The 2nd Law
by Muse

Album
The 2nd Law by Muse
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-10-01
Overall rank: 1,154th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 732 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2012 (16th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (172nd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,154th)

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Muse bestography

The 2nd Law is ranked 6th best out of 19 albums by Muse on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Muse is Absolution which is ranked number 191 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,744.

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The 2nd Law rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,154th | 2010s rank: 172nd | 2012 rank: 16th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
64/100 (from 732 votes)
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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2021 16:02 in Monthly overall chart movements
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From 09/25/2025 09:07 | #311076
I love all Muse albums except this one. It goes in every direction, the production is terrible, and there are far fewer good tracks than on their other albums (Edited)
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From 07/21/2025 15:38 | #310236
Much better than I thought it would be, as they clearly experimented with this album. Supremacy is the best track on the album and a great way to start. Also liked Animals, Big Freeze and Save Me. Shame about the penultimate track which is just godawful with the cringey dubstep. Other than that, another good Muse album. (Edited)
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From 12/30/2024 23:51 | #306730
One of the best bands of all time, who started writing lyrics to question the inequality caused by capitalism, then Western "democracy" removed them from radio and TV and the sheep portrayed in Pink Floyd's Animals album are still all lined up... Méé Méé Méé... Great album (Edited)
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65/100
From 12/08/2020 15:15 | #262284
If you don't take the over the top stuff too seriously, if you don't mind dubstep and if you skip some songs, it is quite decent.
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