Top 30 Albums of the Decade 2000-2009: Number 30

Number 30

Linkin Park
"Hybrid Theory"
Released: October 24th 2000Key Tracks: "One Step Closer" / "Crawling" / "In The End"
Limp Bizkit may have done it first, but there's no doubting that "Hybrid Theory" nu-metal like no other album before or since. Chester Bennington's clean as a whistle vocals meshed with Mike Shinoda's husky raps over electronically aided traditional metal beats.
From the moment you heard the first single "One Step Closer" you knew that this was a band that was going to define a genre. Further albums expanded their sound in ways no-one could have imagined, but it's "Hybrid Theory" that stands out as their finest hour. The sonic songs, thought provoking lyrics and a truly original sound, this album most certainly is one of the best of the noughties.