Recommend me a Muse album

[SebCarr]

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Being the slightly obsessive Muse fan that I am, I actually prefer Hullabaloo over the rest of the standard studio albums if you want a complete album experience. 1CD of live performance and 1 CD of some great B sides - if you're a metal head you might appreciate "Yes Please", which is just a brilliant song in my humble opinion
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You're right on the B sides. First album was good, and there were a lot of great B sides around in the fairly early days. Yes please is a great song.

For me they just slowly descended into grandiose space rock w@nkery . There were a few good moments along the way, but the early stuff really is where it's at for me. But I get that a lot of people came to them later, and the grandiose space rock w@nkery is, to them, what Muse is about.

[TheRev]

It always takes a couple of listens before I get into any new Muse album. I also used to get annoyed about Matt Bellamy's gaspy vocal style, but I don't really notice it now.

Definitley start with Origin Of Symmetry, give it at least three listens before moving on to Absolution. Give that a couple of listens before moving on to Showbiz.

Then listen to some early Radiohead, Queen's 'night at the opera' and 'Grace' by Jeff Buckley. Just for a bit of perspective. ;-)

[woodyratm]

Muse B sides are ace. Fury is one the best songs ever and should have made to general release on Absolution.

IMO

[Bottle]

I've been into Muse since the Showbiz/OOS days, and I can definitely recommend both of those. Absolution is I guess their break-through album that garnered them more mainstream attention and appeal. They had a bit of a blip with Black Holes (but only IMHO) and kind of redeemed themselves with Resistance.

Tracks I would listen to (plus album it came from, may be easier to get off of Youtube/iTunes etc):

[i]Sunburn (Showbiz)[/i] - played in Drop D and some OD

[i]New Born (OOS)
Plug-In Baby
Space Dementia
Citizen Erased/Microcuts[/i]

[i]Stockholm Syndrome (Absolution)
Interlude/Hysteria[/i] - this is [i]the[/i] rock riff of the Noughties

[i]Map of the Problematique (Black Holes)
Knights of Cydonia[/i]

[i]Uprising (Resistance)
Resistance
MK Ultra[/i] - some damn great bass and guitar riffs in this track
[i]Exogenesis Symphony[/i] (all parts)

This is my list of listen-to tracks - emcompasses all that I feel Muse means to me, so may not be your cup of tea, but should be a suitable starting point

HTH,
Ian

Edited February 23, 2012 by Bottle

[charic]

Absolution is awesome

[woodyratm]

[quote name='Bottle' timestamp='1329994053' post='1550881']
I've been into Muse since the Showbiz/OOS days, and I can definitely recommend both of those. Absolution is I guess their break-through album that garnered them more mainstream attention and appeal. They had a bit of a blip with Black Holes (but only IMHO) and kind of redeemed themselves with Resistance.

Tracks I would listen to (plus album it came from, may be easier to get off of Youtube/iTunes etc):

Sunburn (Showbiz) - played in Drop D and some OD

New Born (OOS)
Plug-In Baby
Space Dementia
Citizen Erased/Microcuts

Stockholm Syndrome (Absolution)
Interlude/Hysteria - this is [i]the[/i] rock riff of the Noughties

Map of the Problematique (Black Holes)
Knights of Cydonia

Uprising (Resistance)
Resistance
MK Ultra - some damn great bass and guitar riffs in this track
Exogenesis Symphony (all parts)

This is my list of listen-to tracks - emcompasses all that I feel Muse means to me, so may not be your cup of tea, but should be a suitable starting point

HTH,
Ian
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You forgot the Osaka and Finland Jams

The glasgow one with bagpipes was pretty cool too!

[Bottle]

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1329994185' post='1550887']
You forgot the Osaka and Finland Jams

The glasgow one with bagpipes was pretty cool too!
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Bugger
My bad.......I'm not the Muse fan I used to be hehehehe

Ian

[RhysP]

So, do you want this f***ing Muse CD or what?

[Fitzy73]

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So, do you want this f***ing Muse CD or what?
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if you want to post to ireland , i dont mind , thanks for offer fitzy73

[deanbean502]

I'm die hard Muse fan I've seen them live 5 times and I believe they are probably the best live act ever

Defiantly start with Origin of Symmetry, however Showbiz is an awesome debut album i just don't think they found there sound as a band until OOS. Listen to OOS then Absolution. Then do Showbiz.

The latter two Black holes and Revelations and The resistance are a little more erm.............. commercial? I think they were trying to appeal to a wider audience. I love The Resistance for the haunting sounds the band produce across a number of Tracks, but I wouldn't say its the band at there best.

Oh and if you get chance the Hullabaloo Soundtrack has some wicked b-sides

[Jambo10]

Oh....I forgot to mention the B sides as well.......Fury and Easily.....fab stuff.

[Austin7]

In the interview at the end of the Winterland album, Hendrix speaks of the importance of the melodic in British music. I've been meaning to go back and listen to that interview again. I think Muse is an excellent example of the melodic in modern British music.

[paul_5]

Absolution is IMHO the best thing they ever did.

[dumelow]

muse were ace between 98-2002/03ish and ever since they played hysteria on the brit awards theyve rapidly gone downhill

[Deep Thought]

I've seen them live three times, each time better than the last (Plymouth Pavilions, Eden Project and Teignmouth), and live I don't think there are many bands that can touch them. I always find it remarkable how tastes vary, as every time they are mentioned one of the principle complaints is Matt Bellamy's voice. Personally I would kill for a voice like that-his range is nothing short of incredible IMHO. Then again there are singers I can't stand either.
The first album I bought was Origin of Symmetry, which has some real classics on it (Plug in Baby was the first song of theirs I heard, although I confess my first reaction was 'bloody hell, Radiohead have woken up'). My personal fave of their albums is Black Holes and Revelations-we used to do Knights of Cydonia, but I was forced to abandon the attempt as I just couldn't sing it credibly enough. It's a brave band that attempts a Muse cover, although it seems every bass player wants to do Hysteria for the intro. Resistance I am not crazy about-I find Bellamy's lyrics have become increasingly cringe-inducing in recent years.
Incidentally I have recorded in the same studio as Muse recorded the first two albums, with the same engineer-yes, I have used a toilet used by Matt Bellamy-the engineer said they has the best rhythm section, bar none, that he had ever seen.

[pete.young]

I guess we all have different tastes. I think Black Holes is a fantastic album and still listen to it regularly, but that's about it. The Resistance is one of the worst albums I've ever heard - cod chopin meets second rate Queen tribute band.

[HMX]

My favourite Muse albums are Origin of Symmetry and Showbiz. The others are mostly good, just not totally my thing.

[Leon Transaxle]

Surprisingly I see all albums mentioned except H.A.A.R.P which I thought was a cracking live album and the DVD which came with it isn't bad either.

They were staggeringly good at the Lancashire cricket ground gig a couple of years ago. Their choice of support bands wan't bad either. I thought the Editors were excellent (with some nice Ric action going on).

Edited February 25, 2012 by Leon Transaxle