Reanimation

Reanimation is Linkin Park's second album. Recorded during the Hybrid Theory tour in 2001, it features heavily remixed songs from the Hybrid Theory album as well as previous LP material. Reanimation tends to be eschewed by many fans, consisting as it does of a great stylistic step away from Hybrid Theory. The titles of the songs are styled on the internet pop-culture language leet, using symbols, numbers, and unconventional spelling and grammar. Reanimation was very rap-styled, as opposed to Hybrid Theorys nu-metal format, which had Chester Bennington singing while Mike Shinoda rapped. Many of the tracks on Reanimation lacked this balance (Bennington's vocals were, on many tracks, scratched or removed entirely), however. Some fans also raised allegations of "crass commercialism" over the album's nature: as it was comprised mostly of remixes of the first album, some felt that the creative process was stilted, essentially repackaging the same material in an only subtly altered form.

Related Topics:
Linkin Park - Album - Hybrid Theory - 2001 - Leet - Nu-metal - Chester Bennington - Mike Shinoda - Scratched - Crass commercialism - Remix

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Apologists for the album state that Reanimation helped the many underground hip-hop artists that it featured reach a larger audience, as well as changing the nature of the work so significantly (restructuring songs, adding or substantially changing verses, and adding several guest artists) that it could be considered an entirely new album. Reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine (of All Music Guide) considered the album "a damn sight more interesting than debut" and "a welcome step in the right direction," stating that LP's previous material was blandly similar to that of numerous other nu metal bands, and he praised Reanimation for attempting to break new ground. He would later be disappointed with 2003's Meteora for failing to continue this progression.

Related Topics:
Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide - Nu metal - 2003 - Meteora

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Some of the material on Reanimation found its way into Linkin Park's live shows, as attested by the presence of "P5hng Me A*wy" on Live in Texas (2003).

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