Live in Texas
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Live in Texas is the first live album
and third DVD
of 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 songs from their remix album Reanimation
. The album managed to peak at #23 at the Billboard 200
. The audio version of the concert includes 12 out of the 17 tracks.
comes with a bonus CD
that features twelve of the songs from the DVD. The other five live tracks can be found on the Linkin Park Underground V3.0 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 awarded Gold in 2003 by RIAA, only 29 days after the release of album and Platinum 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, despite there being no break in the guitar, 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 during LP's set dressed up as a Hulk-fisted bunny man during "From the Inside
".
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
" was 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 has been used as the song's music video with the studio version dubbed over.
Inside the cover between the two discs where the song titles are written there's a misspelling in "Figure9.0" instead of the correct writing "Figure.09" and there's also some other song title errors like "Points" instead of "Points Of Authority", "Pushing Remix" instead of "P5hng Me A*wy" or "Pushing Me Away Remix" and "One Step" istead of "One Step Closer".
CD production
DVD production
Production team
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
and third DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
of American rock band Linkin Park
Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...
, originally released on November 18, 2003. The band's main setlist includes songs from their studio albums Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory is the debut album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on October 24, 2000 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, having sold over 10 million units in the United States alone as of 2010 and peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 while also...
and Meteora
Meteora (album)
Meteora is the second studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on March 25, 2003 through Warner Bros. Records, following Reanimation, a collaboration album which featured remixes of songs included on debut studio album Hybrid Theory...
, as well as songs from their remix album Reanimation
Reanimation
Reanimation 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 managed to peak at #23 at the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
. The audio version of the concert includes 12 out of the 17 tracks.
Background
The DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
comes with a bonus CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
that features twelve of the songs from the DVD. The other five live tracks can be found on the Linkin Park Underground V3.0 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 awarded Gold in 2003 by RIAA, only 29 days after the release of album and Platinum in 2007.
The concert footage was shot on August 2 and August 3 during the Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003 at Reliant Stadium
Reliant Stadium
Reliant Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Houston, Texas, USA. Reliant Stadium has a seating capacity of 71,500, a total square footage of with of natural grass playing surface....
in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
and Texas Stadium
Texas Stadium
Texas Stadium was a football stadium in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The stadium opened on September 17, 1971.Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, it was the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and had a seating capacity of 65,675...
in Irving, Texas
Irving, Texas
Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 216,290. Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated...
.
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
Mike Shinoda
Michael "Mike" Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist. He is best known as the rapper, principal songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Linkin Park, along with his co-frontman and lead singer Chester Bennington, and as a solo rapper in...
wears two similar but different shirts, Brad Delson
Brad Delson
Bradford Phillip "Brad" Delson is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the Grammy Award winning rock band Linkin Park. He is also the A&R Representative for Machine Shop Recordings....
's guitar sometimes changes multiple times in the middle of songs from a red PRS to a black Ibanez, despite there being no break in the guitar, as well as lead singer Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington
Chester Charles Bennington is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Linkin Park....
's shirt soaked with sweat, and it being completely dry the next time he is shown on screen.
Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich is a Danish drummer, and one of the founding members of the American thrash metal band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle class family. A tennis player in his youth, Ulrich moved to Los Angeles, California at age sixteen to pursue his training; though rather...
also makes a quick, surprise appearance during LP's set dressed up as a Hulk-fisted bunny man during "From the Inside
From The Inside (song)
-Charts:The song is the least successful single from Meteora. It's the only single from the album that never hit #1 or chart on Modern Rock Tracks. It also failed to chart anywhere else on other U.S. music charts and became the lowest charting single in many other countries, despite acclaim from...
".
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
Runaway (Linkin Park song)
"Runaway" is a song by Linkin Park, from their debut album Hybrid Theory. It was also remixed for their second album Reanimation and titled "Rnw@y".-Song structure:...
" was released as the b-sides of the "From the Inside" single. When "Lying from You
Lying from You
"Lying from You" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park, released on March 16, 2004. It is the fifth single from their second album, Meteora, which was released at March 25, 2003. It was released as an airplay-only single...
" was released as a single, the footage from Live in Texas has been used as the song's music video with the studio version dubbed over.
Inside the cover between the two discs where the song titles are written there's a misspelling in "Figure9.0" instead of the correct writing "Figure.09" and there's also some other song title errors like "Points" instead of "Points Of Authority", "Pushing Remix" instead of "P5hng Me A*wy" or "Pushing Me Away Remix" and "One Step" istead of "One Step Closer".
Reception
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".CD
Enhanced CD Extras- Menu:
- Website Toolkit
- Merch
- Screensaver
- Web Links
DVD
- "Don't Stay"
- "Somewhere I BelongSomewhere I Belong"Somewhere I Belong" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the first single from their second studio album Meteora and entered the top ten on the majority of the charts on which it appeared...
" - "Lying from YouLying from You"Lying from You" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park, released on March 16, 2004. It is the fifth single from their second album, Meteora, which was released at March 25, 2003. It was released as an airplay-only single...
" - "PapercutPapercut (song)"Papercut" is a song by the American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the third single from their debut album Hybrid Theory, and appears as the opening track on the record. The "Papercut" single was never officially released in the US. The song reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart in...
" - "Points of AuthorityPoints of Authority"Points of Authority" is a song by Linkin Park. It's the 4th song on the album Hybrid Theory. Between 2007 and 2009, it was perfomed at the begin and the end with an intro rap from another song, for example: Petrified and Dolla by Fort Minor; It's Goin' Down by The X-Ecutioners; and also Reading My...
" - "RunawayRunaway (Linkin Park song)"Runaway" is a song by Linkin Park, from their debut album Hybrid Theory. It was also remixed for their second album Reanimation and titled "Rnw@y".-Song structure:...
" - "FaintFaint (song)"Faint" is a song by Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora. The song was released as the album's second single in mid-2003 and entered the top thirty on the majority of the charts it appeared on, including the Hot 100, in which it peaked at #48. The song reached #1 on the U.S. Modern...
" - "From the InsideFrom The Inside (song)-Charts:The song is the least successful single from Meteora. It's the only single from the album that never hit #1 or chart on Modern Rock Tracks. It also failed to chart anywhere else on other U.S. music charts and became the lowest charting single in many other countries, despite acclaim from...
" - "Figure.09"
- "With You"
- "By Myself"
- "P5hng Me A*wy"
- "NumbNumb (Linkin Park song)"Numb" is a song by rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the third single from their second studio album, Meteora and is listed as the final track on the record. One of Linkin Park's most well known and critically acclaimed songs, "Numb" topped the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for 12...
" - "CrawlingCrawling (song)"Crawling" is a song by the American rock band Linkin Park. It is the fifth track from their debut album Hybrid Theory. It was released in 2001 as their second single and won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2002...
" - "In the EndIn the End"In the End" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song was released as the fourth single from their debut album Hybrid Theory....
" - "A Place for My Head"
- "One Step CloserOne Step Closer (Linkin Park song)"One Step Closer" is a song by the American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the first single and second track of their debut album, Hybrid Theory. This song is also featured in the game Rock Band 2....
" (contains verses from "1stp Klosr")
Personnel
Linkin Park- Chester BenningtonChester BenningtonChester Charles Bennington is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Linkin Park....
– vocals - Rob Bourdon – drums
- Brad DelsonBrad DelsonBradford Phillip "Brad" Delson is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the Grammy Award winning rock band Linkin Park. He is also the A&R Representative for Machine Shop Recordings....
– lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure... - Joe HahnJoe HahnJoseph "Joe" Hahn , better known by his stage name, Mr. Hahn, is an American turntablist and director best known as the DJ and sampler for the band Linkin Park.-Personal Biography:...
– turntablesTurntablismTurntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer.The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records, stylus and mixer...
, samplingSampling (music)In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically... - Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bassistBassistA bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
- Mike ShinodaMike ShinodaMichael "Mike" Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist. He is best known as the rapper, principal songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Linkin Park, along with his co-frontman and lead singer Chester Bennington, and as a solo rapper in...
– vocals, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, keyboardistKeyboardistA keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
, samplingSampler (musical instrument)A sampler is an electronic musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer but, instead of generating sounds, it uses recordings of sounds that are loaded or recorded into it by the user and then played back by means of a keyboard, sequencer or other triggering device to perform or...
CD production
- Produced and mixed by: Josh AbrahamJosh AbrahamJosh Abraham is a Grammy-winning record producer and co-owner of Pulse Management and Check Your Pulse Publishing. He has produced songs and albums for many of the industry's most successful artists such as Velvet Revolver, 30 Seconds to Mars, Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson and Courtney Love...
- Engineered by: Ryan Williams
- ProTools engineer: Brandon Belsky
- Mixed at Pulse Recordings, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
DVD production
- Director: Kimo Proudfoot
- DVD producer: Matt Caltabiano
- Director of photography: Jim Hawkinson
- Edited by: Kevin McCullough
Production team
- Worldwide representation: Rob McDermott for The Firm
- Additional representation by: Ryan Saullo and Ryan DeMarti
- Booking agent: Mike Arfin for Artist Group International
- Legal: Danny Hayes for Davis, Shapiro, Lewit, Montone & Hayes
- Business manager: Michael Oppenheim and Jonathan Schwartz for Gudvi, Sussman and Oppenheim
- Worldwide licensing and merchandising: Bandmerch
- Creative direction: Mike Shinoda and the Flem
- Art direction and design: The Flem
- Digipak design: The Flem
- Booklet design: Lawrence Azerrad Design
- Digipak photography: Gret Watermann
- Recorded live August 2, 2003 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX and August 3, 2003 at Texas Stadium in Irving, TX on the Summer Sanitarium Tour
- Mobile audio recording:
- Live recording engineer: Joel Singer with Effanel Music
- Assistant recording engineer: Hardi Kamsani with Effanel Music
- Mobile recording equipment provided by: Effanel Music
- DVD producer: David May
- DVD mastered by: Gateway Mastering
- DVD production director: Penny Marciano
- DVD graphics coordinator: Raena Winscott
- DVD graphics design: Sean Donnelly and Kimo Proudfoot
- Authoring: Wamo