Live in Texas (Linkin Park album)

Live in Texas
Live album / video album by Linkin Park
Released November 18, 2003
Recorded August 2, 2003 at Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas)
August 3, 2003 at Texas Stadium (Irving, Texas)
Genre
Length 70:58 (DVD)
41:40 (CD)
Label
Producer
Linkin Park non-studio album chronology
Reanimation
(2002)		 Live in Texas
(2003)		 Collision Course
(2004)
Linkin Park Video chronology
Making Of Meteora
(2003) Making Of Meteora2003		 Live in Texas
(2003) Live in Texas2003		 Breaking the Habit
(2004) Breaking the Habit2004

Live in Texas is the first live album and third DVD by American rock band Linkin Park, originally released on November 18, 2003. The band's main setlist includes songs from their studio albums Hybrid Theory and Meteora, as well as one song from their remix album Reanimation. The album managed to peak at #23 on the Billboard 200, and it has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States.[1] The audio version of the concert includes 12 out of the 17 tracks. At the end of "A Place For My Head", lead singer Chester Bennington breaks guitarist Brad Delson's guitar. At the end of the concert, DJ Joe Hahn threw a piece of his equipment on the stage floor.

Background

The DVD comes with a bonus CD that features twelve of the songs from the DVD. The other five live tracks can be found on the LP Underground 3.0 CD. The audio on the CD is mixed differently from the audio on the DVD. The DVD/CD comes in two versions: a CD case and, although harder to find, a DVD case. Live in Texas was awarded Gold certification in 2003 by the RIAA, only 29 days after the release of album, and Platinum certification in 2007.

The concert footage was shot on August 2 and August 3 during the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, and Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas. The video footage is made up of the audio from the Dallas show and video from both the Houston and Dallas shows; because of this the band had to wear the same clothes on two shows, although there are still noticeable differences. For example, it can be seen that Mike Shinoda wears two similar but different shirts, Brad Delson's guitar sometimes changes multiple times in the middle of songs from a red PRS to a black Ibanez, Dave Farrell's basses change a few times as well in the middle of songs, as well as lead singer Chester Bennington's shirt soaked with sweat, and it being completely dry the next time he is shown on screen.

Lars Ulrich also makes a quick, surprise appearance dressed up as a Hulk-fisted bunny man during "From the Inside".[2]

In some Asian countries, the package was released with a VCD instead of a DVD. The VCD contains identical content.

The audio versions of "From the Inside" and "Runaway" were released as the b-sides of the "From the Inside" single. When "Lying from You" was released as a single, the footage from Live in Texas was used as the song's music video with the studio version dubbed over.[3]

iTunes

The live performances of "Points of Authority" and "Lying from You" are available for purchase on iTunes.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [4]
Imperiumi[5]

Johnny Loftus of Allmusic gave the album a mixed review, saying "their cool professionalism makes Live in Texas sound somewhat sterile," as well as saying the band "seems lost inside its own sound." Nevertheless, he also says that the album "will likely serve as a [the fans'] memento of the tour."[4]

Track listing

CD

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somewhere I Belong"Linkin Park3:37
2."Lying from You"Linkin Park3:07
3."Papercut"Linkin Park3:06
4."Points of Authority"Linkin Park3:25
5."Runaway"Linkin Park,3:06
6."Faint"Linkin Park2:47
7."From the Inside"Linkin Park3:00
8."P5hng Me A*wy"Linkin Park5:05
9."Numb"Linkin Park3:06
10."Crawling"Linkin Park3:33
11."In the End"Linkin Park3:31
12."One Step Closer" (contains breakdown from "1stp Klosr")Linkin Park4:13
Total length:42:17
Enhanced CD Extras
  • Website toolkit
  • Merchandise
  • Screensaver
  • Web links

DVD

  1. "Don't Stay"
  2. "Somewhere I Belong"
  3. "Lying from You"
  4. "Papercut"
  5. "Points of Authority"
  6. "Runaway"
  7. "Faint"
  8. "From the Inside"
  9. "Figure.09"
  10. "With You"
  11. "By Myself"
  12. "P5hng Me A*wy"
  13. "Numb"
  14. "Crawling"
  15. "In the End"
  16. "A Place for My Head"
  17. "One Step Closer" (contains verses from "1stp Klosr")

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Trust, Gary (June 24, 2014). "Ask Billboard: With Nico & Vinz, Norway Continues U.S. Chart Invasion". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
  2. ↑ YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved on 2013-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Lying From You (Live in Texas) on Youtube". from the Warner Bros. Records Youtube Channel
  4. 1 2 https://www.allmusic.com/album/r666101
  5. ↑ Mape Ollila (2003-12-21). "Levyarviot: Linkin Park - Live in Texas". Imperiumi. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
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