Shrinking Universe Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Perhaps I'm just speaking from the perspective of shallower music fans than the ones on this forum but, in my experience, if an artist has released a few albums of relatively similar quality (ie. no MASSIVELY better or terrible ones), what edges people's favourite is what one they listened to first. Don't know why, maybe they identify with it more, or it's the one that made them love an artist first before they went to the other albums with preconceptions, thinking "OMG it's the new album from band X..." As their fanbase has grown massively since Showbiz, many people won't have heard Showbiz first, perhaps going back to it as an afterthought, hence it not being many people's favourite. A theory? You'd be hard pressed to find anyone on here agreeing that Showbiz and T2L are of similar quality. So while I fully agree that sentiment might play a role, I disagree with the causality that you propose. I think what you say should be explained in terms of a selection effect, in that the album that drags somebody into a band is obviously liked by them per definition, whereas later albums may or may not be liked. That alone will skew the statistics in favour of the first album encountered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmuser Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Have only listened to 2nd Law once so far - will try again today - but first impressions - quite disappointed. 1. BHR 2. Absolution 3, TR 4. Showbiz 5. 2nd Law 6. Origin of Symmetry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabriPav Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Have only listened to 2nd Law once so far - will try again today - but first impressions - quite disappointed. 1. BHR 2. Absolution 3, TR 4. Showbiz 5. 2nd Law 6. Origin of Symmetry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maus Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 1. Origin of Symmetry 2. Absolution 3. Black Holes and Revelations 4. Resistance 5. The 2nd Law 6. Showbiz Although 5 and 6 are interchangeable. Both have very weak songs and songs I really like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertw Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 1. Origin of Symmetry 2. Absolution 3. The 2nd Law 4. Black Holes & Revelations 5. Showbiz 6. The Resistance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croekk Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 01 Origin of Symmetry - 10/10 02 Black Holes & Revelations - 10/10 03 Absolution - 9/10 04 Showbiz - 8/10 05 The Resistance - 7/10 06 The 2nd Law - 6/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The2ndwub Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 1. Origin of symmetry - Best- Citizen erased- worst- Megalomania 2. The 2nd law ( will probably overtake OOS ) - Best- too early to tell - worst- follow me 3. Showbiz - best - showbiz - worst - sober 4. Absolution - best - Hysteria - worst - Falling away with you 5. Black holes and revelations - best - Knights of cydonia - worst - Take a bow 6. The resistance - best - exogenesis 1,2,3 - worst - I belong to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopar4t4 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 BH&R > Absolution > TR/OoS > T2L > Showbiz Of course this is after listening to T2L in its entirety for THE FIRST TIME. Although I don't see it becoming my fav. Must change to: BH&R > Absolution > OoS/T2L > TR > Showbiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWales Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 http://www.strictlyrandl.com/features/rank-the-albums-muse/ I wrote this for Strictly Reading and Leeds, it's quite hard to place a new album after a few listens though! (Go easy on me ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmuser Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Yeah, sorry about that - just don't like OoS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbo Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Abso > T2L > BH&R = OoS > TR > Showbiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskatie Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Black Holes and Revelations The 2nd Law The Resistance Absolution Origin of Symmetry Showbiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninsp Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I really am surprised by how much I like it. Which is even more surprising considering the amount of flak this album has taken. I've been a Muse fan for a very long time, and it's a clear 3rd. Definitely better than The Resistance. Absolution Origin of Symmetry The 2nd Law Black Holes and Revelations The Resistance Showbiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojane Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Origin of Symmetry Absolution BH&R The 2nd Law The Resistance Showbiz 2nd law changed a bit, from 3rd to 4th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Origin Of Symmetry Absolution Black Holes & Revelations The Resistance The 2nd Law Showbiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfang Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 1. Origin of Symmetry 2. Absolution 3. Black Holes & Revelations 4. Showbiz/The 2nd Law (my mind changes a lot between these two) 5. The Resistance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizutsu Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 1. Absolution 2. T2L 3. Origin 4. TR 5. BHAR 6. Showbiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuseMan77 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 For me Abso > OoS/BH&R > Showbiz > TR > T2L Abso is first for me as songs like SS, TSP, SFA, Hysteria and the others on the album are great It was hard to separate OoS and BH&R as these are both really solid albums and are equal 2nd Showbiz just etched in before TR as the old stuff for me is still so great to listen to TR is placed above T2L as TR flows and sounds like an album compared to T2L with songs like Follow Me, Madness and Big Cheese and Save Me just dont do it for me, though i will admit Suprem, Survival, LS, Unsus and Animals do it some justice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musekiddo Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 OOS Abso BH&R Showbiz TR T2L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 OOS Absolution BHaR/T2L TR Showbiz It's a tie between BHaR and T2L for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewez26 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Origin of Symmetry The 2nd Law Black Holes and Revolutions Showbiz Absolution The Resistance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksky Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 At the moment it's OOS T2L BH&R Absolution TR Showbiz usually I rate Showbiz higher than TR, but I really like TR more than usually at the moment. And the other 4 are all nearly tied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangeseas Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 OoS Absolution/BHAR TR Showbiz T2L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chagi Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 OoS Absolution/BHAR TR Showbiz T2L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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