Drones Album Discussion Thread

lurkinglurkerlurksagain · November 6, 2015

You'd think; but that doesn't mesh to me with the "forever alone" ending.

And, I mean, he's admitted to putting a "babe" in Reapers, 'just for funzies.'

For some reason, I really want to believe it's a madman talking to himself.

Or he could be talking to the drones and nukes that are left... He loves his "Babe" nuke so very much!

wriinkly feet · November 7, 2015

Why does Aftermath have to suck so much. The beginning is gorgeous and then it takes a horrible turn to country diva and leaves me crying for what could have been. It's just so disappointing.

100% spot on, the intro is so haunting then it just turns to absolute shite, it could have been so great :'(

TheLionSlicer · November 9, 2015

I've really grown to appreciate this album. I think all of the songs are really good so I guess it's become one of my top muse albums

Jobby · November 9, 2015

I've really grown to appreciate this album. I think all of the songs are really good so I guess it's become one of my top muse albums

Would agree apart form Aftermath and Mercy. Other than that, all the tracks are at least solid imo.

In terms of how it stands with the other albums, for me:

BH&R

OOS

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Drones

Absolution

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The Resistance

Showbiz

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The 2nd Law

I can see Drones and Abso going back and forth over time, unless Drones pulls a T2L and suddenly plummets in my estimations after a few months. I think that'd already happened by this point with T2L though.

Citizen Erased 01 · November 10, 2015

The Handler's still an absolute beast, practically listening to it once a day at the moment. $:\mm/:$

BigGeorge · November 10, 2015

Reapers is top 5 for my favorite Muse songs now, I'm never not in a mood to listen to it.

TheLionSlicer · November 10, 2015

Reapers is top 5 for my favorite Muse songs now, I'm never not in a mood to listen to it.

Reapers is my favorite on the album. What a monster track!

MAurelia · November 10, 2015

The Handler's still an absolute beast, practically listening to it once a day at the moment. $:\mm/:$

The Handler is AMAZING.

I like Drones (the album) very much. But...it's too short!

static shadows · November 11, 2015

It's fairly solid as an album and an improvement on the awful mess that was The 2nd Law. It's arguably more consistent that The Resistance too. I like that they've made something a touch rockier, there are some very good moments, and in The Handler they have probably written their best track since BH&R.

But Drones still largely suffers from its lack of an inventive spark and creative edge, a sonic identity that is Muse rather than [insert other artist here]. That, of course, isn't to say that their old music didn't have influences, or that I'm against change or experimentation. But their 'experimentation' over the last few years has simply been to mimic other artists and usually do so quite generically, not re-imagining it in a way that feels fresh or interesting: adhering to musical cliches rather than challenging them or moulding them into something new (which they were once so good at doing, especially around OOS). Aside from the odd riff, most of the instrumentation in Drones just doesn't feel musically exciting or inventive to me.

The album is also rather patchy, with some tracks feeling lazy and unfinished (e.g. Psycho, Globalist), others being more rather uninspired/dull attempts at pop (Mercy, Dead Inside), a lack of real musical cohesiveness or flow as a whole, and Aftermath being simply awful. And lyrically it's simply cringeworthy. The lyrics and 'Orwellian story' are painful, clumsy, and shallow. They make me wince each time I listen to it. So overall, it's an improvement but is still ultimately disappointing.

Edited November 12, 2015 by Static Shadows

OriginOfAbso · November 12, 2015

Pretty much exactly how I feel.

heyjackk · November 12, 2015

Still listening to Dead Inside and The Handler frequently and occasionally the Globalist. Other than that though I don't really listen to the album much and it's already wearing off on me. Reapers and Psycho are fun to play along to on guitar and Reapers I'll give a listen to if it pops up on shuffle but DI and TH are the only ones I'm currently finding myself actively going to and listening to a lot.

Mozza · November 12, 2015

There's two really good songs on the album, a couple of decent pop songs, and a couple more decent, if overlong rock song and some other bland or bizzare stuff. It's better than the last two albums though

Hat · November 12, 2015

Drones is decent but wasted potential. Psycho should have been two minutes shorter, Aftermath needed a better chorus and less cheese at the end, and there should have been one track where they completely lost it, before the story started to get better. Where is the part where she reaches the absolute bottom and has to fight her way up? But judging from the extremely repetitive riffing in Psycho along with the several old riffs here and there, I'm guessing they simply ran out of ideas.

Oh and Mercy is crap. Revolt is decent but ruins the concept experience for me.

tdrunner95 · November 12, 2015

After a few months of letting the album sink in, I stand by my statement that this album is a 6/10.

Dead Inside really grew on me since it was first premiered.

Psycho is just killer live.

Mercy is meh, haven't seen it live yet.

Reapers is also great live.

The Handler is one of their best imo.

Defector is meh.

Revolt, no.

Aftermath was a let down for me. Especially when some reviews compared it to blackout.

The Globalist is probably my favorite song from the album.

Drones, no.

Mattestro · November 12, 2015

Oh and Mercy is crap. Revolt is decent but ruins the concept experience for me.

:noey:

jonisdead · November 12, 2015

Pretty sure Mercy isn't crap and Revolt is.

Jobby · November 12, 2015

Pretty sure Mercy isn't crap and Revolt is.

jonisdead · November 12, 2015

#tru

Citizen Erased 01 · November 12, 2015

creepy as hell.

frozenbanana · November 12, 2015

there should have been one track where they completely lost it, before the story started to get better.

I hadn't even thought about that before I read this comment, but now I have, I too really wish they'd done something along those lines

Tim59 · November 13, 2015

I don't really get the argument that a song that's great live makes the album version good too.

Hat · November 13, 2015

I don't think anyone makes that argument. People are saying what's positive about the song's existence.

Tim59 · November 13, 2015

Ah fair enough.

Museic Syndrome · November 13, 2015

Drones is decent but wasted potential. Psycho should have been two minutes shorter, Aftermath needed a better chorus and less cheese at the end, and there should have been one track where they completely lost it, before the story started to get better. Where is the part where she reaches the absolute bottom and has to fight her way up? But judging from the extremely repetitive riffing in Psycho along with the several old riffs here and there, I'm guessing they simply ran out of ideas.

Oh and Mercy is crap. Revolt is decent but ruins the concept experience for me.

I agree so much. Especially with the part about losing it completely... I needed that one more track.

And yeah I think they ran out of ideas, I think the concept is a bit too shallow.

Finn. · November 13, 2015

with the part about losing it completely... I needed that one more track.

We already have that. That glorious part in The Globalist, it should last a bit more.

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