Holy shit this album completely rocks my world.
I really liked the previous 2 albums' production due to how profesionally messy it is, so it can consume you in the noise of the guitars and piano. But on Absolution, their production completely shifts to be much more clearner, and as a result, much more epic sounding. This legitmately sounds like it scores a movie, and I'm all for it.
The moment that songs like Hysteria and Butterflies & Hurricanes start, I immediately fall in love with them. Even for a nearly hour long album every song on here has a perfect place on the tracklist, and none of them waste any minute of my time.
I'm above confident saying that this is the best Muse album of all time, and it's likely going to stay that way.
Best tracks: Time is Running Out, Stockholm Syndrome, Butterflies & Hurricanes, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist, Hysteria