Drones Album Discussion Thread

[TheLionSlicer]

Schindler's List

 

[Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out]

Top 5 lists:

 

Rank every Muse song

Worst song off every album

Best song off every album

Schindler's List

Middle song from every album

 

Yay! My mindless list made it onto the list of best lists!

[lurkinglurkerlurksagain]

Updated List:

OoS

BHaR

Drones

Showbiz

Absolution

2nd Law

The Resistance

 

Yay! Lists! Everyone loves lists!

[simplytom]

New review/scores for Drones (must be on my 5th one by now.)

 

Dead Inside: 9/10

Psycho: 7/10

Mercy: 6/10

Reapers: 10/10

The Handler: 10/10

Defector: 6/10

Revolt: 6/10

Aftermath: 5/10

The Globalist: 9/10

Drones: 5/10

[Mozza]

The Handler

Reapers

 

The Globalist

Psycho

Mercy

Defector

Dead Inside

 

Revolt

Aftermath

 

I have no idea if I think Drones is genius or stupid

[Citizen Erased 01]

I have no idea if I think Drones is genius or stupid

 

sums up Muse pretty well tbh

[Peter.]

The Handler

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Dead Inside

The Globalist

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Defector

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Mercy

Psycho

Aftermath

Reapers

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Drones

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(insert infinite number of dots)

Revolt

 

edit: why the hell am I still doing this

[Citizen Erased 01]

Mercy

Psycho

Aftermath

Reapers

 

you prefer Mercy to Reapers? Fair enough, can I ask why? Is it the AC/DC vibe?

[serpentsatellite]

Dead Inside

Mercy

The Handler (I had this as 2nd, but I know I'm lying to myself...)

Revolt

The Globalist/Drones (I still contend they are one song)

Psycho

Aftermath

Reapers

Defector

[Destroya]

I hate ACDC but absolutely love Reapers, best Muse song off their last three albums closely followed by Panic Station (love the Scissor Sisters vibe off that track).

[Jobby]

I hate ACDC but absolutely love Reapers

 

Probably because Reapers sounds very little like AC/DC.

[Peter.]

you prefer Mercy to Reapers? Fair enough, can I ask why? Is it the AC/DC vibe?

 

that and everything else. mercy is actually quite nice.

[Citizen Erased 01]

I hate ACDC but absolutely love Reapers

 

same

 

Probably because Reapers sounds very little like AC/DC.

 

yeah I agree, but some people seem to think it does. The guitars, I guess

[MartianSpaghettiRider]

Reapers solo is, like, the perfect background soundtrack anytime you're playing to the retro version of Space Invaders.

[White Heat]

It does sound like AC/DC, that's the first thing many people thought when they posted the instagram video.

[Boogles.]

I always got more of a RATM vibe from it than AC/DC.

[DramaQueen.]

I like some AC/DC songs, but never really got the comparison with Reapers:erm: Maybe just the guitars, but apart from that it doesn't sound anything like AC/DC. For me, at least

 

Reapers solo is, like, the perfect background soundtrack anytime you're playing to the retro version of Space Invaders.

 

This is so true is even disturbing :LOL:

[Citizen Erased 01]

It does sound like AC/DC, that's the first thing many people thought when they posted the instagram video.

 

nah

[serpentsatellite]

ACDC is just the first band that probably comes to mind when thinking about the "classic rock sound" for a lot of people, myself included. Plus, the band called them to mind by literally posting the Mutt/ACDC connection on their Instagram.

I personally was reminded more of Van Halen at the beginning and RATM at the end.

Weren't parts of The Handler also compared to ACDC?

 

I felt that Reapers had a bit of a generic sound to the guitar solos, and on record the guitar in the verses sounded odd (and yeah, "video game-y,") the amount of those damn solos was excessive, it's a bit emotionally bereft compared to the rest of the album in delivery, and the different distinct sections of the song don't flow together well.

I still enjoy it a bit from time to time, but it doesn't work well in the album for me.

[Alec Ferris]

I always got more of a RATM vibe from it than AC/DC.

 

I'd say the RatM vibe is only discernible at the very end. That kind of influence is largely missing from the album as a whole (I can't pick out any particularly strong influence on the guitars to be honest). The feel is closer to AC/DC or Metallica's Black Album, even if the riffing isn't.

[Chryse]

Reapers

The Handler

Dead Inside

Defector

Psycho/Drones

Revolt

The Globalist

Mercy

Aftermath

 

 

I listen to it all the way through, and then sorta tune out after Revolt. Not saying the last part is particularly bad, it just isn't exciting as the first half. I've really grown to love Dead Inside and Revolt, while I've lost interest in Aftermath and Mercy.

 

Drones is still beautiful, and I get chills listening to it. I love that the album starts with "Revere a million prayers" and ends with "Amen"...its brilliant.

 

Overall, this album is really good. Its better than The Resistance and The 2nd Law and pretty much on par with Black Holes.

[Jobby]

It does sound like AC/DC, that's the first thing many people thought when they posted the instagram video.

 

Because that one riff is the only part (other than a little bit of the solo) that sounds remotely like AC/DC. It's not really a valid comparison for the entire song.

[Boogles.]

Weren't parts of The Handler also compared to ACDC?

 

I believe the solo/bridge in The Handler was compared to Thunderstruck.

[Dominic.]

Because that one riff is the only part (other than a little bit of the solo) that sounds remotely like AC/DC. It's not really a valid comparison for the entire song.

 

Sounds more like Bombtrack enit.

[BigGeorge]

The only parts of Reapers that sounds even remotely ACDCish is the drums and little bits of the solo.