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angie_muse Poker Face Member
Αριθμός μηνυμάτων : 406 Ημερομηνία εγγραφής : 2010-01-11 Ηλικία : 31 Τόπος : Cydonia
| Subject: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:09 pm | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
Αριθμός μηνυμάτων : 406 Ημερομηνία εγγραφής : 2010-01-11 Ηλικία : 31 Τόπος : Cydonia
| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:10 pm | |
| Absolution is the third studio album by English alternative rock band Muse. It was released on 21 September 2003 in the UK and on March 23, 2004 in the U.S. by Taste Music Limited. The album yielded the band's first American hits – "Time Is Running Out" and "Hysteria", the former becoming their first UK Top 10 single. In 2006 it was voted the 21st best British album ever. The album was placed in at #23 after a public vote for Q magazine in February 2008 for the Best British Albums of All Time.[2] In 2009 it was voted by Kerrang! as the second-best album of the 21st century (thus far), coming just behind Green Day's American Idiot and beating albums such as Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park and Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age (Muse's previous album, Origin of Symmetry, and their subsequent release, Black Holes and Revelations, also appeared in the top fifty).[3] | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
Αριθμός μηνυμάτων : 406 Ημερομηνία εγγραφής : 2010-01-11 Ηλικία : 31 Τόπος : Cydonia
| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:10 pm | |
| Writing and composition
The band spent much of 2002 recording Absolution with producer Rich Costey.[4] The album was recorded in studios in both Los Angeles and London.[4] Bellamy said that the band made a "conscious decision" to "get together in a room and make music", setting aside time to record the album, as previous albums' recording sessions were 'hastily arranged' and rushed.[4] The album incorporates themes of fear, mistrust, personal achievement and joy.[4] Bellamy said that the beginning of the Iraq War had an effect on their songwriting.[4] The track "Blackout" featured an 18-piece orchestra.[5] | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
Αριθμός μηνυμάτων : 406 Ημερομηνία εγγραφής : 2010-01-11 Ηλικία : 31 Τόπος : Cydonia
| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:10 pm | |
| Release
Absolution was released on 23 September 2003 on CD and double vinyl.[6] It was their first album released on the A&E Records label.[6] There were six singles, of which the first, "Stockholm Syndrome", was download only.[6] Because of contractual obligations, the band couldn't allow the song to be downloaded for free, so the fee was set at $0.99 and it was downloaded more than 20,000 times.[4] The album and each of the singles except "Stockholm Syndrome" were distributed as promotional CDs housed in Anti-Static Bags. | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
Αριθμός μηνυμάτων : 406 Ημερομηνία εγγραφής : 2010-01-11 Ηλικία : 31 Τόπος : Cydonia
| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:10 pm | |
| Commercial Absolution was Muse's first album to chart in the US, and is credited with establishing the band a fan base there.[4] The album reached #1 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and #107 on the Billboard 200.[7] Absolution was certified gold by the RIAA in March 2007, becoming the group's first album to be certified in the United States.[8] | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
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| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:10 pm | |
| Critical The album was largely well received by critics. Both Q and The Guardian gave it four out of five stars, with three out of five stars being awarded by Allmusic and Rolling Stone. As with previous albums they were compared to Radiohead, with Tim DiGravina of Allmusic calling Bellamy's vocals a "Thom Yorke vocal impersonation".[1] However, DiGravina also said that the album still "struck a nerve" with the band's more alternative hard rock fans,[1] a view that was agreed with by The Guardian's Alexis Petridis.[9] | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
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| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:11 pm | |
| Track listing
All lyrics written by Matthew Bellamy, all music composed by Muse. No. Title Length 1. "Intro" 0:22 2. "Apocalypse Please" 4:12 3. "Time Is Running Out" 3:56 4. "Sing for Absolution" 4:54 5. "Stockholm Syndrome" 4:58 6. "Falling Away With You" 4:40 7. "Interlude" 0:37 8. "Hysteria" 3:47 9. "Blackout" 4:22 10. "Butterflies and Hurricanes" 5:01 11. "The Small Print" 3:28 12. "Endlessly" 3:49 13. "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" 3:11 14. "Ruled by Secrecy" 4:54 Very early initial copies of the CD featured inlay errors, where the songs "Interlude" and "Hysteria" switched places on the track listing. Cover art by Storm Thorgerson and Dan Abbott. | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
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| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:11 pm | |
| onus tracks
[edit]Japanese bonus track "Fury" – 4:58 (Also featured as the b-side to the Sing for Absolution single). [edit]Limited edition UK bonus DVD "The Making of Absolution" documentary (Also Hysteria and Interlude positions are switched on the tracklisting, yet this is not the case on the album) [edit]Australian Tour Bonus Disc "Stockholm Syndrome" – 7:14 "New Born" – 6:11 "Muscle Museum" – 4:18 "Hysteria" – 4:14 "Bliss" – 4:01 "Time Is Running Out" – 4:06 This bonus CD is entirely composed of live versions, recorded at the Big Day Out in Sydney, January 23, 2004 for Australian radio station Triple J and broadcast in the radio show "Live at the Wireless". | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
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| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:11 pm | |
| Personnel
Muse Matthew Bellamy – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming, string arrangements, production Christopher Wolstenholme – bass, backing vocals, production Dominic Howard – drums, percussion, production Production personnel Dennis Smith – executive production Safta Jaffery – exeuctive production Rich Costey – production, mixing, engineering, additional production on tracks 9 and 10 Wally Gagel – engineering, digital engineering, additional production on track 10 Paul Reeve – production on tracks 9 and 10, vocal samples on track 1, backing vocals on track 10 John Cornfield – production and engineering on tracks 9 and 10 Roger Lian – digital editing Howie Weinberg – mastering Additional personnel Audrey Riley – string arrangements Symphony of Voices – vocal samples on tracks 5 and 12 Storm Thorgerson – graphic design Dan Abbott – graphic design Rupert Truman – photography Sean Winstanley – photography Perou – band photography Lee Baker – layout design Sam Winston – typography | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
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| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:11 pm | |
| Album Year Chart Position 2003 UK Albums Chart 1 2003 Billboard Top Heatseekers 1 2003 U.S. Billboard 200 107 2003 France Albums Top 150 1 2003 Dutch Albums Top 100 2 2003 Ireland Top 75 3 2003 Swiss Albums Top 100 3 2003 Austria Top 75 3 2003 Italy Top 50 4 2003 Norway Top 40 5 2003 Belgium Top 70 7 2003 Finnish Top 40 12
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
Αριθμός μηνυμάτων : 406 Ημερομηνία εγγραφής : 2010-01-11 Ηλικία : 31 Τόπος : Cydonia
| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:11 pm | |
| Singles Year Single Chart Position 2003 "Stockholm Syndrome" UK Downloads Chart 31 2003 "Time Is Running Out" UK Singles Chart 8 2003 "Hysteria" UK Singles Chart 17 2004 "Sing For Absolution" UK Singles Chart 16 2004 "Apocalypse Please" UK Downloads Chart 10 2004 "Butterflies and Hurricanes" UK Singles Chart 14 2004 "Time Is Running Out" U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 9 2005 "Hysteria" U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 9 2005 "Stockholm Syndrome" U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 31 | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
Αριθμός μηνυμάτων : 406 Ημερομηνία εγγραφής : 2010-01-11 Ηλικία : 31 Τόπος : Cydonia
| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:12 pm | |
| Covers
The song "Endlessly" was covered by the operatic soprano Renée Fleming on her 2010 album Dark Hope. | |
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angie_muse Poker Face Member
Αριθμός μηνυμάτων : 406 Ημερομηνία εγγραφής : 2010-01-11 Ηλικία : 31 Τόπος : Cydonia
| Subject: Re: Absolution Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:12 pm | |
| Preceded by Permission to Land by The Darkness UK number one album October 4, 2003 – October 10, 2003 Succeeded by Life for Rent by Dido | |
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