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Generally favorable reviews- based on 373 Ratings
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Positive: 261 out of 373
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Mixed: 72 out of 373
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Negative: 40 out of 373
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Jun 28, 2015
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Aug 10, 2015Drones conceptually deals with the theme of the album control and authoritarianism. Muse leaves much to be desired musically on this album and the lyrics are repeated in every song, most of the songs are about the same.
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Jun 21, 2015While Drones does have some of Muse's best songs to date, their in a mix of songs that are bland, forgettable, or just poorly written. They've definitely gone in a heavier direction, but they sacrificed some of their songwriting skills along the way.
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Jun 9, 2015Not their best album by any means (sorry Matt), but definitely better than the past two albums. It is not as hard rock as the band had claimed before, but soft or hard, musically it is decent. Lyrically, it is Muse at its worst...
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Jun 9, 2015
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Jun 9, 2015This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 15, 2015Personally, the last Muse outing "The 2nd Law" was possibly one of the worst albums of 2012, and the rest. Drones is less ridiculous, but still..well, fairly up there plain ridiculous. Good in places, but generally, nah, I'd like a bit of Origin of Symmetry or Absolution instead, Like.. When they were not too over played and crappy and everything.
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Jul 10, 2015To cut a long story short: is this album bad? No, it isn´t. Is it good? No, it isn´t. Does it deliver on the musical front? Yes, it does. Does it deliver on lyrical front? Oh no, it doesn´t. So is this album a mixed bag over-all with compelling (top-notch even) guitar-play but studded with cringeworthy lyrics bordering unintentional ridiculousness more than once? It surely is.
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Jun 9, 2015
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Jun 10, 2015Considering the high standard set from their previous 3 albums, which were all great, I found this album fairly underwhelming. Not bad, but pales to their previous efforts
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Jun 15, 2015
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Jun 9, 2015
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Feb 28, 2016It's 2016 and still can't fully love this album the way I did with the rest of Muse's discography. They do not sound any different here, and maybe that's exactly the problem. While most artists seek to evolve with their songs by exploring new worlds in their music, Muse decided to 'go back to its roots' and that obsviously didn't work well. The songs aren't bad, they just lack some inovation.
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Jun 13, 2015
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Jun 5, 2016
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Jan 23, 2017
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Aug 7, 2015Damn it, Muse! With the exception of "Mercy" and "Revolt," I found this album to be derivative and depicting a theme that has been done again and again... Plus, I think "The Globalist" actually offends me, as the wannabe "Paranoid Android" it seems to try to go for...
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Jul 26, 2015
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Aug 29, 2019
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Jan 21, 2021While this album does have really good rock vibes, it doesn't really have their usual sound. Its missing what makes Muse Muse. There are still some really fantastic tracks on here, but the worst of the album brings down the whole thing.
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Jul 21, 2015Muse have always been ridiculous and overblown, but at least they used to be a ton of fun.
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MojoJul 6, 2015This feels like production line Muse: big riffs, bass squelches, conspiratorial dialogue, but few new ideas. [Aug 2015, p.88]
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Jun 30, 2015Aside from a few crunching riffs and a smattering of neat melodies, there’s very little to recommend within Drones.