Course change direction Pop

After Linkin Park 2000/01 with their album "Hybrid Theory" at the right time at the right place were u. A commercially successful debut with until today 20 million copies sold, have to show that expectations were still very large to them.
First, they treated this burden with the inconsequential remix album "Re-Animation", which had to show not renowned artists at the controls until Orgy's Jay Gordon, also the much heralded remix of Marilyn Manson proved Latrinenparole.

With "Meteora" was laid then 2003 uninspierierte adaptation of the debut after that the fans could not scare u. By the smoother songs a few more to winning.

That LP are close to the hip-hop, was not a secret, so that the promoted by MTV collaborating with a rapper (here: Jay-Z) was so surprising sunshine in summer.
Since we published here simply had the most successful single of "Meteora" recycled u. Also same again as "Numb / Encore", was paid to the mini-album "Collision Course" more attention would have been entitled as him. MTV Thanks be ...

Then it was time, with "Minutes To Midnight" came the regular album no. 3 u. Split the audience.
Granted, with debut u. Second album has to do much of anything this album, what was supposed to be also commendable. "Hybrid Theory 3.0" would certainly have the diehards very pleased, but the loss of the old fans they can because of the softer u. Much quieter, radiotauglicheren songs surely compensate, if they could not record a gain on the credit side in the end even.

The first single coupling (What I've Done ") was worst suspect had calculated u. Dowdy, would have fit easily on the two previous albums.
Also "Bleed It Out" played with the mix of singing and. Rap, the interplay of the vocalists in the cards of those who would get nothing new on offer yes. Unfortunately, has not even three-minute song about the same pressure as a 2.0 liter engine in a 42-ton truck.
After the release of "Shadow Of The Day", which could be a small tribute to U2, the cries of sell-commerce were u. Extremely loud.
Bad as the song is thus not far from u. If you like LP adduced since 2001 media coverage, the commercial success was a long time ago, "Minutes To Midnight" been there, you would have had no reason to have to suck up.
With "Give Up", the current decoupling one seems to want to reconcile u. Published the "toughest" track of the album.

"Minutes To Midnight" Like always where it can not take the previous songs of LP remembers how the poppy "Leave Out All The Rest", "Shadow of the Day", "In Between" or "In Pieces" - exactly the songs which are well regarded by the actual LP fans as the most terrible.

Total losses are expected also to verzeichen, in my opinion, "No More Sorrow" (one of the harder, but totally boring u. Annoying songs ") u." Hands Held Hight "(lyrically though ok, but musical lean fare that the stigma of rock boyband further nourishes).

The rest is musical foods without vertices u. Edge that tastes u. Not charged.
Unique Pop, a breeze usual (grooves) Rocks u. Even less HipHop.

Admittedly, I would have panned the album as a critic of Linkin Park only too happy, but it's too good to be bad -. Head and shoulders above the regular predecessor and qualitatively at least equivalent to the debut, but just different.