Album Review

The album that I chose to review was "Minutes To Midnight" by Linkin Park. I had never heard any of their music before and didn't know what to expect.

Artist: Linkin Park

Album: Minutes To Midnight

Year Released: May 2007

Record Label: Warner Bros. Records

Rating: 4/5

I'm not familiar with their work, but Linkin Park is a very spirited group. Their songs my not be to my liking, even though I respect that people like different kinds of music. Seeing how I have no musical taste keeps my opinion neutral. Their music seems to have a dark feeling to it and their lyrics seem to have a negative tone, but it seems that that is the purpose of their music and they portray that very well. I was kind of surprised when I was listening to their first song, "Wake". They had no lyrics in that song whatsoever, but seeing how that it was at the beginning of the album, it was a good introduction to the rest of the songs. "Bleed It Out" was another one that struck me, it was a song of hopelessness and giving up. Overall, this album is successful in what it trying to say.

Three Songs

The second song I listened to was "Only You" by The Platters. I just then realized what Spencer was talking about the "purpose" in the music and how they sang it. I didn't know that they were African-American at first, but I kinda guessed that they were. I didn't know for sure, because Spencer also said that white people were just singing the exact same songs and making a lot of money off of it. For example, "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard and Pat Boone.

The second song that I had a reaction to was "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by Peter, Paul and Mary. When I first heard this song I thought it was stupid and was hippies singing about flowers and such, but when I heard it again, I kind of saw a meaning behind the words. It was like an anti-war kind of song and how like everything is connected.

The thrid song that I had a reaction to was "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire. At first, I didn't get what he was talking about with all his examples of "destruction", but then I began to realize what he was taling about. He incorporated a lot of examples into his song like "...there will be no one to save when the world is in a grave" and how you can kill but can't vote. I really got a lot out of that song and i was amazed at how he could link all the things he did into a coherent song and get the message across.