pre·ten·tious - Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
pretty sure that defines Muse to a tee and in particular this album.
Honestly even when I liked Muse (enough to have seen them twice live) I thought this album was a piece of shit and it really really is. Candidate for one of the worst entries in the top 100.
pre·ten·tious - Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
pretty sure that defines Muse to a tee and in particular this album.
I have seen Muse about 5 times live (fanboy here) and I have to say they are one of the most entertaining and spectacular live acts I have seen.
And the idea that they are pretentious is somewhat incorrect. Granted that they are not as recognised or critically acclaimed as many bands but their talent and stage presence are impressive. They possess great ideas and the ability to pull it off. The only issue is that bands like Queen had that before their time.
It's not their best album (I prefer "Origin of Symmetry" and "Showbiz"), but it has some of their best songs: Butterflies & Hurricanes, Hysteria and Stockholm Syndrome.
I don't care about the pretentious or overblown if it's good music. And anyway i think Muse didn't intended to sound really big or pretentious with this album, I think they have become a little more of that lately and Bellamy is growing on his self indulgence sometimes is too much. Still is one of my favorites albums ever, I think is a beautiful powerful album, totally will be in my chart.
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