New MUSE album on myspace
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Topic: New MUSE album on myspace
Posted By: Destrio
Subject: New MUSE album on myspace
Date Posted: June 27 2006 at 14:41
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Give'r a listen if you desire www.myspace.com/muse |
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Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: June 27 2006 at 14:51
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Interesting. |
Posted By: CaincelaOreinim
Date Posted: June 27 2006 at 15:31
| Although I haven't really really investigated their previous albums, I think it's farily safe to say, having this one for a while, that this album really flows as a whole compared to the others. |
Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: June 27 2006 at 16:07
I'm listening to it now. The first song was great! The second one put
me off at first, but it grew on me by the end, and right now I'm
listening to the third one...  not quite sure what to think of here, heh. I'm excited to hear the rest, though.
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Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: June 27 2006 at 16:34
Supermassive Black Hole is a great song, despite its popp-y-ness and dance beat.  ------------- [IMG]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/amorfous/astro-1.jpg"> |
Ty1020 wrote:Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: June 27 2006 at 17:11
^^And the fact it sounds like Prince (or artist formerly known as or whatever he calls himself now)  ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: June 27 2006 at 21:03
Now he is Prince again...or maybe not anymore ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: June 28 2006 at 11:16
Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's still Prince.And yeah, it's a good pop song, just kind of out of place on that record, I think. Either way, it's a fantastic album, and I'll definitely be buying it as soon as its released. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/">
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: June 28 2006 at 12:47
| The best songs I've heard are 'Take A Bow', 'Knights Of Cydonia' and 'Hoodoo'. Otherwise the other songs sound remarkably like their last album's songs, imo. |
Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: June 28 2006 at 15:38
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I never really listened to their last album, except for a few songs.
For those who've heard both: which one would you say is better?
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: June 28 2006 at 17:03
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I think Muse's best album is Absolution, with Origin of Symmetry a very close second - but there are some really great moments on Showbiz too. Black Holes... has some cool stuff, like "Knights of Cydonia" and "Take a Bow", but as an album it doesn't seem to have the coherence of Absolution or the originality and audacity of "Origins...".
Muse are still talking about doing a full-blown concept album - at least, they were in a recent interview in the Guardian. 
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: June 30 2006 at 14:45
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Heard Knights of Cydonia on the radio last night... it made me happy to
hear something good being played for once :). The album's not on
Myspace anymore, but I'll definitely be buying it on July 11th.
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: June 30 2006 at 15:05
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YAY! the singer stopped trying to sound like Thom Yorke, and now sounds like the b*****d child of Prince and Freddie Mercury! I might actually be able to enjoy Muse now!  ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: June 30 2006 at 16:01
I have to say their "new" approach to vocal harmony is very Queen-like - and also very good! ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: June 30 2006 at 16:02
Yeah, the harmonies on the first song reminded me of Bohemian Rhapsody... in a good way. ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: July 01 2006 at 13:08
I was thinking the same thing... there's a really big Queen influence on this album, at least in the vocal department. It's really obvious on "A Soldier's Poem," and It works out nicely, I think. EDIT: Just saw your review Cert, and I agree almost completely, except with the conclusion - their previous albums seemed somewhat interesting to me but were never enough to make me call myself a fan, but this one has really impressed me more that I ever could have expected. Definitely a good place to start, at least if you're anything like me :P. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/">
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Posted By: The Ryan
Date Posted: July 01 2006 at 19:48
Am I the only one who thinks the couple songs on myspace that are new by Muse sounds terrible, monotonous, and retro-museish? I guess so. 
Redundant.
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: July 02 2006 at 11:49
You missed out on the whole album being up there. I'd definitely be unimpressed if I didn't listen to the entire thing all the way through, so maybe there's hope for you yet. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/">
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 03 2006 at 02:31
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They were on 'C4 presents..' last night playing 4 of the tracks from the album and being interviewed by the very nice Edith Bowman.Interestingly they played as a four peice with a keyboard player.Matt Bellamy admitted that they went out and bought synthesisers escpecially for this album! He talked about them sounding a bit like eighties electronic bands at times because they were beginners at using synths!There were also comparisons drawn with Britney Spears and T-Rex for the single 'Supermassive Black Holes' but no mention of Queen or Prince!
Other interesting snippets...Matt Bellamy's Dad was in the sixties band The Tornadoes.Muse started as Dominic Howards band and Matt asked to join because he noticed that a lot of girls were going to their gigs! He also only wanted to be the guitarist but they couldn't find anyone in their home town to sing in the band so he ended having to sing..usually through a haze of feedback!
I love Dominic Howards transparent drum kit.Very cool! It may be just my imagination but he is beginning to look and play like a young Carl Palmer! His drumming is a big feature of the latest album..absolutely superb! Not all of the latest album is prog but all of it is at least excellent.'Take A Bow' has to be heard to be believed..ELP crossed with Tomita and just about everything including the kitchen sink thrown in! 'Knights Of Cydonia' is probably the best track..great stuff!
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: July 03 2006 at 03:42
I guess it's impossible for me to guess what non-fans think! 
However, even though I've heard it many times since the original leak, I'm hearing more and more with each listen - and following this morning's listen, I may need to revise my rating upwards: From "Soldier's Poem" until the end, the feeling is very proggy - and that's more than half of the album. When you add "Take A Bow", that's 3/4 of it. I had a feeling that this might happen - and I know that Muse are far more than "skin deep". I'm listening to "City of Delusion" now, and I don't remember it sounding this mind-blowing when I reviewed it...
I LOVE it when an album noticeably improves with time!  ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: July 03 2006 at 19:40
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City of Delusion was definitely one of my favourite tracks from when
the album was still up on Myspace. And I agree about the proggy feel
from Soldier's Poem on, and about the album getting better with
each listen - can't wait for the official release!
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Posted By: Fritha
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 05:32
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I first listened to the stream of Supermassive Black Hole on the net, when a kind person on another forum provided the link for it. Loved it and bought the entire album on the following day (it's been available here in Finland since the beginning of July, I think). Heh, none of the other songs resembled the single too much, but that's okay, very listenable stuff nevertheless!
For me, as well, City of Delusion was immediately the stand-out song out of the rest of the tracks. It took me a couple of listens to appreciate Knights of Cydonia, though 
I only had Absolution as a CD-R (courtesy of a friend) until now, which I thouht was a decent record for sure, but I already enjoy the new one more as a whole. Absolution becomes very tiring to my ears if I listen to it in its entirety, partly due to there not being as much variety on it compared to the newest effort. Also, Bellamy's singing style is more, hmm, subdued now...he doesn't seem QUITE as breathless anymore, lol. ------------- I was made to love magic |