Black Holes And Revelations (Muse)
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Disk 1: - Take a Bow - Starlight - Supermassive Black Hole - Map Of The Problematique - Soldier's Poem - Invincible - Assassin - Exo-Politics - City Of Delusion - Hoodoo - Knights Of Cydonia
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Binding/Format: Audio CD
Model No: 4 3 00063509
Release Date: 03/07/2006
Availability: dispatched within 24 hours
Index: Music
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Music Pod Price: £3.67
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Black Holes and Revelations finds Muse finally achieving their full potential, producing an album that is their biggest yet. And for a band that was responsible for the grandiose Origin of the Symmetry, that's no mean feat. In a time when lo-fi and acoustic acts are devouring the charts, Muse are resolutely swimming against the tide. Black Holes and Revelations is an epic album, and it sounds huge--listening to it, it's difficult to remember that Muse are just a trio. This is a band who enter a studio determined to get their money's worth--it wouldn't be a surprise to hear a kitchen sink clanging away in the background. In the hands of a lesser band, Black Holes and Revelations would sound either ironic or silly, with songs like "Starlight" sounding like a beefed-up ELO track, right down to its lyrics about spaceships. And that's not the only 1970's British rock band that's referenced here: by the end of "Soldier's Poem", you'll swear that Freddie Mercury and Queen are providing the harmonies. And the influence of Queen sticks around right through the energetic rocker "Assassin". Black Holes and Revelations wears the comparison well--this is an arena-rock album, carefully constructed by a band who by having no fear of the absurd, manage to transcend it. Quite simply, this album rocks. --Robert Burrow
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Associated music album categories: Hard Rock & Metal |
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