Black Holes and Revelations

Good solid album

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

Heard many times. Always liked the singles. The other tracks still need time to grow but they're sticking in the head better after this listen.

Trash

like yesterday's American Idiot, Black Holes and Revelations is the sound of a band branching out. Muse had gotten pretty huge off the alt-rock sound they forged on their previous two records, and thus they saw fit to extend it in multiple directions. you've got pop-forward cuts that were chart-ready in 2006 ("Supermassive Black Hole") alongside some of the group's most cutting-edge material, complete with orchestral overdubs and a ton of nice-sounding synth layers, all topped with Matt Bellamy's strong lead vocals (even if he comes much too close to aping Thom Yorke for my liking a lot of the time). I can absolutely see the appeal with Black Holes; the production is fantastic, the band sounds great (the guitar tones are superb), and there's a few truly brilliant cuts on here. (the opening four tracks are arguably the strongest, but "Knights of Cydonia" is a tremendous closer.) the middle suffers in comparison; even as these tracks all have distinct sonic identities, I feel a bit underwhelmed by the compositions themselves. strong 6/10.

Cada canción suena perfecta para guiar el motif de una banda sonora de película. Me gustó mucho la verdad. Starlight y Supermassive Black Hole son ESPECTACULARES. Muchas cosas suenan bien Radioheadescas pero bacán, banco.

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

Rock and roll space opera. Satellite Starburst feed back and fuzzy. Epic Wagnerian Flash Gordon fantasy. Dr. Who'dat... Dat be Muse. I don't understand a single song. But every lyric is full feels. Love it... crazy robot masterpiece!

Instant favorite. I was blown away from the start and throughout the album I was like "why haven't I heard this yet?". The guitars and the synths and the overall production is really well done, his voice definitely shines and I really rock with bringing up the themes in the album. Take a Bow, Starlight, and City of Delusion were my favorites. 9.5/10

I never listened to Muse, but, as a distant observer, all the discussion about their rise and fall over the years has been an amusing read. This was a decent listen. A couple of very good tracks, but the whole thing is uneven and, while I appreciate the sentiment, the commentary is poorly written and superficial. It's a very smooth and polished album, yet jam-packed with millions of bells and whistles, which works in its favour in a couple of instances, but many tracks also end up sounding a bit sterile. This is more of a problem later on, with a couple of songs just merging inside my head into one big, empty crescendo. I'll explore more of their music sometime in the future. I heard the most praise for Origin of Symmetry so I'll give that one a listen soon. I doubt I'm going anywhere near anything they made after this album, though. Favourite track: Map of the Problematique

loved the album cause it me made feel as a teenager again. But nostalgia aside, I struggle to find something that gives cohesion to the album. It sometimes felt like a lot of good songs on a playlist rather than a coherent album telling you something

The sound reminded me of Radiohead.

Energy

A weak copy of radiohead

Of het nog iets bombastischer kan? Muse niet, want ze bewijzen inmiddels dat ze dan een karikatuur van zichzelf worden. Hier slaan ze de plank goed raak, en is het misschien wel overdreven, maar ook erg lekker. Dikke bassen, riffjes, synthloopjes, dramatische zang, en een hoop diverse nummers!

Had a lot of fun moments, still a bit basic troubled white boy vibe

An enjoyable listen and very well produced album. Highly recommended

Did not age well for me, no nostalgia.

Still from the future even 20 years later. Ahead of their time!

Big and bold, to an almost corny extent.

Some pretty good songs but couldn’t get over the twilight one

Like a 6.7/10

crazy good

supermassive black hole assassin city of delusion knights of cydonia огненный альбом

Very Coldplay and alternative listening like. Some songs where decent for the work vibe others I was enjoying but getting sleepy

i was going to throw so much shade for them sounding like radiohead, but that is apparently not a new thought. still slaps tho

Not my favorite Muse album, but Starlight was maybe the #1 song I listened to most in college. Good memories with this album.

Pas ma tasse de thé à proprement parler mais certains morceaux quand même assez cathartiques et cinématographiques qui fonctionnent bien

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.

Some fantastic songs, occasionally felt a bit samey 4.5

Classic but a little slow when you are in an adhd mood. Fits the Oregon/Washington vibe for sure but twilight could be altering my viewpoint on this.

First song was a little weird, but also liked it. Overall I liked more songs than I didn’t - but a lot of their songs sound alike.

Weird but kinda liked it. Spacey. Desert rockish. Drums on some of the early tracks stood out to me. Never cared much for Muse before this but I was sorta surprised. That said, not sure it was memorable enough to come back to and give another listen

Used to love this album when it came out. I over played it and now I think Matt Bellamys voice is just too clean for my taste 19/20 years later. It's a savage guitar album though.

This in turns sounded like Radiohead and Coldplay and Queen and Depeche Mode. I like the second two of those and dislike the first two, so this was not the album for me. After three listens, I didn’t hate it but I did not enjoy it.

Transported me physically and emotionally back to being 12 years old and getting SO into this album. One of the first ones I bought when we moved back to the UK from the US and it just blew my mind. So nostalgic to listen again. As an album it holds up so well still, despite the singles being played to death (Starlight in particular). I recognise more of the influences that fed into it now, which does actually enhance the listening! Some 70s through lines.

gros classique

I thought this album was really good

Can be argued as Muse's best record. It's a timeless record and a modern classic. Played and sung well, with songwriting that was both inovative and rooted in classic genres, that resulted in songs like Knights of Cydonia and Supermassive Black Hole. 5/5

I don't dislike this album. However I only have so much room for storage and analysis of Radiohead sound-alike bands in my brain. As a Canadian, the CRTC has already allocated that space to Rufus Wainwright. Don't blame me, blame the nanny-state.

Rock/classical

This has always been my jam

it was fine. very much hot fuss vibes when i started the album but got a little grating near the end Fav Song: Starlight Least Fav: Assassin

Some great tunes

Loved it at the time, less enthusiastic now but still a few good tunes and their last half decent album before they went to shit.

Great memories from this one, still sounds great

I always thought this album was a little too poppy but I still enjoyed it. It was definitely the start of the decline of Muse.

Very front heavy album, but some class tunes on here nonetheless. Nostalgia for my teenage years

Radiohead for people with no attention span.

I'm not a muse-head, but this came out at a pretty pivotal time for me, and has some truly outstanding tracks. Supermassive, Knights of Cydonia and Starlight all excel, and the rest are no slouches. I'm gonna have a hard time not giving it 5. Possibly flavoured by my age, but after a few days of some really dubious albums at least this one I think is a very clear inclusion.

This was super good! Didn't realize how similar they were to the Killers.

10/10

Decent Indie rock. No memorable aongs

Really wanted to hate on this one but it wasn't that bad. Kinda like someone made pop rock Radiohead + queens of the stone age. I high key could not tell any of the songs apart.

Radiohead if instead of writing weird time signatures and scaring women they ran a meth empire

The first song was bad but the rest are great. Good lyrics good grooves

Didn`t like it. A little too deep.

Should have probably listened to it while I was doing my physics homework instead of my geography but oh well.

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

Yeah it's fine. Knight of Cydonia was fun when I heard it for the first time on Guitar Hero 3. They're basically covering the same ground as Radiohead from OK Computer to Amnesiac. It's fine, but I'd rather just be listening to Radiohead.

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

At best a rip off Radiohead with pop ambition replacing creative ones. At worst they're wannabe U2 at their most bloated and boring. Grating vocals, unearned peaks, predictable dynamic shifts, corny electronica. Piss poor. Just some of the worst stuff the 21st century has churned out yet.

muse's fourth album, a big spacey alt rock collection. they've made it big with their last album, and now that they've made a name for themselves, they wanted to try something a little different, something a little less soft. all sorts of songs for all different moods, drum and guitar work equally amazing. this album is essentially a prog rock album for a modern age. they sure took time on this album, and i can absolutely hear it. every track is mixed, sung played to near-perfection.

No podcast

Bro I #lovethisalbum both before its time and perfectly representative of it

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

Otherworldly album I’m pretty familiar with the songs on this album, although this is technically my first time listening to the whole thing. The overall space theming and sound makes this one feel so special, reminds me a bit of Dark Side of the Moon except cranked up to 11. Matt Bellamy’s vocals are pretty great, the instrumentations amazing, and the variety’s pretty outstanding where no two songs sound the same Starlight is definitely my favorite on the album, such a great song that really evokes the feeling of traveling to space, that sci fi synth sounds great whenever it shows up. Supermassive Black Hole’s gotta be Muse’s most popular song, and while it’s not quite my favorite on this album it brings so much energy, that guitar riff is so powerful and the musical emphasis on the even beats makes the whole song feel like it’s slapping you in the face. Knights of Cydonia is also great; it’s a dynamic song with tons of momentum, some great guitar solos, and some of the best drumming on the album. Not every song is a hit on here, but I think the highs are more than enough to make up for the somewhat lackluster second half compared to the first half. Pretty fitting album to get while we got astronauts circling the moon

I feel really bad because Symphorock should be an emilycore genre but it simply isn't. I can't explain it. Maybe it's because everything is so over-the-top epic and badass that it becomes the new baseline and stops sticking out. There are good songs on here for sure like the song from the baseball scene in Twilight but yeah. It sounds good but not 'I need to listen to this again' good.

If you had told me they discovered a lost Queen album and then played me this, I would likely fall for it hook, line, and sinker. Not bad, not great. Different genres, different vibes. Prog Rock at its core.

Sounds emo and yet I love it. This album is so high energy, I love listening to it. There’s not much for me to say other than the fact that this album just tickled my brain in the right way.

Maybe it's odd, but I had never listened to an album of Muse. Clearly I was missing out because this is an amazing album from top to bottom. I think this is one of the albums that has fallen off the list over the years, which is shocking to me because it's fantastic and is one of the ones that seems most obvious as to why it should be on the list. Yes, it's very like the early albums of Radiohead, especially because of Matt Bellamy's voice that resembles Thom Yorke's voice extremely. On this album electronics are introduced as an element in the music, but they add something in stead of destroy everything like a lot of bands unfortunately end up doing.

This really good. Much better than The Black Album.

2.75 - Highschool me would've LOVED this. Me now can understand the fun but it's not something I'd pick to listen to. Fav Songs: Starlight // Supermassive Black Hole // Knights of Cydonia (FOREVER SOOOOOO GOOD, form Guitar Hero)

Wow, this sounded just like Radiohead, but more intense. I love tracks like Starlight and invincible. Truly amazing album, vocals were amazing, instrumental was perfect. Not a single track went to waste

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

Ergens in mijn beginjaren als muziekliefhebber luisterde ik wel veel naar Muse. Een jaar of 10 geleden ben ik ook al wel weer afgehaakt. De hits op The Resistance (2009) en daarna het maniakale geluid van The 2nd Law (2012) vond ik wel erg vet. Toen ontdekte ik vier albums daarvoor. Die klinken als harde electronic rock. Maar de bass- en guitarriffs zijn daar wel de basis. En die zijn hard. Voorkeuren voor hele platen heb ik niet, maar in het oude oeuvre van Muse is wel een hoop spectaculairs te ontdekken. Op Black Holes and Revelations gebeurd een hoop. Het is een echt album-album. Dat is leuk. Supermassive Black Hole is een banger. Met een track als Soldier's Poem wordt er even rust in de plaat gebouwd. Ben door het album heen gevlogen, en dat is een goed teken. Muse is een beetje specifieke smaak, en gedeeltelijk spreekt hier de nostalgie, maar ik ga er wel lekker op. 7/10 Highlights Supermassive Black Hole City of Delusion

🌟 High energy start to an absolutely fantastic album! I listened to it over and over. I already knew "Starlight" fairly well from a podcast that covered the clapping section of that song. Beyond that, I didn't really know anything about Muse before listening to this album. I've decided that five stars is an attainable rating on this site separate from how I might rate now, but normally. I'm reluctant to hand out five stars unless they are truly warranted. I have no hesitation in giving this album five stars. It's awesome!

Nothing offense, nothing too memorable.

Some good songs on this one

Es una de mis bandas favoritas, me gusta mucho

Very interesting political alternative album.

Quite good, first half of the album was the most enjoyable. It got a little stale for me by the end but I'll definitely be listening to this one again. I'd give it about 75-80/100

supermassive black hole bumps the ranking of this up all on its own i like that every song in it has a little funky beat or guitar solo that shows up as a surprise near the latter half of the song. im giving it a 72/100. good sound, better than average, not an album i'll have on repeat but still with dun and impressiv moments throughout

Lowkey Geese if u close ur eyes

its a great album maybe tgey should put more vocals

Supermassive black hole me donne des frissons, la voix du chanteur principal me fait penser au chanteur de radio head, j’aime bien le côté grandiose

Already have heard this album before but it was nice to go back to because it's been awhile

Reheating Radiohead's nachos tbh

Like a heavier Radiohead. It might have appealed to me as a teenager, not so much now.

This album- this as- are great and I see why people love them so much. Unfortunately this is wrong timeline for me personally ti fall in luv

It really made my morning better and I listened again so I have to give it a four!!!!

This album feels like junk food. I don’t know how to describe it. It feels bad and a little gross… but it’s so good. It’s so much fun. I think the mixed feelings come from the extreme polish on this album. The songs sound like they were designed to be hits. But not a single song on this album had me bored. One song even got me subconsciously headbanging a little! I almost never do that! I feel weird about giving it a 5, but I want to. In no way does the album feel as artistic as something like Bob Dylan. But dude, it’s just so fun. Going back to junk food: it’s 5 stars the way Taco Bell is a 5 star restaurant. Yes, I wholeheartedly believe Taco Bell is a 5 star restaurant. It feels like it shouldn’t be… but come on. I can’t eat nacho fries and then say that I’m not happy.

Weird to review. They have a sound that comes off more produced than performed. It's almost alternative rock meets some electronic meets almost a bit of glam. The sound isn't bad and it is catchy but it feels like it's trying to come off grand and in that process loses something more connecting to listen to. 900 odd albums in and I'm coming off fully pretentious at this point. This isn't a bad album. I can see why this got radio play.

This is one of those ones that has the ingredients, but the production hurts it. It's over compressed and flat sounding. Despite the sound quality, there are some interesting compositions.

already knew

Fifa soundtrack

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.

j'ai bien aimé, en plus y a la musique de twilight. après c'est pas un coup de coeur immense mais j'ai bien aimé et je pourrais même le réécouter à l'avenir. la pochette est incroyable 3/5

It's fun rock and roll. Most of this album sounds like that one Guitar Hero song that I know (which is not necessarily a bad thing).

Already knew a lot of songs on this album, it's just really good and cohesive.

Not quite as dramatic as I was expecting, though plenty dramatic as is. Pretty fun listen, I like some of the soundscapes created and found much of the composition interesting and engaging. Not boring for sure, though Starlight and Supermassive Black Hole are the hits for a reason in my humble opinion.

A trip down memory lane for me as I really liked this album and Muse in general as a teenager. The start holds up, with the first four tracks very strong and still stirring that sense of injustice that they did when they were used as ‘I’m right and nobody else is’ songs back then (perhaps helped by the political climate as I write). It doesn’t quite hold up throughout the album, with later songs a bit blander or variations on a theme. I remember really liking Knights of Cynodia, but didn’t hit quite as much now. The start is strong enough to hold on for 4 though.

My impression of Muse as a second-rate Radiohead isn’t really dispelled by this album, Matt Bellamy is still putting on his best Thom Yorke impression throughout. They seem to be heading in more of a pop direction though. I liked the first half better, particularly the opener and ‘Supermassive Black Hole’, and ‘Soldier’s Poem’ works well as a quieter, more reflective track amidst all the bombast. But I found it started to drag a bit in the second half and a lot of the music felt quite generic.

Unfortunately, I am prejudiced against Muse from past associations. No fault of the band, of course, but it does colour my response to them. Sonically it’s pretty decent overall, although I do find Matt Bellamy’s vocals to be overwrought and histrionic a lot of the time, and they don’t fully escape the ‘poor man’s Radiohead’ label. That said, the opening trio of ‘Take a Bow’, ‘Starlight’ and ‘Supermassive Black Hole’ is very good indeed. The album does lose a bit of steam as it goes on, but finishes strongly with ‘Knights of Cydonia’. Not quite enough for 4 stars though.

Many lyrics and instrumentals resonate with my soul. There's a reason popular media has used many of these tracks.

the baseball scene….

Pretty good. I’d heard Starlight and Supermassive Blackhole before and I enjoyed some of the other songs.

Want to be radiohead so bad

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

This left me Invincible. It was Glorious.

Banger.

Listened to this a bunch in high school before I ever heard OK Computer. Looking back on it, is like if a butt rock group had been tasked with making a version of OK Computer. It’s an absurd premise but it’s really quite pleasurable to listen to, and found myself surprised at how much I actually liked it. I especially liked the drums.

6/10 algunas canciones me dan ansiedad pero está bacán para sentir algo de intensidad en el día o hacer ejercicio, no siento que en algún momento quisiera escuchar desesperadamente este álbum pero si suena, no me molesta.

I know very little about Muse other than whatever album and hit song they had in the mid-2010s. So this album was all new to me. I dig it. Metal dance.

Un par nomas q no me gustaron pero la verdad excelente supero mi espectativa.

Increíble lo psicodélico de este álbum. Me encanta pq mezcla el desastre q despierta en ti el rock pesado y canciones o partes muy sentimentales y de mensajes tan bonitos y dulces. El poema de el soldado es un grito al mundo y a la sociedad para evitar la guerra, pq somos humanos y merecemos vivir. De las canciones más bonitas q he escuchado. Invencible tmb es un buen número q me hace querer crecer con alguien y desarrollarnos juntos

No skips. Me da la sensación que influyó mucho en el mundo de la música en su momento. Brillante.

Awful!

3.5

I used to really enjoy this album, but was surprised to find that it didn't quite reach as high as I expected. Still good, but not quite at the five star mark this time. I do think other albums of theirs are better.

sexy space rock.

Muse were an important band for early teenage me so it was nice to get an album I knew well. That being said, I would have chosen any of the three previous studio albums over this as the Muse representative on this list. The poppier stuff on Black Holes (Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole) doesn't work for me but I enjoy the more electronic Take a Bow and Map of the Problematique. Knights Of Cydonia remains the stand out track; bombastic and silly but great fun.

8 - GOOD

Solid album supermassive black hole is a banger

Coyote good songs but kinda operay singing for me

probably their high point (i fell off after the resistance tbh)

I was hoping I’d enjoy it cause there are Muse songs I really like, but eh

We're playing starlight in orchestra lmao. Not much of a muse fan, but like, I kinda get it

Pretty cool album. I assumed this would be a bit more by-the-numbers alt. rock but the band get's pretty creative with the songwriting. Matt Bellamy's got some killer riffs, but his voice still needs to grow on me a bit. Chris Wolstenholme is easily one of the best bass guitarists of 2000s alt. rock. I now can see why during a period where I was obsessed with Dream Theater, their song "Panic Attack" was derided as a Muse ripoff. 8.5/10.

Really love the instrumentation in this one, always keeps me on my toes. I only ever heard the singles from this one before but I'm glad the rest of it is more of the good stuff. Favourite track: Knights of Cydonia

7.5/10 Might be a bit samey but I love how high energy it sounds, especially on the second half.

maso muse

I have of course heard the hits but had no idea they fit so well inside of a cohesive album. Some surprises: - Hoodoo - Assassin - Soldier's Poem !!! Albums like these are what keep me doing this challenge.

Very good album was in the gym aswell

This first song kind of sounds like Radiohead. It's making me want to listen to Radiohead. I like the way he says starlight. Steeyarrrlight. Oh em gee he said black holes and revelations! That's the album name! I LOVE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE. I LOVE TWILIGHT. I'M PLAYING BASEBALL WITH THE CULLENS IN MY MIND RN. I already really liked this song even before I had watched twilight, but I think the baseball-thunderstorm scene made me like it so much better. To be honest I feel like supermassive black hole is gonna be the only really good or unique song on this album. Let's see if time proves my point. Gang, "Map of the problematique" is kinda giving coldplay or trashy 2000s/2010s pop band. Not trashy as in Ayesha Erotica type trashy, more like what the hell is this corporate machine slop.

ok

The most damning thing I can say about Muse is I find them inoffensive. Supermassive Black Hole and Knights of Cidonia are bangers and always will be, the songs on the album that I don't vibe with are still FINE. In a normal world this would be a 4, but I'm not giving albums 4s or 2s so it's getting a 5. If you're going to ape Radiohead's brand of art rock I'd much prefer this direction to Coldplay's direction.

Meh

take a bow: 5.50/10 es interesante la musica pero no le di mucha pelota, no es de mi agrado. starlight: 8/10 buena voz. supermassive black hole: 8.80/10 muy buen tema. map of the problemique: 6.50/10 buena bata pero muy plano todo, siempre igual. soldier´s poem: 8,50/10 que hermosa atmosfera y letra :) . invincible: 9,25/10 muy completo. assasin: 7,50/10 me gusto mucho la bata, le da con ganas. exo-politics: 7/10 sigue con critica al poder, me gusta eso, estribillo muy bueno, BUT IM WAITINGGG PATIENLYYY, aprueba por eso nomas. city of desilusion: 10/10 TEMON, tiene de todo, muy completo me encanta y QUE BUENA VOZ HIJO DE PUTA, UNA ORQUESTA. hoodoo: 7,70/10 muy buena la parte cuando explota. knights of cydonia: 9/10 muy bueno. glorious: 8/10 muy linda forma como cierra el disco. me gustoo la verdad, lo escucharia de nuevo. Todo pega con todo, la portada con los temas, los nombres con los temas, vamos a ver com sigue.

40 минут тома йорка под прикольные синты, хз, видимо в момент записи альбома вокалист тащился от радиохэд. Простые узнаваемые мелодии, но разноображенные разными крутыми синтами и 100500 эффектами. Бассист и барабанщик очень чувствуют🙏🙏🙏. Половина треков слишком затянута, но впрочем заебись 4.3/10

It's giving head.

Well this is very different. I like the first couple of songs and I didn't know I already knew Supermassive Black Hole but apparently I do. Unfortunately the album made a pretty big turn that I don't jive with on Assassin but I liked it until then. 4 / 5

I love this album! I'm biased because I grew up on it but still, it's really great

This really was Muse's last great album before really falling off into some frankly bland musical territory in their following releases. Thankfully this record retains the stellar quality of music that was featured on their previous music, but certainly doesn't represent a band that is furthering themselves into a greater era musically, rather it's more of a last hurrah before that dive into mediocrity. This all sounds a bit grim, but I do really enjoy this album. Tracks like Supermassive Black Hole represent some of Muse's best work as a band, and I can understand why some fans would consider this their very best record. I do personally prefer their earlier album Origin Of Symmetry, and its heavy maximalist energy, but the quality of music and production is still superb here almost entirely across the board. It is mostly the more theatrical and poppy sound of a couple of tracks on here that leave the album falling a bit short, like Invincible, Soldier's Poem and even Knights of Cydonia. Still, I will gladly give this album its flowers Fav Track: 3 - Supermassive Black Hole Best Three Track Run: 7, 8, 9

El álbum articula, en el contexto post-11S y la Guerra de Irak, una crítica al poder y sus consecuencias, no solo en términos políticos, sino también emocionales y existenciales. A través de distintas canciones, Muse construye un recorrido que va desde la denuncia del sistema hasta el impacto subjetivo en los individuos, incluyendo la distancia, la alienación, el deseo destructivo y la búsqueda de resistencia.

Concepto cargado de crítica al poder, la tecnología y la paranoia moderna. Mezcla cosas raras pero igual engancha. Tiene temas pegadizos y una vibra medio conspiranoica/futurista. Puede ser considerado el álbum con el que Muse da un paso más allá, encuentra su estilo y se vuelve un toque más artístico.

Seemingly inspired yet uninspiring.

Excellent songs and playing, sometimes let down by over-the-top lyrics.

6/10

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.

Okay.. kind of repetitive. Cool instrumentals but the singing style seems to be the same for every song. Tracks 2 and 3 I knew but everything else was new.

Killer album! Great music, great instruments, great vocals! I had a good time listening to this and will definitely check out more of Muse's music because of this album. An essential album for every rock fan.

this changed my life for the better but perhaps its a little too late to just be finding out about muse.

Great album, I feel let down slightly in the middle.

It was good. I really liked it.

Joskus tää oli ihan kova levy, mut joku tähän on tullu eikä lähe enää samalla tavalla. NPC meininkiä niinku Coldplay ja Imagine Dragons

en nyt muista biisejä ku pari päivää sitten kuuntelin, mut tais olla ihan meneviä rokkibiisejä. Ainaki näillä on omintakeinen soundi josta plussaa, tykkäsi tai ei

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Tätä vaivaa vähän sama kun Killersiä eli omaan makuun vaan liian siloposkista. Varmaan kun isolla rahalla tehään tuotantoo ja pitää saaha tarpeeks kliinistä, niin sit kärsii koko tuotanto siitä, että on vauvanpyllyä. Parit hitit on kuitenkin ihan jees ja kestää aikaa, joten ihan ok.

Kova levy, joka tuli aikanaan cd:lläkin hankittua. Ei oikeastaan heikkoja hetkiä lainkaan, ja Starlight ja Knights of Cydonia ihan Musen parhaimmistoa. Ollaan jopa hyvin lähellä 5 tähden levyä, mutta jotain tästä siihen puuttuu. En oikein osaa sanoa että mitä.

(Super)Massive sound with the depth of a sheet of paper. Don't think I've ever actually sat through a whole Muse album previously (maybe their debut?), but it confirms a lot of what I expected. Supermassive Black Hole and Knights of Cydonia are pretty strong though.

supermassive black hole reminds me of twilight, haven't listened to their other songs. like but don't love

Хороший альбом. 4 железных звезды

Has much drive to it and gets me going . But not everyboy likes them because its something special.

Everyone knows supermassive black hole but outside of that ... This record is a bit of a mess. Instead of being a masterful blend of genres, it just sounds messy and like a less interesting version of Radiohead

Top songs: Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole (obviously), Soldier’s Poem, Assassin, City of Delusion, Knights of Cydonia I originally thought I’d only give 5s to albums everyone imagines (Abbey Road, Pet Sounds, etc.) to keep the “prestige” of the rating, and that Muse would certainly not reach that prestige. I guess I’m pretentious because this album rocks. 5/5 5/5

Pensava que ia gostar mais do álbum. Não tem tanta emoção quanto esperava. Um estéril com exceção de algumas músicas. Fui reouvir e gostei mais. É um 7/10 Músicas que se destacam: Supermassive Black Hole, City of Delusion, Knights of Cydonia

One of the greatest brit group out there! Extremely talended musicians!

No digo que sea un mal album simplemente no es mi estilo por más que le he dado oportunidad no termina por gustarme

Healthy dose of nostalgia on this one, despite not being able to name more than 1-2 songs. The “worse Radiohead” comp is probably unfair despite the similarities. Yeah they’re dorky but there’s a particular accessibility to their sound and some pop sensibility’s deeply scratched. All that being said, I was very ready for it to be over. RYM: N Saved a song: N

Jesus, Muse used to be so great. This was the last of the truly great albums before it became slightly patchy (and then off the deep end bad). Some all time classics on this and love the desert rock influence.

Попса, конечно, но расслушал и понравилось.

Bombastic alternative rock and space-pop built on distorted guitars, synth layers, driving bass, and soaring, dramatic vocals surges with cinematic ambition. Listening feels like being pulled through a glossy sci-fi epic where every moment reaches for grandeur and spectacle. The result is powerful and entertaining, though its excess feels overblown.

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😂

Loved some of it and then just found some very average

I'm never going to like Muse it's middle of the road rock

Take a Bow - 4/5 Starlight - 5/5 Supermassive Black Hole - 5/5 Map of the Problematique - 5/5 Soldier's Poem - 3/5 Invincible - 3.5/5 Assassin - 4/5 Exo-Politics - 4/5 City of Delusion - 4.5/5 Hoodoo - 3.5/5 Knights of Cydonia - 5/5 A grandiose space-influenced album that tends to be a bigger than it actually it. These songs sound like they are meant to be played in a stadium, leaning into the arena-rock aesthetic maybe a bit too much. Didn't detract too much from my enjoyment, with the first 4 tracks and the closing track being the far and away best parts. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Map of the Problematique, City of Delusion, Knights of Cydonia

Had a huge phase with Muse in high school and I have a sweet spot for this album until Drones. This album has so many bangers and playing guitar to knights of cydonia is always so much fun. I could listen to this all the time and still have a blast.

I would have chosen Origin of Symmetry or Absolution but this album is still fucking good. Probably 4 stars but I'm feeling nostalgic listening to this for the first time in at least a decade. 5 stars.

I was very impressed by the other songs that i didn’t know before such as ‘take a bow’ and ‘soldiers poem.’ I like how they have a very different vibe to ‘starlight’ or ‘supermassive black hole’ but impressed me anyways. They are a very talented band with a very skilled guitarist.

Great radiohead clone

This took me back. Muse were probably the best stadium rock band at that time

Amazing rock album, just shy of a 5 for me. Still great

I adore Muse and I adore this album. One of the few bands that go out of their way musically to create a distinct sound that evolves rock while still making good listenable music.

I think this may be the first album I could give a review off without listening to it. However I still do listen to it because why would I skip such a delight as this album? Anyways, it is perhaps one of the strongest muse albums out there, with some massive hits, but it also flows amazingly and feels like a great album. Sometimes harder rock albums start to feel a bit flat as a metalhead as you're used to more than they give. Muse really doesn't have that, using strong riffs with groovy drums really keeps you hooked throughout the album. Making every song a delight, and feeling powerful. Muse for me truly embodies rock, and what it should and can be.

Nostalgic. Has a few bangers to start the album but then lulls in the middle. As an album, I prefer Absolution but this still hits from time to time.

Favorite Track: Starlight

I tried severql times. Not my thing. Sounds likr christian music

3/5. Muse gets a bit too much hate these days I think, which to be fair the band is not helping as they have been a parody of themselves for the past 15 or so years. But some of the early albums like Origin of Symmetry or Absolution are still great. As for Black Holes and Revelations, it starts really strong. The run from “Take a Bow” to “Map of the Problematique” is some good, dramatic stuff. But then it goes into a pretty flabby middle section. It slowly picks back up towards the end till “Knights of Cydonia” which is one of Muse’s best songs and super fun to play on guitar. On this listen I found myself also not being the biggest fan of the lyrics on here, often they’re okay but there’s some moments like on “city of delusion” that sound like they’re from the first draft of a Y.A. Dystopia novel. I never really buy into the dystopian future that is trying to be portrayed. but the strong start and finish on this album make it a good, worthwhile listen.

They’re not bad, I just can’t get into them

Muy bueno

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

Meh

This album has not aged as well as I remember it, but it’s like an old friend you’ve grown apart with.

chador..... hihihi apres en tant que fan de muse je pref absolution

Cinematic Jeff Buckley.

Muse, such a good band, I enjoy their stuff. The music is great, the lyrics are fun, yet they are very mid. It's got no soul. I will listen to them, don't get me wrong. They are top notch with a lot of dramatic flair, but it just doesn't feel like anything. Like AC/DC is dirty and fun, Van Helen is a great with amazing guitar work. Metallica is fast and hard and will whip some lyrics at you. This just doesn't feel the same. It's got the flair, and talent but it's missing something. Worth listening to, but it won't stick with you.

It sounds like Radiohead with training wheels, and 10 years too late.

This album rocks. Muse was my favorite band in high school, they aren't anymore but I still have fond memories of them. Also, they had a few decent albums after this too.

Love muse! This isn't my favourite of theirs, but it has some incredible tunes. This was the last record before they headed a bit too far down the over the top pop road IMO

RYM 3.0

Rating: 4.5/5 Short Review: Grand, dramatic rock that blends arena riffs, spacey synths, and dystopian themes. It’s theatrical but controlled, balancing bombast with sharp songwriting. Favorite Track: Knights of Cydonia. The western-style intro builds into a massive, galloping finale that feels like a full sci-fi epic compressed into one song.

Super solid album from Muse. Probably their best. All around great performances with many layers! Many memorable moments; captures their sound extremely well while it was fresh. 4.1/5.0

I really enjoyed this album. Some songs are great, others are interesting.

Some great songs but also some slower ballads that weren't for me 5/12 liked

This album is great, don't feel like I need to say much else. 4.8/5

Enjoyable album with some different songs I’d not heard before. Can see why they lost the pop war to oasis but this is probably more my kind of thing.

Absolution is a far superior record. I don't see the big deal. It's fine.

In my head, this is basically like the definition of emo rock. And I'm a little bit too old for it to have really hit me at the best time. But I still enjoyed this listen!

city of delusion weirdly sounds like a song you could salsa to! glorius is my favourite track, the start sounds like a video game with character. take a bow sounds like mamma mia in stranger things. starlight sounds like meadow. supermassive sounds like a tamil hero is walking in with a gun. invincible sounds like take me home.

Fresh sound and wide spectrum of genres as we move one song to other. Soldier’s poem initially sounded like “Falling in love” by Elvis Presley. City of delusion blew my mind with its Arabic/ Persian tune infused into the regular melody. Hoodoo sounded so hauntingly beautiful. Knights of Cydonia’s lyrics hit hard: How can you win ? When fools are kings😅

Its got the Twilight song.

Incredibly similar with The Killers, but with a weird twist, amazing riffs and some out of the box guitar solos. 7.5/10.

really tried but not my fav

Love this band

This was pretty good for working to, liked it

first song is a great song lots of fun. great opener damn. Also album cover is pretty iconic why do all the songs sound the same? I read a review about Muse sounding too polished and oh yea that is the right description for this. It is almost Coldplay-esque BUT rock. Really tho its kinda crazy. Supermassive blackhole is by far the best song on the album full stop. Starlight is fun as well, apart from that......

A glorious, bombastic and fun listen. Queen meets OK Computer.

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.

I think I've been in a really good mood recently. Easy to please :] I also did know like a third the songs on the album already though?? Surprising! Very good :]

I listened to this album after my mom had stopped by my work today; I helped her load a few tables and dozens of chairs into the back of a truck. Partway through this album, I suddenly had the realization that this sounded a lot like a song my mom was briefly obsessed with after seeing it performed on American Idol; sure enough, that song was Uprising by Muse. I think overexposure to that song, and my main memory of it being an over-the-top American Idol performance, has left me with an impression of it as being a little corny, which is a sentiment that has somewhat extended to this album. This is not entirely meant as a knock, and I am incredibly compelled by much of his album, especially the first few songs which blend electronic synths and elements into rock music in a way that I was completely caught off-guard by bur absolutely loved: Take A Bow is a powerful intro that made me want to punch through a wall, and I was already a huge fan of Supermassive Black Hole. There continue to be a lot of strong elements throughout the project, but I do find myself disconnecting a little bit when the electronic instrumentation fades out or when the songs lean heavier into grand and epic declarations of purpose; it is these moments which, maybe unfairly, lean a little close to that corny preconception for my current tastes. I can't help but feel like there's a deeper theme and overarching narrative beneath the surface of this album which I haven't fully clocked yet, but I thoroughly enjoy what is here, and I'm incredibly glad to have reconnected with an old childhood memory through the power of Muse. Highlights: Take A Bow, Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole, Soldier's Poem, Invincible, Exo-Politics, Hoodoo, Knights of Cydonia

I was dissapointed that an album with a 5/5 song or two could be this mid.

If only pop music would be crafted to this standard.

It's fascinating that those riffs and music would be really heavy if some other band would play them

Good album. Knew the hits and have listened to them alot when I was yonger. I liked the sound of the album and usage of synths and piano. But overall the whole album still left me wanting something more. Best song was Knights of Cydonia.

This is music for people who use the word "epic" way too much. Not sure what it's doing on this list

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.

Ikke deres beste album, unødvendig å ha med på en slik liste.

This was crap.

Many songs on this album are predictable chord progressions with dirty synth arpeggios and diverse earcandy. Then every so often something hits you - an ethereal ballad or a blistering bassline (open string hammer-on stylee a la Muse), and keeps you listening. A solid 3

kinda fun 4

The intial song was great, some music are already hits, but there where some gems like soldier's Poem (the melody from Elvis my way is spot on). Really good album.

I think if you gave Radiohead an espresso and a meeting with Tool, you'd get Muse.

Legends, but not my favourite album :)

I was at the Wembley show where they recorded HAARP, and that among other things (the music, too, I suppose) is probably why I think this album is all but perfect. That it came out at a very formative time for me as a music enjoyer can't've hurt its chances, either.

loved every song on this album how have I not listened to it before!!!

now, how big of a black hole are we talking?

The cliché to end all clichés

crying. wall of sound. meh.

13 year old me’s favorite album

You could say I was pretty aMUSEd!

OK, not their best

legendary album pull

I knew the hits, but not much more, I feel like they ended getting a little too overplayed. I do like the grandiose nature of the album. I liked the club vibe of Map of the Problematique, that was fun. I've never really enjoyed the vocals that much, I'm not really sure why.

What I always find impressive about Muse is how dense the sound of this three-piece band is. However, this also carries the risk of becoming overwhelming, so that the music eventually starts to get on your nerves. Muse's “Black Holes and Revelations” has exactly these characteristics: “Take a Bow” initially encourages you to turn down the volume, ‘Starlight’ and “Supermassive Black Hole” are strong songs, but there are already signs of the saturation effect that is probably inevitable when you combine harder rock with electronic elements by layering track upon track instead of reducing elsewhere. We already had this effect in a slightly different form on “Siamese Dreams” by the Smashing Pumpkins. On “Invincible,” everything calms down a bit, but my overall impression of a pretty good, but ultimately overloaded album remains the same. It could have been outstanding, but as it is, I can only give it four stars today.

fav track - supermassive black hole 95/100

Love this, and would listen to it on repeat.

I've listened to this album a million times and still like it.

Its decent Never been a huge muse fan outside of the song madness, but ive given this one and origin a go over the years. Its all fairly decent

Weird. Too weird for me. 2

Eh I don't really have much to say about this album. A few good songs, but mostly ok. Not really my thing, even though it seems like it would be. 3/5 for sure.

kinda trippy. love the dystopian aspect. apparently i already had supermassive black hole in my playlist. also liked take a bow, assassin, and city of delusion.

Ok ali daleko od prethodna dva koja su mi njihovi najbolji albumi

Pretty good. Really liked the brief “Soldier’s Poem”, and in general that middle section of tracks that moved along steadily

Twilight soundtrack

The album Queen wishes it could have made.

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.

- olen vanha muse enjoyer, tälläkin levyllä on muutamia ennakkoon tuttuja ja hyviä stygejä - vanhemmiten muse on alkanut kyllä kuulostamaan vähän kädenlämpöiseltä ja sitä se pikkasen meinaa olla edelleen - knights of cydonia meni helposti joskus ihan lempibiisien joukkoon, on edelleen hywä - on hyvä levy, kolmonen arvosanana vähän raaka mutta ei tää aivan nelosenkaan kokonaisuus ole

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)

Already listened a million times before and love it sm. Not my fav muse album but still love it w all my heart

My favorite Muse record, love the energy on this one.

It is OK. Did not strike me as amazing, but not bad either. just meh.

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

funny twilight song

Aunque para muchos Muse son unos exagerados prepotentes (a veces puede que sí), no podemos pasar por alto que son excelentes músicos y que saben lo que hacen. Les he perdido la pista últimamente, pero creo que los discos centrales de su carrera son de lo mejorcito que hubo en su época. Siempre agarrándose a patrones de música clásica, transitan en la línea que separa el progresivo del pop, con guiños a la electrónica y al jazz. En este álbum destacan muchas piezas, “Knights Of Cydonia”, “Spotlight” y “Supermassive Black Hole” pero me quedo con “Map Of The Problematique”

Always been a Muse apologist. Hard-hitting space rock with a few notable bangers, Knight of Cydonia is evergreen.

Very Nice. Kinda Grunge? Or just rock? Dunno the Genre but Like it a lot

Muse always bangs. This one has some slower burns but still rocks throughout.

I actually like it better than I thought I would. Loveeeee Supermassive Black Hole.

Assassin surprised me lol

I have always enjoyed Muse. Edgy band with interesting vocals.

Used to dislike them but they rock, fuck my teen version.

Wildly Bombastic! It has a little of everything. Almost like it should be the soundtrack to a medieval dystopian space western. The closest sound analogy I can make is Queen meets Depeche Mode.

Top

As with every Muse album, this has some amazing highs, but also seems to go on too long with some serious drag on some tracks.

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

Enjoyed way more than expected

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

Geniaal album, muzikaal zo interessant en genre overstijgend

No conocia al grupo. El disco esta bueno, me gusto la variedad de generos que se ven atravesado a lo largo de este. Noto principalmente una experimentacion de electronica con rock con sonidos muy interesantes. Me gusto mucho como abre el album.

Favourite: Starlight

4.5/5 FANTASTIC start, I love an album that eases you into the vibe and Take a Bow does a stellar job of that. It becomes a little one-note through the 6th song, but song 7 on the album, Assassin, really switches it up which re-engaged me immediately with the more distinctly metal instrumentals that I got hints of in the opening song. Happy to see that followed through on. Some of these songs are going STRAIGHT onto my playlists.

Yuk!

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.

Leuk album. Ik heb Supermassive Black Hole natuurlijk al vaker gehoord. Starlight is een hele goeie.

didn't make me feel anything

Super theatrical and grand. Couple of misses but otherwise loved it

Some great songs on this album

Some good tunes. Good epic rock.

I’ve never really cared for muse and this album didn’t change my mind. It’s not bad at all, but I don’t think I’d come back to it

Alright, most songs are really slow, but I like the song knights of cydonia.