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unrealmikel

Muse's HAARP is a great live album.

When I began listening to this project, I would say that I felt pretty confused. While 'Knights of Cydonia' was an absolute banger (and I really loved the crowd singing), 'Hysteria' was a disappointment for me. It felt flat, and I could barely hear Matty's vocals. The song just lost its drive. Then there was a 'Supermassive Black Hole' which sounded kind of interesting, not going to lie. But that's basically everything I can say about this song.

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itspiskavrot

I really love it. I don't think that all the performances and solutions in the tracklist are great, but most of them are at a very good level. I think the beginning is the strongest here. The middle sometimes fails (Starlight) but mostly everything is very nice. The end is the most controversial as for me, on the one hand I really like how Micro Cuts and Stockholm Syndrome stand side by side, but at the same time I adore the second as the final song. City of Delusion sounds unusual in the ... read more