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| Origin of Symmetry | 
| Artist: Muse
Label: Maverick
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (201 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1005
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 47984
UPC: 936247984226
EAN: 0093624798422
ASIN: B000AMPZF8
Release Date: September 20, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | New Born | | • | Bliss | | • | Space Dementia | | • | Hyper Music | | • | Plug in Baby | | • | Citizen Erased | | • | Micro Cuts | | • | Screenager | | • | Dark Shines | | • | Feeling Good | | • | Megalomania |
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Album Description
After 2004's U.S. breakthrough success for U.K. favorite Muse, the band's second album, 2001's Origin of Symmetry, finally earns its stateside release. Last yeasr's Absolution and major performances across the country won legions of American fans for the band that was the prestigious closing act at London's V2004 Festival. Now these new fans can experience an earlier Muse with Origin of Symmetry.
Amazon.com
Pomposity, bombast, pretension and prog-rock: they're four crimes that blight the landscape of modern music and Origin Of Symmetry--the second record by Teignmouth, U.K. angst-rockers Muse--is guilty of every single one. But the truly astonishing thing about this record is the way it twists every one of these cardinal musical sins into spectacularly silly and starkly individual strengths. Where their debut album Showbiz was rightly dismissed as little more than Radiohead-lite, here Muse sound defiantly like their own band: on "New Born", they're torn somewhere between the purity of front man Matt Bellamy's angelic vocal tones and the corruption of a huge, dirty, distorted bass riff that electrifies the sound into crackling life; on the fraught, operatic "Bliss", they sound like an unholy--but very welcome--cross between synth-heavy Krautrock legends Tangerine Dream and youthful choirboy angst-peddlers JJ72; and even a wonderfully dippy take on the Nina Simone-popularised jazz standard "Feeling Good" is carried off with the requisite deadpan countenance. Bellamy's impassioned voice, in particular, is on spectacular form, soaring skywards until it cracks into a beautiful falsetto reminiscent of Jeff Buckley's greatest vocal moments. So gloriously overblown, it deserves to be huge--Origin Of Symmetry is a fascinating, flamboyant and satisfyingly individual album. --Louis Pattison
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 Best Album November 6, 2008
For sure Muse's best album and might be one of the best albums ever made.
Album starts off very strong with New Born.. great guitar work especially if you see it live.
Next comes Bliss, very good song, even though its very simple.
Then comes the very epic song of Space Dementia, amazing!
Other highlights include Plug In Baby, Citizen Erased, Microcuts, Darkshines.
Yes every song in this album is amazing. Buy it! Listen to it! You won't be disappointed. Amazing album, my favorite!
Great Muse album October 12, 2008
A very excellent album. This Muse cd is probably my second favorite Muse album behind Absolution, although in my opinion, you really can't go wrong in buying any of their cds.
instant classic September 23, 2008
in my opinion muse is one of the best band today, anything i said would fail miserably in describe them, you have to listen their muisc and this album in particular its great, an instant classic, their best in my opinion
Masterpiece September 14, 2008
Warning: every single one of the songs on this CD are so epically genius you won't be able to tolerate any of that crap on the radio for even a minute after one listen.
Never before have I been stunned by one album. It's not just that the music is good; it's so insightful and connected it's almost scary. It kicks off with Newborn, which starts out great with fast-paced piano and only gets better when the guitar comes in.
Undoubtedly two of my favorite Muse songs ever (which is saying something) follow: Bliss and Space Dementia. Both consist of background arpeggios but hold very other qualities. Bliss's strong suit is its lyrics. In a way, it's a strange love song, describing a brilliant conundrum; being jealous of someone who is in the perfect state of mine (aka "bliss"). Of course, you can not reach that state if you are busy being jealous of it. "Everything about you pains my envying/Your soul can't hate anything/Give me...all the peace and joy in your mind. I want the peace and joy in your mind." The lyrics tear me up more than that of the soapiest, more passionate love ballads of any other band.
Space Dementia is a masterpiece of its own. Starting out with delicate piano which turns hammering and then into a floaty synth keyboard in the chorus. The first line of this song will forever intrigue me. ("H8 is the one for me".) Whatever the case, this is a track you will not be soon forgetting
Things move away from the piano and lean heavily along Matt's trusty guitar further into the album. Hyper Music is a fast, loaded song with a loud, powerful chorus with potentially heart wrenching lyrics. ("I don't want you; and I never did. I don't want you and I never will.") Things really begin to shine with the epic Plug in Baby, my favorite Muse song. With it's legendary riff, undeniably catchy chorus, and Matt's screaming falsetto outro, this is Muse at their peak at the time. You could listen to this song hundreds of time and never get tired of the sheer awesomeness of it.
Citizen Erased is amazing in the sense that it is 7 minutes long, progresses through so many levels and yet never gets boring or drawn-out. If you listen to the first part then skip to the last part, it sounds like a completely different song. Speaking of the last part, the last two minutes are incredibly moving and wonderful. They also flow right into the next track, Microcuts. Famous for Matt's soaring falsetto, this is definitely a standout.
Screenager consists of Dom (Howard, the drummer) playing a rhythm on animal nails/bones and piano from Matt. It's probably the only track on the whole CD that never really kicks into a fast pace and gives the listener a smooth break. Dark Shines is another song I argue is very underrated. It has catchy guitar riffs and an arguably sexy bass on the verses, and explodes into piano pounding, guitar shreading chorus. Plus, the lyrics rock ("So be mine/and you innocence I will consume.")
Named one of the best five covers of all time and for good reason, Feeling Good comes next. Matt's keyboard skills are ace and the middle verse with the megaphone is brilliant.
And wrapping up this musical experience is none other than Megalomania. Played on a church organ, the chorus of this song is so climatic and powerful, I get chills every time. The lyrics surpass great and approach mind bending. ("Take off your disguise/I know that underneath it's me/ Who are you?") The best part could very well be the second chorus, which is recorded with Matt singing low and with a falsetto. The entire thing ends with one last climaxing note, then drops.
Matt Bellamy outdoes himself on this album; the lyrics he writes are so expressive and poignant and yet other times vague and brooding that they could capture anyone's attention. And the complexity and volume of each son is staggering. And of course, his piano and guitar skills are divine.
Combined with the talent of Dom and Chris Wolstenholme, the extremely impressive bassist, it's impossible for any Muse album not to be fantastic. Origin of Symmetry is an album that defies good effort and having several catchy tracks; it is a masterpiece.
My first purchase in Amazon August 31, 2008
This is the Best MUSE's album to me. I started to like MUSE when I first listened to "Space Dementia". I recomend this album to everybody who likes good music.
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