Muse album reviews

 

The Resistance [7/10]

'The Resistance' is the fifth studio album from Devon trio Muse which features the Queen inspired lead single Uprising.

Since releasing their debut album 'Showbiz' back in 1999 the band have slowly but surely established themselves as one of the biggest bands in Europe with sell out concerts at some of the world's biggest sports stadiums including two nights at London's Wembley Stadium back in the summer of 2007.

Apart from 'Showbiz', all the bands album's have made the top 10 with 2006's 'Black Holes And Revelations' and 2003's 'Absolution' reaching number 1. Despite the bands huge success with albums only 2 of their 17 singles released to date have made the top 10 'Supermassive Black Hole' and 'Time Is Running Out'.

Early reviews of the album are very positive with Radio 1's Zane Lowe describing the record as "A beautifully recorded, strong, sweeping, fighting, uplifting, rocking, and inclusive record about love" and Japanese music magazine Rockin' On hailed it as an "incredible masterpiece". Both Mojo and Q Magazines give the album 4 stars with Mojo saying "introspection is realised on a gargantuan scale, with the climatic rock symphony Exogenesis" and Q describe it as "perversely life-affirming stuff"

6 Reviews
I SHALL BE THE FIRST I love Muse but feared they were a due a below par effort, don’t get me wrong, 'The Resistance' is not a bad album it's not just up to their high standards, tracks are too over the top, clever production tricks replace actual content and melody. I guess the band now need to strip things down a little or go back to basics, but that would be too obvious.

6/10 [published 9/12/2009 11:43:55 AM]
Deadlikeme Something's wrong with this one, like with other muse albums thr are no whoa moments when listenin to this, and except the great exogenesis symphony(mainly part 1) the rest of the album sounds suprisingly generic and kinda boring, there are some great and interesting parts like UD chorus, or the heavy breakdowns in US and MK Ultra, intro/outro to Resistance,but the songs are over-produced and too over-the top even for them. rating it 6.5/10

7/10 [published 9/14/2009 3:41:04 PM]
Mandaski Perfection / brilliant. I love it all. Each of their albums inspires me from start to finish and Resistance hits the mark for me on first listening. THANKS guys !

10/10 [published 9/15/2009 7:42:27 PM]
Pulerin I won't lie; a few of the tracks took a few listens to grow on me, but once they did i questioned how I could have ever had a problem with them. The thing I love about muse is they always seem more interested in making something new and different that they enjoy not everybody else.

9/10 [published 9/16/2009 9:51:56 PM]
Bob Song 1 is not bad but the rest are crap. Over produced but no substance or emotion. They basically listen to old pop records and beef up the noise.

1/10 [published 9/17/2009 8:25:58 AM]
J.Michael Lister 1)"Uprising" - Glam-rock beat, Dr Who-esque style synth, student politics lyrics...doesn't sound like a combination that would work - but it really does! Seems to me that too many people are trying too hard with reviewing new music - just listen to it! Muse are filling the void left by Queen at times and there is nothing wrong with that..."They will not force us..." and we all sing along. Brilliant 8/10

2)"Resistance" - Lovely intro with gorgeous piano melody, building slowly and 'love story in the ruins' reveals itself. Tight bridge into a rousing chorus - Matt Bellamy delivering a great vocal and then it all starts over again. A great rocking finish and it's a classic Muse tune. Fantastic song and i'm hooked into singing along again. Excellent 8/10

3)"Undisclosed Desires" - What? This starts like it's an RnB tune more likely to be Justin Timberlake or Craig David singing!. Popping strings make this sound like a soul tune initially - but once moody synths and evil slapped bass line cut in you remember where you are... Diversity from the guys here and it hardly gets any credit. Muse branch out in a new direction musically and this is no bad thing. 7/10

4)"United States of Eurasia"/"Collateral Damage" - An Epic tune that we have not heard the likes of since Mercury and May gave us "Innuendo" back in the 1990's. This has the lot - massive production and not-so-subtle politic along with over-dramatic backing vocals. When "There can be only one" gets blurted out, it's unmistakeabley Queen influenced - nothing wrong with that. Muse could easily become the greatest band in the Universe if they keep pushing themselves like this. "Collateral Damage" is divine pianism - although the aircraft sound effects are a little OTT. Very Good 7/10

5)"Guiding Light" - Back to Earth with a solid tune more in keeping with what the guys have given us before - If you don't like this track straight away, you will after two or three listens. Stick with it 6/10

6)"Unnatural Selection" - A church organ guides us in to this tub-thumping protest effort. Again, this sounds like a Muse staple and will no doubt please established fans. Some "hey!" action included here that just stoked memories of "Holiday" by GreenDay - but that's probably just me... Nice break down to allow another dramatic build with Hendrix-style guitar solo thrown in, it's quite a full song. Good stuff, especially the finale - "Counter-balance this commotion..." and then prepare to ROCK! 7/10

7)"MK Ultra" - Excellent production on this track and Muse sound so relevent and up-to-date it's frightening. I wont spoil it by trying to reveal meanings etc, but this is another good belting assault on your senses. This one is a real dynamic effort that's bursting with dark energy... Can't wait to see this stuff live! 8/10

8)"I Belong To You"/"Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix" - Stop the press! Muse change direction pretty sharply here... It's...um...kind of ragtime/cabaret/Liza Minelli inspired stuff... It's almost camp but it really doesn't detract from what is a highly original work. Another epic that surprises in so many ways - not to mention the instruments...is that a clarinet I hear??? High marks for originality here... 8/10

9)"Exogenesis:Symphony Part 1"(Overture) - The influence of classical music is never more present or evident on Mr Bellamy than right here. As I said earlier, Muse can easily become the greatest band the World has ever heard if they keep moving the way they are. The mixture of sweeping orchestra and electric guitars is spell-binding. Wonderful 9/10

10)"Exogenesis:Symphony Part 2"(Cross-Pollination) - Leaving aside the piano intro that sounds like a track by Paul McCartney singing about a small Scottish Island,(if you're not familiar with this song, be grateful), this is a another dramatic and rousing affair that again draws heavily from classical influences. With focus, it's frightening the potential these boys have... 7/10

11)"Exogenesis:Symphony Part 3"(Redemption) - Simply gorgeous. The diversity between a piece of music like this and something like "MK Ultra", which obviously feature on the same project, is mind-boggling. Gratifying as a final track should be, this tugs at the heart-strings with it's sincerity and composure. Genius. 10/10

After ten years of Muse, you really should know by now whether you like them or not. After "Absolution", I doubted whether Muse could scale such brilliant heights again...oh me of little faith.

"The Resistance" is easily there second best effort after the aforementioned "Absolution", and given time it may even compete.

A triumphant work I shall never tire of hearing - 9/10

9/10 [published 10/1/2009 12:07:55 PM]

H.A.A.R.P: Live from Wembley [10/10]

H.A.A.R.P is Muse's second live release following Hullabaloo back in 2001. The album is a recording of the bands spectacular Wembley Stadium shows which took place in London in June 2007.

5 Reviews
ThemAgainstUs The best live album since U2's live Under a Blood Red Sky some 25 years ago. There are very few that sound better live than they do record. Awsome stuff

10/10 [published 3/15/2008 2:49:00 PM]
Muse Rock! Buy it and be blown away by the legends MUSE! Makes me feel like I am back there on the best night of my life!

10/10 [published 3/18/2008 10:07:00 AM]
Anthony Morrell This DVD encapsulates all that was brilliant, exhilarating, and fantastical of the 2 Wembley performances, all rolled into one.

Tom Kirk, the director and media magnifico, has excelled himself with this production - only the greatest friend of the trio from Devon could have been in such mastery of the material: thank you guys, thank you Morgan, and thank you Tom, for a DVD/CD to treasure for ever.

10/10 [published 3/18/2008 8:00:00 PM]
Denstort Brilliant!

HAving seen them at Wembley this DVD captures all the best bits, and will give someone who hasn't had the oppurtunity to see them live the chance to experience the band that is MUSE.

10/10 [published 3/21/2008 5:38:00 PM]
harryg Well, what more can you say. It is Muse and it is what they do best. That being performing live, and live like no other band can. An essential CD / DVD for all MUSE lovers and beginners.

10/10 [published 3/27/2008 5:46:00 AM]

Black Holes and Revelations [8/10]

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macky Lead single Supermassive Black Hole is a catchy but very different effort from Muse, so one treats this new long player with interest and preparation for a new musical direction and the first couple of minutes of opening track Take A Bow somewhat confirms the expectations. It’s full on Kraftwerk that ups a gear into the Pet Shop Boys and then steps up another gear into the traditional space rock which has now become Muse’s trademark.

Starlight sets the tone for the rest of the album - space rock electronic style, there’s the usual blend of progressive rock, over the top guitar riffs and meaty bass lines, but this time it’s mixed with a range of synthesizers and Queen Style vocal arrangements on A Solders Poem and the epic Knights Of Cydonia.

The band claimed that they would deliver a more upbeat album than their previous efforts and they have. What the band have also delivered is best album of 2006 by a country mile.

9/10 [published 6/10/2006 9:18:00 AM]
Matazz What would happen if you take out that mad passion and intensity - that extreme dramatic
edge - from Muse's music? It was these precise aspects that critics have been sneering in unison at, but truly what would Bellamy sound like without the drama? Well, the answer to this question is sadly given by Muse's last album, Black holes and Revelations. Sadly, because without the drama Muse sounds painfully predictable and shallow, and the smart boys in the music press who thought they sounded pathetic and awkward before they should listen to this last album.
Ok so what does this abum sound like? God, it's like a heterogenos mixture of cheap pop, glam rock, club music (oh, even some oriental elements!) - without any depth, without any novelty element, hardly at all entertaining. Only in its chaotic diversity is this album
unpredictable, and in the bad surprises it offers. Oh, talking of surprises, Bellamy's voice
seems to have changed fundamentally, becoming very often almost unrecognizable; he now sings in a lower tone free from his trademark dramatic shrieking, and has started to sound dangerously close to Bon Jovi or something. That unless he takes so high a pitch that he starts sounding like the Bee Gees. I read somewehere on the web a customer's remark on the single "Supermassive hole" which preceded the album saying that it sounded like Britney Spears! And I had to admit that if you add a rock element to old Britney and replace her voice with Bellamy's, that's EXACTLY what it would sound like! Let's put it differently: music on this album seems like a mad compillation of Britney-style pop, Europe (!), Bon Jovi, U2, Keane (!), western spaghetti music with trumpets (!), some Queen - all having undergone a terribly awkward remixing into techno and club music.
How could Muse come up with a record like this? Is it the fact that they've "grown" and
abandoned teenage anger behind, are they more "settled" now? Or have they listened to critics' remarks about their albums being overly dramatic and blown out of proportion. That
they were, but there was a directness, a spontaneity and a refreshingly rocking element in
that, that many will only now learn to value. Whichever the reason they've failed pathetically. Ladies and gentlemen, I say this as a great admirer of Muse's previous albums (especially the wonderful "Origins of Symmetry) - this album is simply awfull. In comparison with the previous albums, it's very much like the Matrix sequels - listening to it might even spoil the good impression the first albums left on you - Muse fans beware!

4/10 [published 6/10/2006 9:37:00 AM]
Luke Muse have never been original, their strengths lie in taken old techniques and applying them to their own style. BHAR is a bit different to their three previous albums, it’s more easily accessible and poppy but many of the tracks still have them glorious epic themes. The band proves that they are versatile as well as creative and album number four is arguably their best effort to date.

10/10 [published 6/10/2006 12:43:00 PM]
Emmidan Emmidan Says:

June 11th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
I’ve listened to the new album all the way through five times now and I can honestly say it’s a disappointment.
Guys I’m afraid it’s one of those albums you have to ‘want to like’ to really enjoy!
After the first track (which blew me away as it could have come at the end of Absolution) I couldn’t wait to hear the rest.

It’s fine to be experimental (nothing wrong with a change of direction either) but the fact is THE MELODIES ARE SIMPLY NOT AS STRONG AS ABSOLUTION.

It’s produced like a master piece, an incredible piece of art but it’s some what wasted on the average tunes.

Take Super Massive Black Holes which is a clever produced track, it’s appeal is it’s groove and much of this album is like that.

Take the last track which everyone is going crazy about. It’s an average melody cleverly produced.
It doesn’t have the “muse emotion” of their classic songs. Remember when you first played Absolution and the brilliant Falling Away slowly went it to Hysteria this album never gives you that feeling.

For me Matt’s best songs are when he glides over the chords with his voice. Yes there are one or two better melodies but I guarantee the sales for this won’t be anywhere near the last album.

In years to come we will find it hard to pick one or two tracks from this album to put on the ultimate Muse compilation.
It’s such a shame, if you love Muse you’ll find yourslef wanting to love this more than just loving it!

7/10 [published 6/11/2006 8:59:00 PM]
feiyen Supermassive black hole is strange. Listen the entire album before ;)

the album is... wonderful.

10/10 [published 6/13/2006 12:03:00 AM]
Phil Sound:
This album has a different sound that the other three, but then give me two Muse albums which sound the same. There are very different styles as in Supermassive Black Hole, and in some songs have a more poppy feel as in Starlight. There is also a very Spanish and even Arabian feel to some of the songs especially in Hoodoo and City of Delusion. However the classic Muse feel is felt throughout the album and after a few listens a good Muse fan will like it along with the other three. The sound and feel of this album was quite shocking at first when compared to earlier Muse, But there are a few tracks which you could say are much more like Origin of Symmetry but with a darker feel than that album, and the other track are very good in their own right. The album isn’t as dark as absolution in sound but still definitely has a very serious feel about it.

Lyrics:
Unlike some of Muse’s previous stuff namely Plug in Baby and Microcuts most of the lyrics make some deal of sense in this album. There is a political feel to this album with one of the songs being named Exo-politics though this song seems to be more about attack from aliens with the line: “When the zetas fill the skies will our leaders tell us why” (zetas being alien fighter spacecraft) However I believe as a whole this album is about fighting back not necessarily against aliens but possibly against a corrupt government as the aforementioned lyrics changes in the second chorus to: “When the zetas fill the skies its just our leaders in disguise”. The lyrics are great to sing along with as with any previous Muse album and they haven’t disappointed with the variety of strange language and brilliant phrases.

Impression:
Muse has thus far created three magnificent pieces of musical art, Origin of Symmetry being a step up from showbiz, and Absolution on a par. I wont say weather this is their best worst of middling album yet, I need time for it to sink in for me to rate it but it is definitely one of there best. They have not disappointed with this album being able to yet again step up to the challenge of following their previous triumphs. I will be listening to this album for many years to come as Muse have managed to prove wrong the taboo of a bands fourth album, with another masterpiece. I urge anyone and everyone to buy this album as soon as it is released to assure its rightful place at the top of the chart. Many people are saying this album wont do as well due to the fact that Muse’s style has changed however this is just the most controversial (in a musical sense) album they have made to date, and if you wanted just more of the same with no new ideas then you may hate this album. However if you have an open mind and Muse isn’t the only band that you like in the world, then this album will have something to offer you. Before this I heard this album Origin of Symmetry was my favourite, however I think that this new release may be a contender for its place.

10/10 [published 6/13/2006 11:14:00 AM]
rominoo What can I say... except that I'm very disapointed by this last album. Believe me, I'm a huge fan of Muse, I have everything they recorded, I'm in LOVE with their sound and music... But this album is not MUSE. It's commercial, strange, unbalanced... I thought I could never say this about Muse, but for the very first time, I'm really disappointed. But I still love them, I'm sure they'll get back to what they did on the next album. A record that I'll buy because it's Muse, but I won't listen to it much. Too bad

5/10 [published 6/13/2006 10:01:00 PM]
nick The album is a mix of traditional Muse sound and the "more upbeat" music the band was shooting for.

The new club/pop sound is compared with anything from Britney Spears to Franz Ferdinand, but it does make the album stand out. Some fans hate the changes, but it would be really dull if Muse released another album like Absolution (even though it's definitely their best album to date).

If you don't focus on the new sound, the album sounds very much like Muse - the beautiful choruses of Asassin, Exo-Politics, and Knights of Cydonia, the apocalyptic feel and the synth Origin-of-Symmetry-like sound of Take a Bow, the highly emotional Bellamy's vocals, combined with Absolution-sounding piano and strings parts in the climax part of Hoodoo and the album itself -

this, along with nice touches, like oriental themes and trumpet part (sounding like an ending of a Soviet movie to me), makes me give this album 10 points out of 10.

10/10 [published 6/14/2006 2:12:00 AM]
Oliver morton stimpson

I personally like the album myself , I think it shows another side to them (weather that's good or bad) if your looking for songs like Stockholm syndrome and time is running out , you will be disappointed. but if your more open minded and willing to take on the new songs u come away feeling allot happier. just remember some of the songs on this album will sound 10 times better live (like the recent BBC gig with knights of cydonia)

i personally would give this a 7/10

i look forward to seeing what happens with this album chart wise, i also look forward to seeing in the future what type of album they make after this one as it makes it the 5Th and last album they sign up to do with taste ltd and Warner music for.

7/10 [published 6/14/2006 2:35:00 AM]
*siahne*luvs*muse* i hate to say it to coz i am a huuge fan of muse but where is the passion? the strong words? the dramatic,amazing and powerful melodeys? but i havto say hoodoo has a bit of it when matts piano part comes in. thats probably the most "musey" song on the album. although aswell with knights of cydonia, where its just matt and the bass singing the "no ones gonna take me alive" etc etc i like. lets just hope muse will come back to their awesome progressive rock self. Still my favourite band ;)

7/10 [published 6/14/2006 1:16:00 PM]

Absolution [9/10]

7 Reviews
MAC This may be the way forward for companies to fight file downloading, bundle it with a bonus DVD containing a documentary about the making of the CD all for an extra £1, value for money? Yes. The greatest value is the CD itself, Muse's finest effort to date, take the best parts of "Showbizz" and "Origin Of Symmetry", pour on some Radiohead, Metallica, Mozart and War of the Worlds and the result is high drama. Reading the track listings and lyrics where most of the songs point to the Armageddon and doom, you think that they have spent the last 2 years listening to Leonard Cohen, but no! They seem to celebrate the end as a glorious finale. The amount of variety is plenty, synthesisers, string symphonies and piano concertos appear on "Apocalypse Please" and "Blackout" and "Hysteria", again string lashed opens with "Red Army Blues" style haunting harmonies. Fans of Unintended can lick their lips; there are a couple here, equal if not better "Sing for Absolution" and "Butterflies and Hurricanes", the latter with dreamy Jeff Buckley style riff. Over-indulgence and over-the-top have become Muse's trademark, overtime has not, perhaps the albums only floor is one track too many.

9/10 [published 7/29/2004 8:50:00 AM]
James Smith Bairnsdale Australia: Muse is the past has established themselves with soothing harmonies with quick and stealthly explosions of rock. The previous work of Muse indicated that they worked really hard on making sure that (1) That they were distinctive in sound as well (2) distinctive in style. Absolution is a fantastic direction to go with these ideas. Absolution presents you with questions, almost as if it asks you directly to think of answers for them, your own absolutions. The album is well titled (much like the band), it's an album that makes listeners either fly away in euphoria or address the hidden little issues that plague our human existence. This album is simply incredible, Loving the orchestrated stuff as well as the hard rock of Stockholm Syndrome, this album has everything you'd want for an emotional rock opera sensation. Indulge your senses and give this album a good whirl. Listen once, then twice, then you're hooked. This is easily the best work Muse have ever created.

10/10 [published 7/29/2004 8:51:00 AM]
Steve Hayes England: In 2004, Muse became one of the largest bands in the U.K. with Absolution. Origin of Symmetry was going to be hard to beat, but Absolution smashed it away. The Album is a mixture of heavy, heart pumping tracks to slow, classic symmpathys. Along with Muse being one of the top live acts around and the fact that their last two album has been so successful... 2005 will be the year of Muse

9/10 [published 7/29/2004 8:52:00 AM]
IR UK: Origin of what? Forget about it, because this is so much better. What out there is equal to Muse? I have not heard another album like this in 2004. The most mind-blowing, crazy guitar riffs mixed with powerful ballads(if thats the correct term) to really mix you up. You put this on, you listen hard-because every Muse song is an event.

10/10 [published 7/29/2004 8:52:00 AM]
Amy Harrison hi australia: The Muse are the only band that can pull off a great fusion between electric rock and classical strings and piano. The loud clashing piano haunts you in Apocalypse Please and the bass riff in Hysteria sets you in a euphoric mood. This album blows you away and takes teleports you somewhere else. one of the best albums ever

10/10 [published 7/29/2004 8:53:00 AM]
Ollie I loved this for a little while there. I still would now I guess but for over-playing it around the time of my University finals. Hysteria, Stockholm Syndrome and Apocalypse Please are my favourite tracks, and the only one I don't really like is Sing For Absolution. That aside, this is probably their best record and is a prime example of what a talented man Matt Bellamy is.

8/10 [published 1/4/2006 8:20:00 PM]
Conor Is an excellent album...but I think it is the worst of the 3! The album only follows one route unlike Origin of Symmetry and does not show the versitality of the band however most of the songs are excellent, stocklome syndrome and Butterflies and Hurricanes are the two best singles on it.

8/10 [published 4/7/2006 2:27:00 PM]

Origin of Symmetry [9/10]

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mac UK This should shut the critics up whom hailed Muse the poor mans Radiohead, this album proves that as a band they are equal if not better musicians and songwriters. The only similarities here are the lead vocals, musically Muse sound more like Queen with gloriously over the top rock anthems. Newborn and Blis start sounding similar to Tangerine Dream then burst into Zeppelin, Plug It Baby and Citizen Erased amongst others are tracks you can bounce and head bang to until you drop, and when you get back up - you want more

9/10 [published 8/6/2004 1:23:00 PM]
David Personally, the best muse albumn out of all three.. i just hope this isnt where they have peaked. This is alternate rock at it's best. Probably the best cover version of Nina Simone's 'feeling good' out there. This albumn is certainly over the top with 7 minute epics like 'New Born' and 'Citizen Erased.' Matt Bellamy's voice has great effect..sometimes intentional screeching as in Micro cuts but often soothing
like in 'bliss.' The thing about this albumn is its versatility and range of songs..'plug in baby' is a high energy sub-genre classic and how often do you now hear piano in rock music? Definitley one of the best of the year, 10/10

10/10 [published 2/28/2006 11:34:00 PM]
Conor One of my favourite albums and is the best of the 3...the album has a hyper pace to it which makes it easy for Muse to put a lot of different tempos of song on...2 best songs on it are Plug on Baby and New Born. New born does a brilliant job of introducing the theme of the album and its length goes un-noticed and Plug in Baby is a song you cannot resist to showing your liking of it...impossible not to get lost in the album

10/10 [published 4/7/2006 2:24:00 PM]
Leper Messiah This album is really good but there were some songs which were a bit sucky
eg:New Born and Dark Shines

the riffs on plug in baby, citizen erased and bliss make this the best muse album ever released.

8/10 [published 5/8/2006 8:50:00 PM]
Symmetrical This album starts so well, with the first 7 songs all very different, but with the general hard rock/ loose bass pattern. Then Screenager et al come in, and while they help the album "come down" I can't help feeling that 2 or 3 more faster songs could make this a perfect album. Feeling Good and Megalomania are good, but not up to the same eclectic peaks as Space Dementia or all-out agression of Hyper Music.

9/10 [published 10/28/2007 5:07:00 PM]
Fraser The finest achievement in my opinion of Muse. The are many words to describe this album, beautiful, terrifying intense. This album is a difficult listen at times with six minute piano tracks such as Space Dementia, but it is so rewarding to do at the same time. The album contains some of the mosty beutiful melodies i have ever heard combined with crashing guitar riffs. Bellamy is a musical genius his piano and guitar skills are incomprehensible to anyone who does not play an instrument and his falsetto is astonishing. If you are not a fan of Muse then this is the album to get, a combination of their darker side shown on Showbiz and the other side shown on Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations. This album is their defining work, a musical labrynth impossible not to get lost in. Ten out of ten without a doubt

10/10 [published 1/9/2008 7:17:00 PM]
Matt Their best album to date, without this there would be no Absolution, Black Holes or Resistance. The band took chances and did thier thing and it paid off.

10/10 [published 9/25/2009 11:30:27 AM]

Showbiz [8/10]

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J.P When i first listened to 'Showbiz', I was a little dissapointed; Mainly because I had listened to 'Origon Of Symmetry' first (which is what got me hooked on Muse) and that album is amazing. But as I listened to it more and more it began to grow on me. Matt Bellamy's vocals on 'Cave' are what started to bring me round. My other favourite song on there would have to be 'muscle museum'. overall good start for Muse!

7/10 [published 1/5/2006 9:18:00 PM]
Conor Love th album...think its almost as good as Origin of Symmetry!!! It is definately the raw-est sounding of the 3 and is why I rate it so high...but the best song has to be Showbiz, listening to the build up for 2 min. then hearing matt's high pitched screams is just pure simplicity that no1 else has thought of

9/10 [published 4/7/2006 2:20:00 PM]
Ollie To start with: Muscle Museum is a shit title for a song. Even if those words do fall either side of 'Muse' in your average dictionary. I bet even the band themselves secretly renounce that act of 'wit' nowadays. That aside, this is pretty good. Sunburn is excellent, as is Uno, Cave and a couple of other things too. A decent debut by a band that would quickly go on to greatness. Sounds a bit dated nowadays, but only because I still listen to it these days, unlike a lot of records from the same time.

7/10 [published 9/10/2006 9:40:00 PM]
 
 
 
 

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