Muse Discography

Muse is the band from Devon, UK which formed in 1994. The band just have three members contain Matthew James Bellamy (guitarist, vocalist, keyboardist, also known as Matt Bellamy), Christopher Tony Wolstenholme (bassist, backing vocals, also known as Chris Wolstenholme), and Dominic James Howard (drummer, percussion, also known as Dom Howard). The band has six studio album and at this article, I’ll try to explain all of them, what the unique, etc. Check it out.

1.       Showbiz

Track list:

1. Sunburn

2. Muscle Museum

3. Fillip

4. Falling Down

5. Cave

6. Showbiz

7. Unintended

8. Uno

9. Sober

10. Escape

11. Overdue

12. Hate This and I’ll Love You

*Bold typed are the singles of the album

This first album released in 4^th October 1999. This first album, with the Muscle Museum as the third single and has been released as EP before, the critics said that Muse just like Radiohead at the time and have no identical character. All the songs, especially the singles from this album such as Muscle Museum, Unintended, Uno and Sunburn, has the same color with Radiohead songs. On the other hand, some observer said that Muse has quietly something difference with Radiohead refer to Cave singles that has a lot of effect in guitar and has a little funky style. So, there was some pro-contra about this first album and because of it the album just reached 29^th position in UK album chart. Well, if you noticed, so it’s true that at the time, Muse just so mainstream and it can’t be denied that Muse influenced by the surrounding during the time. But naturally, this band still new in the music industry and the band just excluded their first color and style in music. By the time, for the next album they will do experiments and reveals their truly style.

2.       Origin of Symmetry

Track list :

1. New Born

2. Bliss

3. Space Dementia

4. Hyper Music

5. Plug in Baby

6. Citizen Erased

7. Micro cuts

8. Screenager

9. Darkshines

10. Feeling Good

11. Megalomania

*Bold typed are the singles of the album

Origin of Symmetry is the second studio album from Muse which released in 17^th July 2001. In this album Muse has some experiment due to critics of the music observer about their previous album. Muse wanted to show their eccentric and dark side of the band that didn’t appear in their first album. So this album is more progressive than before. New Born, Plug in Baby, and Bliss was the backbone of the album, and made it easier to created new songs based on it. They did some experiment of the music stuff, they had been using animal bones on Screenager. They also made classical music, Space Dementia. Especially classical music, in the future there will be some songs that have kind of genre. The result of this album, music observer recognize that Muse had something different and this album has reached 3^rd position in UK album chart.

 

3.       Absolution

Track list :

1. Intro -

2. Apocalypse Please

3. Time Is Running Out

4. Sing for Absolution

5. Stockholm Syndrome

6. Falling Away with You

7. Interlude -

8. Hysteria

9. Blackout

10. Butterflies & Hurricanes

11. The Small Print

12. Endlessly

13. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist

14. Ruled by Secrecy

*Bold typed are the singles of the album

This album that released in 29^th September 2003 made Muse lead as the other famous band. Absolution is the one of modern album and the song is easier to be listened. Stockholm Syndrome, the first single of this album was so popular. In this album too, Muse has transformed to make modern rock that can be listened by all of human being. It can be noticed by Time Is Running Out and Hysteria songs that was so fabulous at the time. Absolution was the beginning of Muse moves his style to more alternative, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist and The Small Print as the example. In Endlessly, Muse started use electronic sound. Both of the alternative and electronic sound will be appear more often in the future. Classical genre that was appeared in the previous album still not left behind, the example was Apocalypse Please. This album was, so real, made Muse well known over the world wide. And at the first time, Muse album could reach 1^st position in UK album chart. Intermezzo, the making process of Stockholm Syndrome was using Piano.

4.       Black Holes and Revelations

Track list :

1. Take a Bow

2. Starlight

3. Supermassive Black Hole

4. Map of the Problematique

5. Soldier’s Poem

6. Invincible

7. Assassin

8. Exo-Politics

9. City of Delusion

10. Hoodoo

11. Knights of Cydonia

*Bold typed are the singles of the album

Black Holes and Revelations released on 3^rd July 2006. This album just made Muse more famous after Absolution. Because on this album, Muse made more experimental music, and it worked amazingly! The album just felt more funk, pop, and R&B. First, they tried soft music genre, pop. Yes, on this album, Muse made something new on their style in music. Their-pop rock was just felt very strong on Starlight single, even though it was not the first single of the album. The first single exactly Supermassive Black Hole that was listened like more funk and beat, and the alternative rock was amazingly sounds good on the song. Both of the singles, made Muse more well known for all the listener music and they got more fans after it. The electronic sounds that firstly appeared on Absolution, not felt bitter on this album. But, the existence of the sounds still could be guessed on Exo-Politics. Their Progressive rock and classical sound that was appeared on Origin of Symmetry at the first time, appeared again in Black Holes and Revelations which Invincible and Soldier’s Poem as example. In the future, both the classical and electronic sound will be have own album as a theme. Black Holes and Revelations had just reach 1^st position UK album chart. By the way, Chris commented that the band listened to Islamic radio stations whilst writing the album and the progressive elements of that music influenced songs such as "Assassin".

5.       The Resistance

Track list :

1. Uprising

2. Resistance

3. Undisclosed Desires

4. United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)

5. Guiding Light

6. Unnatural Selection

7. MK Ultra

8. I Belong to You (+Mon Cœur S'ouvre à Ta Voix)

9. Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture)

10. Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 (Cross-Pollination)

11. Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)

*Bold typed are the singles of the album

The fifth album of Muse, The Resistance, released on 14^th September 2009. This album made Muse won the Grammy for Best Rock Album in 2011. As I said before on Black Holes and Revelations that classical and electronic sound will be appear on album as a theme, so this is the album that I’m talking about. And all of the songs of this album exists on my playlist! The Resistance is seriously so classical. With there a compilation song about 14 minutes on Exogenesis : Symphony. They used crunch organ for Unnatural Selection and made the theme of classical rock simply bitter. Matt was also lived in Italy that was belong to opera composer and tried to make a connection with his ghost whilst Matt was trying to create a song and hope some inspiration from the ghost. Even thought, the electronic sounds still appeared but not so bold, with the Undisclosed Desires single. The next album, the electronic sound will be as a theme and classical sounds will be lighter. The Resistance reached 1^st position in UK album chart too.

6.       The 2^nd Law

Track list :

1. Supremacy

2. Madness

3. Panic Station

4. Prelude

5. Survival

6. Follow Me

7. Animals

8. Explorers

9. Big Freeze

10. Save Me

11. Liquid State

12. The 2^nd Law : Unsustainable

13. The 2^nd Law : Isolated System

*Bold typed are the singles of the album

The 2^nd Law is the sixth album from Muse which released on 1^st October 2012. Muse tried and made some radical changes in this album with a lot of electronic sounds. Indeed, a lot of effect guitars, basses, even drums used to compose the songs. The trailer from this album that count down the launching of the album, The 2^nd Law : Unsustainable, was simply describe how the album will be, even though the trailer sounds funky at some parts of it. But, the second single, Madness, and the fifth single, Panic Station, clarify that electronic sounds, effects, distortion, and alternative rock was the base of the album. Classical and progressive genre still guessed, even there was some orchestra included, we can feel it in Supremacy and Survival. Survival is the official London 2012 Olympic song too. In this album, Muse raised a theme about technology and energy around the world, it can be found from the trailer. The result, this album reached 1^st position in UK Album chart.