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Minutes To Midnight
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 388 votes
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Album Info
Label: Warner Bros
Release Date: 15 May 2007
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Alternative, Rock
Summary
Rick Rubin co-produced the band's third album, which is the result of over a year spent in the studio and represents a move away from their established rap-rock sound.
Also By This Artist: Meteora Reanimation
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Rolling Stone
Most of Minutes is honed, metallic pop with a hip-hop stride and a wake-up kick.
Read Full Review >Spin
The music privileges texture over catchiness. [Jun 2007, p.97]
Blender
There's no great leap into maturity... They've kept their salient feature--scorching, adolescent tantrums--unchanged. [Jun 2007, p.109]
Hartford Courant
Whatever else it is, Linkin Park's third studio record is a nu-metal record at heart.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times
This is the kind of music artists make to find out who they'll become next: It reaches toward many influences — notably U2 (some songs invoke the Irish rock group almost note-for-note), but also Tool, Evanescence, Nirvana and Coldplay — without committing to anything.
Read Full Review >The Guardian
The California rap-rockers are stymied by their decision to stay roughly within the shrieky boundaries of their genre (albeit with less emphasis on the rap).
Read Full Review >PopMatters
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.
Read Full Review >The New York Times
As you might imagine, the band’s emo makeover doesn’t always go smoothly.
Read Full Review >Billboard
Linkin Park's ambitions are nearly palpable, but songs likely conceived as homages end up sounding too close to their sources. [26 May 2007]
Dot Music
These half-arsed stabs at nu-AOR end up pleasing no one, least of all the band itself.
Read Full Review >Hot Press
The shift in subject matter cannot disguise Linkin Park’s acute lack of creativity.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express
What follows is the sound of a band trying and failing to forge a new identity - boy-band balladry, U2-style stadium rock and Metallica-esque melodic crunch are all attempted with predictably patchy results.
Read Full Review >NOW Magazine
Try as they might to sound different, or even to touch on issues bigger than their own narcissistic garbage, LP still sound like they're stuck back in 00, which is where they should have stayed.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 388 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Oleg V. gave it a1:
When previous their albums was almost listenable this one is really a piece of sh*t.
Deepesh B. gave it a10:
There is no problem linkin park changing genre....its just that in minutes to midnight they showed the people their lyrical depth....as far as political shift is concerned....even people`s beloved green day has also been rebuking the system...capacity crowds in minutes to midnight tour proves dat people loved their third album too.
Tom G gave it a7:
I love linkin park, and i love the new direction they're going in with this album. But while it has songs that are truly great like Bleed It Out and Given up, most of the songs just don't.... capture me like most songs in Hybrid Theory, i didn't like Meteora that much either regardless of Breaking the Habit being one of my favorite songs either. Once Linkin Park perfects their new formula, they'll be on top again, and from New Divide from Transformers it seems they're going even further in the right direction.
Dan M gave it a10:
I actually really liked it. I'm glad they decided to change their sound, I mean, you can't use the nu-metal sound forever, people would eventually get bored of it. Some really good sounding songs here. My favourites are "Shadow Of The Day" and "The Little Things Give You Away".
Jana F gave it a10:
I really really really dont think this album is 'emo'. Linkin Park is not like others bands, they create new things and try diferent styles of music. I think these bands that keep the same beat and notes and melody in every album are really boring. Just because emo people enjoy Linkin Park songs doesnt mean that Linkin Park is emo. I am a bigbigbigbig LP fan, I have friends that like LP too, and we arent emo. And why can't Linkin Park make some different songs? Just because they started as a x style doesn't mean they cant change it.
tasha gave it a10:
I loved it, yes different type of direction from the last ones, but all good. great album, people change over years and so do their tastes.
Ben F gave it a6:
Ok, could have been better by a lot because it is more boring than their previous albums because it has less metal and rap to it. I love "Given Up" and "Bleed It Out". "What I've Done" is okay but the sound is not very good or exciting. Meteora and Hybrid Theory are a lot better.
