Linkin Park Full Ranking
I have listened to this discography 393 times front to back, and these are the correct rankings for it. Note that I append bonus tracks + singles and loose studio quality demos released during the same era to the end of many of these, which may or may not influence my perception of them. |
| 37 |  | Mike Shinoda
Dropped Frames, Vol. 2
I don't hate it. It doesn't really do anything, either. Very light 3. |
| 36 |  | Mike Shinoda
Dropped Frames, Vol. 3
I don't hate it. It doesn't really do anything, either. Very light 3. |
| 35 |  | Joe Hahn & Alec Puro
Blade Of The 47 Ronin
Serviceable soundtrack album. Lacks many Linkin Park-isms but does its job. Some actual songs tacked on at the end that descend in quality once they begin. Light 3. |
| 34 |  | Mike Shinoda
Dropped Frames, Vol. 1
Good enough. Has Open Door, though I maintain it's best you just grab that and tack it on another release. Light 3. |
| 33 |  | Fort Minor
We Major (Mixtape)
Good, but stereotypical crass bravado hiphopisms really, really don't suit Mike. Light 3. |
| 32 |  | Mike Shinoda and Joseph Trapanese
The Raid: Redemption
Good soundtrack album. Does what it needs to. Some actual songs at the end, Razors Out being outright great. Medium 3. |
| 31 |  | Mike Shinoda
Mikeshinoda.com Exclusives
Good. Medium 3. Basically Dropped Frames, Vol. 4, except better than mostly everything on the Dropped Frames series. |
| 30 |  | Mike Shinoda
Ziggurats
Good. Medium 3.
Including "Happy Endings", "Last One To Know", "Golden Falcon" & "Uproar" for the rating.
I personally smack this combination in front of The Crimson Chapter, and then put a volume-adjusted Open Door in front of that to pretend it's an album. |
| 29 |  | Linkin Park
Stagelight Demos
Good. Medium 3. Personally I merge it with LPU16 after adjusting the volumes to match. |
| 28 |  | Linkin Park
LP Underground Sixteen
Good. Medium 3. |
| 27 |  | Linkin Park
Mall (Music From The Motion Picture)
Good. Hard 3.
A bit hard to rank due to it being a soundtrack, but if you condense it to the full fledged songs, i.e. "White Noise, It Goes Through, Devil's Drop, The Last Line, & Dancer", you get a nice casual listening EP. |
| 26 |  | Linkin Park
Recharged
Good. Hard 3. Best tracks are obviously the ones with new bars and creative input from the band, but the standard remixes are servicable EDM.
Including "Burn It Down" (Paul van Dyk remix)" and "Darker Than Blood" for the rating. |
| 25 |  | Linkin Park
One More Light
Good. Hard 3. Wish the instrumentals were louder and cleaner, would probably rank higher if they were. Tried my best to boost them for personal use but there's no official rips so it's imperfect + the production is messy to begin with.
Including "Cross Off", "Friendly Fire", & "What Are You Worth?" for the rating. Now it sounds like bullshit due to the tonal whiplash, but I maintain that Sharp Edges -> Cross Off -> Friendly Fire actually somehow works really well. Try it. |
| 24 |  | Linkin Park
Xero
Good. Hard 3.
My tracklist for this is "Dialate, Reading My Eyes, Rhinestone, Esaul, Fuse, Stick N Move (Wakefield Version), Drop, Fiends, Closing". Basically the original EP + Rapology singles, with the best versions possible for each song taken off Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary. |
| 23 |  | Dead By Sunrise
Out of Ashes
Good. Very light 3.5.
Including "Morning After" & "System" for the rating. |
| 22 |  | Mike Shinoda
MTV VMA Score 2005
Very Good. Light 3.5.
I personally tack on "Cry To Yourself", "Rock N Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) Part 2" and "Walking Dead" to the end of it, then pretend that compilation is a second Collision Course disc. Doesn't affect my rating. |
| 21 |  | Linkin Park
LP Underground 15
Very Good. Light 3.5. |
| 20 |  | Linkin Park
Linkin Park Underground Eleven
Great. Medium 3.5. |
| 19 |  | Linkin Park
LPUXIV
Great. Medium 3.5. |
| 18 |  | Fort Minor
The Rising Tied
Great. Hard 3.5.
Including "Be Somebody", "There They Go", "The Hard Way", "Second To None", & "Welcome" for the rating. |
| 17 |  | Mike Shinoda
The Crimson Chapter
Great. Hard 3.5. |
| 16 |  | Linkin Park
LPU XIII
Great. Hard 3.5. |
| 15 |  | Jay-Z and Linkin Park
Collision Course
Great. Hard 3.5.
Including "Public Service Announcement" at the front, plus "A.06", "Dedicated", "Sold My Soul To Yo Mama", "Standing In The Middle", and "A-Six" at the end. Basically merged it with early 2000s mini-LPU releases, most of which were hip-hop tinged. |
| 14 |  | Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory EP
Great. Hard 3.5.
Including "Visionaries", "Pictureboard", "She Couldn't", "Could Have Been", "Stick N Move (Chester Version), & "Reading My Eyes (Live)" for the rating. In other words, other pre-debut era stuff, most of which came with the Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary Edition. |
| 13 |  | Linkin Park
Minutes to Midnight
Almost Excellent, quite scatterbrained. Very light 4.
Including "No Roads Left", "Across The Line", "Announcement Service Public", "QWERTY", "We Made It", & "New Divide" for the rating... which all notably improve it. |
| 12 |  | Linkin Park
From Zero
My uncle works at Machine Shop Recordings and says this is where it will rank.
Yup. Medium 4. |
| 11 |  | Mike Shinoda
Post Traumatic
Excellent. Medium 4.
Including "Prove You Wrong", 'What The Words Meant", "Fine", & "Waiting For Tomorrow" for the rating. |
| 10 |  | Linkin Park
Underground X
Excellent. Hard 4. |
| 9 |  | Linkin Park
Meteora (20th Anniversary Edition)
(Rating Meteora: Lost Demos Specifically)
Excellent. Hard 4. |
| 8 |  | Linkin Park
LPU XII
Excellent. The single best collection of demos they've released. Hard 4. |
| 7 |  | Linkin Park
A Thousand Suns
Amazing, yet scatterbrained. Light 4.5.
Including "Blackbirds", "Issho Ni", & "Not Alone" for the rating. |
| 6 |  | Linkin Park
The Hunting Party
Amazing. Medium 4.5. |
| 5 |  | Linkin Park
Meteora
Perfection. Light 5. Only lower than the others because it feels a bit more rigid/canned instrumentally, but it's so meticulously pieced together it doesn't matter. Final product counts. |
| 4 |  | Linkin Park
Living Things
Perfection. Beautiful synths. Medium 5. |
| 3 |  | Linkin Park
Reanimation
Absolute Perfection. Hard 5.
Including "It's Goin' Down", "Buy Myself", & "Points of Authority (Crystal Method Remix)" for the rating. |
| 2 |  | Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory
Absolute Perfection. Hard 5.
Including "My December" and "High Voltage" for the rating. |
| 1 |  | Linkin Park
Sweet Hamster Like Jewels From America!
Ascended Patrician Music. Veritable ahrdest of 2s. |
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