Muse's best album (Origin Of Symmetry - Muse)

Member Name: shaneo632

Product:	Origin Of Symmetry - Muse
Date:	13/09/09 (20 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A triumph of talent

Disadvantages: Bliss, LOL

Muse were propelled to fame with the release of Origin of Symmetry, their second studio album and a stunning effort that, in many eyes, established them as the new Pink Floyd, a progressive rock band with a heart and soul that made sonically pleasing and thematically complex music.

It all begins with New Born, which was the first single from the album. Bellamy's vocals in particular are very haunting - it also has a lot of piano work for a while, and is quite a lengthy song (that was obviously chopped down for the radio). Soon enough it flies into heavy guitar work and is really fun to listen to.

Bliss is the next song and also the second single - I don't hold it in as high regard as most people - I think it's a bit silly and pretentious (particularly that bloody daft music video), but it's decent enough if a little more throwaway than the previous song and most of the songs on the album.

Plug-In Baby is probably the best and most well known track on the album - it starts off with an instantly recognisable guitar riff and goes from there into a brilliant, fast-paced tune with amazing bass and drum work, and of course, cracking vocals. It has incredibly strange lyrics and a music video that really doesn't help unravel the mystery at all.

There's also a cover of Nina Simone's Feeling Good on there, and this is one of the real treats of the album. I didn't expect it to be any good, but some might argue that it's better than the original - it really feels like a version for our time, at least, and I recall it being used on a Nescafe advert a few years ago.

This is an immensely well produced album that is chock-a-block with brilliant tracks. Even lesser known ones like Citizen Erased are extremely good, and there are no noticably weaker ones save perhaps for Bliss, although that seems to be just by my tastes, as most people I know love it!

For something with a bit more zest and life to it than your usual rock music, get this album and give it a few listens for something that's very unique and, best of all, brilliant.

Summary: A great album