Brello Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Wow just listened to the album in full - FUCKING EPIC!!! Panic station is probably my favourite song with Supermacy and Follow me just behind. The only track that i didnt really get into was Explorers, absolutely loving Isolated System as a closer. Give it a strong 8/10 and probably my second favourite album!!! Awesome Work!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyn Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Wow, I'm really surprised how many of you are loving Isolated System! Don't get me wrong, it's got some beautiful guitar and piano work. If only it had some sort of build up and lyrics, I'd probably enjoy it a lot more. Can't see it finding its way onto my ipod in its current form though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I actually think that Animals > Explorers > Big Freeze > Save Me flows great. The rest, not that much. But I wasn't expecting cohesion, so it's totally alright. Liquid State > Unsustainable > Isolated System works great too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 You know when you unfollow someone on twitter and they're like, "what did I do wrong, why do you hate me" and you're like, well, nothing, I don't hate, I nothing you, and don't really feel the need to subscribe to your thoughts. That's sort of my feeling towards most of this album at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 You know when you unfollow someone on twitter and they're like, "what did I do wrong, why do you hate me" and you're like, well, nothing, I don't hate, I nothing you, and don't really feel the need to subscribe to your thoughts. That's sort of my feeling towards most of this album at the moment. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Played it all and I'm writing up my opinions in full for usage later, but I felt a bit confused by it. There were some fantastic tunes - Supremacy, Panic Station, Liquid State and Isolated System in particular, while Follow Me, Animals and Save Me were also quite a good tune. But the flow, as has been hinted, wasn't there. Plus some songs themselves really confused me, not least the one-two of Explorers & Big Freeze. I think it needs further listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitton Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 That chord at the end of Supremacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Oh and not sure if anyone pointed out how good the production is. It will be way clearer with the HD audio, but this is definitely the Muse album with the best production so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 It's ite, nothing special and not very cohesive. HIGHLIGHTS: Isolated System. So so good Supremacy (although it needs more b33f like that live recording) Animals even though they plag1ar1s3d my riff And Panic Station is fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bells Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 There is something to it that makes it better than The Resistance, but it's no where near the other albums. Maybe it's because the songs (T2L) are generally more, uh, substantial and interesting (even the ones I dislike) and although it's got 3 instrumental tracks, it feels like they really put some extra effort and love into it this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitton Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Oh and not sure if anyone pointed out how good the production is. It will be way clearer with the HD audio, but this is definitely the Muse album with the best production so far First thing that came into my mind when i started to listen to Supremacy. I think the production on the vocals is especially good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Why? I just don't really like it. Supremacy is cool and Panic Station is fun. Madness is nice. I don't like Survival because of previous reasons. Follow Me is like one of the tracks on Nero's album I'd probably skip and the sound of a heart beat freaks me out as hearts a pretty gross. It's just quite generic. It just sounds like a forced dubstep remix rather than a cohesive song. Animals, eh, it's ok, no feelings towards it. Explorers, same, just, Don't Stop Me know melody rip off that goes on and on, Big Freeze is also just eh, Save Me contains nothing that signifies it being a Muse song, same with Liquid State. The mixing on LS sucks, Chris's voice is hard to make out some times. Unsustainable's just a fun bit of music with a gimmicky voice over. Isolated system is also a nice bit of music but I don't really know why it's a closing track on an album all on it's own. I just feel when you take all the coopted in pieces and reference there isn't much of a characterful album left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaSarahS Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Why? Because he's a robot! Proof: hearts are pretty gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Oh and not sure if anyone pointed out how good the production is. It will be way clearer with the HD audio, but this is definitely the Muse album with the best production so far But Supremacy needs way more b33f I just have IS on repeat, I do rather love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickmak Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Loving it after a couple of listens. Not their best work, but there is a lot to love here, and there will be some killer live versions. Weird and wonderful in equal measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enemy Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 ... where is everyone getting the album from? Or does asking that cause an infraction? And I love TR, so I'm sure I'll love this album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordasm Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Survival - Great Madness - Bland pop song Panic Station - Cheesy, but it's a fun song. It's just laughably absurd Prelude - Generic Muse orchestral wankery Survival - Cheesy, but it's certainly catchy. Follow me - Absolute depths of the album. Bing's heartbeat also creeps me the fuck out Animals - Best song Explorers - Depths of the album. GOOOO TOOOOOOOO SLEEEEEEEEEEP. What the fuck is that. Big Freeze - Terrible everything. Just a horrible song, with horrible lyrics. Save Me - It was nice to hear Chris, but it's just kind of a...nothing song? Doesn't really go anywhere Liquid State - Nice Chris vocals again. Decent song Unsustainable - Shit, even by brostep standards. Didn't help that they just repeat the first half of the song either. Isolated System - Cool, but very underwhelming. Again, it builds up, but there isn't really a climax. Overall I'd give it a strong 5/10. Better than The Resistance, but not as good as other stuff. It's a very mixed bag and feels incomplete, and personally I don't think it flows together well at all. It doesn't feel like an album? I mean listening to Madness after Supremacy was abit fuckin' weird. I'm all for experimenting with genres, but I think they were diving into a new style with each song without trying to catch their breath first. Also a lot of the production is flat, Liquid State is a good example of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 ... where is everyone getting the album from? Or does asking that cause an infraction? And I love TR, so I'm sure I'll love this album it is a bit risky I dunno where everyone else is hearing theirs but Matt came over my flat earlier and chucked on his iPod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitton Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I just don't really like it. Supremacy is cool and Panic Station is fun. Madness is nice. I don't like Survival because of previous reasons. Follow Me is like one of the tracks on Nero's album I'd probably skip and the sound of a heart beat freaks me out as hearts a pretty gross. It's just quite generic. It just sounds like a forced dubstep remix rather than a cohesive song. Animals, eh, it's ok, no feelings towards it. Explorers, same, just, Don't Stop Me know melody rip off that goes on and on, Big Freeze is also just eh, Save Me contains nothing that signifies it being a Muse song, same with Liquid State. The mixing on LS sucks, Chris's voice is hard to make out some times. Unsustainable's just a fun bit of music with a gimmicky voice over. Isolated system is also a nice bit of music but I don't really know why it's a closing track on an album all on it's own. I just feel when you take all the coopted in pieces and reference there isn't much of a characterful album left. I quite like Nero and I don't think Follow Me sounds like one of their tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 This album suuuucks. Deary me. I like Animals and to a lesser extent Supremecy... that's about it. Everything else ranges from passable to flat-out embarassing. It was nice to hear Chris singing but neither song stood out. Won't be buying this, glad it was streamed first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spark_ Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 The main problem I have with the album at this point is that, several hours after first listening to it, I can't actually remember what a number of songs sound like. Which is not a good thing. I hope - and suspect - that it'll improve live, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitton Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Listening to Animals through my speakers, and half way through, bam. A phone call from Green Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-museing Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 The main problem I have with the album at this point is that, several hours after first listening to it, I can't actually remember what a number of songs sound like. Which is not a good thing. I hope - and suspect - that it'll improve live, though. I agree with this. Some of the songs are very ... meh. Not very memorable. But maybe that'll change on a second listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spark_ Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I mean, to be fair, it means I can't say "this song was bad" or anything when I can't even remember what it sounded like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I mean, to be fair, it means I can't say "this song was bad" or anything when I can't even remember what it sounded like! Hah yeah, same here. Half the album didn't really register. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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