Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
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Free Music Review: Not bad, but it isn't super either
Hit: 3 Stars
Linkin Park is without a doubt, the most interesting group the 21th century has seen. While playing some awesome hits, they have also tried to keep the "family friendly police" away by offering cuss-free lyrics. Personally, I don't mind cussing depending how it is used, but I seem to think LP did nothing more than cussed just so they would either look cool or dangerous. Before I continue with my review, I'd like to say that an album is a heck a lot more than cussing. Anyway, Minutes to Midnight is a rather interesting album because although the band hasn't completely removed their rap-rock roots, they just don't cut it in this great album. Btw, many LP fans were quite annoyed that Mike Shinoda got benched for basically the whole album and was used in the worst songs of MIM: "Bleed it Out" and "Hands Held High". Speaking of Hands Held High, whats with the political crap? If you are gonna say bad stuff about our current president, at least make freakin' sense. Apparently, all that cash can drive people to do awesome tracks or just plan mediocre songs. Another interesting thing is that it seems like Linkin Park is doing whatever their producer tells them to. If you read the booklet, there are hints that they performed this song just because "Rick told them too." It was like one of the reviewers said, "If Rick told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?" (If I remembered your name, I'd mention it.) Like I said, the album is far from bad, but its far from Hybrid Theory too (I understand that sooner or later you gotta stay in the media and most of the time you have to change, so those "Fanboy" comments ain't gonna work out right.) If it weren't for Shadow of the Day, Given Up, In Pieces, What I've Done, and Valentine's Day, I'd be wondering how many minutes will it be till midnight before throwing this disk away. If you absolutely love Linkin Park and don't mind the potental changes, by all means buy. If you can't take LP without its rap-rock roots, you'll be disappointed.Free Music Review: Great Live!
Hit: 5 Stars
The songs that are awesome make up for the ones that aren't so great. Bleed it out is my new fav song by lp & shadow of the day. The live show was even better! Free Music Review: Not what fans are looking for.
Hit: 2 Stars
Linkin Park made some mistakes with this album.
I'm a stong believer in bands evolving and changing over time, but going from a punk/rock/rap band to a ballad band in one CD is too much to put on your fans.
Besides their drastic change in tone, they also introduced vulgar language (which has never stopped me from buying a CD before, but I always enjoyed that I could pop their CD in without hearing the profanity), and, *gasp* politics. Seriously. Bands like LP should be forced to put warning labels on their CDs if they plan on spouting mindless rederick and shallow political views. This is ENTERTAINMENT not REAL LIFE.
I was SO disapointed when I finished this one. I've even been hoping it will grow on me, putting it in the CD player once or twice a month. Nope. I won't even wear the T-Shirt I got with my $30 pre-order.
I'll be reading some reviews before blindly buying their next album. The only reason I gave it two stars is Bleed it Out. It spoke of early Likin Park, even though they did use profanity.
Overall a poor effort. Two-thumbs down.
Free Music Review: Finally, something worthy of the band that released Metora!
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been listening to this CD for weeks now in my car, I just love it. It is one of the few CD's where I don't even need to skip tracks I just hit shuffle and go. This album, in my eyes anyway, really redeemed Linkin Park after LPJZ which was just awful (spare me the hate replies if you liked it, this is my opinion and a way to judge the album before you buy it). This album is more melodic than Hybrid Theory, Reanimation, and LPJZ and is, as I said, a brilliant successor to Metora. The songs are well written, well played, and well conceived and I am yet to meet a Metora lover who didn't like this album as well. If you enjoy style of bands like Greenday, Blue October, My Chemical Romance, or AFI you will probably enjoy Minuets to Midnight. The above in mind, it is almost impossible to accurately rate music and artwork so listen to it before ya buy it. Theres my two cents, take it or leave it.Free Music Review: Give it some time...
Hit: 4 Stars
Now, I've seen a lot of reviews listed discussing how this album doesn't reflect the rough, anger-fueled music of the Linkin Park of the past, and after my first listen this is the same feeling I had.
But then I gave it another shot. And another. I gave it time to soak into my mind. I asked myself, "Why did Linkin Park decide to take this lighter sound?". Then I realized that they decided to take the approach of letting the lyrics speak for themselves instead of forcing the sound into the listener. Give this album some time, look past what it is missing from the older Linkin Park albums and see what it has gained. I have done this and I believe that "Minutes to Midnight" is as good as "Meteora".