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This article is about the Linkin Park album. For the EP released in 1999, see Hybrid Theory EP.

Hybrid Theory is the debut album by the American nu metal band Linkin Park. Released on October 24, 2000 by Warner Bros. Records, Hybrid Theory received much critical acclaim and proved to be a commercial success worldwide, peaking at #2 in the U.S. Billboard 200 and charting in eleven other countries.[1] Within just five weeks of release, on December 1, the album earned a Gold certification by the RIAA, though it only entered the Billboard 200 at #16, and immediately went Platinum in January 2001.[2] The album also helped Linkin Park to achieve themselves as one of the leading bands in the nu metal scene, in place with similar bands such as KoRn, SlipKnot, Limp Bizkit, System of a Down, and countless others.

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Hybrid Theory also produced four hit singles “One Step Closer”, the Grammy Award-winning “Crawling”, “Papercut” and “In The End”. Considered the best and most influential Linkin Park record, the diamond album has sold 24 million copies worldwide as of 2006, making it the highest selling debut album of the twenty-first century and remains the band's best-selling album.

Background

In 1996, Xero was formed by Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, who recruited DJ Joe Hahn, drummer Rob Bourdon, bassist Dave “Phoenix” Farrell and then-vocalist Mark Wakefield. They recorded a number of songs in Shinoda's make-shift bedroom studio due to the limitation of resources.[3] Wakefield resigned, however, due to the group's failure to achieve mainstream success and eventually became the manager of Taproot. Later Farrell would also leave to tour with the Tasty Snax.[1]

During this time, Xero inquired through Zomba's Vice President of A&R co-ordination, Jeff Blue, for a new vocalist. Blue came up with positive results about Phoenix native Chester Bennington, originally of the band Grey Daze, who impressed him with his unique and vivid singing style. [4] Reflecting about Bennington, Delson elaborated that “He really was kind of the final piece of the puzzle [...] We didn't see anything close to his talent in anybody else.”[5]

Soon after, the band renamed themselves as Hybrid Theory and released a self-titled EP. However, after resolving a copyright issue with electronic music producers Hybrid, they mutually decided on the name Linkin Park which was a suggestion from Bennington who mentioned a park in Santa Monica presently known as Christine Emerson Reed Park, which was then named as “Lincoln Park”.[6][7] Linkin Park had produced a nine-track demo that was sent to various recording companies in 1999.[8] Initially, they faced denial from most recording companies. During this time, Warner Bros. Records expressed interest in the band. Jeff Blue also joined the label after resigning from Zomba.[4] This move saw a definite record contract signing for the band.[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Linkin Park, unless otherwise stated.[9]

  1. "Papercut" – 3:04
  2. "One Step Closer" – 2:36
  3. "With You" (Dust Brothers, Linkin Park) – 3:23
  4. "Points of Authority" – 3:20
  5. "Crawling" (Mark Wakefield, Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington, Brad Delson, Rob Bourdon, Dave Farrell) – 3:30
    • A re-recording of a demo that was written by Xero
  6. "Runaway" (Mark Wakefield, Linkin Park) – 3:04
  7. "By Myself" – 3:09
  8. "In the End" – 3:37
  9. "A Place for My Head" (Mark Wakefield, Dave Farrell, Linkin Park) – 3:04
  10. "Forgotten" – 3:14
  11. "Cure for the Itch" (Mark Wakefield, Dave Farrell, Linkin Park) – 2:37
  12. "Pushing Me Away" – 3:12

Bonus Disc

  1. "Papercut" (Live at Docklands Arena, London) - 3:13
  2. "Points of Authority" (Live at Docklands Arena, London) - 3:30
  3. "A Place for My Head" (Live at Docklands Arena in London) - 3:11
  4. "My December" - 4:20
  5. "High Voltage" - 3:45

Remade Tracks

The majority of its tracks are represented by remakes of older demo songs, which the band recorded between 1997 and 1999. The songs in question are:

  • "One Step Closer" (originally entitled "Plaster");
  • "With You" (originally entitled "Now I See");
  • "Points of Authority" (originally entitled "Points & Authority");
  • "Crawling" (of which a demo was recorded under their previous name Hybrid Theory);
  • "Runaway" (which draws its main riff from the older "Stick N' Move" from Xero);
  • "By Myself" (whose original title "SuperXero", was the first name for the group);
  • "In The End" (originally entitled "The Untitled");
  • "A Place for My Head" (originally entitled "Esaul");
  • "Forgotten" (originally entitled "Rhinestone" when the band was called "Xero").

The rap sections in most of the songs had undergone the most significant changes, with many of the choruses remaining similar.

One track that was cut from the album was the remake of "High Voltage", a hip hop song that appeared on the second disc of Hybrid Theory Special Edition. It is believed that the song was meant to be track twelve on the album, between "Cure for the Itch" and "Pushing Me Away", because "Cure for the Itch" and "High Voltage" seem to be transitional (like most tracks from 2003's Meteora).

Personnel

Chart performance

Album

Year Chart Position
2001 Billboard 200 #2
2001 Top Canadian Albums #16
2001 Top Internet Albums #25
2002 Billboard 200 #2
2002 Top Canadian Albums #5
2002 Top Internet Albums #17

The album was also the 2001 #1 album of the year in New Zealand.

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2000 One Step Closer Modern Rock Tracks #5
2000 One Step Closer Mainstream Rock Tracks #4
2000 One Step Closer Billboard Hot 100 #75
2001 Crawling Billboard Hot 100 #79
2001 Crawling Mainstream Rock Tracks #3
2001 Crawling Modern Rock Tracks #5
2001 In the End Modern Rock Tracks #1 (5 weeks)
2001 In the End Mainstream Rock Tracks #3
2001 In the End Billboard Hot 100 #2
2002 In the End Adult Top 40 #15
2002 Papercut Modern Rock Tracks #32
2002 In the End Top 40 Mainstream #1
2002 In the End Top 40 Tracks #2
2002 In the End Top 40 Adult Recurrents #9
2002 Runaway Mainstream Rock Tracks #37
2002 Runaway Modern Rock Tracks #40

References

  1. ^ a b "Linkin Park respective album charts". Rockdetector.com ©2001-2007 Musicdetector.com websites. Retrieved 2007-08-02. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Jeckell, Barry A. "Creed Weathers Quintuple Platinum Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-08-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Men of the Week: Entertainment - Linkin Park was Xero at first". AskMen.com. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ a b "Everybody loves a success story". The LP Association. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ a b Sculley, Alan. "Rappin' and rockin' in Linkin Park". Madison.com. Retrieved 2007-08-15. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Tyrangiel, Josh. "Linkin Park Steps Out, p.2". Time.com. Retrieved 2007-08-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Map of Christine Emerson Reed Park". Santa Monica College.edu. Retrieved 2007-08-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "Complete Linkin Park discography". The LP Association. Retrieved 2007-08-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ All information obtained from album liner notes.
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