Linkin Park is one of the best rap rock bands and considered one of the best nu metal bands ever. Since they’re such an influential band, let’s rank the best Linkin Park albums, with the help of your votes. Merging alternative rock, nu metal and rap rock, with strong electronic influences, Linkin Park emerged from the suburbs of Agoura Hills, California with their 11-times platinum debut Hybrid Theory (2000) and quickly became leaders of a new genre of music that, at the time, was almost impossible to categorize. Led by their late singer Chester Bennington, Linkin Park went on to release seven studio albums, all which went multi-platinum except for their final release One More Light (2017), which went gold.
This Linkin Park discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Linkin Park albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included Linkin Park singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest Linkin Park album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves.
This list of popular Linkin Park CDs has been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order of this list isn't just one person's opinion. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Linkin Park album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.
1. Foreword
2. Don't Stay
3. Somewhere I Belong
4. Lying from You
5. Hit the Floor
6. Easier to Run
7. Faint
8. Figure.09
9. Breaking the Habit
10. From the Inside
11. Nobody's Listening
12. Session
13. Numb
Release Date: 2003
Artist: Linkin Park
Producer: Don Gilmore
Tracks: Easier to Run, Figure.09, Numb, Hit the Floor, Session, Foreword, Somewhere I Belong, Lying From You, Don’t Stay, Nobody’s Listening, Breaking the Habit, Faint, From the Inside
Genres (Music): Electronica, Alternative rock, Alternative metal, Nu metal, Rapcore, + more
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
Release Date: 2000
Artist: Linkin Park
Producer: Don Gilmore
Tracks: One Step Closer, In the End, Runaway, Forgotten, With You, Papercut, In the End, High Voltage, Papercut, Cure for the Itch, Runaway, By Myself, By Myself, One Step Closer, Forgotten, Points of Authority, Crawling, Papercut, With You, Crawling, A Place for My Head, Points of Authority, My December, A Place for My Head, Cure for the Itch, Pushing Me Away, Papercut
Genres (Music): Alternative rock, Alternative metal, Nu metal, Rapcore, Rap metal
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1. Lost in the Echo
2. In My Remains
3. Burn It Down
4. Lies Greed Misery
5. I'll Be Gone
6. Castle of Glass
7. Victimized
8. Roads Untraveled
9. Skin to Bone
10. Until It Breaks
11. Tinfoil
12. Powerless
Release Date: 2012
Artist: Linkin Park
Tracks: Burn It Down, Powerless, Lies Greed Misery, I'll Be Gone, Roads Untraveled, Victimized, Lost in the Echo, Castle of Glass, Until It Breaks, Tinfoil, Skin to Bone, In My Remains
Genres (Music): Alternative rock, Electronic rock, Rap rock
1. The Requiem
2. The Radiance
3. Burning in the Skies
4. Empty Spaces
5. When They Come for Me
6. Robot Boy
7. Jornada Del Muerto
8. Waiting for the End
9. Blackout
10. Wretches and Kings
11. Wisdom, Justice, and Love
12. Iridescent
13. Fallout
14. The Catalyst
15. The Messenger
Release Date: 2010
Artist: Linkin Park
Tracks: Robot Boy, Papercut, Iridescent, The Messenger, In The End, Wisdom, Justice, and Love, Faint, Jornada del Muerto, Fallout, Waiting For The End, Blackout, Waiting for the End, The Catalyst, The Requiem, The Radiance, Breaking The Habit, What I've Done, Burning in the Skies, Wretches and Kings, Shadow Of The Day, When They Come for Me, New Divide, Numb, The Catalyst, Empty Spaces/When They Come For Me, The Requiem, Empty Spaces
Genres (Music): Progressive rock, Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Electronic rock, Industrial rock, + more