Audio CD review:
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (MVI DVD + Bonus CD)

Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight (MVI DVD + Bonus CD)

Band: Linkin Park Title: Minutes to Midnight (MVI DVD + Bonus CD) Rating: Release Date: 15 May, 2007 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Wake 2: Given Up 3: Leave Out All The Rest 4: Bleed It Out 5: Shadow Of The Day 6: What I've Done 7: Hands Held High 8: No More Sorrow 9: Valentine's Day 10: In Between 11: In Pieces 12: The Little Things Give You Away

Editoral Review But for all its volume, Linkin Park likes to paint its heart openly on its sleeve with suspicious sonic drama, as in the palpably saccharine "Valentine's Day. Minutes to Midnight stands to defend Linkin Park's status as the hardest-rockin' softies in mainstream music, flexing both plenty of decibel-heavy muscle and slabs of made-to-order, melodic radio fare. " Fortunately, co-producer Rick Rubin brings all these elements to pinnacle effect with the surprise "Hands Held High," on which MC Mike Shinoda drops the two best verses of his career. As major labels undergo digital growing pains, the MVI (Music Video Interactive) format of Minutes to Midnight makes a valiant attempt to raise the stakes of value-added product, packaging videos ("What I've Done" and two "making of" featurettes), lyrics, liner notes, ringtones, a photo gallery, icons, wallpaper, fan club info, and "fine art" onto one DVD. The additional toolkit and widget links registered users to more online content, including further downloads, the band's message board, an easily navigable store stocked with other Linkin Park music and swag, and more. As far as we can tell, the MVI does not install anything. Much of the content undergoes some skipping on all but the newest computers, but despite a few kinks, MVI is clearly not your father's MP3. --Jason Kirk .. You can see a complete list of all Linkin Park discography, or go back to the Linkin Park tabs