I thought I'd do another album as I supped my scotch.
Absolution by Muse
I don't appreciate Absolution like I used to. It represented more than music for a long time as one of about 4 albums Mr K suggested I listen to in the mid 00's. They were in truth probably the most modern albums I'd listened to (and enjoyed) in almost a decade and Absolution was the first.
If I may...can I distract you with the cover? The man standing there has a long shadow cast, but the bodies supposedly floating above him are symmetrical and correctly proportioned - which would absolutely not be the case if the sun were casting a long shadow.
Yes, I did just write that.
Absolution is a bit boring these days, Matt Bellamy has a vocal which grates on me. Maybe I over-exposed myself back then and it's my fault. Butterflies and Hurricanes remains the highlight of the album, it stops 3 minutes in and a tremendous classical piano solo steals the show before the song starts again. It actually cuts pretty poorly before the end of the piano and the start of the rest of the song, I'd not noticed before.
It's still a good album, a lesson in how good simple guitars with the right effect/distortion can rule the sound - especially if filled out with a bit of synth and dotted with operatic dynamism.
If nothing else Absolution (with the help of Mr K and Mr O) taught me how achievable making music like theirs was, with the right idea and the right approach it wasn't mystical or magical.
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