The Resistance

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AlbumSep 10 / 200911 songs, 54m 19s
Alternative Rock Pop Rock
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5.9 / 10

Muse are back, with an LP of all-caps, no half-stepping ART-ROCK that closes with a three-part epic so shameless about its size it's billed as a "Symphony."

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Like Queen before it, Muse made the move from ornate, orchestral glam to a grab bag of genres—the transition happening between 2003’s grandiloquent Absolution and 2006’s scattered Black Holes And Revelations. Perhaps predictably, the band splits the difference on The Resistance. The album’s opening track, “Uprising,”…

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With its titanic guitar solos, symphonic suites, and multi-layered melodies, Muse's fifth album operates under the assumption that bigger is better.

See Gigwise's thoughts...In an epic setting at the top of one of London's tallest building, Gigwise was given a very special listen to Muse's new album 'The Resistance' on Tuesday (September 1).

<p>Another flight into overstatement takes in Orwell, lizard-worshipping and revolution. Sort of. <strong>Ben Thompson</strong> has a listen</p>

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Does Muse seem as relevant as ever? In a year that marks the 60th anniversary of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four while pregnant with reinvigorated...

<p>Not all of it is palatable, but there's something unrepentant in The Resistance's insane ambitiousness that demands respect rather than mockery, says <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>

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Muse - The Resistance review: Amidst a sea of glamour and fame, Muse implodes with this directionless, self-indulgent record.

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