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Universal acclaim- based on 511 Ratings
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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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MiguelLSep 6, 2006Who can sound like Prince, Queen, Bowie, System of a Down, Radiohead, without loosing identity? ... MUSE
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HansGSep 5, 2006Muse gets better with every album.Best album of 2006!
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HjyytzSAug 31, 2006The BEST Muse album!!
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BabbleflaffAug 31, 2006Love the Album. One question annoys me though. Why the hell do they always get compared to Radiohead :| It's just annoying now.
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rottencabbageAug 31, 2006Utter rubbish, like the rest of their catalogue. It's bombastic, pretentious, and completely uninspired (never mind Matthew Bellamy being amongst the nation's most asinine lyricists, with drivel vomiting forth from his Thom Yorke/Jeff Buckley-wannabe maw). Wait, that's how every Muse album sounds, isn't it?
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AmeliaAug 31, 2006oh my god... brilliant - it hasn't left my cd player yet
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fraserjAug 28, 2006sheer brilliance -> queen have just been out-queened
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EmilyAug 28, 2006Definitely their best album; however it wasn't love at first sight ;) map of problematique's probably the best song i've heard in a long, long time-love the samples used in it.
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kylefAug 28, 2006this is muse best album yet i cant wait to c them in concert
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alanusmeritocracyAug 26, 2006a brilliant exciting album, best this year, cant wait to see this band and hear these tracks live.
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EarlyStormAug 25, 2006This band is exciting - this Cd is exciting. I love it!
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MadelineHAug 21, 2006great!!!
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JuliaAAug 20, 2006
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DWitAug 20, 2006I love Absolution and Origin Of Symmetry but this album has crossed the line of grandiose and become lame. I still believe this is better than Showbiz but Muse can do better. I love the emotion that they evoke, even though it has become lame. That being said, this album isnt horrible and I still love Muse.
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DavidSAug 17, 2006
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MichaelCAug 16, 2006
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ConsequencesForVillainyAug 16, 2006
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MattWAug 10, 2006Musically, Wow! Its just the best band in the world. Its not quite Origin, but itwould be unfair to expect it to be. 1 criticism, no Hysteria or Stockholm Syndrome equivalent apart from Assassin, which still isnt that similar. So what though eh!
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lokiAug 1, 2006Not a bad album, but definately not their best. Self indulgent, but thats what we love about muse. Still a great album with one of the best endings (last 3 songs) in recent time.
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TomMJul 31, 2006I was a little disappointed on the first listen, partly because the harmonics etc didn't seem as clever as previous albums (some of the melodies were slightly predictable). But it steadily grew on me to an addiction stretching to switching it onto 'repeat', and listening to the different components proved me wrong and made it apparent how much talent Muse have
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ElvenLJul 31, 2006The Best Muse Album. In My Fave 5 Albums List
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LukasPJul 31, 2006Album of the year!!!!!!!! I love them:-)
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lukyhJul 31, 2006This should be the album of the year!!! provided that U do not take it too seriously. Thank God thay have changed their direction a bit...
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TimothjJul 29, 2006
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CrownLJul 29, 2006
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PitchforkaretheworstsiteontheentireWebJul 27, 2006
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S.S.MJul 26, 2006In a playlist divoted tpo pussy week poprock or retro rock without fututre to play in its grand to see mure carve it up again. The want to glam it up, it could be worse, the is still another stella Muse effort IMO.
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RJul 23, 2006Thanks to this album and people reviewing it, I've added 'grandiose' to my vocabulary. I'll have a look at Dictionary.com now.
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markcJul 23, 2006surely one of the best british rock albums ever
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LuisCJul 23, 2006album of the year. prog, eclectic, powerfull, perfect!!!!!!!
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MattJul 21, 2006Definetly a grower... Has more consistency than Origin and more orignality than Absolution in places. Might even be better hmmm have to see what i think after 30 - 40 listens!!
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MeriesJul 21, 20061 word: Sublime! Surpasses all my expectations
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DaisyBJul 20, 2006
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AbnerWJul 19, 2006A divergence from Absolution, but great nonetheless. Certainly the most interesting thing in music at this moment. All Hail the Epic!
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TravisAJul 18, 2006To me this actually *does* seem like Absolution II--with a couple tracks in the beginning to stir up the variation (the single standing out the most in my mind as different-sounding), the rest of this is based on the same formula with not as stellar results.
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AndrewVJul 18, 2006wanted to give 9.5 this album is absolutely astonishing. from the moment the first note is heard to the epic last track (one of my favs by the way) i have chills. The only thing is that it ends too soon, thus the 9.5
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JulesJul 18, 2006
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AMJul 18, 2006This album is excellent. Were some of you expecting Absolution Part II or what?
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DrewFJul 18, 2006Best album i've purchased in a long, long time. The best thing i can say is that there are no tracks that make me hit the skip-to-next-track button.
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MattD.Jul 18, 2006Gloriously grandiose, and unlike any album I've ever heard!
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ThomasRJul 17, 2006
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WillSJul 17, 2006
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UZiRJul 17, 2006Absolution is nothing compared to this. nothing.
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TobyFJul 17, 2006Even my non-Muse fan friends were humming the tunes after 1 listen.
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PatHJul 16, 2006It just keeps getting better and better
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JanePJul 16, 2006Beauty, chaos, truth, and BRILLIANCE!
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andyyJul 16, 2006Ho-hum! Another round of Radiohead-wanna-be tracks. "Problematique"? Where have I heard that title before? Oh yeah: Radiohead's KID A album, the song "Idioteque."
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SJul 16, 2006
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JoJul 16, 2006
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[Anonymous]Jul 16, 2006Utterly amazing. Muse consistantly exceeds expectations from albuk to the next, delivering the same calibre of spectacular musicianship and songsmithing that they always have.
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JimmyBJul 15, 2006Excellent stuff- from the very opening, you realize this is going to be something of massive proportions. Admittedly, Soldier's Poem is perhaps a little superfluous, and Invincible still hasn't convinced me, yet the rest of the album is of such high quality that it has to take a 9. The album that Absolution should have been.
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JohnAJul 15, 2006In one word, ESPECTACULAR.
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MarcoGJul 15, 2006Those who claim that this album is nothing short of spectacular don't know anything about music. Easily the best album of the year.
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MarkJul 15, 2006
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TomKJul 14, 2006Brilliant from start to finish. Not only my favorite Muse album but my favorite music album ever. Impressive stuff.
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MartinFJul 14, 2006Such a disappointment. Gentlemen you should have done better!
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DavidWJul 14, 2006Black holes and revelations is easily Muse's weakest album. There are maybe four good songs (Starlight, Knights, Supermassive, Problematique) and the rest is the kind of pointless filler we simply don't expect from Muse.
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KvanJul 13, 2006
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UserXJul 13, 2006Pretty goddamn awesome.
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scottyyJul 12, 2006not bad but couldv'e been a whole lot better..Thought Absolution was hard to top in such short notice but I believe they have yet to make their best album which is saying alot..Sooner or later every band comes full circle and back to their roots (abstract) art punk prog rock; to make their masterpiece...
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orieanJul 12, 2006More crescendos and swells of emotion and musical tension than perhaps anything they've done in the past, and that's just in the first track alone. This is one of those classic albums that - love it or hate it - will surely be talked about for decades to come... which inevitably makes it a prime contender for best album of the year.
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MattAJul 12, 2006I love this album... It fits well with their library and is welcome in my book. Gotta love Starlight, Exo-politics, and Supermassive Black Hole
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StPeteJul 12, 2006
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NickPJul 12, 2006
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ethancJul 12, 2006a great album from start to end rivaled only by absolution
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PeterCJul 11, 2006
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JonRJul 11, 2006Best Muse Album?? Absolution may have the commercial success. Origin of Symmetry may have the underground vote. But my vote goes to Black Holes & Revelations!!! Much love to Knights of Cydonia, Supemassive, and Assassin.
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luissJul 11, 2006listen this album...till the end...amazing with new influences...
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ParanoidAndroidJul 11, 2006The worst LP of muse. Actually muse are very interesting in the money and make song more popular possible.
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AlixJul 11, 2006This album is an amazing piece of museness! Every song is unique and completely loveable! It's a perfect example of why I tell people they should bow down before muse! XD
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BrandonDJul 11, 2006
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RobertJJul 11, 2006
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OobahJoobahJul 11, 2006
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StewartPJul 10, 2006As spoken by the musican himself, Matthew Bellamy, this is their best album to date. Of course the previous albums are classics, but so will this album a few years down the road. Muse have only grown and the shows in the album with Matt's matureing voice, diverse guitar antics, Dom's inriched drumming, and Chris's killer bass. heres to the greatest live band of our generation.
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borgyJul 10, 2006This could possibly be their best album, It's spacey, Every song sounds completely different... Muse have just gotten better and better i didnt even think they could top "Absolution".
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JeffNJul 10, 2006I don't want to say that all the people who rate this album poorly have bad taste in music... but all the people who rate this album poorly have bad taste in music.
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LizRJul 10, 2006
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NickMJul 10, 2006this album is simply amazing, i dont even know how to describe it, MUSE is solidly placed as one of the most outstanding band of this, or any generation, and i cant wait to see them live again, this time July 30th, rock on boys, rock ON!
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StephenCJul 10, 2006
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NegativeCreepJul 10, 2006this is something extraordinary... it´s a bit more pop, but I´m not ashamed from this kind of pop...
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mioRJul 10, 2006Amazing, but not utterly amazing. Muse have done it again, they'e put out yet ANOTHER epic and beautiful album. Black Holes and Revelations gets a 9 for me, but its not better than OoS and Absolution
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SystoolJul 10, 2006A very deceiving album... I rather appreciate the first three albums of the band, but this one just doesn't work : too much emphasis, no solid structures, not any unforgettable song... Sorry, guys, this album sucks
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GeorgeFJul 10, 2006It's their most complete record. It's not perfect, but almost, and therefore it's one of the best records I've listened this year by far. It's epic, it's funny, it's catchy and it's sophisticated. Outstanding.
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FelipePJul 10, 2006Fantastic Album! Muse come back with threir most pretencious ans acessible album for everyboy. Fantastic group, beautiful songs. Knigts of Cydonia is Probally one of the best tracks of Muse. They are on the way!
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StevenWJul 10, 2006Has anyone noticed the fact that Matthew's lyrics are getting worse? Compared to Origin Of Symmetry, their masterpiece in my opinion, the lyrics are a bit shallow. Still, it's a great cd and Muse show that they are still capable of surprising us with stunning songs.
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RonanHJul 10, 2006Don't pay any heed to what Pitchfork says. The best album Muse have ever made. And also one of the albums of the year. Every song is a highlight.
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PaulFJul 10, 2006
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AndyMJul 10, 2006I felt Muse had reached the end of the road with Absolution. Whatever the merits of that argument, this is a stunning blow to those critics who have dismissed them as Indie music's answer to The Scissor Sisters. Six or seven truly standout tracks, each utterly different to the other. Quite amazing.
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ThomasBJul 10, 2006Muse's best album to date, featuring some of Matt Bellamy's best musical ideas.
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OndraL.Jul 10, 2006this is the piece of shit
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DomGJul 10, 2006Absolutely brilliant album. Cannot stop listening to it, the best of 2006.
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JohnMJul 10, 2006One of favourite bands. Rocked Shepherds Bush last week. Interesting album. Great melodies. Good beat. Some pretty shoddy lyrics. But who cares? The Muse train has just left the station and probably left a good number of the fair-weather fans on the platform.
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LakeTJul 5, 2006Words can't describe how good this album is. Flawless, full of energy. Likely to be the best album of the year and one of the best of this century.
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MatthewCJul 5, 2006Amazing! their best album. Assassin is my fav muse song of all time!
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MarkLJul 5, 2006I hadn't paid much attention to Muse in the past, but this is just incredible. The first 3 tracks are an amazing opening to an album that doesn't stop giving, reaching its peak at Knights of Cydonia. Surely they can't improve on this.
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I.LynchJul 4, 2006
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AnthonyNJul 2, 2006This is probably Muse's best overall record. It has plenty of bangin' tracks much like Origin of Symmetry did but I feel like they've matured to have their own sound, another step pass Absolution, where they get rid of their Radiohead-mimicing past. Exo-Politics is fantastic.
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AndyHJun 30, 2006Don't judge it straightaway. Besides some obvious standouts it didn't blow me away until the third listen. If you like Muse, you'll love this. They are going to be awesome live!!!
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JulianGJun 27, 2006After Absolution I never thought they could do it again. But...
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RSkellsJun 27, 2006Its outstanding. Muse have been able to fit a range of subject matter and stylistic diversity into this album. one of the best albums of the year.
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Awards & Rankings
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Entertaining and rabble-rousing, daft and deadly serious, it's a fantastic record, with almost limitless appeal.
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Under The RadarBlack Holes and Revelations isn’t a perfect record but it’s a worthy addition to an already stellar catalog. [#14]
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It shouldn't work, but Bellamy's mania is so convincingly realised that even the most avowed Muse refusenik may have to finally concede defeat.