Drones

It's good and fun! I always enjoyed this one and never understood the hate it received, especially considering that it followed The 2nd Law — a far less cohesive & consistent album as a whole.

Can't stop listening to this for some reason, really strongly grew on me.

Love it - the whole album. But "The Handler" might the best Muse-Song ever.

Honestly, ignoring the cheesy concept and lyricism, this is pretty fantastic, musically this has so many things I love about Muse.

Your assssssssss belongs to meeeeee nooowwwwwwww \m/

society

this album isn't their worst or even bad like everyone makes it out to be but its so average, it could've been so much better with a more in depth concept

Knew the first half in it's entirety for ages already, but the whole album's really good! Not any worse than The Resistance for me!

i just listened to it for the first time as im slowly going through their discography, what the fuck??? why do yall call it one of their worst? this is currently number 3 for me behind absolution and black holes and revelations, with origin of symmetry being a *very* close 4th

é um álbum meio "Muse no modo automático" mas eles tiveram idéias muito boas aqui, e ainda quiseram agradar os fãs mais old school. Psycho, Reapers e The Handler já são clássicos pra mim

heard it for the first time since 2015 and honestly it's aged SO MUCH better than I thought it would. 'Reapers', 'The Handler' and 'The Globalist' sound as amazing as I first remember hearing them and going absolutely crazy

Esse álbum é fodão.

esse álbum é perfeito, totalmente completo em qualidade :D

found myself really liking this album, definitely better than The 2nd Law.

It's already 5 years old, and it still a decent one, really good release, for me right now last great album by Muse. Yeah, I love some tunes in ST, but it's just not that, sorry ST fans. Actually I came here to tell u quite a story. It was june 2015, Muse came to Saint-Petersburg, Russia for Greenfest. It was absolutely not the peak of my love for Muse, I had it maybe in 2012-2013. So after gig me and my friends came to the hotel where Muse stood, there were a lot of youngsters, u can imagine. Idk why but Muse were in our city for 3 whole days, they were taking trips anywhere. But we were near hotel all the time, except nights. I had 3 days off so I just had fun there. And one evening Muse quickly came out from hotel and went off. It was already dark and raining, so I said, maybe go home? But my friend said no! There were 5 people left only, so we decided to divide and waiting near main and back entrances. We exchanged our phone numbers in case we saw someone ----->

A pretty good album. Not something you listen to when you're down in the dumps, haha.

Don't care what anyone says about this album. This song kicks motherfucking ass!

nao entendo o hate que o povo tem desse album, ele é maravilhoso

MUCH Better than 2nd Law & Simulation Theory

still the worst record they ever did. damn this is shit.

amo este disco

It certainly does drone

Full Metal Jacket <3

graças a Deus largaram aquela vibe do The 2nd Law. ótimo álbum, Drones!

It just gets more and more offensive when you consider that there is so much more real oppression and suffering out there in life that is a lot more urgent and complicated than this 1984-ripoff masturbatory fantasy of a cartoonishly evil state brainwashing you (which Matt has been tapping into since OoS, but less and less subtly with each successive album, and what worked initially with ominous stand-alone songs like Ruled By Secrecy or deliberately camp, fun epics like KoC, just implodes here under the weight of its own pathetic, overused blandness.)

I agree that it's better than The 2nd Law (some of which I find downright unlistenable) and appreciate that a lot of people find a lot of joy in it but I have to take issue with the idea that there is anything "controversial" about the themes. They are skin-crawlingly banal and insultingly stupid. Sorry but "war is bad, killing is bad, evil overlords are evil but we can overcome" is not even a concept. It's trite bullshit unworthy even of a teenager. If the album is trying to tell a story, it fails really badly. There is literally no exploration of any kind of internal struggle, morality (as in, moral dilemmas, not "bad things are bad, good things are good") or the hows and whys of the system they talk about. Ironically, the album about how bad it is to become a 'drone' is probably their least human and least relatable.

A million times better then the 2nd law. This showcase's some of Muse's best albums.

I love it!!! One of my favorites albums from 2015. I dont understand the reason why you guys hate this masterpiece (but i guess that i will when i listen to the old ones hahah)

the more I listen to this album, the more I love it)))

Psycho <3

the music is good but the lyrics are shit

Nice job, guys. Great album. Love the band, love them live...I'm tired of all those detractors! I live in a world where I can't and won't quit their music! And "Drones" was such an eargasm intro live in Cologne! ♥

@ms_scatterbrain It appears that this "trash" got a Grammy, well would you look at that

Muse fanbase is getting so annoying, because they live in a world where only OoS and Absolution are good! [3]

ugh. trash.

Reapers and The Handler are so good.

Totally uninspired... not what I'm used to with Muse. The lyrics are especially disappointing. It's like Matthew Bellamy is still in high school and just finished his first history class. [2] LOL

Muse fanbase is getting so annoying, because they live in a world where only OoS and Absolution are good! [2]

How can you even not like this album? [4] Back to the guitars and rock. I love it. [2]

It's a decent album I should say. The riffs are awesome and just pure rock n roll. These might be the record a lot of you guys are asking for. So why's the hate? I think the only problem is the lyrics. Same with the music, the lyrics are too straight forward that it sounds too cheesy and pretentious. But I guess, that's what makes them Muse.

If they truly sold out, then why would they write this album that talks about such a controversial story concept like becoming a heartless killing machine that lacks empathy, which is essentially what happened to some people nowadays, especially with the shootings and wars in the Middle East going on today? No, I don't think so at all. So stop saying that Muse "sold out" because they haven't. End of story. Oh, all of this is just simply my opinion. Don't get upset because I have a different view of the album than you, because it's pointless and immature. But if you disagree, please be rational and civil about it. Thanks.

And to the people who say this album is uninspired and just mainstream as hell. Let me tell you something - you guys want Muse to go back to basics, and stop with the experimental stuff? This album is the answer. Straight forward rock and roll. Now you're saying that it sounds too mainstream and uninspired, and they should be more experimental? The heck do you guys want from these guys? They should be able to make whatever they want to make, as long as they are happy about it. And what do you mean that they're not mainstream before? They've always been mainstream, but they're one of the few popular bands that makes albums that stand above most of the rock bands nowadays. These guys are never afraid to take risks (hence 2nd Law and Resistance), but also know when to settle down and just write some simple rock songs, depending on their musical vision at the time. If Muse really sold out, which is ridiculous, then they would have songs talking about clubbing and sex. But have they? No.

In regards to the lyrics, I can understand that it was too straightforward, and sometimes can be a bit cheesy. But you know what, maybe Muse (mainly Matt Bellamy actually) wants to get the main message of the story out there, and be straightforward about it without poetic stuff to make it sound insightful and complex. Sometimes simple and direct lyrics can really bring forward a more powerful storyline than having complex poetic lyrics that Matt sometimes did in the past (not that those are bad, there are some really great songs with complex lyrics). Honestly, I could see a musical for this album, with some acting scenes in between.

After numerous spins of this album, I have gotta say that this album is their strongest ever since Black Holes & Revelations. Yes I just went there, kill me if you want to. This album is just fantastic. Where do I start? First of all... there are a lot of solid rock jams, and the riffs are just catchy as hell & really fun to play on guitar. Not one song for me to skip honestly. Even though Muse said that this album will be back-to-basics (guitar, bass and drums), you should know that they will inevitably bring some diversity even in an album like this. "Dead Inside" is groovy, catchy and undeniably sexy. "Mercy" and "Revolt" are poppy as hell, but still very enjoyable regardless. "The Globalist" is the behemoth of this album, and the heavy part is short for a reason you know, once you know the story of the song, not just musically. The title track could easily be merged with "The Globalist" honestly, because the transition made me felt it would be a continuation of the previous track.

new album isn't that good, it reminds me of Showbiz.They should try to go back to styles used in Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations, too mainstream now. What happened to the use of the piano and synths?

How can you even not like this album? [3]