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Post Traumatic
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  • Summary: The debut full-length solo release for the Linkin Park co-founder features guest appearances from Blackbear, K.Flay, Chino Moreno and Machine Gun Kelly.
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  • Record Label: Warner Bros. Records / Warner Bros.
  • Genre(s): Rap, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Rap
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. The Independent (UK)
    Jun 15, 2018
    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.
  2. 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]
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  3. The Guardian
    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. AllMusic
    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.
  5. Pitchfork
    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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 2 out of 23
  1. AnnArborNick
    Sep 12, 2018
    10
    I can't stop listening, feeling, experiencing this album. Shinoda reaches my soul with the raw mix of emotions that fill each song. HeI can't stop listening, feeling, experiencing this album. Shinoda reaches my soul with the raw mix of emotions that fill each song. He shares the unbelievably deep journey of losing a close friend and moving ahead the best he can. LP fans get a taste of the past and what might come and Shinoda fans know that we have a ton to look forward to when he's on his own. Everyone should hear this album at least once (you won't be able to not go back). Can't wait to see Shinoda in Detroit!… Expand
  2. lp2018
    Jun 20, 2018
    10
    Holy crap. Amazing album. The Ep was great, but this is better. I love the tracks, but the lyrics take you on an emotional ride.
    Favourites:    Holy crap. Amazing album. The Ep was great, but this is better. I love the tracks, but the lyrics take you on an emotional ride.
    Favourites: Hold it together, ghosts, worlds on fire
    least favourites: I.O.U    … Expand
  4. laurosouza11
    Jun 15, 2018
    10
    An album simply fantastic and emotionally honest. I wish every success to Mike and this album.
  5. uvauvauva
    May 22, 2019
    10
    This is a really raw and emotional album, you can feel Mike's pain through the songs.
  6. CaptainNik
    Jun 19, 2018
    10
    I wish this album never existed because it is the result of Chester's passing . But since the reality is as it is, what can you say about it?I wish this album never existed because it is the result of Chester's passing . But since the reality is as it is, what can you say about it? No words describe what Mike has done. Amazing. Raw. Honest. I can only be grateful that he made this magnificent piece of cathartic music and i hope he keeps doing what he is doing since he started Linkin Park until this very moment.… Expand
  7. WillTusk
    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.… Expand
  8. Alex_Nevermind
    Jun 28, 2018
    0
    I heard "Post Traumatic" this morning. It was TRAUMATIC FOR ME to be subjected to this GARBAGE! The songs and production were BOTH HORRIBLEI heard "Post Traumatic" this morning. It was TRAUMATIC FOR ME to be subjected to this GARBAGE! The songs and production were BOTH HORRIBLE BEYOND BELIEF! AS a VETERAN artist, I expect better from the likes of Shinoda. I am so sick and tired of VETERAN artists like him selling out their legacies by putting out the same GARBAGE of their younger contemporaries.

    There is ZERO originality here. Typical, tired a** use of trap musickkk beats; horrible song structure; banal, boring, trite "lyrics". Recommendation for Shinoda: don't quit your hustle with Linkin Park and go exclusively solo. And please don't turn Link Park into the sh**hole that are your solo efforts! :-(

    -20 out of 10 stars. :-(    … Expand

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