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Meteora is the second studio album by nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
 band Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
, first released on March 25, 2003. Following the collaboration album Reanimation which featured remixes of their debut album Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory

Hybrid Theory is the debut album by the American nu metal 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 Record chart...
. Linkin Park released singles from Meteora for over a year, including "Somewhere I Belong
Somewhere I Belong

"Somewhere I Belong" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora .The song was released as the album's debut single in early 2003 and entered the top ten on the majority of the record chart it appeared on....
", "Faint
Faint (song)

"Faint" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora .The song was released as the album's second single in late-2003 and entered the top thirty on the majority of the record charts it appeared on, including the Hot 100, in which it reached #48 on August 26, 2003....
", "Lying from You
Lying from You

"Lying from You" is a song by the nu metal band Linkin Park. It is the fourth regular track from their 2003 album Meteora . The song reached #58 on the Hot 100 on May 4, 2004....
", "From the Inside
From the Inside

From the Inside is a concept album by Alice Cooper, released in 1978 in music. It was inspired by Cooper's stay in a New York sanitarium due to his alcoholism....
", "Breaking the Habit
Breaking the Habit

"Breaking the Habit" is an electronica-influenced song by the nu metal band Linkin Park, from their 2003 album Meteora . It was released as the sixth and final single from the album in 2004....
" and "Numb
Numb (Linkin Park song)

"Numb" is the thirteenth and final song on the 2003 in music album Meteora by the Rock music band Linkin Park, and is also the album's third single....
".

The music in Meteora represents significant changes since the release of Hybrid Theory.






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Meteora is the second studio album by nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
 band Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
, first released on March 25, 2003. Following the collaboration album Reanimation which featured remixes of their debut album Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory

Hybrid Theory is the debut album by the American nu metal 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 Record chart...
. Linkin Park released singles from Meteora for over a year, including "Somewhere I Belong
Somewhere I Belong

"Somewhere I Belong" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora .The song was released as the album's debut single in early 2003 and entered the top ten on the majority of the record chart it appeared on....
", "Faint
Faint (song)

"Faint" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora .The song was released as the album's second single in late-2003 and entered the top thirty on the majority of the record charts it appeared on, including the Hot 100, in which it reached #48 on August 26, 2003....
", "Lying from You
Lying from You

"Lying from You" is a song by the nu metal band Linkin Park. It is the fourth regular track from their 2003 album Meteora . The song reached #58 on the Hot 100 on May 4, 2004....
", "From the Inside
From the Inside

From the Inside is a concept album by Alice Cooper, released in 1978 in music. It was inspired by Cooper's stay in a New York sanitarium due to his alcoholism....
", "Breaking the Habit
Breaking the Habit

"Breaking the Habit" is an electronica-influenced song by the nu metal band Linkin Park, from their 2003 album Meteora . It was released as the sixth and final single from the album in 2004....
" and "Numb
Numb (Linkin Park song)

"Numb" is the thirteenth and final song on the 2003 in music album Meteora by the Rock music band Linkin Park, and is also the album's third single....
".

The music in Meteora represents significant changes since the release of Hybrid Theory. It is characterized by more relevant influences from rapcore
Rapcore

Rapcore is a music genre of rap rock fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop music with punk rock, often hardcore punk. Rapcore is often confused with rap rock and rap metal....
 ("Lying from You", "Hit the Floor", "Faint", "Figure.09", "Nobody's Listening"). Their instrumental song "Session" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance has been awarded since 1980. From 1986 to 1989 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance ....
 in 2003. It is considered Linkin Park's heaviest album to date.

It is the most successful album in the history of the Modern Rock Tracks
Modern Rock Tracks

Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radios, most of which are alternative rock songs....
 chart, a chart that specializes in radio play of alternative rock songs. "Numb
Numb (Linkin Park song)

"Numb" is the thirteenth and final song on the 2003 in music album Meteora by the Rock music band Linkin Park, and is also the album's third single....
" was the biggest song of the year on the chart. The album has sold 6 million copies in the United States and over 20 million worldwide to date.

Background info and production

The album was named after the Meteora
Meteora

The Met?ora is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monastery in Kalambaka, Greece and is second only to Mount Athos....
 rock formation in Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. After seeing these monasteries on a trip to Europe, the band was inspired by the way they were built, almost defying gravity. It was this feeling of greatness and awesome accomplishment that Linkin Park wished to convey with their music, thus the name.

Don Gilmore
Don Gilmore

Don Gilmore is a music producer. He is particularly known for his work on the first two Linkin Park albums, Hybrid Theory and Meteora ....
 co-produced the album. Linkin Park comprehensively rehearsed the album, recording more than 40 choruses for the first single "Somewhere I Belong". Like the band's first full-length Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory

Hybrid Theory is the debut album by the American nu metal 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 Record chart...
, Meteora was recorded using multitrack recording methods in which each instrument is recorded individually rather than played all at once, as is done in a typical studio setting. In its first week it sold an estimated 810,000 units. To date, it has sold 6 million copies in the U.S. alone, and over 20 million copies worldwide.

The instrumental track "Session" was featured on the soundtrack
The Matrix Reloaded: The Album

The Matrix Reloaded: The Album is a 2003 soundtrack album from the blockbuster movie, The Matrix Reloaded. The two-disc album is groundbreaking among soundtrack releases in that it includes separate discs for the film's songs and the score, whereas most films release the songs and the score as two single-disc albums....
 of the 2003 movie The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded is a 2003 in film film, the second installment in The Matrix , written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers. It premiered on May 7, 2003, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, and went on general release by Warner Bros....
 and on the Season Five Sopranos episode "In Camelot".

Track listing




Tour edition

The "Tour Edition" of Meteora comes in a two disc set. The second disc, which is a video CD, has the music videos for "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", and "Breaking the Habit". This edition also comes in a standard jewel case, rather than their trademark digipak
Digipak

Digipak is a patented style of compact disc or DVD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI Media, a MeadWestvaco resource, which acquired the original trademark holder, IMPAC Group, Inc., in 2000....
 case.

Special edition

There is also a special edition of Meteora, which includes the "Making of Meteora" DVD documentary. They are packaged together in a blue tinted case with the blue Meteora cover. In an alternate DVD that can be found on some parts of Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, United States, and more commonly in India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
 contains an alternate DVD and alternate cover that comes in a slimline case with the CD in original packaging.

Chapter Listing

  1. "Intro"
  2. "Summer 2001"
  3. "Early 2002"
  4. "June 2002"
  5. "July 2002"
  6. "August 2002"
  7. "Early October 2002"
  8. "Late October 2002"
  9. "October 29, 2002"
  10. "Early November 2002"
  11. "Late November 2002"
  12. "December 6, 2002"
  13. "December 12, 2002"
  14. "2003: Meteora"


Alternate DVD Chapter Listing

  1. "Behind Meteora"
  2. "Somewhere I Belong"
  3. "Faint"
  4. "Numb"
  5. "From the Inside"
  6. "Breaking the Habit"
  7. "Meteora CD Ad"


Personnel

Linkin Park:
  • Chester Bennington
    Chester Bennington

    Chester Charles Bennington is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the lead vocalist in the rock music band Linkin Park, and was previously associated with the band Grey Daze, among others....
    : lead vocals
  • Rob Bourdon
    Rob Bourdon

    Robert Gregory Bourdon is an American musician, who is currently the drummer and one of the founders of the rock band Linkin Park....
    : drums/percussion
  • Brad Delson
    Brad Delson

    Bradford Phillip Delson is an American musician, lead guitarist, and one of the founding members of the alternative rock band Linkin Park. He is also the A&R for Machine Shop Recordings....
    : lead guitar
    Lead guitar

    Lead guitar refers to the use of a guitar to perform melody lines, fill , and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock music, heavy metal music, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop music contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompan...
  • Mr. Hahn
    Mr. Hahn

    Joseph Hahn, better known as Mr. Hahn, is an United States Turntablism and film director best known as the Disc jockey for Linkin Park....
    : turntables
    Phonograph

    The record player, phonograph or gramophone was the most common device for playing Sound recording and reproduction sound from the 1870s through the 1980s....
    , sampling, programming
  • Dave Farrell
    Dave Farrell

    David Michael Farrell is the bass guitarist of the band from Linkin Park.He is an United States musician, and multi-instrumentalist....
    : bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    ,
  • Mike Shinoda
    Mike Shinoda

    Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
    : emcee, vocals, keyboard
    Keyboard instrument

    A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
    , sampling, rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar

    Rhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chord al accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the country music, blues music, rock music or Heavy metal music genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the melodic lines and solos play...


Additional musicians
  • Backing vocals by: Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington
  • Violins: Joel Derouin, Charlie Bisharat, Alyssa Park, Sara Parkins, Michelle Richards, Mark Robertson
  • Violas: Evan Wilson, Bob Becker
  • Celli: Larry Corbett, Dan Smith
  • Shakuhachi
    Shakuhachi

    The is a Japanese end-blown flute flute. Its name means "1.8 feet", referring to its size. It is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in wood and plastic....
     flute on "Nobody's Listening": David Zassloff


Production
  • Produced by Don Gilmore
    Don Gilmore

    Don Gilmore is a music producer. He is particularly known for his work on the first two Linkin Park albums, Hybrid Theory and Meteora ....
     & Linkin Park
  • Recorded by Don Gilmore
  • Engineer: John Ewing, Jr.
  • Assistant engineer: Fox Phelps
  • Recorded at NRG Studios, North Hollywood, CA
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
  • Mixed by Andy Wallace
    Andy Wallace

    Andrew or Andy Wallace may refer to:*Andy Wallace , music producer*Andy Wallace , race car driver*Andy Wallace...
  • Mixed at Soundtrack Studios, New York
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , NY
  • Assisted by Steve Sisco
  • Mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering
  • Digital editing: Brain "Big Bass" Gardner
  • Strings on "Breaking the Habit" and "Faint"
  • A&R: Tom Whalley & Jeff Blue
    Jeff Blue

    Jeff Blue is a music producer, A&R executive, songwriter, musician, and Lawyer who is currently A&R for Sony/BMG/Jive Records. He has worked as Sr....
  • A&R coordination: Marny Cameron
  • Marketing directors: Peter Standish & Kevin Sakoda
  • Worldwide representation: Rob McDermott for the Firm with Additional Servitude by Ryan Saullo, Ryan Demarti, and Noah Edelman
  • Booking agent: Michael Arfin for Artist Group, International
  • Legal: Danny Hayes for Davis, Shapiro, Lewit, Montone & Hayes
  • Business Managers: Michael Oppenheim & Jonathan Schwartz for Gudvi, Sussman & Oppenheim
  • Worldwide licensing and merchandising: Bandmerch
  • Creative direction: Mike Shinoda & The Flem
  • Art direction & design: The Flem
  • Installation artists: Delta, Mike Shinoda, Joseph Hahn & The Flem
  • Photography: James R. Minchin III
  • Spray paint can close-up photos: Nick Spanos


Chart performance


Album


Year Chart Position Certification Shipments
2003 Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
 		 #1 5x Platinum 5,644,486+
2003 UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
 		 #1 Platinum 300,000+
2003 Canadian Albums Chart
Canadian Albums Chart

The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canadian Online Explorer, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems Airplay...
 		 #2 4x Platinum 400,000+
2003 Italian Albums Chart
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 		 #1  
2003 Australian ARIA
ARIA Charts

File:ARIA Charts Logo.pngThe ARIA charts are the main Australia record charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling single and albums in various genres in Australia....
 Albums Chart 		#2 4x Platinum 280,000+
2008 German Albums Chart #1 3x Platinum 600,000+
2003 Polish Albums Chart #3 Platinum 50,000
2003 New Zealand RIANZ
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and musician in New Zealand....
 Albums Chart 		#1 3x Platinum 45,000+
2003 Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart
AMPROFON

AMPROFON It's a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963. It groups the phonographic companies that represent more of the 70 percent of the market in Mexico....
 		 4x Platinum 500,000+


Meteora has topped the album charts in both the UK and the U.S. since its release and has reached #2 in Canada and Australia. It was the best selling rock album of 2003
2003 in music

See also:* 2003 in music * :Category:Record labels established in 2003...
.

Meteora is undercertified in the USA.

Singles

Singles released from Meteora have fared exceptionally well on rock charts with all five of Linkin Park's singles released reaching the number one position on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart and with all of their singles released reaching the number one or number two spot on the Mainstream Rock Charts. "From the Inside
From the Inside

From the Inside is a concept album by Alice Cooper, released in 1978 in music. It was inspired by Cooper's stay in a New York sanitarium due to his alcoholism....
" was the only single that didn't chart anywhere in United States, but it received moderate success in European countries.

Year Single Chart Position
2003 "Somewhere I Belong
Somewhere I Belong

"Somewhere I Belong" is a nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora .The song was released as the album's debut single in early 2003 and entered the top ten on the majority of the record chart it appeared on....
" 		Mainstream Rock Tracks #1
2003 "Somewhere I Belong" Modern Rock Tracks #1
2003 "Somewhere I Belong" Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 		 #32
2003 "Somewhere I Belong" BBC Radio One Official Chart Show #10
2003 "Somewhere I Belong" Canadian Singles Chart #2
2003 "Somewhere I Belong" World Modern Rock #1
2003 "Faint" Billboard Modern Rock #1
2003 "Faint" Billboard Mainstream Rock #2
2003 "Faint" Billboard Hot 100 #48
2003 "Faint" Netherlands Top 40 #40
2004 "Numb
Numb (Linkin Park song)

"Numb" is the thirteenth and final song on the 2003 in music album Meteora by the Rock music band Linkin Park, and is also the album's third single....
" 		Billboard Hot 100 #11
2004 "Numb" BBC Radio One Official Chart Show #14
2004 "Numb" Modern Rock Tracks #1
2004 "Numb" Mainstream Rock Tracks #1
2003 "Breaking the Habit
Breaking the Habit

"Breaking the Habit" is an electronica-influenced song by the nu metal band Linkin Park, from their 2003 album Meteora . It was released as the sixth and final single from the album in 2004....
" 		Billboard Hot 100 #20
2004 "Breaking the Habit" Modern Rock Tracks #1
2004 "Breaking the Habit" Mainstream Rock Tracks #1
2004 "Breaking the Habit" Netherlands Top 40 #5
2004 "Lying from You" Modern Rock Tracks #1
2004 "Lying from You" Mainstream Rock Tracks #2
2004 "Lying from You" Billboard Hot 100 #58
2004 "From the Inside
From The Inside (song)

"From the Inside" is a song by the nu metal band Linkin Park. It is the tenth track from their 2003 album Meteora .It was released in Australia and the United States in 2004 as the fourth single from the album....
" 		France Singles Top 100 #35
2004 "From the Inside" Germany Singles Top 100 #35
2004 "From the Inside" Australia Singles Top 50 #37


Critical response

Despite the strong sales response from fans, Meteora received a mediocre response from critics. The overall Metacritic
Metacritic

Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, console game, film, television program, DVDs, and books. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged....
 score was 62, indicating a mixed response among the sources used to compile the score, while with a higher user score of 8.3.
  • The album received excellent reviews from E! Online
    E! Online

    E! Online is the online arm of the E! network. Columnists include Ted Casablanca, Kristin Dos Santos and Marc Malkin.External links...
     and Entertainment Weekly
    Entertainment Weekly

    Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Inc. in the United States which covers movies, television, music, Broadway stage productions, books, and popular culture....
    .
    • E! Online rated it an A-, and expected it to "shoot straight for the stars". Best tracks: "Don't Stay", "Somewhere I Belong", "Numb".
    • Entertainment Weekly described it as "radio-friendly perfection".
  • The album received good reviews from Dot Music, Rolling Stone
    Rolling Stone

    Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
    , Billboard, and New Musical Express, .
    • Dot Music described it as a "guaranteed source of ubiquitous radio hits". Best tracks: "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Lying from you", "Nobody's Listening"; rating 8 out of 10.
    • Rolling Stone said the band "squeezed the last remaining life out of this nearly extinct formula" (nu metal
      Nu metal

      Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
      ) Rating 4.5 stars. Best tracks: "Breaking the Habit", "Lying from You", "Figure .09", "Numb"
    • Billboard Magazine described Meteora as "a ready-made crowdpleaser". Best tracks: "Somewhere I Belong", "Breaking the Habit"
    • The New Musical Express said it had "massive commercial appeal" but left the reviewer "underwhelmed". Rating 7. Best track: "Breaking the Habit".
  • The band received average reviews from Allmusic, Blender
    Blender (magazine)

    Blender is an United States music magazine that bills itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It is also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of female celebrities....
    , Q Magazine, and ShakingThrough.net.
    • Allmusic.com described it as "nothing more and nothing less than Hybrid Theory Part 2". Best tracks: "Somewhere I Belong", "Lying from You", "Breaking the Habit", "Hit the Floor".
    • Blender described it as "harder, denser, uglier" (#15, page 128) while Q Magazine described it as "less an artistic endeavour than an exercise in target marketing".


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