Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) come". "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?". 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". Among those with a more negative view of the album was Stephen Thomas
In the Midnight Hour final Hot 100 appearance. The English rock band Roxy Music remade "In the Midnight Hour" for their 1980 "Flesh and Blood" album with the track issued as a single in USA where it bubbled under the "Billboard" Hot 100 reaching #106: the track was also issued as a single in Portugal. American musician Roger had an R&B hit with his remake entitled "Midnight Hour (Part 1)" which reached number 34 R&B in 1984: the single was taken from the album "The Saga Continues..." "In the Midnight Hour" has also been recorded by Ace Cannon ("inst") (album "Memphis Golden Hits"/ 1967),