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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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Dec 20, 2012
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Oct 5, 2010Muse strikes me as a combination of Radiohead, ELO, and Rush. Just saw them at Staples Center for the first time and was blown away. But going home and hearing this album solidified my admiration of this band. Great stuff.
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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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HansGSep 5, 2006Muse gets better with every album.Best album of 2006!
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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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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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DomGJul 10, 2006Absolutely brilliant album. Cannot stop listening to it, the best of 2006.
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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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PatHJul 16, 2006It just keeps getting better and better
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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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SamHJan 6, 2007Its The Best Album I've Ever Heared
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GraemeS.Jun 21, 2007I only really got into Muse when Absolution was released, and, even though I never thought I would say this, this album is better than Absolution. Classical rock at its best.
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AlexW.Feb 25, 2008Excellent album. Map of the Problematique is probably my favorite track.
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PhineasGOct 2, 2006
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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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RobertJJul 11, 2006
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StephenCJul 10, 2006
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LizRJul 10, 2006
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MarkJul 15, 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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TobyFJul 17, 2006Even my non-Muse fan friends were humming the tunes after 1 listen.
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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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MattD.Jul 18, 2006Gloriously grandiose, and unlike any album I've ever heard!
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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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PitchforkaretheworstsiteontheentireWebJul 27, 2006
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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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alanusmeritocracyAug 26, 2006a brilliant exciting album, best this year, cant wait to see this band and hear these tracks live.
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HjyytzSAug 31, 2006The BEST Muse album!!
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AlexPSep 13, 2006boring? am i reading that right? this is an amazing mix of space-funk-rock-something that left me amazed from start to finish.... kinghts of cydonia is an epic piece of technical mastery, possibly the best song ive heard this year... i could go on i'm sure, i'll leave it simply that this is amazing and entertaining throughout, bar none...
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AlbertoGJan 2, 2007One of the best albums of 2006
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AllenW.Jun 25, 2007A simply outstanding album that blew me away
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AliBJun 30, 2007MUSE have done great in taking a new direction but keeping their sound. like all previous albums of this band, it's a masterpiece. Assassin, Knights of Cydonia, Take a Bow, etc. are all classics.
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chriscAug 15, 2009One of my favorite albums of all time. 33? I'm simply speechless that someone could listen to this and rate it that low? WTF do you want? More country music? More eyeliner punk/pop? More bow-wow-wow or whatever the Fk?
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RoryDAug 22, 2009
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OndraL.Jul 10, 2006this is the piece of shit
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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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DonoL.Sep 25, 2007This is the worst most pathetic album i have ever heard.
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MartinFJul 14, 2006Such a disappointment. Gentlemen you should have done better!
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DaisyBJul 20, 2006
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EthanPSep 9, 2006"Pretentious, bombastic theatrics" would've been interesting. This is more "boring."
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DavidC.Sep 13, 2009
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GuyHOct 16, 2006
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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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BrandonDJul 11, 2006
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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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DavidSAug 17, 2006
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MarcJun 28, 2008Paraphrasing Matt Bellamy in 'Supermassive Black Hole': Muse are kings of the superficial.
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DaveRSep 26, 2006It has it's highlights, but it goes away from the unity and powerful emotion that made "Absolution" such a solid album and moves towards a discombobulated techno-savvy mess. This is not to say that the album was a failure, but that it does not feel like an album. Highlights include: "Map of the Problematique" and "City of Delusions"
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Dec 14, 2014
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KvanJul 13, 2006
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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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I.LynchJul 4, 2006
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MatthewCJul 5, 2006Amazing! their best album. Assassin is my fav muse song of all time!
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MarvAlbertSep 20, 2006Muse always amazes me. The first track sets the tone of the album perfectly as you go through the ups and downs and different moods of the rest of the tracks. I usually hate any efx but Muse uses them to perfection. If you havn't already get "Absolution" it's also incredible!!!
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MarioPJan 15, 2007
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SeamusSMar 30, 2007
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KateB.Jul 7, 2007I love this album, I just wish sometimes it would be a little more subtle. Other than that, I think it is brilliant, and would recommend it to anyone!
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StefanSOct 15, 2006
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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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OobahJoobahJul 11, 2006
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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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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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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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ethancJul 12, 2006a great album from start to end rivaled only by absolution
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NickPJul 12, 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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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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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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PaulFJul 10, 2006
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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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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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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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ElvenLJul 31, 2006The Best Muse Album. In My Fave 5 Albums List
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EarlyStormAug 25, 2006This band is exciting - this Cd is exciting. I love it!
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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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MiguelLSep 6, 2006Who can sound like Prince, Queen, Bowie, System of a Down, Radiohead, without loosing identity? ... MUSE
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MCMar 2, 2007As my first Muse album, Black Holes impressed me. It moves along very swiftly. I get the feeling it is supposed to be played at max volume to enjoy it fully. And as daggy as Knights of Cydonia is, it is just a little bit special, isn't it?
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EmilyHMay 25, 2007
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KevinN.Jun 8, 2007
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DaraghL.Sep 17, 2007Brilliant.
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MPP.Jul 23, 2008
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AidanKOct 5, 2009This is a very good record overall without any particularly week tracks. Not as good in my opinion as Origin of Symetry but much better than Absolution.
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AndrewMar 4, 2009Inspirational.
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musehatersareweirdAug 6, 2009It is very hard if not impossible to dislike muse especially since now they've ditched the radiohead copycat sound for good and gone for proper prog rock moves this is album is brilliant and is probably the most accessible yet since they've started playing around in new genres. an essential purchase.
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BarryWNov 15, 2006Like all their other albums this is an absolute classic, not one bad track, they just seem to knock out one decent tune after another, brilliant,
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FcukerNov 18, 2006
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SachinPNov 19, 2006Their most complex and satisfying album to date, with genre-bursting tracks and plenty of overblown prog insanity. Matt Bellamy is, in effect, god.
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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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PeterCJul 11, 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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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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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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luissJul 11, 2006listen this album...till the end...amazing with new influences...
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StPeteJul 12, 2006
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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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UserXJul 13, 2006Pretty goddamn awesome.
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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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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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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.