Album Rating: 2.5

Yeah this is just incredibly mid rather than outright toilet

That's honestly what I expected, I cannot believe this is even remotely 4 territory but I haven't listened (yet)

Album Rating: 3.4

I mean, it is good, but it can't touch the first four albums.

i look away for a week and a one in a million event happens. an actually liked muse album? thats insane.

Album Rating: 3.0

After a good couple of days away from it - Hush is even better than I remember. This genuinely might be a top 5 Muse song

Nightshift Superstar instantly one of their best songs of the last 20 years

Album Rating: 3.0

I've been relistening to the full album today - I like Nightshift Superstar less on this listen, there's something weird about the pacing that makes any bridge or verse between the chorus feel incredibly lacking. Chorus is a banger though

Album Rating: 3.5

"Nightshift Superstar instantly one of their best songs of the last 20 years"

YES

I just heard Hush. I think muse fans have been so abused over the years that they cant recognize what good sounds like anymore. It sounded like Imagine dragons.

Album Rating: 3.5

We don't speak of that band. No one should ever need to know about that band.

Album Rating: 3.5

opening track is great

this was perfectly okay and absolutely nothing special at all. high praise for a post 2006 muse album tho

Album Rating: 3.0

in the context of their discog this is still sounding good, the difference between me and (most of) you is that their peak doesn't hold up as well I remember so far - OoS especially. Absolution is clear tho. I will check BH&R next week. Curiosity may lead me to revisit Showbiz or (maybe) Drones perhaps, but dunno if I wanna do that - guess I can't lose anything by re-checking the latter.

"muse fans"
yeah and we dont ever listen to other bands ever so we dont have any context for other music

get real lol

Album Rating: 3.0

that was actually true of me once upon a time lol

the additional 'context' was nice but unhelpful in my assessment of this band

Album Rating: 3.0

Matt has always been a terrible lyricist but I'm gonna give him a (backhanded) complement for that Cryogen chorus, cos it's in 'laugh out loud / so bad it become good' territory - nicely done lol

Album Rating: 4.5

Absolution is lyrically great when you just want some apocalyptic music



Otherwise yeah he's a trash lyricist, and it says a lot about his other musical skill sets that he's able to overcome it

Album Rating: 3.5

This is the same eloquent wordsmith who recently fashioned "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, we are fucking fucked", after all.

Album Rating: 3.5

For once I actually believe the remaster of OoS surpasses the original, so perhaps that might help give you a semi-hard there Demon

Album Rating: 4.0

Does anyone interpret Love revealed our failed rebellion / Our resistance is mass-produced in "Hexagons" to be a dig at one of the band's own albums?