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Released | May 14, 2007 | |||
Recorded | January 2006 – February 2007 | |||
Studio | The Mansion, Laurel Canyon, NRG Recordings, North Hollywood | |||
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Minutes to Midnight is the third studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007, through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin. Minutes to Midnight was the band's follow-up album to Meteora (2003) and features a shift in the group's musical direction. For the band, the album marks a beginning of deviation from their signature nu metal sound. Minutes to Midnight takes its title from the Doomsday Clock.[1] It is also the first Linkin Park full-length album to carry a Parental Advisory label.
Linkin Park started work on their third studio album in 2003, taking a break to tour in support of Meteora in 2004. In this time period, the band formed numerous side projects; Mike Shinoda formed his hip hopside projectFort Minor, while Chester Bennington formed Dead by Sunrise, causing the album to be shelved temporarily. The band returned to work on the record afterward, taking on a different musical direction than the 2003 sessions while working with producer Rick Rubin. The album's completion was delayed several times for unknown reasons. Eventually, 'What I've Done' was chosen as the album's lead single in April 2007, with the album seeing release in North America on May 15, 2007.
The album debuted at number one in the US Billboard 200[2][3] and in 15 other countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada.[4] In the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 623,000[5] albums sold, going on to be certified fourfold platinum in the United States. It was also certified double platinum in New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, and Australia and certified platinum in Canada, France, Switzerland and in the UK.[6] Despite its commercial success, Minutes to Midnight received mixed reviews from critics.[7]Rolling Stone magazine named it the twenty-fifth best album of 2007.[8] It has sold more than four million copies in the US and 20 million copies worldwide.[9] It was ranked number 154 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade.[10]
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Background[edit]
In an interview, lead singer Chester Bennington explained that the album is 'a mix of punk, classic rock, and hip-hop standards' and that 'Rick has brought more of a stripped down, classic-rock and hip-hop kind of feel.'[11]
In another interview, Bennington stated: 'This time around, Mike Shinoda is singing a lot more. It may seem like he's not on the record, but he's doing a lot of the harmonies. He also sings a couple of songs alone. We're presenting ourselves in a different way.'[12][13]
Recording and composition[edit]
16-second sample of 'Bleed It Out', the second single from Minutes to Midnight. 30-second sample of 'Shadow of the Day', the third single from Minutes to Midnight. | |
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Rick Rubin (left) and Linkin Park co-vocalist Mike Shinoda (right) served as producers for Minutes to Midnight.
Guitarist Brad Delson experimented with an EBow when the band was piecing together 'The Little Things Give You Away'. The band decided not to use the effect for the solo in that song and instead ended up creating 'No More Sorrow' out of the effect. In 'Given Up', he jingles the keys that are heard while several clap sounds are overlaid in the intro of the song (as mentioned in the lyric book: Brad added the sounds on the intro song: multiple tracks of claps - and keys jingling.). Shinoda and Delson teamed up with David Campbell to add string elements to six songs; 'Leave Out All the Rest', 'Shadow of the Day', 'Hands Held High', 'The Little Things Give You Away', as well as the two b-sides 'No Roads Left' and 'Blackbirds' (which was instead later used in the iPhone game 8-Bit Rebellion! as well as being included as a bonus track for A Thousand Suns), respectively. All scratching elements by Joe Hahn that existed in the previous two studio albums are largely absent because of the low mixing, except on the songs 'What I've Done', 'Wake', 'The Little Things Give You Away', 'Valentine's Day' and 'In Pieces'. Hahn contributes more with programming, electronics, and other elements to many of the songs. The church organ and military drumbeat on 'Hands Held High' were originally to be used as the backdrop to melodic vocals, but Rubin recommended that the band try the opposite approach according to the album booklet. For the album, the band recorded fifty to sixty songs in August 2006.[14] Their previous albums took only about three to six months to complete, while this one took 14 months.[14] They spent over six months writing the songs.[14] In previous albums, they composed an average of 40 songs, but they made over 100 this time.[14] 'Shadow of the Day' is one of two songs (the other being 'No Roads Left') to have Bennington playing the guitar. During live performances, Shinoda is generally playing the keyboard for 'Shadow of the Day', while Bennington plays rhythm guitar. Shinoda stated in an interview: 'We were looking back at the things that we had done in the past.. and I think we just figured that we had exhausted that sound. It was easy for us to replicate, it was easy for other bands to replicate, and we just needed to move on.'[15]
Shinoda performs his rapping vocals on only two tracks, 'Bleed It Out' and 'Hands Held High'. This is a significant decrease compared to the amount of rapping on previous albums. The rap vocals on 'Hands Held High' are much closer styled to Mike Shinoda's side project Fort Minor than his traditional Linkin Park verses, as he raps during most of the song. Despite a decrease of Mike Shinoda as rapper, he has three solo lead songs on the record: 'Hands Held High', 'In Between' and the bonus track 'No Roads Left'. He also raps on 'Bleed It Out' while 'What I've Done', 'Shadow of the Day', 'No More Sorrow' and 'The Little Things Give You Away' features backing vocals from Shinoda at the end. Minutes to Midnight is also Linkin Park's first album to feature guitar solos, particularly in the tracks 'What I've Done,' 'In Pieces' and 'The Little Things Give You Away'. Also, unlike the previous two studio albums, Minutes to Midnight contains profanity and thus the first Linkin Park studio album to contain a Parental Advisory (the first overall being their collaborative EP with Jay-Z, Collision Course) and politically charged lyrics.[16] The songs that contain profanity are 'Given Up', 'Bleed It Out' and 'Hands Held High'.
Cover artwork[edit]
Ruins of North Shore Beach and Yacht Club in North Shore, California
The front and back cover were recorded around the ruins of North Shore Beach and Yacht Club in North Shore, California.[17]A year after the release of Minutes to Midnight, the band released ten different covers that were originally used as consideration for the final cover for the album prior to its release. The band made all ten of these covers available for fans to use as the album art on iTunes.
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 56/100[18] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [19] |
Entertainment Weekly | C[20] |
Los Angeles Times | [21] |
Melodic | [22] |
New York Times | mixed[23] |
NME | 2/10[24] |
PopMatters | 6/10[25] |
Rolling Stone | [26] |
Spin | 7/10[27] |
USA Today | [28] |
Minutes to Midnight received generally mixed reviews, based on an aggregate score of 56/100 from Metacritic,[7] with critics showing approval, disapproval and indifference in almost equal measure.
Rolling Stone gave Minutes to Midnight 4 out of 5 stars, stating that 'most of Minutes is honed, metallic pop with a hip-hop stride and a wake-up kick',[26] and it was placed at number 25 in their list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[8]IGN referred to it as 'definitely a step in the right direction and a stepping stone for things to come'.[29]Herald Sun writer Karen Tye gave it 3½ out of 4 stars and praised the band's new sound, asking, 'Who knew being a plain old rock band could suit Linkin Park so well?'.[30] Despite commending the band for their ambition, The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and perceived 'their decision to stay roughly within the shrieky boundaries of their genre' as a weakness, while writing that 'the sound still pivots on the interplay of walloping guitar chords and self-flagellating lyrics'.[31]
Among those with a more negative view of the album was Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, who described the album's sound as 'passé' and summed the band's effort up as 'opting to create a muddled, colorless murk', giving it 2 and a half out of 5 stars.[19] Johan Wippsson from Melodic acknowledged the band's progression but felt that the album is 'weak' and 'too shattered'.[22]NME magazine's Dan Silver gave it a rating of 2/10, calling it the 'sound of a band trying and failing to forge a new identity', and referring to the song 'Hands Held High', a song about terrorist attacks and war, as 'far and away the funniest thing you will hear all year'.[24]
Commercial performance[edit]
Minutes to Midnight was delayed several times before its release. First scheduled to be released in the summer of 2006, it was later postponed to the fall of 2006, then again to early 2007. The album's release date was finally set for May 14, 2007. In Canada, the album was released on May 15, 2007. There are non-Parental Advisory releases of both the regular album and the special edition album. The songs 'Given Up', 'Bleed It Out', and 'Hands Held High' are edited. In Malaysia, the edited version for the album is available in digipak cover while the explicit edition available for the Tour Edition which features white slipcase cardboard cover and a standard jewel case. In the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 625,000 albums sold.[32] In Canada, the album sold over 50,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart.[3] Worldwide, the album shipped over 3.3 million copies in its first four weeks of release.[33]
Five singles were released from the album: 'What I've Done', 'Bleed It Out', 'Shadow of the Day', 'Given Up', and 'Leave Out All the Rest'. Although 'Given Up' and 'Leave Out All the Rest' had not been released as singles until early March 2008, 'Given Up' had already charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Pop 100 charts at numbers 99 and 78 respectively in 2007, and 'Leave Out All the Rest' had already charted on Billboard's Pop 100 chart at number 98 and Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 17 in 2007. The songs 'Hands Held High' and 'No More Sorrow' also charted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at numbers 23 and 24, respectively, in 2007. The album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide,[9] with 3.3 million copies sold in the US alone.[34].Although sales of the album were lower than their two first studio albums, the album was more successful in terms of single's charting performance, with all of the five singles released reaching the Billboard Hot 100, and two songs reaching the Bubbling under Hot 100.
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics written by Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda; all music composed by Linkin Park.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Wake' | 1:40 |
2. | 'Given Up' | 3:09 |
3. | 'Leave Out All the Rest' | 3:29 |
4. | 'Bleed It Out' | 2:44 |
5. | 'Shadow of the Day' | 4:49 |
6. | 'What I've Done' | 3:25 |
7. | 'Hands Held High' | 3:53 |
8. | 'No More Sorrow' | 3:41 |
9. | 'Valentine's Day' | 3:16 |
10. | 'In Between' | 3:16 |
11. | 'In Pieces' | 3:38 |
12. | 'The Little Things Give You Away' | 6:23 |
Total length: | 43:23 |
Special edition bonus DVD | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'The Making of Minutes to Midnight' | 39:42 |
2. | 'What I've Done' (video) | 3:28 |
3. | 'Making of What I've Done Video' | 20:49 |
4. | 'Advanced resolution PCM Stereo of all 12 tracks' |
Japanese edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Faint' (live in Japan) | 2:46 |
Total length: | 46:09 |
Tour edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'No Roads Left' | 3:55 |
14. | 'What I've Done' (Distorted Remix) | 3:46 |
15. | 'Given Up' (Third Encore Session) | 3:09 |
Total length: | 53:33 |
Japanese tour edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Faint' (live in Japan) | 2:46 |
14. | 'No Roads Left' | 3:52 |
15. | 'What I've Done' (Distorted Remix) | 3:50 |
16. | 'Given Up' (Third Encore Session) | 3:09 |
Total length: | 57:00 |
iTunes edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Faint' (live in Japan; does not appear on the clean deluxe (iTunes) version of the album (Canada) or on both explicit and clean deluxe editions in the US) | 2:44 |
14. | 'What I've Done' (live at Sessions@AOL; appears on both explicit and clean deluxe (iTunes) version of the album in Canada and the US) | 3:24 |
15. | 'No Roads Left' (pre-order only, originally at track 14) | 3:52 |
Total length: | 53:23 |
2013 iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'No Roads Left' | 3:48 |
14. | 'Across the Line' | 3:11 |
Total length: | 50:22 |
Wal-Mart edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Breaking the Habit' (live at Soundcheck) | 4:25 |
14. | 'What I've Done' (live at Soundcheck) | 3:24 |
Total length: | 51:12 |
Best Buy edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'What I've Done' (live at Sessions@AOL) | 3:29 |
14. | 'No More Sorrow' (live at Sessions@AOL) | 3:45 |
15. | 'Given Up' (live at Sessions@AOL) | 3:12 |
Total length: | 53:49 |
Circuit City edition bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Faint' (live) | 2:44 |
14. | 'What I've Done' (live) | 3:25 |
Total length: | 49:32 |
Asian digital download tour edition track listing (Live from Shanghai, China, November 18, 2007)[35] | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'One Step Closer' | |
2. | 'Lying from You' | |
3. | 'Somewhere I Belong' | |
4. | 'No More Sorrow' | |
5. | 'Papercut' |
European digital download tour edition track listing (Live from O2 Arena, London, January 29, 2008) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'What I've Done' | 7:27 |
2. | 'One Step Closer' | 4:10 |
3. | 'Faint' | 4:07 |
Total length: | 15:44 |
iTunes bonus video edition | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Behind the Scenes featurette' | 3:47 |
14. | 'What I've Done' (video) | 3:27 |
Total length: | 50:37 |
Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World[edit]
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Released | June 12, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2007–10 | |||
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Length | 50:34 | |||
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Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World is a live album which features live versions of songs from the third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. They were recorded in various cities around the world from 2007 to 2010.
Track listing[edit]
Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'Wake' (Live from Taipei, 2007) | 1:48 |
2. | 'Given Up' (Live from Taipei, 2009) | 3:18 |
3. | 'Leave Out All the Rest' (Live from Frankfurt, 2008) | 3:22 |
4. | 'Bleed It Out' (Live from Melbourne, 2010) | 5:33 |
5. | 'Shadow of the Day' (Live from Melbourne, 2010) | 4:32 |
6. | 'What I've Done' (Live from New York, 2008) | 4:57 |
7. | 'Hands Held High' (Live from Osaka, 2007) | 3:59 |
8. | 'No More Sorrow' (Live from Taipei, 2009) | 4:57 |
9. | 'Valentine's Day' (Live from Amnéville, 2008) | 3:21 |
10. | 'In Between' (Live from Paris, 2008) | 3:17 |
11. | 'In Pieces' (Live from Koln, 2008) | 3:42 |
12. | 'The Little Things Give You Away' (Live from Shanghai, 2007) | 7:43 |
Total length: | 50:34 |
Personnel[edit]
Linkin Park- Chester Bennington – lead vocals; rhythm guitar on 'Shadow of the Day' and 'No Roads Left'
- Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion, backing vocals on 'Hands Held High'
- Brad Delson – lead guitar; string arrangements on 'Leave Out All the Rest', 'Shadow of the Day', 'Hands Held High', 'The Little Things Give You Away', and 'No Roads Left', keyboard and backing vocals on 'Hands Held High'
- Dave 'Phoenix' Farrell – bass guitar; backing vocals on 'The Little Things Give You Away' and 'Hands Held High'
- Joe Hahn – turntables, sampling, programming, backing vocals on 'Hands Held High'
- Mike Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano, production; string arrangements on 'Leave Out All the Rest', 'Shadow of the Day', 'Hands Held High', 'The Little Things Give You Away', and 'No Roads Left'; acoustic guitar on 'The Little Things Give You Away'
- Rick Rubin – production
- Dana Nielsen – engineering
- Andrew Scheps – engineering
- Ethan Mates – engineering
- Phillip Broussard, Jr. – engineer assisting
- Neal Avron – mixing
- Nicolas Fournier – mix assisting
- George Gumbs – mix assisting
- Dave Collins – mastering
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Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Singles[edit]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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US [72] | US Alt. [73] | US Main. Rock [74] | AUS [75] | CAN [76] | GER [77] | IRL [78] | NZ [79] | SWI [80] | UK [81] | ||||
'What I've Done' | 2007 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | ||
'Bleed It Out' | 52 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 40 | 43 | 7 | 42 | 29 | |||
'Shadow of the Day' | 15 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 12 | -- | 13 | 11 | 46 | |||
'Given Up' | 2008 | 99 | 4 | 5 | -- | -- | 53 | -- | -- | -- | 29 | ||
'Leave Out All the Rest' | 94 | 11 | 33 | 24 | 17 | 15 | -- | 38 | 36 | 90 | |||
'—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Certifications[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[82] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[83] | 2× Platinum | 40,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[84] | Gold | 15,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[85] | 3× Platinum | 300,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[86] | 2× Platinum | 40,000^ |
Europe (IFPI)[87] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[88] | Gold | 15,893[88] |
France (SNEP)[89] | Gold | 75,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[90] | 7× Gold | 700,000^ |
Greece (IFPI Greece)[91] | Gold | 7,500^ |
Hungary (MAHASZ)[92] | Gold | 3,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[93] | Gold | 40,000* |
Japan (RIAJ)[94] | Platinum | 250,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[95] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV)[96] | Gold | 10,000* |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[97] | 2× Platinum | 60,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[98] | 2× Platinum | 600,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[99] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
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The remix album -- the time-honored tradition of buying time between records. Often, these are inconsequential affairs (Limp Bizkit's New Old Songs leaps to mind, for some reason), but if a band is smart, they can use this time-buying ploy to their advantage, redefining their sound somewhat, or at least reaching out for that elusive street credibility. The latter option is especially true for bands that have a big, big chart hit on their hands but little critical respect or reputation as a hip band. Which brings us to Linkin Park's Reanimation, a generous 20-track remix record of their debut Hybrid Theory that the band has vaguely alluded to as their art project. That means the group has left the hamfisted alt-metal of their debut behind, turning this record over to rappers, remixers, DJs, and assorted producers to give it a darkly hip, electronic edge. This may not be particularly pleasing to those who loved the angst-ridden rock theatrics of the debut, but it's a damn sight more interesting than that debut, helping Linkin Park distinguish themselves from the adolescently tortured rap-rock pack. The paradox is, of course, that the band sounds more original when filtered through the likes of Kutmasta Kurt, Alchemist, Pharoahe Monch, Aceyalone, and Jonathan Davis, among others, but any change is welcome, really (well, apart from the apparent decision to leave grammar and spelling behind; every song title is an 'arty' interpretation of the original title -- 'Paper Cut' is 'Ppr:Kut,' 'Cure for the Itch' is 'Kyur4 th Ich,' etc. -- resulting in a silly mish-mash of letters and numerals). Some of this works quite well, some of it is kind of juvenile (really, does Motion Man need to repeat 'Linkin Park -- remix' over and over again on his rap?), much of it is only slightly recognizable from the original, it's too long, and compared to contemporary arty rock (Radiohead, Flaming Lips, Clinic, Trail of Dead, System of a Down, Interpol, etc.), it really isn't that arty. But, compared to what they've done before, and compared to their peers, Reanimation is arty and a welcome step in the right direction.
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream |
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1 | 1:08 | |||
2 | 3:37 | |||
3 | feat: KutMasta Kurt / Motion Man | 4:00 | ||
4 | 0:24 | |||
5 | Dave 'Phoenix' Farrell / Linkin Park / Mark Wakefield | feat: Chali 2na / The Alchemist | 3:32 | |
6 | feat: Stephen Richards / Mike Shinoda | 4:38 | ||
7 | Dave 'Phoenix' Farrell / Linkin Park / Mark Wakefield | feat: Amp Live | 4:21 | |
8 | feat: Black Thought | 1:49 | ||
9 | Lorenzo Dechalus / Maxwell Dixon / Derek Murphy / Linkin Park | feat: DJ Babu / Evidence / Pharoahe Monch | 3:31 | |
10 | 0:22 | |||
You'> | 11 | 4:12 | ||
12 | 5:40 | |||
13 | feat: Cheapshot / Jubacca | 0:29 | ||
14 | feat: Backyard Bangers | 3:26 | ||
15 | Linkin Park / Mark Wakefield | feat: Mickey P. | 3:13 | |
16 | 4:18 | |||
17 | 0:10 | |||
18 | 3:42 | |||
19 | 2:33 | |||
20 | 5:46 |
Hybrid Theory isn’t just the title of Linkin Park’s chart-topping debut album, but a career mission statement.
From day one, the same six players (lead vocalist Chester Bennington, drummer/percussionist Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell, DJ/Programmer Joe Hahn, and keyboardist, guitarist, and co-lead vocals Mike Shinoda) built the band by fusing all their favorite styles of music into one unmistakable signature sound. With each album, Linkin Park defiantly challenges themselves and their fans by blasting into new musical territory. After setting the template for rock that incorporated hip-hop influences with Hybrid Theory and Meteora, they shifted gears completely and defied expectations with the polychromatic Minutes to Midnight, and again with the esoteric A Thousand Suns, before melding a piece of them all into 2012’s LIVING THINGS. With their 2014 release and heaviest offering in years, The Hunting Party, Linkin Park manage to capture their ever-innovative spirit with a hunger seldom seen in bands on their seventh album. One More Light (2017) is an interesting personal album, filled with a lot of emotion.
Unfortunately, on July 20, 2017, Chester unexpectedly committed suicide, shocking and saddening both fans and his own band members alike.
As for the band’s name, they were originally called Hybrid Theory, but trademark issues with a band called Hybrid forced the band to rethink their name. According to Alternative Press, Bennington suggested “Lincoln Park” since he had to drive past there after band practice to get home. However, the domain name “lincolnpark.com” cost more than the band could afford so they changed the spelling to Linkin Park. It was also suggested that the name change would help them appear right next to Limp Bizkit at record stores.
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Released a remix album in 2002 called 'Reanimation'.
Released their second album of new material in March, 2003 called 'Meteora'. It sold more than 810,000 copies in its first week.
Were the highest-selling music act of 2001, having sold more than 8 million copies of their 2000 debut album, 'Hybrid Theory'.
Band consists of Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda and Phoenix Farrell.
Linkin Park, prior to 2000, was known as 'Hybrid Theory', which also turned out to be the name of their first album as 'Linkin Park'.
Also have been known as Xero before Chester, with the lead singer of Mark Lund, who is now Taproots Manager.
Linkin Park has had several bassist swaps, Kyle Christner (now in the band NoseDive) was the bassist for Hybrid Theory, then Phoenix was back, while Phoenix was touring with 'The Snax,' Scott Koziol was a step in bassist, then finally, Phoenix came back for good..
Mike and Pheonix helped present the award for Best Butcher at the First Annual Fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2006.
Brad and Mike graduated from Agoura High School in 1996.
Their very first show was at L.A.'s famed rock showcase spot, The Whisky.
The band started off with the name Xero, then Hybrid Theory, and finally Linkin Park.
They chose 'Linkin Park' because Chester used to drive by Lincoln Park in Santa Monica, CA after practice and it grabbed his attention. The guys in the band liked how it sounded. They changed the spelling so that they could buy the domain, since lincolnpark.com was already taken and was too expensive to buy.
Band Members: Mike Shinoda (Vocals, Beats and Samples, Keyboards, Guitar) Chester Bennington (Vocals) Joe Hahn (Turntables, Samples, Beats, and Sounds) Rob Bourdon (Drums) Pheonix Farrell (Bass) Brad Delson (Guitar).
Albums: Hybrid Theory Meteora Reanimation Collision Course (with Jay-Z) Live In Texas.
Linkin Park donated $100,000 to the Tsunami Trust Fund.
The song 'My December' was covered by Josh Groban.
'In The End' was used to open the original airing of the Without a Trace (2002) pilot, as well as its use in the second season of Mile High (2003).
During Summer Sonic 2006 the band played a new song under the working title of QWERTY, of which they wrote the lyrics on the flight over. It is unknown whether this will be an album track or not, but a demo of the track was recorded in the studio and included on the sixth installment of the Linkin Park Underground EPs.
Mike and Chester have done a number of collaborations: Mike with DJ Vice (only known as Freestyle) and Lupe Fiasco (Instrumental/Never Lies), and Chester with Mötley Crüe (Home Sweet Home, remake for Hurricane Katrina relief), DJ Lethal (State of the Art), and both of them on Rock and Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This Part 2) on The Handsome Boy Modeling School's White People album.
The opening sequence of Linkin Park's 'Lying From You' was played during a Los Angeles Dodgers commercial teaser sequence during the 2005-2006 Season.
'A Place for My Head' was played during the first episode of VH1's The World Series of Pop Culture.
Chester Bennington performed 'System' on the Queen of the Damned soundtrack and a remix of 'Morning After' on the Underworld: Evolution Soundtrack.
Joe, Mike, Brad and Phoenix can be seen in the X-Ecutioner's video 'It's Goin' Down,' in which Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn also collaborate in.
The video for 'Breaking The Habit' was created by renowned Japanese animation studio GONZO, who's works include Trinity Blood, Last Exile, Hellsing (TV), and Kiddy Grade, just to name a few.
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The episode of ER (1994) called 'On the Beach' featured the song 'One Step Closer'.
Former Band Members: Scott Koziol- Bass Guitar (1999-2001) Stand in Bass player in the Hybrid Theory album. Records on the song One Step Closer and appears in the video. Kyle Christener- Bass Guitar (1998-1999) Stand in bass player during Phoenix's absence from the band during the Hybrid Theory EP. Mark Wakefield- Vocals (1996-1998) Original vocalist who left in 1998. He was later replaced by current member Chester Bennington. Wakefield now manages for Taproot.
'Session' was featured in the end title credits of the 2003 film The Matrix Reloaded (2003).
A part of 'Points Of Authority' was featured in the film Little Nicky (2000).
'One Step Closer' was featured in the 2000 film Dracula 2000 (2000).
'Pushing Me Away' was featured in the film Valentine (2001).
'Numb/Encore' was featured in the beginning of the 2006 film Miami Vice (2006).
The group has their own record company called 'Machine Shop Records'. 'Machine Shop Records' is the main record label for Fort Minor's first album, The Rising Tied.
First headlining tour was called Projekt Revolution.
Hybrid Theory has sold 19 million records worldwide.
Biggest hit so far is their song from Hybrid Theory 'In the End'.
The group has two side projects: Fort Minor and Dead By Sunrise.
Established Music for Relief. It's an organization that helped people affected by the Indian Ocean earthquake on Boxing Day (December 26th).
The album Meteora was named after a series of monasteries in Greece.
Their new album should be released sometime this year. [2005]
Headlining Projekt Revolution along with My Chemical Romance, Julien-K, HIM, and Taking Back Sunday. [June 2007]
Started touring again (currently on the Projekt Revolution Tour and soon to start the Summer Sanitarium Tour) [April 2003]
In studio working on their next album. Also about to release a collaboration CD/DVD with rapper Jay Z at the beginning of December. [November 2004]
Linkin Park have released 6 studio albums, 6 live albums, 2 compilation albums, 20 EPs, 12 video albums, 3 soundtrack albums, 2 remix albums, 29 singles, 15 promotional singles, and 36 music videos [July 2014].
Linkin Park became the most liked band in the world, with 69m likes.
Linkin Park released their sixth studio album 'The Hunting Party' June 17, 2014.
In 2015 Co-Vocalist Mike Shinoda reignited his solo project Fort Minor with the track 'Welcome'.
Before Linkin Park the band was originally called Hybrid Theory or Xero.
In 2007 the band opted out of their Nu Metal sound and took a new direction with Minutes to Midnight released the same year.
To date Linkin Park has collaborated with artists such as Jay-Z, Steve Aoki, and Daron Malakian of System Of A Down.
Personal Quotes (2)
Linkin Park Cd List 2016
[About Meteora] Rob: I think the new album will definitely have some softer, piano based songs.
Rob: There are Meteora remixes? Oh yeah those. Those will make their way to the surface sometime, I don't know when.
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A Thousand Suns Linkin Park |
Collision Course Jay-Z and Linkin Park |
Demos Linkin Park |
Heavy - Benelux Promotional CD Single Linkin Park |
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park |
Hybrid Theory EP Linkin Park |
In The End Linkin Park |
In The End - Live & Rare Linkin Park |
Live From Mexico Linkin Park |
Live In Texas Linkin Park |
Living Things Linkin Park |
Lpu9 Cd-Linkin Park Demos Linkin Park |
Meteora Linkin Park |
Minutes To Midnight Linkin Park |
Minutes To Midnight: European Tour Edition Linkin Park |
Music For Relief Compilation Linkin Park |
One More Light Linkin Park |
One More Light Live Linkin Park |
Reanimation Linkin Park |
Recharged Linkin Park |
Road To Revolution Live At Milton Keynes Linkin Park |
Songs From The Underground Ep Linkin Park |
Star Profile: Linkin Park Linkin Park |
Studio Collection Linkin Park |
The Hunting Party Linkin Park |
Thousand Suns (Gundam Special Collaboration) Linkin Park |
Underground 11.0 Linkin Park |
Underground 12.0 Linkin Park |
Underground 13.0 Linkin Park |