I am not a Linkin Park fan. Let's just get that out of the way right up front. BUT I have to say, against my better judgement I checked out the new CD just to see what all the hype was about since I've been hearing about what a "Bad@ss" album this is supposed to be...
So anyway, I got a (free) copy of it and threw it on. Here's my opinion of the album:
They have incredible potential to be an awesome band, but either they are more into making money than good music OR (most likely) the record label has its claws firmly dug into the band and makes them put out CRAP! Almost every song on the album starts out great, then they get to the 1st verse or if the verse is good, the chorus. The chorus on every single track on the album (except "Sessions" which is an instrumental and the best song on the album) is some sort of Backstreet Boys/Nsync sounding crapola that ruins the whole song. All in all, the band seems to have good ideas but the end product is crap.
Result: I deleted the album and considered killing myself for actually listening to the whole thing.
Rating: I give it one thumb down and one middle finger up (read as: save ur money).