Yo people,
It's now 22:20 on my clock, so it's still 100 minutes to midnight. 40 Minutes to 23:00, and 60 minutes from 23:00 to 00:00. So 40+60 minutes = 100 minutes. Why I said that? It's easy, I bought it yesterday.. Bought what? The new frickin' Linkin Park album! And the name is 'Minutes to Midnight'. Duh. And me and my friend were the first one, who bought it in whole of Noord-Brabant. Awesome right? And maybe, we bought it the first in whole of the Netherlands, if that's so. We were the first one, who bought it official in the WHOLE frickin' world. Because I read that it was the worldpremiere. Of the sale. Pretty cool if that was. I can give you a review from M2M.
I already downloaded it from the internet. And it wasn't very good from me, but I showed my respect to Linkin Park to buy it. So I bought it. But my opinion of the new album, is fuckin' awesome. Even though it has a different sound, it's still a great album. But I dislike 2 songs on the album: In Between and Little Things Give You Away. Because those songs doesn't touch me. It isn't catchy, and the rest of the album is. I also never listen to Wake, because it's an intro song. But I like the rest, especially Given Up, Bleed It Out and No More Sorrow, but those songs are the more harder songs on the album. And what also great is about the album, Brad (guitarist) plays SOLO's, and he never done that on whatever album. And I like it. Even though I don't like Little Things Give You Away, I still like it a little bit, but the problem is, it's too long. It has to be shorter, because 6 minutes is so NOT Linkin Park. But further the album isn't great instantly, you have to listen to it many times. Especially the slower songs, you have to listen to the true beauty of the songs. I already listened to it 20 times or something. Maybe more, maybe less. But who cares. I finally like the album, and that's why I bought it. On a special evening, world premiere evening. And I didn't tell that the album I bought, was not like a normal cover. It was something like a book, and if you openend it, you see the CD in the beginning, and the DVD in the end of the book. There are also lyrics and so in the book. Awesome pictures and something more Linkin Park wanted to say. I already watched the DVD. It has MP3 files of the songs, and the Making of Minutes to Midnight/What I've Done. And also the normal video of What I've Done. And I can say, Linkin Park is crazy, you can see walk Chester in his underpants. If you wanna know why, then just buy the frickin' DVD. But if I want to rate the album, then it has to be this: 8,3 / 10. If you wanna know why, I dislike 2 songs, and I like 10 songs. That's 10 of 12. 10/12 = 0,8333.. And 0,8333x10 = 8,3. So that's the rating for the album.
And I will give you a rating for each song.
Wake: I still didn't listenend to it well, but it's just an instrumental song, the intro. I do not dislike, 3/5
Given Up: Awesome song, I think it's one of the best song of the album, even though I don't like the bridge too much, but you can hear Chester's amazing vocal. *EDIT: Perfect song, I have used to the bridge. 5/5
Leave Out All The Rest: A slow song, not typical Linkin Park, but this is my favourite line: I can't be who you are. 4/5
Bleed It Out: This is also one of my favourite songs. But I'm missing something in this song, and that's a rhytmn guitar. 4/5
Shadow Of The Day: This is also a slow song, I really do like if it's getting more stronger. 3/5
What I've Done: I'll say, a perfect song. It's full, nothing's missing. 5/5
Hands Held High: A song, vocals by (only) Mike Shinoda. I like the song, but I think that Amen part is weird. But further, it's a great song. 3/5
No More Sorrow: A song with that ebow-effect. A very good song, but there's one thing that's bad. And that's the bridge, not the vocals, but the guitar part. It's too weak. 4/5
Valentine's Day: It's also a slow song from Linkin Park. I love the song, but it's not yet perfect. 4/5
In Between: I really do not like this song, the intro is not catchy, I almost hate it. 2/5
In Pieces: I really like the song, because it's catchy, and it has a solo! I think it's more like the new style of Lostprophets. 5/5
Little Things Give You Away: This song is too long, it's about 6:23? It begins slow, and it ends slow, the only thing I like is some parts of the song and the solo. It can be a fine song, if it's shortened. * EDIT: Since I've been to Pinkpop, I 've given the song more respect. 4/5
This overall rating is: 46/60
So this was my post/review, and I'll see you next time
Bye, from Ghandy
