AlbumE · 2012
The 2nd Law
by Muse
The 2nd Law is a 2012 alternative rock album by Muse. It runs 13 tracks across 57 minutes on Warner Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.5/5 from 792 ratings.
Alternative Rock · Rock · Symphonic Rock
Your rating
- 3.5 /5
- 792 ratings
- 66 /100
- 10 critics
- 13
- Tracks
- 57 min
- Runtime
- 116 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
Ratings
792 ratings · avg 3.5
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Reviews
1 review
- 2.5
Muse chase dubstep on "The 2nd Law: Unsustainable" and Olympics-scale pomp on "Survival," and the album never decides which band it wants to be. "Madness" — essentially a Queen ballad on a synth pulse — is the keeper. Ambition without a thesis; spectacle papering over a songwriting dip.
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Critics
10 publications
- The Daily Telegraph4/5
- NME8/10
- The Guardian4/5
- Los Angeles Times3/4
- Rolling Stone3.5/5
- Entertainment WeeklyC+
- AllMusic3/5
- Pitchfork5.5/10
- The A.V. ClubC−
- Spin4/10
- Metacriticaggregate70/100
- AnyDecentMusic?aggregate6.4/10
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The 2nd Law album cover
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The The 2nd Law cover was photographed by Gavin Bond. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings.
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Tracklist
13 tracks · 57 min
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About
The 2nd Law is the sixth studio album by the English alternative rock band Muse, which was released throughout most of the world on 1 October 2012, and in North America on 2 October 2012. Muse entered the studio to begin recording their sixth studio album in September 2011, which bassist Christopher Wolstenholme later confirmed in an interview with BBC Radio 1, stating: "September and October, that's when we're going to get into the studio to start writing the new album." In an interview with Billboard on 18 October 2011, the band's manager Anthony Addis revealed that Muse had begun recording their sixth album in London and that he expected it to be released by October 2012. Bellamy jokingly described the album as a "christian gangsta rap jazz odyssey, with some ambient rebellious dubstep and face-melting metal flamenco cowboy psychedelia" on his Twitter account.
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In an interview with Kerrang! on 14 December 2011, Wolstenholme stated that the next Muse album would be "something radically different" from their prior releases. He also said that it felt as if the band were "drawing a line under a certain period" of their career with their sixth album. In another interview Chris mentioned that the band had experimented with music and sounds in particular, which makes this album their most experimental piece ever. It was revealed via Muse's publicist Tom Kirk on his Twitter account that composer David Campbell who had worked with acts such as Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Evanescence, Avril Lavigne, Beck and Adele was helping the band compose the album. In an interview in the April 2012 issue of NME, Bellamy said that the band were set to include elements of electronic music, with influences coming from acts such as French house duo Justice and UK electronic rock group Does It Offend You, Yeah?, as well as the inclusion of brass players.
In brief
- Is The 2nd Law good?
- Riffiter listeners rate The 2nd Law 3.5/5 from 792 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on The 2nd Law?
- Supremacy, rated 4.5/5 by 18 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was The 2nd Law released?
- The 2nd Law was released in 2012 on Warner Records.
- How many tracks are on The 2nd Law?
- The 2nd Law has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 57 minutes.
- What genre is The 2nd Law?
- The 2nd Law is catalogued under Alternative Rock, Rock, Symphonic Rock.
- What BPM is The 2nd Law?
- The 2nd Law runs at a median tempo of 116 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to The 2nd Law?
- Listeners of The 2nd Law also rate Royal Blood by Royal Blood, In Rainbows by Radiohead, AM by Arctic Monkeys.
- Who produced The 2nd Law?
- The 2nd Law was produced by Adrian Bushby, Muse, Tommaso Colliva and Chris Wolstenholme, among 8 credited in total. Adrian Bushby produced all of them.
- Who wrote the songs on The 2nd Law?
- Matt Bellamy wrote 7 of the 13 tracks on The 2nd Law.
Credits
- Produced by
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- Written by
- Matt Bellamy
- Mixed by
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Matt Bellamy- Engineered by
- Played by
- Daniela SavoldiRodrigo D’ErasmoChuck FindleySteve MadaioWayne Bergeron
- Vocals by
- Matt BellamyChristopher WolstenholmeKatie RazzallTom Kirk
Lineage
4 connections
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Supremacy (Live at Hellfest)Tarjacovered bySupremacy
MadnessVitamin String Quartetcovered byMadness
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