Black Holes And Revelations

Q - Ranked #2 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "[The songs] consolidated their creators' position as rock's mad scientists." Alternative Press - 5 out of 5 -- "REVELATIONS is Muse's best work yet primarily because of the fluid balance it keeps between excess and restraint. For every dizzying crescendo, there's a delicate, serene come-down." Kerrang - "It's massive, a rich, textured orgy of music, stuffed to the gills with myriad different sounds that spill out of your speakers in truly exhilarating fashion." Entertainment Weekly - "[T]heir latest is also ambitious, impeccably built, and apt to induce fits of uncontrolled fist pumping." Q - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[Their] dynamic versatility means Muse's songs have a habit of changing gear three minutes in, suddenly opening out and becoming more anthemic. It's a neat trick." Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[M]ixing together huge, doomy soundscapes, snarling guitars and space-age sound effects with Matthew Bellamy's operatic wail....[The album] will push your pleasure buttons." Mojo - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[They] make a powerful gut-bustingly powerful noise -- the closing epic 'Knights of Cydonia' sounds like Deep Purple playing the hits of Nine Inch Nails." Kerrang - Ranked #2 in Kerrang's "20 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "[A] brave and willfully eccentric collection of songs." NME (22/07/06, p.32) - "A ridiculous, overblown, ambitious and utterly brilliant album, with more thrills than their last three put together" The Fly (07/06, p.50) - 5 (out of 5) - "...Muse cement their place as rocks most ambitious band..." OMM (06/2006, p.57) - 5 (out of 5) - "...a fantastic record, with almost limitless appeal." Music Week (24/06/2006, p.24) - "A mesmerising work."

'Black Holes And Revelations' delivers a stylistic overhaul from Devon's premiere epic space rock outfit Muse. The follow up 2003's smash 'Absolution' looks to merge Matt Bellamy's trademark powerful riffs with dance beats to produce an upbeat album with influences moving towards Prince and Franz Ferdinand. Co-produced by Rich Costey (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave) and including the single 'Supermassive Black Hole'.|

世界の大型フェスのヘッドライナーを制し、ライヴ・アクトとしても確固たる地位を築いた現代最高のトライアングル、ミューズが放つ4作目。マシュー・ベラミーの押し殺すようなファルセットが印象的な、プリンス風味の暗黒ファンク“Supermassive Black Hole”という新機軸を見せつつも、大風呂敷広げっぱなしの宇宙的ナルシシズムは健在。〈マネできねえよ!〉というフォロワーたちの悔し泣きが目に浮かぶ大傑作。
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