In a celebration of their impactful musical journey, Linkin Park is set to release their first-ever career-spanning greatest hits album, titled Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023), on Apr. 12 through Warner Records.
The collection, available for pre-order and pre-save here, will be accessible on all digital service platforms (DSPs) and various physical formats, including CD, Cassette, and double Vinyl, with limited edition color vinyl variants, a Zoetrope picture disc, and classic black vinyl.
Following the fervent reception of the 20th-anniversary editions of Hybrid Theory in 2020 and Meteora in 2023, Linkin Park felt inspired by their fan base to curate a comprehensive career retrospective. Papercuts will showcase a range of hits from the iconic “Crawling” and “In The End” to the sought-after rarity, “QWERTY.”
The album features the band’s classics and unveils a never-before-released track titled “Friendly Fire.” Recorded during the sessions for their seventh album, One More Light, in 2017, the song highlights a powerful vocal performance from the late Chester Bennington. Accompanied by a video directed and edited by long-time collaborator Mark Fiore, the visual offers never-before-seen studio and live footage, providing a poignant glimpse into the soul of Linkin Park.
Commenting on “Friendly Fire,” Brad Delson shared, “It’s such a beautiful, compelling, heartbreaking, hopeful story, and it really resonates with me today.” Mike Shinoda added, “Curating the tracks for ‘Papercuts’ was a joy. Each song in this collection is both a singular moment on our timeline and an evolving story that is as much ours as it is yours.”
Notably, “In The End” recently achieved Diamond Certification (10x Million) from the RIAA in the USA, becoming Linkin Park’s most-streamed song with over 1.8 billion Spotify streams and 1.7 billion YouTube views on the music video. The band’s 20th-anniversary edition of Meteora also soared to #1 on various Billboard charts, including the Top Hard Rock Albums Chart and Top Vinyl Albums Chart.
Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023) arrives on Apr. 12, promising a nostalgic journey through Linkin Park’s remarkable career. The tracklisting includes:
- Crawling
- Faint
- Numb/Encore
- Papercut
- Breaking The Habit
- In The End
- Bleed It Out
- Somewhere I Belong
- Waiting For The End
- Castle Of Glass
- One More Light
- Burn It Down
- What I’ve Done
- QWERTY
- One Step Closer
- New Divide
- Leave Out All The Rest
- Lost
- Numb
- Friendly Fire