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It’s hard to imagine
a more rapturous critical reception than the one poured out for
the UK trio Muse on the release of their third album, and Warner
Bros. Records debut, Absolution. A representative sampling tells
the tale: “Earth-shattering and life saving,” declared NME,
while Rock Sound joined the chorus with “A sure-fire ticket to
world domination,” and Bang boasted “A hyperspace jump into the
future.” While Time Out trumpeted “Sheer, blistering rock
splendor,” the Daily Mirror declared “Dazzling,” and The
Guardian gushed “Utterly beguiling.” Rock Sound’s quote turned
out to be positively prophetic with Absolution topping charts in
the UK and France, climbing into the Top 5 in twelve countries
including the Netherlands, Ireland, Japan, Switzerland, Italy,
Norway, and Belgium, Top 10 in fifteen countries and Top 20 in
twenty countries– all within weeks of its release. Currently all
of Muse’s albums are platinum in the UK, and predominantly gold
in the major European territories. The fourteen tracks of
Absolution, including the single “Time Is Running Out,”
eloquently express life’s inevitable transitions and the
elemental emotions that accompany them. But however else the
music of Muse may be described, it is quintessentially genuine,
the integrated expression of three creatively charged artists
whose dynamic interaction makes for some of the most dramatic
music on either side of the Atlantic.
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