Black Holes And Revelations

新作『DRONES』をリリースしたばかり(2015年現在)のMUSEの旧譜作品が、180グラムの重量盤アナログLPレコードで取り扱い開始!

Rolling Stone (p.96) - 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." Entertainment Weekly (p.81) - "[T]heir latest is also ambitious, impeccably built, and apt to induce fits of uncontrolled fist pumping." Q (p.106) - 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." Q (p.126) - Ranked #2 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "[The songs] consolidated their creators' position as rock's mad scientists." Alternative Press (p.220) - 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 (Magazine) (pp.46-47) - "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." Kerrang (Magazine) (p.69) - Ranked #2 in Kerrang's "20 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "[A] brave and willfully eccentric collection of songs." Mojo (Publisher) (p.88) - 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."

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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