Formedin Teignmouth, Devon, in 1994, Muse signed with Taste Media and released their debut album, Showbiz, in 1999.[1] It was a success across Europe, and in the UK reached number 29 on the UK Albums Chart,[2] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[3] Five singles were released from Showbiz, with final, "Unintended", becoming Muse's first to reach the top 20 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] Muse released their second album, Origin of Symmetry, in 2001, which reached number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified double platinum by the BPI.[2][3] The first three singles, "Plug In Baby", "New Born" and "Bliss", all reached the UK top 25.[4]
In 2002, Muse released their first live video album, Hullabaloo: Live at Le Zenith, Paris, and the compilation album Hullabaloo Soundtrack.[1] The video reached number 2 on the UK Music Video Chart,[5] while the soundtrack album reached number 10 on the UK Albums Chart.[2] Their third studio album, Absolution, released on East West Records in 2003, was the first Muse album to top the UK Albums Chart.[2] It reached number 103 on the US Billboard 200,[6] but has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[7] "Time Is Running Out" was the first Muse single to enter the UK Singles Chart top ten, reaching number 8.[4] The live video Absolution Tour reached number 9 on the UK Music Video Chart.[8]
After founding their own label, Helium-3, and signing with Warner Bros. Records, Muse released their fourth studio album, Black Holes and Revelations in 2006. It topped several albums charts and reached the top ten on the Billboard 200.[6] The lead single, "Supermassive Black Hole", is Muse's most successful on the UK Singles Chart to date, reaching number 4.[4] Muse's first live album, HAARP, was released in 2008 and reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.[2] The Resistance followed in 2009, topping several countries' album charts for the first time, as well as reaching number 3 in the US.[6] The first single from the album, "Uprising", was the band's first to reach the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100,[9] as well as their fourth to reach the top ten in the UK.[4] The 2nd Law and Drones both topped the UK Albums Chart,[2] and Drones was Muse's first release to reach number one on the Billboard 200.[6] Simulation Theory and Will of the People were released in 2018 and 2022, respectively, with the latter marking Muse's seventh consecutive album to reach number one on the UK charts.
Does anybody have a *complete-all-on-one-page* list of Muse B-Sides and other non-album tracks? I've searched everywhere (included MuseWiki and been unable to locate one). I'd appreciate it if somebody could post a list on here - it would make my life a whole lot easier!
just curious about something, since Muse really isn't played on the radio in Canada: are the radio edits basically just shortened versions? Because as far as I know there is no content that needs to be edited out (I.E. foul lyrics)
ooh where did you order the symmetry box from if ya don't mind my asking? I've got the entire UK CD collection and I'm desperate for all the box sets (have abso) in new condition but looks like only eBay will be of any help when it comes to Showbiz and Symmetry boxes. And they're never brand new.
V MAGAZINE: Jimin is well known for his formidable performance skills. From his debut solo album FACE to the second solo album MUSE, he seems to deliver one of the most exciting performances in pop music right now. What do you think makes Jimin an iconic performer?
Minseong Kim: While promoting FACE, I remember Jimin playing for me the songs that he was working on at the time. Although he was busy promoting the album, you could see it in his eyes how much affection and enthusiasm he had for them. There was so much he wanted to do with those songs and expressed eagerness to show his fans what now became the MUSE album. Once we started wrapping things up for FACE, we began working on the new project together.
V MAGAZINE: Jimin participated in producing six of the seven tracks in MUSE. What was it like to work with Jimin overall on the album? Were there any differences in the way that you and Jimin collaborated on this album compared to his previous solo debut album FACE?
V MAGAZINE: From the global success of FACE to the upcoming release of MUSE, Jimin seems to be solidifying his distinctive musical style as a solo artist. What were some key elements of the album that Jimin and the producers focused on during the making of MUSE?
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In my opinion, this album is worth a listen for the average listener, as it provides a perfect introduction to Muse, and shows how a small band from Devon made huge waves, tsunamis even, in the music world by releasing an almost perfectly remastered album, 20 years after the original release.
The goal of the album, ever since ideas for it arose in late 2019, was that it would explore current events in the world. Since a lot has happened during these years, it, thematically, explores everything from Black Lives Matter protests, to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns, to the 2021 Capitol riots, and much more.
According to Muse, "Will of the People was created in Los Angeles and London and is influenced by increasing uncertainty and instability in the world. A pandemic, new wars in Europe, massive protests & riots, an attempted insurrection, Western democracy wavering, rising authoritarianism, wildfires and natural disasters and the destabilisation of the global order all informed Will of the People. It has been a worrying and scary time for all of us as the Western empire and the natural world, which we have cradled us for so long are genuinely threatened. This album is a personal navigation through those fears and preparation for what comes next."[5]
In an interview with Zane Lowe, upon announcing the album, on March 17th, 2022, Bellamy said about it, that the label originally planned them to release a best-of compilation of existing songs (later elaborating on that, saying that a "Best-Of Album" possibility is in their contract[6]). They instead decided to make a new album, which, musically, encapsulates and recaps the Muse's best work from past albums. As Bellamy said in an interview with a French radio station "RTL 2" in June of 2022, with the release of Origin of Muse and Origin of Symmetry's 20th Anniversary Remix, the band listened to a lot of their old music during the writing and recording process, and were thinking about certain things and ideas that they tried to do in the past, but they didn't work out. As an example, he mentioned Kill or Be Killed; Saying that "2 to 3 times in our career, we've tried to create something that kind of...resembled metal or something, but we couldn't quite go there".[7] As such, as mentioned by Bellamy on the Zane Lowe interview, the album goes "all the way, from metal, to pop, to my first version of an Adele piano-like song, to electronica", featuring songs like Kill or Be Killed, which is "the best prog metal song they've ever done that could've been on Drones", becoming a fan-favourite after just a few live performances, and We Are Fucking Fucked, which he sees as "the weirdest, darkest lost B-side of Muse's life", while also including songs like Liberation, which is, according to NME, a Queen-like ballad song and Verona, bringing "purity to the nostalgic electronic textures", as described by Warner themselves .[8]
In the same interview, he mentioned that he let Dom Howard take the lead in terms of decisions on this album, jokingly saying that this is why the album, from start to finish, took so long, saying that Howard took time with the process. On top of that, he added that the album was self-produced by the band themselves,[9] however it was made with help and assistance from Aleks Von Korff.
Taking in account previous mention of Bellamy's idea of 'era blending' and 'best-of' album, Will of The People presents songs that are reminiscent of their previous albums, Will Of The People harks back to songs like Psycho and Uprising; Compliance seemingly a new feature, presents influences from the 90s with a texture from Simulation Theory; Liberation is a song that could have been released on The Resistance; Won't Stand Down, presents patterns and verses that could have been present on Origin of Symmetry with its metal influence with the strings; Ghosts (How Can I Move On), a song that could be the one that Matt described as an 'Adele type of song'; You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween, a song that could be released Simulation Theory with its 80's inspired sound ala Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me; Kill or Be Killed, is intriguing due the mix of influences, ranging from Absolution, and Black Holes and Revelations to Drones with its metal riffs; Verona presents sounds similar the ones from The 2nd Law, like Follow Me and Madness, with its synths and U2 esque patterns and riffs; Euphoria, similar to the songs from Simulation Theory, presents synths straight out of the 70s and 80s, similar to the works of Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder; Finally, the closer, 'We Are Fucking Fucked', presents sounds harking back to Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry and The 2nd Law with a riff similar to Knights of Cydonia.
Bellamy also had once got imbued with the recent label's request to release the greatest hits album of Muse's iconic songs from each eighth album they recorded, but they turned down the request and instead, they decide to produce a new album that combined with all various sounds and influences from each of their previous album into a new and fresh package with an additional comment by him as "a greatest hits album - of a new songs - essentially" [14] during Matt's interview with NME and the band interview with French radio talk show.
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