Reanimation

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Reanimation
Reanimation cover
Remix album by Linkin Park
Released July 30, 2002
Recorded During the Hybrid Theory tour, 2001
Genre Nu metal, alternative hip hop, rap metal, electronica
Length 61:00
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Mike Shinoda
Professional reviews
Linkin Park chronology
In the End: Live & Rare
(2002)		 Reanimation
(2002)		 Linkin Park Underground v2.0
(2002)
Singles from Reanimation
  1. "Pts.OF.Athrty"
    Released: July 15, 2002
  2. "Enth E Nd / Frgt/10"
    Released: July 2002
For an emergency medical procedure (CPR), see Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
For medical reanimation, see Advanced Life Support.
For reanimation of the dead, see Undead.

Reanimation is a remix album by the nu metal band Linkin Park, released after and based upon their first album, Hybrid Theory. Recorded during the Hybrid Theory tour in 2001, it features heavily rap influenced remixes of songs from the Hybrid Theory album as well as previous LP material.

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[edit] Reception and criticism

Reanimation tends to be eschewed by many fans, as it varies greatly stylistically 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 Theory's nu-metal format, with singing and rapping vocal exchanges between Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda. Many of the tracks on Reanimation lacked this balance (Bennington's vocals were, on many tracks, scratched or removed entirely). Some fans also raised allegations of "crass commercialism" over the album's nature); as it was composed mostly of remixes of the first album, some felt that the creative process was stilted, essentially repackaging the same material in an only altered form.[citation needed]

Defenders of 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[1]. Reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine (of All Music Guide) considered the album "a damn sight more interesting than Linkin Park's debut" and "a welcome step in the right direction," stating that Linkin Park'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. Linkin Park have also stated that this album could be considered both a remix and studio album. The score on MetaCritic is 60%.[2]

[edit] MTV 2 Videos

MTV Two made videos for each song the album for its playback of the album which aired only a few times. These include "Opening" (The girl from the video for Frgt/10 going to bed), "Pts.OF.Athrty" (the US flag up to 1:05, then a motorcycle chase), "[Chali]" (The girl in bed and shots of her room), "Frgt/10" (The girl graffiting town, evading the police), "P5hng Me A*wy" (a cannibal at work), "Plc.4 Mie Hæd" (a girl singing to the song), "X-Ecutioner Style" (a cartoon boy walking round town, singing Chester's "Shut up" parts), "H! Vltg3" (a night in the life of a man), "[Riff Raff]" (The girl in bed), "WTH>You" (very quick montage of mugshots of people in sync with the song), "Ppr:Kut" (shots of people's reactions to an unexpected loud noise while listening to music), "Rnw@y" (a girl with a mohawk in town), "By_Myslf" (a girl in a forest), "Kyur4 Th Ich" (people breakdancing, this was actually directed by Mr Hahn), 1Stp Klosr (depicts a failing relationship) and "KRWLNG" (animation of a white stick man). Only the "Frgt/10" and "Kyur4 Th Ich" were officially released on the DVD-A edition of the album, along with the official 3D animated "Pts.OF.Athrty" video.

[edit] Reanimation on live shows

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. Also, the intro to KRWLNG is sometimes played before the song Crawling, as seen on Live In Texas and Live 8. (2003), "Frgt/10" which was performed at 'ReAct: Music and Relief' (2005). "1Stp Klosr" has been performed once with Jonathon Davis on the Projekt Revolution tour. Although, they have never played the whole song since, the 2nd bridge of "1Stp Klosr" is usually played where it would in the reanimated version of "One Step Closer", and Jonathan Davis's verse is sung by Chester. Occasionally, Mike Shinoda will sing the "Blood is pouring" part in between Chester's "Shut up!" refrain. Before the "Shut up!" part comes in, Chester will sing "Blood is pouring" as the crowd is hyped. On the same tour, Chali 2Na performed "Frgt/10" with the band. Also, the samples played during Mike's verses from "WTH>You" are used instead of the original guitar/synth parts from "With You" and Chester screams "Come on!" right before the guitar riffs. Mike Shinoda has also played a shortened version of "Enth E Nd" with Fort Minor at their Pukkelpop live shows in 2005. During the 2004 line of Projekt Revolution shows, Linkin Park's Joe Hahn preformed the opening to Pts. OF. Athrty before opening Points of Authority. Since 2008, KRWLNG has been used by Linkin Park as the intro to the song Crawling, an intro of a minute plus is played in the lead up to the song.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Opening" (performed by Mike Shinoda / Phoenix Farrell) – 1:07
  2. "Pts.of.Athrty"(reinterpreted by Jay Gordon) – 3:45
  3. "Enth E Nd" (reinterpreted by Kutmasta Kurt / Motion Man) – 3:59
  4. "[Chali]" (skit) (Linkin Park) – 0:23
  5. "Frgt/10" (reinterpreted by Alchemist/ Chali 2na [of Jurassic 5] / Chairman Hahn) – 3:32
  6. "P5hng Me A*wy" (reinterpreted by Mike Shinoda / Stephen Richards [of Taproot] / Brad Delson) – 4:37
  7. "Plc. 4 Mie Hæd" (reinterpreted by Amp Live / Zion) – 4:20
  8. "X-Ecutioner Style" (reinterpreted by Sean C. / Roc Raida / Black Thought [of The Roots])– 1:49
  9. "H! Vltg3" (performed by Evidence / Pharoahe Monch / DJ Babu) – 3:30
  10. "[Riff Raff]" (skit) (Linkin Park) – 0:21
  11. "Wth>You" (reinterpreted by Chairman Hahn / Aceyalone / Mike Shinoda) – 4:12
  12. "Ntr\Mssion" (Intermission) (performed by Mike Shinoda / Dave Farrell) – 0:29
  13. "Ppr:Kut" (reinterpreted by DJ Cheapshot / Jubacca Rasco / Planet Asia) – 3:26
  14. "Rnw@y" (reinterpreted by Backyard Bangers / Phoenix Orion) – 3:13
  15. "My<DSMBR" (reinterpreted by Mickey P. / Greg Kurstin / Kelli Ali) – 4:17
  16. "[Stef]" (skit) (Linkin Park) – 0:10
  17. "By_Myslf" (reinterpreted by Josh Abraham / Mike Shinoda / Stephen Carpenter [of Deftones]) – 3:42
  18. "Kyur4 Th Ich" (reinterpreted by Chairman Hahn) – 2:32
  19. "1stp Klosr" (reinterpreted by The Humble Brothers / Jonathan Davis [of KoЯn]) – 5:46
  20. "Krwlng" (reinterpreted by Mike Shinoda / Dave Farrell / Aaron Lewis [of Staind]) – 5:42

[edit] iTunes Bonus Tracks

  1. "One Step Closer" (Live LP Underground Tour 2003) - 3:42 (also on Faint single)
  2. "Buy Myself" (reinterpreted version of By Myself by Marilyn Manson) - 4:16 (Also on Pts.Of.Athrty / H! Vltg3 and Japanese Version of the album)
  3. "My December" (Live Projekt Revolution Tour 2002) - 4:27 (this appears on the Somewhere I Belong single)

[edit] Singles

  1. "Pts.Of.Athrty / H! Vltg3
  2. "Enth E Nd / Frgt/10"

[edit] DVD-Audio

Contains the complete album in mixed in 5.1 surround sound, along with the music videos for "Pts.OF.Athrty", "Frgt/10", and "Kyur4 Th Ich". This is only available in a DVD-Audio format. It plays in most DVD Players and DVD-A compatible CD Players.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Entertainment Weekly
  2. ^ MetaCritic.com - Reanimation

[edit] External links

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