Reanimation (Linkin Park album)


Reanimation is the debut remix album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on July 30, 2002, through Warner Bros. Records, as a follow-up to their 2000 debut studio album, Hybrid Theory. Recorded during the Hybrid Theory tour, it features remixes of songs from Hybrid Theory, including the album's bonus tracks. It was produced by Mike Shinoda and mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent. It is the fourth best selling remix album of all time.

Release and promotion

Singles

"Pts.OF.Athrty", the remix of "Points of Authority" by Jay Gordon of Orgy, was released as the first and only official single from Reanimation. The single also features B-sides "H! Vltg3", the remix of "High Voltage" by Evidence and DJ Babu featuring additional vocals by Pharoahe Monch, as well as a remix of "By Myself", entitled "Buy Myself", by American musician Marilyn Manson.
"Enth E Nd", "Frgt/10", "Songs from Reanimation" and "Mypromotional singles.

Music videos

The official video for "Pts.OF.Athrty" depicts an animated battle between robots, ruled by the heads of Linkin Park members, and an alien race.
MTV2 made videos for each song of the album for its playback of the album on "MTV:Playback" which aired only a few times. These include: "Opening", "Pts.OF.Athrty", "Enth E Nd", "", "Frgt/10", "P5hng Me A*wy", "Plc. 4 Mie Hæd", "X-Ecutioner Style", "H! Vltg3", "", "Wth>You", "Ntr\Mssion", "Ppr:Kut", "Rnw@y", MyOnly the MTV2 videos of "Frgt/10" and "Kyur4 th Ich" were officially released on the DVD-A edition of the album, along with the official "Pts.OF.Athrty" video. The videos of "Pts.OF.Athrty", "Enth E Nd", "Frgt/10", and "Kyur4 th Ich" were the only videos to be considered "official".

Editions

Reanimation's standard edition came in a digipak case with 20 tracks. The Japanese edition included "Buy Myself" as a bonus track. The iTunes release, in addition to "Buy Myself", also included live recordings of "One Step Closer" and "My December", originally released as B-sides for "Faint" and "Somewhere I Belong" respectively.
Also released was a DVD-A version with surround sound and music videos for "Pts.Of.Athrty", "Frgt/10", and "Kyur4 Th Ich". Linkin Park Underground 1.0 members received the DVD-A edition for free as a Christmas gift.
A test release of a DualDisc version was sold in Boston and Seattle only. This edition contained the album on one side of the disc and special content on the other. It never progressed beyond the test run and thus the DualDisc edition is difficult to obtain.
The entire album was later re-released in 2020 on CD, vinyl and digital format as part of the 20th Anniversary Edition of Hybrid Theory, with "Buy Myself" also released as part of the boxset's B-Side Rarities collection.

Critical reception

Reanimation was met with mixed reviews from critics. It 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 that it could be considered an entirely new album. The album received an average score of 60 from Metacritic. Reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considered the album "a welcome step in the right direction," and he praised Reanimation for attempting to break new ground. Will Hermes of Spin found that "ultimate, the set is a little schizo" finding it "channels enough rap-rock frisson to make it more than just a between-albums snack."
The album debuted and peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 behind The Rising by Bruce Springsteen and stayed on the list for 33 straight weeks. It sold 270,000 copies in its debut week., and nearly two million overall. It became the fourth best-selling remix album of all time.

In popular culture

At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, British ice dancers Sinead and John Kerr skated to "Krwlng".
In 2011, magician Dynamo walked across the Thames River. This was shown during his TV show Dynamo: Magician Impossible while the song "Krwlng" played over it.

Track listing

iTunes

The videos for "Pts.OF.Athrty", "Frgt/10" and "Kyur4 Th Ich" are the only videos of Reanimation to be available for purchase on iTunes.

Outtakes

Remixes were also crafted by Tricky, Prince Paul, DJ Z-Trip, and Team Sleep.
Tracks 1, 4, 9, 10, 12, 15, and 16 do not contain elements of a song on the standard edition of Hybrid Theory. Tracks 9 and 15 are remixes of Hybrid Theory B-sides, while the rest were created specifically for Reanimation.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
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Personnel

;Linkin Park
;Production
;Additional musicians and interpretations
  • Jay Gordon – interpretation on "Pts.OF.Athrty"
  • Nova – programming, interpretation on "Pts.OF.Athrty"
  • Doug Trantow – additional programming, additional producer, engineer on "Pts.OF.Athrty"
  • KutMasta Kurt – interpretation on "Enth E Nd"
  • Motion Man – vocals on "Enth E Nd"
  • The Alchemist – interpretation on "Frgt/10"
  • Chali 2na – vocals on "Frgt/10"
  • Stephen Richards – vocals on "P5hng Me A*wy"
  • AmpLive – interpretation on "Plc.4 Mie Hæd"
  • Baba Zumbi – vocals on "Plc.4 Mie Hæd"
  • Sean C – producer on "X-Ecutioner Style"
  • Roc Raida – interpretation on "X-Ecutioner Style"
  • Black Thought – vocals on "X-Ecutioner Style"
  • Jeff Chestek – engineer on "X-Ecutioner Style"
  • Ray Wilson – assistant engineer on "X-Ecutioner Style"
  • Evidence – interpretation on "H! Vltg3"
  • Pharoahe Monch – vocals on "H! Vltg3"
  • DJ Babu – cut on "H! Vltg3"
  • Porse 1 – additional production on "H! Vltg3"
  • DJ Revolution – editing on "H! Vltg3"
  • Troy Staton – mixing on "H! Vltg3"
  • Aceyalone – vocals on "Wth>You"
  • Cheapshot – interpretation on "Ppr:Kut"
  • Jubacca – interpretation on "Ppr:Kut"
  • Rasco – vocals on "Ppr:Kut"
  • Planet Asia – vocals on "Ppr:Kut"
  • Josh Kouzomis – interpretation on "Rnw@y"
  • E.Moss – interpretation on "Rnw@y"
  • Phoenix Orion – vocals on "Rnw@y"
  • Mickey Petralia – additional production on "Rnw@y"; keyboards, programming, producer, interpretation on "My
  • Michael Fitzpatrick – programming, interpretation on "My
  • Kelli Ali – vocals on "My
  • Greg Kurstin – keyboards on "My
  • Josh Abraham – interpretation on "By_Myslf"
  • Stephen Carpenter – guitar on "By_Myslf"
  • Ryan Williams – engineer on "By_Myslf"
  • Jonas G. – engineer on "By_Myslf"
  • Erik Gregory – programming on "By_Myslf"
  • The Humble Brothers – interpretation on "1stp Klosr"
  • Jonathan Davis – vocals on "1stp Klosr"
  • Aaron Lewis – vocals on "Krwlng"
  • Marilyn Manson – interpretation and keyboards on "Buy Myself"
  • John 5 – guitar on "Buy Myself"
  • Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards on "Buy Myself"
  • Tim Sköld – co-producer, engineer, mixing, programming on "Buy Myself"