Drones might not be Muse's best work, but it's definitely a strong addition to their discography with more than just a few tracks worth repeated listens. I also really love Revolt, a track that seems to get a lot of hate, which shocks me. I especially want to single out Mercy, which has both fantastic lyricism and an excellent vocal performance. And yes, I know The Globalist is much longer, but I don't care for that one as much. Reapers, while not quite reaching the heights of some of Muse's older long tracks such as Citizen Erased or Knights of Cydonia, is an epic, badass battle cry with an amazing guitar solo. Dead Inside is a great opening track and does a wonderful job setting the tone for the record, and The Handler and Defector have some simply incredible instrumental work. Muse returned to more of a hard rock sound for Drones, and it turned out to be the most cohesive of their recent output. But the majority of the tracks from the band's seventh album are absolutely awesome. The interludes are cringey and unnecessary, the lead single is cheesy and poorly written, and the title track is almost unlistenable nonsense. Nonetheless, a strong debut and still a pretty good album. I think it just gets a tad dull at times, and, like I mentioned before, only about half of the tracks are memorable to me. Unfortunately, Showbiz just doesn't leave as much of an impression on me as most of the other Muse records, and that keeps it from climbing any higher on this ranking. Sunburn is a fantastic opener, Uno is the incredible mess of noise it is, and the title track has an excellent buildup throughout its five minute run time. I also really love track five Cave, a deeply underrated cut. I have to start off by mentioning Muscle Museum that track is still one of the best Muse songs to date, and one of lmy personal top five. For me, this album is about half and half there are like six or seven tracks that I really like, but everything else is a tad unmemorable to me. I think this record has aged somewhat uniquely and sounds very. Showbiz, while on the lower end of my ranking, is a great debut and entry point in the band's discography. Now we're at the records that I don't have as many negative things to say about. It's just a bit too symphonic and over the top. The name of the game for The Resistance is unengaging, which wouldn't be as huge of a problem if every track weren't so damn long. Almost every song from this album is mediocre, forgettable, and overall, not really worth any repeated listens. Exogenesis Symphony has its moments, but it really drags on too long. I can enjoy MK Ultra and the title track from time to time, and, while it seems to be one of the least popular Muse tracks, I kind of like Guiding Light. I know it makes me sound basic as hell, but Uprising is by far this album's best track in my opinion.
And I know that its about the same length as some of the other, better albums, like Origin, but The Resistance is not nearly as engaging. One of my major issues with this album is that it seems to just drag on for so damn long, way overstaying its welcome. Unfortunately, they followed up BHaR with The Resistance, which is a real mess. I can't think of a lot of bands that have ever released such a strong trio of albums consecutively. Origin Of Symmetry, Absolution, Black Holes and Revelations. Simulation Theory is not necessarily a bad album, but if you were going to listen to a Muse record, why would you pick this one? As for the two tracks I haven't mentioned, Propaganda and Break It To Me, I could honestly take 'em or leave 'em. Thought Contagion, Get Up And Fight, and Dig Down are all songs that I do not care for at all, and I often forget that Something Human and The Void even exist. But pretty much everything else from this album just blends together almost nothing is memorable, and some of it is downright unenjoyable. Algorithm is good too, and I guess Pressure and Blockades have some merit to them. Really the only song from this record that I listen to on a semi-regular basis is the second track, The Dark Side, I think that's definitely Simulation Theory's best. Even the high points and best tracks from Simulation Theory don't come anywhere close to the middle-class tracks from, say, Black Holes and Revelations. Everything on this album is just very mediocre and average, or pretty bad. But that being said, I'm not wild about the group's latest effort. Each one is enjoyable and appealing in its own right. Does the WORST Muse album really exist? I don't think so.
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