- Take a Bow is a lash-out at world leaders for letting their countries fall into "ruin" and possibly destruction in the future; no names mentioned! Mainly synth-driven but with a fantastic dirty guitar section to add more grandeur. Sounds very Queen-like in places.
- Starlight is the typical love-song, set to a cosmic backdrop. A basic song really, with the usual mix of guitar riffs, essential synth-bass, a catchy drum beat and the trademark Muse synth arpeggios in the background. A good song, but can get repetitive. Also contains the titular phrase "black holes & revelations..."
- Supermassive Black Hole was the first song off of the album, which shocked many fans as it was very different to the rest of Muse's back catalogue. A very seedy sound to it in places, but still electric and Muse-like. A hit that will stick in your head for a long time.
- Map of the Problematique is my favourite on the album. An electric, distorted synth supplements the pitch-shifting guitar rhythm & the stand-out drum beat. I don't know why it's so good, it's just fantastic. Buy the album just for this song if you have to, everyone I know loves this song with a passion! Very futuristic sounding.
- Soldier's Poem is the ballad of the album. A short, 2:30 minute feast for your ears, majorly happy really, with an extreme like-ness to Queen. A nice rest after the franticness of Map of the Problematique.
- Invincible shows us Muse's determined side, if you will. This is a song which makes you want to go out and stand up for what you believe in! Also it features a fantastic guitar tapping solo, credited by Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello as one of Muse's best.
- Assassin tears through the determined nature of Invincible and gives you a dirty, war-like sound with a futuristic, Knightrider type intro. A brilliantly overdriven song like previous heavy Muse songs like Stockholm Syndrome or New Born. If you get the chance to see this song live, you're in for a treat.
- Exo-Politics deals with the alien threat that vocalist Matt Bellamy thinks so highly that exists, with a constant guitar riff and the bass & drums supplementing it. Seems simple by description, but will keep in your head even after listening.
- City of Delusion embraces Muse's Spanish side, having a very fast beat with flamenco parts in there, describing a cursed city (and containing a trumpet solo!) and it's inhabitants.
- Hoodoo is the melancholy lament to a man's wishes of what he had done in his life; again Spanishy-but with a Wild West idea to it. Very desolate, but at the same time beautiful and haunting, especially the last line:

- Knights of Cydonia is the final track on the album, but a greater finisher, blending in the riffs from Muse's heavier hits to the layered vocals of other tracks on the album. Watch also; the last riff is an absolute scorcher!