Album Review: "Black Holes and Revelations" by Muse (2006)

Imagine if an album contained traces of every English rock group EVER, and this is it. Everything from Deep Purple, Sabbath, Queen and ELP, to 80s synth pop like Depeche Mode and the Pet Shop Boys, and 90s critical faves like Radiohead and the Verve can be found here, all topped off by Coldplay-esque production. Every song is unique in its own way, each sounding significantly different from one to the next. As a whole, does it work? I'll tell you after a few more listens. Of the 11 tracks, there are about three I could do without but there are certainly more than a couple of flashes of excellence throught the rest of the album.

Impressive, but I'm still trying to get a handle on it.

Overall rating: 7.5/10