Your Hybrid Theory

Using all of the tracks from Linkin Park's pre-HT to the album Hybrid Theory era, compose a track list of what you would think to be the perfect Hybrid Theory CD. To kill unfunny jokes right off the bat, don't compose a track list full of interludes or the same track repeated, or even just reposting the Hybrid Theory track list.

Mine would be:

01. Papercut
02. Crawling
03. With You
04. Points Of Authority
05. One Step Closer
06. By Myself
07. In The End
08. A Place For My Head
09. Part Of Me
10. Forgotten
11. Cure For The Itch
12. She Couldn't
13. Pushing Me Away

 

1.Papercut
2.One Step Closer
3.With You
4.Points Of Authority
5.Crawling
6.Runaway
7.By Myself
8.In The End
9.A Place For My Head
10.Forgotten
11.Cure For The Itch
12.Pushing Me Away

Absolutely perfect.

 

01. Papercut
02. Step Up
03. One Step Closer
04. Crawling
05. With You
06. Part Of Me
07. In The End
08. And One
09. A Place For My Head
10. High Voltage
11. Pushing Me Away
12. Forgotten
13. She Couldn't
14. Points Of Authority
15. My December

^ Perfect.

 

1. Papercut
2. With You
3. Points Of Authority
4. Forgotten
5. Crawling
6. My December
7. Step Up
8. Carousel
9. A Place For My Head
10. And One
11. Dedicated
12. Cure For The Itch/High Voltage
13. Pushing Me Away
(14. She Couldn't)

Basically an album that starts off with your typical HT style 4-chord powerchord hard rock songs, and then leads into a more nuanced hip-hop based second half. With the exception of Pushing Me Away, but I always thought that was a great sounding closer. A little hidden bonus track in there too.

Also, making this list made me realize that Hybrid Theory's lyrics are quite a bit better than we give them credit for sometimes. Angsty yes, but sorta poetic too. Lots of metaphors and wordplay, a lot less "you and me" than I remembered.

 

I'm not much of a fan of Hybrid Theory or the songs composed during its time so I slightly adjusted the songs to fit my ideal version.

1. Papercut (Chester's Higher vocals added on bridge + Screaming back up vocals during Mike's verses)
2. With You (Come On scream added)
3. Points of Authority (Demo portion "It's Time to Sink or Swim" added)
4. A Place For My Head (Demo portion of Mike's last rap verse at the very end with turntable scratching added)
5. Crawling (Mike's Rap from Demo added)
6. Pushing Me Away
7. And One (Sang like the Rock Am Ring version)
8. Part Of Me
9. Carousel
10. So Far Away
11. Reading My Eyes
12. She Couldn't

 

1.Papercut
2.One Step Closer
3.With You
4.Points Of Authority
5.Crawling
6.Runaway
7.By Myself
8.In The End
9.A Place For My Head
10.Forgotten
11. Dedicated
12. And One
13. Cure For The Itch
14. Pushing Me Away
Bonus Track: She Couldn't

 

This.

 

01. Papercut
02. One Step Closer
03. With You
04. Points Of Authority
05. Crawling
06. Slip
07. Carousel
08. In The End
09. A Place For My Head
10. And One
11. Cure For The Itch
12. Pushing Me Away

I think the original tracklisting is perfect but I was never a huge fan of Runaway, By Myself or Forgotten, so I replaced those with other HT era songs I love.

 

1. Papercut
2. One Step Closer
3. With You
4. Points Of Authority
5. And One
6. Dedicated
7. By Myself
8. In The End
9. A Place For My Head
10. Forgotten
11. Reading My Eyes
12. Cure for the Itch / High Voltage
13. She Couldn't
14. Pushing Me Away

 

01. Papercut
02. She Couldn't
03. So Far Away
04. My December
05. In The End
06. Carousel

 

Stick the remake of High Voltage between Cure for the Itch and Pushing Me Away like was probably intended in the first place, and I'd be happy. Maybe add some kind of intro track/an extended intro to Papercut too. Always felt like they could have built up the beginning of that album a little better.

 

1. Papercut
2. One Step Closer
3. With You
4. So Far Away
5. Points Of Authority
6. Crawling
7. Carousel
9. And One
10. In The End
11. Part Of Me
12. A Place For My Head
13. My December
14. Pushing Me Away
15. She Couldn't

 

Reading My Eyes 12 times in a row.

 

01. Papercut
02. One Step Closer
03. With You (Come on! intro)
04. Carousel (Demo (Revised))
05. Points of Authority
06. Crawling
07. Part of Me
08. By Myself
09. In the End (Untitled verses)
10. A Place for My Head (Esaul verses)
11. Forgotten
12. And One (minus the rap part at the end)
13. Cure for the Itch/High Voltage
14. Pushing Me Away

Runaway gets the boot while Cure for the Itch & High Voltage become one long track.

 

Good list

 

I really can't better HT's track list. Perfection.

As Xero said, the lyrics on HT were better than most give it credit for. Sure, there may be that element of nostalgia creeping, but really songs like Forgotten is where I believe Mike was in his absolute element.

I think I'll put some HT on now. Sick of listening to UIG lol