Linkin Park is Back : Minutes to Midnight

[Cmill216]

I live in the Town & Country area, between Memorial and Hillsborough.
Small world, I used to live all around Orlando, but mainly in the Kissimmee area.

Wow. When my family first moved down to Tampa, we lived in Town & Country. I went to Bay Crest.

 

[Cmill216]

And for the five people who seem to care...the album cover:

 

[Halcohol]

This song sounds like Limp Bizkit

 

[Johnny Drama]

Wow. When my family first moved down to Tampa, we lived in Town & Country. I went to Bay Crest.

Dude, no way! Maybe we were classmates at one point. As far as schools I was all over the place. Bay Crest, Webb, Roland Park, Jefferson...
Anyway, I guess this can be construed as spam so I'll stop. hahaha

 

[Johnny Drama]

edit

 

[Cmill216]

I went to Bay Crest AND Roland Park.

 

[PLAS]

And for the five people who seem to care...the album cover:

and now they want to be interpol

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

nice logo

Looks like a poster for a Reservoir Dogs-esque movie.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

And for the five people who seem to care...the album cover:

Nice

 

[Poeman]

i like it

 

[Cmill216]

Well, for those "Mike Shinoda is God" folks out there (), you'll be displeased to know that according to an interview with Chester Bennington, the album will feature only two songs with Shinoda rapping, "Given Up" and "Bleed It Out".

And regarding "Bleed It Out":

Another cut, "Bleed It Out," sports "Motown drums, almost '80s rock guitar, rapping and an early hip-hop influence in terms of how it was recorded."

 

[Johnny Drama]

In all honesty, I used to be a HUGE Linkin Park fan, but as I grew up my taste changed and Linkin Park would could have been one of those bands that stayed with me but they just got sooooo over played. in 2000 Linkin Park was my own little thing that I would show my friends and amazed them with, then by 2003 everybodies grandmothers knew the words to "In The End" and "Crawling" and those songs were featured on "NOW cd's and even Kids Bop.
And releasing Reanimation was the what probably made me turn in my Chester Bennington fan club badge. In retrospect it was a good album, but back then I was hungry for new LP, not recycled and repackaged material (allthough my favorite LP track to this day is the one step closer remix with Black Thought) and by hte time Meteroa came out I was just jaded.

 

[Super Kal]

I'm not diggin their first song too much...

 

[Go Web Go!]

"What I've Done" is an awful choice for the first single.


And that album cover reminds me of the Gorillaz for some reason.

 

[Kritish]

Linkin Park = Crap

 

[Poeman]

the first single was medicore

 

[Go Web Go!]

Linkin Park = Crap

No. Linkin Krap.

 

[Clerk]

Hmm.... do I get overexaggerated whiney wanna be Reznors, or the more mature real deal?

Damn.... choices.

 

[Cmill216]

30 second clip of the song "Given Up":
http://lprussia.com/music/givenup_HQ-snip.mp3

 

[Kaleb]

that really does not sound like Linkin Park on that trach ''given up'' could it be a fake?

 

[Cmill216]

that really does not sound like Linkin Park on that trach ''given up'' could it be a fake?

There's been a lot sh***y fakes of their new album going around. But that's the real deal.

 

[Kaleb]

There's been a lot sh***y fakes of the new album going around. But that's the real deal.

really oh wow , I supose I could grow to like it .........hopefully

 

[Go Web Go!]

that really does not sound like Linkin Park on that trach ''given up'' could it be a fake?

Me no like

 

[Cmill216]

My Grade: A-

My Review: Okay, so the album leaked. And of course I copped that ish.

This band has there fair share of haters, and sometimes deservedly so. But damn if they're not of one of my favorite guilty pleasures.

However, with that being said, those who loathe Linkin Park should actually give Minutes to Midnight a chance. Lyrically in spots, the band hasn't shown too too much growth. Though, now they feel the need to go political at times on songs like "Hands Held High", which features church organs, poetic rap verses, and choir-like vocals.

Ironically, for a band that was made famous by their rap/rock fusion during the nu-metal craze, only two songs on Minutes to Midnight actually feature Mike Shinoda rapping. And considering how generic I felt his raps were on their previous albums in comparison to his much more credible performances on the Fort Minor project, his rap verses on the songs "Bleed It Out" (which contains the catchiest ****in' hook I've heard this year) and the aforementioned "Hands Held High" are probably the best he's done on a Linkin Park album.

The big focus of this album is the band's progression towards more tangible rock that delves far from the tried and true nu-metal formula that made them radio and mainstream successes. You're liable to scratch your head while listening to songs like "In Pieces" or the rather beautiful six minute Katrina-inspired album closer "The Little Things Give You Away", as you ponder how this can be the same band that made angst-ridden pseudo metal tracks like "One Step Closer". Guitar solos, little to no DJ elements, and vocal harmonies? On a Linkin Park disc?

The album is a bit poppier, ballad heavy, and softer, though the band still finds time to scream and pound their way through the hard stuff like "No More Sorrow", but somehow even the songs that harken back to their older style still seem somehow light years away from Hybrid Theory.

All in all, this is by far the most credible album they've released yet. I'm sure a lot of their "hardcore" fans will probably dislike it because at times it really does sound nothing like them, but for those who hate the band or felt like they were bored with Linkin Park should most definitely give Minutes to Midnight a listen. It may or may not shake the foundations of your world, but it's a pretty amazing snapshot of a blockbuster group taking major strides in their music.

Check Out:
1.) "The Little Things Give You Away"
2.) "Leave Out All The Rest"
3.) "In Pieces"
4.) "Bleed It Out"
5.) "No More Sorrow"

 

[Kaleb]

I kind like this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CXFsxkMR74

no more sorrow