Listening to Muse’s third, landmark album Absolution today, it’s clear how well it’s aged: the themes of paranoia, government corruption, despair and – crucially – hope are just as, if not more, prescient today than in 2003.Ībsolution gave us some of Muse’s best-loved tracks, including ‘Hysteria,’ ‘Butterflies & Hurricanes,’ and ‘Time Is Running Out’ and swept the Devonshire three-piece away from the Radiohead comparisons and towards the top of the UK albums chart and an impressive vote from the once-sceptical Kerrang!, who placed the record as the second-best album of the century.ĭusting the CD case off ( Absolution was released before the era of MP3 ubiquity) and you’re hit by the striking and unsettling Storm Thorgerson artwork. Influenced by: Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Smashing Pumpkins, The Verve Influenced: Kasabian, Enter Shikari, Foals, Royal Blood, PVRIS, The 1975, Arcane Roots, Bastille, Imagine Dragons
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