Album · 2012
The 2nd Law
by Muse
The 2nd Law by Muse (2012) is rated 3.3/5 from 3 ratings on Riffiter.
Alternative Rock · Alternative
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- 3.3 /5
- 3 ratings
- 13
- Tracks
- 57 min
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3 ratings · avg 3.3
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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.
Tracklist
13 tracks · 57 min
Ranked by listeners
top 5 · 7 rated tracks
According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on The 2nd Law is Madness — rated 4.3/5 by 2 listeners.
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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 3.3/5 from 3 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on The 2nd Law?
- Madness, rated 4.3/5 by 2 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, Alternative.