i lol'd when you called a seven minute and twenty second song a monster
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Album Rating: 3.5
Clearly Muse’s most ambitious album and definitely not the place to start for new listeners, ‘Origin Of Symmetry’ is an extravagant hotch-potch of ideas from singer/songwriter/guitarist/pianist Matt Bellamy. Beginning with the absolutely amazing 6 minute ‘New Born’ - which heads from twinkling piano to striking guitar riff – all the singles (‘Bliss’, ‘Plug In Baby’ and a great cover version of the 1960’s cut ‘Feeling Good’) hit the mark expertly. However, this LP will ultimately be judged by its more outlandish tracks, which encompass every genre from metal through to classical, and space-rock through to opera. Some, like the epic ‘Citizen Erased’ and ‘Space Dementia’, find their target. But others, like the screaming ‘Micro Cuts’ and verging-on-boring ‘Screenager’ and ‘Megalomania’ come off as overblown and pretentious. It all gets a bit much after a while too, making the album seem longer than its 52 minute running time. Recommended Tracks: New Born, Plug In Baby, Citizen Erased & Feeling Good.
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Album Rating: 3.5
I tried putting this on right now but I'm still Muse-d out from my 07 obsession. Great shit but it rots in my stomach like Coldplay.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Great **** but it rots in my stomach like Coldplay.
I'm not sure I will ever understand you....
Album is amazing, it's just really front-loaded or whatever - which is a problem with the two albums after it as well.
Pretty much everything about New Born is brilliant.
Oh and Davey, I assume you mean to put that as a soundoff?
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Album Rating: 3.5
For some stupid reason that only exists in my mind, I'm going to go Sound-Off crazy some time in the near future & do a whole bunch at once. It will be probably be once I write descriptions such as the one above for the 3 subsequent Muse releases. I just thought it would be safer to put them as comments for now, or else I will accidentally delete them from where I initially wrote them down.
'New Born' is indeed brilliant. I'm actually starting to think it may be Muse's best song full stop. As for the "front-loaded" comment, while 'Absolution' may be a little, I think it holds up much better to the end than this album.This Message Edited On 02.25.09
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah I'm not entirely sure about Absolution, since I haven't heard it all since before I really liked this band. That's what I remember though.
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Album Rating: 4.0
this album is almost perfect.
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Album Rating: 4.5
This album is extra amazing when you forget about it for a few months and then listen again and it literally blows your mind!
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Album Rating: 3.5
After this album they were just boring
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Album Rating: 5.0
This is a greates album of all times~!
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Album Rating: 5.0
This blew me away today. I don't want to rate it prematurely, but I imagine it'll be somewhere in the range of 4.5 to 5.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Great review. Best muse album by far
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Couldn't agree more
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Album Rating: 4.0
Absolution is more consistent. A lot more, actually.
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Album Rating: 4.0
This album pips Absolution for me because the standout tracks are that much better "New Born" "Citizen Erased" and "Bliss" are all absolutely amazing.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Love the main riff to Plug In Baby
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Album Rating: 4.0
Haha yeah I know fucking brilliant riff. My brother worked out something almost the same by complete accident, wasn't quite right though.
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Album Rating: 4.0
The only problem with this is it's really front-heavy or whatever, whereas on Absolution you have the best song (Butterflies and Hurricanes) kinda close to the end.
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Album Rating: 4.0
You still get "Darkshines" and "Feeling Good" towards the end on this. Whilst not brilliant they are both still very solid tracks.This Message Edited On 04.13.09
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Album Rating: 4.0
I think it's because the riff is based on a scale so you can work it out or something similar just by messing around.
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