ITT: What were they thinking?!
ITT: What were they thinking?!
I'll defend this album to the death. It was inconsistent but you can tell they had a lot of fun making it. Some of the dubstep is ridiculous but it isn't bad by any means.
Having fun while making it doesn't justify the flow on this thing. It sounds more like a compilation of random singles than an actual album.
Sure there are some fine tracks on this thing like Animals, Explorers or even Survival but the rest is forgettable as fuck. I can also somewhat defend Unsustainable since it was recorded with guitars and both Liquid State and Save Me because of Chris overcoming alcoholism but all of these songs are very mediocre to say the least anyways.
Honestly, it's leagues better than Drones.
Essentially this. All the songs sounded like they were b-side stuff from Resistance. They were inconsistent with the flow or direction of the album. Though there are some good songs on there, like Animals.
Resistance is shit too but their first four albums are good
I haven't heard any of it except madness.
And I honestly love that song, very relatable.
Would I like the rest of it?
Never listened to a muse album before
Probably yes
You would enjoy the resistance alot more however I think
start with origin of symmetry and/or absolution, listen to showbiz if you enjoy them, then work forwards from black holes and revelations
Where do you imagine Muse will go with their next album? Is 'Dig Down' a single from it, or is it just a standalone song?
This album is really easy to explain. Strip it down to Madness, Follow Me, and Panic Station - you get this funky electronic-y dubstep-y fun mess. The problem is that they took it too serious and added songs that weren't bad, per se, but just didn't fit with that idea, like Explorers and Supremacy. Add Save Me and Liquid State with Chris, and you get this clusterfuck of an album
It's still a 6.5/10 and great to listen to, it's just nowhere near as good as OOS or anything pre-TR
Listen to Muse chronologically, the music makes more sense. Plus their earlier material is much better
Dig Down was confirmed to be a single from the album, hopefully the album will NOT be like that shitty song
Follow Me and Panic Station are legit bangers
Animals > Isolated System > Panic Station > Save Me > Unsustainable > Supremacy > Liquid State > Survival > Follow Me > Madness > Explorers > Big Freeze
YOU'VE ARRIVED AT PANIC SHITSTORM
It's not easy being cheesy
I am a big fan of Big Freeze, what's the beef with it?
I don't value album flow at all. In fact I like my albums to be quite erratic, mostly tied together by an ethic (in this case the ethic is pop + hard rock with bellamy's attempts at operatic vocals) so I love the album.
MAMM MAMM MAMM MAMMM MAD MAD MAD
Animals is the only good track on the album
Animals is just awesome
Muse sucks
Oh man it's still a better album and era then Drones. Playing shows with a 27 songs setlist instead of a fucking musical and 20 okay-ish songs.
I don't know what Matt is up to but I lost all hope.
I listen to Isolated System on repeat.
From page 10 i give thee life.
Y'know I always thought Supremacy was a really fucking cool song.
MUH MUH MUH MUH MUH MUH MUH MUH
MAAAAD MAAAAD MAAAAD
Muse? More like Snooze!
Haha no but seriously what's their best album to start with
Origin of Symmetry
Yeah I think it's the best on the album next to Panic Station.
"i mean it worked for enter shikari"
Origin of Symmetry easily
>To start with
Absolution
>Best album in general
Origin of Symmetry
>I don't know what Matt is up to but I lost all hope
It all started when he began injecting highschool-tier pseudopolitics into his writing.
Black Holes and Revelations or Origin Of Symmetry
The Handler was the best thing to come out of the drones era, one of their best songs
Learning To Fly, On The Turning Way and Sorrow only good tracks desu
Even then Sorrow and Learning To Fly are three times better live on PULSE
Yet Another Movie is my favorite track. I fucking love that song.
Reapers/The Handler/Defector was the best run of songs they've had since BH&R
Showbiz is Muse's best album.
Fight me
disagree
It's either Origin or Black Holes,Showbiz sounds too much like The Bends. Black Holes is my favourite though because it's just enough cheesy and ridicolous to be amazing
they were probably thinking
>let's actually make an album worth listening to for a change
...
Showbiz is The Bends but less dreary and more melodramatic. Net improvement.
>The King of Limbs
>"The same shit as last time"
>Has literally nothing in common with In Rainbows
Neat.
Plus Muscle Museum is an absurdly good tune
Peaked too soon IMO
Woah almost like it's bait or something
so unrefined though
What's up with all these Muse fans saying:
>I don't care that they have an inconsistent sound, they're evolving!
They don't care about Muse, they just want whatever the band shits out.
can we fucking talk about how amazing panic station is though
you could say that about literally any band and their output though
Muse's Bsides were better than their albums.
>tfw Muse fan and even to me The Resistance, 2nd Law and Drones blend into one lump