Meteora
I'm disappointed in Meteora. My guess is I've listened to it about five or six times through since I got it Tuesday.
I've had Hybrid Theory since release day, and I really enjoyed the vocal interplay between Mike and Chester on that album. For example, the way they switched off so seamlessly, even singing parts of the same verse. Listen to a song like By Myself and you'll see what I mean.
Now listen to Meteora. There's a lot less interplay between Mike and Chester here. Most often, it's Mike rapping out the whole verse and Chester belting out the chorus in fine form. It just seems a lot more formulated and tweaked for radio. The worst songs on the CD are ones like Don't Stay and Breaking The Habit, where Chester justs sings the whole damn thing; it's just not interesting to me. I can see songs like Easier To Run blowing up at radio, but it's really nothing new for the guys, just a tried-and-true formula. It certainly sells them records, however; maybe that's really important to them.
On a different note, I think musically Linkin Park is in fine form on Meteora. The guitar parts are very nice as before, the drumming has tightened up, and their experimentation with strings is a nice step for them.
As I can remember, my favorite songs thus far would be Lying From You, Figure.09, and Numb.