Minutes To Midnight - Linkin Park

Okay, I am not a Linkin Park fan, in fact I have never really liked them, so when my 13 year old said he wanted the new CD I thought I would buy it and then, for conversations sake, listen to it.....well, it was in my car for the last 3 weeks, and now he finally has it. I am not sure if Linkin Park are American punk, post punk, mosh rock, or a mixture of all, what I do know is that this is, in my opinion, a very strong album. The first track, "Wake" - is a bit trancy, quite short and builds up to what one would expect at the end of a rock opera, or a performance artist, trapeze etc, finishing their act, seemed like a bit of a strange opener, but ...  Read the complete review

Linkin Park have had a great deal of success in their relatively short career so far. Their first taste of success came in late 2000 when they released their 'Hybrid Theory' debut album, an album which to date has sold in excess of 24 million copies worldwide. 'Minutes To Midnight' is the bands latest studio offering and although containing some tracks which are greatly appealing, others quickly become tiresome making the 'Minutes To Midnight' album an extremely inconsistent performer. 'What I've Done' and 'Bleed It Out' I feel provide the album with its finest moments; the latter of which being my absolute favourite track from the 'Minutes To Midnight' ...  Read the complete review

Linkin Park:Minutes To Midnight: Shindoa and Bennington have done it again! this album is a masterpeice. sure the songs arent what they used to be now they mainley sing about politics the three best songs on this album have got to be 'Bleed It Out' 'Leave out all the rest'and 'Shadow of the day' by far. 1.)Wake: is a short instrumental like an introduction to this album.1:40 2.)Given up:the start is perfect really nice but then chester screams the words which kind of wrecks the song.3:09 3.)Leave out all the rest: i love this song i think its got perfect lyrics you cant go wrong with this song.3:29 4.)Bleed it ...  Read the complete review

Well, if you're reading this review, I'd just like to let you know, I know what I'm talking about here. I have been a loyal Linkin Park fan for about 7 years now, it might not sound a lot to you, but it is when you have only been alive for 15! But dont be put off because of my age, dont believe I dont know what I'm talking about because believe me, I do. Anyway, enough of the small talk, lets get down to the album. Minutes to Midnight. What can I say? Definitely one of the best albums released this year. Contains 11 proper songs, each as good as the last, and the wake. 1) "Wake" [1:41] - The introduction to the album. A good way to ...  Read the complete review

This is the third studio album that the band have produced and for me this album signals a growing maturity in the musical writing and performing of the band. Fans from their earlier work will still find the familiar heavy vocals and crashing guitar riff that symbolised that early work however there is now more variety to the tracks and they have built a much more diverse style with some softer lyrics in places. The tone of the album is quite political with an anti war message to reflect the events going on in Iraq and Afghanistan. Bleed it Out is an example of this influence and has a great hook to it. The album starts off with some heavy duty ...  Read the complete review