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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Sunburn 3:56 403,947
2 Muscle Museum 4:23 440,493
3 Fillip 4:01 299,108
4 Falling Down 4:34 303,156
5 Cave 4:46 292,864
6 Showbizz 5:16 8,208
7 Unintended 3:56 405,593
8 Uno 3:38 297,126
9 Sober 4:04 276,063
10 Escape 3:31 264,396
11 Overdue 2:25 259,225
12 Hate This And I'll Love You 5:17 84,833
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Universal Music GmbH (2005) Released: 30 Sep 2005 12 tracks (49:47)
Showbiz is the debut album by English alternative rock band Muse, released on 4 October 1999 in the United Kingdom. Recorded between April and May at RAK Studios, London and Sawmills Studio, Cornwall, the album was produced by John Leckie and Paul Reeve in conjunction with the band. Showbiz was a minor commercial success, reaching number twenty-nine on the UK Albums Chart.

Showbiz was released in various regions around the world through the band’s different regional labels: Naïve in France; Motor in Germany, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine; Maverick in the United States; Play It Again Sam in Benelux; and Avex Trax in Japan. The album was also released earlier by some labels; in France it was released on 6 September, the Motor edition was sold from 20 September and the album entered American stores on 28 September. A Bonus CD was available in Benelux only. This CD contains the same content as the Random 1-8 EP except without the hidden remixes of Sunburn.

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* Matthew Bellamy – vocals; guitars; piano; mellotron on tracks 2 and 7; Wurlitzer piano on tracks 3 and 12; Hammond organ on tracks 4, 7 and 10; synthesizer on tracks 5 and 9; strings arrangement on track 6; harmonium on track 10; artwork; production and mixing on tracks 2, 7, 8 and 9
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  • Euphytose wrote:
    Sunday evening
    Clearly their best indeed

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  • DarthBec wrote:
    last week
    this is my favourite Muse album :)

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  • WoozieGTA wrote:
    last month
    first and second best album of muse

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  • d-a-i-s wrote:
    December 2011
    "Showbizz"? Really?

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  • messiah49 wrote:
    December 2011
    first and best album of muse [2]

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  • nikusha_marx wrote:
    November 2011
    first and best album of muse <3

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  • MuseMyEpicCake wrote:
    November 2011
    Origin of Symmetry is by far their strongest release. And the Radiohead comparisons were destroyed by Radiohead's release of Kid A. Not only that, Matt has expressed that he doesn't hear the comparison and only likes a few Radiohead songs. It's NOT the peoples' fault for Muse's change in sound - it's Muse's. And considering the Exogenesis pieces and United States of Eurasia, I think their change is pretty great. (guitar effects, strong basslines, keyboards/piano are still there. listen for them)

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  • magnificohan wrote:
    November 2011
    Awesome photo: http://www.last.fm/music/Muse/+images/71215290 vote up if you like it.

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  • yobabeth wrote:
    November 2011
    Première écoute en 99 la grande claque ! Premier Live en Mai 2000 à Grenoble énormissime claque ! Depuis j'suis addicte ! Vive MUSE

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  • HeyYouBitch wrote:
    October 2011
    Showbiz was released in 1999, not 2006.

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  • XJ220RACER wrote:
    October 2011
    This was released back when Muse was full of good ideas, and they could be themselves, without having to worry about fame or fortune. This was when they were truly Muse and not sold out to some teeny bop book. The guitar effects, strong basslines, keyboards, pianos...starting with Absolution all those got less cool. Paul Reeve's mixing of this album is a big reason I love it so much. Debut albums are almost always a band's best because the band puts so much heart into it, it shows the most about them, and that is what really matter. Also, it doesn't matter whether you're 19 or 91, if you like The Resistance, you're listening to teenage girl music. And anyone who thinks this album is a Radiohead rip off, the constant Radiohead comparisons are a big reason Muse knowingly sold out after the OOS/Hullabuloo era, so congratulations, you ruined this band.

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  • Raymond1986 wrote:
    October 2011
    Hehe when you correct it is fine. With the age thing, I meant for me personally it was such an unique album for that time, and it's the album that made me and I think alot of people Muse-fans. Anyways yeah wasn't really a mature reply of me either, but you started it! (awesome mature argument haha)

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  • HeyYouBitch wrote:
    October 2011
    If you hate this album, you CAN'T call yourself a Muse fan. [2] shhh, they're probably twilight fans :)

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  • HeyYouBitch wrote:
    October 2011
    their best album [5] one of my favourites so far.

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  • Denner_Duarte wrote:
    October 2011
    And to finish, my comment has the only meaning of making an affront to people who come here saying "I hate this album." or "A horrible debut, thank God Origin Of Symmetry came after". Not that I really mean it. Who am I to say if someone is or not a Muse fan? Well, but that doens't really matter, cause I'm just an 19 years old idiot fan, isn't it?

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  • Denner_Duarte wrote:
    October 2011
    And what a mature reply you gave, 25 year old man: first you call me idiot, without even knowing, then you use age as argument "who was 7 years old when this album got released", yeah, I was, and so what? My parents were 2 years old when "The Velvet Underground & Nico" was released, so it means I can't like it? Well, I don't think so. And to finish my argument about your enormous maturity, you finish your comment with "Most stupid post ever" as if you ever read all the comments in Last.fm. Not to mention that you don't even saw that "Showbiz" is my top Muse album. Really, your maturity amaze me.

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  • Denner_Duarte wrote:
    October 2011
    If you hate this album, you CAN'T call yourself a Muse fan. I hate when Imake this kind of mistake.

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  • Raymond1986 wrote:
    October 2011
    I don't need no 19 year old idiot fan (who was 7 years old when this album got released) to tell me I can't call myself a muse fan. Most stupid post ever.

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  • joshuamason42 wrote:
    October 2011
    @XJ220RACER Original? If there's one Muse album that isn't original, it's this one. This is the reason for all of the Radiohead jokes that still persist today. Decent album though.

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  • Denner_Duarte wrote:
    October 2011
    If you hate this album, you can call yourself a Muse fan.

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