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
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