Sever Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Supremacy kinda sounds like a awesome Bond song, I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerpentDiaboli Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 After first listen from best to worst: Animals Liquid State Panic Station Isolated System Supremacy Follow Me Save Me Madness Survival Big Freeze Unsustainable Explorers Explorers "worst"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Supremacy was recorded on the Ali Top, Survival on the 7-string old Manson I found strange that the Making Of didn't have Follow Me, Save Me and Liquid State Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 To me, this album combines some of their best songs unfortunately thrown in with a few of their worst. Animals, Supremacy and Panic Station are truly brilliant. Return to the Muse we all know and love. Follow me sounds great live so I'll say I'm a fan of that but not a fan of the album (nero) version. I also like Liquid State and think it will be great live. Madness is growing on me and I actually really like Isolated System. Survival, Save Me are just ok at best. Explorers, Big Freeze, Unsustainable = What the hell were you thinking! I can only think that they could have made a pretty solid 8 or 9 song album by cutting out the weak tunes. On a good note. The band are sounding phenomenal live and I'm sure some of these songs we're not fans of on the album will come to new life when they are played live as most do with Muse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danarnie Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Overall a mix of different genres, styles and sounds. Which, if you like a running theme throughout an album, you won't like this on them grounds. I for one say embrace the diversity of it all; Supremacy - Epic opening which smacks of Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. Madness - Just a really really good song which gets better with every listen. Panic Station - Funked up to the max and bass sound which conjures up the John Deacon in Chris. Prelude - is a sweet sounding orchestral progression into... Survival - The 'Olympics' song we all know. The modern day love and hate song. Follow Me - Slower, moodier sound, with the upbeat chorus. More 'Classic' Muse song structure but with added Dubstep undertones on this one. More of that to follow later. Animals - Another moody number, same as Follow Me with the 'old' Muse theme. Explorers - Slow, 'exploring' throughout. Matt at his classic space exploration song writing best. Big Freeze - On first listen is a bit all over the place for me. Might be a grower after a few more listens. Save Me - Chris' first effort. Slow and heart-felt lyrics. Completely different direction with Chris at the mic. Liquid State - Chris now in full Dave Grohl mode. Rockier and dirtier sound. Like it! Really like it! We now move into the 2nd Law (of thermodynamics) mode of the album...aka the instrumental phase. Unsustainable - Dubstep with sound samples. Think Beatles' Revolution 9 on acid. Isolated System - This is a homage to Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells with more sound samples. So overall, a mix of everything here. A good concept album with a couple of singles here. Again, embrace the diversity! A lot of people will be put off by it but try and see through it and appreciate each song as a singular piece. The big test is transferring this to stage for the live shows coming up. I am at the O2 on the 27th October and am looking forward to the experience as always. Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/sep/24/muse-2nd-law-album-stream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meep Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Explorers "worst"? I love all the inappropriate rolleyes in this section. Going to listen to this soundcloud stream at lunch, though I can't have supremacy as loud as I want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Question: why iTunes doesn't let me put the artwork on wav files? It's on topic because the wav files are the ones of The 2nd Law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edeslash Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Does anyone else find it creepy that Matt put Bing's heartbeat on Isolated System too? Like a journalist said, Isolated System ends with the sounds of the world dying, but it also ends with the sounds of the heartbeat dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Does anyone else find it creepy that Matt put Bing's heartbeat on Isolated System too? Like a journalist said, Isolated System ends with the sounds of the world dying, but it also ends with the sounds of the heartbeat dying. I find it really haunting and depressive. But great. I love this kind of details in songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Oh and Follow Me is probably the next single, the digipacks have the sticker with Follow Me on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furygirl Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 So do we have to wait 'til 2015 to get a new record?:stunned: No, I'm pretty sure it comes out in a couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Museic Syndrome Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Supremacy was recorded on the Ali Top, Survival on the 7-string old Manson I found strange that the Making Of didn't have Follow Me, Save Me and Liquid State Wait, Making Of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musefanlondon Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Oh and Follow Me is probably the next single, the digipacks have the sticker with Follow Me on it Good choice if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5h0r7y Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 So much better than resistance imo (thank god). I prefer it to BH&R too overall at the moment, love panic station, animals and supremacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiT Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 No, I'm pretty sure it comes out in a couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUSEologist Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Just finished my first listen and I like it. A lot. It's Muse Captain, but not as we know it. And that's no bad thing, not because I dislike what has come before but because I like bands to evolve. Sometimes that will work, sometimes it will be crash and burn. Survival is the weak point for me even though I enjoy it. I just don't think it fits on the album... or possibly any album! It's tongue-in-cheek cheese for the Olympics and I think that's how Matt intended it to sound. Forget Adele (please!), Supremacy should be the new Bond theme, it even has Bond undertones in the layers beneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFL Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I've actually realised that the album has a decent flow from Panic Station to Big Freeze. Really cool, I would have never expected this from The 2nd Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cllelf Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I respect peoples opinion, but your opinion is wrong if you think TR is better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeedgeMcDuck Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Does anyone else find it creepy that Matt put Bing's heartbeat on Isolated System too? Like a journalist said, Isolated System ends with the sounds of the world dying, but it also ends with the sounds of the heartbeat dying. How do you know it's Bing's heartbeat? I've only heard him say it's in Follow Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalashasta Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I respect peoples opinion, but your opinion is wrong if you think TR is better than this. this is true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodymaryiii Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 How do you know it's Bing's heartbeat? I've only heard him say it's in Follow Me. Because it sounds exactly the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebraE Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I have listened to the new album 3 times now, and I love it!! I never had a problem with TR, but this is far better. Follow me is one of my favorite songs; I think it's one of Matts' best yet. Fantastic work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Museic Syndrome Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 FabriPav, any more pictures of your boxset? And any fun details from the Making Of you care to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sade Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 So do we have to wait 'til 2015 to get a new record?:stunned: Talk about modern people having short attention spans...the current album tracks have been out for one day. Matt's vocals are so off for me on several tracks (at least on shitty stream quality)...I feel like he is even kind of mocking the listeners...doing a weird parody version of himself and seeing people eat it up. I'm sure I'll get used to them, I just wanted to record my strong reaction to them. It's frustrating as he clearly got the chops to sing amazingly and some times that shines through for some amazing moments. Explorers is kind of a disgusting song, upon repeated listens, not just a filler. The end of the track saves it a bit though...not much. I like Big Freeze, I got no beef with it. The "king of the universe" part immediately makes me think a Lion King musical moment, for some reason. Also, I don't get why people demand every song to end with riffing and massive build ups (I've seen these comments for Liquid State, Animals and Isolated System). I mean, that would definitely be Muse being repetive. Not every Muse song has to be built like that. I do like this album so much more than TR. It has it's cringe-worthy moments and wtf? production choices, but it still feels a lot more exciting than TR in every way. /some random thoughts after one more album listen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeedgeMcDuck Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Because it sounds exactly the same? That's conjecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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