MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
| Linkin Park
MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
Minutes to Midnight is the third studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007, through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin. Minutes to Midnight was the band's follow-up album to Meteora (2003) and features a shift in the group's musical direction. For the band, the album marks a beginning of deviation from their signature nu metal sound. Minutes to Midnight takes its title from the Doomsday Clock.-Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
Show All-
Rolling Stone
Rap metal is dead. Linkin Park are not
-
IGN
really shows off the band and their willingness to stretch their musical boundaries and a growing desire to shift with the times
-
BBC
Linkin Park need to get some fire in their bellies if they are to keep up to their own high standards.
-
Immortal Reviews
there is no word that doesn't have meaning
-
Pop Matters
While more than half the album flounders and meanders uselessly to arrive at roughly four truly worthwhile numbers, parts of Minutes to Midnight set the foundations for a whole new array of sounds that the band can and hopefully will pursue in the future
-
Amino
This album is lit.
-
The top tens
The album may have a few not-so-great tracks but overall, its another good Linkin Park album.
-
The Guardian
the California rap-rockers are stymied by their decision to stay roughly within the shrieky boundaries of their genre
-
All Music
And yet the way Bennington and his mates, shepherded by producer Rick Rubin, try to sound mature isn't always convincing, either, possibly because it sounds like a skate punk uncomfortably trying on his big brother's suit.
-
Scene Point Blank
it's hard to image the band, bright-eyed and genuine, when they could just as easily be the cynical tools of their record label in turning angst into dollar
-
Spin
The arena-emo hooks are still there, of course, as lead single “What I’ve Done” proves. But this time they feel more like a means to an end.
-
indieLONDON
The only thing left to say is rush out and buy this album. It may have been one of the most keenly anticipated releases of 2007 – but now that it’s arrived it’s also one of the best.
-
Entertainment Weekly
”Bleed It Out,” the most viscerally exciting thing the band has ever done; here, his rant provokes them into picking up the pace, not slackening it
-
melodic.net
A good try, but a big disappointment in the end!
-
beyond the rhetoric
It’s a very short CD, and as such, I don’t know if I can recommend the purchase.
-
CLUAS Album Reviews
Even Rick Rubin’s magical production skills can’t save this mediocre album as Linkin Park set about looking for a new direction, and new fans, but in the process
-
Tune in Here
This is a very disappointing release, as the feeling for a mixture of Hard Rock and Poppy tunes exhibited on Hybrid Theory gives way to a saturated, no-risk-taken approach to music
-
Mibba
It showed that they're mature, as a band on their break, it shows that this was their best yet.
-
earbuddy
not a single good song worth listening to
-
AV Club
those moves can only take Linkin Park so far when its songs have all the emotional range of an MMA bout
-
Antiquiet
The production is pristine, and the depth of bells and whistles is to be respected. But strip these songs down to acoustic guitars and vocals, and you’re left with three songs to speak of, at best.
-
NY Times
just about everything is tweaked to perfection, and there’s always an infectious refrain around the corner (provided you can survive the often banal verses)
-
Mix
a fantastic album
-
Heavy Blog is Heavy
a good album, and one which came at just the right moment in their career
Rate This Album and Leave Your Comments