My thoughts on The 2nd Law...
Supremacy - Very good - really growing on me. I was genuinely thinking that I'd missed a story on this track being the opening music to Skyfall.
Madness - In the same way that I love some of the more "out there" songs that they've written, like Undisclosed Desires; love this track.
Panic Station - Has "foot stomping indie night anthem" written all over it. It's brilliant. Loving this track a little too much.
Prelude and Survival - I wasn't a big fan of this track if I'm honest. Can't put my finger on why, though.
Follow Me - It's one of those weak singles I expect to hear on commercial radio, like
Starlight. It's ok, but arguably one of the worst tracks on the entire album.
Animals - Love the bass riffs and the
Dire Straits-esq guitar solos on this track, but ultimately it's a pretty weak track.
Explorers - I like Muse's slower songs generally, but this isn't quite hitting it with me at the moment.
Big Freeze - This isn't a bad track. Good vocals here.
Save Me - I actually really like this track. Chris's vocals are fantastic! Good on him, I say. I like the dreamy sound to this one - it's one of those songs that you have to listen to with your eyes closed.
Liquid State - Curious one... I'm on the fence with it, though leaning towards a thumbs up here.The 2nd Law: Unsustainable - Going to get a lot of hate from this... I actually like this track. I love the juxtaposition of the orchestrated pieces with the dub/brostep sequences. Really unusual song, especially for Muse, but yeah... it's a +1 from me.
The 2nd Law: Isolated System - I think this is a really cool followup to
Unsustainable, love the beat on it.
Overall thoughts, a **** sandwich... but the bread is
really good! As an album, it doesn't flow, but as a collection of songs, it's really interesting. I've had it streaming for the last few days now and it's really growing on me
Not as good as
Origin