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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 47 hours ago | AledJames | 1,652 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 02:12 |  rambleon80 | 2,678 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 12:15 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 18:00 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 21:41 |  Special | 2,938 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.5/100, a mean average of 67.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.2.
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Extremely terrible album from the biggest butt-rock band ever. (Edited)
I'm pretty sure this band is the most overrated on the site. The entire genre of nu metal is bottom tier, worse than metalcore. I recently ordered this and Meteora on vinyl though and I'm gonna listen to them on a $10k sound system a couple times each. Hopefully I eat my words. I'm never correct when I deviate from consensus, but I find it highly unlikely that I'm going to enjoy my time with these albums. Even as a teen I thought this was whiney, cringey garbage. I recall nobody liking this back then except for the teen boys like I was. The only ppl who like it today were probably fans in their teenage years back when this was trendy. If there was a single outlier, just one person who could honestly say, "I got around to Linkin Park very late - in the 2020's in my 30's/40's," I'd be shocked. I'd also judge their intelligence and maturity. It'll be really funny if I become one of these outliers and I'll let you know if I start respecting this. I do love being wrong when I shit on music. There's a real possibility that the only reason I cringed so hard is b/c some part of myself that I rejected related too closely to it. (Edited)
All I adore about music in one CD. (Edited)
Haha, nice (Edited)
The album that introduced them to the masses. Great originality in sound and style, but quite a few tracks have a very similar format. But on saying that it does have a fine industrial chug throughout. (Edited)
A classic debut album that has been on the US Billboard 200 albums charts for a total of 361 weeks. (Edited)
katerpillar 03/31/2025 22:26 | #308264
very influential and very hated by people, a good album overall (Edited)
nextorgd 12/07/2024 19:34 | #306402
Linkin Park defined an era and a generation with this album. (Edited)
I disagree with people who think this album is for the cringey teens who grew up listening to this. This is easily one of the most known nu metal works and one of the best. I’m not here to say it’s one of the greatest or my favorite albums ever, but I personally think this album should be ranked higher for its influence and legacy, Chester’s vocals easily still hold up 20+ years later (Edited)
Strangel 02/25/2024 08:32 | #302204
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