Tracklist:
01. Papercut (00:03:04)
02. One Step Closer (00:02:35)
03. With You (00:03:23)
04. Points Of Authority (00:03:20)
05. Crawling (00:03:29)
06. Runaway (00:03:03)
07. By Myself (00:03:09)
08. In The End (00:03:36)
09. A Place For My Head (00:03:04)
10. Forgotten (00:03:14)
11. Cure For The Itch (00:02:37)
12. Pushing Me Away (00:03:11)
Bonus Tracks
13. High Voltage (00:03:38) [44.1kHz/24bit]
14. My December (00:04:19) [44.1kHz/24bit]
15. Points Of Authority (Crystal Method Remix) (00:04:56) [44.1kHz/24bit]
16. Papercut (Live At Milton Keynes) (00:03:50) [44.1kHz/24bit]
'Hybrid
Theory' is the debut album by American rock band Linkin Park, released
on October 24, 2000 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge
commercial success, selling over 10 million units in the United States
alone and peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 while also reaching
high positions on other charts worldwide, despite receiving mixed
reviews from publications. It has also sold 29 million copies worldwide
as of 2009, including over 10 million in the U.S. which makes it the
band's best-selling album, and one of the best selling albums of the
decade.
Recorded at NRG Recordings in North Hollywood,
California, and produced by Don Gilmore, the album's lyrical themes deal
with problems lead vocalist Chester Bennington experienced during his
adolescence, including drug abuse and the constant fighting and divorce
of his parents. Hybrid Theory takes its title from the previous name of
the band.
Four singles were released from the album: 'One Step
Closer', 'Papercut', 'In the End', and the Grammy Award-winning
'Crawling', which along with 'In the End' was responsible for launching
Linkin Park into mainstream popularity. At the 2002 Grammy Awards,
Hybrid Theory was nominated for Best Rock Album.
Shinoda, who
had worked as a graphic designer before becoming a professional
musician, has stated that the band had looked through books for
inspiration on how to present themselves for the first time. The result
was a winged-soldier which he illustrated himself. According to Chester
Bennington, the idea of the soldier with dragonfly wings was to describe
the blending of hard and soft musical elements by the use of the jaded
looks of the soldier and frail touches of the wings.[17] Throughout the
cover features scrambled lyrics of the album's songs, though the lyrics
to 'One Step Closer' are the most prominent. A different version of the
soldier can be seen on some of the album's singles. Also the cover to
'Reanimation', a remix album to 'Hybrid Theory', features a robotic
version of the soldier similar to the ones featured on Mobile Suit
Gundam. Bennington also has a tattoo of the soldier on his left calf
'...Giving
angst-ridden rock...an effective electronic spin....Throw in the
contrasting vocal interplay of gruff rapper Mike Shinoda and crooner
Chester Bellington, hooks you could land a whale with and Fred
Durst-style earnestness and [the group] shine like the proverbial
diamond in excrement...' (Q Magazine - 4 out of 5 stars).
Mike Shinoda, vocals, sampler
Chester Bennington, vocals
Brad Delson, guitar, background vocals
Rob Bourdon, drums, background vocals
Joseph Hahn, sampler, background vocals
Recording at NRG Recordings, North Hollywood, CA.
Q Magazine's '100 Greatest Albums Ever'