It enters your right ear, and as soon as the song is over, it's out of the left ear. But on this album, it's almost too catchy, the melodies always worked in the same way. The band has a very good sense for melodies, and catchy hooks etc. The new thing are different sounds and loops used by Joseph Hahn, but that's about it. Practically no change with Chester's and Mikes vocals. The bass is still pretty simple, the guitar riffs lay down a simple but effective base for the songs, complemented by the drums. The instrumental aspects have not changed a lot as well. But about 10 of the 13 songs have this schematic. Examples for this are 'Somewhere I belong', 'Easier to run' or 'Figure 9'. Sampled intro, Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Outro. What one realises pretty fast is the same structure of almost all songs. The successful schemes of the 'Hybrid Theory' hit singles were taken to the next level. Sadly, the band follows this and does all to keep the sells high you could think. Four (!!!!!) different versions of this album in my local record store. That Warner Music is milking this cow until the udder glows is clear. The line was set high with the major success of 'Hybrid Theory', but when the highly anticipated release was there, it was a disappointment to me.

I adored the album back in the days, and though I know today that there is a lot more out there that is a lot better, I like to listen to it every now and then again. If people like it or not, 'Hybrid Theory' was setting the standards for nu-metal, rap-metal or whatever you want to call it. The second studio album by Linkin Park was released two years after the ground breaking album 'Hybrid Theory'. Review Summary: Standing still is regression.

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