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- Summary: A commercial and critical success in the UK upon its release in the fall of 2003, 'Absolution' marks the third album for the English rockers (who frequently draw comparisons to Radiohead--but then again, who doesn't?). It also marks their first time working with producer Rich Costey.
- Record Label: Warner Brothers
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Hysteria | |
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It's bugging me Grating me And twisting me around I'm endlessly Caving in And turning inside out Because I want it now I want it now Give me your... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 16
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Mixed: 3 out of 16
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Negative: 2 out of 16
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A truly elemental opus.
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Muse have widened the goalposts and re-established what rock is allowed to stand for. Next to Absolution, even something as majestic as Elephant sounds so painfully small.
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FilterA massive concept album that is so gluttonously huge-sounding that it makes The Wall sound like a Sebadoh record. [#10, p.94]
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'Absolution' is Muse's most accomplished album to date, and kicks their - at the time - excellent debut album 'Showbiz' into the ground.
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BlenderA daring and triumphant concoction. [#27, p.140]
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It's too bad that vocalist Matt Bellamy doesn't bring as much ingenuity to his singing.
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Muse write... the same way Metallica write, i.e. just compiling bits of music then sticking them together, except theyre more impressed with their fragments (though theyre simpler and duller and even more remarkably similar to each other than Metallicas), so they make them go on longer and repeat them more times.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 118 out of 130
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Mixed: 7 out of 130
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Negative: 5 out of 130
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WillKJun 26, 2004it is a brilliant CD: probably the best one that Muse have ever done (and that says a lot!)
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Oct 29, 2010
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TomGMay 7, 2005Freddie Mercury and Queen INCARNATE!
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DimasJun 28, 2008Amazing!
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Jan 23, 2017
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IanBMar 13, 2007This is quite possibly the best rock record of the 21st century.
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AdamXApr 20, 2004dreadful
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