10 Rock Albums That Went From Hated To Loved

If there’s anything to take away from this list, it’s that fans don’t really know what they want until you give it to them. Even if you get some severe negative pushback from one of your records, it might just be a case of the fans not really understanding what you’re trying to do just yet. And when Linkin Park decided to leave nu metal behind, a good half of their fanbase ended up going berserk.

Although Minutes to Midnight was far from the heaviest record they ever made, A Thousand Suns was a sharp line in the sand for the group’s sound, coating everything in glitchy production and making songs that were inspired by the likes of electronic music and pop. For most fans, this was the first sign that the band was selling out, but once you listened to the album in full, it started to make a lot more sense. Rather than just rest on their laurels as an angry nu metal band, A Thousand Suns was crafted as a concept album in the same vein as Radiohead or Pink Floyd, using each track to tell a story about what happens during the fallout of nuclear assault.

While one of the major complaints towards the album has to do with the different interludes, they actually add a lot of color to the story, as if you’re stuck underground with the rest of the survivors trying their best to hear if there are any signs of life to be found anywhere. This was just the beginning too, with almost every rock band following in Linkin Park’s lead since then, adding subtle touches of electronica into their songs. Whether or not this is a good thing, A Thousand Suns walked so that acts like Twenty One Pilots could run.