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Topic	Rank the Tracks Week 63: Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory (+Folklore results)
azuarc 05/15/22 9:00:15 PM #16:	Oh hey, it's an album I can rank more or less off my head AND that I actually saw the topic for in time. Hybrid Theory is a special album to me for a few reasons. The first is that it was the introduction to one of my favorite bands, obviously. The second is that it was one of the first albums that came out and that I latched onto after leaving home for college, meaning I didn't make the decision to buy it with any approbation or influence from friends. And the third is that college was the time when I genuinely felt the effects of depression, and one of the few things that helped with that, even if it sometimes felt more like an echo chamber, was music. The teenage-y angst and rage of Hybrid Theory suited me perfectly back then. A few of the tracks don't resonate the way they used to, and I always focused more on the sound than on the lyrics anyhow, but for all that I basically never listen to "real" music in lieu of VGM these days, this was a great excuse to revisit those feelings 20 years later. I almost didn't buy the album. After One Step Closer debuted, I looked at the album cover in the store and passed because, I thought, "They look like a rock version of a boy band." To be fair, if you look at the picture, you might see where I'm coming from, but when Crawling came out a month later, I said fuck it and went in. The whole album was amazing, but the first track I took note of was In the End, which of course, ended up being the third major single. (And at some point Papercut was released, too? I never heard that one on the radio, though.) In ranking these, Crawling was always going to be the wild card. A tremendously popular song when it came out, and then massively hated on for years after as emblematic of the band and youthful rage of the early 00's, I've always had a fond place for it, but I wasn't sure where it would land. I knew the other singles -- including Papercut, which has always been a pet favorite -- would land high, but would I put Crawling above, below, or distanced by B-sides? I absolutely adore the Reanimation version of the track, but I ultimate landed on third behind In the End. However, first place was never in question. Pushing Me Away has always been my favorite. A very unheralded track, and I'm curious to see where it finishes in the overall rankings. Everything in the second half of the list could be reshuffled (except Cure for the Itch,) so I apologize to the With You and By Myself fans. I went with a very quick reaction because I've listened to these songs probably hundreds of times...just not in the last decade. Hybrid Theory ranking: Pushing Me Away In the End Crawling One Step Closer Papercut A Place For My Head Runaway Points of Authority Forgotten By Myself With You Cure for the Itch even hastier Reanimation ranking: Krwlng P5hng Me Awy PPr:Kut 1stp Klosr MyDsmbr Rnw@y Plc.4 Mie Haed Pts.Of.Athrty By_Myslf Enth E Nd Wth.You FRGT/10 Kyur 4 Th Ich H! Vltg3 X-Ecutioner Style --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. <cite>azuarc posted [p:965062937] in Rank the T... [t:80021844]...</cite> <quote>Oh hey, it's an album I can rank more or less off my head AND that I actually saw the topic for in time. Hybrid Theory is a special album to me for a few reasons. The first is that it was the introduction to one of my favorite bands, obviously. The second is that it was one of the first albums that came out and that I latched onto after leaving home for college, meaning I didn't make the decision to buy it with any approbation or influence from friends. And the third is that college was the time when I genuinely felt the effects of depression, and one of the few things that helped with that, even if it sometimes felt more like an echo chamber, was music. The teenage-y angst and rage of Hybrid Theory suited me perfectly back then. A few of the tracks don't resonate the way they used to, and I always focused more on the sound than on the lyrics anyhow, but for all that I basically never listen to "real" music in lieu of VGM these days, this was a great excuse to revisit those feelings 20 years later. I almost didn't buy the album. After One Step Closer debuted, I looked at the album cover in the store and passed because, I thought, "They look like a rock version of a boy band." To be fair, if you look at the picture, you might see where I'm coming from, but when Crawling came out a month later, I said fuck it and went in. The whole album was amazing, but the first track I took note of was In the End, which of course, ended up being the third major single. (And at some point Papercut was released, too? I never heard that one on the radio, though.) In ranking these, Crawling was always going to be the wild card. A tremendously popular song when it came out, and then massively hated on for years after as emblematic of the band and youthful rage of the early 00's, I've always had a fond place for it, but I wasn't sure where it would land. I knew the other singles -- including Papercut, which has always been a pet favorite -- would land high, but would I put Crawling above, below, or distanced by B-sides? I absolutely adore the Reanimation version of the track, but I ultimate landed on third behind In the End. However, first place was never in question. Pushing Me Away has always been my favorite. A very unheralded track, and I'm curious to see where it finishes in the overall rankings. Everything in the second half of the list could be reshuffled (except Cure for the Itch,) so I apologize to the With You and By Myself fans. I went with a very quick reaction because I've listened to these songs probably hundreds of times...just not in the last decade. Hybrid Theory ranking: Pushing Me Away In the End Crawling One Step Closer Papercut A Place For My Head Runaway Points of Authority Forgotten By Myself With You Cure for the Itch even hastier Reanimation ranking: Krwlng P5hng Me Awy PPr:Kut 1stp Klosr MyDsmbr Rnw@y Plc.4 Mie Haed Pts.Of.Athrty By_Myslf Enth E Nd Wth.You FRGT/10 Kyur 4 Th Ich H! Vltg3 X-Ecutioner Style --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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