Rick Rubin to Produce New LP Album

I'm glad they picked him. I really hope he helps them take a real different approach on this next album and provides us with some really good material.

 

No offense but to all of the people in this thread who are SO confident that this album is going to be a rehash of the previous album's sound...I think you honestly need to watch the making of Minutes To Midnight again because you have no clue what you're talking about.

Rick Rubin DID NOT make Minutes To Midnight sound the way it did. He told the band early on in the writing process to write the album THEY wanted to make, and after the band voted on which songs to keep and which songs to discard...MTM was the album they chose to make. All Rick did was tell them when a song they wrote sounded like their previous music, because the band themselves wanted to break away from that. Musically, Minutes To Midnight was mostly the band's idea..and whatever we get from this new album, will be their idea as well.

If you hate MTM blame the band, not Rick. I loved Minutes To Midnight personally, and I hope the next record is even better than it because MTM was a step in the right direction for the band.

 

Well, the band did say that nothing they're making is going to sound like New Divide, and New Divide did sound like What I've Done. So, I think we're in for something different. Whether or not it's good, we'll see in 2010.

 

Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Wait till 2010 people.

 

If the band wants inspiration for ground breaking they just need to look here: http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/features/3035/the-top-50-albums-of-all-time.html

And also they should look up "loudness war" on wikipedia and avoid that like the plague.

If they do both things, this album will be their black album like Luke said.

 

Which is why Minutes To Midnight to me is a far superior album when compared to their previous work. You can actually hear the bass guitar, whereas in Meteora...Dave could've called in sick and you wouldn't have been able to tell the difference. Having heavy production values, and slick mastering is not always the key to a good sounding record. I guarantee you if a remastered version of Meteora came out (without the polish) the record itself would sound totally different.

 

That'd be pretty cool, actually. I'd like that.

 

I think that Linkin Park should consider someone like Rich Costey for production. He did a really good job on Muse's albums and I think he could do the same with Linkin Park. And if not that, I think the band should keep the production limited to Mike. The band did such a great job when he produced (take for example, Hybrid Theory Ep). I think most of us can note that most if not all of the demos sounded more creative and authentic than their Don Gilmore produced versions on Hybrid Theory. You can even take a look at Reanimation which is by far Linkin Park's creative masterpiece. They had other influences but ultimately their sound wasn't dictated by someone who cared for mainstream opinion. Rick Rubin is a good producer because he allows his artists space to experiment but ultimately the best works come when they are kept within the band. That is my opinion.

I do have faith in this upcoming album but I also think that it might not be so stunningly different than other contemporary artists because Linkin Park isn't used to that sound even though we are. Like I said we will see how good it is in 2010.

 

Yeah, my personal preference would be Shinoda doing production duties for Linkin Park. I'd feel a little more assured with that. But I'm gonna give this upcoming album a chance for now. It's a risk and you never know how risks turn out, really.