So, in my previous posts i have been extremely critical over Muse, and to be honest i am not gonna stop. Their lead single Madness grew on me like wildfire and i still cannot get over how the direction of their music is going. But this album has so many different directions that you don't really know what they're trying to achieve.The Reistance was released in 2009 and might I say was a terrible album. They had a few standout tracks on it like Uprising, Resistance, Unnatural Selection and Mk Ultra. So once hearing they were releasing a new album I instantly thought that it wouldnt be that hard to top it, but Survival was released around the time of the Olympics and well lets just say, i was wrong.
The album is called The 2nd Law. The track listing is as followed.
- Supremacy
- Madness
- Panic Station
- Prelude
- Survival
- Follow Me
- Animals
- Explorers
- Big Freeze
- Save Me
- Liquid State
- The 2nd Law: Unsustainable
- The 2nd Law: Isolated System
I am going to give an individual review of each track and a rating for the track out of five.
Supremacy: This to me sounds a lot like Rage Against the Machine crossed with rock opera. This song expresses the genius vocals that Matthew Bellamy has to offer, and has guitar riffs that are deep tuned that make you want to nod ya to the beat. 2/5
Madness: I have previously reviewed this song on this blog so I will not review it again. 3/5
Panic Station: Queen meets Stevie Wonder. But in a great way. I think this is hands down the best track off this album. Awesome guitar riffs, great drum beat, it has everything. This song has some of Matthew Bellamy's best vocals, and expresses the talent that the man has. If you were to check out any song on this album, this would be it. 5/5
Prelude: Clearly you cannot review a 57 second song.
Survival: See my rant earlier in this blog. 1/5
Follow Me: This song is different for Muse. I read about 3 weeks before this album was released as a stream that this song would have lullaby's and a more up tempo beat. Well how that is correct, hearing this song I was forced by my mind to look up some of these songs and the way they have been written, and I came across a site that said Nero, a drum and bass, dubstep and electronic music act, had a heavy influence, and a producer on this track. But might I say, as different as it is, it is still not the best. 2.5/5
Animals: I think this song comes as a surprise. Lyrics wise. Some of the lyrics are just out of character for Muse, and as much as i like this song, it is definitely not for the lyrics. The instrumental is great thought. 2.5/5
Explorers: This song is pretty average. But it sounds sort of similar to the old school Muse that we all grew to love. 2.5/5
Big Freeze: Man, is this song great. I love this song. U2 riffs incorporated with a stadium type of song sounds good to me. This is the most Musey-est song on this album and it is bloody awesome. I love it. Sorry for repeating myself but it is great. Lyrics are brilliant, instrumental is brilliant. Its great. 4.5/5
Save Me: Well this song surprised me, for one reason. It is the bassist singing. He has a good voice that is not recognised enough through each of their previous albums. This song and the next one is about his alcoholism. But this song gives off more of a love song as well. Either way i think it is a good song. 2.5/5
Liquid State: This song is sung by Chris again, and has the same meaning behind the other song he rote the lyrics for, but this is about being intoxicated. Great instrumentals for this song as well. 2.5/5
The 2nd Law - Unsustainable: I have reviewed this before so check it out. 0/5
The 2nd Law - Isolated System: This is a soft way to close this album. It reminds me a lot of the Exogenesis Symphony off The Resistance. I wasnt the biggest fan of it then and am still not now. 1/5
This is one of the most in depth reviews I will ever do. But the overall rating is not that high. Muse have gone mainstream and I dont like that direction they are going in.
The 2nd Law is available worldwide from the start of October, but certain sites are streaming it live for the week.
Prelude: Clearly you cannot review a 57 second song.
Survival: See my rant earlier in this blog. 1/5
Follow Me: This song is different for Muse. I read about 3 weeks before this album was released as a stream that this song would have lullaby's and a more up tempo beat. Well how that is correct, hearing this song I was forced by my mind to look up some of these songs and the way they have been written, and I came across a site that said Nero, a drum and bass, dubstep and electronic music act, had a heavy influence, and a producer on this track. But might I say, as different as it is, it is still not the best. 2.5/5
Animals: I think this song comes as a surprise. Lyrics wise. Some of the lyrics are just out of character for Muse, and as much as i like this song, it is definitely not for the lyrics. The instrumental is great thought. 2.5/5
Explorers: This song is pretty average. But it sounds sort of similar to the old school Muse that we all grew to love. 2.5/5
Big Freeze: Man, is this song great. I love this song. U2 riffs incorporated with a stadium type of song sounds good to me. This is the most Musey-est song on this album and it is bloody awesome. I love it. Sorry for repeating myself but it is great. Lyrics are brilliant, instrumental is brilliant. Its great. 4.5/5
Save Me: Well this song surprised me, for one reason. It is the bassist singing. He has a good voice that is not recognised enough through each of their previous albums. This song and the next one is about his alcoholism. But this song gives off more of a love song as well. Either way i think it is a good song. 2.5/5
Liquid State: This song is sung by Chris again, and has the same meaning behind the other song he rote the lyrics for, but this is about being intoxicated. Great instrumentals for this song as well. 2.5/5
The 2nd Law - Unsustainable: I have reviewed this before so check it out. 0/5
The 2nd Law - Isolated System: This is a soft way to close this album. It reminds me a lot of the Exogenesis Symphony off The Resistance. I wasnt the biggest fan of it then and am still not now. 1/5
This is one of the most in depth reviews I will ever do. But the overall rating is not that high. Muse have gone mainstream and I dont like that direction they are going in.
The 2nd Law is available worldwide from the start of October, but certain sites are streaming it live for the week.
Rating
6.5/10
By Dylan
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