The Sound Of Muzak (track)
by Porcupine Tree
Year: 2002
From the album In Absentia (track #4)
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The Sound Of Muzak appears on the following album(s) by Porcupine Tree:
- In Absentia (track #4) (this album) (2002)
- Rockpalast (track #11) (2006)
- Arriving Somewhere... (track #14) (2006)
- XM (track #2) (2003)
- Closure/Continuation Live: Amsterdam 07-11-22 (track #8) (2023)
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| ! | 08/17/2026 19:13 | NiceLemon282 | 655 | 86/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2026 12:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 172,894 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2026 00:45 |  Purplepash | 35,628 | 76/100 |
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Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/10/2014 14:23 | #126632
Agree, it's definitely catchy and groovy. Also really the lyrics, I think there might be a lot of truth to them!
An outstanding song. This and Trains should be rock radio staples - no excuses.
really catchy and a really great groove
Onater 04/16/2018 07:01 | #213015
I don't particularly disagree with the what the lyrics are saying or anything but it's just so... ehh. It reminds me way too much of the kind of thing you'd see in the comments section of a Queen video on YouTube with "im just 13 but love this kind of music i was born in the wrong generation."
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/25/2017 02:55 | #186297
I love that hook. The lyrics are about how radio sucks. And yup, it does, because you don't hear "wondrous" music like this but instead Justin fuckin Bieber and Nickelback and all the other shit that is nowhere near as beautiful as this song.
