Ask any pop star what their favorite lp record is and they'll all respond a thousand sun's. Hybrid theory yes a good record but it was a spur of the moment thing, Linkin Park is a good enough band I mean this by there were hundreds of underground and obscure bands that could fold them 10 times yet didn't last not because they werent good, no. Lp knew the industry and had the right backing from the get go I.e Jeff blue. Take dry cell, better than lp yet didn't last 1 day because they asked for more from the get go, something Linkin has never done up until minutes to Midnight, hell even delson was an intern attorney for Jeff during xero, they know the politics in the industry. They knew how to play the game and waited till they were big enough. To the initial question, a thousand sun's is without a doubt their most cherished effort and is the favorite record of the band members, even they admit it, it's a record you either love or hate, I hate it but I admit it's superiority. Mine would be minutes to Midnight and then living things. You'd be a fool to say otherwise just because you want another hybrid theory record. Tell me a time where Linkin Park wasn't a meme, hybrid theory = in the end
Meteora = numb
Minutes or midnight = what I've done
Living things = burn it down
And we know the other 2 records that were underwhelming despite no matter what anyone says, only one was respected enough to not be a parody in and out of itself and that's a thousand sun's.