Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
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  1. Kerrang!
    Jun 15, 2018
    80
    It's an important, thoughtful album that will serve to unite the grief-stricken with a new-found sense of purpose to find some form of healing. [9 Jun 2018, p.53]
  2. Jun 15, 2018
    80
    While Post Traumatic takes an emotional toll, it ultimately instills feelings of hope and the idea that things can get better. For Shinoda, Linkin Park, and their devoted followers, it's an effective group therapy session.
  3. Jun 15, 2018
    80
    The moodier, electronic tracks work better than the angrier, rap ones, but while Post Traumatic understandably has flaws, its raw emotion is unusually touching and many will find it a source of tears, strength and comfort.
  4. 80
    By the end of Post Traumatic, you realise Shinoda is right: this record is as much about Bennington as it is about him, but that’s what makes it so vulnerable and such a triumphant debut.
  5. Jun 25, 2018
    38
    Throughout Post Traumatic, you can sense how unmoored Shinoda is without that spectacle. His chest doesn’t puff out as far as it did on Fort Minor. His compositions don’t detonate like his best work for Linkin Park. His bandmates aren’t there to lift him up when he falls short. He sounds abandoned.
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 95 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 95
  2. Negative: 9 out of 95
  1. Jun 15, 2018
    10
    An album simply fantastic and emotionally honest. I wish every success to Mike and this album.
  2. Jun 15, 2018
    10
    A fantastic album that is emotional as it is impressive. Would definitely recommend.
  3. Jun 15, 2018
    10
    Absolutely amazing album, there are no songs in the record that sound OK, every song hits home in it's own way. A cathartic album full ofAbsolutely amazing album, there are no songs in the record that sound OK, every song hits home in it's own way. A cathartic album full of emotional yet resilient songs, definitely and totally recommended. Full Review »