A Thousand Suns A Thousand Suns A Thousand Suns is the fourth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on September 8, 2010, by Warner Bros. Records. The album was written by the band and was produced by Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, who worked together to produce the band's previous studio album "Minutes to Midnight" (2007). Recording sessions for "A Thousand Suns" took place at NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, California from 2008 until early 2010. "A Thousand Suns" is a concept album dealing with human fears such as nuclear warfare. The band has
Midnight Ride (album) in "Billboard" magazine as a "package of hard driving, pulsating rockers." Serene Dominic of the "Phoenix New Times" called the album "proof that [the band] squandered not a minute of that massive TV exposure." It is listed in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" by Robert Dimery and Michael Lydon. In 1966 the song "Kicks" was covered by the Monkees as an album track on their album "Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees". "Midnight Ride" was remastered and re-released on February 1, 2000 by Sundazed Records with bonus tracks. Midnight Ride (album) Midnight Ride