Reviews (page 10 of 14)
GOOD, fun listen overall
I'd heard some of this album already. Some excellent songs, some of the rest of it gets a little shakier. Very loud and dense, a little pretentious sounding at times. Exo-Politics is a pretty fun song I hadn't heard before. It's decent enough. Some moments that make me want to listen to more Muse, but overall it's a little much.
Enjoyed parts of this album. Felt quite modern and interesting.
Look, I like Muse. SUE ME. Muse I think is a band that, at the time, was for the 14 year old I was another addition to my newly found love for rock and without being too hard hitting it was something I could think ooo yeah i like rock i'm so cool ooo. I standby that their first album Showbiz and then after that Absolution are actually amazing albums and I hope they come up in this list. For this album, I rememeber this coming out and in all honesty I was disappointed even then as this album screams Muse just trying too hard to be this edgy, futuristic band that no longer focuses on the amazing guitar riffs or piano that made me love them in the first place. However, there are some good moments on this album. Map of Problematique I would genuinely argue is actually a really quite good dance track and if released by a more electronic act it would get a good reception. It builds and has a good motif and the electronic aspects actually work. Assassin is as close as we get to old Muse and for that I'm glad there is at least one nod. To end, I'm going to say something that will really piss you off. Seeing Knights Of Cydonia live is bloody brilliant and I loved every moment of it. Take that Muse haters. Grow up.
Love it or hate it, but it keeps that classic sound similar to Radiohead as others have pointed out.
Feeling generous - 3. I thought it would be a 2 initially but with enough plays this album broke through to me and it sounds very diverse, it's not just one sound throughout (e.g. Starlight to Supermassive Black Hole to Map of the Problematique in that three track sequence, then later on it's Assassin and Exo-Politics). I like that it just seemed like they wanted to do whatever they wanted, however grand or big or crazy it seems. It isn't "coherent" in that sense in terms of the sound being similar but that is not a knock on this album.
For some reason when I’d hear a Muse song here or there on the radio, it’d always mildly annoy me. Muse has never resonated with me, which is odd, because some of my favorite bands mark Muse as one of their inspirations. This album is the same, unfortunately. Hard hitting moments for sure, some good hooks, vocals are impressive. It ain’t bad, but nothing has particularly struck me or stuck with me. Why alas. 2.5/5 meh
I was all over this in 2006/7. Been fun going back to it for the first time since then, lots of memories. It is, though, really amazing how your tastes change as you get older - listening almost twenty years later and there is a lot of filler here.
Sometimes it's the day, sometimes it's the album. But my album of the day today just didn't live up to my expectations. Overall, a good listen and I can hear some of what other people say excites them about Muse, but it didn't happen for me.
A good album, but feels of an era, I’m surprised how dated it feels. A couple of bangers but not as exciting as Muse’s earlier endeavours. It could be that overproduction ruined the overall feel of the album.
A quality Muse album: would make a great soundtrack for some sort of revolution. Does also have Supermassive Black Hole on it which is a classic (and yes does make me think of The Baseball Scene).
Dois aspectos me incomodam neste disco: a tensão constante, impedindo o ouvinte de relaxar o mínimo e a opção por uma mixagem que deixa o som confuso ("embolado"). Não se ouve os pratos da bateria e os teclados, cordas e guitarras soam misturados, dificultando a experiência de desfrutar das melodias e arranjos. Mesmo assim, um bom disco!
2.5/5. Cava nog
A good album … feels like more than a 3 but at the same time I’m not sure it’s a 4 🤷♀️
I had never really listened to Muse outside of hearing them on the radio, and always kinda put them in the "poppy Radiohead ripoff" category, but this album was pretty good. Definitely had a few great moments and brought back some Guitar Hero memories. Highlights: "Starlight" and "Exo-Politics"
Haha, I already got this as an album, literally on day one, before getting the team It's still fun!
Fine, but not cool
A really solid 3 but I really can't give it any more. They've done some really good stuff but I rarely listen to Muse, they rarely excite or move me. Controversial!
Only for Super Massive Black Hole. Rest of the album feels mediocre
Didn't really love anything but it's was good the whole way through
“Supermassive Black Hole” was on my high school running list, and now feels a bit tired to me. I found “Invincible” a really engaging piece, with the clearer vocals and even the wild synthy guitar solo. “Exo-Politics” had a much more traditional “classic” rock mode which I found approachable and enjoyable. I was surprised by how not surprised I was that “City of Delusion” had a muted trumpet which was vaguely latin sounding. Then “Hoodoo” follows up with a Mariachi guitar introduction then is a hit of a song? I just don’t even know anymore. “Knights of Cydonia” I instantly recognized because The University of Rochester had an a cappella group that covered that one and I had the physical CD of their album in HS. Classic. Overall not something I’d reach for but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the later songs on the album.
It's got the usual Musings. Space themes, weird lyrics, held middle syllables, and juuuuuust enough post grunge to not be labeled as such.
This álbum have a start very good. But, the finish isn't very interesting!
Interesting. It sounds like an attempt to sound like Radiohead which is no bad thing, sort of lacked a bit of depth.
First track is amazing and the rest is just good. Kinda disappointed and I feel catfished.
some nice songs
3.5 the good tracks are great, sometimes it feels almost like a radiohead cover band (hoodoo)
2,9/5
Some good tunes...and some noise
Very fun instrumentals Close to my style, but not something that I'd often listen to But if the mood takes me back to this album, I won't mind!
Good album but for me no Origin of Symmetry
Ponderous themes and ponderous production. But sometimes it kind of rocks.
Every song sounds euphoric and grandiose. Not light and shade. Hopeful at the end when Hoodoo appears but then they over do it again and ends euphoric. I want to like Muse and just can't get there. Great musical passages but too much the same and one song blurs into another.
Very energetic. Seems VERY produced. It's a good album, but not for usual casual listening. Pitchfork: 4.2 Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Starlight Supermassive Black Hole Assassin Knights of Cydonia
What I would give to listen to this album for the first time again….. 3.5, rounded down
Whatever you say about Muse, they sure can make a racket for a band with only 3 people! This album is just enough not Radiohead and not Queen to hit a sweet spot. That sweet spot is definitely Supermassive Blackhole which is excellent. I also like Starlight alot. Some of the other songs are a little too grandiose
Loved the opening salvo, and was wondering how I’d never paid attention in to Muse before. Halfway through the album I realise why as it was starting to sound a bit like a Radiohead tribute act, more Thom Yorke than Tom Yorke who is already a divisive lead vocalist. Kind of grating in the end. Disappointing.
Supermassive Black Hole and Knights of Cydonia were already on the Liked Songs prior. Added Starlight but the rest of the album was a bit of a miss for me.
Their fourth album. Rock. This is an attempt at an epically grand album. There are a couple of peaks (which have been endlessly overplayed ever since) but overall I find it a little flat. I really want to be in to it but ultimately the album keeps letting me down. The production is good and there are some nice lyrics.
A big album. Lots of singles. I like the concept. A bit over the top and a little bit soulless though.
Adequate poppy alt rock. Gets an extra point for cool production. Great ZVEX fuzz tones on the bass and guitar, and cool synth arpeggios. Loses a point because Bellamy sounds like he's singing the transcript of an Infowars broadcast while doing a somewhat passable Thom Yorke impression. The rockers go decently hard, but the ballads really suck. I always assumed Muse fans were mostly people who stopped liking Radiohead when Kid A came out, and listening to this in full didn't really change that perception
No es mi gusto, pero tampoco le daría mala nota sólo por eso. Rock de los 00.
"Supermassive Black Hole" is a great song... i'll start off by saying that... "Take a Bow" opens the record... underwhelming in my opinion... the singer is kind of an operatic bloke... nothing is done on this cut that wasn't done better on Funeral For a Friend by Elton John, etc... "Starlight" is a song that reminds me of U2... almost a dead ringer for a Bono vocal... in other words a sure fire hit... "Map of the Problematique" is problematical to me... in that it is noise... lol... they slow it down with "Soldier's Poem"... "Invincible" is the next track on this U2, er, Muse album... lol... the rest of the album is basically the same... not much on melody... this band hits on something every once in a while on this album.... not enough to be something you must hear before you die... but, if you did, die, that is... without hearing it... well... you missed "Supermassive Black Hole"... which is a good song... "Glorious", "Exo-Politics", "Assassin" and "Knights of Cydonia" what??? lol... are example of the pretentious titles... Three stars... and i'm being generous..."
Pretty good
El álbum con la canción de la escena de beisbol de Crepúsculo, mis dieces de entrada. Rock alternativo con sonidos clásicos del género, me gusta que algunas canciones tienen cambios de ritmo. Pero a pesar de ser un género que me gusta no me termina de convencer el álbum, creo que porque se acerca un poco al metal y me parece un poco repetitivo. Esta bien pero sin más para mi. Canciones favs: supermassive black hole, invincible, city of delusion, hoodoo
Heard this before it in with the four albums I have a anytime for from Muse. I like the UFO gimmick they use behind everything but Matts voice can be far too wailing at times. There are some stand out tracks the singles Knights, Starlight etc Map of Prob is also extremley good invincible is ok too. However its all a little preachy and his voice skretches on the ballads and he doesnt carry it well. The drums, Bass and Guitar from the trio are tight especially the drumming and Matts solos are a bit hit and miss. Its okay but not stood the test of time for me. I also found myself disappointed the few times I have seen them live all atyle over substance.
The bangers are bangers here but man alive Muse album tracks aren't great are they?
Always had issue with Muse as I felt they were too forced and just never liked the marketing -was glad to listen to this album start to finish as the album was tight and much better than I expected.
Just some inoffensive background music. Not bad, and not appealing enough for me to seek it out again.
Muse are a weird band, they are these... space obsessed, conspiracy obsessed, alt rock ala Radiohead by way of Queen which would sound lame as hell but personally? I kinda love that about their early music, their weird blend of theatrical music and 00s alt rock really works well for the kind of music they make and this album especially is great for how it just brings in both really sweet poppy songs (Starlight), very mechanical and heavy pop songs to play baseball to (Super Massive Black Hole), and then just a bunch of Ennio Morricone Spaghetti Western sounding songs at the end, it's not consistent at ALL but I loved this shit when I was 14, and even at 24 I still kinda love it, if here and there than as a whole.
I never really listened to Muse back when this dropped but I do remember how huge it was back then. Muse definitely has a distinct sound and sometimes, it doesn't really land well for me (like Invincible). But when it hits, it's -chef kiss-. Solid album overall but I'm a much bigger fan of The Resistance. Favorite tracks: Kinghts of Cydonia
Queria muito gostar deste álbum, queria gostar desta banda. Mas é difícil. Não sinto muita coisa os ouvindo. Comparações com Radiohead são óbvias e cansativas, mas acima de tudo, acho essas comparações tristes. Tristes no sentido que, se eu pensar nelas, eu vou querer tirar o disco do Muse e colocar qualquer disco do Radiohead. Por isso, evito ao máximo estes pensamentos durante a escuta. Mas o pior é que não acho nada aqui verdadeiramente ruim. Só não me dá o mesmo tesão que outras bandas semelhantes me dão. E é difícil apontar o motivo exato disso. Talvez seja pela produção mais emaculada deste disco comparado com outros semelhantes. Talvez seja pela voz do vocalista não ser 100% do meu agrado. Talvez seja pelo conteúdo lírico que às vezes chega em um nível “I’m 14 and this is deep”. Talvez seja, na realidade, uma junção de tudo isso. Provavelmente. Knights of Cydonia é uma canção clássica todavia, não posso negar isso. Eu a adoro. E há alguns outros cortes aqui que eu até gostei. Nada me deixou entusiasmado o suficiente para ser salvo, mas mesmo assim, nada me ofendeu seriamente. Um álbum mediano de uma banda que, por agora, acredito também ser mediana. 3/5
Good but not really my thing
Hate muse
Fine rock album. Feels a bit more polished than your average rock album. Got some nice hits and the other songs are listenable but kind of forgettable. I can see why people call them a “budget-Radiohead” but I think I still prefer Muse.
Didn't care for muse in high school. Don't care for muse in my late 30s. I mean... It was fine, but not anything spectacular. 3 stars.
No spoko, takie do auta żeby nie zasnąć:D ale zbyt drażniące do słuchania na codzień
A few good ones. Not as good as I remembered.
Ok, being generous w 3
MUSEEEEEEEEEEE 😍😍😍😍😍😍 pure art obviously I mean supermassive black hole ??! 🙇♀️🙇♀️🙇♀️ overall it’s great but keep in mind this is far for being their best album I’m torn between 3 or 4 stars
Nice album overall, I liked a vast majority of songs and a des of them finished in my playlist
Psychedelic rock. Lots of drifting electric guitar riffs, real more Dynamics than I thought there would be over the course of the whole album. Interesting to read up about the history of the band and their evolution with their increase substance use into Jefferson Starship. Wrote White rabbit which is the first one of the first pro drug songs
Was every band formed in the millennial youth times just a facsimile of a previous band? Are Muse really that much like Queen? And how did that rat faced mfer end up with Kate Hudson? The answer is it’s Classic Rock now and we’re all essentially dead.
Mostly mediocre songs with, I must admit, interesting arrangements. I find Mr. Bellamy's singing a bit annoying in full album format. Stll, some really good vocal harmonies. One of those bands which success I can't fully understand.
Agréablement surpris
Première fois que j’écoutais sérieusement, beaucoup aimé
Plusieurs bonnes chansons (comme l'opener), mais des fois on dirait que je suis en train d'écouter une pub pour le nouveau pickup Dodge Ram. Bref, bon mais un peu corny.
Est-ce que j’aurais pu mourir sans écouter cet album? Sans aucun doute! Encore une fois, j’ai retrouvé le plaisir dans la nostalgie… Souvenir de soirées Guitar Hero avec Assassin. Bref, pas de gros WoW, mais j’ai pas saigné des oreilles!
Jamais été accroché par Muse.
Je trouve souvent ça improbable le mixte Dance music/hard rock/alternative. La voix de Belamy me fait vraiment penser à Rufus Wainwright sur Invincible. Alice est rentrée dans la cuisine en disant: ah l'album du jour c'est U2? 😆Bon ça me fait pas tant penser à U2, mais c'est le même feeling: je doute pas que c'est des excellent musiciens mais c'est plutôt quelconque pour moi. Désolé les The Edge lovers
Meh. Me laisse ni chaud ni froid, juste pas mon style. Je me souviens comment big c’était début 2000’s, mais je n’ai jamais embarqué. Supermassive black hole, bon single. Map of the problematique, bel hommage à Depeche Mode. Bref, on passe au prochain!
Muse just never did anything for me but I made it through with out hitting skip.
I really didn’t have strong feelings about this. I thought I might dislike it but it’s markedly better than the work they were putting out when I was aware of them (early 2010s). I feel like here I heard influences of Radiohead, Queen, The Strokes, and maybe a touch of Black Sabbath, which results in it being a sort of weird combination of metal and theater kid elements that just don’t work together for me and makes it feel goofy. Supermassive black hole is catchy though and Soldier’s Poem is very pretty.
Meh
It has some bangers but I rarely make it through the whole album without a few skips. I got to Muse late so, to me, they aren't an album band. Highlight: Assassin
A real mixed bag here. Started off pretty solid. Fell apart for me half way through though. I’d be willing to give it another shot (that’s high praise compared to many of the albums on this list).
After the innovative and darker Origin of Symmetry, Muse continued down the road of grandeur and mainstream appeal. Black Holes and Revelations is undoubtedly well-produced and technically impressive, but for me, it loses much of the edge and experimental spark that once made the band exciting. There are big ambitions and plenty of pomp, but also a sense that everything has become too polished and too calculated. The album has its moment in “Map of the Problematique,” which stands out with its dark, electronic atmosphere. The rest, unfortunately, fades into the background and feels more like empty volume than genuine impact. 3/5
Big bombastic artsy rock. Good for playing baseball to. A solid 3.5 for me.
Classic, geen fan van de sound
3.6/5 was different and enjoyable
3.5
Some great hits but some real stinkers as well on thistracklist for me
Sorti en 2006, "Black Holes and Revelations" est le quatrième album studio du groupe britannique Muse. Arrivant après le succès planétaire de l'album "Absolution" (2004), cet opus était attendu au tournant. "Black Holes and Revelations" est un album charnière, une œuvre d'une ambition folle qui a propulsé Muse au rang de superstar des stades. D'ailleurs, le premier contact avec l'album est saisissant. Muse ne se repose pas sur ses lauriers. Le groupe explose les frontières de son propre son, s'éloignant du rock progressif et alternatif sombre de ses débuts pour explorer des territoires musicaux radicalement nouveaux. C'est là que réside la plus grande force de l'album : son audace et ses moments de génie pur. Quelques titres à eux seuls valent le détour et sont devenus des piliers de la discographie du groupe. "Knights of Cydonia" par exemple est une épopée insensée, un space-opéra western qui mélange une ligne de basse galopante, des trompettes à la Ennio Morricone, des guitares surf-rock, des synthétiseurs futuristes et le falsetto stratosphérique de Matthew Bellamy. C'est du Muse à 200%, un concentré d'excès, de virtuosité et de plaisir. En concert, ce titre est devenu leur hymne ultime, un moment de communion totale. Mais également "Starlight" d'une simplicité désarmante pour le groupe, cette chanson est l'archétype de l'hymne pop-rock parfait. Portée par une ligne de piano entraînante et un refrain fédérateur, elle démontre la capacité de Muse à écrire un tube planétaire sans pour autant sacrifier son identité. La mélancolie et l'espoir qui s'en dégagent en font un classique instantané. "Supermassive Black Hole" qui est peut-être le plus grand virage stylistique de leur carrière. Avec son riff funky, sa rythmique quasi-dansante et son chant influencé par Prince, le titre a déconcerté plus d'un fan de la première heure. Pourtant, c'est une prise de risque payante, une chanson terriblement efficace qui prouve que Muse peut être groovy et sexy. De même, "Map of the Problematique", avec ses arpèges de synthétiseurs hypnotiques rappelant Depeche Mode, offre une urgence électronique et une tension palpable qui en font l'un des joyaux cachés de l'album. Ces quatre titres représentent le meilleur de Black Holes and Revelations. Ils sont inventifs, puissants, mémorables et montrent un groupe au sommet de sa créativité. Mais si l'album contient des chansons exceptionnelles, son principal défaut est de ressembler davantage à une compilation d'idées disparates qu'à une œuvre unifiée. Le voyage d'un titre à l'autre est souvent brutal, et l'ensemble manque cruellement de cohésion. Cette ambition de toucher à tout se fait au détriment de l'expérience d'écoute globale. Le passage du funk de "Supermassive Black Hole" à la ballade acoustique et un peu mièvre "Soldier's Poem" est l'exemple le plus frappant. Si cette dernière est une jolie chansonnette, elle casse complètement le rythme et l'énergie de l'album, semblant venir d'un autre projet. D'autres morceaux, bien que techniquement impressionnants, flirtent dangereusement avec le pompeux. "Invincible", avec sa montée en puissance très inspirée de Queen, se veut un hymne à la résilience. Mais sa progression lente et ses paroles un peu naïves peuvent paraître grandiloquentes, voire un peu kitsch. C'est une chanson conçue pour les stades, mais qui manque de la subtilité et de la rage des œuvres précédentes. De même, des titres comme "Exo-Politics" ou "City of Delusion" sont de bons morceaux de rock, mais ils peinent à se démarquer. Le premier est un rock efficace mais assez convenu pour le groupe. Le second, malgré ses influences orientales et ses cordes majestueuses, s'étire un peu en longueur et n'a pas l'impact d'un "Knights of Cydonia". On sent l'expérimentation, mais le résultat n'est pas toujours aussi mémorable que les singles. "Hoodoo", avec sa structure complexe passant d'une ballade au piano à un final orchestral dramatique, est ambitieux mais peut sembler alambiqué, moins direct et percutant. En définitive, "Black Holes and Revelations" est un album qui suscite des sentiments contradictoires. Il est impossible de nier son importance dans la discographie de Muse. C'est l'album de la consécration, celui qui les a fait passer du statut de grand groupe de rock à celui de phénomène mondial. Il contient certaines de leurs chansons les plus emblématiques, des morceaux d'une créativité et d'une puissance rares. Cependant, son éclectisme forcené et son manque de fil conducteur l'empêchent de se hisser au niveau des chefs-d'œuvre cohérents que sont "Origin of Symmetry" ou "Absolution". Il est moins un album qu'un recueil de singles brillants et d'expérimentations plus ou moins réussies. Pour chaque "Starlight" ou "Knights of Cydonia", on trouve un moment plus faible ou une transition malheureuse qui brise l'immersion. C'est pourquoi une note de 3 sur 5 semble juste. Ce n'est pas un album moyen, loin de là. C'est un "bon" album, porté par des moments de pure excellence, mais plombé par une ambition si démesurée qu'elle en devient son propre piège.
3/5 Favourite Song: Starlight Least Favourite Song: Take a Bow
- Felt like the songs sounded similar and got a little monotonous - the beats and music were different compared to the same beats in music now a days
I've never been super high on Muse. They kind of remind me of like a less cool version of Radiohead. They're like OK Computer-era Radiohead with some cheesy elements mixed in. I do think "Starlight" is an enjoyable song. The rest of it is kind of a mixed bag for me -- I'm not as high on "Supermassive Black Hole" and "Knights of Cydonia" as others seem to be. 3.5 stars
I like a few songs, used to play them in a cover band. A bit overblown would be the kind version
I think the trick with Muse is to not take the music too seriously. It’s supposed to be fun - a big rush of endorphins, rather than anything probing. At points they sound like a souped up, distorted Coldplay - and there’s a time and a place for that!
A weak to solid 3 for me with nostalgia doing some heavy lifting especially in the mid-section where it saggs awfully
-i liked this. perhaps more than i thought i would -the lead vocalist is definitely ripping off Thom Yorke a little bit. but he does a very good job at it. it was hard for me to enjoy every song on here but the atmosphere and performance on a few tracks was phenomenal. yes Supermassive Black Hole slaps -Favorites are Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, and Assassin
Great in parts, a bit boring and overly self-indulgent in others.
Not that exciting
it's a bit much to sit through. really cool though.
Mewthes?! What is Mewthes?! Right, I’ve never quite been able to out my finger on why I don’t like Muse but finally being forced to listen to a full album, I have some exact reasoning. Firstly, this album itself isn’t too bad, an of all of their work is the only album I’d actually have been happy to listen to. Strong performances from most of the instruments for most of the songs. The songwriting is pretty lacklustre at times; the first half of the album particularly just has so little in the way of dynamic shifts that the album feels so one-note and samey. Matt Bellamy’s droning voice almost never sounds like he can be arsed, every song is mid-tempo in pretty much the same key, and there’s always this shadow of a threat that they *might* kick into 4th or 5th gear - but they never do! Not until the end of Knights of Cydonia, which, while I do think is a great song with a series if catchy riffs and great lyrics, isn’t enough of a satisfying crescendo to make the rest of the album worthwhile. Muse just sound like ‘rock’ music that’s been made in a factory. It’s not ‘wrong’, it’s not ‘bad’, but it lacks emotion, drive, and purpose. If this is the best they’ve got to offer then fuck I hope there isn’t another of theirs in this list. Take a Bow (7/10) Starlight (8/10) Supermassive Black Hole (8/10) Map of the Problematique (6/10) Soldier’s Poem (5/10) Invincible (5/10) Assassin (7/10) Exo-Politics (7/10) City of Delusion (7/10) Hoodoo (6/10) Knights of Cydonia (9/10) Glorious (7/10) 6.8/10
Took me half the album to put a finger on that it’s the same guy who sings Uprising. I like that song, and this album is pretty good. Solid 3
I'm sorry this is mostly just extra theatrical Radiohead. I know that's kind of a hated opinion, but it's true. My real rating is like a 3.5, but since you can't do that here, I'm going to always round down when the rating ends in .5.
Adulthood
Honestly not bad. This is my first album I've ever listened to in full from the band. I do mostly enjoy what I'm hearing but I can definitely this album dragging a little bit. I think the instrumentation is fantastic though. The drums are absolutely killing it with some of these fills. And the vocals are super expressive in their deliveries of verses. Creatively this album goes all over the map I feel like. The lyrics are good but a little too vague at points for my taste but I'd have to go back to listen to them. Very theatrical.
A solid album with my favourite Muse track - ‘Supermassive Blackhole’. Great to see prog rock continuing, but a little can go a long way.
mostly lame
Revisiting Black Holes and Revelations was an interesting experience. It was an album I listened to a lot of as a teen, and was the era where I saw Muse live. But it also represents the last album of theirs that I liked. I'd maintained that they fell off after this record, but now I'm not so sure. The big, high energy tracks like Map of the Problematique, Knights of Cydonia and Supermassive Black Hole were what stuck in my memory the most. Meanwhile I sort of held up Starlight as the rare weakspot on this record - unfortunately there's a lot more here in the vein of Starlight that I'd forgotten about (or more likely skipped over when adding the better tracks to playlists).
Supermassive black hole. Yep. Soldier’s Poem is a nice breakup in the album. Assassin is alright Hoodoo’s different Back half of Knights of Cydonia goes fairly hard Glorious isn’t bad Not the biggest fan of the lead singers voice, but album tries out some cool different stuff
Ok
On paper I probably should have been a Muse fan. I can’t really tell you why I’m not, except that something about them just didn't work for me... too fake, maybe? Or too pretentious? This isn’t their debut album, and it shows. This feels like a band very comfortable weaving together an extremely complex sound, or one with enough label money to hire a really slick producer. Having never heard their earlier albums, I have little doubt I’d enjoy them more than this one and then complain that BH&R was the beginning of their big sellout. Nevertheless, this is a very solid, if soulless, commercial-minded rock’n’roll record with all the cinematic flourishes you need for a big stadium tour (plus countless commercials and TV soundtracks). I can practically hear the pyrotechnics and the flutter of A&R professionals. Muse feels like what would happen if Coldplay took amphetamines instead of opioids. It's music for junior finance bros to do cocaine to.
Lots of good here, a few misses but that's ok. Starlight is always a great track
Well put together by talented musicians. Not quite my cup of tea
Not really my thing, but there were some good parts.
Radiohead for theater kids. At the time, this was the album I felt signified Muse selling out. Some of the songs are still kind of fun though.
My first time listening to Muse. First track comes on, Take A Bow, and I'm thinking this is going to be painful to listen to. Second track, Starlight, was fairly better. Then Supermassive Black Hole just rocks it. A few more decent tracks on the rest of the album, with Invincible, Exo-Politics, and City Of Delusion standing out. Solid album. Best song: Supermassive Black Hole
Not their best but here they still Made alright music
Great musicians and there is absolutely nothing wrong with the songs here. However, it just doesn't move me enough. I remember seeing them on the tour promoting this album and while the show was meticulously performed it left me a bit cold. Lots of songs sound like pastiches of other artists such as U2, Radiohead, King Crimson etc. I can see why people love this band and they're worth lending an ear to.
Better than I thought, but they are darker and more intense than I like
This album was certainly interesting. I’ve listened to one of Muse’s previous albums, and these two are both similar, and way different. This album goes a lot more down the electronic rabbit hole than Absolution, the other Muse album I listened to. This works in some cases, but in other cases, like Supermassive Black Hole(which I don’t see why it became a hit) it weighs down the song and makes it feel too dense. Matt Bellamy’s guitar playing on songs like Knights of Cydonia, which is the standout track on the album, is epic, but more often than not, the songs stick to similar guitar riffs throughout the songs. The lyrics are pretty good, not much to say there, and there are some good songs, like Soldier’s Poem and Starlight, but too much do the songs stick to a similar formula that doesn’t really go anywhere. I’d check out Knights of Cydonia, that song rocks, but if you want to start with Muse, I would start with another album.
I remember liking this waaay more.
Muse is a paradox that both attracts and repels me.I admire their epic ambition, the way they brought the urgency and intensity of metal into pop music, and their image. At the same time, I can’t stand their grandiloquence or Tom York style’s voice for too long. As often with Muse, this album is too dense and overwhelming, a sonic and overproduced deluge that ends up working against them. Few nice tracks.
Had a couple solid tunes and it was overall ok - But I just never totally bought into it.
Comparisons to Radiohead are tempting, but not all that appropriate.
Too Radiohead-esque for me, Knights of Cydonia saved it though
Wanted to skip a few songs but some of them were solid. I think I’d enjoy this album more if I was in a different mood.
There were some cool instrumental parts but the vocals were pretty grating. It seems as though you need to compare Muse to Radiohead so here is mine: Muse is what I imagine Radiohead sounds like to people who don't like Radiohead very much
This would be a nostalgic 4 for me. I remember blaring this while playing Halo 2 split screen with my brother and his friend Mikey who brought a ripped version of this over on a CD. They could have cut a couple of tracks and this would be amazing.
Muse makes some great music. Some of their albums can be a bit of a struggle. This album is good but not great and they have better ones. The hits are excellent
i thought it was a pretty enjoyable album. Nothing too special.
A bit boring, few hooks much atmosphere.
I LIKE THE MUSE BUT FEEL LIKE i NEED TO BE IN A SPECIFIC MOOD FOR THEM.
Its good. Muse reminds me of Kids Bob for Tool. I like the hits, but as an album most sounds the same. And the songs that don't sound similar, arent as good.
2.5
This got better as it went on.
3 out of 5. Aside from the singles Assassin and Exo-Politics stood out to me.
I don't think I've listened to Muse outside of their performance during the London Olympics closing ceremony in 2012, so I don't have much to go off of going in. Coming out on the other side I'm not certain how to feel on it fully. Every song out of the gate comes off as a banger, the type you hear when the credits roll after a cliffhanger ending in an action film or going into a boss battle. But then somewhere in the middle it just kinda muddles as everything happening comes to a head and competes with each other. Nothing about it made me stop and go "where have they been for the past 20+ years" but everything about it was still good. Great prog rock elements throughout but at times it felt too much or too little. Perhaps if the songs were longer it wouldn't feel like they're rushing to get everything in like Disney making a Star Wars film. Needless to say, I don't really know how to review music.
A little bit of Thom Yorke, a little bit of Rufus Wainwright, a bit more Thom Yorke/Radiohead, and a lot of 2006-era production. Anthemic songs full of the angst of the new millennium.
supermassive black hole carries a lot it‘s not the right muse album
Dobrze się przy tymśpi. 3/5
It's a wild ride. Some tracks are catchy and fun, while others feel like they’re trying a bit too hard. It’s like they threw a bunch of ideas in a blender and hoped for the best. It’s decent, but I’m not rushing to play it on repeat anytime soon!
Well, I liked this better than expected, but in the end it is still a three star album for me. It is too late and I’m too tired to say more.
Sometimes epic, cheesy, surprising, mediocre, decent.
If I could give half stars I would give this 3.5 stars
Good alternative music
I liked this one, felt like a mix of a lot of bands, also sounded familiar 6.5/10 had some misses and some hits
Awesome album but Matt Bellamy’s operatic style of vocals do not resonate with me.
A band solidly in the pocket of 3/5. Either insanely overrated or hated, it’s a true mirror of hyperbole. You can hear sometimes the band they are using to mid success within the album. It’s fine.
Best track: super massive black hole
Temu Radiohead
Muse has always been a weird band for me. I enjoyed their more rock focused earlier stuff when they were clearly still trying to find their feet. But this album forward felt too polished, shiny and soulless
Starts off hot and Knights of Cydonia is an all-time rock song, but I ended up finding the album just okay as a whole. I probably did it a disservice not listening on the loudest possible speakers. Shout out to Chris Wolstenholme for absolutely ripping on the bass.
Really quite listenable despite the general pretentiousness and self-importance of its lyrics.
The high points (Map of the Problematique, Knights of Cydonia, Starlight etc) are really high, some of the best music Muse has written. However there’s just too much filler in my opinion, and the album suffers when compared to Absolution, which is miles better I think.
People like to draw similarities between Muse and Radiohead but for me Muse has always reminded me of U2. A band that has an undeniable talent for writing incredible massive sounding arena rock anthems but struggles to fit them into the context of an album and often surrounds them with significantly weaker songs. Of the handful of Muse albums I’ve hear over the years this is one of the better ones but still struggles to maintain or effectively contrast the highs of epic songs like Super Massive Black Hole and Knight’s of Cydonia the latter being in my opinion the bands best song. Starlight is a tricky one for me because it is an enjoyable feel good track but it is very cheesy and I think you need to be in the right mood or setting to really get into it. On the song Assassin whoever’s idea to add an intermittent knocking sound in the back of the mix can go fuck themselves, I must have checked my front door 3 times listening to this song, otherwise it’s one of the better songs on the album. Overall 3/5 high highs, boring uninspiring lows. As a side note if you get the chance go and see the band live. I saw them at a festival I was at and although not being a massive fan they were easily the best live act of the weekend and one of the best I’ve seen.
Solid album. A lot of it does sound the same though. 3.5
No ha envejecido muy bien. Hay temas buenos, sí, pero hoy lo escucho y es muy recargado, muy barroco, y quizá mi disfrute venga solo de la nostalgia, o del reconocimiento, o del automatismo de que me gusten canciones porque en su día me gustaron.
I don't think i know any Muse songs, I've heard good things. This was fine, a lot of it was way more synthy, and like digital drums sounding then I expected, but it wasn't bad. There wasn't really anything that grabbed me either though
The radio songs are still good. There wasn’t anything else that really stood out but also it feels embarrassing for some reason to like Muse?
I know you shouldn't judge a book/album by its cover, but this one has always put me off - it's very 'yep, that's right, we're the new Pink Floyd'. As other reviews have stated, it's probably more Radiohead meets Queen, and while there are some decent tunes here, it's all a bit overblown for me.
Almost a guilty pleasure but too dramatic for my tastes. A lot to like, but honestly feels a bit cringey.
Clean production and a very big sound that's meant to envelope you in the music.
This was good, but some of the songs were samey and I also don't realize the album was over until nirvana started playing a few songs after it had actually finished so take that as you want...
6/10 Operatic and super modern rhythm is awesome. there is only one queen. 5-8-2025
Twilight! its good, i enjoyed the listen but i dont think i would put it on over Radiohead when i want to hear a grown man cry
Had friends of mine who loved Muse back when this album dropped and I could not be bothered then. Listening to it now, it ain't half bad
mediocre
This album is from alternative English band Muse; I listened to the original release. I thought the first half of the album was above average (four stars), but there are a few duds in there. Sometimes they sound like Queen, sometimes there’s a little classical music in there, and a bit of Telstar from the Tornadoes (homage to singer’s father). Overall I give it 3.5 stars, not quite good enough for four stars.
Soaring vocals, electronic tracks underneath. There are a few bangers on the album. Overall it's enjoyable but I wouldn't listen to the whole thing again. I'd pick the singles and listen to them.
Enjoyed for the most part. The highs were great. I’ll revisit.
First half was great second was lackluster
Black Holes and Revelations is an epic yet exhausting listening experience, made for grand gestures. Muse's mix of rock with classical and electronic elements gives them a distinct sound, and on this album they fully embrace the bombast. The production is slick, theatrical, and takes itself very seriously—which suits the apocalyptic tone of the music and album, but at times also feels a bit over the top. Tracks like “Map of the Problematique” and “Knights of Cydonia” are definite favourites—MotP reminds me a bit of Depeche Mode, while KoC is so excessive that it circles back around to being impressive.
Last two songs: Knights of Cydonia, and Glorious, are pretty great. Otherwise fine
Eh it was alright, started off a bit iffy but ended fine. I think the favourite of this album was Invincible.
Arena Rock
It's funny that people always compare Muse to Radiohead, because my more immediate comparison is Coldplay (specifically because of Starlight). I've heard parts of this record previously, and it's pretty alright. Great cover, first 4 tracks are good, and Knights of Cydonia is pretty classic. The rest didn't blow me away, but it was enjoyable enough. Certainly stronger than what little material I've heard from them after this album.
This album has very interesting moments The riff and vibe of "Super Massive black hole" are top, I really enjoyed that song. I love songs from Muse from other records, Plug in Baby or Victorious.. They are super-talented absolutely, but I have some issues with the voice, for some reason I don't relate to it. Objectively I think it is a solid record and band.
I dig the sound quite a bit here. I didn't read the lyrics much... but the ones I did read were kinda eh. Voice is also kinda eh. I would love an instrumental of this album. Yeah. The more I think about it... an instrumental would be sick
Inte det bästa Muse-albumet (det är Origin of Symmetry) så det får bara tre stjärnor. Origin of Symmetry hade fått fyra eller kanske till och med fem. Fast det är svårt att inte ge detta albumet fyra. Fem stjärnor är för lite för att ge bra och rättvisande betyg. Det kanske får fyra stjärnor ändå. Det är ett bra album för att komma igång på morgonen. Och det är så roligt att sjunga med till i bilen. Men fyra stjärnor skulle egentligen vara reserverat för album jag själv sätter på och jag sätter ju alltid på Origin of Symmetry istället. Knights of Cydonia och Starlight är de bästa låtarna.
Some iconic class songs but I thought the rest of the album was too one paced 7/10
I don't love Muse. They've always sounded like entry level, radio friendly alt-prog rock. This album is ok. Knights of Cydonia is a pretty great song 6/10 Favourite: Knights of Cydonia Least Favourite: Supermassive Black Hole
There's some interesting music throughout here. I heard a few instances of direct influence from Queen. I find the vocals irritating at times though, which is keeping me from liking it any better. Overall, not bad but not my taste.
Actually not bad
It's all very Musey.
Sick intros and endings, however, I find some of the middle repetitive and lacking. There were a few songs I really loved but most didn't leave much of an impression. Ok kind of crazy side note is that, as I listen to this album, I thought that a main theme was almost reflecting on/observing earth, almost as an outsider. And then I look on the album cover and the picture is almost exactly that. So the message they were trying to say worked. Also the drums were on point 💯
I preferred the first half over the second but overall a pretty cool album.
Good album of modern prog. Rated 3 stars because the overarching concepts were done first and better by Radiohead.
first album is way better
Listened before?: Partially Oh boy, I have really disliked Muse on previous listens (though admittedly it's been over a decade since I gave them a go). Still not loving them. I've always found the singer's voice irritating, and that's still true. It comes off as primarily whiny to me, which I don't universally dislike in a vocalist. But Muse just doesn't do it for me.
In some ways Muse should be a band I really like, great guitar work, baselines galore, quality tunes. Then there reasons why I should hate them, that grandiose Queen style over the topness of it all. Basically, I don't hate it like them that much, but I do own several of their albums and can take them or leave them. That said this album is one of their best, so it deserves a 3.
They're still just shit Radiohead and I want to fight Matt Belemy but Knights of Cydonia is a pretty good song so...
5/10 better than I expected but still noughties crap
A bit cock rock
Oof, this is tough. Never heard them before. The music sounds great, I love the soundscapes and build and some tracks just go. The soaring whiny vocals distract for me, and some songs seem to go on too long. I’d happily re-listen though.
I was assigned this album on a Friday. I'm not set up for weekend albums because I typically have too much going on, which usually means the Friday album gets a few spins, and maybe more attention than the ones from the rest of the week. I knew a guy in around 2009-2010, who was obsessed with Muse, and I never gave them a chance, so I figured that I owed this one to Cody to go more in depth. My first time through, I really enjoyed. The music was spacy, synthy, heavy, soft, all sorts of things. It's a cool album. Muse was definitely doing their own thing with this one. I was prepared to give this album 4 stars, but then I listened to it again. On the second time through, I couldn't stop thinking that this guy must have been obsessed with Radiohead, because I can hear A LOT of Radiohead influence in this album. Not a bad thing, not a bad album, but kinda ruined the magic for me.
It's interesting but not exceptional.
A little campy but I love supermassive black hole
Muse helps capture the imagination of the revolutionary-minded with the cliff notes version of how it can be accomplished with Black Holes and Revelations. While no one can expect molotov cocktails to be thrown around to the sounds of this album any time soon, it does capture the three-piece at its creative peak. Favorites: Take a Bow, Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, Invincible, Exo-Politics, Knights of Cydonia.
Another childhood favorite. Some great songs on here (starlight, assassin, knights of cydonia) but too often overwrought/forgettable/both to make this more than 3 stars
Mid
Music sort of ok but the whining voice gets on my wick.
Pretty good. Nothing crazy. Couple songs still played today, so it has some staying power.
I enjoyed this album. I particularly like the back half more than the front. I had heard several songs off the first half, but it wasn't until Assassin hit that I really started paying attention
Sonically this album is very interesting, the use of electronic drums mixed with analog ones, the interplay between synths and guitars, and the general massive atmospheric feel to this record are all really cool things to find in an album. My main complaint with this record is that on most songs the lead singer uses a vocal style that is virtually identical to Bono from U2, and after realizing that, I don’t think I’ll ever hear this band the same way again. There is, however, one exception in “Supermassive Black Hole” where he sings in an almost falsetto tone, and I strangely find myself enjoying that quite a lot more than the rest of the record. If there’s muse albums where he does more of that, colour me interested. Aside from that though, I don’t think this album is really for me, the vocal style complaint may seem silly, but it just throws the whole vibes off for me, and I can’t enjoy it. 2.5*
Used to listen to Muse a lot sophmore year of high-school. My friend seb introduced me to them.
rock para técnicos de informática que tem tatuagens demais. muse é basicamente a parte mais barulhenta do radiohead, né. achei que seria bem pior. knights of cydonia ganha 1 estrela apenas por guitar hero 3.
Repeat listen
Not really a fan of Muse so not a band I’ve listened to much. This album only reinforced that for me. Not bad-bad but for me seemed an unconvincing mash up of early Queen heaviness (but with synths) and Radiohead wannabe quirkiness with a bit of Keane (‘Starlight’ I’m pointing at you) thrown in.
I loved how massive the beginning of this album sounded, but then it lost a great deal of its epicness, which soured the experience for me. The first four and the last track are great and pretty unique. They're overproduced but not to the point of sounding noisy or chaotic and are just extremely loud and anthemic, which I really enjoyed. All the other tracks mostly sound like Radiohead songs... and I'm not a huge fan of Radiohead. They're not bad or anything, but I was disappointed that most of the energy was lost in favor of just sounding like another band—and a band I'm not big on at that. 7/10
Something undeniably cringe about this one, I’m sorry
Lame, histrionic, arena-rock vocals make this one hard to enjoy. Reminds me of Radiohead if they never made OK Computer and developed into a great band. That said, Knights of Cydonia is a goofy enjoyable single, some of the harder songs like Assassins have some decent musicianship.. that saves it from a 2 rating.
This is why music is so fascinating. This is technically perfect. Great songs, well played, good vocalist, big hooks. And yet - I feel nothing? Maybe I needed to hear Muse at 13? But makes these guys any different then Radiohead? Something. Some undefinable thing that I am too dumb to understand. But it just aint it.
Mid noughties synth-infused rock music with grandiose gestures and mass appeal. Muse is like the more proggy British version of the killers. Somehow this reminds me more of them than obvious influences like Radiohead.
Fun
its a fun listen, i’d definitely return to it
Muse! I'm familiar with these guys because Radiohead fans are the most universally annoying people on the planet. I tried listening to the album that had the orange background but couldn't get into it. This may very well be the last opportunity I have to get into their music seeing that this is the only Muse album on the list. I'm open to giving them a try. The cover for this album is great. Another perfectly fine, listenable album. I'm not too crazy about "anthemic" music, so this album is trying to tap into emotions that I don't really feel. There are some pretty good instrumental choices on here. I like the growling guitars and genre-bending style of "City of Delusion". I also appreciate the Western influence on "Knights of Cydonia". The pulsing guitar riffs and electronic sounds that underscore the music carry the epic nature of the song quite well. "Supermassive Black Hole" was the biggest surprise of the album. Very groovy, yet it manages to work surprisingly well. "Starlight" is my favourite song as it's the only one on the album where the vocals fit with the music. If these four songs are indicative of Muse's creative direction, then I can understand why they have a sizeable following. As alluded to previously, the vocals are the biggest polariser for me. I understand the direction and intent, but I found all but one of the performances to be torturously slow and detached from the music. Very loud, too. Pipe down, Matt Bellamy,
that guys voice is a lot. . . band seems decent tho maybe better as an instrumental album?
Not necessarily *bad* but just so very, very dramatic. It's kind of exhausting, to be fair!
1️⃣Invincible
Muito épico porém devido a isso acho que prefiro n visitá-lo várias vezes porque tenho a sensação que posso enjoar Ele foi lançado no mesmo ano de the black parede e achei meio semelhante, não uma cópia óbvio, mas semelhante Mas gostei 👍
take a bow- the first half sucked ass but the second was okay. then it falls of again. 4 starlight- the start was kinda okay. 4 or 5. its just the singing parts i dont like. supermassive black hole- oh... 4 map of the problematique- 4 soldiers poem- wise men say only fools rush in. 4 or 5 invincible- 4 assassin- 5 or 6 exo politics- 5 city of delusion- 4 hoodoo- 4 knights of cydonia- 4 or 5 glorius- 4 it had elements i liked but then it would clash with something else and it would get worse over time
twilight song
Ça sonne vraiment comme du Radiohead s’il n’avait pas viré experimental, ce qui n’est pas une mauvaise chose, sauf que ça reste du Radiohead. Bon, j’me suis mêlé moi-même, j’donne un 3 pis tu te débrouilles
Love the dichotomy and transition in some songs of what I would describe as harsh, heavy rock/metal sounds into more melodic, psychedelic rock. The first half of album contains a lot of interesting and unique sounds, mimicking stuff you would hear in a sci-fi outer space, galaxy type movie (hence Black Holes in the title). Also, it has a cynical undertone as shown in the lyrics, song titles, and overall vibes of the songs. Latter half of the album has some really good guitar playing and more mellow sounds (in relation to the first half). Still cynical undertone, but more melodic sounds and use of classical/acoustic instruments. Songs notes: - Starlight was my favorite - Didn't like Supermassive Black Hole (most popular song) - Liked Map of the Problematique, Assassin, Knights of Cydonia, and Glorious - Glorious started like a video game entry and transitioned so smoothly into a dope rock song - felt like i was entering the boss level of a video game (fitting since it was the last song of the album) Overall, really really cool listen, even if I don't love the genre or style of music.
I always (fairly? Unfairly?) thought of Muse as "What if Radiohead continued their rock trajectory from 'Pablo Honey' instead of going paranoid?" The vocal similarities are there so it's not far of a stretch. This album definitely has it's moments, and "Knights of Cydonia" is still epic.
I actually didn’t like this as much as I thought I would - some great tracks but overall wouldn’t listen to again
Bdb, duzo mocnych odpalow
Twilight
3/5
An extra star for the cultural impact of the twilight soundtrack
No great shakes - reminded me of British rock bands of the 90’s early ‘00’s
Dreamy psychedelic pop
Well produced, sounds great, but… muse. Just not my jam.
Honestly i feel like all the songs sound the same. I feel like their first album i listened to hit me like a ton of bricks, but all their material since then bores me. Mad respect for this album having multiple songs with over 248million plays tho 😳
Never was a fan of this type of electronica.
this guy always sounds horny, regardless, im very biased about this album. supermassive black hole is one of my fav songs ever. i dont love all of their work but this is 100% a good one to me. map of the problematique has such a banger opening.
⭐⭐⭐ 5/10 There's only one muse album which can be considered heavily influential and that is Origin of Symmetry. What Muse does in this album and the way they continue afterwards is add way too much forced symphonic Intermezzos in the album. 'Soldiers Poem', 'Hoodoo' and ', Glorious' are three of these. Songs that structurally go nowhere. Nevertheless there are definitely some good songs on the album with Knights of Cydiona being the highlight (They should've ended with this song). Matthew Bellamy never really struck me as a good singer, which is mostly due to the *HEAVY BREATHING NOISE* after every damn sentence. His guitar skills on the other hand are impressive and sometimes even exceptionally good.
Ive always had a hunch Id like Muse if I took time to listen and I was right. Proggy and at times unapologetically heavy. Lots of styles all done well. I should spend more time with them because they are sort of a modern proggy band with pop sensibilities. Makes it easier to digest all the lofty ideas happening. I'll retuen to this.
Not Too Bad of An Album
Some kind of poppy alt rock with spacey, progressive, and some heavy influences. It’s very accessible but also not afraid to go strange places or over the top. Riffs galore, effects galore, plenty of catchy hooks - pretty standard Muse fare. I dig the heavier tracks more than the ones that sound like pop-U2 2.0. A few killer tracks and a decent album overall, but most of it I won’t think about again. I prefer Absolution to this album.
Decent
Dreary
Frenetic and energetic, it's a fun album!
Whew a re-listen but knights of Cyndi Lauper is still the beef of the bunch
its aight
That's pretty damn solid. I don't think it exactly DESERVES to be in the top 1000 but I see why it got there. Supermassive Black Hole slaps. 3/5.
I enjoyed this album. Its not a "have to have it" or "need to listen to it" album, but it has some quality to it.
Jammin’, classic Muse, quite good but not next level.
какая брба обложка! много знакомой музыки, много интересной, но их стиль и вокал всё-таки мимо (немного эмо)
A little too theatrical for me but pretty good.
Some good songs but a bit busy overall
The guitar and drums are really great throughout this album but everything else is just ok.
Just can’t really get into muse.
00’er rock, minder, et par bangers!!
It's not bad. The musicianship is fine. But there is something about music from, say, 2005-2015 that seems to conflate whining with emotional depth.
meh
They have a signature sound, for better or worse, and this is surely their album with the most hits. The vocals can lose me at times but the tight, heavy rhythm section keeps things moving along. Starlight and Map of the Problematique are very good melodic rockers. I don't like Supermassive Black Hole as much, but Invincible is solid and so is Assassin with its quick riffing. Knights of Cydonia takes me back to the Guitar Hero days...still a great track. Glorious is a strong closer too. I'd play this again, although the vocals keep me from marking it higher.
I was a big fan of the first two Muse records and thought everything afterwards was watered down for the American market. But over time I’ve come to appreciate some of the tracks on this one and its predecessor a bit. There’s also a lot of horrible cheese on this one too though.
Muse is a band that hotboxes themselves with their own farts
A bit like aural wallpaper this one! I had it on my headphones while I read the BBC news and apart from Invincible, which I recognised, I was not distracted by it at all.
Surprisingly enjoyed some of this. 3.5
It’s okay, it’s fine. There’s some good songs on here but something about Muse always struck me as “baby’s first rebellion.” Their politics and viewpoints are so shallow and based simply on being a devil’s advocate no matter what the person in power is trying to do, whether that’s genuinely something harmful or, ya know, a vaccine mandate during a fucking pandemic. Basically these dudes are really stupid and their continued slide towards right-wing reactionary politics irl shows this!
A generous 3 as its still listenable - but they really started to disappear up their own arse here
Was introduced to Muse through the Twilight movies (lol), but that soundtrack slapped! This album has a few bangers and is typical of Muse's anti-establishment, 1984-esque rock music. Some of the drum parts go really hard and I will be learning them because they are not too hard for someone of my modest skills
Not in my edition of the book! 2006. 3 stars. The spiritual grandchildren of Queen circa 1976. Overblown and pretentious, and there is a LOT of filler. Saved from a 2 by a handful of cracking stadium rockers.
This is a pretty good rock album. I can hear the Queen, Bowie, and the space rock influences. Overall it was not a bad listen and had some good tunes.
Var faktisk lidt overrasket over hvor dybt den her var gravet ind i min hjerne! Det meste af det holder totalt!
3 ok. The instrumentals were pretty cool but the vocals were irritating. He has Radiohead syndrome. Knights of cydonia is a banger tho
I actually liked this
I like a lot of this album but I don't know if I would go back and listen again
Great guitar and bass riffs ruined by edgy angsty vocals.
Surprisingly enjoyed some parts, but samesy. Not a morning listen
I dig Invincible and Starlight but that’s about it. Muse isn’t really my vibe I don’t think. First time hearing them. Still, it’s an ok album. Listenable for the most part.
Like this record. Don't love it, but like it.
For the life of me I could not remember the song Supermassive Black Hole. The song has 600 million streams on Spotify, and it was in the movie Twilight. I should know it but I don’t, and after listening to this album and replaying that song two more times. I still don’t remember the song. This album is basically just a cross between early Radiohead and U2. I would probably rather listen to either of those two, but I can’t really fault them for playing to what works. Favorite songs were Starlight, Assassin, and Knights Of Cydonia.
Basically crooner rock. It's definitely high quality stuff, although I was never able to get very excited about Muse. It's right on the boundary between two and three, although I'm feeling generous, so going one notch higher.
3/5
2681 - This isn't as good as Origin of Symmetry, but it's probably their second best album. It is more eclectic and pop oriented, which I do think is a direction that works for them. B
It's alright more heavy than I though it would be.
Sorta like Radiohead but mid It's alright if you like that post modern experimental bullshit
I remember when this album came out and I loved it. At the time I still didn't think it was the best Muse album. However many years later, I still maintain that this isn't anywhere near the best Muse album, and overall my feelings on this album have come down. It's good, but it's definitely not great. There are better Muse albums out there, and certainly ones more deserving of being on this list than this album.
I just have never got Muse, it sounds grand but there’s no actual substance behind it, no soul. That said Knights of Cydonia is so so good, and that saves the album from a 2. Too many black holes not enough revelations 2.75/5
I really hated Muse the last time I heard it, but I will give it a chance. Turns out I still hate it.
This almost seems like something I should like, but it just never got there - too polished, I guess?
Competent vocals but that ultimately seem from a different register than the music which is hard rock with melodic almost pop lines. Some songs have great lyrics. The whole album manages to generate a motion that is quite unique.
An interesting record, and one that I feel o should enjoy far more than I actually do. There's a capable blend of genres, techniques, and styles, which should be enough to keep anyone interested. It just didn't quite click for me, though. Matt Bellamy is a very decent vocalist, and does interesting things with the guitar and keyboard, and I think the content of his lyrics is quite apt, both for the time of release and the current climate (political and ACTUAL climate). The second half is much stronger. I could learn to love this album one day, I think. Highlights: City of Delusion Hoodoo Knight of Cydonia
Alright album never heard of it; definitely glad I listened
I don’t know the technical term for why Muse doesn’t resonate with me, but there’s something about their music that turns me off. I like a couple of songs, but would never seek them out.
I get the feeling this is a better live show than an album. Every Muse album seems derivative of the last-- or the next. Dramatic, tense, anxious music on this album. I don't necessarily gravitate toward this, but I'm agnostic about whether the concert would change my mind. Overall, this was fine.
Loved it the first time through. Liked it the second time through. I didn’t realize Muse had such an edge at times.
For nostalgia reasons, I was very excited to listen to this record. Unfortunately, it's not as good as I remember. There are hits, but the album doesn't feel like a cohesive project. Honestly, the guitar work is what carries the project. Most songs are essentially filler. Best Songs: Supermassive Black Hole, Knights of Cydonia Worst Songs: Hoodoo, Glorious
I first ran into Muse through their 2001 album Origins of Symmetry. I was really hung up on it. ...and then I wasn't. Like Origins, Black Holes and Revolutions is a "hook" driven album. That's good, as far as it goes, but I will say, if you don't hear this album before you die, don't regret it.
Fairly a-Muse-ing.
Meh. Just kinda soulless. Knights of Cedonia brought back fond Guitar Hero memories though so 3 stars.
Rating: 6/10 Highlights are great, the rest of is decent. Choice cuts: Starlight, Knights of Cydonia
I agree it was probably the Muse best album, that’s not saying a lot. I found it derivative and ponderous.
Radiohead’s less talented younger cousin.
3 - I really like their one song, uprising, but this isn’t that at all. The idea of space exotic music is cool, but not for me
This one gets a big ol’ “meh” from me. 3/5
cool ig Feels like something that should be right up my alley. However this isnt really doing much for me idk why
Released in 2006, this album fit in with the inescapable pop domination of the 2000s by Coldplay, Incubus, the Strokes, and their contemporaries, writing pop songs and running them through the "make it sad" machine. But Muse was always unique, with their bombastic, electronic-adjacent style. They're at their best when they lean away from Radiohead influences (particularly notable on "Soldier's Poem", which is "No Surprises" on Adderall). I'd go so far as to call them "operatic grind metal that your kid sibling listens to" and that wouldn't be an insult; they're at their best on "Supermassive Black Hole" and "Assassin".
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3.0
Favs: Starlight, Map of the Problematique, Assassin, Knights of Cydonia Least fav: Soldier's Poem
Interesting list of influences, personally I heard more Queen in it than anything else. Not bad at all
Wasnt my thing but they have some listenable songs
Not bad! Obviously influenced by Queen, Pink Floyd, Beatles. Some tracks are standout (“Assassin”), and some take too long to get good. “Knights of Cydonia” ended great, but too much of a windup. Bits of “Exo-Politics” reminded me of Shiro Sagisu’s stuff for Bleach. Sometimes it all sounds a bit samey.