Instrumentals: "Session", a trip hop instrumental based around Joe Hahn's sampling and scratching similar to Hybrid Theory's "Cure for the Itch", which received a Grammy Nomination for Best Rock Instrumental.Gratuitous Rap: Inverted for "Figure.09", where the band decided to keep the rapping verses over the singing since it sounded better.Genre Roulette: While mostly nu-metal mixed with rap and rock, the album features three different songs that stand out from the rest: "Breaking the Habit", an electronic rock song with no nu metal, "Nobody's Listening", a hip-hop based track that combines rap with doom metal and a Japanese flute, and "Session", an instrumental.False Utopia: The music video for "From the Inside" features one where everyone pretends to be non-confrontational, when in reality they do so because they are masking their feelings in fear of police brutality.Fading into the Next Song: The entire album is entirely gapless, save for the lack of segue between "Session" and "Numb", with transitions either being almost split-second or very conspicuous.Interesting to note, while it may seem like a confession relating to Chester's Dark and Troubled Past, it was actually written entirely by Shinoda with no input from Chester, who broke down when he read Shinoda's lyrics. Drugs Are Bad: "Breaking the Habit" is about overcoming personal addiction.Downer Ending: At the end of the "Numb" music video, the girl who fails at everything rushes to the church to find the band, only to find that they have disappeared.The man on the album's cover is Boris "Delta" Tellegen, a street artist who helped Mike create the album's art.
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Design Student's Orgasm: The booklet features a ton of graphic art and anime-inspired collages that Mike Shinoda largely created.Dark and Troubled Past: "Easier to Run" is about doing anything and everything to forget one's unfortunate memories.
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Creepy Child: The kid with Psychic Powers in the music video for "From the Inside".Shinoda: It's like no matter what I do, I can't convince you to just believe this is real. Author Appeal: Referenced in "Nobody's Listening", where Mike says he's grateful for the struggles he faced because it gave him inspiration for his lyrics:.Also "Easier to Run", about a person who is too weak to face the consequences of his actions, but must do so anyways."Somewhere I Belong", which is about realizing your mistakes and moving back to where you belong.Animated Music Video: Done for "Breaking the Habit".Animal Motifs: The weird hybrid mammoth animal in the video for "Somewhere I Belong" shows up as a symbolic representation of majesty and loneliness in the video.Album Intro Track: "Foreword", which sets up the urban, digital atmosphere of the album and directly transitions into "Don't Stay".Rob Bourdon - drums, percussion, backing vocals."Mr." Joe Hahn - turntables, sampling, programming.Dave "Phoenix" Farrell - bass guitar, backing vocals.Brad Delson - lead guitar, backing vocals.Mike Shinoda - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano, strings arrangement on "Faint" and "Breaking the Habit".They wouldn't fully return to their metal sound until The Hunting Party, 11 years later. As a result, this would be their last album to feature nu metal, with its follow-up Minutes to Midnight going more for a U2-esque, arena-ready sound, while A Thousand Suns and Living Things continued their experimentation with electronics. However, it still wasn't quite the massive success that Hybrid Theory was, likely due to nu metal falling out of style. Critics praised the more melodic aspects of the songs and noted that the band straddled the Lighter and Softer themes with their characteristic angst very well.
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It is tied with Red Hot Chili Peppers' Californication for the album with the most weeks its singles have peaked at #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. The album was a monster hit, producing five singles: "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Breaking the Habit", "From the Inside", and "Numb". The album continued the nu metal style established by their wildly successful debut Hybrid Theory, but also saw the exploration of other genres, most notably a blend of electronic music and alternative rock that they would explore later on in their career. Meteora is the second studio album by Linkin Park released on March 25, 2003.