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Muse have widened the goalposts and re-established what rock is allowed to stand for. Next to Absolution, even something as majestic as Elephant sounds so painfully small.
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'Absolution' is Muse's most accomplished album to date, and kicks their - at the time - excellent debut album 'Showbiz' into the ground.
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Despite the daunting Radiohead-colored cloud that hangs heavy over Muse, the band pushes the limits of its slick, pre-apocalyptic rock with a self-assured strut.
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The most inventive and exhilarating rock music Britain's producing right now.
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A truly elemental opus.
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Like Coldplay on A Rush of Blood to the Head, Muse sound like a band who are at the top of their game. Their confidence carries you through the album's excesses.
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Absolution is an emotional, philosophical, sophisticated, poetic, and beautiful piece of rock music.
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Alternative PressAbsolution's chaotic choruses feel like the triumphant culmination of some earth-shattering undertaking. [Jul 2004, p.146]
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Q MagazineFor sheer bravado and imagination it's something that few bands will top this year. [Oct 2003, p.109]
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BlenderA daring and triumphant concoction. [#27, p.140]
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FilterA massive concept album that is so gluttonously huge-sounding that it makes The Wall sound like a Sebadoh record. [#10, p.94]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 380 out of 415
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Mixed: 14 out of 415
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Negative: 21 out of 415
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Oct 29, 2010
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valenbJun 5, 2006
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Mar 2, 2013