Meteora (Album)

Occupation

• Chester Bennington: Voice
• Mike Shinoda: Rap, keyboard, guitar
• Brad Delson: Guitar
• David Farrell: Bass
• Rob Bourdon: Drums
• Joseph Hahn: DJ

Meteora is the second studio album by the American nu-metal band Linkin Park. It was released by Warner Brothers Records on 25 March 2003 and is not very different from the influenced by nu metal predecessors Hybrid Theory. The name comes from the Meteora Meteora monasteries (Greek Μετέωρα (n. pl. ) ), East of the Pindos Mountains near the town of Kalambaka, Thessaly, Greece.

Formation

According to the band, the pieces were written on Meteora mainly in four different places. In addition to the NRG Studios in California and the soundtrack studios in New York a few titles have also been developed on the tour bus and in the house of frontman Mike Shinoda. The songwriting took place primarily in the year 2002. The intro of the song Somewhere I Belong, after singer Chester Bennington with acoustic guitar playing created the basis for the title, revised by Mike Shinoda and divided into four parts and rearranged, as ( is the reversal of the reef, the reverse operation of the intro the what was the song its unique sound was ) changed the chord progression. Bennington and Shinoda took on 30 versions of the chorus for the song, where " each time before the previous version was scrapped, in search of something better ."

The lyrical idea for the play Breaking the Habit was already over five years old at the time of the recordings. When Mike Shinoda worked on a interlude, guitarist Brad Delson proposed and DJ Joseph Hahn, to make the musical interlude an entire song. The provisional title of the song was drawing, but was extended by Shinoda but when writing lyrics. The intro Foreword was taken after the completion of the entire rest of the album. The final song Numb was taken shortly before Linkin Park moved into the NRG Studios.

Music style

Compared with the previous three years earlier released album Hybrid Theory, Meteora shows pronounced effects of Rapcore ( Lying from You, Hit the Floor, Figure.09 ), Hip Hop ( Nobody's listening ) and electronic music ( Breaking the Habit ).

In addition, Linkin Park also renounced in this album on the use of swear words in the song lyrics.

Title list

Reception

The album was also placed in over ten countries topped the charts, including in Germany. There, the recordings could hold more than a year in the charts. Furthermore, Meteora sold over 18 million times and is therefore in accordance with the predecessor Hybrid Theory is the second - most successful release of Linkin Park. While the predecessor is number 7 of the world's best-selling music albums - the years 2000 to 2009, as Meteora reached number 26 a similar high sales success as Hybrid Theory in 2000.

Meteora was awarded in a number of countries, first with the Golden and then with the platinum record. In Germany the phonogram has been certified in the year of publication (2003) with platinum. Followed in 2008 in Germany with the triple -platinum award currently the last award. In Austria and Switzerland, the album was in 2003 awarded the platinum record. In both countries, the platinum award the current certification dar. In the English-speaking world made ​​certifications. In Canada and the United States of America Meteora was awarded within two years, with four times platinum or multi-platinum four times. Furthermore, the recorded music for example in the UK and Australia has won numerous honors with the platinum record.

Meteora holds with five singles the record for most singles from an album, which topped the Billboard Alternative Songs charts could prove.

Re-use

• The title contained on Meteora session took on the soundtrack of the film The Matrix Reloaded use.

• The title Figure.09 is in the movie S.W.A.T. - To hear the special unit.