Absolution
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LP / Format
A&E, East West, Mushroom Taste / Label
Alternative Rock / Genres
muse.mu / Website
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CRITIC REVIEWS
Another one of Rock music's unsung masterpieces. I'd like to think that had this album received the praise it deserved, Muse would have continued to develop their sound while continuing to create the complex basslines, piano crusades and guitar solo's even jimi hendrix would blush at. Instead we have what we have.
This is probably one of the greatest rock albums of the 2000s. The album incorporates impactful themes of mistrust and uncertainty, fear, and 'stuff that will soon come to an end.' The album not only has great lyrics and great vocal performances by Matt Bellamy, but it also has great and memorable production and instrumentation. Songs like Stockholm Syndrome and Hysteria has awesome and memorable melodies that get stuck in my head and comes in mind every now and then. This album is just a ... read more
Stellar riffs (especially the bass work in Hysteria), great vocals and interesting songwriting make “Absolution” Muse’s greatest achievement! (?)
Fav Tracks: Hysteria, Time Is Running Out, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Stockholm Syndrome, Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist, Sing For Absolution, Falling Away With You
Least Fav Track: The Small Print
Score:
9
Outstanding
Fav Tracks: Hysteria, Time Is Running Out, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Stockholm Syndrome, Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist, Sing For Absolution, Falling Away With You
Least Fav Track: The Small Print
Score:
9
Outstanding
MISC LISTS
| #49 | / | NME (2000s) |
| #97 | / | Consequence of Sound (2000s) |
Track List
- Intro
- Apocalypse Please
- Time Is Running Out
- Sing For Absolution
- Stockholm Syndrome
- Falling Away With You
- Interlude
- Hysteria
- Blackout
- Butterflies & Hurricanes
- The Small Print
- Endlessly
- Thougts Of A Dying Atheist
- Ruled By Secrecy
In Library (50)
