Black Holes and Revelations

Not of fan of muse, never get the hype. If I’m objective I must admit it’s not that bad.

I know this album has been important in the 2000s and is considered a landmark in that decade. Muse really made a huge hit with that one. However, listening back at it now leaves a bittersweet feeling. Too much production, too much arrangements, too much for nothing and in the end, it didn't age so well because of that.

Falls into the "I want to like it but I just don't" category. I enjoy some of the dirty hard rock moments, but I don't really like their "pop" moments and the vocals start grating on me after a song or two. I remember when some of these songs were on the radio and I felt the same way then.

If I was still in high school this would be a 5. As I’ve grown older and listened to more music, it is pretty average. This is the last solid Muse album as a whole, but you can start to see the patterns of future albums starting with horrible lyrics (they were never good tbh) and overproduction. Muse definitely has stadium rock aspirations here and while it generally works it feels a bit hollow now. Make no mistake, they are a great “live band” and Matt Bellamy is a talented guitarist, but it all feels so juvenile now. Sorry HS me. 3.5 down to 3. High points for solid tunes and instrumentation while also tainted by my own nostalgia. Everything that is good here is just done better on Absolution and OoS. Also Muse now is a caricature of themselves it’s so sad.

Nerds think this lot from Devon are possibly aliens - in fact they possibly do as well but really it's just Queen in Space. No bad thing I suppose and the singles were great to be fair. Best Tracks: Starlight; Super Massive Blackhole; Knights of Cydonia

Didn’t realize how many old hits were on this one. Not a huge rock guy so it was ok but I can see the production value and the fan support back then to now

It's just a bit meh. My least favourite Muse album.

No revelations. In fact, I struggled to find any originality - when they weren't trying to be U2 they were mostly being Queen, but there were echoes of Black Sabbath and even some Focus in there too. Not unpleasant, but it's just stadium rock - which probably sounds great to kids who haven't heard it all before - but I have, so there's nothing for me here.

Good shit, a bit long

Decent.

Pretty decent first listen but it felt very soy-core, real prog (or at least the one i like) is more abrasive. If you like bands like mars volta maybe muse will seem tame but it’s still worth a listen

The Queen influence is strong here, and generally that works in Muse’s favor. Matt Bellamy has many opinions about many things, and he seems passionate about them, but those feelings don’t always translate to entertaining, compelling songs.

These guys are talented, no doubt. However I’m not sure if I can truly get down with nearly every song having to be this “epic” experience. I enjoy the mixture of rock and electronic music, but I would love at least a few more straightforward tracks. Don’t get me wrong, I can enjoy epic and spacey songs, but having that constantly present does not make for the best time, at least for me. Like I said though, the musicianship is great on this album. 3/5

This album isn't bad but I likely won't listen to most of the songs again

Catchy big music that's easy to enjoy. Lacking a bit in lyrical depth and maybe suffers a bit from overplaying but still decent. 3.5

Interesting but doesn't really touch me.

A bit underwhelming, but it was still a pleasant listen and there is some good stuff here. Not something I'll spin regularly, but wouldn't turn it off if this came on.

Wel vet, maar de zang gaat op den duur op mijn zenuwen werken

Niet veel mis mee en het rockt lekker maar ik ben Muse een beetje uit het oor verloren de laatste jaren. En nu ik het weer hoor heb ik niet meteen het gevoel dat ik echt iets heb gemist.

Definitely weird, but totally enjoyable. Sort of reminded me of the soundtrack for a dystopian action film, which might be what they were actually going for.

Before listening to Black Holes and Revelations, the name of the band was the only thing I knew about Muse. I'm not sure how to classify Muse or where it fits in the overall music landscape because I cannot really define what Muse has to offer besides being some sort of alternative rock (I guess). There were tracks where the vocals reminded me of Radiohead, and other tracks that were reminiscent of some other band from the 90s that I can't quite pin down. "Starlight" was my favorite track, and the rest of the album was at least okay.

I expected to have a bunch of thoughts on Muse and whether their stuff has aged very well since my high school days when I was super into them, maybe some ideas on the distinctly Nolan-movie-style bombast, evaluating whether I still like it etc. What I thought about instead is how I never really listened very much to this as a full album, usually I just skipped between the singles. The big fuckoff Cosmic Arena Rock pieces show their age, but actually still land alright, but in between them are a whole lot of bad filler pieces that really drag the whole thing down

Zanimivo

Some cool songs but not a lot of cool songs

I think I was indoctrinated to some of these songs at just the right time, because I still get a really strong hit of nostalgia when I hear “Starlight,” “Supermassive Blackhole,” and “Assassin.” And “Knights of Cydonia” remains an amazing closer. But man, the other songs on here really do nothing for me; some of them are actually quite bad. So it’s a shame, but I’ll stick to the songs I like and ditch the rest.

Buen disco de rock, con buenas voces, instrumentalmente conseguido y con alguna canción buena. No me ha llegado aun a pesar de todo

Overblown and overlong though thankfully with a decent amount of bombastic flair. I can see why some love Muse, I do and I respect that. Matt Bellamy has a great voice and is a phenomenonenal guitar player but something about the band and this album feels flat to me

I just couldn't get past how much like Radiohead this sounds, and not my favorite Radiohead either, but the earlier stuff I never liked that much. I listened to the album twice, hoping to hear more nuance, but it didn't happen. Why would I listen to this when I could listen to actual Radiohead? 2.5/5 rounded up bc I don't actively dislike it.

What a sound they have! 3/5

Really like the production of this one, cool stuff - 3.5 stars

Very good early '00 reminiscent of the Killers

3.5 stars. Had some bangerz, but also some lulls. Will certainly listen to it more

Kind of a strange one. 25% absurd bangers, 25% pretty good, and 50% almost completely forgettable. 6/10

3.5/5

Pretty good, obviously had heard super massive black holes before but never knew about the album, fun listen

Not a big Muse fan. Great live show when I saw them at Aftershock though.

A lot heavier on the synth use then I would have originally thought from only having listened to the two major singles off of this record. I liked it and I just wish that some of the songs were a little more cohesive and tight. 3.5/5

I feel like the songs definitely have a deeper meaning and i’ll have to give it a second listen. Favorite song was “Soldiers Poem.” I would listen to it this album again but maybe as background music.

Nice

Rewarding the more I listened. I don't want to have to read later about how the songs I like are about Jesus or some other bullshit.

Arpegiated synths, Queen vocal harmonies and some dirty basslines, all check for that classic Muse sound. At this point, they could still write some good songs as well so Starlight (shades of Coldplay), Map of the Problematique (more than shades of Depeche Mode), Supermassive Black Hole (Prince) and Invincible are all good, while the rest is OK. Does tail off towards the end.

I expected to hate this but it wasn't half bad. Knights of Cydonia was the clear standout, made everything else sound like b-sides, but that's a pretty high bar. I still get vaguely cunty vibes from muse but overall this is a 3/5.

Only good bc of super massive black hole

I've never liked listening to Muse. They schooled me when i seen them live...so maybe that's where the appeal lies. Album wise they are too clean and maybe even overly produced, for me at least.

The songs that attempt to be really impactful (which is most of them) kind of overdo it and they fall flat for me, but I do find the more straightforward ones to be more enjoyable

An album I was already a little familiar with, but I never listened the whole way through from start to finish until today. To me, Muse tends to be a band of highs and lows and we have a mix of those here. "Starlight" and "Supermassive Black Holes" are classics, but sound a little saturated today - I think these tracks felt overplayed back then which kind of "tainted" these songs. Very nostalgic, though. I really enjoyed "Map of The Problematique" on this listen, there's a catchiness there that isn't present in the rest of the songs. "Knights of Cydonia" is a classic and probably the highlight of the album. When I first listened to the song back then, I remember one of my first thoughts being "I want to listen to this live some day" (which I ended up doing and it was great!). As someone who likes theatrical and dramatic music, it can be too much for me in this album. At moments, it even sounds vapid and souless. Mixed feelings. I don't feel strongly enough about the album as a whole to give it a 4 - as I said, there are lows and it does have some dull, uninspired moments and I just wanted to skip ahead at some points so I'll stick with a 3.

dug some of it but it sounds like the source material is queen and i'm just not into queen or queen-like stuff

Meh. Meh meh meh meh. Honestly, I liked the variety of sounds, but Muse always had a try-hard sound to me. Also, you know Starlight totally stole the melody from that ABC song, I mean, come on. Come on!

This never really worked for me. To me, Muse was an amalgamation for various influences (bands - Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, styles - rock, glam, and prog) that results in more is less. They are consistent though. Like their prior releases, this is calculated space jams aimed at arena shows. On that level it succeeds. It is almost as if AI created semi prog rock music for the masses in the mew millennium.

Pretty good, but annoying/boring at times

I find muse very similar to Foo Fighters. Good band and I enjoy listening but usually get bored after a few songs. This is fine with some cool highlights.

I enjoyed this more than expected, especially the spacey, ethereal elements, some of the groove-y guitar work, and the more experimental instrumentals. Not a fan of Matt Bellamy's vocals, which unfortunately kill it for me and would likely keep me from going back to this.

Thought this one was pretty good - a mixture of hard rock and prog rock, although some of the synths sounded too much like video games. I guess that complements some of the lyrics and why some people tagged this as "Space Rock." Liked Supermassive Black Hole.

Lots of highs (Knights of Cydonia is incredible) but also lots of lows. Felt like half the album was the same song. 3.5 stars.

Yuk an over produced mess basically a pop album made to sell a lot of records , but it could have been do much more as the tunes are there I don’t know who produced it but it’s as if the record company said we just want hits Basically Coldplay with a bit heavier guitars on it

I was only familiar with “Supermassive Black Hole” from this LP. Occasionally I would try a Muse track on one of my riding playlists, but they didn’t last too long, outside of “The Second Law: Unsustainable”. On this LP they (or should I say he) has an interesting tuned-down guitar sound that gives it a dark EDM feel. There’s a lot of different influences: symphonic metal, hard rock, prog, a bit of a Uriah Heep or Queen influence, plus heavy subject matter and apocalyptical lyrics. It's a tad bloated and ostentatious – you would hope they don’t take themselves too seriously, but they do. I prefer the heavier layered tracks like Map of the Problematique and Assassins and the crazy guitar (?) solo near the end of “Invincible”, which was needed 'cause it sounded like a U2 track up to that point.

Crazy hu de va mycke bättre i bilen än i lurar

Pretty nifty… I like the way different genres are emulated and integrated into the instruments’ parts while having a cohesive sound… the songs themselves don’t always form a satisfying whole however… and the singer would be benefit from trying less to sound like Thom Yorke… respectable 3

I didn’t think this was the Muse album that should have been chosen, bit I asked around and was wrong. It’s good, buy not my favorite.

Super dramatic and operatic.

First album of this project! 1) Take a Bow: Really liked, gives Radiohead vibes. 2) Starlight: Much more its own, memorable jingle. 3) Supermassive Black Hole: Heavier rock, enjoy the vocals a lot here, favourite so far. 4) Map of the Problematique: Nice beat here, good flow. 5) Soldier's Poem: Slower and shorter than previous songs, but a nice break from the heavier songs and nice sound. 6) Invincible: Another slower one, but I like the building into more instruments, faster progression, always like songs like this. 7) Assassin: Heaviest rock so far, probably least favourite 8) Exo-Politics: Nothing of note for me here other than an engaging riff. 9) City of Delusion: Better progression than the past two songs and captures engagement again. 10) Hoodoo: Again, slower and tries to build but ultimately fails. 11) Knights of Cydonia: Bit of a different sound, more of an alien and western (?) vibe, liking this one much more than previous few songs. Ends in a satisfying conclusion. 12) Glorious: Quite a weak song to end on, could've been placed earlier since I like the song and it builds into something nice, but not as strong as previous song. Overall, some good songs here that stand out but gets to be a bit samey in places and can definitely feel the influences of the Killers and Radiohead in Parts.

I wasn't at all familiar with this band. I certainly didn't dislike it. At times very much enjoyed it. Lots of production and earnest vocals. At times it felt like a Radiohead clone.

Super dramatic but also very clean. Too clean almost. Muse sounds like radio friendly Radiohead

I wonder which genre this is. The first song so far sounds quite experimental but sounds enjoyable Ok Supermassive Black Hole is from this album - now I get why this is on this list of albums to listen to Final notes: lots of different sounds in this album. Would not listen to it regularly but I can appreciate it

I don't know where I've been but I don't think I've heard much Muse. At the very least I don't have an opinion going into this album. I do like the Martian tableau on the front cover, though the horses confuse me a little. It all sounds great, very polished and grand. Starlight, which I'll call the title track, and Supermassive Black Hole are pretty good but let down a bit by the lyrics. I like the sound of Soldier's Poem and Assassin. Several other songs don't grab me at all, like the theremin-y Invincible, Exo-Politics, and Hoodoo. Overall like it but don't quite love it. 3.5 stars

I could never quite bring myself to like Muse, they always struck me as a Radiohead clone with greater technical ability but less heart. This album is pretty good though, it's ambitious, progressive, and very Queen in places.

A brilliantly crafted album that makes me feel things that I can't be bothered feeling anymore. It doesn't resonate emotionally like it did when I was younger, but I can't deny the artistry.

I knew two of the songs. This isn’t my usual type of music but I actually liked it. I thought it was a kind of abrupt change at track 5, which kind of threw me. I liked the faster songs better than the slow ones, but overall it’s a good album. I’ll probably listen to a few songs again.

ok

Well hello, someone wants to sit on Queen's throne.

It's muse. It's good.

I don’t know what to think of this band…sometimes they sound like U2 and other times they sound like a metal band. I’m not a U2 or a metal fan.

A pretty decent alternative album. Muse has always made some interesting music. This album definitely fits that bill. Their songs sound some what spacey and futuristic. Starlight is a solid song and knights of cyadonia has some great instrumentals. The rest of the album isn’t too much up my alley but I found it enjoyable. 5.9/10

This is an album that I would've enjoyed in Junior High. It's over the top. It's a bit edgy. Already quite familiar with the hits of this album, I went in to it expecting to be disappointed and was pleasantly surprised. I'm not sure this is an album everyone needs to listen to before they die, but if music like Muse is your thing, I think you'l love it.

All-around it's pretty good. The problem is that I just can't figure out what they were aiming for. I'm glad that guitar hero gave them their 15 minutes because otherwise I think they wouldn't have been on anybody's radar at all.

3, really liked some parts and didn’t care for others

classsic, not a huge Muse fan but can still respect

To be Hones

btech radiohead

I've heard of them, but never listened to anything. It was OK

A less whiny Radiohead.

I really struggle with Muse - an unpopular opinion I know. Just sounds too theatrical for me.

There's a lot here but being greedy I wanted more...Muse is always one of those interesting bands that I know their hits but have never sat and listened to a full album...bad on me.

Muse is one of those bands that ticks the checkboxes but rarely, if ever, achieves true excellence. As to this particular album, I find it OK, but... It offers such an intense presentation that it crosses over to the annoying side of things with almost every track.

Not bad, but it didn't have any sticking power with me. I listened to it twice and I can't remember any songs other than Knights of Cydonia. I do remember there's a few that have Queen vibes and that's pretty cool. Overall, it's just not for me though.

I could never get into Muse, their sound just doesn’t work for me. You want to do the mainstream Pink Floyd stuff? Cool. You want to do the weird Radiohead stuff? Also fine. But together, it doesn’t gel very well IMO. I can appreciate that they’re solid musicians and have big ambitions, but this largely left me cold. 3 stars for effort, but my personal rating is a D+

Decent modern pop

i really enjoyed this music, the first song started off with a creepy vibe and i loved it. the music overall was really interesting my critique is that it was a little heavy at times but other than that it was really good.

3.75

Meh

Already listened to it

This album is okay. I'm not a big prog rock guy, though luckily this album is not as slow and ponderous as many prog rock albums (and I'm sure that plenty of folks would argue that this is not prog rock, and that is certainly a supportable position). Parts of this is really good, and other parts are trying to be epic in a way that I find really uninspiring. I like the approach that Muse employed for this album, I'm just not super into the execution 3/5

03/18/22

Kolejny bardzo wyspiarski piczek, bo Muse z jedynym albumem jaki od nich kojarze, wiec black holes and revelations z 2k06, muzyka popularno rokowa, ale w ciekawym kosmicznym klimacie, ktory tworzony jest przez synthy i elektryczne instrumenty, no i wykorzystanie modyfikowanych wokali rowniez ma w tym swoja zasluge, sama banda ma trzech czlonkow, gdzie mozgiem zespolu jest Matthew Bellamy, ktory jest spiewajacym frontmenem z gitara i tworca tekstow tego krazka, Dominic Howard gra na drumsach i perkusji, ostatnim czlonkiem jest Christopher Wolstenholme na basach, przewija sie rowniez kilku muzykow studyjnyuch dodajacych takich smaczkow jak trumpety czy skrzypkowe wiolonczele, gdyby wlasnie nie te male dodatki, to pewnie bym residentowalsliperowal podczas odsluchu, ale blendy syntha i klasycznych instrumentali przywodzace na mysl depeche mode w polaczeniu z galaktycznie epickimi motywami lirycznymi bronia krazka, takimi hajlajtowymi momentami byl dla mnie w pierwszej czesci plyty supermasive black hole, a w drugiej zamykajacy plyte knights of cydonia, ktory z czyms mi sie kojarzy, ale nie jestem w stanie skojarzyc z czym, moze to samo video tak mocno utkwilo mi w pamieci z czasow mtv, bo ponad 6 minut traka jest przepelnione referencjami, glownie filmowymi, przede wszystkim gwiezdnowojennymi, ale nie brakuje rowniez poczciwych biblijnych smaczkow, oba kawalki sa dobre na swoj sposob, bo pierwszy jest typowym dencingowym rokowym kawalkiem lirycznie opowiadajacym o milosci do zlej kobiety, wiec bardzo latwy i popularny temat, wiec nie dziwne ze jest to najbardziej klikany utwor na spotifaju w dyskgorafii bandy, a z drugiej strony mamy kosmiczna mini operetke, ktora jest przepelniona stopniowo narastajacym brzmieniem, ktore swietnie sie sprawdza jako zamkniecie krazka, ale nadal nie wiem skad ten sentyment do akurat tego utworu, wiec oba traki leca na plejke, a ja moge odchaczyc pierwsza odsluchana plyte od Muse bez niesmaku, bo pozytywnie sie zaskoczylem

I didn't know any of these Muse tracks, although I do know a few of their singles from other albums. For me, I think this is a group I prefer in smaller doses as the album kind of lost my interest from time to time. It is rockin' and in that progressive- or alt-rock kind of way which maybe just isn't exactly my thing most days.

Neither here nor there. Rather varied although there are some strong elements. The singer is not particularly strong but it does sometimes work. more often being almost mixed out.

It's got some of the biggest hits, and for the most part it's pretty solid alternative prog rock.

A good album. I’d listen to a couple of songs more than once.

Ostentatious opening! Starlight was dull at the time. Supermassive Black Hole sounds like Do Something by Britney Spears - this is a compliment! Map of the Problematique sounds like a Frankie Goes to Hollywood pastiche, but less fun than that sounds. Soldier's Poem is genuinely lovely, elements of Brian Wilson on there. Assassin is cool, melodic hard metal. Great fun. Invincible and Exo-Politics are a bit dull, and the conspiracies bits sit badly 15 odd years on, given the world we are now in! Knights of Cydonia is OTT fun. If Showbiz was a bit too derivative, and Origin of Symmetry was Muse finding their voice through spectacular bombast, this is where they maybe lean into it a bit too much. It has some great highs, but you can't have dessert for every meal.

Quite alright. I can see myself liking it more with more listens as it has pretty distinct sound I'd need to get my ears more used to.

Kinda good actually… surprised

Wasn't sure what to expect here. I'd heard of Muse but wasn't sure who they were. Felt like sort of a cross between Radiohead, U2, and some grunge thrown in. I enjoyed it. 3 stars.

Modern prog for modern stadia. Rocking, thumping, operatic and powerful. Music for spaceship engines.

classic

Singalong Pomp for stadiums.

gallops along like a spooked thoat

What is it with the mid 2000s and bombast? Muse clearly think of themselves as ultra-important, and this album has all the nobs turned up to 11. The production on this album is superb, and Muse at least have the chops to not settle into the grim post-Britpop trough-of-nothing that Arcade Fire, Interpol and Elbow wallowed in. This album is overindulgent, self-important and actually not that bad. There's enough variety to keep your attention, and while the pomp and indulgence means that I'll not be playing it again, I'm not reaching for the skip button. 3 stars. If it was less balls out, it'd be far more appealing.

Conhecia e gostava. Música do basebol dos vampiros.

I definitely like Muse, but there is just something about them that feels lacking. In the moment I’m enjoying it, but it never seems to stick or satisfy. They are like musical empty calories.

Anthemic and epic in scascale. Very Queen, if Queen had written a space western opera. The few times it slams the breaks really break up the flow. When it's going fast, it's killer. Favorite tracks: "Assassin", "Supermassive Black Hole", "Starlight"

The hits are still great.

Disco divertido y pues una que otra canción es pegadora, tiene punch. Sólo no sé si suene avejentado acaso, en el sentido de que es muy de su momento, pero hoy ya suena un poco insustancial. 7/10

decent.

Oj va besviken jag blev! Hade höga förväntningar här men inte ens hitsen är så bra som jag minns dom. Det är lamt? Det är säkert en 3a, men måste markera

jag har cd:n och jag såg dem live i högstadiet… men det är ju inte bra

A lot of noise

Overblown and bombastic are two words that come to mind as I think about this album. It's good...but it's also forgettable. I moved on very quickly after the album ended

Starlight was a banger, the rest.........eh not for me. 2.5/5, bumped down to 2 since can't do half stars

Not my type...

I did my best to give it a chance but I couldn't get into it. 4/10.

I didn’t finish it and I don’t have much to say since I wasn’t really enjoying it that much. It seems Muse is not really my thing.

La première fois que j'ai entendu Muse je pensais que Radiohead était devenus poches. C'est risible par bouttes. Souvent exténuant.

Gentlemen, I have brought you out here to the desert to discuss our upcoming album. You will soon see why indeed I asked you all to don your finest quirky millennial uncle suits. Yes, you all look like you're ready to make somebody uncomfortable at a trading card/comic book store. We shall dally no further, as I am sweating through this Temu polyester. I have recently began reading quite the interesting novella. I found it mistakenly placed in the young adult section of my local book repository. A 12 year old girl with a penchant for adventure fights a vaguely fascist ruling body called "The Council." This will be the tenet of our political beliefs. YES! We shall sing in the style of U2 and Radiohead about our incredibly valiant battle with an as yet ill-defined governmental force! What? Make a real political statement and not just general "rise up" platitudes? You're out of the band. Get out of here. Your suit isn't even that quirky. Errrm guys, I locked my keys in my Pinto. 2 HIGHLIGHTS: I have sand in my teeth

Never got Muse. Great sounding in parts but too much teenage boys bedroom for me!

Not for me

Honestly very mediocre to my ears. Just don't like their bombastic style.

I loved this album and was really happy that it was Muse's breakthrough album as they were a bad that I had always wanted to like but just couldn't quite get it. This was it! Then, unfortunately, we saw them live and I have avoided listening to them since then. The show was a performance that we, the audience, happened to be present at. Zero interaction. A huge number of the audience seemed interested in watching the concert through their mobile phones. Bogus concert for bogus fans.

2 is a cheasy bangren 4 aswell I guess. Vocals generaly aren't my favorite. Also the production is a bit of. Very much an early 2000's thing. The sound remains pretty much the same for the rest of the thing. What can I say. The ambitions are there, the musicianship aswell, but I don't think this music is for me. Too much polished to be rocknroll and not catchy enough to be really cheesy as I like But not a horrible thing to listen to. But it's still a decent 2

This was ok. I didn't like it as much as I thought i would. The hits are so big but the other songs kind of sound the same but I like them less. Idk. Definitely ahead of it's time though. These songs sound very 2010s somehow but this album is 2006. So that should count for something.

sounds like the music that a really bad retail store manager would love

Muse was the name of a science magazine I used to read as a kid.

I know plenty of folks who really like muse. I’m not one. Their specific flavor is not to my taste. I have to give them some tokens though, because they are a modern act carrying the torch for rock and roll, and to that I say alright alright alright. But as far as this album goes, one time through will do it for me. No harm in leaving it right here.

2/5

Meh

I don't mind Muse in small doses - but I wouldn't have picked this album to represent them. Their debut was good and sounded at least 'original' - obvious links to Radiohead but their fairy dust was the tricky arpeggio work on guitar and synths. Good voice too. This album feels like corporate wanted to have some input, and the band let them.

This album is the pleasant waft of bakery bread that is pumped through to the door as you enter the supermarket. Once in, you are only left with chemical smells from the toilet and the clean-up in aisle 4. Not put off, you trudge through the endless aisles, all harshly lit by the over-bright fluorescent lighting, one of which is flickering and will induce a migraine if you stay too long. Oh, look, here is some processed fodder from some high-end brand with limited-edition packaging. I must buy that. Oh, look, here is some buy two get one free stuff; let’s pile it in. Don’t forget the impulse items at the end; you really need that sauce that will linger at the back of your cupboard, best before date long gone. Eventually, you stumble our blinking into the grey outdoors with a bag full of stuff, lighter in pocket and wondering where the time went, only to find you are hungry but have nothing in your bag from which to make a satisfying meal. I saw this band one early on in their career on a minor festival stage. I think I bought the first album. Neither thing is memorable, and that tells you a lot. Pleasant to listen to once, but I know it would annoy the hell out of me if I listened again. This is what happens if you ask ChatGPT to make you a stadium rock album when all your previous queries had been about Star Wars. See, you can get through one of these reviews without mentioning Radiohead. Oh, shit.

I don't get the big deal about Muse. They're okay, I guess. But if I wanted to listen to U2, The Killers, or Radiohead, I would just do that. Muse is just too derivative to be considered great.

Formulaic and uninspiring.

Average and only slightly bad.

It's amazing how quickly Bellamy can ruin a perfectly good rock song just by opening his mouth. He sounds like an SNL impression of Thom Yorke stretched out to an entire album. Astonishing to me how you can sing a song where you say that the president is going to hell and make it sound like an 8 year old crying about how Timmy stole his ball at recess. His singing is so overwrought and ridiculous I can't really take it seriously. Which is frustrating, because vocals aside this is a great album. It would be an easy 4-5 if it was instrumental. I generally don't care for British rock post-1985 or so but I do appreciate how they're more willing to incorporate electronic influence into their albums, which American bands seem to be allergic to for some reason. I thought the electronic music on this album was very tastefully done, except for the last track which was kind of cornball, but I enjoyed it in the same way I enjoy some power metal songs. Despite a lot of similarities to Radiohead I'm not rating this a 1 like I did with OK Computer, because 1. Music journalists don't dickride Muse like it's their life's calling, and 2. The thick, heavy guitars and electronic instrumentals are like catnip to me. I just wish they were paired with someone who can actually sing.

Confusing. It's overblown but safe. Serious but laughably silly. Couple of bonafide bangers and objectively great vocal performances, but on the whole this is bloated and forgettable

Mmm muse are not my fave sound like bad Radiohead but also can't hate on super massive black hole is a banger - didn't mind the slow harmonised song either

This was really not for me. Great musicianship and cool sounds, but I did not like this.

As a bit of a progger, I've always felt I should like Muse more than I do, which is not very much. Actually, it's not so much that I don't like them, they just don't seem to register with me even though, on paper, we should be BFFs. There's just an air of Rush/Queen-like pomp to them that makes me squirm a bit. It feels like they've been created - pieced together out of the box to be 'psychy', 'out there' stadium fillers. It's all a bit over-produced for my liking - a lot of style over substance. Their music conjures images of a live stage show full of dry ice and white strobes in lieu of actual tunes. Hats off to them though, I suppose - they've done their bit to bring elements of prog to the kidz of the 21st century, but I think they're more Emerson Lake & Palmer than Gentle Giant. And that's not a good thing, by the way.

I didn't get them at the time and an attempt to reappraise now hasn't changed that. Meandering somewhere between indie and rock it is a slice of mediocre 90s guitar pop. I'm not even convinced they are as proggy as they would like to think!? I keep thinking I ought to listen again because I've missed something. Perhaps I will one day.

Their first two albums were great or are still great. But after those it went downhill. Like a steep downhill. So this one? Nope. 2/5

No me gustó, no soy su público.

This album can definately be a vibe, depending on your mood. Not really my type of vibe. To me Muse gives U2 vibes.

Bit of a novelty act, really.

Wankers

Day 1 first time listening to this album I’m not really a rock person or any type. I wouldn’t really listen to this type of music, but I did like. Supermassive Black Hole and Map of the Problematique.

Ehh not my vibe

i dont even like rock and going through a rock album is just boring for me. though i fw the song called starlight. thats it.

Listened a lot today and honestly don’t remember any songs. I kind of liked a few as I listened but as soon as they were over, they were forgotten.

not my vibe

Some of the songs were good, but not a huge fan of the music style.

I like "big rock" but not operatic rock.

muse hate is warranted Would I listen again: nah Deserves to be on this list: not really 2.4

Puedo notar que fue un álbum que hizo bastante impacto en mi opinión tiene tres buenas canciones de ahí se me hizo bastante difícil escuchar este álbum porque siento que esos unidos son bastantes sintéticos, utilizan bastante sintetizador y la voz del del cantante se me hace demasiado forzada y dramática, realmente es un álbum bastante dramático bastante innovador bastante creativo, pero sí, se me hizo bastante difícil de escuchar

Major meh. I’ve never appreciated muse.

I felt nothing while listening to this record, except that it is soulless and artificial. Send it back to the factory.

A little too much for me. Enjoyed Plug In Baby when I was 14, but been bemused by Muse since then. Not my guys.

Knights of Cydonia is one of my favourite Muse tracks, the other songs are not in the same league, some are mediocre at its best. 2/5

There is nothing about this album that screams I must listen to it before I die. To me, this band sounds like Radiohead went prog.

Pretty generic rock.

Sure, they wrote themselves some nice stadium-filling anthems (albeit Starlight is basically Coldplay with a big old bass) but there’s not much under the hood.

Meh

I've liked other stuff by Muse, this just wasn't it.

There's some pretty nice moments on this album, but it's not very consistent. The instrumentals remind me of Rush.

Spevákov hlas nepatrí medzi moje obľúbené tipy hlasov.

Ok I kind of think that I am much harder on albums/bands that are more recent and I never took the time to investigate but am now learning from this project that I don’t like. Season: Early Fall Favorite Song: Starlight

This entry on the list confuses me. For one, this isn’t even the greatest Muse album, that’s Origin of Symmetry. And for two, is Muse considered culturally significant enough to warrant a spot on this kind of list? I certainly don’t think so. This did not do it for me. A so-so concept of a space rock opera combined with pop hits that sound more at home playing during a Ford commercial or during the Super Bowl. The riffs were bland, the lyrics were generic, just nothing very impressive on display here. Matt Bellamy is however incredibly talented, here’s an excellent guitar player and an even better vocalist, but I see this album less as “diverse”, and more as “scattered”. Knights or Cyndonia is still a great song, though.

This highlights the issue with pop and rock charts. Beneath many singles lie an album waiting to be discovered for its collective prowess. Then there is this, which has monstrous singles, 3 of them reaching far and wide. While the album itself is soulless and boring. Solid production and instrumentation but void of passion. It serves to tarnish the singles and more impactful still it serves to tarnish the expectation that a few good songs equals a good album. Finally it tarnishes this whole 1001 list because the focus is (supposedly) on the album, and this album is just the singles buried in shitty prog alt rock.

Can't lie, really didn't enjoy this. Most of this felt very filler to me. A lot of people say this is trying to be radiohead at points, and I generally agree with that. Nothing that really impressed me here. Other than 'Supermassive Black Hole', I can't really say any of the other track will stay with me in any way. 'Kinghts of Cydonia' is decent though the guitar rocking out is pretty good, but it doesn't really sound like the rest of the album to me at least, so it is a definiteoutlier here. Fav track: Knights of Cydonia

Oh yikes. Kinda sounds like they are doing an impression of U2, doing an impression of Radiohead, doing an impression of Queen, funneled through a video game. Generic Britpop Emo. Yeah, too much of this feels unoriginal. I’m bailing on the Rufus Wainwright impression.

Sorry but Muse is a band I really should love but I just can’t get into. Like Queen for an electronic age crafted for stadium shows but lacking the light and shade .. and heart … and subtlety. I just find them to be too much …. of everything.

Haven’t listened to muse for AGES. They’re okay but they just kinda give off rebellious 14 year old. Idk something’s off but they’re still ok. My favourites: Starlight Map of the Problematique

Más o menos, tal vez para escuchar en un momento de desconexión

Did not age well for me, no nostalgia.

La plupart des morceaux pourraient être sympas pour accompagner un combat frénétique dans un jeu vidéo survolté !

Not as bad as expected. The songs could be fine, but the whiny vocals with each syllable drawn out for 10 seconds with maximum melodrama ruins it for me.

For me Muse is a band that has aged like milk. Map of Problematique is my favourite track from this album

Interesting at first, loses interest towards the end. Overly polished, metal riffs fall flat

This album didn’t really catch me I had one song invincible that stood out for me, the rest was good. Not something I would sit down to listen too

one i recognized, i liked. others ehh

Weer zo'n band die met het jaar minder relevant werd toen je meer 'alternative' rock ging ontdekken. Het begin is aardig, de singletjes hebben een sterk nostalgische nasmaak, maar overall is het mij te veel opera rock. Het heeft wat groots, dat zeker, en ik snap dat dat aanslaat bij mensen, maar ik vind het vooral een beetje pretentieus. 5,5/10 Highlights: Starlight Supermassive Black Hole

Reheating Radiohead's nachos tbh

Oh no, I just can't. This is rehashed Coldplay with extra moaning Radiohead with a Queen-like operatic flair and a bit of distortion to try to sound a bit different. Music to calm sheep.

Could connect. Seems a bit corny/crige at timer Starlight is one of my fav songs thouy

maso muse

Listened to this many time as a teen, was very into this album! A couple songs still do it for me but largely not as into Muse anymore, I think this is the last album of theirs I can find songs on I like, so that's nice!

Not my type.

Tried really hard to listen to supermassive black hole couldn’t get through it. Really liked soldiers poem. Overall getting really heavy Queen vibes.

This is a 2000s rock album. It mixes loud, distorted guitar with synthesizers and mediocre lyrics. It is often very theatrical, going for drawn-out intros and highly dramatic crescendos in many songs. It's also somewhat pretentious, going for political themes and love lyrics that don't quite land. It thinks it's very ambitious, but it doesn't really do much with the sound that's of particular interest. It's not a good album, but it isn't completely terrible either. It's mostly just mediocre, like most other 2000s "indie rock" albums.

I liked a couple of songs on here, But they sound so much like radiohead, I thought I could hear Tom Yorke😂

Some fascinating instrument things happening... but too angsty feeling for me.

Meh

Oh, how I hated Muse in late 2000s I despised them with the heat of a million suns. If I had to hear my sons play Knights of Cydonia one more time on Guitar Hero I was going to throw the Xbox out the window. They started to play it before I got home from work. I thought perhaps I had mellowed out as I've gotten older but the minute I heard the first rifts of Knights that burning annoyance came back. No strong opinions on the rest of the album but can't rate it higher than a 2 because I absolutely HATE Knights of Cydonia.

this while you play assassin's creed goes nutty. but outside of that, it just felt like TV movie radiohead

this album feels painfully pretentious, made all the worse by the fact it really doesn't gel. There's a few memorable songs on here. but it's another example of a 2000s album where the best parts are just worse versions of 80s/90s albums. in this case Depeche Mode doing some heavy lifting.

The beginning of the demise of a once decent band.

The cliché to end all clichés

Weird. Too weird for me. 2

Twilight soundtrack

Parts of this album were catchy and memorable. The rest felt like the band was doing a quasi Coldplay/Radiohead cover band. Unfortunately there was more of the latter and less of the former.

i like the unique cosmic melodies in the back of every song, but it's missing harmony, a bit out of place bit overwhelming, hit song is really good overall vocals are too similar to Radiohead (weird edition)

Not my favorite thing. Super dramatic almost to a fault. Lot of cymbal smashing.

Guitars are good, but the amount is not enough. Vocal are hardly bearable and the amount is way too much I could feel a lot of Tom Yorke’s vibes who I am not really fan of. I prefer more straight forward music which can drive my mood somewhere This music’s only purpose is to sound complex Complexity for no reason!

favs: starlight: sentimental bc it's what my 6th grade boyfriend sent to me what else.. idk everything else didn't really vibe with me. might've found it cool if i was 12

Black Holes and Revelations was how Lynda Lusardi described a night in the bedroom with Len Houmous. 2.2 2/12 Starlight

A boring 2000s alternative rock album. Most songs sound the same and are not recognisable at all. Wish I could unlisten some of that shit. Would give 1 star actually, BUT this album contains the super iconic Twilight soundtrack Supermassive Black Hole. Even though I don’t like the movies (I do like the parody though), it brings back some nostalgia from my youth and school time which I appreciate and give a total of 2 stars for that reason.

didn't make me feel anything

ACTUAL RATING: 2.5 This sounds like Thom Yorke going full-on Pop Rock. Sometimes, I'm here for it; other times, it gets old quick. Still though, Matt Bellamy's vocals are the highlight here.

This band has always sounded excessively dramatic to me.

Let's just say I'm not a big fan of Muse, and while this is not their worst album (Ignore their new stuff) I really dislike it because it marks a massive step down in quality for them. Before this, their albums were mostly decent to slightly likeable. This one is... a bit rough to listen to. Straight from the intro track you get hit with over-the-top guitar passages, gimmicky synths that try too hard to sound alternative and cool and very edgy lyrics that read more like a bunch of angry teenagers writing a protest song. From there you get a bunch of sci-fi inspired alt-rock with a lot of singing about space, planets and so on. I don't really mind the topics but the execution kinda blows. I think Starlight is a good ballad, but Supermassive Black Hole on the other hand has some very weak and thin instrumentation and sounds like a pretty failed attempt at being sexy which comes off kinda gross. Then Map of the Problematique sounds like a bad Depeche Mode interpolation and Soldier's Poem is this sort of minimal folk cut which is listenable but very uninteresting. Meanwhile the song Invincible is kind of unbearably corny as it just reads like a motivational poster in musical form. The album's second half is mostly more of the same - production that lacks edge, weird gerne mashes and a lot of cringe. I do wanna highlight the closer, Knights of Cydonia, which proves that the band could still write good songs at that point in time. It's a really fun prog-rock epic with fire guitar solos, a very solid vocal performance, a good song structure and just a lot of punch to it. It remains a mystery why most of this album is so weak with a closer this good. This song and Starlight save this album from being a total disaster and elevate it to 2 stars. That being said, the album is mostly an unflattering mess and the whole time I was waiting for it to be over.

I love a lot of Muse's many influences. However, the way they channel them leaves absolutely no room for creating their own voice (just listen to the Depeche Mode-esque “Map of the Problematique” besides of all the obvious Radiohead influences). Muse often sound like “X and Y” copycats who put an arpeggiated synth on every chorus; way too often homage tips into imitation. Besides, a lot of those tracks are … boring? That may sound harsh, but it’s the predominant reaction I have when trying to sit through the album from start to finish. While Bellamy’s high register is impressive, but he seldomly leaves it. They greatest craft starts to wear if you are being exposed to it for 50 minutes straight. When I was a teenager in the early 2000s, just beginning to immerse myself in music, Muse were everywhere. I even saw them live (pardon me, what an atrocious kitsch). For years, I tried to find my way into their world, to hear what so many others clearly do. But I suspect I’m more than ready to close that chapter. A shame - because on paper, this band could work for me. Also the cover… Storm Thorgeson artworks are often hit or miss. This is a miss. Big time.

Dit was het derde album wat m'n luistermaatje mocht aftikken, dus ik weet al een album of 800 dat dit er op enig moment aan zat te komen. Kun je een band super goed vinden zonder dat je er ooit naar zou willen luisteren? Ja. Muse is die band bij mij. Maar vandaag onderga ik ze, voor het eerst in m'n leven meer dan één nummer achter elkaar. Ik vind Muse zo ontzettend vermoeiend. Zeg ik na de helft van het eerste nummer. Ze hebben een heerlijk dik geluid, maar dat gekloot met die synth (die arpeggios hakken er in) in combinatie met die gitaren, de vermoeiende manier van zingen van ome Matt en een aardig stukje reverb en delay trekt m'n batterij compleet leeg. En dat begint al op track 1. Ik vind die track eigenlijk wel gaaf, maar het zijn teveel prikkels tegelijk. En dat geldt voor veel tracks. Er is altijd wel een instrument bezig om er 16 of meer noten per maat uit te persen. De combinatie daarvan met wat ik eerder al noemde, die reverb en delay, maakt het voor mij vermoeiend. Een muur van geluid met de akoestiek van een kerk. Ik snap 100% dat dit album in de lijst staat: Het is steengoed en geen 13 in een dozijn. Maar het feit dat je me na 5(0) minuten kunt opvegen moet ik mee laten wegen in m'n beoordeling.

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2.5

Pompous, effects-pedal-heavy nonsense, punctuated by random bits of opera, salsa, and spaghetti western, among (many) others. Most of album tempo at 6.2km/h, coincidentally my treadmill walking speed, so that helped me plow through it.

Muse feels like one of those bands you’re supposed to like. For some reason, though, they’ve never gone down easy for me. I don’t care for the singer’s voice, and the big hits have been thoroughly ruined by endless radio play. There are a few fleeting moments of light on this album, but nowhere near enough to earn it more than two stars.

Massive stadion rock was never my favourite style within the brit rock scene, while some would argue Oasis is one of them, I'd disagree. The massive songs with tons of layers, that start sounding like the 70's prog behemoths in their time. Muse has always been a pop band with rock vibes to me. They don't work too well as either, in my opinion, and end up falling flat somewhere in between. Especially the dancey-pop bits in there throw me off big time and wound me to quite annoyed to be honest.

It was good. Loved the beat

No.

Not a fan

Mostly inoffensive, always pretty dull and often quite annoying. Just sounds like a lot of bands of this era.

This whole album sounds like such a soundtrack for a dramatic tv show and I can't really imagine a scenario in which I would ever put this on by choice.. I would rather just listen to Radiohead

First off, I have heard and like some of these songs but I expected to hate this album. First track, not off to a great start. Yes meets Radiohead…second song pretty lame. Supermassive Black Hole I kind of dig. Next song is video game music. Then blah and blah. I skipped to Knights of Cydonia which is alright

Tem ótimos pontos altos, especialmente Supermassive Black Hole e Knights of Cydonia. Fora isso é tudo um grande BLOB.

Fell asleep twice tryna listen. Not for me

Muse is not aMUSING to me.

Dumb

Aight

Starlight is good, the rest not to much. Honestly worse than I expected, did nothing for me.

Einzel(s)(ni) lied(er) guet aber irgendwie hend mi dir generell crinshed

Starlight is a good song but I couldn't sit thru all the rock opera. 🙉

not really my style

- I kinda respect how big it sounds but also it kinda sounds so empty and wailing to me - Top 2000 boomer rock - I get the radiohead comparisons but also Jesus - Starlight fucks though - Supermassive Black Hole just plain bad - No this is just bad just because you try new things that doesnt mean you should like em

Dislike. Hard to get through.

Outer space laser horses fired through operatic jam cannons over the top of over-the-topness into histrionic nebula of business-casual prog.

Er dybt imod dem som princip af at de har ingen originalitet, men det lyder jo fint

so first thing i have to say is i felt like i was in some old american movie listening to this!! my fav is supermassive black hole. and i must admit that i was lowkey bored/the songs sounded the same 💔 but that’s prolly just me! anyways yes that’s pretty much it

I feel like Muse is a band I would have pretended to like as a kid in 2006 if I knew of them. This dude’s voice really takes away from the music. Too over the top.

Better than I expected but wouldn't purposefully listen to again. This would have been better without vocals. 2.4 Deserve place: No

Muse aren’t for me.

Muse’s greatest song was featured in a film about shining vampires. Take that as you will. I’m giving 2 because I thought it would be much worse actually and because Supermassive Black Hole is a very good song (I just cant take it serious as Muse would like to because it’s intertwined with lines of the likes of “BELLA THIS IS THE SKIN OF A KILLER”)

A couple songs are cool, a couple songs are forgettable, a few songs are annoying, and a few songs are total garbage. Their album prior to this, Absolution, is mostly good and would have been better on the list.

Eh

Me no likey. Dull and pretentious

A couple of tricks that many bands do much better and with some soul.

Un autre album qui me ramène à l'adolescence. J'écoutais surtout quelques singles isolés de plusieurs albums à cette époque. Je me suis dit qu'une écoute complète avec une oreille plus mature me permettrait peut-être de dénicher quelques pépites. Ouff. Non. Ça n'a pas très bien vieilli. Je retenais un rire tout le long ou presque tellement c'est beurré épais (sur-produit, la voix mélodramatique washé dans le reverb/delay, runs de toms partout, les synths corny pas vraiment à leur place). La Juliette de 14 ans n'écoutait pas les paroles, et celle de 30 pas tant non plus et se rend compte qu'elles sont un peu sans intérêt (espèce de lore de rock de l'espace pas trop clair). Je reconnais quand même quelques points qui m'ont fait trippé plus jeune. Le sens de la mélodie et du riff, le drum technique et assumé. Knights of Cydonia reste une pièce épique. J'ai aimé ça dans le passé, ce n'est plus le cas

Worse than I thought it would be. Sounds like a generic and uninspired version of the Radiohead

I found this music boring and uninspiring when it was first popular and still do.

I remember reading Q magazine back in the early 2000's and in a review for the single 'Plug in Baby', the author described Muse as "Masturbatory". This description has stuck with me ever since and unavoidably swims in to my mind whenever I lay ears on this band. I saw the band live around the same time and their performance was very good - for that reason I have always had a favourable memory of their first two records. Beyond those, Muse just seem like a synthetic retro-futuristic Coldplay with classically inspired guitar riffs. Retro-futuristic like a starry sky projector from Poundland. A lot of the deeper cuts follow the same template; guitar riff built around a particular scale run through six effect boxes, Bellamy's voice wavering in the gentle verse, howling in the bombastic chorus. It all becomes a blurry pile. I would probably be able to pick stuff out I like if I made the effort, but over the years I seem to have developed a real dislike for these guys. All the good stuff, boiled away, leaving nothing but a metallic and unappealing taste in my mouth. Masturbatory, indeed.

If Radiohead decided to stop their arty experimenting and put out an album aimed squarely at mainstream sales, this is what it would sound like. It's not a terrible album, but I couldn't get past the singer trying to sound like Thom Yorke.

Cool fuzz effect ... then less cool ... then less cool ... then annoying fuzz effect.

So this album is immaculate. It is utterly brilliant, but for those same reasons, I'm just not into it. It feels like a very overproduced Radiohead, technically impressive, but a bit too polished and distant for me. The songs are complex with weird time signatures and structures, and I do like the general sound, with the combination of synths and huge guitar riffs, and Matt Bellamy's vocals are incredible. They just sort of lack any personality. They don't inspire anything, I don't feel any emotion in the tracks. I think if some parts had a bit of a rougher feel, a little more mud and grit, it would resonate more. If I were to compare them to a band like Kasabian, whose sound is also a mixture of guitar riffs and electronics, their overall sound while polished has that underlying dirtiness that feels a lot more real to me.

I couldn't wait for it to be over. But for one song I found this unlistenable.

Pretty much meh for me. I felt like it was just boring.

2.75/5 Really derivative. I can't listen to Supermassive Blackhole, without laughing about the Twilight baseball scene. With every other song, I kept thinking this reminds me of Radiohead, U2, and even a little bit of Queen with the spacerock/synth/vocal harmonizing songs. I think Origins of Symmetry is a better album than this one.

The poor man’s Radiohead

Honestly pleasant enough but can’t remember any of it.

I’m not sure how I feel about it which doesn’t bode well.

a pretty boring 2.5

I kinda liked the first two tracks, but the album kept going…

1. bouu -1 2. light -1.5 3. black - 2.5 4. Map - 1 5. Poem -1 6. Invincible -1 7. Assassin - 1.5 8. Politics - 1 9. City - 1 10. Hoodoo - 1.5 11. Knights-1 12. glorious - 1.5

*2006 *I’ve never really listened to muse other than the title song. thought I would like them more than I do. *Just didn’t hit for me. RATING - 5.5/10

Completely NOT my type,

2/5 - I don't mind listening to Muse as much as some of the other 2s I've rated, but I hardly think this is essential listening. It's overly bombastic arena rock, that I have to admit works really well on the big stage, having seen them in a festival setting ages ago (and enjoyed the spectacle they put on). This album feels like the music equivalent of a cheesy, summer blockbuster movie. You know it's not high art, but if you know what you're in for, you can enjoy the manufactured drama, and then go do something else with your time.

I don t know*

i wanted so badly to like this album because it has Supermassive Black Hole on it. the generic Radiohead sounding songs i actually liked. it’s kind of all over the place. the rest of the album i couldn’t get into.

Bland music disguised as a cool album. Disappointed with this one.

Fun pop rock. Off its time

Geloof best dat het heel goed is etc. maar gewoon echt niet mijn ding

Whenever I heard these guys on the radio, I had assumed it was Coldplay or Radiohead. Doesn't mean I like it, just that I recognize the singles. Seem a little....unoriginal?

Nem Supermassive Black Hole consegue salvar esse album!

It's okay. It was distracting for me how much the singer sounds like Thom Yorke. 2.75

Weird cross between radio head and bad truck commercial guitar tracks. Some truly interesting moments on here nut the whole thing falls a little flat. 2.5 stars.

They’re just trying too hard. I’ve never been able to get into them.

Did not realize several songs I like were from this album. Regardless, I do not care for this album.

Oh boy, was this boring. I tried to listen intently to these albums, but on this one, my mind kept drifting to where I forgot I was listening.

Cheesy mid-2000s stuff. I liked it less the more I listened.

No disrespect to Muse, but why is this album on the list?

Kind of ambivalent about Muse. Sounds okay, just nothing that stands out.

Bombastic Proggy Noughties Indie-Rock - so definately faced an uphill battle to win me over.

I can't stand the singing of Matt Bellamy, the gasp at the end of every line I can't unheard.

This is a band that on paper I should love. And try and try and I just don’t. This album is good, but I would not listen again. I can’t put my finger on why yet. It ticks a lot of boxes for what I like.

Yeah I don’t know, I thought I’d like this but that’s purely because I like Supermassive Black Hole. The rest of the album just isn’t that great. Pretty bang average electronic rock. Probably the reason why I just never fully got into Muse.

Muse are one of those bands like Coldplay. I know they exist, I know people enjoy their music, but I just can’t connect with them.

Ensformigt. Muse trænger igennem med enkelte stærke sange, men drukner i en lyd der er bange for at gå ud over dens egne grænser. Ellers en stærk start på albummet med "Take a bow" og "Starlight", men kraften ebber derefter ud.

Alright I guess. A couple of classics like supermassive black hole and starlight. There's a grandious nature to it that I am not quite a big fan of. long elongated whiny vocals at times put me off a couple of songs. 5/10

I rolled my eyes a couple of times at the most preposterous bits. It's all a bit silly and doesn't really rock like it thinks it does. Some decent pop melodies I suppose, but this is nowhere near as good as their first two, brilliant, albums.

4/10 Having only heard bits of Muse before, and never being convinced to seek out any more, I always used to dismiss them as “Budget Radiohead”. Turns out I was right, but not in the way that I’d originally meant. They’re actually “Big Budget Radiohead”. Strip out all of the grit and charm of a band who do things on their own terms and replace it with over-slick production and stadium pleasing musical choices and this is what you get. It’s cold. But there are moments when things teeter on the edge of being pretty good. Knights of Cydonia and Assassin have some great, heavy riffs, for example, but those moments are too fleeting among the easy ‘stadium rock’ choices of much of the rest of the album. And I don’t like Matt Bellamy’s vocal style at all. It seems to be always delivered in this drawling, legato manner that just washes over the top of everything. It wouldn’t be as bad if he switched it up a bit, but it just feels like he’s whining and crying about everything from start to finish. In short, my opinion on muse hasn’t really changed. There are times when they sound a bit like other bands that I like, but if I want to listen to that, I’d rather listen to those other bands do it better. Take a Bow - Well they’ve found the arpeggiator on their synth. Make that multiple. I think this is supposed to be building to something epic. But it’s still building and it all sounds a bit thin. It finally kicks in and it just clomps along. The pace never really picks up. It’s stadium rock with synthesisers by numbers. Starlight - This starts off with a bit of weight for the first few bars. And then the piano kicks in and we’re in stadium corporate rock (Coldplay) territory. Meh. Every choice they make is the obvious one. There are hints here and there that they could do something that sounds decent, but they don’t bother. I mean, it’s not like it’s completely unforgivable, it’s just uninteresting. Supermassive Black Hole - The big hit. It at least has a bit more swagger to it. But it still feels a bit of an artificial swagger, if that makes sense. It’s all too clean and calculated. It straddles the line between a pop song and a rock song and doesn’t really satisfy either brief for me. Map of the Problematique - It builds and builds and builds and… never gets anywhere. Songs that feel like an endless intro just bug me. Thing is, I really dig unresolved tension in music, but in something that is supposed to be massive and epic like this, it just feels like they never bothered to write a chorus to go with all of that tension build-up. It has got a toe-tapping drive to it, but it’s also annoying. Soldier’s Poem - What happens when Matt Bellamy tries his best to sing like Thom Yorke and the rest of the band try to sing like Queen? This is what happens. It’s ok, I suppose. Pretty forgettable though. Invincible - Ah, another Coldplay song but with Matt Bellamy trying to sing like Thom Yorke again. It takes two and a half minutes to kick in, and when it does it’s so anaemic. Fuck me, this is thin and boring. Give it a bit of welly, lads. Oooh, 3:40 or so, something happens! Is it going to kick off? Oh, no. Just a shit (really shit) guitar solo. Assassin - Oh god, this is actually good. Actual pace and intensity. It’s a bit Queens of the Stone Age. Except now Matt Bellamy has ruined it with his whiny little voice. This could actually be decent, if a little straightforward, but it doesn’t really offer much in the way of development and the insipid vocal just takes all of the weight out of it. How annoying. Exo-Politics - This one has some decent riffs and weight. The chorus is still pretty run-of-the-mill stadium rock, but it’s not bad. There’s even some somewhat interesting sound design in there. It’s got a decent driving pace to it too. Still not keen on his voice, but it’s less distracting here than it is on other tracks. City of Delusion - This is another one that has a decent amount of pace to it. The drums are pretty good on this, in particular. They don’t hold on too long to the build up sections, and it has a decent amount of variation. The string arrangements are pretty cool too. His voice is still annoying though and it all seems a bit artificially grand somehow. Hoodoo - Got enough reverb? And a weird spaghetti western guitar intro? This vocal part reminds me of something that I can’t quite put my finger on. It’s a bit dull, and then when the other parts kick in it does that ‘building to nothing thing again. And then drops back away to the dull thing again. Knights of Cydonia - This has got a bit more of that western feel to it, but at least it’s more interesting. Not a big fan of the guitar tone though. Sounds super scratchy. It’s all a bit messy, especially given the context for the rest of the album. Not a big fan of the gang vocals, they sound very wet mouthed. When it kicks in it’s a really great riff. Nice and heavy and again, quite Queens of the Stone Age. But the gang vocals come in again and it just doesn’t do it for me. It’s a decent enough song though.

god i hate muse

Ergh

Never really connected with this

4/10

What if Radiohead were dogshit?

Feels really large but hollow at the same time. I don't get the hype behind this album. 5/10

I remember a time that Muse was often mentioned in the same breath as Radiohead. I saw the comparison at the time. Now I think that’s pretty insulting to Radiohead, and I don’t even really like Radiohead. 1.5 rounded up because there are definitely worse Muse albums than this one.