DownAndOut Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 The Small Print is a bit meh (by Muse standards). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. ORANGE Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Absolution is my favourite album (OoS is close behind though) but I think the order of the songs isn't good - at least for me...For example after Hysteria I'd like to hear something heavier (like Stockholm Syndrome of Butterflies and Hurricanes), and Blackout, even though it's epic and great, is just too slow to go after the end of Hysteria...So my order : Apocalypse Please, TIRO then Hysteria, Stockholm (has a good end for starting slow songs section), Sing for Absolution, Blackout, Falling away, (Ethernally Missed), Butterflies and Hurricanes, Thoughts, Small Print, Fury and Endlessly (those two are linked very good), Ruled by Secrecy...Or finish with Falling away.. It's the best album ever for me anyway, but this would be even more epic...And Thoughs of a dying Atheist is a f*ing epic song...I'd play it more...And Butterflies and Hur. is just the best song ever for me...I'm so sad that they don't play it on every gig these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis III Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 It's rather badly produced. The heavier stuff in particular sounds very flat. Most of the songs are (structurally) a bit samey and predictable. B&H is an exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spark_ Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Production is really quite poor. SS sounds particularly strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haarpuna Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 It gets pretty weak towards the end (with the exception of Ruled by Secrecy): Small Print, Endlessly, TOADA... some days I'm not too fond of B&H either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 The ordering of the last few songs is bad. Switch Small Print and Endlessly around and I'd be happier. Also it's not well produced on the whole. Still my favourite album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi. Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Now that it's negative, here it goes: -Thoughts of a Dying Atheist is almost painful to listen to -Endlessly is boring -Fury should have been on it +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeLovesMuse Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 literally can't say a single negative thing about Absolution. It is the most perfect album Muse have made and my favorite album of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madzip Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 It should of had Fury on it. The End. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Best album - worse order. Origin is ordered fairly well with the loud stuff first and more calmer stuff after Micro Cuts. Black Holes and The Resistance have orderings that kinda make sense but Absolutions ordering is just too clusterfucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I never got all the bullshit about OoS. It has the best track order of any Muse album, and aside from 2 mistakes, it's perfect. People who call it "samey" have clearly never gotten the idea of an album. Oh right, Absolution. The order is shit, some songs should fuck off and some should be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontask Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 The Fury, The Groove should have been added. Arguably others. TOADA has no place there for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawakangaroo Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 The Fury, The Groove should have been added. Arguably others. TOADA has no place there for me. The Fury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthijs Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 It's not being played enough anymore by the band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoman297 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Best album - worse order. +1 Every album muse made has a horrible order, except for maybe OoS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopix Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Endlessly is average. Studio of TiRO is boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketeer Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I like TOADA, but if Fury replaced it on the album, you wouldn't hear any complaining from me. While I'd love a song like TOADA today, it fails to stand out amidst the other awesome guitar tracks on Absolution. Make TOADA a B-side and throw in Fury and you make a stellar album somehow even better. Was that not negative enough? Uh...according to Tom Kirk, we probably won't see an anniversary show for Absolution like with OoS because OoS was the "breakthrough fan favorite" (I assume this is just a fat dumb excuse to still never play FAWY live). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUSESTL Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Was that not negative enough? Uh...according to Tom Kirk, we probably won't see an anniversary show for Absolution like with OoS because OoS was the "breakthrough fan favorite" (I assume this is just a fat dumb excuse to still never play FAWY live). I think Tom is being honest, it wouldn't make sense to do an Abso anniversary show since it wasn't as important of an album in terms of the band becoming known and they'll probably be in the middle of touring Album 6 in 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizutsu Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 It's not being played enough anymore by the band +1 yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawakangaroo Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I think Tom is being honest, it wouldn't make sense to do an Abso anniversary show since it wasn't as important of an album in terms of the band becoming known and they'll probably be in the middle of touring Album 6 in 2013 Plus, if they make a habit out of playing albums in full like this, it won't be as special (though I certainly wouldn't protest it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Plus, if they make a habit out of playing albums in full like this, it won't be as special (though I certainly wouldn't protest it) Once every third year or so seems special enough to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawakangaroo Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Once every third year or so seems special enough to me I'm sorry, I know you'd love to see The Resistance in full. Maybe they'd even play Neutron Star Collision... so depressing that it probably won't happen. But if they do do that again, I'd probably have to miss it again and I'd be all depressed again So I hope they don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maneachicken Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Only negative is not enough of it is played live anymore... So many great songs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlammingCow Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I really like the album, and see nothing wrong with it, I don't see how, people of site, to express, the fans, of an artist, can post this kind of thing. They put their heart, in the music, and such. Pointless, to start this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morinphen Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 At all. For the 47584773487th time, being a fan does not mean being deaf. Anyway, it's not they care about criticism, be it constructive or not... I really like it too, but I do sense there's an overall lack of flow (especially in the last tracks) and Fury should have been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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