Hearing me arguing with my mate, Nika, the other day, about whether we find out in chapter 5 or 6 of R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet, that his wife's been cheating with the police man that pulled him over (I swear it's chapter 5, in 6 Rufus has to decide between Chuck and Cathy!), noone would ever guess that I have a secret passion for a group who don't appear on universalurban.com! But it's true, and though I would never announce it to my media class, the unofficial Kanye West Fan Club, I find myself really enjoying the music of Linkin Park (SCANDALOUS)! However I do have it from a reliable source, that I am not the only person with these opinions, so I don't feel so ashamed anymore.

The CD box is nothing extraordinary, it shows a man spraying paint, in a black and greyey orange colour. Unlike other CD boxes, it is cardboard and opens up into 3x the length of the original front cover, it includes a booklet about the songs, including lyrics and facts about each song.

In past reviews I have written thorough, but repetitive opinions on all tracks on the album in question, but they go on forever, I am going to try a new format, by which I thoroughly review my top 5 favourite tracks from the album, and then briefly rate the others, this way not dragging on and boring you with needless details. We start on track 3.

Track 6 - Easier to Run (03.24)
This song is truly amazing, the way it swaps from slow music, to fast music, to slow music again. It works so well, making the song not so fast it is mightily annoying, but not so slow that it is downright depressing.
As rapper Eminem once said, 'Everyone has sh*t in their lives.' And this song is dealing with that sh*t, it is all about the pains that people feel,
'Wounds so deep they never show'
Everyone has these wounds, and this song relates to everyone, everyone who knows that 'it's easier to run, replacing this pain with something numb.'
9/10

Track 10 - From the Inside (02.53)
I love the way the chorus on this song is heavy, fast and loud, but the verse is almost plain, letting the lyrics shine out. The singing combined with lines of rap make the song interesting, and adds so much meaning and energy to the lyrics.
The song is all about keeping yourself together after everything and everyone you knew has seemed to betray you,
'I don't know who to trust,
No surprise,
Everyone feels so far away from me,
Heavy thoughts sift through dust,
And lies.'
The lyrics, as you can see, are very powerful and come from the heart, they really make this song what it is.
9/10

Other songs on this album include:
Track 1 - Foreword
Track 2 - Don't stay - A powerful song very well done and produced. 8/10
Track 4 - Lying from you - Another powerful, but beautiful track. 8/10
Track 5 - Hit the floor - Interesting song with an interesting chorus, however interesting isn't always that good. 7/10
Track 7 - Faint - Not my favourite, but a perfectly decent song, which will appeal to a certain type of musical appreciators. 7/10
Track 8 - Figure. 09 - I love the use of rap against singing, it works exceptionally well in this song. 8/10
Track 11 - Nobody's listening - An interesting use of Japanese flute, original, but I don't particularly like this song. 6/10
Track 12 - Session - A musical track, purely of instruments, more likely to be appreciated by Rock music fans, not my type of music unfortunately. 6/10