Black Holes And Revelations
by Muse

Black Holes And Revelations by Muse
Year: 2006
Release date: 2006-06-28
Overall rank: 259th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,481 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2006 (4th)
Award Top 50 albums of of the 2000s (40th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (259th)

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Muse bestography

Black Holes And Revelations is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by Muse on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Muse is Absolution which is ranked number 190 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,808.

Muse album bestography « Higher ranked (203rd)
Origin Of Symmetry
This album (259th)
Black Holes And Revelations
Lower ranked (654th) »
The Resistance

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Black Holes And Revelations track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Black Holes And Revelations rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 259th | 2000s rank: 40th | 2006 rank: 4th
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2026NextWaveMusicMediaTop 100 Greatest Music Albums66/10035
2026mttr-in-plcTop 10 Music Albums of 20069/101
2026SiromynianTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s13/10018
2026NifcakeTop 40 Greatest Music Albums12/4072
2026pjpaulTop 50 Greatest Music Albums11/5076
2026wizardalienTop 17 Music Albums of 20068/173
2026 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 200679/1001
2026Rm12398Top 25 Music Albums of 200612/253
2026JakorTop 50 Music Albums of 200610/504
2026LordMarkTop 100 Greatest Music Albums68/10032
2026 RasmVMost listened albums since I joined BEA47/100 -
2026 TerryTezzaTop 100 Greatest Music Albums63/10038
2026pinkfreud1981Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s45/10011
2026 BachTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s14/10017
2026jonny5244Top 46 Music Albums of 20068/464
2026 Robert Anton WilsonTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s21/10016
2026AdymanTop 50 Greatest Music Albums43/5015
2026 ExTeaSeaF2LF: Muse2/6 -
2026tim0505Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s19/10016
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s75/1005
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 803
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 6,201
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,481 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.

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70/100
From 09/25/2025 09:00 | #311073
I think this is the perfect album to discover Muse. It has everything: big hits, rock, pop, some more progressive tracks, spaghetti western vibes, and even a bit of electro. All wrapped up in great production, it makes for a really nice album that I listen to regularly.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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50/100
From 12/12/2024 17:29 | #306468
The Temu version of Radiohead pulls off another lame album. Supermassive Black Hole has potential to be different but the music sounds like country rap trying to be disco, and it sucks.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 10/05/2022 00:26 | #290160
An album of spectacular grandeur without over lengthy songs. Fantastic track sequencing. Upon listening to it again after about a decade gap, I'd forgotten how good this actually is. Way better than I'd remembered it to be. I'd put it as equal best along side 'Absolution'
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
75/100
From 07/22/2022 15:19 | #287731
I’m glad Muse exists, even if they’re not my favorite band. Kind of like Queen, but better read and with better chops. None of the songs go half-assed on this album but neither will they be something you can emotionally connect to.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (0 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
Rating:  
75/100
From 03/27/2022 11:31 | #283464
Muses music is not my music. It is too noisy, bombastic, and genre-wise too difficult to place. Hard rock, metal, industrial, alternative, shoegazing, operatic, what ?. Choosing one genre is usually sufficient
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50/100
From 02/02/2022 20:45 | #280487
Not the biggest Muse fan, but you can't not get a kick out of Starlight (although overplayed), Supermassive Black Hole, Invincible and Knights of Cydonia. The rest is mostly filler though, it's much less consistent than The Resistance which is my favourite Muse album.
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90/100
From 01/08/2022 14:06 | #278846
This was my entry level to Muse in about 2017 having missed them entirely. It was energetic and big sound - I loved it, got into their back catalogue and regard them as one of my favourite bands.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 10/16/2021 09:41 | #275088
This is quite a different record to their previous work and there is definitely a few more risks taken. One highlight of this is that the vocal performance is a lot more varied and it is stretched really well making for more unique sounding songs like Supermassive Black Hole. The instrumentation is also very good on most tracks with the guitar work being the standout. However, the record is a lot less consistent with there being several filler tracks which is rare to find on a muse album. Also, I found myself losing interest after about the mid way point as most of the standout tracks come in the first half except for the closing song which is brilliant. On the whole, this is not their best work but it is very interesting to explore and there are some great cuts to find on here.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 08/01/2021 15:17 | #272105
Bom álbum, bem dramático!
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From 03/12/2021 13:13 | #267269
Je trouve la première face du Vinyl un peu en dessous des deux albums précédents, par conter la deuxième face est juste énorme !
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