![]() ![]() Their ‘OK Computer’ moment? Don’t count it out. Muse returned with their fourth album Black Holes and Revelations in summer of 2006. ‘Black Holes And Revelations’ may garner criticism from quarters who just want a bit of rock-action style noise to their piano riffs, but it’s clear proof that Muse have matured, tamed their operatic aspirations, widened their electronic horizons, and created an impossibly huge fourth studio album in the process. Starlight Supermassive Black Hole Map Of The Problematique Soldiers Poem Invincible Assassin. Where Rachmaninov could have flinched at earlier work, this time it’s the Spaghetti Westerns getting the Muse treatment, with ‘Hoodoo’ and ‘City Of Delusion’ doing their bit for world music. It’s not a total diversion from the Muse we all know - ‘Knights Of Cydonia’ wears its Queen-influenced heart firmly on sleeve, and only Matt Bellamy could get away with a track titled ‘Map Of The Problematique’. Far awayThis ship has taken me far awayFar away from the memoriesOf the people who care if I live or dieStarlightI will be chasing a starlightUntil the end o. Even ‘Starlight’, the track from which the album’s title is taken, makes use of handclaps. The rest of ‘Black Holes…’ doesn’t quite match the funk-pop delight of lead single ‘Supermassive Black Hole’, but the ideas are there: ‘Take A Bow’, the record’s opener, has the kind of dancetastic hints more often seen on a Fatboy Slim remix, while ‘Exo-Politics’ is the closest the Devon trio have come to making guitar pop in their career. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations album cover. This time round, there’s a reason for everything, however over the top it seems. Muse Starlight: Far away This ship has taken me far away Far away from the memories Of the people who. package possible, while Starlight proves they can write a radio-worthy anthem without jeopardizing their ethics. ![]() ‘Absolution’ had its moments the poptastic ‘Time Is Running Out’ and breathy ‘Endlessly’ amongst them, but on occasion swapped mind-blowing horizons and invention for predictable pomp. Sure they never really went away, but ‘Black Holes And Revelations’ is the album which should have followed on from where ‘Origin Of Symmetry’ left off.
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