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Poll Question: Do You like it? What Do you think about it?
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    Posted: February 20 2007 at 13:17

I really don't like it, as I think Absolution's their best one. I found it very "empty" and quite boring....Dead

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Not a 'great' album, but a good album.  A step down from Absolution but still good.  Has a lot of songs I like on it.
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if there was a middle option i would have chosen it as i think it is good. Having said this i was rather dissapointed with this album, it just doesn't have the power or eccentricity of the other albums.
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Points: 881 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 15:32
I liked it a lot at first, it's went down. I like Absolution and Origin better.
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yes, a great album
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Points: 28549 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 17:52
Originally posted by Malve87 Malve87 wrote:

I really don't like it, as I think Absolution's their best one. I found it very "empty" and quite boring....Dead

 
I agree about Absolution being there best...however I can't imagine why you find Black Holes ''empty'' and ''boring''. Very harsh words.
Having saw them live before Christmas the new material holds up well against the old material.They've added more electronics to the sound which sounds good to me.Overall its a good mixture of pop/rock and a few proggy moments. I did read your review Shocked ....just wondering but did you actually get to the end of the album and listen to Knights Of Cydonia?Confused
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Points: 1127 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 17:55

The last album from Muse is excellent and very various...

 
The first half do not "sound like Muse" but is very original and the second is epic !
 
 
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It's quite good, though not a true masterpiece.

Although, I do LOVE 'Map of the Problematique' Embarrassed
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Points: 1127 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 18:03
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Although, I do LOVE 'Map of the Problematique' Embarrassed
 
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I voted great album but not there best.Saw Muse live a couple of weeks ago and they opened with Knights of Cydonia.Blew us away and left me deaf for Tool who were on next! Thought the new album stuff was great live.Was interesting observing the crowd singing a long to BHAR material but not knowing the older stuff.I think that sums up what Muse were trying to achieve in writing for a more mainstream audience.
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Points: 11682 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 21:30
It's really a great album,certainly one of the top albums of last year. It's only topped by Origin of Symmetry in Muse's discography
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 21:59
I like it a lot... but of course we all detect the similarities between this singer and thom yorke.... none dares to accuse him of plagiarism, but if it was a single note played by a certain band.... ok, anyway, very good album and I liked it more than "absolution"... This poll should be in the prog-related lounge anyway...
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Points: 6336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 22:28
Its great...but there was no way they could overdue themself, after all Absolution is a 6 stars masterpieceWink
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Points: 911 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 20 2007 at 22:30
Black Holes is a great album and makes for a great listen,  but not their best



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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2007 at 09:10
Non of those choices, its a good album but far from great. 
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Points: 7606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2007 at 09:19
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

I like it a lot... but of course we all detect the similarities between this singer and thom yorke.... none dares to accuse him of plagiarism, but if it was a single note played by a certain band.... ok, anyway, very good album and I liked it more than "absolution"... This poll should be in the prog-related lounge anyway...


explain the similarities between thingy out of muse and thom yorke rather than whining about dream theater =P
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 21 2007 at 14:41
Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

I like it a lot... but of course we all detect the similarities between this singer and thom yorke.... none dares to accuse him of plagiarism, but if it was a single note played by a certain band.... ok, anyway, very good album and I liked it more than "absolution"... This poll should be in the prog-related lounge anyway...


explain the similarities between thingy out of muse and thom yorke rather than whining about dream theater =P
 
And why do you say it's DT I'm talking about??Shocked 
 
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They sound very much alike, the tone, the style, please... Muse's singer is copy/paste of thom yorke.... but I like Muse's music better than Radiohead's...
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Malve87 Malve87 wrote:

I really don't like it, as I think Absolution's their best one. I found it very "empty" and quite boring....Dead

 
I agree about Absolution being there best...however I can't imagine why you find Black Holes ''empty'' and ''boring''. Very harsh words.
Having saw them live before Christmas the new material holds up well against the old material.They've added more electronics to the sound which sounds good to me.Overall its a good mixture of pop/rock and a few proggy moments. I did read your review Shocked ....just wondering but did you actually get to the end of the album and listen to Knights Of Cydonia?Confused
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I honestly can see why someone would call the album empty and boring, but I think it applies to certain tracks instead of the whole album.

I think several of the songs are very good, but after track 4 it starts to lack something that Absolution and the best of Origin of Symmetry had.

Still, there's a lot of good stuff on the album. However, I hope it is a slight misstep for Bellamy, as opposed to being a sign of even worse things to come.
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Points: 32 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 22 2007 at 09:58
Its the only Muse album I know but I really like it.
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