Black Holes and Revelations

You can't deny the *sound* of this album. Every note, ring, twang, chime, tingle, and clink sounds massive. Impactful in just the right way. I've already had the top three of the songs of this album saved in my go-to playlists. Maybe that's why you feel full of it after listening to 5+ songs back to back. It's not like they suddenly sound bad, they are even varied enough to not be boring, but by the end I couldn't stand the sound anymore. I would compare it to overstuffing yourself at the fast food joint of your choice. At first, it's great and all, but after eating all of these sugary fat bombs, all you feel is disgust towards what's in front of you and yourself.

Modern classic, even though it's nearing.. wait, what? 20 years old?

Great Album, sounds even better on vinyl

I'm not a huge Muse fan, it doesn't stand out to me. It's not bad, it's musically good, I think it's the singer that doesn't do it for me. He makes all the songs sound the same, imo. The riff of Assassin went kinda hard. I'll give it a 3, overall it was okay.

I absolutely love some of muses songs, but most of the time its what I call microwaved music. It's the kind of music you listen in the backround and forget it's on. Not bad, but it lacks personality. 3/5 neutral opinion.

I like muse, this is not my favorite album though

Wonderful!

Well this album is pretty fucking dope. I really like muse. And especially this album. Was telling Kimberly..."I'll never forget the first time I heard Knights of Cydonia on the radio for the first time. My friend had bought a house and we were redoing the tiles on the floor, I was on my hands and knees with a tile remover and it came on. I instantly loved it. " Just takes me back to those times. I think I had burned a copy of this for Alicia too. I'm giving it 5 stars.

I've never watched Eurovision Song Contest, but I imagine this is what it sounds like.

There is a lot going on here.

I listened to this album as background and thought it was pretty good, but a second time through without all the distractions and I wasn't as impressed. Would recommend halfheartedly.

Oh man, I really liked this album. Knights of Cydonia has always been a favorite. It perhaps dips a bit for a few of the middle songs, but it starts and ends so strong. I am feeling generous so that is going to be a five for me.

Outstanding Album!

Reading the Wiki page before listening I was excited and really wanted to like this album, but I couldn’t because…well … because it’s shit.

Maybe it's just the abundance of ancient, poorly recorded albums on this list that it makes Muse sound great by comparison, or this album is actually a bit of fun. I don't particularly feel anything listening to this, but I don't immediately hate it and there's a nice groove through the whole thing with good variation. Not my favourite Muse effort but a solid album that I see myself listening to again or adding songs from it to my playlist. Solid 4/5.

Pretty decent album Top tracks: Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Knights of Cydonia

Kind of like the Killers album on this list, not really for me. I will say that the second half of this album saves it, namely Assassin and City of Delusion. I love the cover though.

"Starlight" is a decent song, but that's where the compliments start & end. They almost had something good with "Glorious", but then the singer kicked in and it turned into scuttery crap. This shit sounds like somebody taught Andrew Lloyd Webber to add effects over electric guitars and ditch the piano for keyboards.....and also turned Tory Peer Webber into an even bigger tax-dodging, snooty douchebag. This is Operatic Posh-Boy Emo. Excruciating trash. Just listen to "Hoodoo" & "Knights of Cydonia" back-to-back and tell me those weren't written by cunts. This is music for dorks who are maintaining a firm grip on their virginity. 👎👎

Wauw, wat een opener zeg, take a bow is echt een insane openingsplaat. Als dit de toon zet voor het hele album dan kan ik er maar beter goed voor gaan zitten! Het einde van het nummer zorgt er helaas voor dat het niet bij mn favo nummers komt, maar dat maakt Starlight dan wel weer goed. Prima begin zo! Jammer dat het daarna wat zeikerig word. De eerste nummers vond ik eigenlijk juist heel erg krachtig en vol qua geluid, maar nummers als Soldier's poem zijn een beetje te zeikerig naar mijn mening. Maar goed, wie weet draait het album bij! Vind tot nu toe het album vooral muzikaal heel erg interessant. In City of Delusion zit er een soort halve acid break tussen en dan opeens komen er weer trompetten tevoorschijn. Ik weet niet, het is in elk geval echt niet saai dit album! Niet alle experimenten slagen even goed voor mij en uiteindelijk is het toch gewoon een rock album. Maar ik moet zeggen dat ik dit echt prima te pruimen vond. Helaas vind ik 4 sterren net iets meer dan prima te pruimen en blijft Muse dus steken op 3. FAVO: Starlight, City of Delusion, Knights of Cydonia

Awesome album Favourites: starlight, supermassive black hole, invincible, knights of cydonia 4-5

An ok album

Confident album...overall much appreciated.

Enjoyable mild rock.

talk about muse-ic

- First album I have been given that had a cultural \"impact\" that I noticed in my lifetime. I saw Muse live the year after this came out (at a festival...they were not the only act) and it was very obvious that their American fanbase was growing. They would be much bigger five years later. - Some fantastic tracks (some of which I had never heard), but the album does feel a bit same-y throughout. - No doubt a fun listen. But I also do not necessarily feel like anything is being pushed. The sound is largely quite safe.

This is a blast from the past! I remember having this on in the car first time I went to Snowdonia in 2006. Some of the lyrics are a bit cheesy but it goes hard.

I think I'm in the minority with my opinions on muse. Yea the dudes got pipes and the music is technical and impressive but I just find them still a bit...bleh

Wow, I was excited to see this. Been listening to this since it came.out, I have it on CD, Vinyl and have watched Muse perform it multiple times live. Needless to say, I'm a fan. This album is a work of art, from start to finish each track in isolation is fantastic and beautifully written (Matt Bellamy is an absolute master of his craft) and his classical influences come in with some of the beautiful chord changes that just get you in the feels! Soldier's Poem is the lowest point in the track but even that's great! A short, 3/4 waltz that sounds jolly but the words are actually quite bleak, lol. Then the album finally builds to that fantastic, jump worthy riff at the end of Knights of Cydonia. Ugh, so so good. My first 5 star, I've been waiting for something like this to give it to!

This was worth a four, but it gets the extra point for nostalgia

Ah Muse are a band I always feel could be so much better for me. I want to like them. They have lots of interesting ideas but none of them totally grab me. It’s like they’ve gone ‘we love Radiohead AND Coldplay’. But they arent poppy enough for Coldplay or interesting/experimental enough for Radiohead. For me they’re a bit like a chocolate digestive. By no means bad, enough going on for me to be slighty interested in, but they’re never a go to for me. If there’s a Hobnob in the mix, I’m there all day long. It just isn’t for me.

Odd choice for a muse album in this list, hope origins of symmetry is also on here. Though this may be the one which was well received internationally. There's a lot to like here but it's also showing signs of all the annoying Muse attributes that make all subsequent albums unlistenable. Vague 'fight the power' themes, really leaning into the over the top rock opera side of things with lots of space sounds. I really like earlier muse and Id be lying if I said I didn't enjoy the nostalgia of this album, but it deserves a lot of criticism.

Probably the band I've seen the most often live - had to sell my ticket for last year in Oberhausen unfortunately. Although I would say diminishing returns each time. Their dive into problems of technology, totalitarianism, and thought experiments reeks of ill-comprehended "alternative thought" for the misunderstood masses though, just get on with the tunes lads. Less of this lowest common denominator edgy stuff. That being said, early-era Muse (Origin of Symmetry - The Resistance) were great. Creative riffs, really impactful drumming, and lovely vocals (again roughly ignoring the subject matter). Black Holes and Revelations is between my two favourite albums (Absolution and The Resistance) and is incredibly solid. Supermassive Black Hole, Starlight, City of Delusion are superb, and Map of the Problematique, Invincible, and Take a Bow come just underneath. Special shout-out to Knights of Cydonia - their best track? Happy to see them on the list - I think they did something different and special and should be rewarded. 2010, T in the Park, just after the release of The Resistance, right at the front. Astonishing.

I'm really glad to see Muse on this list, I really enjoy their sound and high energy. There's real ferocity to some of their tracks and they love a good guitar riff. Not all of the tracks on the album reach the levels of the highlights but here's hoping for more Muse albums. Highlights: Starlight Supermassive Black Hole Knights of Cydonia

Probably haven't heard this album before, but I definitely had origin of symmetry, which had some great tracks on.... Also remember the video for muscle museum quite distinctly....Think I'd lost interest by this point though. Yeah, it's definitely muse, very distinctive sound and voice. I not sure why, but they just don't quite do it for me. Too clinical somehow? Does that make sense? But equally some great guitar and bass lines. I knew the hits here, but they were played a lot and they aren't doing mutch for me either really... Don't have too much against them, but won't be back to this. Think knights of Cydonia is the best track 3.5

Electronic Rock at its best.

Only really knew a couple of Muse songs, but they're pretty cool. Maybe a bit over-the-top w/ the overproduced Queen-like vocal layerings & the frantic arpeggio patterns run through multiple different effects, yet still not so much that it's off-putting.

I was waiting for this. I actually really like Muse, but actually didn't "know" Muse or make the connection to who made that song, etc. So while I like their sound and some of their songs, I had no idea who the band itself was. It was a nice discovery to put a name to music I always liked. I have to be careful in this rating becuase my subjective mood is in an odd space lately... (more negative than positive) and I am veering towards a "meh" attitude to the overall album. But! It IS music I have always favored, and my mood will change. So by way of promoting the band and their style of music...

The song “supermassive black hole” i can only think about the twilight movie… but otherwise nice 👌

First time listening to the entire album. Would expect nothing less from Muse.

Awesome vocals with great harmonies. All in all, epic and packs a punch.

Me encantan los toques de ciencia ficción, y el sonido entre sexy y peligroso. Algunos temas son clásicos ya. 4/5.

Bangalicious

Starlight is still a great song. Whoa Assassin goes hard and came out of nowhere. Knights of Cydonia also goes hard. Shoutout Guitar Hero 3.

this was my elementary school best friend’s favorite album. i miss girlhood :( suppermassive black hole from the twilight soundtrack you will always be famous

I liked it. Something different

Excellent album from start to finish. This album was part of the core pieces of music that shaped my middle school/high school eras and it still absolutely holds up. It covers so much ground in 50 minutes and doesn't waste a second. I love this album and every track deserves a listen.

L’unica stella va al gruppo, perché se fosse stato un cantautore, il cantante avrebbe preso zero

Not terrible but too all over the place for one's taste, with alternately too much emo and too much metal ("Assassin"). And just too much generally. Not something one will be listening to again, deathbed notwithstanding. The exing of this record makes perfect sense as it's pretty forgettable, even by '90s standards.

Some nice tunes

Meh

I don't it. I didn't get it in their prime and not again now. Sometimes you think you hear a banger. And then it goes on for just too long. Or there is an immediate dip into drole-ness taking any intensity and excitement out of the song.

Live mag es ganz gut sein, aber auf CD geht mir das Gitarren-Gegniedel ziemlich auf die Nerven.

Absolutely incredible album. My favorite from Muse. Top tracks: Knights of Cydonia, Supermassive Black Hole, City of Delusion

Great album, very consistent

Sounds like an AI generated Radiohead album

Definitely recognize a couple, but like Meat is Murder, not my style. Like some of the rifts though

Prog-Rock in the History of Yes

This is fine. A few standout songs

never heard of them, but not bad

Downloaded 2 songs.

the banger from Muse is called "Uprising" but it's not on this album.

I have a very nostalgic feeling about knights of Cydonia which was a part of a very bizarre 1 year loop where the music video was a part of my morning routine before going to school. same 3 music videos followed by the same episode of a series every morning for a year... Im am not a Muse fan so except for the hits i had not listened to the album but i enjoyed it! The vocals can get a bit anoying from time to time.

Perfect…

Y.A.W.N.

Great work out tunes. Forgot how much Knights of Cydonia whips ass

Really enjoyed this. Incredible Muse album

So good. Very very polished (maybe a bit too much?) but I think it works for them. Great song writing, great guitar and bass, their bass player is sooo fucking good, love it. Was ready to give it a solid 4 but Knights of Cydonia brought this up to a 5. Good shit.

Cool stuff!

This album is a classic for me. Has some of the quintessential rock tracks of the 2000s with “Knights of Cydonia”, “Starlight”, and “Supermassive Black Hole”. Great musicianship and lyrics.

Soaring, symphonic, complex, heavy “mathy Radiohead” rock. Muse’s pinnacle album, a culmination of the sound & style they developed on the first 3 albums.

I was tempted to give this a 5 as soon as I saw it because I am a sucker for Muse, but I listened through quite a few times today to make sure I wasn't being biased. Turns out I was. I still love all of the tracks I already have in my regular rotation, but the rest of it didn't excite me as much as I remembered.

very good, muse it a band that you can jam to anytime

Had already heard this one several times. Mostly written off Muse as an over-earnest combination of Radiohead and Rachmaninoff. From this point in their career it felt increasingly ham-handed and on the nose in its political treatments ('you'll burn in hell' obviously directed at George W. Bush, the cover to Drones, "United States of Eurasia"), to the point my friend and I started referring to Muse as Matt Bellamy and The Tinfoil Hats. Willingness to overlook the clumsiness in favor of its world-conquering pop appeal has me utterly convinced this list was written by a British man who was at least young-ish when Black Holes And Revelations was present in the zeitgeist. Even typing that title confirms it. Despite the obvious gifting the group has in dynamics and harmony, it's difficult to overcome Bellamy's lyrics - though it does work at times when it feels like you can hear it in the arena ("Starlight"). Absolution still feels like the purest iteration of their shtick - though "Map Of The Problematique" remains utterly compelling when you gloss over 'why can't you see / when we bleed, we bleed the same'. I am looking forward to "Knights of Cydonia" at the finish, though, even if it again recalls Radiohead in its opening soundscape straight from "Lucky". Edit: how did I ever get past 'no one's gonna take me alive'? Another review decried Muse's fans as prattling on about the band's 'skills' instead of paying attention to the songwriting, which feels about as concise as it gets. Bonus track "Glorious" reminded me of hearing this album for the first time - the fireworks are awe-inspiring, until you get hold of the lyrics and yet again feel like its reach far exceeds its grasp.

Very same-y sounding to me

I have loved this album since its release!

Never listened to this band before, sounds like they listened to a lot of Radiohead. Not bad but I don’t think I’d listen to it again.

If you remember my wager comment in our previous review, I was incredulous that this was not on the list. I think I definitely won that bet. I still love it, thankfully. Not being given the option for halves, I’ll bump this up. Fantastic.

OK... So I checked the first edition of the book three times to make sure this album wasn't in there and it isn't. So when these clowns published their list in 2010, this gem from 2005 was overlooked. Now that they've included it, I guess we know that I'm a big fan — a supermassive fan — of the album. It had actually been a little while since I had listened to this album — the first I ever knew by Muse. I really enjoyed going back to it, I had forgotten just how bombastic they are at every turn — swinging for massive fences of an arena near you. But yeah, for a band that wears its influences on its sleeve, you'll never mistake them for anyone else. Somehow, I feel like they take themselves really seriously and still sound like they're having a ball and never compromise on the quality of the production. This album features great songs from start to end, I love "Supermassive Black Hole" and "Knights of Cydonia" especially.

Excellent stuff. Over the top and wild.

Listenable. But not raveable. Pretty good overall.

I love his voice but it's just not a vibe i'm looking for

Meh Mostly discordant Almost liked Starlight Knights of Cydonia reminded me of Night Begins to Shine.

Fun album, the one that comes after is better, but this one really shows off what this band would become known for. 8.2/10

Lovely.

I've listened to this album so many times!!! Though it's been a while, I remember it Starlight coming on the radio and I was like.... this is like a cleaner Radiohead or something like that? I got the album, the cover is awesome and is by Storm Thorgerson who, together with a buddy at Hipgnosis, did a lot of the Pink Floyd covers and basically hundreds of well known covers (there is a great documentary on Netflix called Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis about them, apparently Storm was an asshole! ha). Me and my older brother used to love listening to this hole album, but we'd listen Take a Bow (the first song) on repeat a lot. We'd pay the toll past our place just to keep shouting with it lol. Fun fact, while traveling for work in Chile I ran into their drummer at the hotel as they were playing there. I asked them to play Take a Bow, he laughed and... didn't play it, giving 4 star because of that

I’ve always wanted to listen to this entire album but never have. When I first heard Knights of Cydonia, I stopped in my tracks and was like, “Wow, a band that is doing something different!” Since then, I’ve always liked what I’ve heard of Muse. Damn. Assassin comes at you like a spider monkey! I like that the second half of the album they really let some of the other influences out of the bag, like on City of Delusion which is an album highlight for me, Hoodoo, and Cydonia. I do love when he lets the guitar drive the song. They can ratchet up the intensity both musically and lyrically, or kind of float and get introspective. I like that they are musically diverse, but still 100% their own sound. I’ve heard his voice compared to Thom Yorke, which I hear, and Freddie Mercury, which is a stretch, but on Map of the Problematique he really sounds a lot like Bono from U2. Any way you slice it, dude is a premier lead vocalist. (As a whole, they do a fantastic job of having impactful background vocals/harmonies.) Also, a thinker: three people in the band, four people on the cover. 🤔 It’s a really good album, and one that I would listen to again! (Which I just did and it’s better the second time around.)

Eclectic, unique, literally no two songs are the same on this album. Between the lyrics that are a clever mix between the Clash and Dylan and the hook heavy musicianship, this might be one of the best albums in the last 25 years. Coupled with the way they used video to change the landscape of their listenership, this effort is superlative.

Not a 5.. But 5 It's fun And Knights of Cydonia will always be awesome.

Yuck

I swear if there's more than one Muse album in this list, then that's mental, and if this is the only one, then it's the wrong one. Both Absolution or Origin would be more deserving. I haven't listened to either in years though, this record put me off the band completely, ultimately. This was my jumping off point with Muse, I remember how disappointed I was after they'd released 3 records which each rocked harder than the last in interesting ways, then this came out, signalling the full on overproduced guitar and keyboard wankery-mode of Muse. There are no more good songs beyond this point. I have a feeling they're still going, so that's U2/Foo Fighters levels. Listening to it now I can see that most of it has seeped into my consciousness through relentless radio play or on TV adverts, none of this record is bad per se, it's just the point where they stopped trying new stuff. Absolution sounded so fresh, this (and the rest of their career from what I've heard vicariously) sounds like Absolution flogged to death. Actually, I take that back - much of the second half of the album is actually bad. Good lesson in how a huge sound and massive overblown-ness absolutely does not stop the listener getting bored. Despite everything else I've said, and somewhat ironically given it's the epitome of all my criticisms, I do genuinely like Knights of Cydonia just for it's sheer batshittedness. I think it does help that it follows 3 or 4 dud songs.

Muse is what you get when you have musicians make rock music without being rock stars. They are heavy, the vocals are aggressive, the lyrical undertones a bit rebellious, they hit all of the usual points that should make Muse a bit more part of the conversation when it comes to rock, but why do they seem more of an industry phenomenon than they do a publicly consumed one? They are strong in melody and vocals, they hit hard when they should, and they introduce beauty in such a way that it undercuts the rock persona. Aggressive piano, diverse instrumentation, perhaps it sets Muse apart a bit too much, but that is also part of the Muse persona. They might in fact, rock real hard, but they also float lightly at times sinking softly into an emotional depth that other manufactured bands just cannot reach. However, a lot of this just feels really open-ended. Where Muse does not seem to really succeed is in connecting beyond the production and the feel of their music. It justifies the defense of their greatness but when asked to explain why, the answer is elusive, and for a lot of people that is not good enough even when earning 4 out of 5.

Amazing Album

When I was delighted at first by Map of the Problematique and then disappointed when it turned out not to be an instrumental, I realized I just don't like the singer.

A little more melodic, at times, than I thought it would be. But...eh.

Me gustoo

Love muse. Multiple great songs on this album. Few that I don't care for that much.

Every time I hear Muse again I think 'Oh right! Why don't I listen to these guys more' and then I make it halfway through an album and remember exactly why. They are a great Playlist band. Good in small doses but an hour's worth of Muse just gives me a headache. Much like their overall career, the opening tracks come out so strong and it just falls off after that. A lot to like here but a lot of grating and repetitive lines too. I've never cared for Knights of Cydonia either so that track is not enough to make up for Exo-Politics, Hoodoo, or Glorious.

Super novel, well put together but I can't say I like it for much more than that

ehh. definitely not a fan of muse going in. apparently this is muse at their peak – not entirely sure if that makes the album better or worse. on the first song all I can think is that it sounds like "we have Radiohead at home". the second song – we've all heard it so many times it's literally grating. these two descriptions can be applied to pretty much all the other songs as well. there were maybe one or two songs that I *relatively* liked – incidentally the least popular songs on the album – because at least they didn't sound like a Radiohead cosplay, or at least less so. however, once this is over, I'm blocking muse on Spotify so that it doesn't get into my recommendations and I will never listen to this album intentionally again.

Good album, good sound I’ll be looking for more Muse.

This was OK...didn't hate it, didn't love it. I found myself engaged in other activities rather than active listening.

One of the best album of this band.

Can't stand Bellamy's voice. Listened to 3 minutes 29 seconds of take a bow and quite. I'm out

Pretty cool album with some real banger songs.

What a privilege to know this is on the list. Muse is king

Each part of the diamond shimmers in a different nuance. 5/5

Good sound. Reminds me of early U2. I remember listening to them in the late 200Xs and didn't really enjoy them. I felt their sound was too hard. This time, I really enjoyed the sound and album.

2006 - Trumpets! Alternative rock; progressive rock; space rock; pop rock

Banger.

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR TIME WILL WASTE YOU Muse?! I'm incredibly biased, but this is an instant 5/5. Not my personal favorite Muse album (that goes to Origin of Symmetry), but this one is top to bottom full of bangers. This band will always have a special place in my heart. Muse may not have the best lyrics, but musically they are outstanding. Top to bottom highlights. Map of the problematique, a top 3 Muse song for me, is here. Whenever I get to hear it live, my heart explodes in happiness. No lowlights. Starting with Take a bow? Such amazing buildup. Starlight is a little overplayed by now, unfortunately. Cheesy Muse. SMBH guitars just go hard, and Matt's vocals really shine on the high end. Soldier's poem, although slow, melts my heart. Invincible is another space-y, cheesy song, but great in its grandiosity. Matt's vocals are so passionate. Assassin is so powerful, and hearing it live, the Grand Omega Bosses version, is epic. Hoodoo: piano! And I've had recurring nightmares that I was loved for who I am and missed the opportunity to be a better man Knights of cydonia is an epic album closer and the signature end to Muse's shows these days with Man with a harmonica. I'm trying to figure out where the "southern Italy" influence is?

алкоальбом: текила с лимонным ликером и украшенный ягодами

Ощущение через весь альбом такое: "так, да, наверное они вот такую музыку играют" - следующий трек - "а, они ещё и так могут, вау" - следующий трек - "а, о, это они оказывается...". Короче я под впечатлением от многообразия; да, возможно, из-за этого слегка теряется какой-то единый стиль, но если мы говорим про крутого музыканта, разве он не должен творить в разных стилях?

СЕКССЕКССЕКС Я ГОТОВ СЛУШАТЬ КОНСПИРОЛОГИЮ ЕСЛИ ОНА ТАКАЯ

I absolutely love this album. My favorite from Muse!

Was okay. Not my thing

Fabulous album. Hadn't listened to this album in its entirety.

A lot of greats songs. Knights of Cydonia makes me want to run through a wall. In a good way. 4/5 schekles.

Redondo

What can I say? It's Muse.

I can take a Muse song here and there, but listening to that album straight through was too much.

Notable tracks: Take a Bow, Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Soldier’s Poem

After getting over my embarrassment at realizing I was familiar with Muse because Supermassive Black Hole is on the Twilight soundtrack, I really enjoyed this album. A couple other tracks were familiar to me and I listened to some songs twice today.

Really dislike it — the vocals, the histrionics of the music that probably plays OK live, the lyrics, all of it. Blehhh…..

Knew I’d hate it, was not disappointed. Starlight was okay.

I.e. twilight’s album. I think I liked this more than I anticipated. Great running music

I think I like this more now than when it was released

Muse built a world. I like to be there sometimes.

An album in my library and one which i bought close to release date. Must say I have not listened to it lately so this selection is welcome opportunity to discover it again. Muse are a bit of an enigma to me. Many put them in the (my favourite) Prog Rock genre and that’s what brought me to Muse but I don’t get that. I see them more of a big arena rock band. For a trio they make an hell of a big sound and this album is a great example of that. Loads of anthemic tunes abound and everything goes on at an amazing rate. Only one slower song so at the end you feel slightly exhausted. A great album but I think the earlier Absolution is technically better and the albums that follow are perhaps more proggy and a little inferior to this.

One of my favorite albums of all time

I was never super fond of this album and supermassive black hole. I actually disliked how it was played at so many sporting events. Origin of Symmetry was better.

never been my cup of tea

Didn't like it at all

Interesting combination of genres. So.e songs remind me of The Call. Not a long term listening album for me.

It's alright, was good for the time. But too epic opera to listen often.

Big, great album with massive hits. I strongly recommend listen to Knights of Cydonia on HAARP (Live from Wembley Stadium) - one of the best live performance I've ever heard.

Too crowded and generally noisy Just 2 Songs that are gems

I fear this is the best album I’ve ever heard

De enige Muse-notering is redelijk snel gekomen, als 5 van de 1001 albums! Natuurlijk behoeft de score geen uitleg, top album. Op de schaal van 10 is het een 9, maar op deze schaal een 5/5.

How to be a successful British rock band in the early 2000’s: Step 1: Sound like Radiohead Step 2: Add Distorted Guitars and Arpeggiated Synths Step 3: Profit

This is peak Muse for me.

Ist so nicht meins …

What’s this over ambitious, megalomaniac, artificial nonsense all about? It’s a Blockbuster Movie turned into music. Pink Floyd on steroids. Rock Whores. Stadium crap without a soul. I guess you have to have the same desperate mood to like it. I don’t dare to read the lyrics…I guess it’s the old „I wanna hold your hand“ kind of poems. I don’t like it very much. My fault. Although I hear the stadium choruses and the perfect production.

Rockin

Not my jam. All of the songs sound the same. Remind me of an opening band at a concert that I’m waiting to get over.

The begining of muses precipitous decline into too much prog nodduling and conspiracy weirdness.

2 of the tracks had so much airplay I could barely listen but the album overall a very strong work as a whole.

Lilke MGMT, Muse was another band that was huge in my mid-twenties, but then I kinda forgot about them. While The Resistance is their peunultimate album, this was a pretty strong offering. The album as a whole from begining to end seems to be a call to revolution. Almost every song discusses either the problems with politics, the need for change, or a rally cry to revolution. Fittingly it begins with "Take a Bow" which calls out crooked politicians, and ends with the superb "Knights of Cydonia." a war cry that shouts: No One's Gonna Take Me Alive!! Much like Green Day's Jesus of Suburbia, this could work as a concept album or play/musical.

Muse is absolutely one of my favorite mid-2000’s rock bands. This album is fantastic and Matt Bellamy is an incredible singer and showman. Map of the Problematique and Knights if Cydonia are the standouts for me on this album, but all are worth a listen. I will say, Absolution is a “better” Muse album and I hope to see it on this list. That album is front to back bangers, beautiful vocals, tight drum and guitar work. Absolution would get a 5 for me, Black Holes gets a 4.5

These guys are great. Very unique.

Not my cup of tea. Not super exciting

Pretty good album but nothing really grabbed me. 3 stars

There's some great songs on here (particularly #1-4 and Knights of Cydonia). But there are a couple of duds too (Soldier's Poem, Invincible, Glorious). I enjoy it overall, and the good songs are brilliant, but the lyrics can be a bit too juvenile or basic in places. 7/10.

Solid album back in the day but hasn’t aged well

Nichts besonderes

WOW! What an incredible album. The layering is insane, from the harmonies in the vocals, to the orchestral levels of rock instruments. This album shot for the stars and hit them. The way this guy wails is epic. A bit reminiscent of Queen, but amped up for a massive stadium concert with a tons of moving lights if that makes sense.

This might be my favourite Muse album just because I always come out at the end of it having had an absolute blast! Favourite tracks: Take a Bow, Starlight, Map of the Problematique, Invincible, Assassin, Knights of Cydonia

Great album. Love the subject matter (science fiction) and also the music itself.

I’ve avoided listening to Muse for years. Mostly because acquaintances that were fans had otherwise middling taste in music at best. That kind of describes how this sounds to me. It’s almost like a parallel universe Radiohead where they try to be more radio-friendly. Both too edgy and not edgy enough. It’s a little try-hard at times. I don’t hate it. My ears weren’t ever really offended by it, I just was kinda bored by it. For something that sounds so grandiose, it’s remarkably non-compelling.

Muse is eh.

That is a great album. It's a different kind of rock, I would even say Muse has a unique style, with exceptional perfomance from Matt Bellamy.

Goddamn this was good. I knew "Knights of Cydonia" from Guitar Hero 3 but otherwise have paid no attention to Muse over the years. Every song on this album was strong, and none felt out of place. I will definitely listen to this again.

Very good band. This album does not have bad songs.

Muse rockt 🤘

Cool, lange nicht mehr gehört!

Just ok

Muse makes banger after banger, not as good as their debut album but the new sound made them more commercial. Still a 5/5.

Well, this album certainly tried very hard to get my attention... I suppose there is a time and place for this kind of music - but in my opinion it is not on this list.

Not listened to this in years. I resisted Muse for ages but obviously everyone in uni banged on about them so I finally absorbed this album. It's admittedly amazing. Some of the tracks wouldn't hold up as well on their own but as part of this album they sound great. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Didn't care for much of their other stuff so this is them at their peak.

2000s groove rock plus synth and a Thom Yorke impression. A few standouts, but I'm not really a fan.

This sounds a-lot like fuzz-bass Radiohead, but I liked it.

Very full, funky sound from 3 people!

Loved this when it came out

Loved it back in the day and still Love it now! 4.5

Was only just okay for me

Okay, så Guro ELSKER muse. Sånn…favorittbandet hennes. Jeg er helt ok med muse. Bra album, bare ikke helt for meg🤷‍♂️

Bellissimo album già tra i miei preferiti dal 2006

liked more the earlier muse 3,5

This album is just a masterpiece, just a gorgeous gorgeous piece of art. Fantastic listen any day of the week. The ways in which Muse affected the landscape of music in the early 2000s was something special. There isn't a bad song on this album and most of them deserve the love and notoriety that they have if not so much more. Great fucking album!

I thought this was great album

5/5

Peak Muse. Not a bad song on the album. Maybe it's nostalgia but this is a really good album. Probably a 4.5

i feel like i want to conquer the world.

Kind of like U2 but a little quicker and more synthesized.

sci-fi coldplay innit

This is an enjoyable album. Its grandiose, epic and soraing in parts. It's not my ravourite rock album but it has a lot of good riffage and Matt whatsits vocals are really enjoyably unique. I like their bravado and this would be a great driving album, so there's that. Finally, I appreciate the horns in Knights of Cydonia - nice choice! I was going to give this 3 stars but I think it can sneak a 4 based on that. Nah, its a three, I think there are better Muse albums that Ive heard - also, it simply isn't memorable, it's not creating ear works (except maybe Knights of Cydonia with that epic vocal harmony bit).3.5 maybe!? Ah, I could play it anytime and enjoy it equally. I'll give it a 4.

Amazing

A whole lot less rock than older Muse tracks, with hints of Depeche Mode on a lot of the tracks on this album... but not as well executed and very... meh! The best track on this album, for me is Starlight. I have alwsys had a bit of a love hate relationship when listening to Muse, and it's aligned with my own mood. When I'm in Great form I'll have a few Muse numbers thrown into my playsuit, because they're not a bad group, I quite like many of their tracks.... its just I find they can get a bit depressing, which is why I relate to my moods, so if I'm down... I ain't gonna play these guys.

Trop bon, ils ont leur style a eux et ca déménage, je n'ai pas eu d'ennui pendant les 50 minutes et j'ai été très impressionné. Je connaissais et cette album et très à leur image. 5

Supermassive Black Holes was the perfect song for the twilight baseball scene.

Probably Muse’s most bombastic album, and the last one that still hits really well (The Resistance is decent but inconsistent and just doesn’t have the same impact) Very epic and in your face which I get being a turn off for some but the hooks on this are just too good - the swagger of Exo Politics, the fucking mental drumming on Assassin, the soaring guitar solo in Invincible and the hugely underrated City of Delusion. And that’s not even mentioning the biggest hits which are as mega and impactful as ever. A couple of lesser tracks buried in the mix but still an incredible achievement and a healthy blast of nostalgia

It was a fun listen, have always enjoyed Muse but stacked up against other similar artists during that period it isn't as consistent

Really enjoyed this one. One or two songs were a miss but overall great. Didn’t know I like muse beyond the radio. But turns out I do and would like to see them live.

Just don't get it

Why don’t I love muse ? Despite being someone who listens to a lot of alternative music, they just don’t really hit the spot for me but I can’t deny that supermassive. Black hole is a great song and this album is still pretty good.

An OK passive listen. Epic sounding. But once you have heard it once it feels like it has nothing more to give.

It was okay

Here is something better than the pube comment.. this music can be best defined of pop because its not and it made its way into there by hardship..

Kinda cool/corny

Interesting stuff - sound like a poor man's Radiohead.

In my first year of university, my hallmate and good friend gave me a USB with some choice noughties albums on it, to show me there was more to music than 70’s prog. “Viva La Vida” and “X&Y”, “The Seldom Seen Kid”, “Black Holes and Revelations”. So which did I gravitate to? The one that sounded the most like 70’s prog, of course. Nine years on, I don’t listen to Muse at all and “Black Holes and Revelations” has become frozen as a time capsule to a specific stage in my life. But oh, what a guilty pleasure it is. We begin with the stirring hype-builder of “Take A Bow”, opening softly with sweeping arpeggiated synths. The song grows and grows, each line introducing a new key change as Matt Bellamy’s vocals reach further up the scale to the stars, belting out lyrics like “you must pay for your crimes against the Earth”. When the harmonised guitar solo crashes in, we know we’re in business. This is Muse: big, bright, ridiculous, unapologetically bombastic. Next up, coming back-to-back are the album’s two biggest hits, “Starlight” and “Supermassive Black Hole”. It’s the most accessible this album gets, combining crisp, clear guitar lines with some very satisfying fuzzed out bass from Christopher Wolstenholme and tight, catchy choruses (“Supermassive” is one of rock’s best falsetto refrains, for my money). Later, “Invincible” pushes the shtick to its absolute limit: the snare drum rattles out a march as the instruments swell underneath, and Bellamy delivers a corny, X Factor-worthy anthem for the downtrodden. It’s all a little too much, but nobody can deny the epic grandeur: the band certainly don’t do things in halves. Muse are very much in debt to Queen (listen to the harmonies, the guitar tones, the pomp and circumstance) and Coldplay (the vocal stylings, the piano refrain of “Starlight”). And with all the distorted bass, crunchy guitars and whistling arpeggios, it takes the loudness war to heart, and it damn well wants to win. It’s perhaps for this reason that “Soldier’s Poem” is a favourite of mine: it’s lovely to hear the band switch pace and dynamics, whispering out a lovely ballad with lush backing vocals (basically a Brian May-penned Queen song circa. 1977). To keep the pace fluid and surprising, “Assassin” and “City of Delusion” come in later in the record: one leans into the band’s heavier roots and the other is a fun diversion into a flamenco-leaning western, all acoustic guitar and trumpet solos. Finally, just as it seems we can’t go any bigger, enter “Knights of Cydonia”: an epic, space-opera which, all these years later, makes me forget any pretence or preconceptions around Muse being a silly, uncool band. As the galloping riff kicks in, I immediately start whooping and hollering like some galactic conqueror riding into battle on his space horse. Absolutely ludicrous, but it’s damn good fun.

Not crazy, some cool songs but I felt like some of the songs could have been shorter, the grooves they were exploring were just not cool. Other songs they could have extended!

Promising first track leads into edgecore underwhelmed hipster pop, sprinkled with tech forward synth and basic chord progressions. Don’t forget “soaring vocals” that really cherry top this flourless cake. Probably a victim of my collegiate years being peppered by an inundation of pedestrian level indie inspired hodgepodge with few redeeming qualities. As if Bono was born into a vacuum knowing only Good Charlotte and 30 seconds to Mars. I wouldn’t choose to listen to this, but as an album, for people who like it, I could see this being likable. They’re not entirely talentless but I wonder if this could exist without other references to create the touchstone. And we can’t forget the emotion that really makes me feel like I’m listening to Thom Yorke on a too-high dosage of Paxil. 1/5 Least favorite album on this list so far.

Surprised how many of these I recognised. Good overall but limited vocals start to grate towards the end.

New to me. . . I have heard some of Muse before, but not listened to this album all the way through. It is a good album and their sound is their own. But I don't connect to the music.

I am really hit or miss with Muse. A lot of their earlier stuff was super riff heavy with a little operatic flourish thrown in. But they seem to be trying to turn into Queen... And it's not working for me. This record is okay. But there is a lot of wasted space in here and I think it's trying to be more profound than it is.

I’m giving this 3 but I don’t know why. I don’t particularly care for Muse…and I don’t know why. They’re a talented band. Matt Bellamy has a good voice. They just don’t do it for me. I guess I’m giving it a 3 because I understand they are talented and a 2 feels cruel.

Already know and love

49/100

Sometimes an album is close to being good but is just a miss. This was to frenetic with no real hook to grab my attention. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - It was ok to listen to but I wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.

There's a lot to like about this album. It's also... a lot. Stylistically this feels like Muse were going for a really big, diverse sound, but ended up with something more haphazard. When they get it right it's really excellent. Soaring, earnest vocals. Intense, richly composed arrangements. Where they don't get it right, you get weird tonal shifts and over the top lyrics that land like a lead balloon. You know, if they had reworked/dropped a few songs, this actually would have made a more cohesive dystopian concept album. Instead we get an overstuffed album that's not sure what it wants to be. Fave Songs: Soldier's Poem, Invincible, Exo-Politics, Hoodoo, City of Delusion

Pretentious, portentous, slick, camp, competent. Not for me but can see why it's popular. Sort of.

What the hail! Muse

already had a song saved from this album, supermassive black hole, but besides that it’s not a genre i usually listen to.

lol I always thought starlight was a Coldplay song. Granted, one of their better ones, but still, sorry, Muse! Didn’t mean to do you like that. Stain on me. Rest of the album was cool.

The melodrama makes it a heavy lift at times, but it’s a fun and impressive sonic journey overall. I was especially happy to learn there’s more to the album and band than Starlight, which has always been a puzzling hit to me. I will admit that I’m biased toward a bump up in the stars by Exo-Politics though.

soldiers poem rips off ave maria i cant help falling in love with you and queen and is somehow worse than all of them how come this album is largely objectively good but i hate it god invincible is lame

Not my style

Vel, dette har jeg hørt på veldig mange ganger. Det er fantastisk! Elsker dette!

I like Muse anyway but this was great for the weekend, especially after the albums we had recently. 4*

Enjoyable. I think if there wasn't a slight dip in the middle, this could've got 4.

Enjoyed some of this.

Already familiar with this one, one of my favourites even if the lyrics are corny as heck.

Meh

This album starts as epic rock with almost synthetic undertones, sounding like a cyberpunk soundtrack. It then switches to alternating ballads and more traditional hard rock tracks. I liked the cyberpunk, I am sad the didn't stay in that space for the whole album. Shoutout to then for one of the best album openings i have heard though. Favorite track was map of the problematique.

Cat: this is like of early Radiohead and later Radiohead had a baby. I like this a lot. And then they turn into the Killers? Crazy.

Was great when I was 15 but it just sounds cringey now. A couple of decent songs.

Probably my favourite Muse actually

A couple of the songs are really good but the overall album does not keep pace with those songs.

2006 год, альтернатива? О, а что-то первый трек очень приятно вкатил! Естественно, я слышал Muse до этого. Третий трек -- supermassive black hole -- я уже слышал. Но что-то очень приятно идёт -- и грязные гитары, и нойз, и перегруз жесточайший, но при этом очень гладкий такой вокал, нежный. Странные же голоса у них, реально. Довольно забавно они использовали восточные мотивы, нравится. Knights of the cedonia довольно кайфовая! По ощущениям на данный момент это... ну практически пять, получается. Велико!

This album seems to have really high highs, and pretty mediocre lows. A few songs are guitar hero classics, and then others are very meh, or the singing is something I don't like, or it's too noisy. Take a Bow is really good, Knights of Cydonia is a banger (guitar hero classic), Starlight is also a modern classic. Second listen is nicer than the first, I think depending on my mood the guitar can feel more or less noisy (and same for the singer's voice being more or less annoying).

All time favorite album

Very good album!!!

Page reloaded and lost my progress, but who needs notes? 5 star album, with a couple 4's.

Cool listen. It was almost impossible to avoid the Radiohead comparison, specially because of the vocalist, but I would still listen to it, it was fun. 4/4

liked it! muse has some bangers so glad to be reminded. I liked City of Delusion and Soldier's Poem

🚀

Nothing exceptional here.

Over produced and hyper polished...every song seems bigger than the last... And I still love it almost 20 years later.

Första sekunden känns mycket bra. Stark öppningslåt. Stark #3 Bäst hittills, map of problem..#4 #5, sådär #6 mindre bra, men ändå hög nivå. Rik. Bra av avslut. Mycket melodi, piggt. Roligt.

10 black holes and 2 revelations. Starlight och Glorious är väldigt bra. 4/5. Resten är total skit.

Många bra låtar men inte helt jämn.

Another CD that I had when it came out and haven't listened to all the way through since probably 2008. Looking at the track list, again, I only remeber the singles by name. I had the CD of Absolution as well, I was expecting some of those songs. I'm excited to get into this one today. It's like if you took the most operatic Radiohead jams and combined them with some metal flavor and deep mood Depeche Mode grooves and then poured a gallon of arena rock on top. Everything is over the top "epic" - it's very fun to listen to. "Map of the Problematique" specifically starts off very Depeche Mode. Other stand outs for me today were the trumpet solo in "City of Delusion", "Hoodoo", and "Knights of Cydonia" which are just so OTT (epic space-spaghetti western soundtrack, Cydonia is literally an area on Mars). "Invincible" and "Starlight" are on the edge of too cheesy, but I could handle it today and I think they work in the flow of the album. The music video for Knights of Cydonia is probably in the 1001 Music Videos to watch before you die. It was another no skip day for me.

Nooooo, my most hated band in the entire world fuck offff. Tbf I did quite like Bow, dunno why, electronic-ness?? Starlight will always be a Mhairi song so I like it for that. Hate supermassive black hole and knights of cydonia. Stuff in between was okay but I still hate something about it like it makes me feel sick and idk why lol It’s the voice coupled with weird sliding guitar thing just…no

These Radiohead wannabes just dial it up too far too often, so their blend of classical style chord sequences and bombastic big sound just sound so so same-ish. If you've heard one Muse song, you've pretty much heard 'em all.

Meh

Great

Beautiful. No weak points.

pretty big sounds that I'm not particularly used to but, surprisingly, I kinda enjoyed it. Quality dipped halfway through the album only to increase drastically for the final four tracks, all of which I quite liked. Very 2000s teen vibes. favourite track: 'Knights of Cydonia'

I loved this album. I need to listen to more muse. There was a good variety of music. I feel like lots of the previous albums have all kinds sounded the same, so this was a welcome change of pace

Not muse’s best album but one of their strongest in terms of thematic consistency and BANGERS

First time listen. Couple I knew. Enjoyed

Oooh baby! Fond memories of borrowing this album from the library in high school. Could never have predicted that Matty B would go on to have a baby with Kate Hudson.

Like muse but some songs better than others and had a few I just skipped

loved

Pretentious and derivative. Not the worst album ever, but nothing I'll ever voluntarily listen to again. 2/5

Goated Muse album, so many classics. I did find a few of the songs to be a little underwhelming, but overall good.

starlight is cool

I’m on a plane headed back from Vegas. My ears hurt. I did not like this. I’m curious if the band sees this as “deep and meaningful art”. If so, they may be the types who find a particularly interestingly (or not) laid dog turd as “art”.

Really strong production, and some fantastic songs. They’re not all gems, but a solid album.

Decent rock

This album already sounds super dated. Not a fan of the discount Thom Yorke vocals or the poppy electro rock instrumentals. These guys are just kinda cheesy. Maybe their other records are better? So far, the critics who put this list together seem kinda sus.

In high school I thought this was the coolest album of all time. Listening to it again, it makes complete sense why a high schooler would love it. 3/5

not my fav album of theirs

I liked this alright

2.5/5 Feels like some weird bridge between Bowie and MGMT I didn't know existed. Except this bridge has a detour to U2 land (oh no!). I'll round up to 3 stars because some of these songs were almost pretty dang good, ruined by vocals and lyrics. The first song "Take a Bow" (4/5) had me taking this album as serious surprise, the vocals on "Starlight" (1/5) completely shot dead that tiny momentum. This trend would continue until the 7th song, and pick back up with the 8th. Vocals and lyrics just never seem to match the tone of the music. Shame, the music has a lot of promise. Overall, the album has an ungenuine uniqueness that sounds like they were competing for the Transformers franchise. But hey, still unique! Musically they are still unique, mostly in a good way. I think they would be cool to see, but mostly in the way that spacey rock can be cool to see live. Its not for sustenance.

Best Muse album for sure

not my thing

Muse is iconic. Black holes is a great album. 8/10

God I hate muse. Didnt give it a try. His voice makes me angry

I liked this album a lot better when I was a teenager. Someone pointed out to me once that in between each line Matt Bellamy takes a huge breath, and now that's all I can hear when I listen to Muse. Knights of Cydonia still slaps, though

9/10 Energetic, rich, urgent Highlights: Knights of Cydonia Map of the Problematique Hoodoo Starlight

If U2 tried to make a Radiohead album, you'd have something like Muse. That may sound cringe worthy to many people but the end result is varied, bigger than life, and worth a listen. For my money, Muse is not Radiohead and it's debatable whether they deserved a place on this list. A few songs really stood out though, like Map of the Problematique and Knights of Cydonia.

I love the sci-fi sounds the songs have, it always seems like music from another planet The intro to the album had me going back to my teenage years, when you could sit in your room and just listen to music, no worries in the world. if you want a good experience I recommend blending the endings with beginnings of the next song Starlight is more nostalgic, the lyrics hit me in the stomach and make me feel happy, the main course is very soothing, feels like medicine for me Supermassive black hole, in my top 5 most listened songs for sure, it's silly but in the right proportion, the vocals are great, the tone is amazing, the instruments are on point, for me it's the sound, not the song, if that makes sense. Map of the problematique follows their concept of vocals in canon for the main parts, the instruments each have strong points, the mini solos for drums and electric piano are very nice touches, as always his voice is very pleasant and it's exactly my type of sound, at the 3:00 mark is the perfect example Soldiers poem takes a long walk around the park in regards to the rest of the songs, it's still very pleasant but reminds me to much of hallelujah in terms of guitar chords Invincible feels like a national anthem, in my opinion it takes a while to start up, and then it continues sounding like an anthem, good but far from the best Assassin is that song that my whole life I've been questioning where I know it from, now I found out, the intro is hectic in a good way but I thought that the rest of the song didn't quite follow up to that, very "loud" song, I like it, just thought it had more potential City of delusions take on a kinda western approach, maybe preparing us for the high point of the album? The strings in the song give it a different tone, drum lines also are starting to get more present and impactful, Knights of cydonia, feels like you're actually riding a horse battling an invasion, I want to stand up and punch something (sorry Andre you're the closest) just because this song hypes me up so much I love this album, when I was 15 years old it would be a 5 no doubt, but I've heard more music, I know it's worth and it's a solid 4 for me, it's great, but not perfect

i know nothing about muse, except for the fact that theyre one of those generic bands from the late 90s and 00s, which is a kind of music ive been lately liking more and more so this might impress me. i hope im not offending muse fans with this but it sounds like a more industrial version of radiohead. more eletronic, more pop and way more dense, with all the vocal parts and beats of synthesizers that sound like a rave soundtrack. overall it had some great moments, no bad songs here, but not really my thing. great travel soundtrack tho.

One of my favourite albums, by my all time favourite band. Was always going to be full marks, but listening again (and again, and again) confirmed it. Riffs, melody, vocals and epic drumming - flawless

Decent album

I guess this is what a five looks like! Knew I liked Muse. Didn’t realize how many of their good songs were on this album.

Songs are either perfect, 10/10 or boring and yard to listen to, but all in all it's good

I’ve never listened to this album in full but I know it has some lovely, well written songs. Epic sounds. I ran out of time to listen to it properly. Hopefully, I’ll get to it over the weekend and rewrite this if I can.

Star ratings suck.

Vibe

Well received solid rock, though I've never personally connected with Muse.

They felt like a pop rock version of Radiohead. I usually don’t like pop but found this pretty enjoyable throughout for what it was trying to do. Rating: 3.7

Un peu l'équivalent d'une Civic avec des néons qui passe sur Marie-Victorin

Pew pew pew pew pew

Un album pompeux avec beaucoup trop d'arrangements et un chanteur qui se force à avoir une voix langoureuse. L'intermède de style Morricone est intéressant mais complètement forcé.

Muse rocks hard. So I many bangers and they go hard.

Vim escutando o album no caminho pro trabalho, no patinete, e parecia que eu tava num clipe. As músicas tem uma vibe legal, energia boa, mas eu acho que só na primeira vez. Eu não adicionaria nas minhas curtidas pra ouvir de novo. Interessante esse conceito de one-time álbum... No fim, voltando pra casa, apenas 1 música me impressionou e me fez curtir: Knights of Cydonia, parece música de vídeo-game, da horinha.

Take a Bow não curti muito não, meio barulhenta demais hasheuahseuahse to ficando velho. Esses peru eletrônico. Starlight eu não conhecia e curti bastante até, achei as partes calmas com as melodias bem gostosinhas, e o refrão daóra até, nice nice, aprovada. Supermassive Black Hole já conhecia de nome só. Curti o riff, mais animadinha. Map of the Problematique é um pouco repetitiva, mas até que acabei gostando Soldier's Poem dá uma descansada da barulheira, um respiro. Mas achei que não tem nada marcante, música normal. Invincible começa misteriosa, não sabia muito o que esperar. Vai crescendo, na metade da música muda um pouco a batida pra não enjoar, e no final começa o peru eletrônico. Bacaninha até. Assassin aos 1m parece MUITO que tem alguém batendo na porta do quarto, é muito agoniante. Exo-Politics não traz nada de novo, mas achei bem boa até. City of Delusion começa com um daqueles violãozinho bem daóra, diferenciado. Quando entra o baixo, dá um peso legal também. Achei bem daóra. Parece que usa umas escalas diferenciadas, passa uma sensação esquisita. As vezes, em uns trechos específicos, uma vibe meio indiana até. E perto do final vem um trompete mexicano. No final dela acabou sendo uma das que eu mais gostei, justamente por essa mistura meio doida de sensações. Imagino que ela dê uma variada entre os modos gregos pra causar essas mudanças doidas. Me surpreendeu. Hoodoo no começo pensei que ia ser outra doida igual a anterior, mas acabou sendo uma mais calminha. Tem uns dedilhados e arpejos bem bonitos e depois dá uma agitada, mas não me convenceu o suficiente pra adicionar na playlist. Knights of Cydonia é a cota de Guitar Hero que aparentemente todo álbum dessa lista tem que ter kkkkk Clássica né, apesar de estarmos enviesados pela nostalgia, tem um agito e melodias daóra, a batida da bateria é gostosinha também. Cria uma tensão legal ao longo da primeira metade, no meio tem aquela parada focada no vocal e aí entra o agito até o final. Música bem diferenciada, fora da curva. Glorious é bacaninha, tem uma vibe que acho que ficou daóra pra fechar o álbum. Não surpreende, mas faz jus. Esse álbum já teve um fluxo um pouco diferente dos outros, começou bem, teve uma barriga lá no meio, aonde ficou um pouco genérico, mas no final voltou com tudo e fechou legal.

It's giving a less-boring Coldplay. I can't think of anything but Twilight when I hear SBH. This music is not bad on a Monday morning. Rating 3 stars.

Muse has secretly been one of my favorite bands since I first heard "Muscle Museum" in high school in my quest to find bands with good bass lines. This album was a continuation of the group's evolution away from a Radiohead clone, leaning heavily into political and dystopian themes and experimenting with more prog rock, post punk, and new wave influences. To me, it doesn't touch "Absolution," but few albums do. Exceptionally solid from start to finish.

Not my style but I love Starlight

I was taken back to being a teenager. Not that I was a teenager when this came out, but I had teenageish children at the time this came out and I didn’t get their excitement (see also Twilight), it was a bit too prog-rock for me. But listening to this now I kind of understood. Will definitely listen to more Muse now.

So many bangers. Knights of Cydonia remains one of the best alt songs of the 2000s. New songs I also liked: Maps of the Problematique, Exo-Politics, Glorious.

A few good singles, that touches the sadness and gets you also powered up.

🤘🏼🤘🏼

the hits are as good as i remembered but it’s just a decent album before muse went full queen and ditched wanting to be radiohead

I had heard of Muse prior to this but never really listened to them. I will say, I believe the musical talent displayed on this record is impressive. The drummer is absolutely killing it. However, I couldn't really get into the songs themselves. It seems a bit too orchestral and theatric. If I had heard this in middle school, I would have probably thought it was so cool.

I forgot how much I like the few Muse songs I've heard, I've never listened to a full album, but it holds up. And Muse is still making music now in 2023, I gotta catch up on all the music

Muse has always been a strange one to me. It's a band I've grown up with, always hearing a lot of it on the radio, Black Holes and Revalations in particular, but I've never considered myself that much of a fan of the band as a whole. I've not really disliked anything I've heard, I just never really got into them. However, this was a good listen. It's my first time listening to the album cover-to-cover, and it's just fun. It's like a space-age rock opera. It feels a bit ridiculous and artificial, and I think I almost have a "guilty pleasure" sort of attraction to this. But either way I enjoyed this. It's rocky enough, and has a nice amount of electronic elements to appeal to my basshead brain. It's the musical equivalent of a dumb and cheesy sci-fi TV series that you just can't get enough of. It might not be my favourite album by any means but I think I'll come back to it. Favourite: Knights of Cydonia