out All the Rest' | 3:29 |
4. | 'Bleed It Out' | 2:44 |
5. | 'Shadow of the Day' | 4:49 |
6. | 'What I've Done' | 3:25 |
7. | 'Hands Held High' | 3:53 |
8. | 'No More Sorrow' | 3:41 |
9. | 'Valentine's Day' | 3:16 |
10. | 'In Between' | 3:16 |
11. | 'In Pieces' | 3:38 |
12. | 'The Little Things Give You Away' | 6:23 |
Total length: | 43:23 |
Special edition bonus DVD | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'The Making of Minutes to Midnight' | 39:42 |
2. | 'What I've Done' (video) | 3:28 |
3. | 'Making of What I've Done Video' | 20:49 |
4. | 'Advanced resolution PCM Stereo of all 12 tracks' |
Japanese edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Faint' (live in Japan) | 2:46 |
Total length: | 46:09 |
Tour edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'No Roads Left' | 3:55 |
14. | 'What I've Done' (Distorted Remix) | 3:46 |
15. | 'Given Up' (Third Encore Session) | 3:09 |
Total length: | 53:33 |
Japanese tour edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Faint' (live in Japan) | 2:46 |
14. | 'No Roads Left' | 3:52 |
15. | 'What I've Done' (Distorted Remix) | 3:50 |
16. | 'Given Up' (Third Encore Session) | 3:09 |
Total length: | 57:00 |
iTunes edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Faint' (live in Japan; does not appear on the clean deluxe (iTunes) version of the album (Canada) or on both explicit and clean deluxe editions in the US) | 2:44 |
14. | 'What I've Done' (live at Sessions@AOL; appears on both explicit and clean deluxe (iTunes) version of the album in Canada and the US) | 3:24 |
15. | 'No Roads Left' (pre-order only, originally at track 14) | 3:52 |
Total length: | 53:23 |
2013 iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'No Roads Left' | 3:48 |
14. | 'Across the Line' | 3:11 |
Total length: | 50:22 |
Wal-Mart edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Breaking the Habit' (live at Soundcheck) | 4:25 |
14. | 'What I've Done' (live at Soundcheck) | 3:24 |
Total length: | 51:12 |
Best Buy edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'What I've Done' (live at Sessions@AOL) | 3:29 |
14. | 'No More Sorrow' (live at Sessions@AOL) | 3:45 |
15. | 'Given Up' (live at Sessions@AOL) | 3:12 |
Total length: | 53:49 |
Circuit City edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Faint' (live) | 2:44 |
14. | 'What I've Done' (live) | 3:25 |
Total length: | 49:32 |
Asian digital download tour edition track listing (Live from Shanghai, China, November 18, 2007)[35] | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'One Step Closer' | |
2. | 'Lying from You' | |
3. | 'Somewhere I Belong' | |
4. | 'No More Sorrow' | |
5. | 'Papercut' |
European digital download tour edition track listing (Live from O2 Arena, London, January 29, 2008) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'What I've Done' | 7:27 |
2. | 'One Step Closer' | 4:10 |
3. | 'Faint' | 4:07 |
Total length: | 15:44 |
iTunes bonus video edition | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Behind the Scenes featurette' | 3:47 |
14. | 'What I've Done' (video) | 3:27 |
Total length: | 50:37 |
Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World[edit]
Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World | ||||
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Released | June 12, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2007–10 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 50:34 | |||
Label | ||||
Producer | Mike Shinoda | |||
Linkin Park chronology | ||||
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Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World is a live album which features live versions of songs from the third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. They were recorded in various cities around the world from 2007 to 2010.
Track listing[edit]
Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Wake' (Live from Taipei, 2007) | 1:48 |
2. | 'Given Up' (Live from Taipei, 2009) | 3:18 |
3. | 'Leave Out All the Rest' (Live from Frankfurt, 2008) | 3:22 |
4. | 'Bleed It Out' (Live from Melbourne, 2010) | 5:33 |
5. | 'Shadow of the Day' (Live from Melbourne, 2010) | 4:32 |
6. | 'What I've Done' (Live from New York, 2008) | 4:57 |
7. | 'Hands Held High' (Live from Osaka, 2007) | 3:59 |
8. | 'No More Sorrow' (Live from Taipei, 2009) | 4:57 |
9. | 'Valentine's Day' (Live from Amnéville, 2008) | 3:21 |
10. | 'In Between' (Live from Paris, 2008) | 3:17 |
11. | 'In Pieces' (Live from Koln, 2008) | 3:42 |
12. | 'The Little Things Give You Away' (Live from Shanghai, 2007) | 7:43 |
Total length: | 50:34 |
Personnel[edit]
Linkin Park- Chester Bennington – lead vocals; rhythm guitar on 'Shadow of the Day' and 'No Roads Left'
- Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion, backing vocals on 'Hands Held High'
- Brad Delson – lead guitar; string arrangements on 'Leave Out All the Rest', 'Shadow of the Day', 'Hands Held High', 'The Little Things Give You Away', and 'No Roads Left', keyboard and backing vocals on 'Hands Held High'
- Dave 'Phoenix' Farrell – bass guitar; backing vocals on 'The Little Things Give You Away' and 'Hands Held High'
- Joe Hahn – turntables, sampling, programming, backing vocals on 'Hands Held High'
- Mike Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano, production; string arrangements on 'Leave Out All the Rest', 'Shadow of the Day', 'Hands Held High', 'The Little Things Give You Away', and 'No Roads Left'; acoustic guitar on 'The Little Things Give You Away'
- Rick Rubin – production
- Dana Nielsen – engineering
- Andrew Scheps – engineering
- Ethan Mates – engineering
- Phillip Broussard, Jr. – engineer assisting
- Neal Avron – mixing
- Nicolas Fournier – mix assisting
- George Gumbs – mix assisting
- Dave Collins – mastering
Guest musicians on 'Leave Out All the Rest', 'Shadow of the Day', 'Hands Held High', 'The Little Things Give You Away', and 'No Roads Left'
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Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Singles[edit]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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US [72] | US Alt. [73] | US Main. Rock [74] | AUS [75] | CAN [76] | GER [77] | IRL [78] | NZ [79] | SWI [80] | UK [81] | ||||
'What I've Done' | 2007 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | ||
'Bleed It Out' | 52 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 40 | 43 | 7 | 42 | 29 | |||
'Shadow of the Day' | 15 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 12 | -- | 13 | 11 | 46 | |||
'Given Up' | 2008 | 99 | 4 | 5 | -- | -- | 53 | -- | -- | -- | 29 | ||
'Leave Out All the Rest' | 94 | 11 | 33 | 24 | 17 | 15 | -- | 38 | 36 | 90 | |||
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Certifications[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[82] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[83] | 2× Platinum | 40,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[84] | Gold | 15,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[85] | 3× Platinum | 300,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[86] | 2× Platinum | 40,000^ |
Europe (IFPI)[87] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[88] | Gold | 15,893[88] |
France (SNEP)[89] | Gold | 75,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[90] | 7× Gold | 700,000^ |
Greece (IFPI Greece)[91] | Gold | 7,500^ |
Hungary (MAHASZ)[92] | Gold | 3,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[93] | Gold | 40,000* |
Japan (RIAJ)[94] | Platinum | 250,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[95] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV)[96] | Gold | 10,000* |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[97] | 2× Platinum | 60,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[98] | 2× Platinum | 600,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[99] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
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Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/keyboardist Joe Hahn, and drummer Rob Bourdon, all of whom are founding members. Former members include bassist Kyle Christner and vocalists Mark Wakefield and Chester Bennington, the latter being a member until his passing in 2017.
Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with its debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which was certified diamond by the RIAA in 2005, and multi-platinum in several other countries.[1] Its second album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work.[2] Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in its first two albums,[3][4][5] the band explored other genres on its third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007).[6][7] The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third-best debut week of any album that year.[8][9]
Linkin Park continued to explore a wider variation of musical types in its fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. The band's fifth album, Living Things (2012), combined musical elements from all of its previous records. Its sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound, and its seventh album, One More Light (2017), was a more electronic and pop-oriented record.[10][11]
In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium.[12]Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart.[13] In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1.[14] In 2014, the band was declared as the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Kerrang!.[15][16] As the best-selling band of the 21st century and one of the world's best-selling music artists overall, Linkin Park has sold more than 70 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards.[17][18][19][20]
Linkin Park went into an indefinite hiatus after longtime lead vocalist Bennington died from suicide by hanging on July 20, 2017. The other members of the band have yet to decide whether to continue with a new vocalist.
- 1History
- 5Band members
History
1996–2000: Early years
Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends: Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, and Brad Delson.[21][22] The three attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.[21][22] After graduating from high school, the three began to take their musical interests more seriously, recruiting Joe Hahn, Dave 'Phoenix' Farrell, and Mark Wakefield to perform in their band, then called Xero. Though limited in resources, the band began recording and producing songs within Shinoda's makeshift bedroom studio in 1996, resulting in a four-track demo tape, entitled Xero.[21][23] Tensions and frustration within the band grew however after they failed to land a record deal.[21] The lack of success and stalemate in progress prompted Wakefield, at that time the band's vocalist, to leave the band in search of other projects.[21][23] Farrell also left to tour with Tasty Snax, a Christian punk and ska band.[24][25]
After spending a considerable time searching for Wakefield's replacement, Xero recruited Arizona vocalist Chester Bennington, who was recommended by Jeff Blue, the vice president of Zomba Music in March 1999.[26][27] Bennington, formerly of a post-grunge band Grey Daze, became a standout among applicants because of the dynamic in his singing style.[21] The band then agreed on changing its name from Xero to Hybrid Theory; the newborn vocal chemistry between Shinoda and Bennington helped revive the band, inciting them to work on new material.[21][28] In 1999 the band released a self-titled extended play, which they circulated across internet chat-rooms and forums with the help of an online 'street team'.[29]
The band's renaissance culminated with another change in name, this time to Linkin Park, a play on and homage to Santa Monica's Lincoln Park,[21] now called Christine Emerson Reed Park.[30] The band initially wanted to use the name 'Lincoln Park', however they changed it to 'Linkin' to acquire the internet domain 'linkinpark.com'.[31] The band still struggled to sign a record deal. Linkin Park turned to Jeff Blue for additional help after facing numerous rejections from several major record labels. After failing to catch Warner Bros. Records on three previous reviews, Jeff Blue, who had negotiated his employment contract with Warner Brothers to include signing Linkin Park, and was now the vice president of Warner Bros. Records, helped the band sign a deal with the company in 1999. Farrell returned the following year and the band released its breakthrough album, Hybrid Theory.[26]
2000–2002: Hybrid Theory and Reanimation
Linkin Park released Hybrid Theory on October 24, 2000.[32][33] The album, which represented half a decade's worth of the band's work, was edited by Don Gilmore.[21]Hybrid Theory was a massive commercial success; it sold more than 4.8 million copies during its debut year, earning it the status of best-selling album of 2001, while singles such as 'Crawling' and 'One Step Closer' established themselves as staples among alternative rock radio play lists during the year.[24] Additionally, other singles from the album were featured in films such as Dracula 2000, Little Nicky, and Valentine.[24]Hybrid Theory won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song 'Crawling' and was nominated for two other Grammy Awards: Best New Artist and Best Rock Album.[34] MTV awarded the band their Best Rock Video and Best Direction awards for 'In the End'.[21] Through the winning of the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance, Hybrid Theory's overall success had catapulted the band into mainstream success.
During this time, Linkin Park received many invitations to perform on many high-profile tours and concerts including Ozzfest, Family Values Tour, and KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas.[24][35] The band worked with Jessica Sklar to found their official fan club and street team, 'Linkin Park Underground', in November 2001.[36][37] Linkin Park also formed its own tour, Projekt Revolution, which featured other notable artists such as Cypress Hill, Adema, and Snoop Dogg.[26] Within a year's stretch, Linkin Park had performed at over 320 concerts.[21] The experiences and performances of the precocious band were documented in its first DVD, Frat Party at the Pankake Festival, which debuted in November 2001. Now reunited with former bassist Phoenix, the band began work on a remix album, dubbed Reanimation, which would include works from Hybrid Theory and non-album tracks.[24]Reanimation debuted on July 30, 2002, featuring the likes of Black Thought, Jonathan Davis, Aaron Lewis, and many others.[38]Reanimation claimed the second spot on the Billboard 200, and sold nearly 270,000 copies during its debut week.[39]Hybrid Theory is also in the RIAA's Top 100 Albums.[40]
2002–2004: Meteora
Following the success of Hybrid Theory and Reanimation, Linkin Park spent a significant amount of time touring around the United States. The band members began to work on new material amidst its saturated schedule, spending a sliver of their free time in their tour bus' studio.[41] The band officially announced the production of a new studio album in December 2002, revealing its new work was inspired by the rocky region of Meteora in Greece, where numerous monasteries have been built on top of the rocks.[42]Meteora features a mixture of the band's nu metal and rap metal style with newer innovative effects, including the induction of a shakuhachi (a Japanese flute made of bamboo) and other instruments.[21] Linkin Park's second album debuted on March 25, 2003 and instantly earned worldwide recognition,[21] going to No. 1 in the US and UK, and No. 2 in Australia.[23]
Meteora sold more than 800,000 copies during its first week, and it ranked as the best selling album on the Billboard charts at the time.[43] The album's singles, including 'Somewhere I Belong', 'Breaking the Habit', 'Faint', and 'Numb', received significant radio attention.[44] By October 2003, Meteora sold nearly three million copies.[45] The album's success allowed Linkin Park to form another Projekt Revolution, which featured other bands and artists including Mudvayne, Blindside, and Xzibit.[21] Additionally, Metallica invited Linkin Park to play at the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003, which included well-known acts such as Limp Bizkit, Mudvayne and Deftones.[46] The band released an album and DVD, titled Live in Texas, which featured some audio and video tracks from the band's performances in Texas during the tour.[21] In early 2004, Linkin Park started a world tour titled the Meteora World Tour. Supporting bands on the tour included Hoobastank, P.O.D., Story of the Year and Pia.[47]
Meteora earned the band multiple awards and honors. The band won the MTV awards for Best Rock Video for 'Somewhere I Belong' and the Viewer's Choice Award for 'Breaking the Habit'.[48] Linkin Park also received significant recognition during the 2004 Radio Music Awards, winning the Artist of the Year and Song of the Year ('Numb') awards.[48] Although Meteora was not nearly as successful as Hybrid Theory, it was the third best selling album in the United States during 2003.[24] The band spent the first few months of 2004 touring around the world, first with the third Projekt Revolution tour, and later several European concerts.[24] At the same time, the band's relationship with Warner Bros. Records was deteriorating rapidly on account of several trust and financial issues.[49] After months of feuding, the band finally negotiated a deal in December 2005.[50]
2004–2006: Side projects
Following Meteora's success, the band worked on many side projects.[51] Bennington appeared on DJ Lethal's 'State of the Art' and other work with Dead by Sunrise, while Shinoda did work with Depeche Mode.[24] In 2004, the band began to work with Jay-Z to produce another remix album, titled Collision Course. The album, which featured intermixed lyrics and background tracks from both artists' previous albums, debuted in November 2004. Shinoda also formed Fort Minor as a side project. With the aid of Jay-Z, Fort Minor released its debut album, The Rising Tied, to critical acclaim.[52][53]
Linkin Park also participated in numerous charitable events, most notably raised money to benefit victims of Hurricane Charley in 2004 and later Hurricane Katrina in 2005.[24] The band donated $75,000 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation in March 2004.[54] They also helped relief efforts for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims by staging several charity concerts and setting up an additional fund called Music for Relief.[55] Most notably, however, the band participated at Live 8, a series of charitable benefit concerts set up to raise global awareness.[56] Alongside Jay-Z, the band performed on Live 8's stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a global audience.[56] The band would later be reunited with Jay-Z at the Grammy Award Ceremony 2006, during which they performed 'Numb/Encore', en route to winning a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.[57] They were joined on stage by Paul McCartney who added verses from the song 'Yesterday'. They would later go on to play at the 2006 Summer Sonic music festival, which was hosted by Metallica in Japan.[58]
2006–2008: Minutes to Midnight
Linkin Park returned to the recording studios in 2006 to work on new material. To produce the album, the band chose producer Rick Rubin. Despite initially stating the album would debut sometime in 2006, the album was delayed until 2007.[6] The band had recorded thirty to fifty songs in August 2006, when Shinoda stated the album was halfway completed.[59] Bennington later added that the new album would stray away from its previous nu metal sound.[60]Warner Bros. Records officially announced that the band's third studio album, titled Minutes to Midnight, would be released on May 15, 2007 in the United States.[61] After spending fourteen months working on the album, the band members opted to further refine their album by removing five of the original seventeen tracks. The album's title, a reference to the Doomsday Clock, foreshadowed the band's new lyrical themes.[62]Minutes to Midnight sold over 625,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the most successful debut week albums in recent years. The album also took the top spot on the Billboard Charts.[9]
The album's first single, 'What I've Done', was released on April 2, and premiered on MTV and Fuse within the same week.[63] The single was acclaimed by listeners, becoming the top-ranked song on the Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.[64] The song is also used in soundtrack for the 2007 action film, Transformers. Mike Shinoda was also featured on the Styles of Beyond song 'Second to None', which was also included in the film. Later in the year, the band won the 'Favorite Alternative Artist' in the American Music Awards.[65] The band also saw success with the rest of the album's singles, 'Bleed It Out', 'Shadow of the Day', 'Given Up', and 'Leave Out All the Rest', which were released throughout 2007 and early 2008. The band also collaborated with Busta Rhymes on his single 'We Made It', which was released on April 29.[66]
Linkin Park embarked on a large world tour titled 'Minutes to Midnight World Tour'. The band promoted the album's release by forming their fourth Projekt Revolution tour in the United States which included many musical acts like My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo, and many others. They also played numerous shows in Europe, Asia, and Australia which included a performance at Live Earth Japan on July 7, 2007.[67] and headlining Download Festival in Donington Park, England and Edgefest in Downsview Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band completed touring on its fourth Projekt Revolution tour before taking up an Arena tour around the United Kingdom, visiting Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester, before finishing on a double night at the O2 arena in London. Bennington stated that Linkin Park plans to release a follow-up album to Minutes to Midnight.[68] However, he stated the band will first embark on a United States tour to gather inspiration for the album.[68] Linkin Park embarked on another Projekt Revolution tour in 2008. This was the first time a Projekt Revolution tour was held in Europe with three shows in Germany and one in the United Kingdom. A Projekt Revolution tour was also held in the United States which featured Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Street Drum Corps and many others. Linkin Park finished the tour with a final show in Texas. Mike Shinoda announced a live CD/DVD titled Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes, which is a live video recording from the Projekt Revolution gig at the Milton Keynes Bowl on June 29, 2008, which was officially released on November 24, 2008.[69]
2008–2011: A Thousand Suns
In May 2009, Linkin Park announced they were working on a fourth studio album, which was planned to be released in 2010. Shinoda told IGN that the new album would be 'genre-busting,' while building off of elements in Minutes to Midnight.[70] He also mentioned that the album would be more experimental and 'hopefully more cutting-edge'.[71] Bennington also addressed the media to confirm that Rick Rubin would return to produce the new album. The band later revealed the album would be called A Thousand Suns.[72] While working on the new album, Linkin Park worked with successful film composer Hans Zimmer to produce the score for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.[73] The band released a single for the movie, titled 'New Divide'. Joe Hahn created a music video for the song, which featured clips from the film.[74] On June 22, Linkin Park played a short set in Westwood Village after the premier of the movie.[75] After completing work for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the band returned to the studio to finalize their album.[76]
On April 26, the band released an app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, a game called 8-Bit Rebellion! It featured the band as playable characters, and a new song called 'Blackbirds' which was unlockable by beating the game. The song was also later released as an iTunes bonus track on A Thousand Suns.[77]
A Thousand Suns was released on September 14. The album's first single, 'The Catalyst', was released on August 2. The band promoted their new album by launching a concert tour, which started in Los Angeles on September 7.[78][79][80] Linkin Park also relied on MySpace to promote their album, releasing two additional songs, 'Waiting for the End' and 'Blackout' on September 8.[81][82][83][84] Furthermore, a documentary about the album's production, titled Meeting of A Thousand Suns, was available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. On August 31, 2010, it was announced that the band would perform the single live for the first time at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010.[85] The venue of the debut live performance of the single was Griffith Observatory, an iconic location used in Hollywood movies.[86][87][88] 'Waiting for the End' was released as the second single of A Thousand Suns.[89][90]
Linkin Park reached No.8 in Billboard Social 50, a chart of the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites.[91] In other Billboard Year-End charts, the band reached No.92 in the 'Top Artists' chart,[92] as well as A Thousand Suns reaching No.53 in the Year-End chart of the Billboard Top 200 albums[93] and No.7 in the 2010 Year-End Rock Albums, and 'The Catalyst' reaching No.40 in the Year-End Rock Songs chart.[94]
The band was nominated for six Billboard Awards in 2011 for Top Duo or Group, Best Rock Album for A Thousand Suns, Top Rock Artist, Top Alternative Artist, Top Alternative Song for 'Waiting for the End' and Top Alternative Album for A Thousand Suns, but did not win any award.[95] The band charted in numerous Billboard Year-End charts in 2011. The band was No.39 in the Top Artists Chart,[96] No.84 in the Billboard 200 Artists chart,[97] No.11 in the Social 50 Chart,[98] No.6 in the Top Rock Artists Chart,[99] No.9 in the Rock Songs Artists Chart,[100] No.16 in the Rock Albums Chart,[101] No.4 in the Hard Rock Albums Chart,[102] and No.7 in the Alternative Songs Chart.[103]
2011–2013: Living Things and Recharged
In July 2011, Bennington told Rolling Stone that Linkin Park aims to produce a new album every eighteen months, and that he would be shocked if a new album did not come out in 2012. He later revealed in another interview in September 2011 that the band was still in the beginning phases of the next album, saying 'We just kind of began. We like to keep the creative juices flowing, so we try to keep that going all the time ... we like the direction that we're going in'.[104] Later, on March 28, 2012, Shinoda confirmed that the band is filming a music video for 'Burn It Down'.[105][106] Joe Hahn directed the video.[107] Shinoda spoke to Co.Create about the album's art, saying that it will 'blow them [the fans] away ... the average person is not going to be able to look at it and go, I understand that that's completely new, like not just the image but the way they made the image is totally new. So there's going to be that'.[108]
On April 15, 2012, Shinoda announced that Living Things would be the title of Linkin Park's fifth album.[109] Shinoda stated that they chose the title Living Things because the album is more about people, personal interactions, and it is far more personal than their previous albums.[110] The band promoted the album on the 2012 edition of the Honda Civic Tour, with co-headliners Incubus. The band performed 'Burn It Down' at 2012 Billboard Music Awards. On May 24, the band released the music video for 'Burn It Down' and debuted 'Lies Greed Misery', another song from Living Things, on BBC Radio 1. 'Powerless', the twelfth and closing track of the album, was featured in the closing credits of the film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.[111]
Living Things sold over 223,000 copies during its debut week, ranking No. 1 on the US Albums Charts.[112] Linkin Park's single, 'Castle of Glass', was nominated for 'Best Song in a Game' at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards. The band also performed at the award ceremony on December 7, but lost the award to 'Cities' by Beck.[113] Linkin Park also played at the Soundwave music festival in Australia, where they shared the stage with Metallica, Paramore, Slayer and Sum 41.[114]
On August 10, 2013, the band collaborated with American musician Steve Aoki to record the song 'A Light That Never Comes' for Linkin Park's online puzzle-action game LP Recharge (short for Linkin Park Recharge), which was launched on Facebook and the official LP Recharge website on September 12, 2013. On the day of the game's release, Linkin Park made a post on their Facebook explaining that the song used to promote the game would be included on a new remix album, entitled Recharged, which was released on October 29, 2013 on CD, vinyl, and digital download. Similar to Reanimation, the album features remixes of ten of the songs from Living Things, with contributions from other artists, such as Ryu of Styles of Beyond, Pusha T, Datsik, KillSonik, Bun B, Money Mark, and Rick Rubin.[115][116] The band also worked on the soundtrack for the film Mall, which was directed by Joe Hahn.[117]
2013–2015: The Hunting Party
In an interview with Fuse, Shinoda confirmed that Linkin Park had begun recording their sixth studio album in May 2013.[118] The band released the first single from their upcoming album, titled, 'Guilty All the Same' on March 6, 2014 through Shazam.[119] The single was later released on the following day by Warner Bros. Records and debut at No. 28 on the US Billboard Rock Airplay charts before peaking at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock charts in the following weeks.[120][121] Shortly after the single's release, the band revealed their sixth album would be titled The Hunting Party. The album was produced by Shinoda and Delson, who wanted to explore musical elements from Hybrid Theory and the band's earlier material.[122] Shinoda commented the album is a '90s style of rock record'. He elaborated, 'It's a rock record. It's loud and it's rock, but not in the sense of what you've heard before, which is more like '90s hardcore-punk-thrash.'[123] The album includes musical contributions from rapper Rakim, Page Hamilton of Helmet, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, and Daron Malakian of System of a Down.[124][125]The Hunting Party was released on June 13, 2014, in most countries, and later released in the United States on June 17.[126]
Linkin Park performed at Download Festival on June 14, 2014, where they played their debut album, Hybrid Theory, in its entirety.[20][127][128] Linkin Park headlined Rock am Ring and Rock im Park in 2014, along with Metallica, Kings of Leon, and Iron Maiden.[129][130] They also headlined with Iron Maiden again at the Greenfield Festival in July.[131] On June 22, Linkin Park made an unscheduled headline appearance at the Vans Warped Tour, where they played with members of Issues, The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Yellowcard, Breathe Carolina, Finch, and Machine Gun Kelly.[132] In January 2015, the band embarked on a tour to promote the release of The Hunting Party, consisting of 17 concerts across the United States and Canada. The tour was canceled after only three concerts when Bennington injured his ankle.[133][134] On May 9, Linkin Park performed at the first edition of Rock in Rio USA, in direct support for Metallica.[135]
On November 9, 2014, MTV Europe named Linkin Park the 'Best Rock' act of 2014 at their annual music awards ceremony.[136] The band won the 'Best Rock Band' and 'Best Live Act' titles of 2014 on Loudwire's Music Awards.[137]Revolver ranked The Hunting Party as the fourth best album of 2014.[138] In an interview with AltWire on May 4, Shinoda reflected on The Hunting Party and commented on Linkin Park's future, stating; 'I'm really happy with the reaction from The Hunting Party, and I think we're ready to move somewhere new on the next album, which will be coming [in 2016]'.[139]
Linkin Park collaborated with Steve Aoki on the song 'Darker Than Blood' for Aoki's album Neon Future II, which was released in May 2015.[140] The first preview of the song came during Aoki's performance on February 28, 2015 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois.[141] The song was debuted on Twitch.tv on April 13 and released on April 14.[142]
Linkin Park performed at the closing ceremony of Blizzcon 2015, Blizzard's video game convention.[143]
2015–present: One More Light and Bennington's death
Linkin Park began working on new material for a seventh studio album in November 2015.[144] Chester Bennington commented on the album's direction by stating, 'We've got a lot of great material that I hope challenges our fanbase as well as inspires them as much as it has us.'[145] In February 2017, Linkin Park released promotional videos on their social network accounts, which featured Shinoda and Bennington preparing new material for the album.[146] Mike Shinoda stated the band was following a new process when producing the album. Brad Delson elaborated: 'We've made so many records and we clearly know how to make a record and we definitely didn't take the easy way out this time.'[147]
The first single from the new album was revealed to be titled 'Heavy' and features pop singer Kiiara, the first time the band has featured a female vocalist on an original song for a studio album. The lyrics for the song were co-written by Linkin Park with Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter.[148] The single was released for download on February 16.[149][150][151] As they have done in the past, Linkin Park had cryptic messages online in relation to the new album. The album cover was revealed through digital puzzles across social media; the cover features six kids playing in the ocean.[152] The band's seventh album, One More Light, was released on May 19, 2017.[10][153]
Bennington died on July 20, 2017; his death was ruled a suicide by hanging.[154] Shinoda confirmed Bennington's death on Twitter, writing, 'Shocked and heartbroken, but it's true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one'.[155] The band had released a music video for their single 'Talking to Myself' earlier that day.[156] One day after Bennington's death, the band canceled the North American leg of their One More Light World Tour.[157] On the morning of July 24, Linkin Park released an official statement on their website as a tribute to Bennington.[158] On July 28, Shinoda announced that donations made to the band's Music for Relief charity would be redirected to the One More Light Fund, which had been set up in Bennington's memory.[159] On August 4, when the band was initially scheduled to play on Good Morning America, Chris Cornell's twelve-year-old daughter Toni (who was also Bennington's goddaughter) appeared with OneRepublic to perform 'Hallelujah' as a tribute to Bennington and her father.[160] Bennington had previously performed the song at the funeral for Cornell, who had also died from a suicide by hanging two months earlier.[160]
On August 22, Linkin Park announced plans to host a tribute concert in Los Angeles to honor Bennington. The band thanked fans for their support, stating, 'The five of us are so grateful for all of your support as we heal and build the future of Linkin Park'.[161] The band later confirmed that the concert, titled Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington, would take place on October 27 at the Hollywood Bowl. The event included Linkin Park's first performance following Bennington's death.[162][163] The event featured multiple guests performing Linkin Park songs along with the band.[164] The event was over three hours long and was streamed live via YouTube.[165]
In November 2017, the band announced that a live album compiled from their final tour with Bennington, titled One More Light Live, would be released on December 15.[166] On November 19, Linkin Park received an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist and dedicated the award to Bennington.[167]
During an Instagram live chat on December 17, 2017, Shinoda was asked whether Linkin Park would perform with a hologram version of Bennington in the future. He replied, 'Can we not do a holographic Chester? I can't even wrap my head around the idea of a holographic Chester. I've actually heard other people outside the band suggest that, and there's absolutely no way. I cannot fuck with that.'[168]
On January 28, 2018, Shinoda replied to a tweet from a fan inquiring about his future with Linkin Park, writing 'I have every intention on continuing with LP, and the guys feel the same. We have a lot of rebuilding to do, and questions to answer, so it'll take time.'[169] On March 29, 2018, however, Shinoda stated that he is uncertain of Linkin Park's future when being interviewed by Vulture.[170]
On April 17, 2018, Linkin Park was nominated for three awards at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, but did not win any of them.[171]
The band was presented with The George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement at UCLA on May 18, 2018.[172]
On February 18, 2019, Shinoda said in an interview that the band is open to the idea of continuing though what form that takes has yet to be decided. Shinoda stated 'I know the other guys, they love to be onstage, they love to be in a studio, and so to not do that would be like, I don’t know, almost like unhealthy.”When asked about the band’s future minus Chester, Shinoda stated, “It’s not my goal to look for a new singer. If it does happen, it has to happen naturally. If we find someone that is a great person and good stylistic fit, I could see trying to do some stuff with somebody. I would never want to feel like we are replacing Chester.”[173]
Philanthropy
On January 19, 2010, Linkin Park released a new song titled 'Not Alone' as part of a compilation from Music for Relief called Download to Donate for Haiti in support of the Haiti Earthquake crisis. On February 10, 2010, Linkin Park released the official music video for the song on their homepage. The single itself was released on October 21, 2011.
On January 11, 2011, an updated version of Download to Donate for Haiti was launched, called Download to Donate for Haiti V2.0, with more songs to download. For the updated compilation, the band released Keaton Hashimoto's remix of 'The Catalyst' from the 'Linkin Park featuring YOU' contest.[174]
Shinoda designed two T-shirts, in which the proceeds will go to Music for Relief to help the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disasters.[175][176] Music for Relief released Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief Japan, another compilation of songs, in which the proceeds will go to Save the Children.[177] The band released the song titled as 'Issho Ni', meaning 'we're in this together', on March 22, 2011 via Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief Japan.
In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, Linkin Park played at Club Nokia during the 'Music for Relief: Concert for the Philippines' in Los Angeles, and raised donations for victims. The show was broadcast on AXS TV on February 15. Other artists during the show included The Offspring, Bad Religion, Heart, and The Filharmonic.[178][179]
Musical style and influences
Linkin Park combines elements of rock music, hip hop and electronica, and have been categorized as alternative rock,[24][180][181][182]nu metal,[24][180][183][184]alternative metal,[5][185]rap rock,[24][5][186]electronic rock,[181][185]hard rock,[187] hip hop,[180][187]rap metal,[24]pop,[180]industrial rock,[181] and pop rock.[188] Despite being considered nu metal, the band never considered themselves as such.[189]
Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora combine the alternative metal,[5][190][191] nu metal,[192][193][194] rap rock,[193][195] rap metal,[196] and alternative rock[197][198] sound with influences and elements from hip hop, and electronica,[199][200] utilizing programming and synthesizers. William Ruhlmann from AllMusic regarded it as 'a Johnny-come-lately to an already overdone musical style,'[201] whereas Rolling Stone described their song 'Breaking the Habit' as 'risky, beautiful art'.[202]
In Minutes to Midnight the band experimented with their established sound and drew influences from a wider and more varied range of genres and styles, a process Los Angeles Times compares to a stage in U2's work.[7] Only two songs on the album's tracklist feature rap vocals and the majority of the album can be considered alternative rock.[203][204]
The vocal interplay between Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda plays as a major part within Linkin Park's music, with Bennington being the lead vocalist and Shinoda as the rapping vocalist. On Linkin Park's third album, Minutes to Midnight, Shinoda sings lead vocals on 'In Between', 'Hands Held High', and on the B-side 'No Roads Left'. On numerous songs from band's fourth album, A Thousand Suns, such as the album's singles ('The Catalyst', 'Burning in the Skies', 'Iridescent'), both Shinoda and Bennington sing. The album has been regarded as a turning point in the band's musical career, having a stronger emphasis on electronica.[205][206] James Montgomery, of MTV, compared the record to Radiohead's Kid A,[207] while Jordy Kasko of Review, Rinse, Repeat likened the album to both Kid A and Pink Floyd's landmark album The Dark Side of the Moon.[208] Shinoda stated that he and the other band members were deeply influenced by Chuck D and Public Enemy. He elaborated: 'Public Enemy were very three-dimensional with their records because although they seemed political, there was a whole lot of other stuff going on in there too. It made me think how three-dimensional I wanted our record to be without imitating them of course, and show where we were at creatively'.[209] One of the record's political elements is its samples of notable speeches by American political figures.[210]A Thousand Suns was described as trip hop,[211] electronic rock,[212][213]ambient,[211] alternative rock,[214] industrial rock,[215]experimental rock,[216] rap rock,[217] and progressive rock.[218]
Their fifth album, Living Things, is also an electronic-heavy album, but includes other influences, resulting in a harder sound by comparison.[219][220] The band returned to a heavier sound compared to their last three albums on The Hunting Party, which was described as an alternative metal,[221][222][223] nu metal,[224] hard rock,[221][225] rap rock,[226] and rap metal album.[227] Their seventh album, One More Light, was described as pop,[228][229] pop rock[230][231] and electropop.[232]
Linkin Park's influences include Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Machines of Loving Grace, Metallica, Refused, Minor Threat, Fugazi, Descendents, Misfits, Beastie Boys, Run-DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, N.W.A, Public Enemy, KRS-One, Boogie Down Productions, Led Zeppelin, Rage Against the Machine, and the Beatles.[233][234]
Legacy and influence
Linkin Park has sold more than 100 million records.[17][18][235] The group's first studio album Hybrid Theory is one of the best-selling albums in the US (11 million copies shipped) and worldwide (30 million copies sold).[236]Billboard estimates that Linkin Park earned US$5 million between May 2011 and May 2012, making them the 40th-highest-paid musical artist.[237] 11 of the band's singles have reached the number one position on Billboard'sAlternative Songs chart, the second-most for any artist.[238]
In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium.[12]Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart.[13] The band was recently voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1.[14] In 2014, the band was declared as the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Kerrang!.[15][16] In 2015, Kerrang! gave 'In the End' and 'Final Masquerade' the top two positions on Kerrang!'s Rock 100 list.[239]
Linkin Park became the first rock band to achieve more than one billion YouTube hits.[240]Linkin Park also became the fifteenth most liked page on Facebook, tenth most liked artist, and most liked group followed by the Black Eyed Peas.[241] Linkin Park's 'Numb' is the third and 'In the End' is the sixth 'timeless song' on Spotify. The two songs making Linkin Park the only artist to have two timeless songs in top ten.[242]
Hybrid Theory by the group is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, It was also ranked at #11 on Billboard'sHot 200 Albums of the Decade.[243] In addition the album was included in Best of 2001 by Record Collector, The top 150 Albums of the Generation by Rock Sound and 50 Best Rock Albums of the 2000's by Kerrang!. The album Meteora was included in Top 200 Albums of the Decade by Billboard at #36. The album sold 20 million copies worldwide. The collaborated EPCollision Course with Jay-Z, became the second ever EP to top the Billboard 200, going on to sell over 300,000 copies in its first week after Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies in 1994. The album Minutes to Midnight in the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 625,000 albums sold.[244] In Canada, the album sold over 50,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart. Worldwide, the album shipped over 3.3 million copies in its first four weeks of release.[245]
The New York Times' Jon Caramanica commented Linkin Park 'brought the collision of hard rock and hip-hop to its commercial and aesthetic peak' at the beginning of the 2000s.[246] Several rock and non-rock artists have cited Linkin Park as an influence, including Proyecto Eskhata,[247]Of Mice & Men,[248]One Ok Rock,[249]Bishop Nehru,[250]Misono, From Ashes to New,[251]Bring Me the Horizon,[252]Red, Girl on Fire, Manafest, Silentó,[253]3OH!3,[254]The Prom Kings,[254]AJ Tracey,[255]Kiiara,[256]The Chainsmokers,[257]Kevin Rudolf,[254]Blackbear,[258]Amber Liu,[259]Tokio Hotel,[254]Stormzy[260] and Imagine Dragons.[261]
Band members
Current members
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Timeline
Linkin Park was known as Xero from 1996–1999 and Hybrid Theory in 1999.
Discography
- Hybrid Theory (2000)
- Meteora (2003)
- Minutes to Midnight (2007)
- A Thousand Suns (2010)
- Living Things (2012)
- The Hunting Party (2014)
- One More Light (2017)
Awards and nominations
Concert tours
Headlining
- Hybrid Theory World Tour (2001)
- Projekt Revolution (2002–2008, 2011)
- LP Underground Tour (2003)
- Meteora World Tour (2004)
- Minutes to Midnight World Tour (2007–08)
- International Tour (2009)
- A Thousand Suns World Tour (2010–11)
- Living Things World Tour (2012–13)
- The Hunting Party Tour (2014–15)
- One More Light Tour (2017)
- Linkin Park and Friends - Celebrate Life In Honor of Chester Bennington (2017)
Co-headlining
- 11th Annual Honda Civic Tour (2012)
- Carnivores Tour(with Thirty Seconds to Mars) (2014)
See also
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Linkin Park discography | |
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Linkin Park performing at the 2009 Sonisphere Festival | |
Studio albums | 7 |
Live albums | 3 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
Video albums | 12 |
Music videos | 67 |
EPs | 10 |
Singles | 35 |
Soundtrack albums | 3 |
Promotional singles | 20 |
Remix albums | 2 |
Demo albums | 16 |
American rock band Linkin Park has released seven studio albums, three live albums, two compilation albums, two remix albums, three soundtrack albums, 12 video albums, 10 extended plays, 35 singles, 20 promotional singles, and 66 music videos. Linkin Park was formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996 by Mike Shinoda (vocals, keyboards, samplers and guitars), Brad Delson (guitar), and Rob Bourdon (drums). Joe Hahn (turntables) and Dave Farrell (bass) were later recruited, and in 1999, Chester Bennington (lead vocals) became a member, staying with the band until his death in 2017.[1][2]
Linkin Park rose to international fame in 2000 with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200. It was the seventh best-selling album of the 2000s,[3] and certified Diamond in US and quadruple platinum in Europe.[4] The fourth single from the album, 'In the End', peaked at the second spot on the Billboard Hot 100 (the highest of Linkin Park's career), and stayed on the chart for 38 weeks.[5] With first-week sales of 810,000,[6] Linkin Park's second album Meteora (2003) entered the Billboard 200 at number one, becoming the third-best-selling album of the year.[7]
In 2007, their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight, also debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200, selling 623,000 copies in its first week.[8]A Thousand Suns (2010) became Linkin Park's third studio album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200, but its first-week sales were less than half of its predecessor—240,000 copies.[9]Living Things followed in 2012, selling 223,000 copies in its first week and becoming the band's fourth studio album to debut at number-one.
Linkin Park has sold over 110 million albums and 41 million singles worldwide,[10][11] making a total of over 132 million records worldwide and 32,000,000 albums and 33,000,000 singles in the US as of June 2017.[12] The band has produced eleven number-one singles on the BillboardAlternative Songs chart,[13][14] and is the second-ever act to have at least ten weeks with three or more tracks on that chart.[15] Two of these singles, 'Crawling' and 'Numb/Encore', earned the band two Grammy Awards.[16][17] Linkin Park Underground, the band's official fan club, annually released EPs with rare tracks, demos, live recordings and remixes until 2017. When Chester Bennington passed, the band had not put together an LPU release for 2017, and there has not been one since 2016's.[18]
- 1Albums
- 1.6Extended plays
- 2Singles
- 6Music videos
Albums[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [19] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | CAN [22] | FRA [23] | GER [24] | IRL [25] | NZ [26] | SWI [27] | UK [28] | ||||
Hybrid Theory |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
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Meteora |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Minutes to Midnight |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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A Thousand Suns |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Living Things |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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The Hunting Party |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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One More Light |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
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Live albums[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [19] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | CAN [22][68] | FRA [23] | GER [24] | IRL [25] | NZ [26] | SWI [27] | UK [28] | ||||
Live in Texas |
| 23 | 18 | 5 | -- | 8 | 9 | 67 | 17 | 9 | 47 |
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Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes |
| 41 | 24 | 14 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 81 | 17 | 16 | 58 |
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One More Light Live |
| 28 | 20 | 11 | 29 | 54 | 7 | -- | 32 | 7 | 32 | ||
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Compilation albums[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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AUS [20] | ||
A Decade Underground |
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Studio Collection 2000–2012 |
| 49 [76] |
Remix albums[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [19] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | CAN [22] | FRA [23] | GER [24] | IRL [25] | NZ [26] | SWI [27] | UK [28] | ||||
Reanimation |
| 2 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
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Recharged |
| 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
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Soundtrack albums[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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US [19] | FRA [80] | GER [81] | ||
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Score (with Steve Jablonsky) |
| 49 | 167 | 55 |
8-Bit Rebellion! |
| -- | -- | -- |
Mall: Music from the Motion Picture (with Alec Puro) |
| -- | -- | -- |
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Extended plays[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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US [19] | AUS [20] | AUT [21] | CAN [22] | FRA [23] | GER [24] | IRL [25] | NZ [26] | SWI [27] | UK [28] | ||||
Hybrid Theory EP |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
In the End: Live & Rare |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
Collision Course (with Jay-Z) |
| 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
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iTunes Live from SoHo |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
Songs from the Underground |
| 96 | -- | 56 | -- | -- | 42 | -- | -- | 10 | -- | ||
2011 North American Tour |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
A Thousand Suns: Puerta de Alcalá |
| 122 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
iTunes Festival: London 2011 |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
Stagelight Demos |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
A Light That Never Comes (Remixes) (with Steve Aoki) |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
Darker Than Blood: Remixes – EP (with Steve Aoki) |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
LP Underground extended plays[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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AUT [21] | GER [24] | SWI [27] | |||||||||
Underground 2.0 |
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Underground 3.0 |
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Underground 4.0 |
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Underground 5.0 |
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Underground 6 |
| -- | -- | -- | |||||||
LP Underground 7 |
| -- | -- | -- | |||||||
mmm... Cookies: Sweet Hamster Like Jewels From America! (Underground 8.0) |
| -- | -- | -- | |||||||
Underground 9.0: Demos |
| 73 | 66 | 29 | |||||||
LP Underground X: Demos |
| -- | -- | -- | |||||||
Underground 11 |
| -- | -- | -- | |||||||
Underground 12 |
| -- | -- | -- | |||||||
Underground XIII |
| -- | -- | -- | |||||||
Underground XIV |
| -- | -- | -- | |||||||
Underground 15 |
| -- | -- | -- | |||||||
Underground Sixteen |
| -- | -- | -- | |||||||
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles[edit]
As lead artist[edit]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
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US [5] | US Alt. [102] | US Main. Rock [103] | US Rock [104] | AUS [105] | CAN [106] | FRA [23] | GER [107] | IRL [108] | NZ [26] | SWI [27] | UK [109] | UK Rock | ||||
'One Step Closer' | 2000 | 75 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | -- | -- | 32 | -- | -- | 42 | 24 | 3 |
| Hybrid Theory |
'Crawling' | 2001 | 79 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 33 | -- | 106 | 14 | 16 | 37 | 43 | 16 | 2 |
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'Papercut' | -- | 32 | -- | 18 | 87 | 43 | -- | 49 | 27 | -- | 80 | 14 | 1 |
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'In the End' | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
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'Pts.OF.Athrty' (with Jay Gordon) | 2002 | -- | 29 | -- | -- | 44 | 47 | -- | 31 | 25 | -- | 61 | 9 | 1 | Reanimation | |
'Somewhere I Belong' | 2003 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| Meteora |
'Faint' | 48 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 27 | 158 | 40 | 26 | -- | 32 | 15 | 3 |
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'Numb' | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| ||
'From the Inside' | 2004 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 37 | 43 | 35 | 35 | -- | 50 | 38 | -- | -- | ||
'Breaking the Habit' | 20 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 27 | 25 | 46 | 27 | 56 | 39 | 3 |
| ||
'Numb/Encore' (with Jay-Z) | 20 | -- | -- | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | -- | 10 | 14 | -- |
| Collision Course | |
'What I've Done' | 2007 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 107 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Minutes to Midnight |
'Bleed It Out' | 52 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 22 | -- | 40 | 43 | 7 | 42 | 29 | 1 |
| ||
'Shadow of the Day' | 15 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 12 | -- | 13 | 11 | 46 | 2 |
| ||
'Given Up' | 2008 | 99 | 4 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 53 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
| |
'Leave Out All the Rest' | 94 | 11 | 33 | 22 | 24 | -- | 17 | 15 | -- | 38 | 36 | 90 | 2 |
| ||
'New Divide' | 2009 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -- | 4 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 1 |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Album |
'The Catalyst' | 2010 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 33 | 18 | -- | 11 | -- | 27 | 29 | 40 | 1 |
| A Thousand Suns |
'Waiting for the End' | 42 | 1 | 37 | 2 | -- | 34 | -- | 29 | -- | -- | 58 | 90 | 3 |
| ||
'Burning in the Skies' | 2011 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 35 | -- | 43 | -- | -- | 41 | -- | -- | ||
'Iridescent' | 81 | 19 | -- | 29 | 39 | 52 | -- | 46 | -- | -- | 69 | 93 | 2 |
| ||
'Not Alone'[121] | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Download to Donate for Haiti | ||
'Burn It Down' | 2012 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 47 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 1 |
| Living Things |
'Lost in the Echo' | 95 | 12 | 7 | 10 | -- | -- | 150 | 68 | -- | -- | -- | 175 | 4 | |||
'Powerless'[122] | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40 | |||
'Castle of Glass' | 2013 | -- | 16 | -- | 32 | -- | 2 | 166 | 10 | -- | -- | 17 | -- | 17 |
| |
'A Light That Never Comes' (with Steve Aoki) | 65 | 7 | -- | 11 | 56 | 21 | 81 | 8 | 72 | -- | 15 | 34 | -- | Recharged | ||
'Guilty All the Same' (featuring Rakim) | 2014 | --[A] | 21 | 1 | 19 | -- | 48 | 116 | 32 | -- | -- | 50 | 138 | 3 | The Hunting Party | |
'Until It's Gone' | --[B] | 19 | 1 | 17 | 58 | 33 | 104 | 24 | -- | -- | 23 | 78 | 1 | |||
'Wastelands'[125] | -- | -- | -- | 25 | 64 | -- | 76 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | |||
'Rebellion'[126] (featuring Daron Malakian) | -- | -- | 15 | 21 | -- | -- | 83 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 13 | |||
'Final Masquerade' | --[C] | 32 | 35 | 18 | 43 | 65 | 45 | 70 | -- | 30 | 64 | 106 | 2 | |||
'Heavy' (featuring Kiiara)[127] | 2017 | 45 | 22 | -- | 2 | 33 | 46 | 111 | 12 | 70 [128] | 35 [46] | 8 | 43 | -- |
| One More Light |
'Talking to Myself' | --[D] | -- | -- | 13 | -- | 66 | 180 | 73 | -- | -- | 35 | -- | -- | |||
'One More Light'[130] | --[E] | 21 | -- | 6 | 85 | 91 | 113 | 51 | -- | -- | 48 | -- | -- |
| ||
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
As featured artist[edit]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [131] | AUS [105] | AUT [21] | GER [107] | IRL [108] | NOR [132] | NZ [26] | SWE [133] | SWI [27] | UK [109] | |||
'We Made It' (Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park) | 2008 | 65 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 10 | Non-album single |
'Darker Than Blood'[134] (Steve Aoki featuring Linkin Park) | 2015 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Neon Future II |
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Promotional singles[edit]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [5] | US Alt. [102] | US Main. Rock [103] | US Rock [135] | FRA [23] | GER [107] | SWI [27] | UK [109] | UK Rock [136] | |||||
'With You'[137] | 2000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12 | Hybrid Theory | ||
'Points of Authority'[138] | 2001 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | |||
'Enth E Nd'[139] (with KutMasta Kurt; featuring Motion Man) | 2002 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Reanimation | ||
'My<Dsmbr'[140] (with Mickey P.; featuring Kelli Ali) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
'H! Vltg3'[141] (with Evidence; featuring Pharoahe Monch and DJ Babu) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
'Runaway'[142] | 2003 | -- | 40 | 37 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | Hybrid Theory | ||
'Lying from You'[143] | 2004 | 58 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 18 | Meteora | ||
'No More Sorrow'[144] (live) | 2008 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes | ||
'Wretches and Kings'[145] | 2010 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | A Thousand Suns | ||
'Blackout'[146] | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 28 | ||||
'Rolling in the Deep'[147] (live) | 2011 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 42 | 1 | iTunes Festival: London 2011 | ||
'Lies Greed Misery' | 2012 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 37 | Living Things | ||
'White Noise'[148] | 2014 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Mall: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
'Devil's Drop'[149] | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
'The Last Line'[150] | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
'Final Masquerade'[151] (acoustic) | 2015 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album singles | ||
'A Line in the Sand'[152] (live) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
'Battle Symphony' | 2017 | -- | -- | -- | 11 | -- | 95 | 90 | -- | -- | One More Light | ||
'Heavy' (featuring Kiiara, Nicky Romero Remix) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album single | |||
'Good Goodbye' (featuring Pusha T and Stormzy) | -- | -- | -- | 15 | 173 | 65 | 49 | -- | -- | One More Light | |||
'Heavy' (featuring Kiiara, Disero Remix) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album single | |||
'Invisible' | -- | -- | -- | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | One More Light | |||
'Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds' (with Steve Aoki) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Non-album singles | |||
'One More Light' (Steve Aoki Remix) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
'Sharp Edges' | -- | 31 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | One More Light | |||
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other charted songs[edit]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [5] | US Hard Rock [153] | US Rock [154] | FRA [23] | GER [107] | UK [155] | UK R&B [156] | UK Rock [157] | |||||
'Dirt off Your Shoulder/Lying from You' (with Jay-Z) | 2004 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 150 | 39 | -- | Collision Course | ||
'Hands Held High' | 2007 | --[F] | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Minutes to Midnight | ||
'No More Sorrow' | --[G] | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
'Blackbirds' | 2010 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 21 | 8-Bit Rebellion! | ||
'In My Remains' | 2012 | -- | -- | -- | 151 | 83 | -- | -- | 10 | Living Things | ||
'I'll Be Gone' | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 26 | ||||
'Keys to the Kingdom' | 2014 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 33 | The Hunting Party | ||
'All for Nothing' (featuring Page Hamilton) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 23 | ||||
'Nobody Can Save Me' | 2017 | -- | -- | 37 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | One More Light | ||
'Sorry for Now' | -- | -- | 41 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
'Halfway Right' | -- | -- | 46 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
'A Place for My Head' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 | Hybrid Theory | |||
'By Myself' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 19 | ||||
'Pushing Me Away' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 23 | ||||
'Forgotten' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 24 | ||||
'My December' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 30 | ||||
'Cure for the Itch' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 33 | ||||
'Don't Stay' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 27 | Meteora | |||
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other appearances[edit]
Title | Year | Album | Label | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
'Closing' (Xero) | 1998 | Rapology 12 | The Urban Network | |
'Drop' (Kenji & Artofficial of Xero) | Rapology 13 | |||
'Fiends CD RAP UP' (Xero featuring 007) | Rapology 14 | |||
'One Step Closer' (Early Mix) | 2000 | ECW Extreme Music Volume 2: Anarchy Rocks | V2 | |
'My December' | The Real Slim Santa | KROQ | [158] | |
'With You' (Live) | 2001 | Ozzfest 2001: The Second Millennium | Sony | [159] |
'Runaway' (Live) | 2002 | The Family Values Tour 2001 | Elektra | [160] |
'One Step Closer' (Live) (featuring Aaron Lewis) | ||||
'It's Goin' Down' (The X-Ecutioners featuring Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn) | Built from Scratch | Loud Records | [161] | |
'My December' (Live) | 2003 | The Year They Recalled Santa Claus | KROQ | [162] |
'Nobody's Listening' (Green Lantern Remix) | 2005 | Fort Minor: We Major | Machine Shop Recordings | |
'Bleed It Out' (Live) | 2007 | Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis | Warner Bros. Records | |
'Blackout' (Early Mix) | 2010 | FIFA 11 | EA Sports | |
'Issho Ni' | 2011 | Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief | Machine Shop Warner Bros. | [163] |
'Iridescent' (Radio Edit) | Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Album | Reprise Records | ||
'Blackout' (Renholdër Remix) | 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | Lakeshore | [164] |
'Wretches' (Remix) (Apathy featuring Linkin Park, Ryu, Scoop DeVille and Divine Styler) | It's the Bootleg, Muthafuckas! Volume 3: Fire Walk with Me | Demigodz | ||
'All for Nothing' (Radio Edit) (featuring Page Hamilton) | 2014 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 | Konami | |
'Things in My Jeep' (The Lonely Island featuring Linkin Park) | 2016 | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Universal Republic | |
'Battle Symphony' | 2017 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 | Konami |
Video albums[edit]
Year | Details | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|
2001 | Frat Party at the Pankake Festival
| [165] |
2003 | The Making of Meteora
| [166] |
Live in Texas
| [167] | |
2004 | Breaking the Habit
| [168] |
Collision Course
| [169] | |
2007 | The Making of Minutes to Midnight
| [170] |
2008 | Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes
| [171] |
2010 | The Meeting of a Thousand Suns
| [172] |
2011 | A Thousand Suns+
| [173] |
2012 | Inside Living Things
| [174] |
2013 | Living Things +
| [175] |
2014 | The Hunting Party (DVD)
| [176] |
Linkin Park Song List
Music videos[edit]
Traditional videos[edit]
Year | Details | Director(s) | Album | Type | Link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 'One Step Closer' | Gregory Dark[177] | Hybrid Theory | Performance | [178] |
2001 | 'Crawling' | Brothers Strause[179] | [180] | ||
'Papercut' | Nathan 'Karma' Cox and Joe Hahn[181][182] | [183] | |||
'In the End' | Surrealist | [184] | |||
'Points of Authority' | Nathan 'Karma' Cox | Live, studio footage | [185] | ||
'Cure for the Itch' | Joe Hahn | Animation | [186] | ||
2002 | 'Opening' | Reanimation | Narrative | [187] | |
'Pts.OF.Athrty' (MTV Version) | Nathan 'Karma' Cox | Narrative | [188] | ||
'Enth E Nd' | Jason Goldwatch[189] | Performance | [190] | ||
'[Chali]' | Joe Hahn | Narrative | [191] | ||
'FRGT/10' | Joshua Cordes[192] | Animation | [193] | ||
'P5hng Me A*wy' | Scott Patton[194] | Narrative | [195] | ||
'Plc.4 Mie Hæd' | Shawn M. Foster | Narrative | [196] | ||
'X-Ecutioner Style' | David Zager | Animation | [197] | ||
'H! Vltg3' | Estevan Oriol | Narrative | [198] | ||
'[Riff Raff]' | Joe Hahn | Narrative | [199] | ||
'Wth>You' | Ryan Thompson | Performance | [200] | ||
'NtrMssn' | Joe Hahn | Narrative | [201] | ||
'Ppr:Kut' | Mike Piscatelli | Footage | [202] | ||
'Rnw@y' | Kimo Proudfoot | Narrative | [203] | ||
'My<Dsmbr' | Chip Miller | Narrative | [204] | ||
'[Stef]' | Joe Hahn | Narrative | [205] | ||
'By_Myslf' | Matt Bass | Narrative | [206] | ||
'Kyur4 Th Ich' | Joe Hahn[207][208] | Footage | [209] | ||
'1Stp Klosr' | Shaun Smith | Narrative | [210] | ||
'KRWLNG' | Jonathan Ruppel | Animation | [211] | ||
'Pts.OF.Athrty' (Animated Version) | Joe Hahn[212] | Animation | [213] | ||
2003 | 'Somewhere I Belong' | Joe Hahn | Meteora | Performance | [214] |
'Faint' | Mark Romanek[215] | [216] | |||
'Numb' | Joe Hahn[217][218][219] | Narrative | [220] | ||
2004 | 'From the Inside' | [221] | |||
'Breaking the Habit' (Animated Version) | Animation | [222] | |||
'Breaking the Habit' (5.28.04, 3:37 P.M. Version) | Kimo Proudfoot[223] | Studio footage | [224] | ||
'Lying from You' | Live footage | [225] | |||
'Numb/Encore' | Joe DeMaio and Kimo Proudfoot[226] | Collision Course | Narrative, live footage | [227] | |
2007 | 'What I've Done' | Joe Hahn[228][229][230] | Minutes to Midnight | Performance | [231] |
'Bleed It Out' | [232] | ||||
2008 | 'Shadow of the Day' | Narrative | [233] | ||
'Given Up' | Mark Fiore and Linkin Park[234] | Performance | [235] | ||
'We Made It' | Chris Robinson[236] | [237] | |||
'Leave Out All the Rest' | Joe Hahn[238][239] | Minutes to Midnight | Narrative | [240] | |
2009 | 'New Divide' | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The Album | Performance | [241] | |
2010 | 'Not Alone' | Bill Boyd[242] | Download to Donate for Haiti | Footage | [243] |
'Blackbirds' | N/A | 8-Bit Rebellion! | Montage | [244] | |
'The Catalyst' | Joe Hahn[245][246][247][248] | A Thousand Suns | Narrative | [249] | |
'Waiting for the End' | Performance | [250] | |||
2011 | 'Burning in the Skies' | Narrative | [251] | ||
'Iridescent' (Transformers version) | [252] | ||||
2012 | 'Burn It Down' | Living Things | Performance | [253] | |
'Powerless' | Timur Bekmambetov | [254] | |||
'Lost in the Echo' | Jason Zada and Jason Nickel[255] | Narrative | [256] | ||
'Castle of Glass' | Drew Stauffer and Jerry O'Flaherty | [257] | |||
2013 | 'A Light That Never Comes' | Joe Hahn | Recharged | Animation | [258] |
2014 | 'A Light That Never Comes (Vicetone Remix)' | Vicetone | A Light That Never Comes (Remixes) | [259] | |
'A Light That Never Comes (Coone Remix)' | Editz.nl | Performance | [260] | ||
'Guilty All the Same' | Project Spark | The Hunting Party | Gameplay | [261] | |
'Until It's Gone' | Joe Hahn | Narrative | [262] | ||
'Wastelands' | N/A | Performance | [263] | ||
'Final Masquerade' | Mark Pellington | Narrative | [264] | ||
'Iridescent' (Stars of the Season version) | David Kinsler | A Thousand Suns | [265] | ||
'White Noise' | Joe Hahn | Mall | Excerpt | [266] | |
2015 | 'Devil's Drop' | [267] | |||
'The Last Line' | [268] | ||||
'Darker Than Blood' | Dan Packer | Neon Future II | Narrative | [269] | |
2017 | 'Heavy' | Tim Mattia | One More Light | [270] | |
'Good Goodbye' | Isaac Rentz | [271] | |||
'Talking to Myself' | Mark Fiore | Live footage | [272] | ||
'One More Light' | Joe Hahn & Mark Fiore | [273] |
Lyric videos[edit]
Year | Song | Album | Type | Link |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | 'The Catalyst' | A Thousand Suns | Static and chaotic imagery | [274] |
'Waiting for the End' | [275] | |||
'Blackout' | [276] | |||
'Burning in the Skies' | [277] | |||
2012 | 'Burn it Down' | Living Things | Rotating Living Things art | [278] |
'Lies Greed Misery' | [279] | |||
'Lost in the Echo' | [280] | |||
2013 | 'A Light that Never Comes' | Recharged | Rotating Recharged art | [281] |
2014 | 'Guilty All the Same' | The Hunting Party | Cloud animation | [282] |
'Until it's Gone' | Narrative film clip | [283] | ||
'Wastelands' | White text on black background | [284] | ||
'Rebellion' | [285] | |||
'Final Masquerade' | [286] | |||
2015 | 'Darker Than Blood' | Neon Future II | Moving shape animations | [287] |
2016 | 'In The End' | Hybrid Theory | White text on black background | [288] |
2017 | 'Heavy' | One More Light | Chester and Kiiara animation | [289] |
'Battle Symphony' | Narrative film clip | [290] | ||
'Good Goodbye' | Stock footage and animations | [291] | ||
'Invisible' | Photography of various scenery and people | [292] | ||
'One More Light' | Compilation of fan lyric videos | [293] | ||
'Talking to Myself' | Performance stills of the band | [294] |
Notes[edit]
- ^'Guilty All the Same' did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[123]
- ^'Until It's Gone' did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[124]
- ^'Final Masquerade' did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[124]
- ^'Talking to Myself' did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 9 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[124]
- ^'One More Light' did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[124]
- ^'Hands Held High' did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[124]
- ^'No More Sorrow' did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[124]
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Linkin Park are one of the biggest bands in the world. Releasing seven studio albums and selling over 70 million copies worldwide, few bands can demand the size of audiences that the nu metal-turned alt rockers play to on the regs.
Everyone has their favourite era of Linkin Park, and lot of attention is usually paid to the the Hybrid Theory/Meteora double-whammy at the start of their career – they even played Hybrid Theory in full at Download festival in 2014.
But what are the best Linkin Park songs of all time?
To find out, we turned to science. By using a super-complicated spreadsheet pulling in data from Spotify, YouTube and Setlist.FM, we not only have the definitive list of songs fans are listening to around the world, but also the songs the band want to play.
We narrowed it down to 25, and it’s not as heavy on the older material as you might expect, with a lot of attention paid to the singles released post-2010.
So, without further ado, here are the best Linkin Park songs ever. No arguing, this is the list.
25) The Catalyst
Released in August 2010, The Catalyst was the first single from Linkin Park’s fourth studio album A Thousand Suns and reached number 40 in the UK singles charts. The song sees the band experiment with a more electronic-led sound, incorporating techno influences and favouring synthesisers over guitars.
“The Catalyst lets the band dip its toe into electronica in its first half, with rave-ready blips surrounding Chester Bennington’s dystopian cries,” Billboard’s Jason Lipshutz wrote at the time. “The Catalyst recalls Muse’s epic vocal chants as well as Green Day’s political commentary, but Linkin Park creates an original, if a bit awkward, transition from twisty techno to fist-pumping rock.”
Speaking to Artist Direct about The Catalyst’s new musical direction, Linkin Park’s bassist Dave Farrell said: “I don’t like genres when it comes to our music. I don’t function really well in that mindset. Early on, we felt like we may have gotten placed in a genre that we didn’t feel comfortable in. It’s nice to be at a point where hopefully the music is just Linkin Park.”
The song has been used numerous times in the world of gaming, from the end credits of Medal Of Honor, part of the Linkin Park DLC for Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock, and in the band’s own iOS game Linkin Park Revenge.
24) Lost In The Echo
The opening track to the Linkin Park’s 2012 album Living Things, it was the second single released from the band’s fifth album. Sonically, there’s a continuation of the electronica seen on previous album A Thousand Suns, but the dual vocal-play of Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda harks back to the earlier days of the band, packing a signature open-armed chorus.
“Lost In The Echo started with mostly electronic sounds,” Mike Shinoda told Huffington Post. I think that was one of those moments that defined what this album was going to be about.
“When the guys heard it, I kind of said to them, ‘What do you think about that?’ and their responses, for the first time in a few years, were pretty good. They were like, ‘Yeah, we hear the merit. Let’s develop that idea. Let’s see what we want to do.’ I said to them, “You know, this is like a real moment for us, now, on this album.”
The video for Lost In The Echo also saw Linkin Park embrace new technology, syncing with the viewer’s Facebook account to incorporate personal photos into the video. A new non-Facebook video was released afterwards.
23) Runaway
Runaway is one of Linkin Park’s oldest songs. Appearing on debut album Hybrid Theory in 2000, a demo of the song titled Stick N Move was included on the band’s 1996 sampler before Chester joined the band and were known as Xero. It features different lyrics, but the building blocks for Runaway are there.
Rolling Stone’s David Fricke noted the “tumbling funk” of drummer Rob Bourdon, adding that “Bennington and Shinoda shoot and share rhymes like they’re joined at the lip, their bodies rocking in spasms of conviction.”
Runaway is one of the few songs on Hybrid Theory that’s led almost completely by Chester with little rapping from Mike Shinoda. Instead, the bounce has been replaced by the teen angst that was typical of the nu metal movement of the early noughties, with lyrics constantly referring to running away and escaping a negative situation.
22) Talking To Myself
2017’s Talking To Myself was released just hours before Chester Bennington was found dead by suicide. According to Billboard, “Talking To Myself was written by Bennington from his wife Talinda Bentley’s point of view as she watched him battle his personal demons.”
Musically it’s far far removed from the likes of Hybrid Theory and Meteora, abandoning any semblance of metal for a much more polished, poppier sound – the Guardian described the song as “a sleek Justin Bieber-style pop-R&B nugget” while Washington Post said it “sounds like the work of a ’90s boy band.”
All of the vocals are performed by Chester, and knowing the context of the song’s lyrics/release, it’s a powerful listen. With the release of the song coming the same day as Chester’s death, it was viewed over 10 million times on YouTube in the first 24 hours, with 102 million views at the time of writing.
21) Castle Of Glass
The final single to be released from 2012 album Living Things, and another song that has been included in the Medal Of Honor videogame franchise – this time on Medal Of Honor: Warfighter. The video for the song includes a mix of gameplay footage, CGI, a band performance and real-life footage of the military in action in action. Speaking to Machinima about the video, Mike Shinoda said the song tells a soldier’s story.
In Billboard’s track-by-track review of Living Things, they say Castle Of Glass “uses compelling songwriting, extended metaphors and a simple but radical (for Linkin Park) arrangement to offer one of the album’s most intriguing tracks.”
Sonically, it continues the less-heavy and more electronic direction Linkin Park were moving into during this period. It stands as more of a ballad, with no rapping, purely clean vocals, with Chester Bennington’s singing sounding much more subdued and less expansive than previous.
20) Don’t Stay
The first proper song on 2003’s Meteora (ignoring the 13-second Foreword intro). Following the runaway success of Hybrid Theory and subsequent remix album Reanimation, Meteora continues in the nu metal vein but dials down some of the teenage angst in favour of electronic experimentation and showcasing the vocal abilities of Chester Bennington.
That said, Don’t Stay is a definite continuation from the Hybrid Theory school of songwriting. Letting Joe Hahn run riot all over this with his DJ and programming magic wand, it feels at times more adult than the likes of One Step Closer and Crawling, like a band comfortable in their skin and with the balls to divert away from their money-making blueprint.
“We didn’t really care about what anybody else was doing. We also didn’t care whether or not the songs fit together stylistically as a whole or a collection of songs,” Chester Bennington told Artist Direct. “We were testing. We were students in college. We were in the lab, and we happened to stumble across something everybody liked and it worked. I think Meteora was an extension of that.”
19) Heavy
The first single from Linkin Park’s 2017 One More Light, it split fans of the band down the middle in terms of its newer, poppier direction. It features singer-songwriter on Kiiara on vocals, who is a long-time fan of the band.
“One of the reasons why we chose Heavy as the first single is because it is really the core sound of the album,” said Mike Shinoda following the release of the official music video.
“This wasn’t a scenario where the whole album sounds one way and the single sounds different. This is how the album sounds. So we wanted to go out with a song like that, where everybody can get a sense of the direction of this body of work,” he continued.
The music wasn’t met with many positive reviews by critics, with many pointing out the similarities to Twenty One Pilots. Emmy Mack from Music Feeds described the song as “a dance-pop duet featuring Chester doing a really bad Twenty One Pilots impersonation.”
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Heavy was the last Linkin Park song to be released during Chester Bennington’s lifetime.
18) One More Light
The title track to Linkin Park’s 2017 album and at the time of writing, the final track the band have released. It’s the second single to be released following the death of Chester Bennington, and the band pay tribute to their friend and bandmate in the official video, produced by DJ/programmer Joe Hahn.
“It has been incredibly emotional to work on this, and especially to watch it. I feel that by doing it, we not only faced some of our biggest fears, but it enabled us to use our talents to bring some light to people who need it,” he said following the video’s release.
“I think about the people who connect with the band, outside and inside our circle. This video is a gesture of good will to the people who want that connection.”
In an interview with Kerrang!, Mike Shinoda said that the song was written about a friend of the band who had tragically died of cancer.
“We had a friend who worked for the record label for a long time and came up with us from years and years ago. She started out in radio promo and was basically driving us to the local radio stations in the U.S. Midwest, eventually getting promoted and promoted. At some point last year, I suddenly heard that she’d got cancer – and then all of a sudden she had died,” he said.
“We knew we absolutely had to write about what happened. It’s a sad song, but the pay-off is that when something dramatic and painful like that happens, the most important thing to do is to connect with the people you love and remind them you care about them.”
17) With You
The first song from Hybrid Theory to appear on this list, but by no means the last. The band’s 2000 debut album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling rock album of the 21st century.
Writing in Metal Hammer’s Nu Metal special, Tomas Doyle described Linkin Park’s debut as “An absolute dreadnought of a record, to call Hybrid Theory a phenomenon would be to almost undersell it.”
Why? Because of its emo-tinged, angsty nu-metal anthems like With You. Slotted between rock club floor-filler One Step Closer and Points Of Authority, With You keeps the emotional momentum of Hybrid Theory turned up to 11.
Its bubbling, whirring and juttering electronics dance through the unmistakable distorted chug LP’s nu metal guitars. With You combines all the musical elements of Hybrid Theory into one package, then backs it all up with a classic Chester Bennington chorus –“Even if you’re not with me, I’m with you” – designed to be scrawled across school notebooks.
16) Points Of Authority
The fourth single to be taken from the gargantuan Hybrid Theory, and one that perhaps the most ‘nu’ of the nu metal. Opening on a flurry of rapping and scratching, you know Linkin Park are not your stereotypical metal band, and they’re not here to play by your games.
In Metal Hammer’s Nu Metal Special, Points Of Authority was named as the sixth best nu metal song of all time, with Stephen Hill writing “Nu metal’s biggest-selling band proved they had the balls to go with their platinum discs by smashing out this big-riffing banger. Their heaviest tune, without doubt.”
In an interview with Rolling Stone, drummer Rob Bourdon reveals how Mike Shinoda was the mastermind behind Points Of Authority’s guitars, rewriting and rearranging Brad Delson’s original riff so much that “Brad had to learn his own part from the computer.”
Despite being the fourth single from a squillion-selling album, Points Of Authority still made it to #9 in the UK singles charts.