1001 Albums Summary

Actually heard this one prior since I'm a fan of Muse. It's generally a superb album and Matt's vocals really help the project shine, the greatest flaw here in my view would probably be that the middle-section of the album strikes as less memorable than the rest of the material. It's overall decent however, with obvious highlights being Map of the Problematique, Starlight, and of course Knights of Cydonia. If you like grandiose alt-rock, then you'll probably like this album, definitely recommend even if it's arguably one of the weakest (pacing-wise) of their earlier releases.

Fairly exemplary hard rock album. It's overall a solid release for the genre with apparent ambition put behind it, seeing as this is a double-album. However, that side of this is a complaint for me here, as it does start to meander more and dip in quality towards the end of the overall project. The biggest highlight here is easily Kashmir, thanks to its Bond-esque symphonic instrumentation. I'm not sure if I would revisit this, but I definitely understand the hype behind it.