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{{Short description|2007 studio album by Linkin Park}}
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{{Infobox album
| Name = Minutes to Midnight
| Type = studio
| name = Minutes to Midnight
| Cover = Minutes-to-midnight-explicit.jpg
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Linkin Park]] |
| artist = [[Linkin Park]]
| cover = Minutes to Midnight cover.jpg
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| Recorded = [[June 2006]] – [[January 2007]] at [[The Mansion]] in [[Los Angeles, California]]
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| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]<br>[[Alternative metal]]
| Length = 41:23
| released = {{start date|2007|5|14}}
| recorded = January 2006 – March 2007
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records]]<br>[[Machine Shop Recordings]]
| venue =
| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]]<br />[[Mike Shinoda]]
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* [[Alternative rock]]
*Entertainment Weekly '''(C)''' [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20038383,00.html link]
* [[alternative metal]]
*[[IGN]] {{rating-10|7.5}} [http://music.ign.com/articles/788/788496p1.html link]
* [[hard rock]]
*''[[Kerrang!]]'' {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.lpassociation.com/forums/showpost.php?p=646563&postcount=1 link]
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*Kudos Magazine {{rating-10|8}} [http://www.kudosmagazine.com/?p=833 link]
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*[[NME]] {{rating-10|2}} [http://www.zinio.com/express2?issue=210403466 Link]
* [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
*[[Planet Sound]] {{rating-10|3}}
* [[Machine Shop Recordings|Machine Shop]]
*[[Rock Sound]] {{rating-10|8}} [http://www.lpassociation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24770 link]
| producer =
*[[Rolling Stone]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/linkinpark/albums/album/14435695/review/14459315/minutes_to_midnight link]
* [[Rick Rubin]]
*[[Sputnikmusic]] {{rating-5|2}} [http://sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=12050 link]
* [[Mike Shinoda]]
*[[The Guardian]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2076675,00.html link]
| chronology = [[Linkin Park]]
*[[The Los Angeles Times]] {{rating-4|2.5}} [http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-linkin15may15,0,2089411.story?coll=cl-calendar link]
| prev_title = [[Collision Course (EP)|Collision Course]]
*The Music Nazi {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.themusicnazi.com/?p=635 link]
| prev_year = 2004
*[[The New York Times]] '''(unfavorable)''' [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/arts/music/14choi.html?ref=music&pagewanted=all link]
| next_title = [[Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes]]
*[[Twisted Ear]] {{Rating-5|1}} [http://www.twistedear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=852&Itemid=31 link]
| next_year = 2008
| Last album = ''[[Collision Course]]''<br/>(2004)
| misc =
| This album = ''Minutes to Midnight''<br/>(2007)
{{Singles
| Next album =
| name = Minutes to Midnight
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| type = studio
{{Singles
| Name = Minutes to Midnight
| single1 = [[What I've Done]]
| single1date = April 2, 2007
| Type = studio
| single 1 = [[What I've Done]]
| single2 = [[Bleed It Out]]
| single 1 date = [[April 2]], [[2007]]
| single2date = August 17, 2007
| single3 = [[Shadow of the Day]]
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| single3date = October 16, 2007
}}
| single4 = [[Given Up]]
| single4date = March 3, 2008
| single5 = [[Leave Out All the Rest]]
| single5date = July 14, 2008
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}}
}}
{{other|Minutes to Midnight (disambiguation)}}


'''''Minutes to Midnight''''' is the third studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Linkin Park]], released on May 14, 2007, through [[Warner Bros. Records]]. The album was produced by [[Mike Shinoda]] and [[Rick Rubin]]; it is Linkin Park's first studio album produced without Don Gilmore, who had produced the band's two previous albums. ''Minutes to Midnight'' is the band's follow-up album to ''[[Meteora (album)|Meteora]]'' (2003), and features a shift in the group's musical direction. For the band, the album marked a beginning of deviation from their signature [[nu metal]] sound. ''Minutes to Midnight'' takes its title from the [[Doomsday Clock]] symbol.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/linkin_park_makes_minutes_to_midnight_count|title=Linkin Park Makes 'Minutes to Midnight' Count|last=Rodriguez|first=Dana|date=May 25, 2007|work=BMI.com|access-date=June 5, 2017}}</ref> It is also the band's first full-length album to carry a [[Parental Advisory]] label.
'''''Minutes to Midnight''''' is [[Linkin Park]]'s third [[studio album]], released on [[May 15]], [[2007]]. This is the first Linkin Park album to feature all band members on the album cover, to be co-produced by [[Mike Shinoda]], and to receive a [[parental advisory]] sticker (excluding ''[[Collision Course]]'', the mash-up album with [[Jay-Z]]).<ref>[http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxfuxzl5ldke Minutes to Midnight - Overview on All Music Guide]</ref>


Linkin Park started working on their third studio album in 2003, taking a break to tour in support of ''Meteora'' in 2004. In this time period, the band formed numerous side projects; Mike Shinoda formed his [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] [[side project]] [[Fort Minor]], while [[Chester Bennington]] formed [[Dead by Sunrise]], both of which caused the album to be shelved temporarily. The band returned to work on the record afterward, taking on a different musical direction from the 2003 sessions while working with producer Rick Rubin. The album's completion was delayed several times for unknown reasons. Eventually, "[[What I've Done]]" was chosen as the album's [[lead single]] in April 2007, with the album seeing release in North America on May 15, 2007.
The first single on the album, "[[What I've Done]]", was digitally released on [[April 3]] in the UK and [[April 2]] in the US. The CD single was released on [[April 30]].


The album debuted at number one in the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="Billboard 200"/><ref name=Jamlp>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/L/Linkin_Park/2007/05/23/4202335-ca.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115065706/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/L/Linkin_Park/2007/05/23/4202335-ca.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |title=Linkin Park screams up charts |publisher=[[Jam!]]|first=John|last=Williams|date=May 23, 2007|access-date=April 7, 2011}}</ref> and in 15 other countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052017/rihanna-linkin-park-take-control-of-uk-charts |title=Rihanna, Linkin Park Take Control Of U.K. Charts |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=August 10, 2011}}</ref> In the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 623,000<ref>{{cite news|last=Leeds|first=Jeff|title=Arts, Briefly|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/848072042/|access-date=October 4, 2014|work=The New York Times|date=May 24, 2007}}</ref> albums sold, going on to be certified [[Music recording sales certification|five times platinum]] in the US. It has sold more than four million copies in the US. It was ranked number 154 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s ''Hot 200 Albums of the Decade''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard - Music Charts, Music News, Artist Photo Gallery & Free Video|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/billboard-200-albums?year=2009&begin=141&order=position|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> Despite its commercial success, ''Minutes to Midnight'' received mixed reviews from critics.<ref name="Meta" /> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, however, named it the twenty-fifth best album of 2007.<ref name="rollingstone2007">{{cite magazine|last1=Christgau |first1=Robert |last2=Fricke |first2=David |last3=Hoard |first3=Christian |last4=Sheffield |first4=Rob |title=The Top 50 Albums of 2007 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007/13 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=November 16, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220102259/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007/13 |archive-date=December 20, 2007 }}</ref>
According to Hits Daily Double the album is expected to top the chart at #1 with around 600,000 copies.<ref>http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news06661m01</ref>


==Release==
== Background ==
In an interview, lead singer [[Chester Bennington]] explained that the album is "a mix of [[punk rock|punk]], [[classic rock]], and [[hip hop music|hip-hop]] standards" and that "[[Rick Rubin|Rick]] has brought more of a stripped down, classic-rock and hip-hop kind of feel."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cna.co.za/Pages/Catalogs/ProductDetail.aspx?GroupName=None&ProductDefintionName=CNA_Music&ProductID=82770336&VariantID=82770379&TPNCT=82770336 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717201402/http://www.cna.co.za/Pages/Catalogs/ProductDetail.aspx?GroupName=None&ProductDefintionName=CNA_Music&ProductID=82770336&VariantID=82770379&TPNCT=82770336 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-17 |title=cna.co.za: Browser Not Valid<!-- Bot generated title -->]Product Details|date=July 17, 2011}}</ref>
The album was delayed multiple times, first scheduled for summer [[2006]], then fall 2006, then early 2007, until finally, the release date was set for [[May 15]], [[2007]]. In an interview in September 2006, [[Mike Shinoda|Shinoda]] explained, "When songs are pouring out you don't ever want to stop that. We already have over 100 roughs for songs. We've narrowed it down since but we're not ready to commit to those yet."<ref name="albumnews">{{cite web |last=Hope|first=Clover |year= September 06, 2006 | title= New Songs Still Pouring Out Of Linkin Park | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003117355 | accessdate=September 11 | accessyear= 2006 }}</ref>


In another interview, Bennington stated: "This time around, [[Mike Shinoda]] is singing a lot more. It may seem like he's not on the record, but he's doing a lot of the harmonies. He also sings a couple of songs alone. We're presenting ourselves in a different way."<ref name="folhateen">''Folhateen Article''. April 3, 2007.</ref><ref name="mtvnews">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1541846/09272006/linkin_park.jhtml?headlines=true|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508115318/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1541846/09272006/linkin_park.jhtml?headlines=true|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2007|title=Linkin Park Say Nu-Metal Sound Is 'Completely Gone' On Next LP|website=[[MTV]]|access-date=June 1, 2007}}</ref>
From the early demo sessions, "QWERTY", which was rumored to be on ''Minutes to Midnight'', has appeared on the ''[[Linkin Park Underground#Underground v6.0|Linkin Park Underground v6.0]]'' CD on [[December 5]], [[2006]] in both live and studio demo versions. The song has been confirmed as a "fan club only" track and is not included on ''Minutes to Midnight''.


===Recording and composition===
"This was a year-and-a-half long process of really hard work and experimentation in the studio that yielded about 150 rough songs," guitarist [[Brad Delson]] told Billboard.com. "Not only is this album incredibly diverse, but the depth of the material is really strong."
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Guitarist [[Brad Delson]] experimented with an [[EBow]] when the band was piecing together "The Little Things Give You Away". The band decided not to use the effect for the solo in that song and instead ended up creating "No More Sorrow" out of the effect. In "[[Given Up]]", he jingles the keys that are heard while several clap sounds are overlaid in the intro of the song (as mentioned in the lyric book: ''Brad added the sounds on the intro song: multiple tracks of claps - and keys jingling.''). Shinoda and Delson teamed up with [[David Campbell (composer)|David Campbell]] to add string elements to six songs; "Leave Out All the Rest", "Shadow of the Day", "Hands Held High", "The Little Things Give You Away", as well as the two b-sides "No Roads Left" and "Blackbirds" (which was instead later used in the [[iPhone]] game ''[[8-Bit Rebellion!]]'' as well as being included as a bonus track for ''A Thousand Suns''), respectively. All scratching elements by [[Joe Hahn]] that existed in the previous two studio albums are largely absent because of the low mixing, except on the songs "What I've Done", "Wake", "The Little Things Give You Away", "Valentine's Day" and "In Pieces". Hahn contributes more with programming, electronics, and other elements to many of the songs. The church organ and military drumbeat on "Hands Held High" were originally to be used as the backdrop to melodic vocals, but Rubin recommended that the band try the opposite approach according to the album booklet. For the album, the band recorded fifty to sixty songs in August 2006.<ref name="Linkin park takes a longer time to create album">{{cite web|url=http://observerzparadise.com/linkin-park-minutes-to-midnight/|title=Linkin Park indecisive about forthcoming album|work=Oberverzparadise|access-date=February 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024151254/http://observerzparadise.com/linkin-park-minutes-to-midnight/|archive-date=October 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Their previous albums took only about three to six months to complete, while this one took 14 months.<ref name="Linkin park takes a longer time to create album"/> They spent over six months writing the songs.<ref name="Linkin park takes a longer time to create album"/> In previous albums, they composed an average of 40 songs, but they made over 100 this time.<ref name="Linkin park takes a longer time to create album"/> "[[Shadow of the Day]]" is one of two songs (the other being "No Roads Left") to have Bennington playing the guitar. During live performances, Shinoda is generally playing the keyboard for "Shadow of the Day", while Bennington plays rhythm guitar. Shinoda stated in an interview: "We were looking back at the things that we had done in the past... and I think we just figured that we had exhausted that sound. It was easy for us to replicate, it was easy for other bands to replicate, and we just needed to move on."<ref>{{cite video | people=[[Mike Shinoda]] | date=May 15, 2007 | url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OCZ0ZO | title=Minutes to Midnight (Special Edition) | medium=Music Documentary}}</ref>
The first single, "[[What I've Done]]", was released on [[April 2]], 2007, and debuted at number one on the U.S. [[Modern Rock Tracks|Modern Rock chart]].<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003570968|title=Timbaland Soars To No. 1 After Sales Explosion|publisher=Billboard|date=04-12-2007}}</ref>


Shinoda performs his [[rapping]] vocals on only two tracks, "[[Bleed It Out]]" and "Hands Held High". This is a significant decrease compared to the amount of rapping on previous albums. The rap vocals on "Hands Held High" are much closer styled to Mike Shinoda's side project [[Fort Minor]] than his traditional Linkin Park verses, as he raps during most of the song. Despite a decrease of Mike Shinoda as rapper, he has three solo lead songs on the record: "Hands Held High", "In Between" and the bonus track "No Roads Left". He also raps on "Bleed It Out" while "What I've Done", "Shadow of the Day", "No More Sorrow" and "The Little Things Give You Away" features backing vocals from Shinoda at the end. ''Minutes to Midnight'' is also Linkin Park's first album to feature guitar solos, particularly in the tracks "What I've Done," "In Pieces" and "The Little Things Give You Away". Also, unlike the previous two studio albums, ''Minutes to Midnight'' contains profanity and thus the first [[Linkin Park]] studio album to contain a [[Parental Advisory]] (the first overall being their collaborative [[extended play|EP]] with [[Jay-Z]], ''[[Collision Course (EP)|Collision Course]]'') and politically charged lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coffee-bytes.com/node/554 |title=Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight |date=February 3, 2009 |access-date=December 19, 2012 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203033559/http://coffee-bytes.com/node/554 |archive-date=February 3, 2009 }}</ref> The songs that contain profanity are "Given Up", "Bleed It Out" and "Hands Held High". Genre-wise, the album has been described as [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-shadow-of-the-day/article19331409.ece|title=The shadow of the day|first=Anurag|last=Tagat|newspaper=The Hindu |date=July 22, 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/09/15/linkin-park-gets-back-to-hard-rock-roots/|title=Linkin Park gets back to hard-rock roots|date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> [[alternative metal]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kitsapsun.com/entertainment/cd-reviews----adam-kispert-linkin-park-suffer-growing-pains-on-third-album-ep-423323166-358989141.html/|title=CD REVIEWS &#124; Adam Kispert Linkin Park Suffer Growing Pains on Third Album|website=www.kitsapsun.com}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and [[hard rock]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/fan-poll-top-5-linkin-park-songs|title=FAN POLL: TOP 5 LINKIN PARK SONGS|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|last=Enis|first=Eli|date=February 15, 2023|access-date=April 11, 2023}}</ref>
"Given Up", "What I've Done" and "No More Sorrow" made their [[concert|live]] debut on [[April 28]], [[2007]] in [[Berlin, Germany]]. Live performances of these three songs at the [[AOL]] sessions were released on AOL on [[May 5]], [[2007]]. They also play in the background on the band's official website.


=== Cover artwork ===
On [[May 12]], 2007 Linkin Park played "Bleed It Out" on [[Saturday Night Live]], along with "What I've Done".
[[File:Salton Sea Yacht Club Ruins - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Ruins of [[North Shore Beach and Yacht Club]] in [[North Shore, California]]]]
The front and back cover were recorded around the ruins of [[North Shore Beach and Yacht Club]] in [[North Shore, California]].<ref>David Owen: ''Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River'', Riverhead, New York 2017, p. 195, [https://books.google.com/books?id=-t_ODAAAQBAJ&dq=%22minutes+to+midnight%22+lake+cover+%22linkin+park%22&pg=PA195 Google Books preview]</ref>
A year after the release of ''Minutes to Midnight'', the band released ten different covers that were originally used as consideration for the final cover for the album prior to its release. The band made all ten of these covers available for fans to use as the album art on [[iTunes]].


==Critical reception==
===CD/DVD Special Edition===
{{Music ratings
A CD/DVD Special Edition of ''Minutes to Midnight'' is available. It contains a 32-page art book featuring the lyrics and conceptual art by Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn, along with pictures of the recording process. The bonus DVD contains the following:
| MC = 56/100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/minutes-to-midnight |title=Minutes To Midnight Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref>
* Advanced Resolution PCM Stereo (48kHz/24-bit) versions of all 12 tracks
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
* The Making of ''Minutes To Midnight'' Documentary
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Erlewine"/>
* The Making of "What I've Done"
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
* The "What I've Done" music video
| rev2Score = C<ref name="EW">
|cite web=https://ew.com/article/2007/05/11/minutes-midnight/
|title=Minutes to Midnight Retrieved June 1, 2022.</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="Powers">Powers, Ann. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080517073304/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/cl-et-linkin15may15,1,6698789.story Review: ''Minutes to Midnight'']. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Retrieved November 8, 2009.</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Melodic (magazine)|Melodic]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2.5|5|score=2.4/5 stars}}<ref name="melodic"/>
| rev5 = ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]''
| rev5Score = mixed<ref name="Sanneh">Sanneh, Kelefa. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/arts/music/14choi.html?_r=1&ref=music&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin Review: ''Minutes to Midnight'']. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved November 8, 2009.</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6Score = 2/10<ref name="Silver"/>
| rev7 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev7Score = 6/10<ref name="Blackie">Blackie, Andrew. [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/reviews/article/41459/linkin-park-minutes-to-midnight Review: ''Minutes to Midnight'']. ''[[PopMatters]]''. Retrieved November 8, 2009.</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Fricke"/>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev9Score = 7/10<ref name="Spin">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/linkin-park-minutes-midnight-warner-bros-machine-shop|title=Linkin Park, 'Minutes to Midnight'|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|first=Mikael|last=Wood|date=June 27, 2007|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[USA Today]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Gundersen">Gundersen, Edna. [http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2007/05/this_weeks_revi_1.html Review: ''Minutes to Midnight''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523210220/http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2007/05/this_weeks_revi_1.html |date=May 23, 2008 }}. ''[[USA Today]]''. Retrieved November 8, 2009.</ref>
}}


''Minutes to Midnight'' received generally mixed to positive reviews, based on an aggregate score of 56/100 from [[Metacritic]].<ref name="Meta">[http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/linkinpark/minutestomidnight ''Minutes to Midnight'' (2007): Reviews] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819232611/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/linkinpark/minutestomidnight |date=August 19, 2008 }}. [[Metacritic]]. Retrieved November 8, 2009.</ref>
Among the [[DVD-ROM]] features are included:
* A [[PDF]] booklet with lyrics
* A flash widget and a fansite toolkit.
* "Buddy" icons
* Exclusive DVD links to the official Linkin Park website, only accessible through the DVD
* Screensavers
* Wallpapers


''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave ''Minutes to Midnight'' 4 out of 5 stars, stating that "most of ''Minutes'' is honed, metallic [[Pop music|pop]] with a [[hip hop music|hip hop]] stride and a wake-up kick",<ref name="Fricke">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/minutes-to-midnight-20070530|title=Minutes To Midnight|last=Fricke|first=David|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 30, 2007|access-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref> and it was placed at number 25 in their list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.<ref name="rollingstone2007"/> [[IGN]] referred to it as "definitely a step in the right direction and a stepping stone for things to come".<ref name="Spence">Spence D. [http://music.ign.com/articles/788/788496p1.html Review: ''Minutes to Midnight''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127044903/http://music.ign.com/articles/788/788496p1.html |date=January 27, 2012 }}. [[IGN]]. Retrieved November 8, 2009.</ref> ''[[Herald Sun]]'' writer Karen Tye gave it 3½ out of 4 stars and praised the band's new sound, asking, "Who knew being a plain old rock band could suit Linkin Park so well?".<ref name="Tye">Tye, Karen. [http://pics.livejournal.com/privatelyricist/pic/004dsebp.jpg "Review: ''Minutes to Midnight''"]. ''[[Herald Sun]]'': 2007.</ref> Despite commending the band for their ambition, ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s Caroline Sullivan gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and perceived "their decision to stay roughly within the shrieky boundaries of their genre" as a weakness, while writing that "the sound still pivots on the interplay of walloping guitar [[Chord (music)|chords]] and self-flagellating lyrics".<ref name="Sullivan">Sullivan, Caroline. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/11/popandrock.shopping4 Review: ''Minutes to Midnight'']. ''[[The Guardian]]''. Retrieved November 8, 2009.</ref>
===CD/DVD Super Fan Edition===
Linkin Park will also be releasing a CD/DVD Super Fan Edition of ''Minutes to Midnight''. It will only be available by ordering from the official Linkin Park merchandiser, [http://www.bandmerch.com/java2/BandMerch/LinkinPark/ BandMerch.com]. This edition features the DVD from the Special Edition, as well as an extended 68-page art book and 6 frameable collector's cards placed in linen wrapped, embossed cases. <ref>[http://www.bandmerch.com/java2/BandMerch/linkinparkexclusive/?referrer=&content=/store/css5/ProductPage.jsp&product=2876]BandMerch</ref>


Among those with a more negative view of the album was [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]], who described the album's sound as "passé" and summed the band's effort up as "opting to create a muddled, colorless murk", giving it 3 and a half out of 5 stars.<ref name="Erlewine">Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1041376|pure_url=yes}} Minutes to Midnight - Linkin Park {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits]. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved October 11, 2020.</ref> Johan Wippsson from ''[[Melodic (magazine)|Melodic]]'' acknowledged the band's progression but felt that the album is "weak" and "too shattered".<ref name="melodic">{{cite web|last=Wippsson |first=Johan |title=Minutes To Midnight |url=http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=5578 |work=[[Melodic (magazine)|Melodic]] |access-date=May 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823060213/http://melodic.net/?page=review&id=5578 |archive-date=August 23, 2013 }}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' magazine's Dan Silver gave it a rating of 2/10, calling it the "sound of a band trying and failing to forge a new identity", and referring to the song "Hands Held High", a song about [[Terrorism|terrorist]] attacks and war, as "far and away the funniest thing you will hear all year".<ref name="Silver">Silver, Dan. [http://www.nme.com/reviews/linkin-park/8533 Review: ''Minutes to Midnight'']. ''[[NME]]''. Retrieved November 8, 2009.</ref>
==Sound==
In a recent interview with [[Chester Bennington]] it is explained that the new album is a mix of punk, classic rock, and hip-hop beats.


==Commercial performance==
"[[Rick Rubin|Rick]] has brought more of a stripped down, classic-rock and hip-hop kind of feel."
''Minutes to Midnight'' was delayed several times before its release. First scheduled to be released in the summer of 2006, it was later postponed to the fall of 2006, then again to early 2007. The album's release date was finally set for May 14, 2007. In Canada, the album was released on May 15, 2007. There are non-Parental Advisory releases of both the regular album and the special edition album. The songs "Given Up", "Bleed It Out", and "Hands Held High" are edited. In Malaysia, the edited version for the album is available in [[digipak]] cover while the explicit edition available for the Tour Edition which features white slipcase cardboard cover and a standard jewel case. In the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 623,000 albums sold.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051972/linkin-park-scores-years-best-debut-with-midnight |title=Linkin Park Scores Year's Best Debut With 'Midnight' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref> In Canada, the album sold over 50,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]].<ref name=Jamlp /> Worldwide, the album shipped over 3.3 million copies in its first four weeks of release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/797/797965p1.html |title=Linkin Park Goes Platinum |author=IGN Music |date=June 20, 2007 |work=[[IGN]] |access-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008013029/http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/797/797965p1.html |archive-date=October 8, 2008 }}</ref>


Five singles were released from the album: "[[What I've Done]]", "[[Bleed It Out]]", "[[Shadow of the Day]]", "[[Given Up]]", and "[[Leave Out All the Rest]]". Although "Given Up" and "Leave Out All the Rest" had not been released as singles until early March 2008, "Given Up" had already charted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and [[Billboard Pop 100]] charts at numbers 99 and 78 respectively in 2007, and "Leave Out All the Rest" had already charted on Billboard's Pop 100 chart at number 98 and Billboard's [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart at number 17 in 2007. The songs "Hands Held High" and "No More Sorrow" also charted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at numbers 23 and 24, respectively, in 2007. The album has sold 3.3 million copies sold in the US alone.<ref name="us sales">{{cite magazine | url =http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6128793/ask-billboard-with-nico-vinz-norway-continues-us-chart-invasion?page=0%2C2 | title = Ask Billboard: With Nico & Vinz, Norway Continues U.S. Chart Invasion | author =Trust, Gary|magazine=Billboard| date = June 24, 2014}}</ref>
"This time around, [[Mike Shinoda]] is singing a lot more. It may seem like he's not on the record, but he's doing a lot of the harmonies. He also sings a couple of songs alone. We're presenting ourselves in a different way."<ref name="folhateen"> ''Folhateen Article''. [[April 3]], 2007.</ref><ref name="mtvnews">[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1541846/09272006/linkin_park.jhtml?headlines=true Linkin Park Say Nu-Metal Sound Is 'Completely Gone' On Next LP]</ref>
Although sales of the album were lower than their two first studio albums, the album was more successful in terms of single's charting performance, with all of the five singles released reaching the Billboard Hot 100, and two songs reaching the Bubbling Under Hot 100.


==Track listing==
This is their first album where Mike Shinoda sings lead vocals for a full length track ("In Between"), rather than rapping. It is also the first to contain guitar solos (particularly on "In Pieces" and "The Little Things Give You Away"). Unlike the two previous studio albums, Minutes to Midnight contains profanity and politically charged lyrics.
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Chester Bennington]] and [[Mike Shinoda]]
| all_music = [[Linkin Park]].
| title1 = Wake
| length1 = 1:40
| title2 = [[Given Up]]
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = [[Leave Out All the Rest]]
| length3 = 3:29
| title4 = [[Bleed It Out]]
| length4 = 2:44
| title5 = [[Shadow of the Day]]
| length5 = 4:49
| title6 = [[What I've Done]]
| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = Hands Held High
| length7 = 3:53
| title8 = No More Sorrow
| length8 = 3:41
| title9 = Valentine's Day
| length9 = 3:16
| title10 = In Between
| length10 = 3:16
| title11 = In Pieces
| length11 = 3:38
| title12 = The Little Things Give You Away
| length12 = 6:23
| total_length = 43:23
}}


{{Track listing
All sampling elements by [[Joe Hahn]] that existed in the previous two studio albums are completely absent, except on the songs "What I've Done", "In Pieces", and "The Little Things Give You Away". Hahn contributes more with programming, electronica, and other elements to many of the songs in the album.
| headline = Special edition bonus DVD
| title1 = The Making of Minutes to Midnight
| length1 = 39:42
| title2 = [[What I've Done]]
| note2 = video
| length2 = 3:28
| title3 = Making of ''What I've Done'' Video
| length3 = 20:49
| title4 = Advanced resolution PCM Stereo of all 12 tracks
}}


{{Track listing
[[Mike Shinoda]] performs his trademark [[MC]] vocals on only two tracks, "Bleed It Out" and "Hands Held High". This is a significant decrease compared to previous albums. The rap vocals on the album are much closer styled to Mike Shinoda's side project [[Fort Minor]] than his traditional [[Linkin Park]] verses. Despite a decrease of Mike Shinoda as a main vocalist, he has two solo songs on the record. In addition to his rapping on "Hands Held High", he also provides the main vocals for "In Between" and the iTunes Exclusive Track, "No Roads Left". Both songs feature backing vocals from the other vocalist Chester Bennington. He also sings solo on the bonus track 'No Roads Left' in a much more agressive rock style than on 'In Between' with no backing vocals from Chester Bennington.
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|total_length = 46:09
|title13 = [[Faint (song)|Faint]]
|note13 = live in Japan
|length13 = 2:46
}}


{{Track listing
Guitarist Brad Delson used the E-Bow heard on "No More Sorrow" originally when the band was piecing together "The Little Things Give You Away". The band decided not to use the effect for the solo in that song and instead ended up creating "No More Sorrow" out of the effect.
|headline = Tour edition bonus tracks
|total_length = 53:33
|title13 = No Roads Left
|length13 = 3:55
|title14 = [[What I've Done]]
|note14 = Distorted Remix
|length14 = 3:46
|title15 = [[Given Up]]
|note15 = Third Encore Session
|length15 = 3:09
}}


==Track listing==
{{Track listing
|headline = Japanese tour edition bonus tracks
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# "Wake" – 1:40
|title13 = [[Faint (song)|Faint]]
# "Given Up" – 3:09
|note13 = live in Japan
# "Leave Out All the Rest" – 3:29
|length13 = 2:46
# "Bleed It Out" – 2:44
|title14 = No Roads Left
# "Shadow of the Day" – 4:49
|length14 = 3:52
# "[[What I've Done]]" – 3:25
|title15 = [[What I've Done]]
# "Hands Held High" – 3:53
|note15 = Distorted Remix
# "No More Sorrow" – 3:41
|length15 = 3:50
# "Valentine's Day" – 3:16
|title16 = [[Given Up]]
# "In Between" – 3:16
|note16 = Third Encore Session
# "In Pieces" – 3:38
|length16 = 3:09
# "The Little Things Give You Away" – 6:20
}}


{{Track listing
===Bonus tracks===
|headline = [[iTunes]] edition bonus tracks
# "No Roads Left" – 3:48 <small>(B-side released with all pre-orders of the [[iTunes]] version of the album)</small>
|total_length = 53:23
# "What I've Done" - 3:29 <small>(Live) (iTunes purchase Bonus Track)</small>
|title13 = [[Faint (song)|Faint]]
# "No More Sorrow" – 3:47 <small>(Live) ([[Best Buy]] purchase Bonus Track, originally performed at [[AOL]] Sessions on [[March 5]], [[2007]])</small>
|note13 = live in Japan; does not appear on the clean deluxe (iTunes) version of the album (Canada) or on both explicit and clean deluxe editions in the US
# "Given Up" – 3:11 <small>(Live) (Best Buy purchase Bonus Track, originally performed at AOL Sessions on March 5, 2007)</small>
|length13 = 2:44
# "What I've Done" – 3:27 <small>(Live) (Best Buy purchase Bonus Track, originally performed at AOL Sessions on March 5, 2007)</small>
|title14 = [[What I've Done]]
# "[[Breaking the Habit]]" - 4:23 <small>(Live) ([[Wal-Mart]] purchase Bonus Track, originally performed at Wal-Mart Soundcheck in 2007)</small>
|note14 = live at [[Sessions@AOL]]; appears on both explicit and clean deluxe (iTunes) version of the album in Canada and the US
# "What I've Done" - 3:24 <small>(Live) (Wal-Mart purchase Bonus Track, originally performed at Wal-Mart Soundcheck in 2007)</small>
|length14 = 3:24
# "[[Faint (song)|Faint]]" – 2:46 <small>(Live) (Japanese edition Bonus Track)</small>
|title15 = No Roads Left
|note15 = pre-order only, originally at track 14
|length15 = 3:52
}}


{{Track listing
==Charts and Sales==
|headline = 2013 iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks
{{seealso|Linkin Park discography}}
|total_length = 50:22
|title13 = No Roads Left
|length13 = 3:48
|title14 = Across the Line
|length14 = 3:11
}}

{{Track listing
|headline = [[Wal-Mart]] edition bonus tracks
|total_length = 51:12
|title13 = [[Breaking the Habit (song)|Breaking the Habit]]
|note13 = live at Soundcheck
|length13 = 4:25
|title14 = [[What I've Done]]
|note14 = live at Soundcheck
|length14 = 3:24
}}

{{Track listing
|headline = [[Best Buy]] edition bonus tracks
|total_length = 53:49
|title13 = [[What I've Done]]
|note13 = live at Sessions@AOL
|length13 = 3:29
|title14 = [[No More Sorrow]]
|note14 = live at Sessions@AOL
|length14 = 3:45
|title15 = [[Given Up]]
|note15 = live at Sessions@AOL
|length15 = 3:12
}}

{{Track listing
|headline = [[Circuit City]] edition bonus tracks
|total_length = 49:32
|title13 = [[Faint (Linkin Park song)|Faint]]
|note13 = live
|length13 = 2:44
|title14 = [[What I've Done]]
|note14 = live
|length14 = 3:25
}}

{{Track listing
|headline = Asian digital download tour edition track listing (Live from Shanghai, China, November 18, 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lplive.net/shows/db/2007/20071118|title=LPLive - Linkin Park 2007.11.18|website=lplive.net}}</ref>
|title1 = [[One Step Closer (Linkin Park song)|One Step Closer]]
|title2 = [[Lying from You]]
|title3 = [[Somewhere I Belong]]
|title4 = [[No More Sorrow]]
|title5 = [[Papercut (Linkin Park song)|Papercut]]
}}

{{Track listing
|headline = European digital download tour edition track listing (Live from [[The O2 arena (London)|O2 Arena]], London, January 29, 2008)
|total_length = 15:44
|title1 = [[What I've Done]]
|length1 = 7:27
|title2 = [[One Step Closer (Linkin Park song)|One Step Closer]]
|length2 = 4:10
|title3 = [[Faint (song)|Faint]]
|length3 = 4:07
}}

{{Track listing
|headline = iTunes bonus video edition
|total_length = 50:37
|title13 = Behind the Scenes featurette
|length13 = 3:47
|title14 = [[What I've Done]]
|length14 = 3:27
|note14 = video
}}

{{Track listing
|headline = 15th Anniversary digital deluxe edition bonus tracks
|total_length = 57:20
|title13 = No Roads Left
|length13 = 3:48
|title14 = Across the Line
|length14 = 3:10
|title15 = [[Given Up]]
|note15 = Third Encore Session
|length15 = 3:09
|title16 = [[What I've Done]]
|note16 = Distorted Remix
|length16 = 3:47
}}

== ''Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World'' ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World
| type = live
| artist = [[Linkin Park]]
| cover = Minutes Live.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 12, 2012
| recorded = 2007–2010
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[alternative metal]]}}
| length = 50:34
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
* [[Machine Shop Recordings|Machine Shop]]}}
| producer = [[Mike Shinoda]]
| prev_title = [[Meteora (album)#Meteora – Live Around the World|Meteora – Live Around the World]]
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = [[Living Things (Linkin Park album)|Living Things]]
| next_year = 2012
}}

'''''Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World''''' is a live album which features live versions of songs from the third studio album, ''Minutes to Midnight''. They were recorded in various cities around the world from 2007 to 2010.

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
|total_length = 50:34
|headline = ''Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/minutes-to-midnight-live-around-the-world/547119230|title=Minutes to Midnight: Live Around the World|publisher=Apple Music}}</ref>
|title1 = Wake
|note1 = Live from Taipei, 2007
|length1 = 1:48
|title2 = Given Up
|note2 = Live from Taipei, 2009
|length2 = 3:18
|title3 = Leave Out All the Rest
|note3 = Live from Frankfurt, 2008
|length3 = 3:22
|title4 = Bleed It Out
|note4 = Live from Melbourne, 2010
|length4 = 5:33
|title5 = Shadow of the Day
|note5 = Live from Melbourne, 2010
|length5 = 4:32
|title6 = What I've Done
|note6 = Live from New York, 2008
|length6 = 4:57
|title7 = Hands Held High
|note7 = Live from Osaka, 2007
|length7 = 3:59
|title8 = No More Sorrow
|note8 = Live from Taipei, 2009
|length8 = 4:57
|title9 = Valentine's Day
|note9 = Live from Amnéville, 2008
|length9 = 3:21
|title10 = In Between
|note10 = Live from Paris, 2008
|length10 = 3:17
|title11 = In Pieces
|note11 = Live from Koln, 2008
|length11 = 3:42
|title12 = The Little Things Give You Away
|note12 = Live from Shanghai, 2007
|length12 = 7:43
}}

==Personnel==

Credits adapted for AllMusic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/minutes-to-midnight-mw0000577932/credits|title=Minutes to Midnight - Linkin Park - Credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
{{col-begin}}
'''Linkin Park'''
* [[Chester Bennington]] – lead vocals; rhythm guitar <small>(5, "No Roads Left")</small>; backing vocals <small>(7, 10)</small>
* [[Rob Bourdon]] – drums, percussion; backing vocals <small>(7)</small>
* [[Brad Delson]] – lead guitar; string arrangements <small>(3, 5, 7, 12, "No Roads Left")</small>; backing vocals <small>(7)</small>
* [[Dave Farrell|Dave "Phoenix" Farrell]] – bass guitar; backing vocals <small>(7, 12)</small>
* [[Joe Hahn]] – [[Turntablism|turntables]], [[Sampling (music)|sampling]], [[Programming (music)|programming]]; backing vocals <small>(7)</small>
* [[Mike Shinoda]] – rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano, [[Record producer|production]]; string arrangements <small>(3, 5, 7, 12, "No Roads Left")</small>; acoustic guitar <small>(12)</small>; lead vocals <small>(7, 10, "No Roads Left")</small>, rap vocals <small>(4, 7)</small>, backing vocals <small>(2–3, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12)</small>
'''Production'''
* [[Rick Rubin]] – production
* [[Dana Nielsen]] – engineering
* [[Andrew Scheps]] – engineering
* Ethan Mates – engineering
* Andy Baeza – engineering
* Phillip Broussard, Jr. – engineer assisting
* [[Neal Avron]] – [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* Nicolas Fournier – mix assisting
*George Gumbs – mix assisting
* [[Dave Collins (audio engineer)|Dave Collins]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
'''Artwork'''
* Tom Whalley – A&R
* Ellen Wakayama – creative directing
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'''Guest musicians on "Leave Out All the Rest", "Shadow of the Day", "Hands Held High", "The Little Things Give You Away", and "No Roads Left"'''
* [[David Campbell (American arranger/composer)|David Campbell]] – string arrangements and [[conductor (music)|conducting]]
* [[Charlie Bisharat]] – [[violin]]
* Mario DeLeon – violin
* Armen Garabedian – violin
* Julian Hallmark – violin
* Gerry Hilera – violin
* Songa Lee-Kitto – violin
* Natalie Leggett – violin
* Josefina Vergara – violin
* Sara Parkins – violin
* Matt Funes – [[viola]]
* Andrew Picken – viola
* Larry Corbett – [[cello]]
* Suzie Katayama – cello
* Oscar Hidalgo – bass
{{col-end}}

==Charts==
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|align="left"|Belgium Flanders Album Chart<ref>[http://www.skynet.be/index.html?l1=entertainment&l2=ultratop&l3=charts&chartid=5&new_lang=fr Belgium Flanders Album Chart]</ref>
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|align="left"|Belgium Wallonian Album Chart<ref>[http://www.skynet.be/index.html?l1=entertainment&l2=ultratop&l3=charts&chartid=13 Belgium Wallonian Album Chart]</ref>
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|align="left"|Croatian International Album Chart<ref>[http://www.topoftheshops.com.hr/index.php Croatian International Album Chart]</ref>
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|align="left"|Korean International Album Chart<ref>[http://www.hanteo.com/rank/chart.asp?Page=weekly&genre=pop Korean International Album Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|Hanteo
|align="center"|1
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|align="center"|3,088<ref>[http://www.hanteo.com/rank/chart.asp?Page=weekly&genre=pop Korean Sales]</ref>
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|align="left"|Polish Album Chart<ref>[http://pulsemusic.proboards48.com/index.cgi?board=global&action=display&thread=1175863138&page=1#1179498143 Polish Album Chart]</ref>
|align="center"|ZPAV
|align="center"|17
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{{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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{{album chart|Germany4|1|artist=Linkin Park|album=Minutes to Midnight|id=57381|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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! scope="row"| Greek Albums ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref name="GRE"/>
|1
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{{Album chart|Hungary|1|week=20|year=2007|artist=Linkin Park|album=Minutes to Midnight||rowheader=true|accessdate=August 3, 2020}}
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{{Album chart|Ireland2|1|artist=Linkin Park|album=Minutes to Midnight||rowheader=true|accessdate=August 3, 2020}}
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{{album chart|Italy|1|artist=Linkin Park|album=Minutes to Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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! scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/259828/products/705731/1/|title=ミニッツ・トゥ・ミッドナイト {{!}} リンキン・パーク|trans-title=Minutes to Midnight {{!}} Linkin Park|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref>
|1
|-
! scope="row"|Mexican Albums ([[Top 100 Mexico]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mexicancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Linkin+Park&titel=Minutes+To+Midnight&cat=a|title=Mexicancharts.com – Linkin Park – Minutes to Midnight|publisher=Hung Medien|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022200139/http://mexicancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Linkin+Park&titel=Minutes+To+Midnight&cat=a|archive-date=22 October 2012}}</ref>
|2
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{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Linkin Park|album=Minutes to Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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{{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Linkin Park|album=Minutes to Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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{{album chart|Poland|2|id=399|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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{{album chart|Portugal|3|artist=Linkin Park|album=Minutes to Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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{{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20070520|artist=Linkin Park|accessdate=September 3, 2020|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Spain|2|artist=Linkin Park|album=Minutes to Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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{{album chart|Sweden|1|artist=Linkin Park|album=Minutes to Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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{{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Linkin Park|album=Minutes to Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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! scope="row"|Taiwanese Albums ([[G-Music|Five Music]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.5music.com.tw/billboard.asp|title=Western Weekly Top 20, Week 19, 2007 |language=Chinese |publisher=Five-Music |accessdate=August 5, 2024 }}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|artist=Linkin Park|date=20070520|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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{{album chart|UKRock|1|album=Minutes to Midnight|artist=Linkin Park|date=20070526|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 21, 2020}}
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{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014|refname=Billboard 200}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHardRock|1|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 17, 2014}}
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{{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|2|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 20, 2021}}
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|-
|}
|}


{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
==Leak==
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Several "fake" copies of ''Minutes to Midnight'' were released over [[peer-to-peer]] networks on the [[internet]] prior to the release of the album. These albums contained a larger number of songs, all derived from various sources, from Linkin Park b-side tracks and live sessions of unreleased material, to Chester's original band [[Grey Daze]] and the [[Swedish]] Linkin Park-influenced band [[Tribal Ink]], whose album ''Surrounded By Freaks'' makes up much of one of the fake albums. Tribal Ink was made famous by mislabeling of some of their songs, which include fake copies of "What I've Done" "Valentine's Day" and "In Pieces".
! style="text-align:center;"|Chart (2017)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br/>position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|7|M|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart|title=Australian Albums Chart: 31 July 2017|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=July 30, 2017|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Austria|14|M|url=https://austriancharts.at/charts/alben/04-08-2017|title=Austria Top 40: 04.08.2017|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|24|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums/2017-08-12 |title=Billboard Canadian Albums Chart|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Czech|19|album=Minutes to Midnight|artist=Linkin Park|date=201730|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|33|M|url=https://danishcharts.dk/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2017&date=20170804&lang=|title=dannishcharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Finland|18|M|url=https://finnishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2017&date=201730|title=Finnish Top 50 Albums Chart|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany|22|M|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album/for-date-1501534800000|title=Official German Charts: 28 July 2017|publisher=Official German Charts|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland|19|M|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Albums|title=Irish Albums Chart: 28 July 2017|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Italy|18|M|url=https://italiancharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2017&date=20170727&lang=|title=Italian Top 20 Albums Chart|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|18|M|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2017-07-28|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart: 31 July 2017|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Poland|45|id=1094|accessdate=August 3, 2017|refname=Poland|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|31|M|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20170728/40/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|22|M|url=https://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a&year=2017&date=20170728|title=Swedish Top 60 Albums Chart|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
! scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Romandie)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Linkin+Park&titel=Minutes+To+Midnight&cat=a|title=Lescharts.ch – Linkin Park – Minutes to Midnight|publisher=Hung Medien|language=fr|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref>
|23
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|25|M|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/alben/30-07-2017|title=Swiss Top 100 Albums Chart|publisher=Gfk Entertainment AG|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|15|M|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20170728/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|UKRock|3|M|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/20170728/112/|title=UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|27|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2017-08-12|title=Billboard 200 Chart|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 8, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardAlternative|7|artist=Linkin Park|accessdate=October 9, 2020|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|BillboardCatalog|3|artist=Linkin Park|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 20, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHardRock|4|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hard-rock-albums/2017-08-12|title=Hard Rock Albums Chart|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 9, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|7|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rock-albums/2017-08-12|title=Top Rock Albums Chart|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 9, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|}
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=== Year-end charts ===
On [[May 4]], [[2007]], 10 days before its official [[global|world]] release, the real ''Minutes to Midnight'' was leaked. The following day, Mike Shinoda posted his response to the leak:<ref>[http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/minutes_to_midnight_leaked.html Minutes to Midnight Leaked]</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2007)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2007/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2007|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=2007|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2007|website=austriancharts.at|access-date=June 23, 2020|language=de}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2007&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2007|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=June 23, 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2007&cat=aa|title=Jaaroverzichten 2007: Alternatieve Albums|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=December 13, 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2007&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 2007|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=June 23, 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|19
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2007&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2007|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=June 23, 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|55
|-
!scope="row"|European Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european-top-100-albums.jsp |title=Year End Charts 2007 – European Top 100 Albums |website=Billboard.biz |access-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225012214/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european-top-100-albums.jsp |archive-date=February 25, 2009}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
!scope="row"|Finnish Albums (Suomen viralinen lista)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2007/ulkomaiset/albumit|title=Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Myydyimmät levyt 2007|publisher=IFPI Finland|language=fi|access-date=March 2, 2021|archive-date=June 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620043931/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2007/ulkomaiset/albumit|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
!scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2007|title=Tops de l'année - Top Albums 2007|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|32
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2007|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 2007|language=de|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
!scope="row"|Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/album_db/2007|title=Best selling albums in 2007 of Hungary|publisher=Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége|language=hu|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|58
|-
!scope="row"|Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/11/2007/0|title=Classifica Annuale 2007 (dal 01.01.2007 al 30.12.2007) – Album & Compilation|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2007/p/3/ |script-title=ja:オリコン年間 アルバムランキング 2007年度 |trans-title=Oricon Annual CD Album Ranking 2007 |language=ja |publisher=Oricon |access-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627164702/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2007/p/3/ |archive-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|27
|-
!scope="row"|Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)<ref>{{cite web|title=Los Más Vendidos 2007|url=http://www.amprofon.com.mx/Archivos/PDF/top_anual/Top_100_Album_2007.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215041238/https://www.amprofon.com.mx/Archivos/PDF/top_anual/Top_100_Album_2007.pdf|archive-date=February 15, 2010|publisher=[[Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas]]|language=es|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|54
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|5|M|title=The Official NZ Music Charts – End of Year Charts 2007| url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2007-12-31|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/83?dspy=2007&dspp=1|title=Årslista Album – År 2007|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|35
|-
!scope="row"|Swedish Albums & Compilations (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=2007&dspp=1|title=Årslista Album (inkl samlingar), 2007|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|42
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2007/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20070107/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2007|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|44
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
!scope="row"|US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
!scope="row"| Worldwide Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2007.pdf|title=Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2007|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003924/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2007.pdf|archive-date=17 November 2008|access-date=November 28, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2008)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2008/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2008|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|74
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=2008|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2008|website=austriancharts.at|language=de}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|35
|-
!scope="row"|European Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/european-100-albums|title=2008 Year End Charts – European Top 100 Albums|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004144154/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/european-100-albums|archive-date=October 4, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|50
|-
!scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2008|title=Tops de l'année - Top Albums 2008|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|138
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2008|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 2008|language=de|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|28
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2008/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2008|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|87
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2008.pdf|title=Official Album Chart 2008|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|154
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|46
|-
!scope="row"|US Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/hard-rock-albums|title=Hard Rock Albums – Year-End 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
!scope="row"|US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2009)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|US Catalog Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/catalog-albums|title=Catalog Albums – Year-End 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 23, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|33
|-
!scope="row"|US Hard Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/hard-rock-albums|title=Hard Rock Albums – Year-End 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|}


===Decade-end charts===
{{cquotetxt|It couldn't be more exciting to give you all new music, especially after all the hard work we put into it. This album was almost a year and a half of experiments, mistakes, inspiration, and careful craftsmanship. We put everything we had into these songs, and want you to hear every second of it. I can't wait for you to absorb all the levels of meaning in the songs, and the layers of music, eventually forming your own ideas about what the songs mean to you.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2000–09)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2009/BB-2009-12-19.pdf|title=The Decade in Music - Charts - Top Billboard 200 Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 19, 2009|volume=121|issue=50|page=164|access-date=January 27, 2021|via=World Radio History}} ''Digit page 168 on the PDF archive.''</ref>
|align="center"|154
|}
{{col-end}}


== Certifications and sales ==
At the same time, a leak leaves out some very important parts of this piece of work. We put months of creative energy into the ART of the record, in the booklet, special edition, and big book...almost as long as it took to record [[Hybrid Theory|hybrid theory]] [''[[sic]]'']. The album has amazing photos, lyrics, and notes about how the songs came together--it's the visual half of the record. On the other hand, the super-special-edition book is packed with exclusive images, stories of the making of the songs, gorgeous art, the CD and a DVD that tells the story, showing the actual moments of inspiration caught on camera. For me, it's almost hard to imagine anyone really experiencing this album without that part of it.
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Linkin Park |title=Minutes to Midnight |type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2015|access-date=April 7, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Linkin Park|title=Minutes to Midnight |type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2007}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=Linkin Park|title=Minutes to Midnight|type=album|award=Gold|relmonth=5|relyear=2007|certyear=2007|certmonth=5}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Minutes to Midnight|artist=Linkin Park|type=album|region=Canada|nocert=true|relyear=2007|salesamount=195,000|salesref=<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS214743+04-Jan-2008+BW20080104 |title=Nielsen Music 2007 Year End Music Industry Report For Canada |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=2021-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311021319/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS214743+04-Jan-2008+BW20080104 |archive-date=2016-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Linkin Park|title=Minutes to Midnight|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2017|relyear=2007|id=4215|access-date=October 3, 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|artist=Linkin Park|title=Minutes to Midnight |type=album|award=Gold|salesamount=15,893}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Linkin Park|title=Minutes to Midnight|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2007}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Linkin Park |title=Minutes to Midnight |type=album |award=Gold|number=7|relyear=2007|certyear=2019|access-date=January 22, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|artist=Linkin Park|title=Minutes to Midnight|type=album|award=Gold|id=20071027160549|relyear=2007|refname=GRE}}
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==References==
Even the song sequence alone is very important. It's WAY different to hear the songs in a random order than to listen to this record from beginning to end. At the very least, if you've already downloaded the songs, do us a huge favor and listen to them in the right order...it'll be way more rewarding.|Mike Shinoda|color=silver|size=360%}}
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==Trivia==
* There are several differences with the lyrics in the booklet in contrast to the actual tracks:
:* "Given Up" – "I'm sick of feeling" (audio) is changed to "I'm sick of living" (booklet); "And no one cares" (audio) is changed to "And you don't care" (booklet).
:* "Shadow of the Day" – "And the shadow of the day" (audio) is changed to "And the shadow after day" (booklet).
:* "No More Sorrow" – "Crusade's" (audio) is changed to "Campaign's" (booklet).

==Personnel==
* [[Rick Rubin]] - [[Producer]]
* [[Chester Bennington]] - [[Lead Vocals]]
* [[Rob Bourdon]] - [[Drums]]
* [[Brad Delson]] - [[Guitars|Lead Guitar]]
* [[Dave Farrell]] - [[Bass Guitar]]
* [[Joe Hahn|Joseph Hahn]] - [[Turntablism|Turntables]], [[Sampling]], [[Programming (music)|Programming]]
* [[Mike Shinoda]] - [[Vocals]], [[Master of Ceremonies#Hip-hop culture|Emcee]], [[Keyboard]], [[Rhythm Guitar]], [[Music producer|Producer]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.linkinpark.com Linkin Park's Official Website]
*[http://lyricwiki.org/Linkin_Park:Minutes_To_Midnight_%282007%29 ''Minutes to Midnight'' Lyrics] &mdash; Album lyrics on [[LyricWiki]]


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Minutes to Midnight
Studio album by
Linkin Park
ReleasedMay 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)
RecordedJanuary 2006 – March 2007
Studio
Genre
Length43:23
Label
Producer
Linkin Park chronology
Collision Course
(2004) 		Minutes to Midnight
(2007) 		Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keynes
(2008)
Singles from Minutes to Midnight
  1. "What I've Done"
    Released: April 2, 2007
  2. "Bleed It Out"
    Released: August 17, 2007
  3. "Shadow of the Day"
    Released: October 16, 2007
  4. "Given Up"
    Released: March 3, 2008
  5. "Leave Out All the Rest"
    Released: July 14, 2008

Minutes to Midnight is the third studio album by American rock band Linkin Park, released on May 14, 2007, through Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin; it is Linkin Park's first studio album produced without Don Gilmore, who had produced the band's two previous albums. Minutes to Midnight is the band's follow-up album to Meteora (2003), and features a shift in the group's musical direction. For the band, the album marked a beginning of deviation from their signature nu metal sound. Minutes to Midnight takes its title from the Doomsday Clock symbol.[1] It is also the band's first full-length album to carry a Parental Advisory label.

Linkin Park started working on their third studio album in 2003, taking a break to tour in support of Meteora in 2004. In this time period, the band formed numerous side projects; Mike Shinoda formed his hip hop side project Fort Minor, while Chester Bennington formed Dead by Sunrise, both of which caused the album to be shelved temporarily. The band returned to work on the record afterward, taking on a different musical direction from the 2003 sessions while working with producer Rick Rubin. The album's completion was delayed several times for unknown reasons. Eventually, "What I've Done" was chosen as the album's lead single in April 2007, with the album seeing release in North America on May 15, 2007.

The album debuted at number one in the US Billboard 200[2][3] and in 15 other countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada.[4] In the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 623,000[5] albums sold, going on to be certified five times platinum in the US. It has sold more than four million copies in the US. It was ranked number 154 on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums of the Decade.[6] Despite its commercial success, Minutes to Midnight received mixed reviews from critics.[7] Rolling Stone magazine, however, named it the twenty-fifth best album of 2007.[8]

Background

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In an interview, lead singer Chester Bennington explained that the album is "a mix of punk, classic rock, and hip-hop standards" and that "Rick has brought more of a stripped down, classic-rock and hip-hop kind of feel."[9]

In another interview, Bennington stated: "This time around, Mike Shinoda is singing a lot more. It may seem like he's not on the record, but he's doing a lot of the harmonies. He also sings a couple of songs alone. We're presenting ourselves in a different way."[10][11]

Recording and composition

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"Bleed It Out"
16-second sample of "Bleed It Out", the second single from Minutes to Midnight.
"Shadow of the Day"
30-second sample of "Shadow of the Day", the third single from Minutes to Midnight.
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A man in a white shirt with long gray hair and a long beard
Rick Rubin (left) and Linkin Park co-vocalist Mike Shinoda (right) served as producers for Minutes to Midnight.

Guitarist Brad Delson experimented with an EBow when the band was piecing together "The Little Things Give You Away". The band decided not to use the effect for the solo in that song and instead ended up creating "No More Sorrow" out of the effect. In "Given Up", he jingles the keys that are heard while several clap sounds are overlaid in the intro of the song (as mentioned in the lyric book: Brad added the sounds on the intro song: multiple tracks of claps - and keys jingling.). Shinoda and Delson teamed up with David Campbell to add string elements to six songs; "Leave Out All the Rest", "Shadow of the Day", "Hands Held High", "The Little Things Give You Away", as well as the two b-sides "No Roads Left" and "Blackbirds" (which was instead later used in the iPhone game 8-Bit Rebellion! as well as being included as a bonus track for A Thousand Suns), respectively. All scratching elements by Joe Hahn that existed in the previous two studio albums are largely absent because of the low mixing, except on the songs "What I've Done", "Wake", "The Little Things Give You Away", "Valentine's Day" and "In Pieces". Hahn contributes more with programming, electronics, and other elements to many of the songs. The church organ and military drumbeat on "Hands Held High" were originally to be used as the backdrop to melodic vocals, but Rubin recommended that the band try the opposite approach according to the album booklet. For the album, the band recorded fifty to sixty songs in August 2006.[12] Their previous albums took only about three to six months to complete, while this one took 14 months.[12] They spent over six months writing the songs.[12] In previous albums, they composed an average of 40 songs, but they made over 100 this time.[12] "Shadow of the Day" is one of two songs (the other being "No Roads Left") to have Bennington playing the guitar. During live performances, Shinoda is generally playing the keyboard for "Shadow of the Day", while Bennington plays rhythm guitar. Shinoda stated in an interview: "We were looking back at the things that we had done in the past... and I think we just figured that we had exhausted that sound. It was easy for us to replicate, it was easy for other bands to replicate, and we just needed to move on."[13]

Shinoda performs his rapping vocals on only two tracks, "Bleed It Out" and "Hands Held High". This is a significant decrease compared to the amount of rapping on previous albums. The rap vocals on "Hands Held High" are much closer styled to Mike Shinoda's side project Fort Minor than his traditional Linkin Park verses, as he raps during most of the song. Despite a decrease of Mike Shinoda as rapper, he has three solo lead songs on the record: "Hands Held High", "In Between" and the bonus track "No Roads Left". He also raps on "Bleed It Out" while "What I've Done", "Shadow of the Day", "No More Sorrow" and "The Little Things Give You Away" features backing vocals from Shinoda at the end. Minutes to Midnight is also Linkin Park's first album to feature guitar solos, particularly in the tracks "What I've Done," "In Pieces" and "The Little Things Give You Away". Also, unlike the previous two studio albums, Minutes to Midnight contains profanity and thus the first Linkin Park studio album to contain a Parental Advisory (the first overall being their collaborative EP with Jay-Z, Collision Course) and politically charged lyrics.[14] The songs that contain profanity are "Given Up", "Bleed It Out" and "Hands Held High". Genre-wise, the album has been described as alternative rock,[15][16] alternative metal,[17] and hard rock.[18]

Cover artwork

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Ruins of North Shore Beach and Yacht Club in North Shore, California

The front and back cover were recorded around the ruins of North Shore Beach and Yacht Club in North Shore, California.[19] A year after the release of Minutes to Midnight, the band released ten different covers that were originally used as consideration for the final cover for the album prior to its release. The band made all ten of these covers available for fans to use as the album art on iTunes.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic56/100[20]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[21]
Entertainment WeeklyC[22]
Los Angeles Times[23]
Melodic[24]
New York Timesmixed[25]
NME2/10[26]
PopMatters6/10[27]
Rolling Stone[28]
Spin7/10[29]
USA Today[30]

Minutes to Midnight received generally mixed to positive reviews, based on an aggregate score of 56/100 from Metacritic.[7]

Rolling Stone gave Minutes to Midnight 4 out of 5 stars, stating that "most of Minutes is honed, metallic pop with a hip hop stride and a wake-up kick",[28] and it was placed at number 25 in their list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[8] IGN referred to it as "definitely a step in the right direction and a stepping stone for things to come".[31] Herald Sun writer Karen Tye gave it 3½ out of 4 stars and praised the band's new sound, asking, "Who knew being a plain old rock band could suit Linkin Park so well?".[32] Despite commending the band for their ambition, The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and perceived "their decision to stay roughly within the shrieky boundaries of their genre" as a weakness, while writing that "the sound still pivots on the interplay of walloping guitar chords and self-flagellating lyrics".[33]

Among those with a more negative view of the album was Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, who described the album's sound as "passé" and summed the band's effort up as "opting to create a muddled, colorless murk", giving it 3 and a half out of 5 stars.[21] Johan Wippsson from Melodic acknowledged the band's progression but felt that the album is "weak" and "too shattered".[24] NME magazine's Dan Silver gave it a rating of 2/10, calling it the "sound of a band trying and failing to forge a new identity", and referring to the song "Hands Held High", a song about terrorist attacks and war, as "far and away the funniest thing you will hear all year".[26]

Commercial performance

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Minutes to Midnight was delayed several times before its release. First scheduled to be released in the summer of 2006, it was later postponed to the fall of 2006, then again to early 2007. The album's release date was finally set for May 14, 2007. In Canada, the album was released on May 15, 2007. There are non-Parental Advisory releases of both the regular album and the special edition album. The songs "Given Up", "Bleed It Out", and "Hands Held High" are edited. In Malaysia, the edited version for the album is available in digipak cover while the explicit edition available for the Tour Edition which features white slipcase cardboard cover and a standard jewel case. In the United States, the album had the biggest first week sales of 2007 at the time, with 623,000 albums sold.[34] In Canada, the album sold over 50,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart.[3] Worldwide, the album shipped over 3.3 million copies in its first four weeks of release.[35]

Five singles were released from the album: "What I've Done", "Bleed It Out", "Shadow of the Day", "Given Up", and "Leave Out All the Rest". Although "Given Up" and "Leave Out All the Rest" had not been released as singles until early March 2008, "Given Up" had already charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Pop 100 charts at numbers 99 and 78 respectively in 2007, and "Leave Out All the Rest" had already charted on Billboard's Pop 100 chart at number 98 and Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 17 in 2007. The songs "Hands Held High" and "No More Sorrow" also charted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at numbers 23 and 24, respectively, in 2007. The album has sold 3.3 million copies sold in the US alone.[36] Although sales of the album were lower than their two first studio albums, the album was more successful in terms of single's charting performance, with all of the five singles released reaching the Billboard Hot 100, and two songs reaching the Bubbling Under Hot 100.

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda; all music is composed by Linkin Park.

No.TitleLength
1."Wake"1:40
2."Given Up"3:09
3."Leave Out All the Rest"3:29
4."Bleed It Out"2:44
5."Shadow of the Day"4:49
6."What I've Done"3:25
7."Hands Held High"3:53
8."No More Sorrow"3:41
9."Valentine's Day"3:16
10."In Between"3:16
11."In Pieces"3:38
12."The Little Things Give You Away"6:23
Total length:43:23
Special edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."The Making of Minutes to Midnight"39:42
2."What I've Done" (video)3:28
3."Making of What I've Done Video"20:49
4."Advanced resolution PCM Stereo of all 12 tracks" 
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Faint" (live in Japan)2:46
Total length:46:09
Tour edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."No Roads Left"3:55
14."What I've Done" (Distorted Remix)3:46
15."Given Up" (Third Encore Session)3:09
Total length:53:33
Japanese tour edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Faint" (live in Japan)2:46
14."No Roads Left"3:52
15."What I've Done" (Distorted Remix)3:50
16."Given Up" (Third Encore Session)3:09
Total length:57:00
iTunes edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Faint" (live in Japan; does not appear on the clean deluxe (iTunes) version of the album (Canada) or on both explicit and clean deluxe editions in the US)2:44
14."What I've Done" (live at Sessions@AOL; appears on both explicit and clean deluxe (iTunes) version of the album in Canada and the US)3:24
15."No Roads Left" (pre-order only, originally at track 14)3:52
Total length:53:23
2013 iTunes deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."No Roads Left"3:48
14."Across the Line"3:11
Total length:50:22
Wal-Mart edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Breaking the Habit" (live at Soundcheck)4:25
14."What I've Done" (live at Soundcheck)3:24
Total length:51:12
Best Buy edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."What I've Done" (live at Sessions@AOL)3:29
14."No More Sorrow" (live at Sessions@AOL)3:45
15."Given Up" (live at Sessions@AOL)3:12
Total length:53:49
Circuit City edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Faint" (live)2:44
14."What I've Done" (live)3:25
Total length:49:32
Asian digital download tour edition track listing (Live from Shanghai, China, November 18, 2007)[37]
No.TitleLength
1."One Step Closer" 
2."Lying from You" 
3."Somewhere I Belong" 
4."No More Sorrow" 
5."Papercut" 
European digital download tour edition track listing (Live from O2 Arena, London, January 29, 2008)
No.TitleLength
1."What I've Done"7:27
2."One Step Closer"4:10
3."Faint"4:07
Total length:15:44
iTunes bonus video edition
No.TitleLength
13."Behind the Scenes featurette"3:47
14."What I've Done" (video)3:27
Total length:50:37
15th Anniversary digital deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."No Roads Left"3:48
14."Across the Line"3:10
15."Given Up" (Third Encore Session)3:09
16."What I've Done" (Distorted Remix)3:47
Total length:57:20

Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World

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Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World
Live album by
Linkin Park
ReleasedJune 12, 2012
Recorded2007–2010
Genre
Length50:34
Label
ProducerMike Shinoda
Linkin Park chronology
Meteora – Live Around the World
(2012) 		Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World
(2012) 		Living Things
(2012)

Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World is a live album which features live versions of songs from the third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. They were recorded in various cities around the world from 2007 to 2010.

Track listing

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Minutes to Midnight – Live Around the World[38]
No.TitleLength
1."Wake" (Live from Taipei, 2007)1:48
2."Given Up" (Live from Taipei, 2009)3:18
3."Leave Out All the Rest" (Live from Frankfurt, 2008)3:22
4."Bleed It Out" (Live from Melbourne, 2010)5:33
5."Shadow of the Day" (Live from Melbourne, 2010)4:32
6."What I've Done" (Live from New York, 2008)4:57
7."Hands Held High" (Live from Osaka, 2007)3:59
8."No More Sorrow" (Live from Taipei, 2009)4:57
9."Valentine's Day" (Live from Amnéville, 2008)3:21
10."In Between" (Live from Paris, 2008)3:17
11."In Pieces" (Live from Koln, 2008)3:42
12."The Little Things Give You Away" (Live from Shanghai, 2007)7:43
Total length:50:34

Personnel

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Credits adapted for AllMusic.[39]

Linkin Park
  • Chester Bennington – lead vocals; rhythm guitar (5, "No Roads Left"); backing vocals (7, 10)
  • Rob Bourdon – drums, percussion; backing vocals (7)
  • Brad Delson – lead guitar; string arrangements (3, 5, 7, 12, "No Roads Left"); backing vocals (7)
  • Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitar; backing vocals (7, 12)
  • Joe Hahn – turntables, sampling, programming; backing vocals (7)
  • Mike Shinoda – rhythm guitar, keyboard, piano, production; string arrangements (3, 5, 7, 12, "No Roads Left"); acoustic guitar (12); lead vocals (7, 10, "No Roads Left"), rap vocals (4, 7), backing vocals (2–3, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12)
ProductionArtwork
  • Tom Whalley – A&R
  • Ellen Wakayama – creative directing

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[130] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[131] 2× Platinum 40,000*
Belgium (BEA)[132] Gold 15,000*
Canada — 195,000[133]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[134] 2× Platinum 40,000‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[135] Gold 15,893[135]
France (SNEP)[136] Gold 75,000*
Germany (BVMI)[137] 7× Gold 700,000‡
Greece (IFPI Greece)[53] Gold 7,500^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[138] Gold 3,000^
Italy (FIMI)[139]
sales since 2009 		Platinum 50,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[140] Platinum 250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[141] 2× Platinum 30,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[142] Gold 10,000*
Portugal (AFP)[143] Platinum 20,000^
Russia (NFPF)[144] Gold 10,000*
Singapore (RIAS)[145] 3× Platinum 30,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[146] Gold 40,000^
Sweden (GLF)[147] Gold 20,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[148] 2× Platinum 60,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[149] 2× Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[150] 5× Platinum 5,000,000‡
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[151] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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