Linkin park 最新大碟 Minutes To Midnight.歌曲推荐 Leave out all the rest

xbizkit

我看我因该不会pre-order，直接去唱片公司买会更快拿到。反正我只是要听歌而以。

BooNBoX

原帖由 xbizkit 于 13-4-2007 08:05 PM 发表
我看我因该不会pre-order，直接去唱片公司买会更快拿到。反正我只是要听歌而以。

就是咯。。。 又不是说送什么很珍贵的东西。。。 很吝啬！！才一张poster。。但是也不少人订了。。。 我也应该不会订吧。。。说不定迟点又有promotion。。。

BooNBoX

Striking midnight

April 12, 2007
The Star

Linkin Park is poised for bigger things with its eagerly awaited third studio outing Minutes to Midnight.

By melding elements of alternative metal, post grunge, hip-hop and electronica to create a muscular, MTV-friendly heavy rock sound with a strong visual edge, Californian six-piece Linkin Park has emerged to become the biggest selling rock band in the world ?even outselling the likes of U2 ?with the Grammy awards to show for its troubles.

The across-the-board success of the band? albums like the multi-million selling debut Hybrid Theory, its equally successful follow-up Meteora and Collision Course, the genre-busting mash-up collaboration with Jay-Z, has firmly established Linkin Park as one of the most popular rock acts in the world. Now after a lengthy hiatus, Linkin Park is back in world domination mode with a new album, a new sound and a new world tour all set to go.

Scheduled for release on May 14, the band? new album Minutes to Midnight was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, the renowned studio whiz who helmed records by legends like the Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Run DMC and Johnny Cash.

Recorded at the infamous Mansion studio, situated high up on the beautiful surrounds of Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, Minutes to Midnight has been touted (by the band members and critics) as the band? best and most important work to date. The band spent over 14 months in the studio and wrote over a 100 songs during the making of Minutes to Midnight, an album which vocalist/rapper Mike Shinoda views as ? breakthrough in the development of the band? sound?  


According to Shinoda, new methods of songwriting were explored by the band for the album, using instruments and equipment that they hadn? experimented with before, like vintage guitars and amps, mellotron and even Rubin? original Roland 808 drum machine that he used on the first Beastie Boys record (License to Ill in 1986).  

Commented Rubin on the band? new musical direction on Minutes to Midnight: ?t doesn? sound like rap rock. There? very strong songwriting running though the songs. It? a very melodic and progressive record.?nbsp;

In preparation for the album? release next month, media from the region were given a rare opportunity to be among the first people in the world to taste the potency of Linkin Park? new material for themselves last week, when the band staged a special media listening session at a posh hotel in Kuala Lumpur to present the album. In a real coup for the band? record company, frontman Chester Bennington agreed to fly in to Malaysia to attend the track-by-track listening session, participate in a question and answer session and appear at an album pre-sale launch at Tower Records in KLCC.

So how good is the new Linkin Park album really?  

Well, initial reactions at the listening session revealed Minutes to Midnight to be an accessible sounding album that effectively showcased the maturing sound of the band without being too far removed from the Linkin Park sound of old.  

Although the band have been talking about how different the album sounds compared to its previous records, in truth there really isn? too much that has changed about the band? sound. Rubin may given the band a more streamlined rock sound but strip away the sonics on generic rockers on the album like Given Up, lead single What I?e Done, Bleed it Out and No More Sorrow and the songs still come across as quintessential Linkin Park ?heavy, angry, but radio-friendly at the same time.

The main difference between this new album and its previous records is the mood and tempo of the material. Rather than come across loud, distorted and metallic, the songs on Minutes to Midnight are generally slower and subtle, with more atmospheric and melodic twists. It? on the slower material like Shadow of the Day ?a dead ringer for U2? With Or Without You but with nu-metal overtones ?and the anthemic Hands Held High with its church organ and gospel harmonies that the new, more mature, gentler side of Linkin Park comes into play.  

Elsewhere, the moody rock ballads like Leave Out the Rest, In-Between (featuring a lead vocal from Shinoda) and the sombre album closer The Little Things Give You Away show that Linkin Park is not adverse to showing off its sensitive, emotive side.  

With an even spread of accessible loud rockers, mid-tempo anthems and heartfelt ballads, Minutes to Midnight is the kind of impeccably produced, mainstream album that Linkin Park fans will take to heart with no fuss. In terms of musical progression, it? not too dramatic a shift as the band and record company would have you believe ,and certainly not one that would alienate the existing audience via rampant experimentation.  

A lot of the time, the songs still sound unmistakably like Linkin Park. Rather than something radical, Minutes to Midnight is the sound of a maturing band getting comfortable with their newfound status as the biggest band in the world.


A limited edition giant Linkin Park poster is available now if you pre-book a copy of Minutes to Midnight. Offer is available at record stores nationwide and ends May 14.

BooNBoX

哈哈。。 有一首歌是mike lead vocal。。。 。。。 期待ing。。。

hueyMay

哇。真的期待呢。。
过后有promotion?

aelx

今天刚预购。。才RM３６。。
有一点吓到。。可是他没有给我POSTER。。是不是要去拿CD的时候才有？

hueyMay

only rm36?????
我定rm45.9

Justin_Tan1223

我今天也去了 Popular CD-Rama 预定 Linkin Park [Minutes To Midnight], RM 36 送一张 Poster 不过要等到拿 CD 那天才可以拿，

我有问店员，他们说也有 Import 的 Limited Edition
(送 Poster 和 DVD, 而且包装精美，但是要百多元）

BooNBoX

原帖由 Justin_Tan1223 于 16-4-2007 12:07 AM 发表
我今天也去了 Popular CD-Rama 预定 Linkin Park , RM 36 送一张 Poster 不过要等到拿 CD 那天才可以拿，

我有问店员，他们说也有 Import 的 Limited Edition
(送 Poster 和 DVD, 而且包装精美，但是要百多元）

真的吗？？？ 我一定会买dvd的。。。 。。。 。。。

Justin_Tan1223

原帖由 BooNBoX 于 2007/4/16 02:59 AM 发表



真的吗？？？ 我一定会买dvd的。。。 。。。 。。。

当然 ， 但好像要 pre-order

BooNBoX

原帖由 Justin_Tan1223 于 16-4-2007 12:33 PM 发表


当然 ， 但好像要 pre-order

不懂新加坡这边有没有，我还有2个月才可以回来。。。 怎么办！！ （急得热锅上的蚂蚁）。。。

hueyMay

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原帖由 Justin_Tan1223 于 16-4-2007 12:07 AM 发表
我今天也去了 Popular CD-Rama 预定 Linkin Park , RM 36 送一张 Poster 不过要等到拿 CD 那天才可以拿，

我有问店员，他们说也有 Import 的 Limited Edition
(送 Poster 和 DVD, 而且包装精美，但是要百多元）

太迟了 不然我要买这个

hueyMay

原帖由 BooNBoX 于 16-4-2007 02:25 PM 发表



不懂新加坡这边有没有，我还有2个月才可以回来。。。 怎么办！！ （急得热锅上的蚂蚁）。。。

ask ur fren 帮你啦。。
羡慕你

Justin_Tan1223

原帖由 hueyMay 于 2007/4/16 06:28 PM 发表
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太迟了 不然我要买这个

再买多一次咯

hueyMay

原帖由 Justin_Tan1223 于 16-4-2007 06:29 PM 发表



再买多一次咯

我会破产。。又要进回 lpu.. 我那天叫哥哥 不要买先。。等有dvd采买。。我就有的看了

xbizkit

DVD的有啥么不一样呢？有全部歌曲的MV？

xbizkit

原帖由 BooNBoX 于 16-4-2007 02:25 PM 发表



不懂新加坡这边有没有，我还有2个月才可以回来。。。 怎么办！！ （急得热锅上的蚂蚁）。。。

不用担心，新加坡肯定会有的，我也是打算在边那买。

BooNBoX

原帖由 xbizkit 于 16-4-2007 07:46 PM 发表




不用担心，新加坡肯定会有的，我也是打算在边那买。

倚？哈哈。。 你也是在这边？？ 念书还是打工？？或者自己当老板？？ 我在boon lay附近念书。。。

xbizkit

原帖由 BooNBoX 于 18-4-2007 12:11 AM 发表



倚？哈哈。。 你也是在这边？？ 念书还是打工？？或者自己当老板？？ 我在boon lay附近念书。。。

我在这里当外国劳工。你在NTU念书？？几年记了？

神浪

Warner Music好会抽血也，看看它在Band Merch出了几个版本.
http://www.bandmerch.com/java2/B ... exclusive/index.jsp

最贵的要USD99.95，血管都给他抽干了:@