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This is the first Muse album to sound - brace yourself, outrageous melodrama fans - ordinary.
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The album is a black hole of pomp and nothingness, a perfect document of the times. So, to fully enjoy it, it's best to turn your brain off and let yourself get sucked in.
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MojoWhat this record lacks is a couple of the screamalong anthems at which Muse have become renowned. [Aug 2006, p.88]
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Though the album grows stronger as it lurches on, the trio's pursuit of bombast leaves the killer melodies lost in outer space.
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This is the band's most autopiloted effort yet, a hacked-up last-gen rehash of said space jams, only now with greater emphasis on glitz and glam. Somehow Muse, always loveably lame, have managed to take a turn for the lamer.
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Unfortunately, it seems the group is more interested in refining, rather than re-defining, their craft, whose torpid mechanics bear no mystery, no guts behind all that glamour.
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Impressive song construction ruined by heart-wrenching dramatics.
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SpinMuse used to sound like a Radiohead tribute band; now they sound like a Muse knockoff. [Aug 2006, p.81]
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Takes rock to Seussian levels of ridiculousness.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 470 out of 511
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Mixed: 22 out of 511
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Negative: 19 out of 511
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chriscAug 15, 2009
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Dec 20, 2012
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Oct 5, 2010