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Meteora
Studio album by Linkin Park
Released March 25, 2003
June 29, 2004 (Tour Edition)
Recorded April 2002 – December 2002
Genre Nu metal, rap metal, alternative metal, alternative rock
Length 36:34
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Don Gilmore, Linkin Park
Linkin Park studio album chronology
Hybrid Theory
(2000)		 Meteora
(2003)		 Minutes to Midnight
(2007)
Singles from Meteora
  1. "Somewhere I Belong"
    Released: March 17, 2003
  2. "Faint"
    Released: June 9, 2003
  3. "Numb"
    Released: September 8, 2003
  4. "From the Inside"
    Released: January 12, 2004
  5. "Breaking the Habit"
    Released: June 14, 2004

Meteora is the second studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on March 25, 2003 through Warner Bros. Records, following Reanimation, a collaboration album which featured remixes of songs included on debut studio album Hybrid Theory. Linkin Park released singles from Meteora for over a year, including "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", "From the Inside" and "Breaking the Habit".

Meteora is the most successful album in the history of the Modern Rock Tracks chart, a chart that specializes in radio play (with its audience impression) of alternative rock songs. "Numb" was the biggest song of the year on the chart. The album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide as of 2007[1] and was ranked #36 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade.[2] The song "Session" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, losing to Jeff Beck's "Plan B".

Contents

[edit] Background and production
"Somewhere I Belong"
25-second sample of "Somewhere I Belong", the first single from Meteora.
"Numb"
18-second sample of "Numb", the third single from Meteora.
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Don Gilmore co-produced the album.[3] Linkin Park comprehensively rehearsed the album, recording more than forty choruses for the first single "Somewhere I Belong". Like the band's first full-length album Hybrid Theory, 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.

The song, "Session" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 2003. "Nobody's Listening" features a sample from the band's track, "High Voltage", which appears on the B-side for the single, "One Step Closer" and the bonus disc of Hybrid Theory. The sample is a distorted version of Mike Shinoda's rapping line that is in the chorus of "High Voltage" where he states "Coming at you from every side".

"Session" is featured in the soundtrack for the film, The Matrix Reloaded as well as the Sopranos episode, "In Camelot". "Figure.09" is featured in the 2003 film, S.W.A.T.. the album has worldwide sold over 12 million copies.[4]

[edit] Other editions

[edit] Special edition

There is 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 that can be found in some parts of Asia, United States, and more commonly in India. The India version contains an alternate DVD and alternative cover that is packaged in a slimline case with the disc in original packaging.

[edit] Tour edition

The "Tour Edition" of Meteora is packaged 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". The tour edition is packaged in a standard Compact Disc case, rather than their trademark digipak case.

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (62/100) [5]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars.... [6]
E! Online (A) [7]
Entertainment Weekly (B+) [8]
Blender 4/5 stars.... [9]
Q 3.5/5 stars.... [10]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars....[11]
Sputnikmusic 2.5/5 stars.... [12]
The A.V. Club (mixed) [13]
NME 7/10 stars......... [14]
Yahoo! Music UK 8/10 stars......... [15]

In its first week it sold an estimated 810,000 units.It has sold over five million copies in the US alone, over 11 million copies worldwide as of 2007.[16][17]

With mostly strong sales response from fans, Meteora received positive reviews from critics. The overall Metacritic score was 70, but it has since moved down to 62.[18] E! Online rated it an A, and expected it to "shoot straight for the stars".[19] Entertainment Weekly described it as "radio-friendly perfection". Dot Music described it as a "guaranteed source of ubiquitous radio hits".[20] Rolling Stone said the band "squeezed the last remaining life out of this nearly extinct formula" (nu metal)[21] Billboard Magazine described Meteora as "a ready-made crowdpleaser".[22] The New Musical Express said it had "massive commercial appeal" but left the reviewer "underwhelmed".[23] Allmusic.com described it as "nothing more and nothing less than Hybrid Theory Part 2".[24] Blender described it as "harder, denser, uglier" (#15, page 128) while Q described it as "less an artistic endeavor than an exercise in target marketing."

[edit] Track listing

All songs written and composed by Linkin Park. 

No. Title Length
1. "Foreword"   0:17
2. "Don't Stay"   3:07
3. "Somewhere I Belong"   3:33
4. "Lying from You"   2:55
5. "Hit the Floor"   2:44
6. "Easier to Run"   3:24
7. "Faint"   2:42
8. "Figure.09"   3:17
9. "Breaking the Habit"   3:16
10. "From the Inside"   2:53
11. "Nobody's Listening"   2:58
12. "Session"   2:23
13. "Numb"   3:05
Total length:
 36:34

[edit] Multimedia Part

  • The Art Of Meteora - 17:04
  • Website Toolkit
  • Exclusive Access To Web-based Media

[edit] Charts and Certifications

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 2[25]
Austrian Albums Chart 1[26]
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 1[27]
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 1[28]
Canadian Albums Chart 2[29]
Danish Albums Chart 3[30]
Dutch Albums Chart 2[31]
Finnish Albums Chart 2[32]
French Albums Chart 3[33]
German Albums Chart 1[34]
Irish Albums Chart 1[35]
Italian Albums Chart 1[36]
Mexican Albums Chart 1[37]
New Zealand Albums Chart 1[38]
Norwegian Albums Chart 1[39]
Polish Albums Chart 3[40]
Portuguese Albums Chart 1[41]
Swedish Albums Chart 1[42]
Swiss Albums Chart 1[43]
UK Albums Chart 1[44]
U.S. Billboard 200 1[29]
U.S. Billboard Catalog Albums 10[29]

[edit] Certifications

Territory Certifier Certification
Argentina CAPIF Gold[45]
Australia ARIA 4x Platinum[46]
Austria IFPI Platinum[47]
Belgium IFPI Gold[48]
Brazil ABPD Platinum[49]
Canada CRIA 4× Platinum[50]
Denmark IFPI Gold[51]
Europe IFPI 2x Platinum[52]
Finland IFPI Gold[53]
France SNEP 3x Platinum[54]
Germany IFPI 3x Platinum[55]
Japan RIAJ Platinum[56]
Mexico AMPF Gold[57]
New Zealand RIANZ 2x Platinum[58]
Poland ZPAV Platinum[59]
Sweden IFPI Gold[60]
Switzerland IFPI Platinum[61]
United Kingdom BPI 2x Platinum[62]
United States RIAA 4× Multi-Platinum[63]

[edit] Singles

Year Song Peak chart positions
U.S.

[64]

 U.S.
Alt.
[64]		 U.S.
Main
[64]		 AUS
[65]		 NZ
[66]		 UK
[67]		 BEL
[68]		 FRA
[69]		 FRA
[69]		 GER
[70]		 ITA
[71]		 IRE
[72]		 NLD
[73]		 NOR
[74]		 SWE
[75]		 SWI
[76]
2003 "Somewhere I Belong" 32 1 1 13 1 10 33 14 32 12 13 4 14 12 19 15
"Faint" 48 1 2 25 — 15 44 — — 40 29 26 20 — 49 32
"Numb" (Platinum) 11 1 1 11 13 14 48 19 — 19 47 16 2 — 23 15
2004 "From the Inside" — — 15 37 50 — — — 35 35 — — — — 54 38
"Breaking the Habit" 20 1 1 23 27 39 — — 27 25 — 46 41 — — 56

[edit] Personnel

Linkin Park


Additional musicians
  • Strings on "Breaking the Habit" and "Faint" arranged by David Campbell
  • Violins – Joel Derouin, Charlie Bisharat, Alyssa Park, Sara Parkins, Michelle Richards, Mark Robertson
  • Violas – Evan Wilson, Bob Becker
  • Cello – Larry Corbett, Dan Smith
  • Shakuhachi flute on "Nobody's Listening" – David Zasloff
Production
  • Produced by Don Gilmore and Linkin Park
  • Recorded by Don Gilmore
  • Engineer: John Ewing, Jr.
  • Assistant engineer: Fox Phelps
  • Recorded at NRG Studios, North Hollywood, CA
  • Mixed by Andy Wallace
  • Mixed at Soundtrack Studios, New York, NY
  • Assisted by Steve Sisco
  • Mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering
  • Digital editing: Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
  • A&R: Tom Whalley & Jeff Blue
  • 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

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