Mike Shinoda Minchin III, Nick Spanos, and Joe Hahn for the artwork of the band's second studio album "Meteora". Shinoda also produced the album, with his bandmates and Don Gilmore which was his first production experience. By the release of the Jay-Z and Linkin Park collaborative mashup EP, entitled "Collision Course" in 2004, Shinoda's involvement in the creation of the albums continued to grow. He produced and mixed the album, which won a Grammy Award for "best rap / song collaboration" in 2006. The band released their next album, "Minutes to Midnight", on May 14, 2007. On this album, Shinoda shared a
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