2023 releases marked generations with songs that are still played today
The year 2003 was marked by great launches that transformed the generation. It was 20 years ago that records like meteorainLinkin Park, The Black Album in jay-z It is Room On Fireof The Strokes arrived with a series of songs that are played on the radio to this day.
Check out the main international albums that turn 20 in 2023.
Meteora – Linkin Park
Meteora is Linkin Park’s second album and despite the band’s lack of maturity. The record was the most successful in the history of Billboard Modern Rock Tracks, specializing in alternative rock. In it we find outstanding successes such as “Numb”, “Somewhere I Belong” and “Faint”.
Tracklist:
1. “Foreword” 0:13
2. “Don’t Stay” 3:07
3. “Somewhere I Belong” 3:33
4. “Lying from You” 2:55
5. “Hit the Floor” 2:44
6. “Easier to Run” 3:24
7. “Faint” 2:42
8. “Figure.09” 3:17
9. “Breaking the Habit” 3:16
10. “From the Inside” 2:55
11. “Nobody’s Listening” 2:58
12. “Session” 2:24
13. “Numb” 3:07
The Black Album – Jay Z
Featured on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Definitive 200 Albums listThe Black Album is the eighth studio album released by Jay-Z.
Tracklist
1.”Interlude” 1:23
2. “December 4th” 4:35
3.What More Can I Say” 4:57
4. “Encore4” 13:00
5. “Change Clothes” 4:20
6. “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” 4:07
7. “Threat” 4:08
8. “Moment of Clarity” 4:26
9. “99 Problems” 3:56
10. “Public Service Announcement (Interlude)” 2:55
11. “Justify My Thug” 4:06
12. “Lucifer” 3:14
13. “Allure” 4:54
14. “My 1st Song” 4:44
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – OutKast
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is a double album and the fifth released by OutKast. In it we find hits like “Hey Ya!” The album is on the list of the definitive 200 albums in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The tracklist has around 40 songs.
Room On Fire – The Strokes
second disc of The Strokes and hits like “Reptillia” and 12:51″
Tracklist
1. “What Ever Happened?” 2:54
2. “Reptilia” 3:41
3. “Automatic Stop” 3:26
4. “12:51” 2:33
5. “You Talk Way Too Much” 3:04
6. “Between Love & Hate” 3:15
7. “Meet Me in the Bathroom” 2:57
8. “Under Control” 3:06
9. “The Way It Is” 2:22
10. “The End Has No End” 3:07
11. “I Can’t Win” 2:34
Elephant – The White Stripes
elephant took the Grammy Best Alternative Music Album of the year 2005, in addition to reaching the 5th place in the Billboard.
Tracklist
1.”Seven Nation Army” – 3:51
2. “Black Math” – 3:03
3. “There’s No Home for You Here” – 3:43
4. “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself” (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:46
5. “In the Cold, Cold Night” – 2:58
6. “I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart” – 3:20
7. “You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket” – 3:39
8. “Ball and Biscuit” – 7:19
9. “The Hardest Button to Button” – 3:32
10. “Little Acorns” (Mort Crim, J. White) – 4:09
11. “Hypnotize” – 1:48
12. “The Air Near My Fingers” – 3:40
13. “Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine” – 3:17
14. “It’s True That We Love One Another” – 2:42
Dangerously in Love – Beyonce
sliver of Beyonce after the group Destiny’s Child. The album is inspired by R&B and soul genres and also features elements of hip hop. The album achieved worldwide commercial success, obtaining multi-platinum certifications in several countries. Check out the Tracklist below:
1. “Crazy in Love” (featuring Jay-Z) 3:56
2. “Naughty Girl” 3:28
3. “Baby Boy” (featuring Sean Paul) 4:04
4. “Hip Hop Star” (featuring Big Boi and Sleepy Brown) 3:42
5. “Be With You” 4:20
6. “Me, Myself and I” 5:01
7. “Yes” 4:19
8. “Signs” (featuring Missy Elliott) 4:58
9. “Speechless” 6:00
10. “That’s How You Like It” (featuring Jay-Z) 3:39
11. “The Closer I Get to You” (duet with Luther Vandross) 4:57
12. “Dangerously in Love 2” 4:53
13. “Beyoncé Interlude” 0:16
14. “Gift from Virgo” 2:43
15. “Daddy” 4:58
Elephunk – The Black-Eyed Peas
elephant peaked at number 14 on Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), going on to sell 8.5 million copies worldwide, with 3.2 million in the United States alone.
Tracklist
1. “Hands Up” 3:35
2. “Labor Day (It’s a Holiday)” 3:58
3. “Let’s Get It Started” 3:35
4. “Hey Mama” 3:34
5. “Shut Up” 4:56
6. “Smells Like Funk” 5:04
7. “Latin Girls” 6:17
8. “Sexy” 4:43
9. “Fly Away” 3:35
10. “The Boogie That Be” 5:12
11. “The App Song” 2:54
12. “Anxiety” 3:38
13. “Where Is the Love?” (feat. Justin Timberlake)
Source: Rollingstone
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