Robert Whyte: The Greatest Glory of our Muses

~*~Absolution, the greatest album of Muse !~*~

Advantages: A nice album
Disadvantages: nothing

After the very promising one "Showbiz" in 1999, the excellent "Origin of symetry" in 2001, Muse comes back in 2003 with "Absolution", a disc who should quickly assert himself as the greatest album pop-rock of the year 2003. Indeed, Muse reach here tops of perfection which shows us that they are nowadays the best pop-rock band of the world and so the greatest group of pure Rock. Blur and Placebo can go to go back to work because there, they are not really sized to compete with a group which exists finally by itself bus was detached from its first influences. Thus, on "Absolution", MUSE forged a true specific identity in eclectic compositions, calmer as a whole, more melody, containers more electronic sounds,with less tremors, with much more pianos, orchestrations much richer, with the low lines incredible ones, incredible riffs ...

mango69 11.06.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Absolution - Muse

Pause For A Muse

Advantages: Some great tracks,
Disadvantages: Not a huge progression

When Muse came onto the scene with their debut album they were dismissed by some as a Radiohead clone. Yes there was a vocalist with a big vocal range, the songs were a bit off kilter and not in the norm, and there were some weird sounds. So what? With their second album Origin of Symmetry Muse proved that they rock harder than Radiohead. Now we have Absolution, the third studio album and after a 9/10 score from the NME it?s safe to say that Muse are on the up once again. I?ve been listening to the album for a few weeks now and bought it yesterday. It?s already growing on me and fans of their previous records won?t be disappointed. The album opens with an intro of marching before erupting into the striking piano riff of ?Apocalypse Please?. The song moves through epic strides of sound from all angles as well as having a harmonious ...

utero 28.11.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Absolution - Muse

Muse - The Resistance

Advantages: Varied, Different, Special
Disadvantages: Not consistant

It?s been a long time coming. 3 years since Black Holes and Revelations Muse have returned with The Resistance and with a weight of expectation that would crush lesser bands the Devon dwelling trio have found new strength, a new sound and new ways to rock your socks. From the outset with first single Uprising, the tone is set. The lyrics are heaving with paranoia and the crowd-pleasing, pounding beats set us up for a wild ride. Resistance tugs the heartstrings with Matt Bellamy declaring ?Love is our Resistance? to the frantic drums of Dom Howard. As if it wasn?t clear enough from the opening track, Muse are back. Undisclosed Desires is the first sign of experimentation. The band sounds comfortable in the clearly unfamiliar territory of a song described cheekily as the ?anti muse song?. It?s not as good as the previous two songs and is ...

Bskipper27 09.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Resistance, The [Digipak] - Muse