Quite a lot, really. I keep finding that the songs I like aren't very popular around here. Falling Down, Darkshines, The Small Print, Endlessly, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist, Invincible, Exo-Politics, Resistance, Undisclosed Desires, Unnatural Selection, Madness, Explorers, Dead Inside.

Just now listened to it all the way through, and my first impression is not bad at all. My expectations went up and down a bit before, and I was kinda dreading the last few tracks since I was getting the idea that that's where it would all go to shit. Honestly though it was still pretty good. The first half is strong, even if Dead Inside is an odd opener, Psycho is a bit repetitive and Mercy sounds a bit too much like Starlight. And after that it's still decent. Revolt is let down by the prechorus, but otherwise I enjoy it. Aftermath starts out well even if it turns into something not so good by the end. I like the individual parts of the Globalist, and I actually thought the shift from the first section to the second worked fine, but the shift into the final section happens far too abruptly, and the final section could do with being shorter. And the title track is interesting and works well as a closer, even if I laugh at every mention of "drones". I think they actually did a good job of toning things down and avoiding too much genre-hopping this time. Sure there are tracks of various kinds, but they've always done that to some extent. In a way it makes sense that this is what comes out when a band that's made T2L decides to have a crack at repeating OoS or something. Obviously it isn't the same, but I can see that's because things have changed in the meantime. How good is it compared to the others? Hard to say right now. The lyrics are a big letdown for me, since they distract from otherwise good songs more than ever. Musically I probably enjoy it more than T2L, but not as much as TR, which I liked more than a lot of people did anyway. It wasn't nearly as bad as I feared it could be, and it's a genuinely enjoyable album. I'll definitely be listening to it some more.

I'm definitely happy with this one. A bit weird that the whole first half of the album has been made available already, but whatever, great song. The other tracks have grown on me more by now, but I loved this one immediately.

I haven't been too impressed so far. I thought Reapers and Mercy both sounded good from live recordings, but not as great in the studio versions somehow. It probably doesn't help that the studio versions make the painful lyrics much more obvious. Like I've often stood up for Muse's lyrics in the past but this time they really aren't good. As for albums in order of preference... I guess I don't really see Drones being very high up there.

I just wish those lyrics didn't make me think of this (from about 0:40): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6szE_qmzavQ

Haven't checked out this thread for a while, so it's nice to see something I heartily agree with. Oh yeah, and I like the middle section of Unnatural Selection. It turns a fairly standard rock song into something much more dramatic and interesting.