Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023)

Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023), or simply Papercuts, is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on April 12, 2024, through Warner Records, following the Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition (2023).

On June 28, 2024, the instrumental version of the album was released with the same track listing.

Background

The album spans the band's best-selling singles from 2000 to 2023 and was announced alongside the release of the song "Friendly Fire" on February 23, 2024, which appears as the final track and had been recorded during the One More Light (2017) sessions. Papercuts also includes the official release of the song "Qwerty", which first appeared on the band's 2006 fanclub-exclusive EP, LP Underground 6.0. It features material from six of Linkin Park's seven studio albums released during Bennington's lifetime; The Hunting Party (2014) did not feature any songs on the release.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Linkin Park (Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda), except where noted.

Personnel

Linkin Park

• Chester Bennington – lead vocals
• Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Brad Delson – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass, backing vocals
• Joe Hahn – turntables, synthesizers, samples, programming, backing vocals
• Mike Shinoda – lead and rap vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, samples, synthesizers

Additional musicians

• Jay-Z – rap vocals (track 3)
• Ian Hornbeck – bass (track 4)
• Francis "Eg" White – guitar and piano (track 11)
• Scott Koziol – bass (track 15)
• Jon Green – additional guitar (track 20)

Production

• Don Gilmore – production (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 15, 18, 19), engineering (tracks 1, 4, 6, 15)
• Linkin Park – production (tracks 2, 5, 8, 18, 19)
• Mike Shinoda – production (tracks 3, 7, 9–14, 16, 17, 20), engineering (track 9, 10, 12, 16, 20), assistant Pro Tools (tracks 1, 4, 6, 15), additional mixing (track 16), Pro Tools editing (track 9)
• Rick Rubin – production (tracks 7, 9, 10, 12–14, 17)
• Brad Delson – production (tracks 11, 20), additional production (tracks 10, 12), additional Pro Tools editing (track 9)
• Andrew Dawson – co-production (track 20)
• John Ewing Jr. – engineering (tracks 2, 5, 8, 19), additional engineering & Pro Tools (tracks 1, 4, 6, 15)
• Andrew Scheps – engineering (tracks 7, 13, 14, 17)
• Ethan Mates – engineering (tracks 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20), mixing (track 14), additional mixing (track 16), Pro Tools editing (track 9)
• Dana Nielsen – engineering (tracks 7, 13, 17), additional engineering (track 14)
• Matt Griffin – assistant engineer (tracks 1, 4, 6, 15)
• Fox Phelps – assistant engineer (tracks 2, 5, 8, 19)
• Phillip Broussard Jr. – 2nd engineer (track 14), assistant engineer (tracks 7, 13, 17)
• Josh Newell – engineering (track 9), engineering assistant (track 16), Pro Tools editing (track 9)
• Andrew Hayes – assistant engineer and editor (tracks 10, 12)
• Andy Wallace – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 15, 19)
• Neal Avron – mixing (tracks 7, 9, 13, 17)
• D. Sardy – mixing (track 16)
• Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks 10, 12, 18, 20)
• Steve Sisco – mix engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 15, 19)
• Ryan Castle – mix engineer (track 16)
• George Gumbs – mix assistant (tracks 7, 13, 17)
• Nicolas Fournier – mix assistant (tracks 7, 9, 13, 17)
• Chris Galland – mix assistant (tracks 10, 12)
• Del Bowers – mix assistant (tracks 10, 12)
• Kiki Cholewka – mix engineering assistant (track 16)
• Erich Talaba – Pro Tools engineer (tracks 7, 13, 17)
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10, 12, 14–16, 19, 20)
• Dave Collins – mastering (tracks 7, 13, 17)
• Vlado Meller – mastering (track 9)
• Mark Santangelo – mastering assistant (track 9)

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