Muse Discography

Albums

Tracks

Showbiz
  • Sunburn
  • Muscle Museum
  • Fillip
  • Falling Down
  • Cave
  • Showbiz
  • Unintended
  • Uno
  • Sober
  • Escape
  • Overdue
  • Hate This and I'll Love You
  • Spiral Static
Showbiz was Muse's debut album, having been recorded between 1998 and 1999. The songs themselves included some of the older songs in Muse's repertoir, dating as far back as 1996. All songs on the album had been witten by 1997. These were among the "fifty or so" that Muse had written before entering the studio. The band picked those which they deemed least progressive to make up Showbiz. (Source: muse.mu)
Origin
  • New Born
  • Bliss
  • Space Dementia
  • Hyper Music
  • Plug In Baby
  • Citizen Erased
  • Micro Cuts
  • Screenager
  • Dark Shines
  • Feeling Good
  • Meglomania
  • Futurism
Origin of Symmetry came first about through the changes Muse underwent during their intensive touring in promotion of Showbiz, with a lot of material written whilst touring. However, this album is more riff orientated and slightly darker than Showbiz, containing several songs which use piano or organ. Origin of Symmetry was intended as a more progressive rock-styled album, with different vocal styles than that of Showbiz. The ambition behind the album was to show the harder rock and eccentric elements of the band, that they felt had not been seen so far. This included bringing back a lot of music "filtered out" from Showbiz. The bass in the album is also more prominent and distorted. Some of the songs of the album draw influence from the band members' relationships suffering from the effects of them being on tour. (Source: muse.mu)
Hullabaloo
  • CD 1
  • Forced In
  • Shrinking Universe
  • Recess
  • Yes Please
  • Map of Your Head
  • Nature_1
  • Shine Acoustic
  • Ashamed
  • The Gallery
  • Hyper Chondriac Music
  • CD 2
  • Dead Star (Live)
  • Micro Cuts (Live)
  • Citizen Erased (Live)
  • Showbiz (Live)
  • Megalomania (Live)
  • Dark Shines (Live)
  • Screenager (Live)
  • Space Dementia (Live)
  • In Your World (Live)
  • Muscle Museum (Live)
  • Agitated (Live)
The Hullabaloo Soundtrack was released in accompaniment on the Hullabaloo DVD. Disc 1 includes a selection of B-sides used in the documentary on Disc 2 of the DVD, and disc 2 includes live tracks recorded at the Paris Zénithgigs in 2001. On physical copies, if the second (live) disc is rewound from the first song (some CD players will only allow fast forwarding from the last song), the Tom Waits intro "What's He Building" can be heard. (Source: muse.mu)
Absolution
  • Intro
  • Apocalypse Please
  • Time Is Running Out
  • Sing For Absolution
  • Stockholm Syndrome
  • Falling Away with You
  • Interlude
  • Hysteria
  • Blackout
  • Butterflies and Hurricanes
  • The Small Print
  • Endlessly
  • Thoughts of A Dying Atheist
  • Ruled by Secrecy
  • Fury
Absolution is Muse's third album and was released worldwide during September 2003, with the first single, "Stockholm Syndrome", being released on the 14th July 2003. The album was recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios in Ireland and AIR Studios on London during 2003. The songs featured on Absolution were written whilst Muse toured in support of Origin of Symmetry and Hullabaloo, with some songs such as " Fury" originating as early as early 2000. Rich Costey began producing Absolution after a the tracks " Blackout" and " Butterflies & Hurricanes" were recorded with Paul Reeve, who co-produced Showbiz and John Cornfield, who engineered Showbiz and Orgin of Symmetry. Like the previous Muse album, Orgin of Symmetry, Absolution is influenced by classical composers such as Sergei Rachmaninov and Samuel Barber, whilst "Endlessly" introduces a more electronic sound with songs such as " The Small Print" and " Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" being guitar-led. (Source: muse.mu)
Blackholes
  • Take A Bow
  • Starlight
  • Supermassive Black Hole
  • Map Of The Problematique
  • Soldier's Poem
  • Invincible
  • Assassin
  • Exo-Politics
  • City Of Delusion
  • Hoodoo
  • Knights Of Cydonia
  • Glorious
Black Holes and Revelations is Muse's fourth studio album, released three years after previous album Absolution, in July 2006. The album is less classically orientated than Origin of Symmetry and Absolution, while introducing new influences including jazz, soul and R&B. The album contains elements of these genres. The varied influences on the album can be traced to the intial demos and recording made in the Château Miraval studio and the later recordings in New York City, where Matt DJed in a club and the band recorded the remaining songs in the Electric Lady Studios. Inspiration for the album was taken from a wide variety of other artists, from contemporary acts such as Lightning Bolt and Rage Against The Machine, to composer Ennio Morricone and jazz singer Nina Simone. (Source: muse.mu)
HAARP
  • CD
  • Intro
  • Knights Of Cydonia
  • Hysteria
  • Supermassive Black Hole
  • Map of the Problematique
  • Butterflies and Hurricanes
  • Invincible
  • Starlight
  • Time Is Running Out
  • New Born
  • Unintended
  • Micro Cuts
  • Stockholm Syndrome
  • Take a Bow
  • DVD
  • Intro (Video)
  • Knights of Cydonia (Video)
  • Hysteria (Video)
  • Supermassive Black Hole (Video)
  • Map of the Problematique (Video)
  • Butterflies and Hurricanes (Video)
  • Hoodoo (Video)
  • Apocalypse Please (Video)
  • Feeling Good (Video)
  • Invincible (Video)
  • Starlight (Video)
  • Improv. (Video)
  • Time is Running Out (Video)
  • New Born (Video)
  • Soldier's Poem (Video)
  • Unintended (Video)
  • Blackout (Video)
  • Plug in Baby (Video)
  • Stockholm Syndrome (Video)
  • Take a Bow (Video)
  • Behind the Scenes (Video)
H.A.A.R.P. is a live album featuring recordings from Muse's two concerts at Wembley Stadium in 2007. The release is a CD and DVD package, with the CD featuring a partial set list from the 16th of June and the DVD featuring a partial set list from the 17th of June along with a documentary and photograph gallery. (Source: muse.mu)
Resistance
  • Uprising
  • Resistance
  • Undisclosed Desires
  • United States Of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)
  • Guiding Light
  • Unnatural Selection/li>
  • MK Ultra
  • I Belong to You (+Mon Cœur S'ouvre à Ta Voix)
  • Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture)
  • Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 (Cross Pollination)
  • Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)
Muse's fifth studio album, The Resistance, was released on September 14th 2009. Like previous Muse albums it draws from a wide range of genres and influences, including glam rock, R&B, disco and classical. The Resistance sees the return of instrumentation previously used on Origin of Symmetry, including a church organ (Unnatural Selection) and llama toenails (United States of Eurasia).Matthew Bellamy summarised the album as having "an emphasis on rhythm and contemporary R&B at the start. Then it gets epic and strange, then it becomes contemporary classical music." (Source: muse.mu)
2nd Law
  • Supremacy
  • Madness
  • Panic Station
  • Prelude
  • Survival
  • Follow Me
  • Animals
  • Explorers
  • Big Freeze
  • Save Me
  • Liquid State
  • The 2nd Law: Unsustainable
  • The 2nd Law: Isolated System
Chris has said in a recent interview that the band want to do something "radically different" on their next album. The bassist told Kerrang! magazine that it felt like they were "drawing a line" under their past and were eager to embrace new ideas. He said:" feel like we are drawing a line under a certain period of what we've done in our career. It feels like it's time to move on and do something radically different." However, he also admitted that it wasn't always easy to progress and push their sound forward, adding: "But then you could get into the studio and go back to what you're comfortable with. You get in the studio and there's a natural process and you have to see where a song will take you." On his Twitter account Matt jokingly described the album as a "christian gangsta rap jazz odyssey, with some ambient rebellious dubstep and face melting metal flamenco cowboy psychedelia". (Source: muse.mu)