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  1. Album Review In my opinion anything before and including BH&R is far superior as an album to Drones (aka in the 9-10 range). Drones fits better in between T2L (7) and Resistance (8). T2L had very a very distinctive good first half and second bad half (though Animals breaks the rule as the best thing on T2L). Resistance as I remember it was a lot more consistent, making it stand out less, which in my opinion actually makes it a superior album since it lacks dramatic highs AND lows. Drones approaches the consistency of Resistance and even destroys it in some aspects (Reapers, JFK/The Handler and to a lesser extent Defector, Drill Sergeant/Psycho and The Globalist/Drones) but also presents the absolute worst music has to offer (Revolt, it's standing next to me right now with painful sex toys and a dead-eyed stare so I won't go on a rant for my own well being). To conclude this portion of the review, Drones gets a 7.5. Top 5 Reapers JFK/The Handler (cut JFK if you want, doesn't bother me) Drill Sergeant/Psycho (ABSOLUTELY cut the drill sergeant) Aftermath Revolt (just kidding) The Globalist/Drones (I'll cheat here since I feel these flow together too well) Track Review I'll get the good and great out of the way now. Reapers is the absolute best thing on the album and is up there with the Muse greats. It never relents or sinks into repetition and is the perfect length, a 10 from me. Coming in just below it and still with the greats is JFK/The Handler. I have few nitpicks with this but the repetitive bridge knocks this down just below Reapers at 9.5. Next up is Drill Sergeant/Psycho. This is probably not making any best of Muse lists but it's one of the best on the album. I hated this song starting out but got past the annoying drill sergeant, the mediocre lyrics (it's the chorus that's truly cringe-worthy) and the overlong repetitiveness (just shave off a minute or mix the riff up a bit and you're golden). Once I got used to it, this song is very addictive and heavy and not as bad as I thought, so not bad in fact that I award it a 9. Defector comes next. Sure, it's the usual Muse Queenism but it's catchy if somewhat more repetitive than Psycho. This song is damaged by being followed up by Revolt, remove that feeling and you have an above solid song with good instrumentals and the usual Bellamy vocal greatness. An 8.5. The next one may be a bit of a curveball... Aftermath. This one is very different for Muse but that's why we like them right? A very delicate ballad if slightly suffering from the Drones syndrome of repetitiveness (seriously repetition and length are a problem to some degree throughout the majority of this album). A solid 8. Closing out the good is The Globalist and Drones. I sort of see these as one song, they are the only songs that flow into each other flawlessly a la Exogenesis Symphony. The Globalist has a very strong start with the Morricone/spaghetti western section, the vocal segment is great as well, things start going bad at the heavy guitar solo: either shorten it down if you insist on not playing around with that great riff or mix it up and make repetition into progression. The ending was serviceable albeit sterile. A cookie cutter Muse piano outro which doesn't do much for the song. Up until that point I would give the song a disappointment (for the hype) 7.5. Drones comes in seamlessly with an interesting outo to the album. No Exogenesis Symphony but certainly better than T2L's outro. I'm not the best guy to review this sort of song since to me most choral churchy music sounds the same so alone this doesn't do much for me but is not bad, a 7. However I would argue that these two should be played together as they elevate each other to an 8 or 8.5. Definitely the most experimental part of the album. Doesn't quite stick the landing but is good nevertheless Now for the bad... Revolt appears to have left the building so I can take a dump o this turd without risking my well-being. Revolt, the shiny turd of not only this album but quite possibly Muse's entire discography. The bias in this has been brought down to a minimum since I haven't read too much reviews and have replayed the album many times now. This is sterile garage boy band tosh with next to no redeeming qualities (the guitar solo was alright). Hard to even give this a number, has to be above 4 since imho anything below that is not even music. This has notes, instruments and vocals so I'll go for the next best rating at 4.5. As someone has mentioned here before, "This is without a doubt my closest experience to an aural holocaust". The remainder of these are nowhere near as terrible. Just, mediocre. Mercy is a poor man's Starlight or Guiding Light but much more repetitive, not much to say there, 6. Dead Inside did nothing for me. A very weak starter to the album (Should have been Psycho but I get why they put Dead Inside ahead for "story" purposes). This does not compare to such bombastic starters as Uprising and Supremacy. On it's own, it remains unimpressive. I don't really know how to put it. The vocals are serviceable but the instrumental leaves me unimpressed and is rather repetitive dropping this to a 6.5.
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