mai_taylor24 Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 4.Black Holes and Revelations -Muse's latest album, BH&R is deffinatly a "Supermassive Album". There are many great songs, including my favorite, Map of the Problematique, that leave you wanting to come back for more. Im not quite sure what it is about this album, but theres something lacking and it just seems way less prepared than the other albums were. Assassin seemed very rusehd and like a last min song or something. Some songs on the album just didnt click with me very well and the lack of piano was a huge dissapointment. I completley agree with evey point you made. It's not that i really dislike any of the songs it's just that the album doesn't have that wow factor of the other albums. 1 - Absolution 2 - Origin of Symmetry 3 - Showbiz 4 - BH&R's 5 - Hullabaloo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static shadows Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 1. Origin of Symmetry because it has: New Born, Bliss, Space Dementia, Hyper Music, Plug In Baby, Citizen Erased and Micro Cuts on it! Plus Screenager, Dark Shines and Feeling Good are quite decent too. It is the best, its bassline driven with some riffs scattered around. 2.Black Holes and Revelations, a bit hit and miss but the last 3 songs are immense, as is Take A Bow and Map of 3.Showbiz - A bit rough round the edges but Showbiz and Sunburn are still 2 of my favourite Muse songs. Muscle Museum and Uno are also very good. Hate This and I'll Love You is beautiful. Stuff like Fillip and Escape show potential but are a bit weak. 4.Absolution - Its basically just Hysteria and Stockholm Syndrome with some other nice tracks but a bit disappointing. Awarded full marks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsika Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Origin Of Symmetry Absolution Black Holes & Revelations Showbiz Hullaballo and Live's http://www.myspace.com/jazzismymusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Atheist Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 1 - Black Holes and Revelations 2 - Absolution 3 - Origin of Symmetry 4 - Showbiz Map of the Problematique is my favorite Muse song. Knights of Cydonia is close. I also love Starlight, Take a Bow and Hoodoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullius lusencus Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Absolution:D Orgin of Simmetry:p Black Holes And Revelations Showbizz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Origin Of Symmetry, Absolution, Black Holes & Revelations, Showbiz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiko Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I still say The Small Print and ToaDA are blatant filler. They spoil an otherwise great album. But at least they prepared us for tracks like Assassin, Exo, Crying Shame etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandi.m Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Well, it really depends on my current mood but at the moment my list looks like this: 1. Origin of Symmetry 2. Showbiz 3. Black Holes and Revelations 4. Absolution 5. Hullabaloo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry. Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 This is hard..... 1.Absolution 2.OOS 3.BH+R 4.Showbiz 5.Hullabaloo I luv em all, but oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living Atheist Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Changed my mind: 1. Black Holes and Revelations 2. Showbiz 3. Absolution 4. Origin of Symmetry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letiletileti Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 absolution black holes and revelations (funny thing is that i hated it for couple of months, couldn't force myself to fully listen it. lately i'm addicted to it ) origin of symmetry showbiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Love Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 OoS Showbiz Absolution BH&R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ils13 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 1- Oos (I'm really addicted to that one...) 2- Showbiz 3- Absolution 4- BH&R Hullabaloo: don't know where to place it, to me it's not like a "real album"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyperJamie Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 It's hard because I think they're all very good in their own way. But.... 1. Absolution: a "pwoper" emotional rollercoaster which never really stops. It has no really weak songs, other than FAWY/Endlessly/Blackout/Ruled by secrecy, and that's only because they're slow. =2. Origin of Symmetry: beaten to the top spot because it doesn't end well. After Micro cuts it all goes a bit too random. If it had a better finish it could be awesome, and it does have 2 or 3 of their best songs in (New Born, Bliss, Citizen Erased), it's just not good enough. =2. Showbiz: Strong all the way through, but I particularly love the last 5 songs. It's very angsty and very raw, and I prefer them that way. This is why it's tied with OoS: I can't really choose between them. 4. BH&R: It was my first taste of muse, and I originally thought WOW because of 5 main songs: TaB, MotP, Invincible, CoD, KoC. While KoC and TaB are arguably their greatest songs, apart from MotP,CoD, SMBH and Assassin it's not really all that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredlufc Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 1. Absolution. Thoughs of a dying Athiest was superb 2. Oos 3. Showbiz 4. BHaR 5. Hullabaloo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofofo Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Black Holes and Revelations I like every song on it except hoodoo and glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiko Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I feel the complete opposite for those two songs. Glorious is not only my favourite B-Side, it's in the top 4 or 5 of my favourite Muse tracks. Hoodoo is also top 4-5 on the BH&R album. It's just classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApocalypsePleasure2 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I have no idea why people hate Hoodoo. Its a great song and one of the best on the album. The first half of the song plays on emotions while the second half features the awesome drumline and piano chords. The best thing about this song though, is the lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brisk Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Whats Your Fav. Album? at the moment it's bh&r but it's always changing it depends on my mood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ControllingMyFeelings Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Origin of Symmetry. For me, this was the album that restored my faith in Muse. I don't think anything by Muse was played much in Australia until TIRO, which is the song that hooked me. T hen came Hysteria and I loved it too. I immediately bought the album and initially loved it but grew sick of it very quickly. After a few months I listened to it again and wondered if their earlier albums would have been any better. I bought Showbiz and OoS and listened to them both. At first I flicked through the songs on Showbiz, not really paying too much attention and not particularly too impressed by it - then I did the same with OoS and was more impressed. The more I listened to it, the more I loved it and to this day, it is my favourite album by Muse, ranked ahead of Showbiz, Hullabaloo and Absolution while Black Holes and Revelations is last (yet still very good) How opinions change... Currently, the order goes OOS (forever the number one spot, never to be displaced......probably) Absolution, Black Holes, Showbiz, Hullaballoo - to be fair, I only listened to hullabaloo for the first time in the middle of this year so it was relatively new to me when I posted - but HCM, Recess and Shrinking Universe kick arse! Tomorrow, I'll do my album reviews and proper ranking but now I need sleep as I'm very tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastrola Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I didn't know where to put this, but I thought you guys might wanna see this. It's one hell of a review for OoS I found by accident. http://www.cluas.com/music/albums/muse.htm What makes it so darn funny is that he uses such lame arguements (if any) only those twelve year olds he mentions would be proud of. Well, now you know that people who actually hate OoS do exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApocalypsePleasure2 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I didn't know where to put this, but I thought you guys might wanna see this. It's one hell of a review for OoS I found by accident. http://www.cluas.com/music/albums/muse.htm What makes it so darn funny is that he uses such lame arguements (if any) only those twelve year olds he mentions would be proud of. Well, now you know that people who actually hate OoS do exist. That guy deserves to be hung or burned on a stake alive. How he described New Born and Bliss were too much to bear! Especially Bliss! "Horrible synthesisers...horrible lyrics".:'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ControllingMyFeelings Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 OK that pissed me off! I would never wish death on anyone but - well he attacked my four favourite songs off the album - bastard! Hopefully he ends up in prison for beating his wife or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApocalypsePleasure2 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I know this is quite redundant but just to prove to myself that opinions can always change.... ApocalypsePleasure's Showbiz rating: Sunburn : 9/10 Muscle Museum : 8.5/10 Filip : 6.5/10 Falling Down : 4/10 Cave : 8/10 Showbiz : 8/10 Unintended : 7.5/10 Uno : 7.5/10 Sober : 5/10 Escape : 7/10 Overdue : 5/10 HT&ILY : 8.5/10 ApocalypsePleasure's Origin of Symmetry rating: New Born : 9.5/10 Bliss : 10/10 Space Dementia : 8/10 Hyper Music : 8/10 Plug in Baby : 8/10 Citizen Erased : 10/10 Micro Cuts : 10/10 Screenager : 8/10 Darkshines : 8/10 Feeling Good : 8/10 Megalomania : 8.5/10 ApocalypsePleasure's Absolution rating: Intro : 8/10 Apocalypse Please : 10/10 Time is Running Out : 7.5/10 Sing for Absolution : 9.5/10 Stockholm Syndrome : 9.5/10 FAWY : 6/10 Interlude : 5/10 Hysteria : 9.5/10 Blackout : 8/10 Butterflies and Hurricanes : 9/10 The Small Print : 8.5/10 Endlessly : 8.5/10 TOADA : 4/10 Ruled by Secrecy : 9/10 ApocalypsePleasure's Black Holes & Revelations rating: Take a Bow : 9.5/10 Starlight : 6.5/10 Supermassive Black Hole : 9/10 Map of the Problematique : 9/10 Soldier's Poem : 7/10 Invincible : 8.5/10 Assassin : 6/10 [Assassin (GOB edit) : 9/10] Exo-Politics : 7/10 City of Delusion : 9.5/10 HooDoo : 9.5/10 Knights of Cydonia : 9/10 This shows that Abso/OOS/BH&R are equally good. Showbiz suffers, because it's their first album. I'll still say my favourite album is BH&R because it carries most of my favourite songs. Having said that, my top 2 favs come from OOS and Abso respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkadelic Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Origin of Symmetry- I really love every song and probably listen to it the most. Plus it was the album that got me into Muse in the first place. Black Holes- BH&R is slightly underrated by Muse fans, imo. The best ones on there are up with the highest quality OoS songs. Most of the weaker songs are still brilliant live, and I guess when you're trying out different ideas, it's natural it would be hit and miss. Absolution- I love Absolution as an album, but I can't listen to half of it. Just because the second half of the album sounds much better live. It also feels a bit too cold for my liking sometimes. As a whole though it works. Hullabaloo- Hullabaloo's great! It's so Musey and has a couple of my favourites. Showbiz- Probably their weakest, but for some reason I've always loved the Showbiz era so it's got a special place in my heart. All of them have their charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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