Drones Album Discussion Thread

[TheHappySpaceman]

The guitar work in Aftermath is really quite good.

 

Agreed, it's a nice bluesy riff. Almost reminds me of Hendrix.

 

Also, the chorus reminds me a little of that of Map of the Problematique.

[Jobby]

The guitar work in Aftermath is really quite good.

 

Eh, it's alright, particularly at the start. Nowt special though imo, just fairly standard blues.

[Bumpypotato]

I'm more impressed in the bass post 1st chorus. Speaking of, with a better chorus and more inspired orchestration (or no orchestration at all) it could've been so much better.

[Hat]

Yep. Up until the chorus it's actually quite good.

[topo_musero]

Aftermath is good before that christian-rock chorus, yeah :LOL:

[TheHappySpaceman]

Aftermath is good before that christian-rock chorus, yeah :LOL:

 

Ouch.

[Clunge]

You know what, Drones ain't half bad on reflection.

 

Dead Inside really is becoming one of my favourite Muse songs of all time. It's just a fantastic opening track.

[LewisF]

Dead Inside is such a tune

[nerd herd]

Still listen to pretty much all of this album a lot. Dead Inside, Reapers and The Handler are some of the best songs they've done.

[BlueEyedFloozy]

I managed to get the whole way through Aftermath for the first time yesterday! The other two times I've tried it I had to switch it off through sheer cringing.

 

NOPE. Still sounds like a Gary Barlow reject. How can the same album have that dross and Reapers and The Handler??

[Tesseract]

I managed to get the whole way through Aftermath for the first time yesterday! The other two times I've tried it I had to switch it off through sheer cringing.

 

NOPE. Still sounds like a Gary Barlow reject. How can the same album have that dross and Reapers and The Handler??

 

Agreed, I don't know if I can ever force myself to listen to it again. Especially disappointing because the beginning of the song is so promising.

[topo_musero]

I genuinely feel a slight tinge of embarrassment and disappointment every time I remember Aftermath exists.

 

I feel more dissapointed as the beginning is promising, it has a great guitar work in my opinion, but the chorus and the christian rock ending is just blooody awful.

[MartianSpaghettiRider]

After nine months since its release, I can say Drones is quite successfully standing the test of time for me. It isn't the absolutely best Muse' album to date, but to me is sounding more and more cohesive and solid. I even like Aftermath very much, but I wish they could've replaced it with another song, maybe with a "higher voltage" ballad in the style of Invincible.

[Zepp]

Yes, the album has its flaws (the last third of Aftermath and Mercy) but it has a cohesive artistic proposition that makes it highly enjoyable.

[Clunge]

One man's 'cohesive artistic proposition' is another man's tacky clichéd thought vomit.

 

Srsly, Drones is about as intelligent or thought-provoking as the contents of a 12-year-old's Live Journal.

 

Thankfully, it's got some musical intrigue to bring to the table.

[Zepp]

Totally. There's nothing interesting about what the album is trying to say. But musically and thematically it has a somewhat cohesive universe, and I like that.

[kueller]

There's some aspects regarding the narrative that have made me theorize a bit.

[Tim59]

But the last third of Aftermath is the best part.

[Henz]

Holds up well. First half is still good. Second half is still shit.

 

Was really hoping for some B sides to crop up

[LewisF]

Holds up well. First half is still good. Second half is still shit.

 

Was really hoping for some B sides to crop up

 

I think those days are gone forever

[Destroya]

Maybe no B sides is a good thing, they could've ended up just being remixes or Prague quality They could've left Revolt and Aftermath off the album and made them the b-sides.

[MartianSpaghettiRider]

Maybe no B sides is a good thing, they could've ended up just being remixes or Prague quality They could've left Revolt and Aftermath off the album and made them the b-sides.

 

Also, if I was in their shoes, I would have added another heavy track between Psycho and Mercy, carrying on with theme of the first one. Maybe the whole album could have taken benefits from it.

[Jobby]

Even just studio versions of Sign O' The Times and Lies would be nice tbh. I remember Dom told a fan they'd record the former next time they were in the studio back in 2013 or something but I guess they forgot.

[apoco123]

Aftermath is probably my least favorite song on the album, but that doesn't mean to say i hate it. Apparently I read it was written for Robert John "Mutt" Lange, a kinda homage. With that in mind I respected it more. I don't get the hate for 'Revolt' though, I really like this track. It has a B-side feel, reminded me a little of 'Crying Shame' or 'Easily' a little.

[Finn.]

I don't get the hate for 'Revolt' though, I really like this track. It has a B-side feel, reminded me a little of 'Crying Shame' or 'Easily' a little.

 

But sadly both Crying Shame and Easily don't have rocket launchers in their videos. Everything is better with rocket launchers. Thinking about it, they don't even have a video to begin with.