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This album is all over the place musically, I found myself physically frowning at some points while listening to it. Can't imagine anyone really liking this if they didn't already like it in their younger years. I thought the radiohead comparisons were lazy but no, it really does sound like a bad radiohead imitation attempt. 1.5/5 Top tracks: starlight
The first of a category I've been dreading, aka Albums I Used To Love That Aren't Necessarily Good But I Have An Intense Amount Of Nostalgia For And Cannot Possible Be Objective About (AIUTLTANGBIHAIAONFACPBOA for short). We all know this is The Bends lite with more astrology. But Knights Of Cydonia rules. But Matt Bellamy is guilty of critical amounts of Fight The Power vagueposting. But it has the twilight song! But he doesn't know how to pronounce English words. But Starlight is iconic. But there's kind of nothing original here. But it filled a gap I didn't know I had while I was waiting to discover Radiohead. But.... it's still Muse. Anyway, 4 stars.
My first inttoduction into rock i did enjoy it but i would relisten tbh
I liked this but realised that the Spotify had carried on playing more Muse - and the tracks I liked the most weren't on this album :\
2/5
stylish and heavy
Felt more like an aesthetic exercise than anything. I think they just dive too deep into the whole sci-fi thing. But every once in a while it really works. Bellamy does pull out some great melodies.
Meh
Parecido simplemente a Radiohead, pero buen sonido a través del disco que ayuda a la atmósfera y lo que quiere transmitir
Still something about this band that doesn’t click with me. Oh look at me I’m classicaly trained but I make ‘rock’ music now. Ohhh I’m so edgy. Yawn
Knights of Cydonia rules. Some great songs on here. Lots of filler.
un poco radiohead pero mas divertido
Muse is classified as electronic space rock pop. The songs are good but the constant over the top music, dystopian survival lyrics and dramatic singing got on my nerves after awhile. Starlight and Supermassive Black Hole are good songs and there are other good guitar riffs in here.
The Imagine Dragonification of Tool.
This has some art rock, prog, arena rock, plus some fuzzy grunge guitars modernized a bit and wrapped in a big, bombastic, over the top package. It's incredible. 4.5
Everyone calling this a Radiohead/Queen hybrid in these reviews is more correct than I would have thought possible
An exercise in rock n roll maximalism and frankly it works quite well.
eu escutei o album nao curti dei 42 no aoty
Not as good as Origin of Symmetry in my op but still some great tracks.
Kroger brand Radiohead
Radiohead but noisy
favs: supermassive black hole
160420 4
Despite being poser, shit talkers - this is a good album.
Instant 5 stars. One of the core albums that informed my lifelong musical taste. For some reason I read some of the 1-star reviews of this album. Anyone who can listen to Knights of Cydonia and think 1-star is no friend of mine.
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.
El primer tema muy bueno, el segundo no arranca bien pero me gusto. el tercero y el cuarto meh, los paso si lo vuelvo a escuchar. 5 y 6 muyy bueno los temas. Assassin mi tema fav del album junto a exo politics y hoodoo, lo seria tmb knights of cydonia si no lo tuviera quemadisimo, y las otras dos canciones estan muy bien. Lo reescucharia.
Es un buen albun me encanto la banda sonora y no me la crei cuando salio la de crepusculo JAKAJAJAJAJAJ
Hyvä levy, tiesin hitit entuudestaan.
Knights of Cydonia is still one of the best songs of all time. Brings me right back to the Guitar Hero 3 days iykyk Starlight and Supermassive Black Hole are still bangers. Map of the Problematique has such a good riff it's crazy and the chorus is so catchy. Slow songs ruin albums like this and Soldier's Poem and Invincible are no different. Assassain feels like it's trying to do too much, too noisy. The rest of the album just sounds like Generic Muse. I'm a bit sick of Muse now tbh and mostly skip their stuff when it comes up.
Everyone knows Knights of Cydonia, but the whole damn album hits.
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.
radiohead esque but pre kid a, paranoid android era
I just so happened to listen to this album for the first time a few weeks ago but wasn't too blown away. Giving it a second listen now though, I'm really impressed with how many different directions it goes in while still having that iconic early 2000s rock sound. Really enjoy Supermassive Black Hole and Knights of Cydonia, and Map of the Problematique is a personal favorite. Unfortunately the album starts to get a bit stale after Assassin and doesn't really pick up again until Knights, which is why I can't give this a 5.
Automatic S-tier album. As soon as I saw it, I knew that I was gonna like it. Reminded me of when I used to listen to the album in 1st year undergrad. Songs that I like: Starlight Super massive blackhole Assassin Knights of cydonia Review - 9/10
Great album.
I want to like it but every so often it just seems to descend into 'noise'. Not awful and some of the tracks are good but I don't think this is a 'great' album.
Very solid stadium rock. Anything not high energy kind of flags, but it's not bad.
This was surprisingly good
Bombastic fantastic. Yes, it is ludicrously over the top at times but it works for the most part. And they do put on a great show. Also it’s fun to bawl along to which cannot be underestimated
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.
Every song had different vibe and felt like there weren’t any concept to tie all these songs with. It was an emotional roller coaster overall but smoothly paced.
J'ai toujours eu un peu de mal avec la discographie de Muse. C'est là un parfait exemple. Je connais très bien Starlight par la promo radio mais je n'ai jamais accroché, ni à l'époque, ni maintenant. De cet album, je ne retiendrai que Take A Bow et Supermassive Black Hole.
Good vibe! Nice to work out to, but not something I'm going to be re-listening to.
Good stuff, Muse knows how to make entertaining music. A little too polished, though, doesn't quite feel like someone's passion project.
Nice Album, modern classic
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.
Really solid album. I think it’s propped up a bit by a couple killer songs, but overall, this is a good listen.
Muse are a very strange band in my opinion, while they attempt to make these grand art rock tracks (stuff I'm usually a fan of) it all feels a bit corporate and soulless to me. I also think that out of the three Muse albums I've listened to so far this is the weakest one, it's more boring than their last two with fewer tracks that stand out.
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
muse é mm bom
Knights of Cydonia is absolute Cinema
Not much to say this one. Good listen. Opened my ears to Muse.
Aku suka sekali dengan kemampuan muse menggabungkan musik elektronik dengan rock alternative di album ini
A teenage favourite. I really enjoyed relistening and there are some bangers in here. Instrumentally they're still killing it on this album but the first hints of their weird paranoid futurist aesthetic of future albums are present. It feels a bit like 1984 the musical sometimes...
Hardcore star trek
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
I appreciate Muse for what they are and don’t ask them to be Radiohead or anything else. This album has a distinct, dramatic sound that I’m totally ok with. I don’t need dynamic subtlety or lyrical depth from them. Theyre anthemic, overt, and sometimes cinematic, combining rock and electronics just fine. That combo was perfect on the opening "Take A Bow". One of my favorites, Zedd, has long cited Muse as a major influence of his. I really hear it on this opener. Colorful synth arps, suspenseful chord progression, dramatic voicing and deliveries. This is great! "Starlight" steeps into something much more ready for radio with that piano refrain and accessible lyrics. While I dodn't agree with a lot of comparisons to Radiohead or Coldplay, I can hear the similarities for brief moments on this song. "Soldier's Poem" sounds eerily like if Musical Miracle did a take on Elvis' "Can't Help Falling In Love". So take that as you may. I really enjoyed the marching drums on "Invincible". It kinda felt like an anthem from the Green Day American Idiot era. Vaguely referential of war music, very grandiose, a huge guitar solo. There are times where, the older I get, the more I'm coming to respect a commitment to a specific sound in music. It signals a confidence in the artists vision. When it's done well, I can toss aside a need for nuance and heady musical decisions. This album stands on it's own very well. No need to dig into it further than that. 4/5!
This was really not for me. Great musicianship and cool sounds, but I did not like this.
I feel that is album is as if queen got taken over by dystopian robots that listened to Depeche Mode (minus Freddie’s vocal range).
6/10
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.
Pretty enjoyable and seemingly different. Probably a 3.5? I already knew Knights of Cydonia (shoutout guitar hero), fun and unique listen.
wow thats a lot of styles used
this is not my fav genre i think
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
I didn’t hate it. Like it the first time through
I haven’t listened to this since I was in high school. Considering the commercial success of this album, it’s actually quite wierd using sounds and textures not common in pop at the time. Guitar hero era overshadows my feelings of the singles from this album, but I do really rate it.
It feels a little dated.
Wack
Me gustó muchísimo. No sabía que conocía canciones de ellos y me di cuenta que si
esse aqui é bom pra caralho, obg the twilight dark emo song
AAA
When to listen: in someone's basement after Guitar Hero. Idk why this album is getting so much hate I found it very listen-able. Loved the intro song. Love Supermassive Black Hole despite the Twilight. And obviously Knights of Cydonia. You might think it's rock for dummies, but I'm a dummy so let me be.
Bonus point for the biggest hit being "Supermassive Black Holes"
Ei oo paljo musea tullu kuunneltua mutta olihan tuo ihan okei kamaa. Pari tuttua biisiä.
Nostalginen levy, tosi tuttu pitkältä ajalta. Muse ei oo paljoo ollu mielen päällä viimeaikoina, mutta kyllähän lätty selkärangasta löytyy.
No me gustó, no soy su público.
It’s not of Muse’s best albums but is still good. The one big let down for me is the recording sound quality which is too loud and sounds shouty. It’s music that demands being played loud but when it has been recorded too loud all you want to do is turn it down.
This was a really good album !!! It had the twilight ost :DDDDD as of right now, I can remember any tunes but during the week I could and thought they were catchy (in a good way) I think I ll come back to this album, nice !
My vibe on Muse has always been if Radiohead had gone deep into prog instead of releasing OK Computer. Matt Bellamy's voice does a lot of the same affectations. The other thing? Muse loves a good, grandiose backdrop. Something that screams high drama even if the song does not. Those big echoing pianos and stomping drums in Starlight, for example, which have no real right to be in what is essentially a love song. Or the noodly synth waves buried in the mix for the pre-chorus. The drop-out of everything as he sings the album title. It's honestly a great song, but the biggest bit is that it feels like it should be. And it succeeds in being what they attempted to create. That doesn't always work: the slant-title song, for example, attempts to be a slinky sexy yearn, but it sounds way too much like, well, prog radiohead trying to be Marvin gaye or something. At most charitable it's an astronomy geek trying to seduce someone while in the background they are thinking of outerspace. There's frequently just a bit of the videogame to them too (imagine speed running a platform game with Map of the Problematique in the background). And of course there's that big big drama on Hoodoo. How could it come to this, indeed. Which is to say that Muse never really feels totally authentic to me, even when they're producing fine songs. It always feels at least a little overwrought, a little bigger than makes any sense for thr song itself. I imagine it's exactly that which makes them huge with some people, but it loses me. It lost me enough that some of these songs were ones i remembered from hearing clips of this on various in-store retail play, but which immediately escaped my brain when it stopped being played. We'll see if it lasts this time. Still, i'd give this a strong 3*. I'm not sure why it is a particularly must hear album, but it's not a hard listen
I love Muse and am very pleased to see them in this list. Solid rock music. 5 stars.
it was alright
The best album recommended to me so far
I like supermasive ass hole or whatever
lowkey peak
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.
First one on this list I had previously listened to. Personally, this is Muse best album, it has a common sound thread across the album that gives it cohesion while also giving each song a unique taste and flavor. There is a bit of rawness to their sound that refines over time, but it’s that same distinction that makes it stand out.
Loved the Phillip Glass opening, then my bias triggered by the singer's Bono resemblance and some really silly lyrics. Gave in, got over it, rocked out. Big Geeky Love.
This is really entertaining! I like the theatricality and drama. I'm getting Radiohead and Panic! At The Disco vibes from this. I have heard plenty of Muse before and I like their sound. I think I was actually introduced to them in middle school because my band teacher was a fan of them. Of course I love Supermassive Black Hole because of the iconic baseball scene from Twilight, and I honestly think those movies have great soundtracks so that is a real compliment. Knights of Cydonia is another one I've heard before and it's so epic. I wouldn't really say there are any bad songs on the album - it's an enjoyable listen all the way through.
Overall, this is a really solid album. All of the songs were enjoyable to listen to. But, they aren't all super memorable. 8.75/10
Used to shred to Knights of Cydonia on guitar hero 3. Was one of my favorite songs on that game. Only years later did I dive deeper into Muses cataloged of music. I loveee this album, in my opinion Knights of Cydonia, Supermassive black hole, and Starlight are the Allstars on here, but the rest of the album is nothing to scoff at. The songs flow nicely together, going from faster paced, to slower vibes. Mixing in a lot of grandiose sounds, synth patches and vocal patterns shifting from major to minor, then back to major keys that just scratch an itch for me. Cool album art too. 9.5/10
This record certainly had me thinking "oh, they do this song...and this one...oh, okay." I understand why this band has such a cult following, though I don't gravitate toward them on that level. The music is rich, bold and engaging. It's theatrical in nature, but very captivating. They cover a range of sounds and moods which certainly keeps the listening entertaining. At moments, they sound like a cross between Queen and Coldplay. I dig this one.
It was okay. Might listen again.
Pretty good.
Top notch stuff from the glitzy rockers, great touch of indie in there too
This seems insanely accessible prog music, like Prog for Dummies. Pop Prog? Musically its top notch, various sounds & influences. My disconnect is with the lead singer, he sounds very reminiscent of other singers. Bono, a less annoying Chris Martin & a less wailing Thom Yorke. I would explore this band some more. 3
One of my favorites by Muse
4.5 I like Muse, you can definitely hear the Radiohead influence but I think they have a more unique style than people give them credit for, especially on this album
Why does nobody make music like this anymore. This sound is so distinct i love it
They really like space
Yay - I know this one! Saw them n concert. Loved this when it came out, love it now.
Just as cheesy and fun as I remember from college!
An amazing space rock album that I never fully listened to until now. Obviously the singles from this are iconic and still the best songs on the album, but that by no means implies that the rest is forgettable. Outside of Soldiers poem and invincible which are kinda boring, the album doesn't let up with the amazing vocals, varied and unique instrumentals, and cool themes throughout. 4/5
326/1001 Muse - Black Holes and Revelations Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ Already a big Muse fan before this was released, this felt like the culmination of everything that they had been building to on previous albums. It's over the top, whilst still having an ear for the melody and quieter moments. They've not surpassed this imo.
Loved Muse as a teen. Still hits the spot.
Very Nice album, Muse always deliver good stuff
what genre is this?
Another fairly pedestrian album. Not awful but no compelling reason to listen to it. That said, some of it I quite enjoyed but they don’t seem to have their own sound. There’s a bit of Radiohead, a bit of Queen, a bit of U2….
This is like a bowl of Lucky Charms - it's for kids, it has zero nutritional value, but good lord it's tasty if you don't have too much of it.
Wankers
music is love
I already knew Supermassive Black Hole (and really liked it)! I enjoyed the rest of the Album as well.
Muse est un groupe auquel j'ai jamais vraiment accroché. Cet album n'y change pas grand-chose, mais je trouve quand même que c'est mieux que dans mon souvenir. C'est vrai que c'est un groupe de rock très accessible, mais je trouve pas qu'ils sacrifient quoi que ce soit pour arriver à un tel résultat. Musicalement, c'est plutôt recherché, il y a beaucoup d'influences différentes (enfin, y'a de l'électronique, un peu, quoi) et y'a une énergie presque hard rock, par moment. Bon, c'est pas forcément un album sur lequel je reviendrais, mais ça reste vraiment sympathique, c'était une écoute très agréable.
00’s Rock ⭐️Knights of Cydonia
Whining and moaning
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.
i’d only known “nights of cydonia” from guitar hero. or rock band. it’s been a minute since playing. anyway, this is a pretty decent album. the only song stuck in my head is “knights”
I wouldn't consider myself a huge fan or anything, but it's ridiculous to deny an album its deserved praise when every song is as good as this record shows. Rhythm section here does a lot of really cool accelerating/decelerating tempo stuff on many of these tracks and the melodies on the ballads and rock tracks alike stick in the ear like clockwork.
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.
Look, Muse was the great hope of all fans of Radiohead that someone would pick up where they left off from OK Computer at some point, but Muse got so much attention and airplay that I got annoyed by them really quick. So fast forward 20 years later and I can get it a lot more now. Sure it's big dumb rock, but it's also very prog rock, if a lot more radio friendly. The sound is really amazing, and when they hit a groove, they're phenomenal. But it's all still a little hollow. So good on you, Muse, I'm still not reaching to listen but you definitely grew on me.
never listened before but it was really good - great production
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.
Give me a reason for why do we need that many Radiohead from temu on this list.
Knights of Cydonia kicks ass. 4/5.
By the time "Black Holes and Revelations" was released, Muse had reached the commercial peak of their career. By that point, however, I had largely lost interest in the band. A musician friend recommended their debut album, "Showbiz", to me in 1999, and it remains my favourite of their albums to this day. This is contrary to my usual listening habits, as subsequent albums were significantly more progressive, complex and experimental than the debut, but also smoother, more bombastic and more calculated. When I listened to "Black Holes and Revelations" again today, some 20 years on, I was surprised at how much I liked it — at least a few tracks. Perhaps that’s what bothers me: Muse produce either little strokes of genius ("Take a Bow", "Supermassive Black Hole", "Assassin") or complete lead ballons ("Invincible", "Glorious"). They are a good band, but their albums are overrated and lack a clear musical direction, at least on this album. At least not if you consider exuberant vocals, fast tempi and massive intensity with extreme dynamics to be stylistic elements rather than a coherent concept.
bass on city of delusion goes so fucking hard holy moly overall great album
Onder het gejank en gehuil van Matt Bellamy zitten verrassend stevige en puike rock songs verborgen.
puntje verloren voor al de keren dat ik moest denken aan twilight
heel gevarieerd album, maar de nummers horen wel bij elkaar, i like it
liked it but i was playing a horror game while listening and it got a bit scary at one point. rlly switched up the vibe
Long time favorite. Saw them live at redrocks when touring this album, possibly my best concert memories
overall: 8/10
Klingt alles recht pompös Prog
Wicked
Cool album - Loads of recognizable tracks
Discazo
Finally! Something I already knew! I'm more of an origin of symmetry person but there's bangers on here
Like a supercharged radio head with a pop bend. I like the social commentary as well. Wild I never really knew these guys. They are so close to my typical listening lane.
SHITE
not my vibe
Some of the songs were good, but not a huge fan of the music style.
This was fun! Needed something a little darker and rocky. 7/10
mi favorita fue Starlight y despues soldiers poem que buena cancion ctm, diria que esperaba mas de knights of cydonia porque el nombre le da como vibras epicas, pero no me desagrado en general, auqnue dudo que alguna vez lo escuche deprincipio a fin de nuevo, si lo volviera a escuchar me iria directamente a las que me gustaron ahora
g g
I like "big rock" but not operatic rock.
It's a very proggy album and definitely incorporates elements of Progressive Rock. It's very dramatic and Sci-fi, but there are a couple of love songs. It's an amazing album and is probably the greatest Muse album out there!
music for conspiracy theorists
This really rubbed me the wrong way. It’s not just that the vocalist’s preferred tone is whining. It’s also annoying that this band is so derivative of Coldplay and Queen that you might think you were listening to a mashup of those two bands. There are a few songs where they introduce metal elements with the other two sounds and, in those moments they sound a little unique & interesting. But even then you can hear the whiny singer doing his best imitation of a prog rock singer whining the worst metal lyrics in his whiny voice. Ugh. A 1.
Muse can feel a bit one-note to me but I like their energy
Despite what a lot of people say about Muse being basic, boring rock I love them and I think this is possibly their best album. There's some great popular songs like supermassive black hole and knights of Cydonia but also an underrated one, in my opinion, map of the problematique. 5 stars
It's been a year! Hard to believe I am 365 albums in, been a fun journey (mostly). This record was another good listen. Muse is a band I have never really sought out, even if what I have heard on the radio I have generally liked. This was the first time I listened to any of their albums front to back. And I have to say that this was a fun record. It wasn't the best of starts though, at least to my ear. Take a Bow just kind of dragged along for me, at least for the better part of the song. Starlight appears to be an attempt at an anthem type of song and it just didn't hit for me. After these two, though, the album picked up. Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, Exo-Politics, City of Delusion, and Knights of Cydonia were all excellent tracks that I really liked. Even though they are a considerably different band, it felt like there were echoes of Queen in some of this. Not quite half of the album, but close. They have an interesting sound, well worth the listen. 4 stars.
very good ! the lyrics were edgy as hell but everything else was mindblowing
I have listened to most of this album's songs in the past. very peak. starlight is my favorite one.
Supermassive Black Hole Glorious City of Delusion Knights of Cydonia Starlight Assassin Exo-Politics Map of the Problematique Hoodoo Invincible Take a Bow Soldier's Poem
muse hate is warranted Would I listen again: nah Deserves to be on this list: not really 2.4
Clásico, no es mi habitua, por eso 4, pero es perfecto
I enjoy this album. Some of the sounds seem to have come from a Wii welcome screen, but the "space" rock is unique and they are easily distinguishable.
Outstanding. Epic. Powerful. Moving. No notes. 5 stars always and forever. Not my favorite in the discography but a top 3 nod.
I'm pretty familiar with Muse and their hits - which there are quite a few on this album - but I haven't ever been a big enough fan to listen to a whole album of theirs. I liked the album, although it was a bit up and down for me. Some of the big rock songs were great, and then there were a few songs that just really fell off. Good album, but I'm not sure it stands out enough to be on the list. There are definitely songs that I will continue to listen to, but I wouldn't add the whole album to my regular rotation.
I went through a big muse phase. I liked this album when it was released, it’s not my favourite but it’s good.
My favorite Muse album. They incorporate influences from other genres without losing the rock feel like they did in later albums.
I already listen to 2-3 of these songs on a regular and seen them live. Glad I got to see this rendition of them. Their later works aren't great.
Nicht jeder Song passt. Einige gehen richtig ins Ohr.
Josie- bad hayfever so is a blur Mike- loved it driving music
7/10 Divertido, no me molesto ni paso desapercibido, bastante bien
I was hoping this would be a lot better than it actually was and there were definitely some great parts of this but also a bit cringe inducing
wow I haven't listened to Muse in years but this is as good as I remember the first ⅔ is so intense but then it does drop off a bit towards the end so minus 1 star for that. Interesting lyrics and some great drums and guitar
Phantom of the Opera x alien spaceship. Contrary to their name I don't think that much thought went into this, however it is passable
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 don't think this of the best Muse album
I felt nothing while listening to this record, except that it is soulless and artificial. Send it back to the factory.
A high concept, sci-fi, anti-political, concept album that still rocks. A masterpiece.
Yaaaaaaay!!
A classic
Instrumentals similar to this make me tell the spirit from my body. I absolutely loved it and I knew some songs beforehand
Woahhhh
BANGER AFTER BANGER AFTER BANGER AFTER BANGER it was really good genuinely loved it
Teenage me would have loved this. Current me likes and wants to give it 3.5/5 but you can't do halves here. To me, 3 is "It's good but I probably won't go out of my way to listen to it again", and 4 is "Yes I will listen to this album again", and this probably falls closer the the former - so 3 it is
I would never choose to listen to a Muse album, it was alright.
A little too much for me. Enjoyed Plug In Baby when I was 14, but been bemused by Muse since then. Not my guys.
Muse are an interstellar version of queen. This album though.. excellent.
take a bow 7,5/10 starlight 7/10 supermassive black hole 8/10 map of problematique 8,5/10 soldier's poem 7/10 invincible 7,5/10 assassin 8,5/10 exo-politics 9/10 city of delusion 8,5/10 hoodoo 9/10 knights of cydonia 8/10 glorious 7,5/10 biiseis hyvä kitara ja laulu, hyvä albumi autoon kuunteluun, biisit vaikuttaa kivalta opetella kitaralla, jotkut biiseistä ei nii hyviä alus, mut lopussa paranee, kitarasolot ihan best, sopivaa vaihtelua biisien pituudessa, hyvän fiiliksen tuova albumi, hyvä solid 8/10 albumi, voisin kuunnella ehdottomasti uudestaan. lempparibiisi. hoodoo
Bon
Space rock for basic people. ¨Black Holes and Revalations¨ is a jam but Muse has always rubbed me the wrong way while being technically good. See U2 2.0.
Väldigt episkt med många extremt bra låtar. Känns fortfarande ibland lite corny dock. Inte lika bra som origin of symmetry. Sämre mot slutet
I had an ex who really liked Starlight but won't hold that against the album. I hear a bunch of Radiohead influence here. It's alright, not sure I'd listen again but I liked it.
Remembered this as better, I think my teenage twilight obsessed emo brain picked up something in this that is not really present to me listening back to it. Their hits still hold up, maybe because I remember them the best and they therefore act as the most powerful vessels for nostalgia. Anyway, I will always enjoy Muse, but this album didn’t do any more than that. Favorites: Supermassive Black Hole, City of Delusion, Knights of Cydonia Rating: 6.4/10
Just when people thought Muse couldn't get any more climactic and epic, they proved everyone right by making a more Pop/Alt Rock project that really dumbed down their overall sound and style so they could become more accessible to fans instead of critics. Don't get me wrong I am not hating on Black Holes and Revelations, but I am being honest, this is a significant step down in overall tone, structure, and sound that I was a bit turned off by but still let pass. It doesn't help this album has hits like Supermassive Black Hole to keep people coming back to this very of its' time release. At least this project is once again an original take on the whole Alt Rock sound Muse is now going for but I really wish we got yet another existential album like Absolution instead of this wanna-be Pop album. It is solid but once again underwhelming in terms of how much I hear about this. All in all for my quick Muse dive I found them to be extremely overrated and not much better than your average Rock band, they just so happened to get lucky and make a few hits that's all....
I first got into Muse in my teens after their third album, Absolution, came out in 2003. I went back to Showbiz and Origin of Symmetry and loved both at the time. My memory is that this album, their fourth, had a mixed reception. They moved away from a rock sound and started playing around a bit more with other styles, which a lot of friends of mine didn't like if they were rock purists. Others loved it and Knights of Cydonia became a big hit. While I probably think that Origin of Symmetry is my favourite of their albums, I like a lot of songs on this one. Indeed, some of their more Genre-Fluid tracks are the ones I prefer. I think Supermassive Black Hole is probably the most interesting song on the album. Dare I say that it has elements of Prince coming through it. I also like Map of the Problematique. A bit dance/electronic but it harkens back to the industrial goth sounds of NIN, Sisters of Mercy, and such. Take a Bow is a bit too overwrought for me but I also like City of Delusion, with it's "flamenco metal" sound.
Muse has such a formula to their songwriting. You can always tell where they're going to go with what they're doing..... I think the biggest issue for me is their songwriting, especially the rhythms of their vocal melodies. Every verse and chorus seems to be exactly the same - every note gets at least a half-note, many stretch of more than measure. It gets kinda tiring. Songs from this album would fit perfectly into a mix, but an entire album just isn't that fun to listen to. It's a generous - THREE STARS
'& our freedom's consuming itself / What we've become.' Whatever Muse is getting at, which is some sort of miserable gravity pull of Coldplay w/ the worst aspects of Radiohead, I can do w/o. This's not profound: 'Our hopes & expectations / Black holes & revelations, yeah.' At best it's hokey, a drab conceptual piece that goes w/ no mood, at worst it's a blasted resurrection of prog sensibilities that should've died out after The Wall. There's nerdy & pretentious, there's dense & vapid, & somehow Black Holes & Revelations is all four. 'Why can't we see / That when we bleed, we bleed the same?' It gets worse as it goes along, & anytime you think they've figured something out, it's ruined by space sounds, tedious drama, & Bellamy's bad singing.
Has some of my favorite Muse songs (Knights of Cydonia, Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole) and a couple of my least favorite Muse songs (Soldier's Poem and Hoodoo). The rest of it is pretty good, occasionally great. Not the best Muse album, but a solid 4*
There's just something about Muse. So good.
a masterpiece. haven’t listened through the whole thing in years, and was surprised by the variety.
I never got into Muse, this didn't change with this Album.
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
Shit holes and revelations
Had no idea the twilight song came from this album 🧛♀️
actually good
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.
This rocked, like rocked, way more than I remember, great fun
I saw the reveal and immediately reached out to a former roommate to relive the year that this was in heavy rotation for our shared commute. Starlight and Knights of Cydonia are both S-tier tracks, and thankfully I don’t associate Supermassive Black Hole with Twilight.
Really solid album. Not a huge Muse fan but really glad I listened to the whole thing. It was a fun listen. Love the instrumentation the singing just isn’t my vibe.
good
At first I was thinking a 9 because there are better muse albums. However, the amount of just pure great songs on this is staggering. 10/10
3.5/5
Pretty generic rock.
[album #8] i used to listen to this a bunch in middle school. i think it is pretty decent pop-heavy-rock ? and has some good tracks, but overall is too long and i think takes itself very seriously for what it is. i did have fun listening to a chunk of it, but i did drag in a lot of places. Strong start and then a pretty good end. A lot of these songs feel like things you listen to while working out. Very dramatic, “epic,” over the top, rock opera-y, which is fine if you like that but not super my thing these days. Starlight, supermassive black hole (duh), map of the problematique, and Knights of Cydonia are my standout tracks. 2.5 or 3/5 for me.
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.
pretty fun invincible é um pouco insu though
Esta ultra mamalon
내가 좋아하는 신디사운드st가 고조되는 take a bow…너무 좋음 트와일라잇이 고마울지 미울지 궁금 혁오는 뮤즈를 좋아해 고조되는 감정을 참 잘만들어내는군
I've already listened to this a lot, but it's been many years since I last visited it, so it's nice to go back.
No. Just no. Muse capitalized on what made Origin of Symmetry successful : excellent musicianship, bombastic compositions, and the voice of Bellamy. But whereas Origin of Symmetry was carefully self-restrained, making it sincere despite its self-consciousness, the leash has been loosened since Absolution, and this one was already showing worrying signs that Muse wouldn't stop their race towards a deluded sense of grandeur and epicness. And oh boy, this album is a mess. Muse, trying desperately to get out of Radiohead's shadow, pushes the overdrive pedals to the metal, washing everything in layers upon layers of effects and pitch-shifters, at time driving towards dance beats and New-wave synths, , with each song racing towards the most cathartic, explosive climax it can. It feels forced, it drags on, and it's often grating. It's a kid screaming at us to look at them. We do, not because we enjoy what they have to say, but with the faint hope that if we listen, the shrieks will stop. They won't. It never stop, for the duration of the entire tracklist. Every track tries to show a new trick, but it's something we've heard before a gazillion times, from intense guitar solos to vocal performance, from upbeat dance grooves to classical music inspirations, it's a catalog of overhead, tame ideas "enhanced" with ultramodern and slick (way too slick) production. Bellamy shrieks and wails throughout like an emo cat that just learned his parents divorced, while trying to touch on postmodern subjects such as alienation and technology, fascism and authoritarianism, paranoia and love. All subjects Radiohead also treated on Ok Computer and KidAmnesiac, in subtle and thought-provoking ways (think Paranoid Android, Fitter Happier, or any track from Kid A). Muse approach these themes with the subtlety of a middle-class edgy teen. And the worst part is that Muse never turned back from this path, despite evident qualities as musicians. It's bloated ego and "oh boy are we good musicians" all along, without any depth or substance. It's an ad : alluring on the box, but a cheap plastic imitation of something better once opened. It sucks, but it's luckily forgotten fast. On a personal note : I don't undestand why this album is listed on this site.
- always love me some Muse - some bangers on here - good vibe
Nice very gentle songs and occasional hard prog rock but a lot of the earlier album falls into an unpleasant pop rock or even pop punk sound. Heavily backloaded. Highlights: "Take a Bow", "Assassin", "City of Delusion", "Hoodoo", "Glorious"
I like Muse and am familiar with this album, it's in my library. But this is not Muse's best. Not by a long-shot. After the Absolution album, they got stuck in this mode of perpetually making hollow arena rock anthems.
Oh man. 5 stars for nostalgia alone.
Black Holes and Revelations completely blew me away. Even though I already knew Muse, I had never really dived into their discography, and this album instantly reminded me of the things I love the most about Radiohead. Matt Bellamy’s vocals have that same emotional and desperate feeling at times, but the album adds a much more dramatic and explosive energy to it. What I loved the most were the western and Latin influences spread throughout the record, giving it this cinematic and almost futuristic atmosphere. The whole album feels massive, emotional, and immersive, balancing chaos and beauty perfectly.
album rock ma particolare, non saprei identificarlo, però mi è piaciuto parecchio
Better than Coldplay
21st Century Queen
MUSEEEEE dit heeft wel echt bangers!!
gwn een hele goede klassieke rock album based asf
Meh
Big fan surprised
Esse álbum é simplesmente incrível. Um dos melhores do Muse.
I’ve known it before, but I like it anyway. Muse is great, like his electronic sound
first reaction....twilight... but I never fully listened to this album...memorieesss Well okay quick disclaimer for me, I'm rating all the songs based of how I felt very subjective so to say and It's literally me first time experiencing it and sometimes songs does not hit the way it will hit later on hence the lower ranks. Why am I rambling too much, Idk let's get to it. take a bow- what an album opener??? oh I'm sat starlight- I feel like I will love this album and be mad at my younger self for not listening to it in its entirety. oooh name drop of the album, i wanted to cry???? hold you in my arms is giving early twenty pilots i mean it's probably quite opposite considering that this is muse but yea u get me supermassive black hole-i mean, my childhood over ther. I saw people commenting twilight ruined this song but in my case it made me find this cool as song soo i mean it had a undeniably good soundtrack, as I'm wandering around internet I saw people mentioning this album as not their best got me wondering how good the previous ones map of the problematique - i like it, okay its the other day and im a bit overwhelmed (not from the album but) but its actually very good. notes: started writing this on 07.05.2026 now its 08.05.2026 its actually one of my faves so far soldiers problem- im too tired to listen and think abt it okay listened to rest but am kinda out of place so no review generally i really enjoyed
Really enjoyed this. Big stadium sound
I’ve never really warmed to Muse for some reason. I have to say I did like a couple of the album tracks here but overall I found my listening pleasure decrease with each listen. Which is odd as usually it’s the other way round. Which I’m guessing tells me all I need to know about this and that I probably won’t be seeking too many relistens in the near future.
Muse really rocked on their first few albums but this one was the start of the downturn. They overdo the theme and theatrics at the loss of riffs. Still an enjoyable listen and Starlight and Supermassive Blackhole the obvious highs.
For me listening to Muse is just like listening to Queen. Both are extremely playful musically and lyrically. But both i’d rather they concentrate on the riffs and less on the theatre for my tastes. But when they get the balance right it’s absolutely banging, like on Supermassive and Knights.
I always dug Muse. Is what it is.
As every MUSE album , it has interesting things to discover. For example, this time i enjoyed the trumpet solo and overall dynamics of City of Delusion . The best song for me stays Map of the Problematique
3.65
I've liked other stuff by Muse, this just wasn't it.
Twilight baseball scene song detected! Catchy and fairly fun to listen to; I am not above a fuzzy, hooky alt-rock song. What keeps this from tipping over into truly great to me is a how polished and considered it feels. Almost every song sounds labored over and almost calculated. It starts to eat its own tail. Pop songs that are self-conscious about being pop songs and try too hard to swerve. That being said, the closing track “Knights of Cydonia” has some real ambition to it. I wonder what this album would’ve been if it leaned harder into that kind of proggy, sprawling-but-explosive approach. I like Bellamy’s voice, but sometimes he sounds too much like Thom Yorke, which makes me wish I was listening to ‘The Bends’ or something.
A bit over saturated/produced, but there’s still some great songs in here. Rating: 7/10 Favorite Song: Knights of Cydonia, super massive blackhole
SUPERMASSIVE WHACK-A-MOLE
I love when an album takes it's title from a random line in one of their songs. I've seen Muse live before and they are good but for some reason it doesn't translate for me when listening to it. I will always here 'ooh a sip of soda' during Supermassive Black Hole. My friend who is a huge Muse fan said this wasn't his favorite but still good. They played quite a bit of this live. I think it's a solid 3 album.
3 1/2
Please stop it with the quasi-electronica british pop!
Banger. Immediately listened a second time. Lots of variety, great riffs, musicianship, vocal harmonies etc. All bob on 👍
There's some pretty nice moments on this album, but it's not very consistent. The instrumentals remind me of Rush.
At one point I loved "Supermassive Black Hole," but now I can only think of vampire baseball. Good baseball—bad album.
A very good album from one of my favourite bands. Best track Knights of Cydonia. 4.5 stars rounded up for the live versions of some of these songs.
Sonically fantastic but lyrically there are some noticeable low points that drags this one down a bit.
Song bangers some forgettable
Did we all just collectively forget about Muse? I feel like they were poised to just be the next great British rock band and take over the world and then they just fell off a cliff after this album. This album is pretty good! ROCK MUSIC!!! 🤘🤘🤘
4.5/5
Loved this album back then, still love it now!
Oh yeah, no I'm not listening this. Which is nothing against the album, which I remember liking. It just featured prominently in a time of my life I don't wish to dwell on.
Bombastic over-produced nonsense. Very obviously the spiritual heirs to Queen AND NO THAT IS NOT A COMPLIMENT
pretty good album
Goodstuf
One of the best MUSE albums, iconic!
"Finally... some good fuckin' food" - Gordon Ramsey But seriously after a 13-streak of sub-4/5 albums, its nice to get something that actually hits with me. I don't think this is my favorite Muse album (probably Absolution), but it is a good one, and their last good album before they devolved into incredibly cliche "fuck the government, we will resist" tropes. Very "old man yelling at clouds" energy on those later albums. That said, this is a good album. Songs like Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, and Knights of Cydonia are great. I'm not very enamored with prog these days, but alt-prog like Muse, Coheed, and Mars Volta I can still get into. I will say, while it doesn't affect my score, this album can fall into spots where the songs are clearly ripping off other (better) songs. Map of the Problematique is clearly heavily inspired by Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence, and Soldier's Poem just straight lifts the guitar from Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis) for part of its melody. But yeah, very good album.
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
Nostalgic. Was one of my go-to albums in 2006. Reminds me of the Twilight series. Reminds of emo-adjacement music. You forget how good the vocals are. Matt Bellamy's voice does things & conveys emotion in the moments of crescendo & in the quiet whispers. Big fan.
Epic, crisp, and clean
Some bangers on this
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 was cool, take a bow incorporating electronic elements was very interesting
all bangers!
I like it
Pretty nice and diverse set of sounds. Always liked that album cover looks like it inspired the Breaking Bad color scheme.
The second half of the album gets a bit repetitive at times, but a good rock opera overall.
This album fucks.
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.
Love the theatre and big rock sounds of this album not to forget the vocals of Matt Belamy. Starlight, knights of Cydonia and Starlight are all great tracks.
Muse are a band whose ambition is impossible to question and whose maximalism is an acquired taste. Black Holes and Revelations is their most accessible record, which is a relative term — this is still a grandiose, apocalyptic, stadium-filling statement about government conspiracy and environmental collapse delivered with complete conviction and considerable technical firepower. The record takes a few tracks to find its footing. When “Supermassive Black Hole” arrives at track three it’s a genuine surprise — a funk-influenced, Prince-adjacent groove that sounds unlike anything else in their catalog and briefly suggests a different and more interesting version of this album might have been possible. It’s the moment where the production steps back from bombast into something more physical and alive. Then the maximalism reasserts itself, and the middle stretch settles into capable but unremarkable territory. The unexpected highlight arrives in “Soldier’s Poem” — a quiet, hymn-like a cappella piece that opens a window in the middle of all the grand gesturing. When Muse stops being Muse for three minutes and just sings, something genuinely human comes through. That it’s the most affecting moment on the record says something about where the emotional center actually lives versus where the band thinks it does. The back half offers “Hoodoo” and “Knights of Cydonia” — the latter with actual horns, a welcome addition — as genuine bright spots. Not enough to push it to four, but enough to keep it as an honest three rather than a charitable one.
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
album #2 and not only is it another one i already know, it's an album that as a teenager i considered one of my favourites! i don't know that i really have much to say about it though... it's mostly just some some good as hell stadium rock from one of the best headline bands of the early-to-mid 00's, right before an inexplicable nosedive in quality from which they would never pull themselves back up. that being said: i don't think this should be on the 1001 Albums list over {ABSOLUTION}, and certainly not over their bizarre sci-fi magnum opus {ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY}.
fucking INSANE! cool to hear that iconic twilight song in the context of it’s album, but just wow. love the second half of the album and some of the instrumental solo moments floored me
Hearing Knights of Cydonia for the first time is a cannon event for the millennial man. Starlight and Supermassive Black Hole are also great songs. But unfortunately, the rest of the songs on this record don't stand up.
damn cmon now. I would have been just fine going the rest of my life without listening to this. I’ve heard “Starlight” and “Knights of Cydonia” more times than I ever needed to, and I was kinda hoping there’d be a deep cut here I might like. nope. this is bad, through and through. obnoxious vocals and weak proggy schlock. confirmed that I’m a hard pass on Muse.
A savvy mix of Radiohead, the Killers, some Nine Inch Nails, and Coldplay. There's some prog rock thrown in there too for good measure. I've never listened to Muse outside of what I played on Guitar Hero, I think it was "Knights of Cydonia," and "Starlight," which I had no idea was Muse but have heard a bunch of times in the wild of course.
Excellent album 5
An album (and band) that played a crucial role in getting me "properly" into music and laying the foundations for my current tastes. I first heard this when I was 9, in 2008, through my Dad having and playing the CD, and whilst he would often play his music at home (mostly electronic, prog, new wave and 90s rock), Black Holes and Revelations is one of the first albums I heard that truly made sense to me and demanded my attention. This was more or less the first time that any music of his resembling prog "clicked" with me; courtesy of its bombastic soundscapes, ambitious structures and modernised, yet stylistically 70s-esque modular synth workouts, whilst prioritising huge refrains and ensuring catchy, accessible songwriting for my unprimed ears. It eventually completely contextualised the likes of Genesis, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Yes et al. for me, leading me down a rabbit hole of "weird" prog whilst also spurring me onto anthemic stadium rock. Before long, I was a Muse megafan with several of their other albums illegally torrented onto my new MP3 player I asked for that Christmas, but this one has easily had the most airtime from me over the years.
Is Muse good? That’s an interesting question. I liked this album a lot when it came out but haven’t listened to it since. On one hand, yes, it’s good. But it struck me that Muse might be like Imagine Dragons or Coldplay with better marketing. They’re still just a rock band that got too big, that they’re a little lame, but a certain group of guys will always like them.
A struggle here. A few great songs with a bunch of really mediocre...
Best een mooi album. Paar bekende hits. Veel nostalgie
Twilight base ball
There are 3 or 4 songs I can't resist on here, but Muse is not an album band for me.
Liked the singles from this album (Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole), also loved Map of the Problematique. The strings on City of Delusion were cool. The rest were meh or whiny and grated on me. (3)
Incredible. This one will be saved for future listens.
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.
Some of the songs on this album are such bangers, others are kind of repetitive
What can I say about this album? It’s nothing short of amazing. From start to finish just straight bangers, it’s quickly starting to become one of my favorites. I’d definitely buy this album.
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.
His voice is annoying and this whole album reminds me of Twilight not only because of the baseball scene but the author was obsessed with Muse