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Fun fact: I once used the album cover as my pfp on Discord because I thought that was funny. That same day, my mother threatened to kick me out of the house if I didn't get a job in a month.

(Don't worry I'm employed now)

Easily THE most unfairly overhated album in their entire discography. Yeah, they have some dubstep songs on here. Who the fuck cares, they're still alright. To me, this is the last time Muse has felt like they were at their creative peak (as of now, cus I have some hope for The Wow Signal). They took heavy inspiration from the popular sounds of the time (I already mentioned dubstep but there's some EDM, R&B and indie rock sprinkled in here too), but unlike many other bands, this ... read more

No it's ok, I get why some people like this, I understand it has some kind of raw appeal. I just can't get past the bigger issues and truly enjoy this. Ironically that fuckass snare drum is not even my biggest gripe with this. It's James, he genuinely sounds terrible and the lyrics only make this whole thing harder to swallow. This album is also loud as fuck and not in a good way, I've gotten a headache every single time I've relistened to it, which is only made ... read more

I'm gonna sound like a contrarian here but this is actually an IMPROVEMENT over "Going Shopping". It's still ass, don't get me wrong, but the autotune, as shitty as it is, at least kinda works on this more mellow sound. Just wish Julian didn't go so fucking crazy using it (I don't mind that he's using autotune, just don't make it so noticeable) and that this was shorter, because it does drag at 6 minutes in length.

EDIT: ok the ending is kinda ... read more