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Originally Posted by TheKrazyKatzzz

As a result, the window of time for people to have bought Muse albums has been slightly less.

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So what? You say that like there's a waiting period on buying Muse albums. There isn't. Like 'em? Buy 'em.

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Originally Posted by GNFfhqwhgads

So what? You say that like there's a waiting period on buying Muse albums. There isn't. Like 'em? Buy 'em.

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Their second album which was released in 2001 in the rest of the world didn't come out here until 2005, due to their label at the time being idiotic and refusing to release it because they didn't like Matt's vocal work and couldn't imagine the songs playing on the radio (even though the singles got plenty of radio play in the UK and Europe).

Interestingly, a number of people torrented it. There are a couple interviews with the band where they mention being surprised when touring the US at the time that some people actually knew the songs.


Also, I really do think that question is a bit weighted because in this day and age, owning an album is a novelty. I would suspect that those people who don't own a Muse album at least have a song or two in their digital music libraries.

:sigh: yet again. :(

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Originally Posted by TheKrazyKatzzz

I'm not expecting Muse to pop in 2011 honestly. I think the next Muse studio album would be the best bet for an additional Rock Band release, and I wouldn't expect anything like that before 2012 certainly.

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Good point. Just as long as they don't release just songs from that album. On a slightly unrelated point, I hope their new album will be good. Don't get me wrong, but Matt hs said he'd like to do more songs like Undisclosed Desires. And I bitterly hate that song.

http://www.musewiki.org/Undisclosed_Desires_(song)

I like that song, but I hope the album is more like Origin of Symmetry than anything else. No real drums in that song and Matt's not playing guitar either. In a perfect world the new album would be full of songs that combine the best aspects of each album; Showbiz's eerieness, Origin of Symmetry's heavyiness, Absolution's instrumental work, Black Holes and Revelations' lyrics, and The Resistance's commercial appeal.

The new album is supposedly being tailored for more intimate venues, so they're apparently moving away from the big stadium rock sound.

Bearing in mind that Wembley sold out in about twelve seconds, I haven't got a clue how they can reasonably expect a tour like that in the UK and Europe.

Speculation on the new album is just that at this point. Speculation.

Muse has shown in the past that they say one thing and then the final product shows they did another.

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Originally Posted by RockBandRocker

Speculation on the new album is just that at this point. Speculation.

Muse has shown in the past that they say one thing and then the final product shows they did another.

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This is true, but they are also probably the one band I can think of who have gotten more experimental and less mainstream with every album they've released. Most of the stuff from The Resistance doesn't work well at all when performed live (Uprising is a good opener and Exogenesis is unconventionally stunning, but they are the exceptions), which is a bizarre direction for a band with their reputation to take.

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Originally Posted by tone217

This is true, but they are also probably the one band I can think of who have gotten more experimental and less MAINSTREAM with every album they've released.

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What? While I'll agree that they're more experimental, but only to themselves. With songs like: Uprising (Goldfrapp influenced), Undisclosed Desires (contemporary R&B influenced), Guiding Light (sappy love song), and I Belong To You (besides the Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix part its very pop). I think they're making music that is more mainstream then ever before.

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Originally Posted by PyramidHead128

What? While I'll agree that they're more experimental, but only to themselves. With songs like: Uprising (Goldfrapp influenced), Undisclosed Desires (contemporary R&B influenced), Guiding Light (sappy love song), and I Belong To You (besides the Mon Coeur S'Ouvre A Ta Voix part its very pop). I think they're making music that is more mainstream then ever before.

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This!

Why do you think The Resistance won a Grammy? It's as mainstream as hell.

Origin Of Symmetry or Absolution wouldn't have won a Grammy if they were nominated (which they weren't).