Author Topic: Muse - v. Will of the People (rel Aug 26, 2022) (Read 209287 times)

Mr. Beale · « **Reply #455 on:** August 14, 2011, 11:17:07 PM »

Undisclosed Desires, MK Ultra, and The Resistance are the only tracks I find myself returning to on the last record.

There's not enough love for BHAR here imho, easily my second favorite album of their's.

ariich · « **Reply #456 on:** August 15, 2011, 03:25:14 AM »

Resistance is a gorgeous song. The only song off TR that I don't like is Guiding Light, the rest all range from good to amazing.

Bill Carson · « **Reply #457 on:** August 15, 2011, 03:46:43 AM »

I actually think its one of Muse's strongest albums. For me there are no weak spots, its has a cool 1984 lyrical theme throughout (very relevant to todays society) and musically...its insane.
Maybe production wise it could have been more dynamic but I love it....you even get a little shredding in Guiding Light lol !
Matt Bellamy is certainly a more accomplished pianist then a guitarist in my books but he still rocks !!!

skydivingninja · « **Reply #458 on:** August 15, 2011, 05:09:39 AM »

The first three songs on the Resistance are the best ones, and the symphony is cool to listen to sometimes. MK Ultra is all right, all the others don't impress me.

ZKX-2099 · « **Reply #459 on:** August 15, 2011, 07:39:18 AM »

Exogenesis is god tier. Worth the price of the album.

KevShmev · « **Reply #460 on:** August 15, 2011, 12:43:18 PM »

Even though it wasn't nearly as good as the previous three albums, The Resistance was still very good. It could have been great had the middle of the album been better. Guiding Light and MK Ultra are both forgettable, and Unnatural Selection was an errant attempt at writing another Citizen Erased-type song. Had they left it an all-out rocker, it could have been really good, as the first few minutes are great, but once it slows down, it just isn't interesting anymore.

setrataeso · « **Reply #461 on:** August 15, 2011, 03:15:20 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Beale on August 14, 2011, 11:17:07 PM

Undisclosed Desires, MK Ultra, and The Resistance are the only tracks I find myself returning to on the last record.

There's not enough love for BHAR here imho, easily my second favorite album of their's.

Oh Black Holes is my favourite Muse album. Outside of Hoodoo, the album is damn near perfect.

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #462 on:** August 15, 2011, 03:20:21 PM »

Guiding Light is boring. Very.

Riceball · « **Reply #463 on:** August 15, 2011, 05:27:26 PM »

Well, if this discussion has uncovered one thing about The Resistance, its that its devisive.

orcus116 · « **Reply #464 on:** August 15, 2011, 06:25:37 PM »

Is the first track of Exogenesis tongue in cheek or do they really have a 4 minute overture to a 13 minute suite?

Sigz · « **Reply #465 on:** August 15, 2011, 06:41:41 PM »

The first five seconds of MK Ultra makes me throw up in my mouth.

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #466 on:** August 15, 2011, 06:46:15 PM »

I liked The Resistance. Though I haven't heard the other albums to compare it to *ducks*

glaurung · « **Reply #467 on:** August 15, 2011, 07:00:06 PM »

Definitely not as good as the three albums before it but The Resistance is still great.

ariich · « **Reply #468 on:** August 16, 2011, 04:04:49 AM »

Quote from: orcus116 on August 15, 2011, 06:25:37 PM

Is the first track of Exogenesis tongue in cheek or do they really have a 4 minute overture to a 13 minute suite?

It's not an overture.

EDIT: Just realised that its sub-title is "Overture". But that's probably just because Bellamy didn't know what else to call it. In musical terms, it isn't an overture at all, because it's clearly a full song/movement within itself and doesn't have any themes from the later songs/movements.

ZKX-2099 · « **Reply #469 on:** August 16, 2011, 07:30:16 AM »

Exogenesis should have been left as one track.

Gadough · « **Reply #470 on:** August 16, 2011, 10:53:08 PM »

I've listened to Black Holes and Revelations several times over the past few days. I've always liked Muse, but I think they're really starting to "click" now. Is Absolution the next album I should listen to?

Riceball · « **Reply #471 on:** August 16, 2011, 10:59:41 PM »

I think the consensus is that Absolution is their best; I think either that or Origins would be fine as number two. I'm a big big fan of Showbiz, but its very unique compared to their other stuff (its a bit more raw and emotional).

Gadough · « **Reply #472 on:** August 16, 2011, 11:09:12 PM »

Alright, cool. I'll pick up Absolution soon.

Another thing - I always wondered why they didn't end Black Holes with Knights of Cydonia. It seemed like it would make such a good closer. I thought it would have been smarter to make "Glorious" track 11 and bump Knights down to track 12. But I just now realized that Glorious is an iTunes bonus track. I really like it, so I'm not going to delete it. I'm just gonna change the order around so that Knights is the closing song.

Riceball · « **Reply #473 on:** August 16, 2011, 11:37:57 PM »

and its one of the great closers IMO.

KevShmev · « **Reply #474 on:** August 17, 2011, 12:09:33 AM »

They really don't have a consensus best, but as long as you get Origin of Symmetry (their highest-rated studio album at RYM), Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations, you are set. And I mean a general "you" here.

Ravenheart · « **Reply #475 on:** August 17, 2011, 12:14:23 AM »

I.... I still like The Resistance

Gadough · « **Reply #476 on:** August 17, 2011, 12:18:21 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on August 17, 2011, 12:09:33 AM

They really don't have a consensus best, but as long as you get Origin of Symmetry (their highest-rated studio album at RYM), Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations, you are set. And I mean a general "you" here.

I already decided that I like Black Holes so much that I want all 5 albums. I'm just not going to get them all at once, which is why I asked which one I should get next.

ariich · « **Reply #477 on:** August 17, 2011, 02:30:34 AM »

Absolution is their best IMO, and Origin of Symmetry is the other must-have. All their albums are at least very good though, so get the lot!

skydivingninja · « **Reply #478 on:** August 17, 2011, 06:03:49 AM »

Quote from: Gadough on August 16, 2011, 11:09:12 PM

Alright, cool. I'll pick up Absolution soon.

Another thing - I always wondered why they didn't end Black Holes with Knights of Cydonia. It seemed like it would make such a good closer. I thought it would have been smarter to make "Glorious" track 11 and bump Knights down to track 12. But I just now realized that Glorious is an iTunes bonus track. I really like it, so I'm not going to delete it. I'm just gonna change the order around so that Knights is the closing song.

lolgadough

Glorious is a great song. Never tried putting it into the context of the album before though.

robwebster · « **Reply #479 on:** August 17, 2011, 07:13:03 AM »

Quote from: Ravenheart on August 17, 2011, 12:14:23 AM

I.... I still like The Resistance

Same! It's a good album. Very few flirts with greatness, which makes it a little drab by Muse standards, but dull title track aside, they're all nice songs that I'm grateful for the existence of.

Glad you're digging BH&R, Gadough! I put Glorious as track 11 too. It's what all the cool kids do.

Yes, Absolution is next. Absolution is the band's Images & Words (diverse, accessible, broadly loved) and then Origin of Symmetry before it is the band's Awake (dense, melancholy, consistent, fan favourite). Black Holes is more of a Six Degrees - very experimental, more bombastic than what came before, broadly popular with a few less convinced.

The Resistance is the no-consensus Octavarium, and Showbiz (not tip-top but vindicated by time) is the discography's Falling Into Infinity. To put them into familiar-ish contexts. q:

Gadough · « **Reply #480 on:** August 17, 2011, 12:38:20 PM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on August 17, 2011, 06:03:49 AM

Quote from: Gadough on August 16, 2011, 11:09:12 PM
Alright, cool. I'll pick up Absolution soon.

Another thing - I always wondered why they didn't end Black Holes with Knights of Cydonia. It seemed like it would make such a good closer. I thought it would have been smarter to make "Glorious" track 11 and bump Knights down to track 12. But I just now realized that Glorious is an iTunes bonus track. I really like it, so I'm not going to delete it. I'm just gonna change the order around so that Knights is the closing song.

lolgadough

Glorious is a great song. Never tried putting it into the context of the album before though.

I'm just saying that Knights of Cydonia is such a triumphant ending to the album, and then Glorious comes on, and I'm like "oh...another song? Alright."

skydivingninja · « **Reply #481 on:** August 17, 2011, 12:40:19 PM »

That's because Glorious isn't part of the album you nub.

Gadough · « **Reply #482 on:** August 17, 2011, 12:57:39 PM »

Yeah, I know that. But iTunes doesn't distinguish it as a bonus track, so this whole time I thought it was a part of the album until I looked it up.

TheOutlawXanadu · « **Reply #483 on:** August 17, 2011, 04:21:20 PM »

Glorious isn't part of the album? But it's so good.

MajorMatt · « **Reply #484 on:** June 06, 2012, 06:56:00 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqFZGnfMLMw&feature=share

Have to admit I am a bit of a Muse fan and I know they are a band that seem to like switching their sound up...but dubstep isn't something I pictured them doing?

Cool trailer though.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #485 on:** June 06, 2012, 06:57:40 AM »

Interesting, I'm curious to hear it.

cyberdrummer · « **Reply #486 on:** June 06, 2012, 07:01:40 AM »

Sounds quite interesting. Definitely looking forward to it.

Riceball · « **Reply #487 on:** June 06, 2012, 07:02:23 AM »

Wow bandwagon jumping much? Both content and music.

Still maintain Showbiz was their best.

robwebster · « **Reply #488 on:** June 06, 2012, 07:15:15 AM »

Aha!

THIS is the existential horror I felt when I first heard Supermassive Black Hole!!

A minute thirty of genuinely brilliant music, followed by forty seconds of ass-huffage. Great to see Muse mixing it up again. When they released Supermassive, it sounded like a Britney Spears track. I hated every inch of it. All sultry and sleazy with processed drums and tinny riffs. And then, after hearing it on the radio for the third time or so, I started to fall in love with the "glaciers melting" bit. Bit by bit, I grew to love it, and now one of my favourite Muse songs off my favourite Muse album.

Right now, I really can't see that happening with this one. But then, I couldn't see it happening with SMBH either. Let's see how it goes. Either way, it's not gonna be the blandstorm that The Resistance was. Perfectly workable album, but good-not-great throughout.

Zantera · « **Reply #489 on:** June 06, 2012, 07:35:30 AM »

The whole dubstep trend is getting a bit ridiculous by now. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy dubstep (if done well), but right now so many are jumping on that wagon.

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Author Topic: Muse - v. Will of the People (rel Aug 26, 2022) (Read 209287 times)