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Universal acclaim- based on 415 Ratings
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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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LoganMJun 29, 2006this would definately be a ten if it werent for the fact that this band sounds like a mimic of Radiohead
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BeercanSep 17, 2004
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Dec 4, 2010Absolution is a great rock album. It really showed that Muse is a band to take very seriously. The lyrics are what really make this album. And the guitar is soaring. This album just sounds so good. Great tracks from this album is Apocalypse Please, Stockholm Syndrome, and Butterflies and Hurricanes. All In All, Absolution is Muse's best album yet. A-
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Jan 30, 2012Absolution is the turning point for Muse both creatively and musically. It's epic, grandeur sound is a bit corny in some places, but effective none the less. Just a fantastic listen.
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Nov 13, 2015Absolution is literally Origin of Symmetry 2.0
It starts off with a killer track (in the same spirit that In The Flesh? kicks off The Wall) and only rollercoasters through talking about the end of the world and, like most of Muse, motifs of broken relationships, salvation, and panic.
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Jan 15, 2015Excelente Álbum mesmo sendo mais fraco. Apocalipse Please,Sing For Absolution,Ruled By Secrecy,Blackout são meio fracas. Mas tem a clássica Hysteria
Top 5 Absolution 2003
1-Hysteria
2-The Small Print
3-Time It's Running Out
4-Falling Away With You
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Sep 16, 2018I was first introduced to Muse with Absolution so it will always have a special place in my heart. Overall its an epic stadium rock album with anthems challenging religion and the political climate of 2004. Download: Apocalypse Please, Time is Running Out, Butterflies & Hurricanes, Hysteria.
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May 11, 2016gREAT Album........................................................................................................................... Great Heavy rock and Ballads songs
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MartinSMay 6, 2006
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PaulNov 26, 2007Muse, just seen them again live and they blew the stage apart, great album, amazing band.
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ScottW.Aug 19, 2007Great rockin time. Full of energy and fast past tunes. Not the best from the band for sure, but still a album any hard rocker shoud have, not just muse fans. Just like the past albums they show that they are one of the best at making load music have melody.
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Sep 11, 2010Though it has songs that represents what's so good about Muse, the album suffers from how incoherent it is. Sure, each songs are fantastic and awesome but it sounds like they are out of place but it is Muse's most eccentric, energetic and varied album and is worth checking out.
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PaulFOct 12, 2004Good. But lacks the greatness and experimentalism of Origin of Symmetry. In my opinion, muse have taken a step back rather than a step forward.
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Dec 4, 2016Overall, it's a powerful rock album. It defines an era of rock rather than the genre itself. It saw Muse slide towards a more commercial rock sound, making it more accessible to the masses, but a little unfaithful to the fans of their earlier sounds.
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Sep 12, 2018Good album, maybe even great. While it suffers from a few tame and unexciting moments such as Sing for Absolution, it has highlights like Time is Running Out and Butterflies & Hurricanes, although the single release of the latter is better
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May 13, 2022The album loses its way a bit at the end. However this album contains some of their very best such as Hysteria
Awards & Rankings
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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]
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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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MojoPushes the trio's grandiose delusions onto new levels of interpretative-dancing, mirror-cracking excess. [Oct 2003, p.107]