Dopo due anni dal loro secondo album in studio, e dopo un solo anno dalla loro ultima uscita disocgrafica (il doppio cd-dvd di Hullaballo), il trio inglese dei Muse torna sulle scene di tutta Europa con un album preceduto da una campagna pubblicitaria ficcante e da un spasmodica attesa vissuta soprattutto via internet dai loro numerosi fan. Se con Origin Of Symmetry avevano quantomeno sorpreso, con arpeggi barocchi e arrangiamenti esagerati, chi li vedeva come i cloni dei Radiohead molto più "volgari e plebei" convincendo(si) di non essere una forzata cover-band degli oxfordiani extraterrestri, con Absolution stupiscono nell'aver composto un album privo di significato a partire dalla loro prima traccia "Intro", pochi secondi giusto per farci ricordare quanto sia pretenzioso questo gruppo che nel suo melodrammatico attegiarsi fa , a volte, quasi tenerezza.
Passiamo ad "Apocalypse Please", una canzone con arrangiamento minimalista e piano ben suonato in un solito schema da strofa ritornello strofa. Su time Is Running Out è meglio sorvolare,canzone sciocca, ottimo richiamo per chi fa di mtv l'inica fonte di musica. Sing For Absolution è la prima traccia bella dell'album, diversa, ricordo degli annni 80, qui Bellamy da un'ottima interpretazione anche se il testo è poco incisivo.Con Stockholm Syndrome capiamo che questi tre hanno preso una brutta piega, il riff è potente ma per l'n-esima volta i Muse danno l'impressione di fare musica falsa grezza, falsa underground.Fallin Away With You è una canzone anonima,dolce ma senza verve. Dopo Interlude ci aspettano Hysteria ,canzone potente ma troppo semplice, Blackout, carina ha il pregio di essere diversa con una bella sezione di archi e la traccia migliore Butterflies & Hurricanes, bella emozionante coraggiosa, a rialzare il livello di un album poco più che mediocre.
Per TSP vale lo stesso discorso della sindrome di stoccolma, mentre Endlessly ci fa tornare alla mente nuovamente gli anni 80 mostrandosi piacevole. Thoughts of a dying Atheist ha un bel testo ma niente più e ll finale è affidato a Ruled By Secrecy, bella canzone al piano, malinconica ben cantata.
Un bel finale per un album che orrendo non è ma che resta comunque una tremenda delusione. Ammaliati dalle sirene di Mtv e adagiati da troppi complimenti hanno proposto qualcosa di poco impegantivo, di poco originale e che sa di molto falso. Da loro qualcosa di più ce lo saremmo aspettati visti i due precedenti pregevoli album, ma a quanto pare il problema di questo gruppo non è la mancanza di tecnica musicale ma di incoerenza intellettuale, in quest'album non c'è un briciolo di significato, nè qualcosa di particolarmente innovativo.Peccato, peccato mille volte peccato.
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02 Apocalypse Please (04:12)
Declare this an emergency
Come on and spread a sense of urgency
And pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end
This is the end of the world
It's time we saw a miracle
Come on it's time for something biblical
To pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end
This is the end of the world
Proclaim eternal victory
Come on and change the course of history
And pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end
This is the end of the world
03 Time Is Running Out (03:57)
I think I'm drowning
Asphyxiated
I wanna break this spell
That you've created
You're something beautiful
A contradiction
I wanna play the game
I want the friction
You will be the death of me
Yeah you will be the death of me
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it
Our time is running out
Our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
I wanted freedom
Bound and restricted
I tried to give you up
But I'm addicted
Now that you know I'm trapped
Sense of elation
You'd never dream of
Breaking this fixation
You will squeeze the life out of me
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it
And our time is running out
And our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this?
Oooooh yeah yeah
Yeah you will suck the life out of me
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it
And our time is running out
And our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this?
Ooooohh yeah yeah
04 Sing for Absolution (04:57)
Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
I only dream of you
My beautiful
Tiptoe to your room
A starlight in the gloom
I only dream of you
And you never knew
Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace
There's no where left to hide
In no one to confide
The truth burns deep inside
And will never die
Lips are turning blue
A kiss that can't renew
I only dream of you
My beautiful
Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace
Sing for absolution
I will be singing
And falling from your grace
Our wrongs
Remain unrectified
And our souls
Won't be exhumed
05 Stockholm Syndrome (04:56)
I won't stand in your way
Let your hatred grow
And she'll scream and she'll shout and she'll pray
And she had a name
Yeah she had a name
I won't hold you back
Let your anger rise
And we'll fly and we'll fall and we'll burn
No one will recall
No one will recall
This is the last time I'll abandon you
And this is
The last time I'll forget you
I wish I could
Look to the stars
Let hope burn in your eyes
And we'll love and we'll hate and we'll die
All to no avail
All to no avail
This is the last time I'll abandon you
And this is
The last time I'll forget you
I wish I could
This is the last time
I'll abandon you
And this is
The last time I'll forget you
I wish I could
I wish I could
06 Falling Away With You (04:41)
I can't remember when it was good
Moments of happiness elude
Maybe I just misunderstood
All of the love we left behind
Watching the flash backs intertwine
Memories I will never find
So I'll love whatever you become
And forget the reckless things we've done
I think our lives have just begun
I think our lives have just begun
And I'll feel my world crumbling
I'll feel my life crumbling
I'll feel my soul crumbling away
And falling away
Falling away with you
Staying awake to chase a dream
Tasting the air you're breathing in
I hope I won't forget a thing
Promise to hold you close and pray
Watching the fantasies decay
Nothing will ever stay the same
And all of the love we threw away
And all of the hopes we've cherished fade
Making the same mistakes again
Making the same mistakes again
And I'll feel my world crumbling
I'll feel my life crumbling
I'll feel my soul crumbling away
And falling away
Falling away with you
All of the love we left behind
Watching the flash backs intertwine
Memories I will never find
Memories I will never find
08 Hysteria (03:48)
It's bugging me
Grating me
And twisting me around
Yeah I'm endlessly
Caving in
And turning inside out
Cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
And I'm breaking out
I'm breaking out
That's when she'll lose control
It's holding me
Morphing me
And forcing me to strive
To be endlessly
Cold within
And dreaming I'm alive
Cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
I'm not breaking down
I'm breaking out
That's when she'll lose control
And I want you now
I want you now
I'll feel my heart implode
And I'm breaking out
Escaping now
Feeling my faith erode
09 Blackout (04:22)
Don't kid yourself
And don't fool yourself
This love's too good to last
And I'm too old to dream
Don't grow up too fast
And don't embrace the past
This life's too good to last
And I'm too young to care
Don't kid yourself
And don't fool yourself
This life could be the last
And we're too young to see
10 Butterflies and Hurricanes (05:01)
Change
Everything you are
And everything you were
Your number has been called
Fights, battles have begun
Revenge will surely come
Your hard times are ahead
Best!
You've got to be the best
You've got to change the world
And you use this chance to be heard
Your time is now
Change
Everything you are
And everything you were
Your number has been called
Fights and battles have begun
Revenge will surely come
Your hard times are ahead
Best!
You've got to be the best
You've got to change the world
And you use this chance to be heard
Your time is now
Don't
Let yourself down
Don't let yourself go
Your last chance has arrived
Best!
You've got to be the best
You've got to change the world
And you use this chance to be heard
Your time is now
11 The Small Print (03:29)
Take, take all you need
And I'll compensate your greed
With broken hearts
Sell, I'll sell your memories
For 15 pounds per year
But just the good days
Say it'll make you insane
And it's bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose
And you watch this space
But I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid
Hope, I hope you've seen the light
Cause no one really cares
They're just pretending
Sell, and I'll sell your memories
For 15 pounds per year
But you can keep the bad days
Say it'll make you insane
And I'm bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose
And you watch this space
And I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid
Say it'll make you insane
And I'm bending the truth
You're to blame
For all the life that you'll lose
And you watch this space
And I'm going all the way
And be my slave to the grave
I'm a priest God never paid
12 Endlessly (03:50)
This part in me you'll never know
The only thing I'll never show
Hopelessly I'll love you endlessly
Hopelessly I'll give you everything
But I won't give you up
I won't let you down
And I won't leave you falling
If the moment ever comes
It's plain to see it's trying to speak
Cherished dreams forever asleep
Hopelessly I'll love you endlessly
Hopelessly I'll give you everything
But I won't give you up
I won't let you down
And I won't leave you falling
If the moment ever comes
Hopelessly I'll love you endlessly
Hopelessly I'll give you everything
But I won't give you up
I won't let you down
And I won't leave you falling
But the moment never comes
13 Thoughts of a Dying Atheist (03:07)
Eerie whispers trapped beneath my pillow
Won’t let me sleep, your memories
I know you’re in this room, I’m sure I heard you sigh
Floating in-between where our worlds collide
Scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
Yeah yeah yeah...
I know the moment’s near
And there’s nothing we can do
Look through a faithless eye
Are you afraid to die?
It scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
Yeah yeah yeah...
It scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
And it scares the hell out of me
And the end is all I can see
Yeah yeah yeah...
14 Ruled by Secrecy (05:12)
Repress and restrain
Steal the pressure and the pain
Wash the blood off your hands
This time she won't understand
Change in the air
And they'll hide everywhere
No one knows who's in control
You're working so hard
And you're never in charge
Your death creates success
Rebuild and suppress
Change in the air
And they'll hide everywhere
No one knows who's in control
Change in the air
And they'll hide everywhere
And no one knows who's in control
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Altre recensioni
Di theego
La potenza del suono e dei testi è sempre su livelli alti e questa volta è ancor di più incitata dal clima plumbeo in cui versa la società.
Una marcia cupa (tipo The Wall) preludio ad un giudizio universale (Apocalypse Please) tanto temuto quanto invocato.
Di TheSilentMan
Matthew Bellamy sembra proprio essere in una forma strepitosa sia a livello vocale che strumentale.
Il genere che il trio ci propone è difficilmente definibile se non catalogando come un post-rock influenzato da qualche scheggia di metallo fuso.
Di easycure
I Muse fanno veramente schifo.
La voce è quanto di più odioso e inconsistente si possa sentire al giorno d’oggi.
Di Sir Psycho Sexy
Terzo album della band inglese e terzo capolavoro!
Absolution è un capolavoro di paranoia e cattiveria, che unisce due stili apparentemente distanti in perfetta armonia.
Di joshg
Ascoltare "Absolution" dei Muse è come vivere in un sogno, un dolce sogno illuminato dal buio di un'apocalisse ormai vicina.
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