Hullabaloo (Soundtrack) - Muse

"Come waste your millions here..." The phrase ‘B-side album’ will usually evoke a unanimous groan of distaste from seasoned music fans. What comes to mind? “Oh dear, here is a band exploiting their popularity to shift copies of rejected, recorded-in-the-attic tracks that were only good enough for singles, which no one buys anyway.” That is why I am reluctant to class ‘Hullabaloo’ by Muse, as a ‘B-side album’. Rather, it is a ‘secondary track selection’, ...
...ten songs on ‘Hullabaloo’ may, granted, not be as revolutionary as those on their studio albums, ‘Showbiz’ (1999), ‘Origin Of Symmetry’(2001), ‘Absolution’(2003) and more recently ‘Black Holes And Revelations’(2006), but they’re still gems; gems that give the greatest hits of any alternative band today a run for their money. Although it is really on disk two that the band truly shine. The second of this supermassive two-part Muse saga is a collection ...

redneonlights 29.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Hullabaloo (Soundtrack) - Muse

...is the soundtrack to the Hullabaloo tour - "origins of symmetry period", and i highly recommend the dvd that can be purchased as well......... This cd proves how unique muse are, how edgy even with the most mournful sounding acoustic songs "hyper chondriac music" ( acoustic version of hyper music), which is to this day my favourite muse song. Side A contains the bsides and hidden gems, if you value complexity within your music as with most muse ...
...contains live versions off the Hullabaloo dvd - listen to dead star and agitated they are very good. You almost feel like you were there :) Out of the four studio albums + this album i rank it number two to be honest, its perfect. You need it if your a new fan, just into progressive styles of music or just relisten to it if your an old fan! an value how unqiue this awesome bands really are. Thanks for the read...if you read it all :P ...

musebaby90 30.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Hullabaloo (Soundtrack) - Muse

First things first - what the dickens is a 'B-Side'? A 'B-side' is a track of music by a band or artist that was recorded, but doesn't make it onto an album, for whatever reason. These may include not as high quality as the other tracks, ability for the band to play the song live, budgets, etc. The name suggests the songs are 'beside' the rest. However, some bands who have recorded many songs in a short period of time will release a B-side album ...
...b-sides are even better than actual album tracks. That is what Muse have done here. They have picked ten of their favourite B-sides from 1999 to 2001 and put them on the first CD. The second CD contains eleven live tracks from a concert at 'Le Zenith' in Paris in 2001. *-*-*-*-* CD 01 *-*-*-*-* 1. Forced In (4:18) 'Hullabaloo' opens up well with a very ghostly and drifting first track, called 'Forced In'. It takes a few listens to get used ...

storpey 25.05.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Hullabaloo (Soundtrack) - Muse

Muse. A band who know more about putting on a show than Queen, U2 and Oasis put together. Yes, they are that good. If you're not sure about this band and want to know what they are about, then here is a great place to start. Comprising most of their Origin of Symmetry album (this DVD was released from the live tour following the album's release) plus classic songs from their first album Showbiz, this is a great way to find out what you missed if ...
...opening of Dead Star all the way through to the blistering closer Bliss, the band don't ease up on the histrionics and barely stop to take breath. Frontman and avid Queen fan Matt Bellamy takes showmanship to another level, whether it be prancing about the stage, thrashing amazing sounds out of his various guitars, or producing breathtaking classical piano sounds behind his keyboard. The bassist, Chris Wolstenholme plays with so much energy it's ...

chopsocky 03.10.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Hullabaloo (Soundtrack) - Muse

The two disk DVD is something every muse fan needs and watching their live perfomance at Le Zenith really inspired me to make sure I went to see them as soon as I could. The first disk is the concert with various viewing angles and uncut unlike the album which only contains a selection of the live songs. Their energy filled performance produces near perfect playback of the album tracks despite their clear intention of getting on stage and just ...
...Bellamy throwing himeself around the stage whilst playing the guitar and during one track singing into the microphone through a megaphone to provide the desired results. For anyone who has never seen them live it gives an insight into what you are missing out on with brilliant lighting and other props. The second disk shows behind the scene footage from their tour and just hanging out together giving a glimpse of what they are like off stage. Along ...

shankly 12.07.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Hullabaloo (Soundtrack) - Muse

This is the first ever DVD from the British trio from Teighmouth in Devon. They released Showbiz in 1999 and a second album OOS (Origin Of Symmetry) in 2001. They also released two limited edition singles with this dvd and one of them had a cover of Cant Take My Eyes Off You which was used Illegally on the nescafe advert, Muse then sued nescafe and put all thw money into charitys. Muse have a good reputation for a live band having wone Kerrangs ...
...also contains unreleased material that you cannot find anywhere else. The band themselves arent just some kids who are out to make money, these are the only band in the world at the minute who dare to rock like its the last time they will ever play before the four horsemen come down and take them away. Although you may not know many of the songs by name you will deffinatly know the guitar riffs as soon as you hear them. I strongly recomend that ...

brianh_61 16.09.2004 · Read full review
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