Minutes to Midnight

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Minutes to Midnight · After Meteora, Linkin Park set to work on a third album in 2003, but solo projects by Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington temporarily halted the work. The band then returned with the producer Rick Rubin, and that led to a different direction. The recording took fourteen months, much longer than on the previous records, and the group wrote more than a hundred songs. The title refers to the Doomsday Clock.

The band largely left the nu metal sound behind and opted for a more restrained, more classic rock sound with influences from punk and hip hop. There is much less rapping and Joe Hahn's scratches have moved into the background. For the first time guitar solos are heard, and six tracks received strings by David Campbell. The album received mixed reviews, but Rolling Stone placed it at number twenty-five among the records of 2007.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Wake1:41Apple Music ↗
2. 2Given Up3:09Apple Music ↗
3. 3Leave Out All the Rest3:29Apple Music ↗
4. 4Bleed It Out2:44Apple Music ↗
5. 5Shadow of the Day4:50Apple Music ↗
6. 6What I've Done3:25Apple Music ↗
7. 7Hands Held High3:53Apple Music ↗
8. 8No More Sorrow3:42Apple Music ↗
9. 9Valentine's Day3:17Apple Music ↗
10. 10In Between3:17Apple Music ↗
11. 11In Pieces3:38Apple Music ↗
12. 12The Little Things Give You Away6:24Apple Music ↗

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