Hybrid Theory
by Linkin Park
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Hybrid Theory is ranked as the best album by Linkin Park.
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Hybrid Theory track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Hybrid Theory rankings summary
Overall rank: 521st | 2000s rank: 85th | 2000 rank: 12th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 16/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 89 Music Albums of 2000 | 57/89 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 42 Music Albums of 2000 | 42/42 | 0 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 14 Music Albums of 2000 | 14/14 | 0 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 68/100 | 32 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 | 1/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 33 Music Albums of 2000 | 1/33 | 5 |
| 2026 | Rikuff | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 24/100 | 77 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 429 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,324 | |||
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| ! | 3 hours ago | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2026 12:35 | PJDonoghue | 140 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2026 15:09 | thenamesbaka | 78 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.6/100, a mean average of 67.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.2.
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BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026
BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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Rufus 06/23/2012 11:16 | #45129 | TOP COMMENT
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I like the one song where the one guys screams and the other guys raps. (Edited)
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snavels93 06/16/2015 08:45 | #143916 | TOP COMMENT
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First of all, I respect all meanings. You can say whatever you like about any album.
I get that some people find this mediocre, cause of the repetitive teen-angst lyrics and onefingerbarreguitarchords. Lyrically, I don't see much difference with higherrated albums such as Ramones (for example). I'm a big punk fan and I get that Ramones was very influential, but those lyrics are such as teeny as these. And the music on this one is much more complex...
Personally I think this is the best album I've ever heard! It's the catchiest thing, and so underrated! It's nearly as emotional as OK Computer for me! (Edited)
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/25/2012 00:13 | #42967 | TOP COMMENT
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So overrated. How many songs about anger can a band have? There's some musical talent here, but they need to spend many sessions in the counsellor's office before they can write about something else besides pain, loss, anger and how the world sucks. Maybe lock them in a room with Elmo? (Edited)
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slurpdurp 12/11/2016 19:25 | #179899 | TOP COMMENT
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slurpdurp 12/11/2016 19:25 | #179899 | TOP COMMENT
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Every song on this album is a good song. The problem is every song sounds exactly like the last one, so this album quickly goes from incredible, to very boring. It is a nu-metal classic, but now it lives off of irony and a couple of hits that have survived the years. (Edited)
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Uncle_Jesse 07/07/2009 14:50 | #5140 | TOP COMMENT
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Probaly the rap-rock emo version of nickelback, both tied for the lamest bands in history. I'd rather listen to the bay city rollers for the rest of my life than this crap. Only the stupidest of people could actually think this is a good record. All the people I used to know who actually liked this album growing up were scumbags, and they now have 10 kids each and every std you can think of. Way to go linkin park. (Edited)
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