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Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition

Linkin Park · 2023

300 min · 89 tracks · alternative rock

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Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

79 /100
Alpine
Higher than 90% of albums we've rated

The tightly sequenced core pairs sharp rap-to-chorus turns with electronic and guitar textures; the anniversary edition’s extras are outside that album arc.

What we noticed

  • The 13-track core opens with the brief, noisy “Foreword,” which runs straight into the guitar attack of “Don’t Stay.”
  • Several songs pivot from clipped rap verses to sustained sung choruses; “Faint” makes that contrast especially abrupt and compressed.
  • Instrumental “Session” sits immediately before “Numb,” giving the closing song a short electronic lead-in.
Composition 25% of the score
7/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
8/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
7/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
7/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
8/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 8/10

Defined its genre or moment. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Foreword 0:13
  • 2 Don’t Stay 3:08
  • 3 Somewhere I Belong 3:34
  • 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 2:55
  • 11 Nobody’s Listening 2:59
  • 12 Session 2:24
  • 13 Numb 3:07

Disc 2

  • 1 Don’t Stay (Live In Texas) 3:19
  • 2 Somewhere I Belong (Live In Texas) 3:35
  • 3 Lying from You (Live In Texas) 3:06
  • 4 Papercut (Live In Texas) 3:06
  • 5 Points of Authority (Live In Texas) 3:25
  • 6 Runaway (Live In Texas) 3:07
  • 7 Faint (Live In Texas) 2:46
  • 8 From the Inside (Live In Texas) 3:00
  • 9 Figure.09 (Live In Texas) 3:51
  • 10 With You (Live In Texas) 3:19
  • 11 By Myself (Live In Texas) 4:07
  • 12 P5hng Me A*wy (Live In Texas) 5:04
  • 13 Numb (Live In Texas) 3:14
  • 14 Crawling (Live In Texas) 3:41
  • 15 In the End (Live In Texas) 4:03
  • 16 A Place for My Head (Live In Texas) 3:56
  • 17 One Step Closer (Live In Texas) 4:01

Disc 3

  • 1 Session (Live In Nottingham 2003) 1:13
  • 2 Don’t Stay (Live In Nottingham 2003) 3:15
  • 3 Somewhere I Belong (Live In Nottingham 2003) 3:37
  • 4 Lying from You (Live In Nottingham 2003) 3:39
  • 5 Papercut (Live In Nottingham 2003) 3:06
  • 6 Points of Authority (Live In Nottingham 2003) 3:25
  • 7 Runaway (Live In Nottingham 2003) 3:52
  • 8 Faint (Live In Nottingham 2003) 2:46
  • 9 From the Inside (Live In Nottingham 2003) 2:59
  • 10 Hit the Floor (Live In Nottingham 2003) 3:14
  • 11 With You (Live In Nottingham 2003) 3:45
  • 12 Crawling (Live In Nottingham 2003) 4:00
  • 13 In the End (Live In Nottingham 2003) 4:30
  • 14 Easier to Run (Live In Nottingham 2003) 4:04
  • 15 A Place for My Head (Live In Nottingham 2003) 3:58
  • 16 One Step Closer (Live In Nottingham 2003) 4:03

Disc 4

  • 1 A.06 0:54
  • 2 Pretty Birdy (Somewhere I Belong 2002 Demo) 4:05
  • 3 Sold My Soul to Yo Mama 1:58
  • 4 Standing in the Middle 3:21
  • 5 Program (Meteora Demo) 3:31
  • 6 Faint (Demo 2002) 3:11
  • 7 Figure.09 (Demo 2002) 3:23
  • 8 Drawing (Breaking The Habit Demo 2002) 3:31
  • 9 Cumulus (2002 Demo) 3:04
  • 10 A‐Six (Original Long Version) 3:51
  • 11 Soundtrack (Meteora Demo) 3:15
  • 12 Broken Foot (Meteora Demo) 2:43
  • 13 Ominous (Meteora Demo) 3:08
  • 14 Unfortunate (Unreleased Demo 2002) 2:06
  • 15 Pepper (Meteora Demo) 2:56
  • 16 Breaking the Habit (Original Mike 2002 Demo) 3:17
  • 17 Halo (Unreleased Demo 2002) 3:42
  • 18 Rhinocerous (2002 Demo) 3:35
  • 19 Attached (2003 Demo) 3:28

Disc 5

  • 1 Lying from You (Live LPU Tour 2003) 3:04
  • 2 From the Inside (Live LPU Tour 2003) 2:55
  • 3 Easier to Run (Live LPU Tour 2003) 3:20
  • 4 Step Up (Live Projekt Revolution 2002) 4:14
  • 5 My December (Live Projekt Revolution 2002) 4:27
  • 6 Crawling (Live Reading Festival 2003) 3:35
  • 7 Breaking the Habit (Live Rock Am Ring 2004) 5:34
  • 8 Step Up/Nobody’s Listening/It’s Goin’ Down (Live) 4:57
  • 9 Wish (Live Projekt Revolution 2004) 4:28
  • 10 One Step Closer (feat. Jonathan Davis) (Live Projekt Revolution 2004) 3:57

Disc 6

  • 1 Lost 3:19
  • 2 Fighting Myself 3:21
  • 3 More the Victim 2:41
  • 4 Massive 3:08
  • 5 Healing Foot 3:31
  • 6 A6 (Meteora|20 Demo) 3:54
  • 7 Cuidado (Lying From You Demo) 3:18
  • 8 Husky (Hit The Floor Demo) 3:13
  • 9 Interrogation (Easier To Run Demo) 3:40
  • 10 Faint (Meteora|20 Demo) 3:55
  • 11 Plaster 2 (Figure.09 Demo) 2:56
  • 12 Shifter (From The Inside Demo) 3:24
  • 13 Wesside 3:14
  • 14 Resolution 4:37

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