m0hawk Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution or The Resistance? Absolution - Apocalypse Please - Butterflies & Hurricanes - Endlessly - Ruled By Secrecy The Resistance - United States of Eurasia - I Belong to You - Cross-Pollination - Redemption That.... is one tough cookie As much as I love the aforementioned tracks from The Resistance, Absolution contains so much bombast that it wins out. It seems like that album was structured around the piano tracks (with the exception of Endlessly), giving them more weighting. Absolution it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YallaYaBatteekh Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 The Resistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbroken_ideals Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riveon Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution has AP and RBS, therefore Absolution wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spark_ Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution. Whist TR probably has superior piano elements (ie. melodies) such as the bridge of USoE (when it's not deluged in other noise, that is) and the opening of CP, the piano songs on Abso are just much better songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcade Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 theres a phrase in music speak that i think speaks volumes for this thread.. "less is more".. technically the keyboard work in the resistance has some weally hard bits and goes in out and around choruses and verses.. but i prefer the more aligned simpler sounds from the Absolution album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static shadows Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 For me: Absolution - Apocalypse Please 9/10 - Butterflies & Hurricanes 7/10 - Endlessly 7/10 - Ruled By Secrecy 9/10 The Resistance - United States of Eurasia 8/10 - I Belong to You 7/10 - Cross-Pollination 6/10 - Redemption 7/10 Why you include Endlessly (mostly synth), and don't then include say Undisclosed Desires (mostly synth), or Overture (organ) is a bit of a mystery though. And if you're including synth and organ based tracks then why not chuck 4 OOS songs in there too? Seems a bit of a meaningless comparison to me in other words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haze015 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Why you include Endlessly (mostly synth) There's an electric piano throughout with a few synths and samples around it. Apart from AP and the piano solos in B&H & RBS, it's all electric piano in Absolution (Apart from the chorus in SS and the prepared piano in the verses for S4A). Why are we only comparing two albums when all the albums have made use of some form of piano? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxyous Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 For me: Absolution - Apocalypse Please 9/10 - Butterflies & Hurricanes 7/10 - Endlessly 7/10 - Ruled By Secrecy 9/10 The Resistance - United States of Eurasia 8/10 - I Belong to You 7/10 - Cross-Pollination 6/10 - Redemption 7/10 Why you include Endlessly (mostly synth), and don't then include say Undisclosed Desires (mostly synth), or Overture (organ) is a bit of a mystery though. And if you're including synth and organ based tracks then why not chuck 4 OOS songs in there too? Seems a bit of a meaningless comparison to me in other words! WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indyjones445 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution. Hands down. That interlude in Butterflies and Hurricanes = <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee3Dee Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution in general pisses all over The Resistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lih Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Ruled by Secrecy, Butterflies & Hurricanes and Apocalypse Please are far better than anything on The Resistance except MK Ultra, which is about equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss_meadows Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution in general pisses all over The Resistance. I love your honesty!:LOL: (you took the words right out of my mouth, though...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madzip Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution in general pisses all over The Resistance. THIS. Quoted for teh troof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownAndOut Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi. Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution,not even close. The Resistance piano songs are shit compared to Apocalypse Please and Ruled By Secrecy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Instant_Ryan Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution, hands down. Personally, I think RBS beats out all the piano-based Resistance song alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee3Dee Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution,not even close. The Resistance piano songs are shit compared to Apocalypse Please and Ruled By Secrecy. Absolution is no doubt a way better album than The Resistance, but I have to say that the piano songs on The Resistance are in no way bad. Exogenesis is fantastic. United States of Eurasia is a pretty solid song, and I Belong To You is really fun live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi. Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Absolution is no doubt a way better album than The Resistance, but I have to say that the piano songs on The Resistance are in no way bad. Exogenesis is fantastic. United States of Eurasia is a pretty solid song, and I Belong To You is really fun live. I still consider IBTY to be a mediocre cheesy pop song,but then again I haven't experienced it live.I probably won't see it live anyways since it'll be dropped completely in the next tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee3Dee Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 I still consider IBTY to be a mediocre cheesy pop song,but then again I haven't experienced it live.I probably won't see it live anyways since it'll be dropped completely in the next tour. It's cheesy in a way that's fun though. And it's a great song despite being cheesy. Same with Endlessly, cheesy as hell, but damnit it's a fantastic song. Muse can do cheesy songs and get away with it when the music is good. Guiding Light is a cheesy song too, except it's shit in every aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi. Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 It's cheesy in a way that's fun though. And it's a great song despite being cheesy. Same with Endlessly, cheesy as hell, but damnit it's a fantastic song. Muse can do cheesy songs and get away with it when the music is good. Guiding Light is a cheesy song too, except it's shit in every aspect. Despite being weak on the album,I actually do enjoy the Wembley Arena 03 performance of Endlessly.I guess it's going to take time for IBTY to grow on me(or not). Agree about Guiding Light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis III Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 The Resistance. Exo 2 and 3 are their best piano songs to date, USoE is very solid and IBTY is a shitload of fun, very jazzy. Also Resistance has kickass piano. I do prefer Absolution overall though, and there is no denying the brilliance of RBS and B&H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Revelation Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 I'll have to go with Absolution. Apocalypse Please and B&H are just too awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtj39 Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 I can't decide! my brain will explode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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