Black&White&BlueMoon Town
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Are we feeling the same way this week for Muse? ;-)What was the point of the intro.No need for that to be on at all.
Are we feeling the same way this week for Muse? ;-)What was the point of the intro.No need for that to be on at all.
Sorry all, work has been manic for the last few weeks so I've not had time to listen to anything so apologies to those who've nominated and I've not been able to score!
I found this a tricky album to score again simply because I can't get away from the fact that Muse sound like Radiohead in about 1998. But they aren't as good. I think as well, the other thing is that Muse don't seem to have changed their style too much either over the years, it's pretty much they have a style and aren't going to change it much. That's fine if you've got the ability of AC/DC, The Rolling Stones or Status Quo but I don't quite think they have. Part of me thinks when I want to listen to something like Muse, I'd rather slip Radiohead on.
All that said, this is a pretty good album. I like most of the tracks on it but it just sounds like Radiohead and I just can't get away from that. If you sound like them, you will be compared to them. There's no disgrace in that though - personally, I think Radiohead are one of the greatest bands of the last 30 years. I think what they do have, what Muse don't have, is that ability to make the album and move on to something new. Blur had that too and I have a lot of respect for bands who can do that (and I also love the ones above who don't change!).
I feel I've been a bit critical of the album and spent most of the review talking about Radiohead, but this is a good solid album with enough twists and turns and although I'd not heard this, I will put this on again.
7/10
Bombastic is a good word but I found myself enjoying the earnest grandiosity of it. Also found it strangely uplifting and liberating but that might be because I’ve got a rare day off from the current onslaught at work and have gone a touch carefree, or something. Strangely also found it exhausting in places and imagine it being exhausting for the band to play. And in yet another twist there were moments it risked becoming turgid but it’s almost like they knew what they were doing and were always going to employ the tricks to raise it.I have quite liked what I have heard on the radio but always thought, whilst liking, that they were abit bombastic and the Bellamy was a bit "up himself"...
Muse Interlude.
Another pointless intro then I thought the music was on the whole very good bar the singers voice.
Spoiled every song with those high falseto's in what seemed every song bar Thoughts on a Dying Atheist the only track that his voice never annoyed me.
Fair play to them for putting in another pointless piece half way through as well with Interlude.
With a singer that did not annoy me i would have voted this a lot higher. Musically the only tracks that i did not like were Blackout and Falling awayWiith You but due to the singers part in this i have to go with a 6.
My thoughts exactly....and you start listening to the quiet song and are just waiting for that big crash.Quite song, quiet start then boom, quiet song, quiet start then boom...and repeat
With two pointless tracks, I expected at least another point to be docked, so I'm curious on your views this week over Doves a couple weeks ago? Vocals better there but musically not as much?Muse Interlude.
Another pointless intro then I thought the music was on the whole very good bar the singers voice.
While not exactly the same, I'm going to note that musically, Muse isn't too far away from another three piece Canadian band a few on here are known to be fond of, so I will ask if the reasons you aren't overly fond of each band are the same for the singers' voices?Spoiled every song with those high falseto's in what seemed every song bar Thoughts on a Dying Atheist the only track that his voice never annoyed me.
Fair play to them for putting in another pointless piece half way through as well with Interlude.
With a singer that did not annoy me i would have voted this a lot higher. Musically the only tracks that i did not like were Blackout and Falling awayWiith You but due to the singers part in this i have to go with a 6.
How do you know i never took points of for two pointless tracks.With two pointless tracks, I expected at least another point to be docked, so I'm curious on your views this week over Doves a couple weeks ago? Vocals better there but musically not as much?
While not exactly the same, I'm going to note that musically, Muse isn't too far away from another three piece Canadian band a few on here are known to be fond of, so I will ask if the reasons you aren't overly fond of each band are the same for the singers' voices?
Honest question from me not knowing the overall reasons on those Canadians.