Critics were divided over Collision Course, with some praising the album, while others negatively received it.

David Jeffries of allmusic praised the album, calling it "awesomely fun". K.B. Tindal of HipHopDX also equally praised the album, saying that the project "will open a passageway for artists who want to dare to be different as well as those who want to work hard to maintain that difference." Steve Juon of RapReviews called the album "an experiment which bodes well since for the most part these two artists compliment each other."

Meanwhile, Raymond Fiore of Entertainment Weekly

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, gave a negative review of the album, saying that the pairing of Linkin Park and Jay-Z "comes off like a sanitized nonevent."

Track listing

DVD Track List

1. "The Once-In-A-Lifetime Performance - Documentary"
2. "Live Performances":
   • Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying from You
   • Big Pimpin'/Papercut
   • Jigga What/Faint
   • Numb/Encore
   • Izzo/In The End
   • Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer
3. "Special Features":
   • "MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups"
   • "Photo Gallery"
   • "5.1 Sorround Sound"

Personnel

Linkin Park

• 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....
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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• Rob Bourdon - drums
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  , backing vocals
• 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....
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  s, backing vocals
• Joseph Hahn
  Joe Hahn
  Joseph "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:...
  
   - records, turntables, sampling
  Sampling (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...
  
  , backing vocals
• Dave Farrell - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backing vocals
• 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...
  
   - vocals, beats, piano
  Piano
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Jay-Z

• Jay-Z
  Jay-Z
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   - vocals

Production

• Produced and mixed by Mike Shinoda
• Arranged by Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda
• Engineered by Mike Shinoda, John Ewing and Mark Kiczula
• Mastered by Brain "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Executive producers: Shawn Carter and Linkin Park
• A&R: Tom Whalley
• A&R coordination for Warner Bros. Records: Marny Cameron
• Marketing director: Peter Standish
• A&R coordinator: Michael "Stick" Stefrin
• Production coordinator: Ryan DeMarti
• Sample clearance: Eric Weissman for Sample Clearance Limited
• Executive producers: Rob McDermott and John Meneilly
• Creative direction for Warner Bros. Records: Ellen Wakayama
• Project art direction: THE FLEM and Mike Shinoda
• Cover art direction and design: THE FLEM
• Cover and all interior line art illustrations: David Choe
• Digipak and booklet art direction and design: Lawrence Azerrad for LAD
• Photography: Greg Watermann

DVD

• Director: Kimo Proudfoot
• Producer: Matt Caltabiano
• Editor: Kevin McCullough
• Live audio engineer: Guy Charbonneau
• Live audio mix: Mike Shinoda
• Executive producer: Janet Haase
• Head of production: Joby Barnhart
• Post production supervisor: Jason Cohon
• For Sunset Editorial: Nazeli Kodjoian, Sin Halina Sy
• Additional footage produced by Lenny Santiago
• 5.1 mixed of Roxy Performance
• DVD post producer: David May
• Associate producer: Raena Winscott
• Menu design: Sean Donelly
• 5.1 mix producer: David May
• 5.1 mix engineer: Ted Hall
• Assistant engineer: Bruce Balestier
• Audio mix: Mix Magic
• Colorist: Dave Hussey
• Title graphics: Carlos
• Authoring: Cinram
• Live performance filmed July 18, 2004 at The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA
• Original concept by Michele Megan Dix & Jesse Ignjatovic

Entire Roxy set list

Before Jay-Z came on stage, Linkin Park played a small set of songs. After they finished the Collision Course songs, they had to play all six again, due to MTV's malfunction with the stage lighting. The performances on the DVD are from the second take, while the music video for "Numb/Encore" is from the first take. The "Hip-Hop Medley" from this show appears on Linkin Park's 4th annual fan club CD. A shortened version of "It's Goin' Down" from the medley can be found on the DVD. At the start of the live show on the DVD, the amount of sweat can be observed on the band members - Phoenix's entire shirt is soaked, showing that they had played more than just a few songs at that point.

First take

1. Intro/"Don't Stay
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2. "Somewhere I Belong
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3. Hip-Hop Medley ("Step Up"/"Nobody's Listening
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   "/"It's Goin' Down
   It's Goin' Down (X-Ecutioners song)
   "It's Goin' Down" is a single credited to turntablists The X-Ecutioners featuring two members of Linkin Park: Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn, credited as Mr. Hahn. It appears on the X-Ecutioners 2002 album Built From Scratch....
   
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4. "Breaking the Habit
   Breaking the Habit
   "Breaking the Habit" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the sixth and final single from their second album, Meteora. It became the fifth consecutive single from Meteora to reach #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, a feat unmatched by any other artist in the...
   
   "
5. "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...
   
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6. "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You"
7. "Big Pimpin'/Papercut"
8. "Jigga What/Faint"
9. "Numb/Encore"
10. "Izzo/In The End"
11. "Points Of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer"

Second take

1. Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You
2. Big Pimpin'/Papercut
3. Jigga What/Faint
4. Numb/Encore
5. Izzo/In The End
6. Points of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer

Chart positions

Charts (2004–2005)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	8
Austrian Albums Chart	5
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...  (Flanders)	19
Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...  (Wallonia)	17
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	6
Danish Albums Chart	7
Dutch Albums Chart	9
French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	20
Italian Albums Chart	19
New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	4
Norwegian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	1
Portuguese Albums Chart	4
Swedish Albums Chart	9
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	15
U.S. 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...	1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	3
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks Rap and hip-hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart began publication for the week of November 13, 2004....	3

Certifications

Country	Certification
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	Platinum
Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Gold
Brasil	Gold
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	2x Platinum
Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	Gold
France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Gold
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Gold
Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	2x Platinum
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Platinum
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Platinum
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	Platinum
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Platinum

External links

• Collision Course official website
• Collision Course official lyrics page from the Linkin Park website