Hands Held High-LInkin Park is THE BAND
I am officially convinced that ‘Minutes to Midnight’, LP’s latest offering is their best album.
It is the album that we’ve all been waiting for for the past year. It is worth every damn dollar to purchase and it makes online downloading stupid. 
Yes, I’ve heeded the call for anti-piracy and bought the latest Linkin Park album for $17.50 and I’ve not regretted it so far.
The album proved that the group has matured and evolved from their last album, bringing in a new edge to their songs. The album is also distinctly LP somehow, so there’s no mistaking them as being another group.
My favourite thus far includes,Leave out All the Best, Bleed it Out, Shadow of the Day, Hands Held High, Valentine’s Day, In Pieces. As you’ll realise-its half the album.
Shadow of the Day reminds me of what U2 used to sound like but LP managed to bring out the right chords and flow to bring the whole song to its fitting momentum.
Mike Shinoda excelled in Hands Held High with his best verses delivered with perfect underlying pipe organ and snares. My fave quote…"when the rich wage war its the poor who die," gets featured.
Chester Bennington is definitely the LP singer as proven in In Pieces with his vulnerable unbroken boy-voice bordering on choir boy perfectness that can change suddenly into a Metallica angst screech.
Perfect. The album is absolutely perfect. I’d recommend anyone who has always wanted to know what LP is all about to purchase this album.
Don’t bother settling for anything lesser than the real thing!
