Linkin Park is my favorite band of all time. I grew up with their music, I’ve attended a meet and greet in Denmark, I’ve flown to the United States to attend a concert for Chester Bennington’s Dead By Sunrise-project. I love Linkin Park.
Previously, I reviewed a couple of their albums on a 1-10 scale (Living Things & The Hunting Party), but seeing as my tastes have changed a bit those reviews won’t have an impact on these scores. I rewrote the original 1-10/10 scores in March 2016 to fit the A+ to F-scale. Any and all future studio or remix albums will be graded on the aforementioned letter grade-scale.
Hybrid Theory – 2000 – A+
- Papercut – A+
- One Step Closer – A+
- With You – A
- Points of Authority – A-
- Crawling – A+
- Runaway – A-
- By Myself – B+
- In The End – A+
- A Place For My Head – A-
- Forgotten – A-
- Cure For The Itch – B
- Pushing Me Away – A
- (Deluxe) My December – B
- (Deluxe) High Voltage – B-
Reanimation – 2002 – B
- Opening – B-
- Pts.OF.Athrty – B
- Enth E Nd – B
- Frgt/10 – B+
- P5hng Me A*wy – B
- Plc.4 Mie Hæd – B
- X-Ecutioner Style – B-
- H! Vltg3 – B-
- Wth>You – B+
- Ntr/Mission – B-
- Ppr:Kut – B
- Rnw@y – B+
- My<Dsmbr – A-
- By_Myslf – B+
- Kyur4 th Ich – B
- 1stp Klosr – B
- Krwling – B-
Meteora – 2003 – A+
- Foreword – B-
- Don’t Stay – A
- Somewhere I Belong – A+
- Lying From You – A-
- Hit The Floor – A-
- Easier To Run – A
- Faint – A-
- Figure.09 – B+
- Breaking The Habit – A-
- From The Inside – A+
- Nobody’s Listening – A
- Session – B+
- Numb – A+
Collision Course – 2004 – B+
- Dirt off Your Shoulder/Lying From You – B+
- Big Pimpin’/Papercut – B+
- Jigga What/Faint – B
- Numb/Encore – A-
- Izzo/In The End – B+
- Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer – B
Minutes to Midnight – 2007 – A
- Wake – B-
- Given Up – B+
- Leave Out All The Rest – A+
- Bleed It Out – A-
- Shadow of The Day – A
- What I’ve Done – A+
- Hands Held High – A
- No More Sorrow – A-
- Valentine’s Day – B+
- In Between – B+
- In Pieces – B+
- The Little Things Give You Away – A-
- No Roads Left – A-
A Thousand Suns – 2010 – A-
- The Requiem – B
- The Radiance – B
- Burning In The Skies – A-
- Empty Spaces – C+
- When They Come For Me – A-
- Robot Boy – B
- Jornada del Muerto – B-
- Waiting For The End – A
- Blackout – B+
- Wretches And Kings – A-
- Wisdom, Justice And Love – A-
- Iridescent – A-
- Fallout – B-
- The Catalyst – A-
- The Messenger – A
Living Things – 2012 – A-
- Lost In The Echo – A-
- In My Remains – B+
- Burn It Down – B+
- Lies Greed Misery – B+
- I’ll Be Gone – B+
- Castle Of Glass – A-
- Victimized – B
- Roads Untravelled – A-
- Skin To Bone – A-
- Until It Breaks – B-
- Tinfoil – C+
- Powerless – A-
Recharged – 2013 – B
- A Light That Never Comes (Steve Aoki) – B+
- Castle Of Glass (Shinoda Remix) – B
- Lost In The Echo (KillSonik) – B
- Victimized (Shinoda Remix) – B+
- I’ll Be Gone (Vice) – B+
- Lies Greed Misery (Dirtyphonics) – B-
- Roads Untravelled (Rad Omen) – B
- Powerless (Esterno) – B
- Burn It Down (Tom Swoon) – B-
- Until It Breaks (Datsik) – B-
- Skin To Bone (Nick Catchdubs) – B
- Until It Breaks (Money Mark) – B-
- A Light That Never Comes (Rick Rubin) – B+
The Hunting Party – 2014 – A-
- Keys To The Kingdom – A-
- All For Nothing – A-
- Guilty All The Same – A-
- The Summoning – B
- War – B-
- Wastelands – B+
- Until It’s Gone – B+
- Rebellion – A-
- Mark The Graves – A-
- Drawbar – A-
- Final Masquerade – A
- A Line In The Sand – A
One More Light – 2017 – A-
- Nobody Can Save Me – A-
- Good Goodbye (feat. Pusha T & Stormzy) – B
- Talking to Myself – B+
- Battle Symphony – B+
- Invisible – B+
- Heavy (feat. Kiiara) – A-
- Sorry for Now – A-
- Halfway Right – A-
- One More Light – A+
- Sharp Edges – A
Other Notable Songs
- Blackbirds – A
- Darker Than Blood (Steve Aoki) – B+
- New Divide – A
- Not Alone – A-
- We Made It (Busta Rhymes) – A-
Notable Side Projects:
Dead By Sunrise (Chester Bennington):
- Out of Ashes – 2009 – A
- Fire – A
- Crawl Back In – A
- Too Late – B+
- Inside of Me – A-
- Let Down – A
- Give Me Your Name – B+
- My Suffering – B+
- Condemned – B
- Into You – A
- End of the World – A-
- Walking In Circles – B+
- In The Darkness – A-
Fort Minor (Mike Shinoda):
- The Rising Tied – 2005 – A-
- Introduction – B
- Remember The Name (w/ Styles of Beyond) – A
- Right Now (w/ Black Thought & Styles of Beyond) – A-
- Petrified – B
- Feel Like Home (w/ Styles of Beyond) – B
- Where’d You Go (w/ Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga) – A
- In Stereo – B
- Back Home (w/ Common & Styles of Beyond) – B
- Cigarettes – B+
- Believe Me (w/ Eric Bobo & Styles of Beyond) – A-
- Get Me Gone – A
- High Road (w/ John Legend) – A
- Kenji – A+
- Red To Black (w/ Kenna, Jonah Matranga & Styles of Beyond) – B
- The Battle (w/ Celph Titled) – B
- Slip Out The Back (w/ Mr. Hahn) – A-
Mike Shinoda – Post Traumatic: Grades Coming Soon
Other Notable Songs (Not listed on official studio albums):
- Morning After (Chester Bennington) – B+
- Welcome (Fort Minor) – A-