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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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4:55p - Muse - 'Black Holes and Revelations'
I listened to this album again yesterday, in the hopes that it had gotten better in the time since in came out. No such luck. It still fails to feel like an album to me, rather than just a collection of songs - and there's a whole bunch of them towards the end that are of so little effect that I can't even be bothered hearing them.
Now, I probably shouldn't critisise them for trying a new direction, but to many of the songs sound like bits from other bands, and I can pick a different influence for every song. Muse already had a sound, and it seems telling to me that this album got the best reviews from people who, previously, didn't like them.
I like the last song, and maybe the first four songs. I especially like 'Starlight', which seems to me as if it is about the effects of time dilation on human relationships. But you probably have a different interpretation. Sadly, few of the lyrics are sufficiently oblique for my tastes. But that's just me; I prefer metaphors to bluntly making a point, when it comes to songs.
Probably it's the songs that talk about space I like most. Because I am a geek.
So, sorry album, I really wanted to like you, but I think I'm going to have to just pick and choose.
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