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This was the first album I truly looked forward to, 22nd September 2003 could not come quick enough, having heard the previous two albums, and Time is Running Out and Stockholm Syndrome, I was extremely excited to hear what Muse's their third studio album. From the marching of the band in the intro to the apocalyptic tracks that followed, Muse delivered a masterpiece that did not end, every track, unique in its own way, constructed an album that never dipped in it's bombastic sense of grandeur which it shoved in your face continually throughout the album. This is my favourite album for many reasons, it reminds me of the times when it came out and every song is brilliant and likeable taking on a unique perspective. It has taught me the most, through people and the album itself. Astounding.

Here is my review of the new Muse album, it is exactly one hundred and forty characters in length. http://tinyurl.com/my-muse-review-for-DiS

An amazing album with my favourite songs Sing for Absolution & Hysteria - when I heard it I wanted to crash my car into a tree with joy

This album is a collection of Muses' most emotional rhapsodies that they have ever concieved. From Darkshines to Feeling Good, each song is individually great in its own respect and no two songs sound the same. Listening to the album for the first time having new born slowly slip into your ear with the soft piano all the way to megalomania epically smashing through your brain with the loud organ and crashing drums

Showbiz, as Muse blinked their way onto the music scene, in the shadows of bands past, they made one thing clear "Step aside, we're here"

If perfection does not exist...Absolution proves to us all that Muse has reached the closest step to it. The soundtrack of a lucid dream.

It's life & death & sex & religion & every emotion you've ever experienced in exquisite musical form. Not to mention how much it just ROCKS.

Contemplating hopeless love- 'Endlessly' says it all...

Stirring drum beats, soaring, aching melodies and emotive lyrics, I can't wait to hear what soul searching truths you have in store for your fans in The Resistance.

Who said Wembley Stadium was built for football?

all the classic Muse-songs. on one album.

An album of lyrical and musical poetry, blending songs of insane astronauts with love songs to a guitar. A masterpiece.

Black Holes & Revelations is the accumulation of divine-inspired talent and years of practice. It leaves one satisfied, yet ready for more.

New Born: Epic
Bliss: As the song so rightly says...
Space Dementia: Wonderfully weird
Hyper Music: Banging
Plug in Baby: Classic
Citizen Erased: Trippy
Micro Cuts: Haunting
Screenager: Just plain Ace.
Darkshines: Whiney in an amazing way
Feeling good: Proof that they can nail a cover version
Megalomania: Epic last song.

All of the above: PLAY LOUD.

'This is the end of the world', but clearly not the end of this trio from devon. The second you press play you are enveloped, dislocated from reality. Fire and brimstone is all that awaits you all packaged nicely in a small plastic/metal disc. From the end of the world to the thoughts of a dying atheist, Muse pretty much cover all of the human psychie and the breakdown of all classes of people when confronted by death. When the album finishes you phase back into the real world, anger removed, worries gone. You could call it therapy, momentary insanity... or a bloody good album.

An epic journey of apocalypse and war, redemption and love, across fourteen tracks of almost flawless beauty; this album will be remembered.

How to Assemble an Atomic Bomb, had U2 not inaccurately got there first. The evolved sound of delivering on every inch of potential. 9/10

When the moment comes, put this on and close your eyes. The end of the world never sounded so good.

A beautiful combination of strong and emotionally driven songs that encapsulate and enthrall any listener to this masterpiece of an album.

a metaphorical journey of all emotions bound into a box and catapulted into space, a perfect album to start the beginning of the 21st century

Absolution is just breath taking, Theres a song on there for every mood, Just makes me smile, Couldn't live without this album!

If every band could write an album as haunting, beautiful, emotional, magnificent and mind-blowingly brilliant as Origin of Symmetry, then I would explode with happiness.

Absolution, in my opinion, isn’t just Muse’s greatest album, but the greatest album ever written. From start to finish it’s a rollercoaster ride of political injustice, emotional torment and religious scandal. Each song has its own story to tell, but when you put these stories together, the end result is a fourteen-track piece of musical literature. I don’t think there’s another album out there which could begin with such a violent piano intro (Apocalypse Please), then end with such soft melodic precision (Ruled by Secrecy) from the same instrument, and get away with it.

Showbiz is a scorching example of tender ballads and angsty vocals, turning Muse from being diamonds in the rough to gems in the crown of British music history.

This album explodes the horizon further than my gauged-out eye can see - it's broken down all barriers, turning chaos into something beautiful and placing itself firmly in musical history.

that limit is disgusting and any muse fan that can describe any of the albums in that few characters isn't. In fact I am repelled at my comment for it would take an eternity to describe the intimacy of any of the albums muse has spawned.

bewitching guitar, rageous bass, shinny drums, piano delirium, religious organ, a voice, a rebel scream in those dark days of insignificance

From the eerie layering synths of Take A Bow to the mind blowing ending that is Knights Of Cydonia this album is an that won't be forgotten.

The best album for a first time listener. Muse marks the new era of modern music with unforgettable, inspirational vocals and instrumentals.

After their music entrance with debut Showbiz, Muse accomplished on Origin Of Symmetry to persuade even the most critical journalists admitting they are not just a Radiohead-clone. They force us to admire their very own sound and quality. Furthermore, it introduces Matthew Bellamy as a genius composer, songwriter and pianoplayer. This album throws us into a rollercoaster of sounds and emotions with its bombastic parts followed by soothing ones. Listen to songs as Space Dementia, the superbe Citized Erased and all time live favourate Plug In Baby and you've got to admit that there's no denying as Muse being one of the greatest and idiosyncratic bands arround. At almost every song you're affraid of being thrown from the curve, but it holds you back at the exact right time.
This album hurts, but you can't stop pressing the replay-button.

In 2006 I wasn't a huge fan of Muse but the first time I heard Supermassive Black Hole it was like a revelation! It sounded so different than the former albums but it was so Muse! This album makes us travel especially with City of Delusion! this album is not only a rock album a lot of different music style! Awesome!

Black Holes and Revelations sounds like the work of a band who are one step closer to the album they have been striving to make. The avante garde rock trio fuse together like never before, creating majestic and melodic music. There are still the heavy guitar riffs to be found that frontman Matt Bellamy is known for (Knights of Cydonia) as well as examples of his ability to put slower paced tracks in the middle of a rock album (Soldier's Poem). The political messages come through a lot clearer than in Absolution but are never in your face. Muse have obviously taken time over this record, putting together an album of epic proportions, that signals a band who are about to go supermassive.

The album that defined the band. The angst of Showbiz, built upon with cutting riffs and pounding bass to make angelic, sky-high space rock.

The energy of OOS songs could easily supply power for the whole city! But it does it for thousands of people around the world.

Straight from the bittersweet arpeggios and crunching riffs of New Born, OoS takes every listener on an epic musical journey, seemingly distorting space and time.

A prodigious album with unconventional blends of dynamic classical and grandeur rock of which summons nothing short of an apocalyptic air.

From the heat of Sunburn, the strength of Muscle Museum, Falling Down comes to life, the explosion of Cave then Showbiz: Muse by definition! the beauty of Unintended, the one and only Uno and more. One small step for Muse, one great leap for Music...

absolution was the first album i ever heard that made me stop and think "wow, this is everything i want in music". and i never looked back.

Love & Hate, Life & Death, Light & Dark, Redemption & Damnation, Freedom and Slavery. All of this put to music = Origin of Symmetry.

'Origin of Symmetry' stands tall among the four albums released by the band, MUSE. Stepping up from the brilliance of the first album, OOS turned heads, introducing mystical sounds and empowering lyrics. MUSE makes a statement (done blatantly, mind you).
'Experiencing' the songs (one truly does!) can be related to a labyrinth: one finds themselves lost within the song. But once the final note has been played, one finds their way out once more, leaving a bitter-sweet taste behind. You don't want it to end, so you go back for more!
The whole album cries energy! It defines brilliance. From the compelling track of 'New Born', to the drowning perplexity of 'Megalomania' (a personal favourite), it is this album that is the definition of MUSE.
OOS says Life. It says Darkness. It says Infinity. It STATES Muse.

my own personal revelation- there is so much thought in the words, so much skill in the music and such a variety of genres. Best album ever.

A combination of rock and classical, Muse’s third studio album. Each piece transitions smoothly into the next with effortless ease.

Absolution is an album for audiophiles. Every little insert of melody between a rift and or ballad creates a perfectionists touch to each song. It’s an album you can’t just listen once. Every song has its own little snippets of finely placed music there which could be an extra echo of a rift to a sharp whistling overlay. The level of detail put in every song gives a mind numbing chill on the thought of how much work, imagination and probably frustration was put in making this album. This album is in the farthest possible meaning of the term, typical.

Perhaps not Muse's most accessible record, but definitely the most aggressive and riff abundant. It annoys me when people dismiss Muse as 'angsty Radiohead copyists'; perhaps they were with Showbiz but with this record they really made a move towards being the giant stadium rock monsters they are today. The songs are dominated by aggressive distortion and Matthew Bellamy’s soaring falsetto, which is particularly impressive on ‘Megalomania’ and ‘Feeling Good’. ‘Plug in Baby’ boasts perhaps one of the best modern guitar riffs around, and ‘Bliss’ is truly amazing with its tortured vocals accompanied by the scalic synth part. The cover of ‘Feeling Good’ reminds us that Muse can be optimistic too, and Muse have (of course) turned it into a bombastic rock number. Origin… truly began to illustrate the world-beating greatness that was to come from this truly remarkable band.

After the rather throwaway charms of Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry was the album on which Bellamy and co showed the world what they were capable of. Matt's soaring vocals never came across as abrasive, his guitar wizardry never sounded self indulgent instead, they all contributed to form what can only be described as an opus. The lyrics explored all manner of themes to form an intriguing portrait of the world we live in; from joy to longing to hate. Undoubtedly the band's best and most interesting album

Only 30 seconds of each song have already exploded with love, glamorous wonder and deep meaning. The Resistance is the diplomat of music.