A Thousand Suns was created by a band.
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 -LRB- 2007 -RRB- .	Linkin Park	Linkin Park	Rick Rubin	Rick Rubin	Mike Shinoda	Mike Shinoda	Minutes to Midnight	Minutes to Midnight (album)
