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Showbiz: Origin of Muse

bylambchops Feb 19, 2004
98 Helpfuls 99 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 2 Comments
Pros Some great songs, Bellamy's vocals...
Cons A little "samey" as the album progresses...
Recommended it? Yes

If I had to compare singer-guitarist-songwriter Matthew Bellamy's voice to anybody it would be Grant-Lee Phillips. Like Phillips, Bellamy balances the ability the sing with the sense to do so without overextending. Bellamy is certainly talented, but without the rest of the members of Muse there to... Read full review »

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Hate This And I'll HATE You! Grrrrr....

byandym173 Jan 8, 2004
48 Helpfuls 49 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 10 Comments
Pros Great energetic debut, drenched in feedback and distortion.
Cons After Uno the album turns homogeneous, obvious Radiohead comparisons.
Recommended it? Yes

Let's talk about Muse. How good are they? Pretty good. How talented is lead singer/pianist/guitarist/just about every other instrument-ist Matt Bellamy? Pretty talented. What was their debut album like? Pretty awesome.

1999's Showbiz was the world's first glimpse of this eccentric Welsh... Read full review »

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The best rock debut since Radiohead's Pablo Honey

bykrabople Jun 3, 2001
29 Helpfuls 30 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros 12 original, inventive tracks, all of which contain Muse's unique quality.
Cons An acquired taste, which some may say imitates Radiohead.
Recommended it? Yes

It is a rare occurence that I genuinely enjoy a song the first time i hear it. However, Muses's unintended (track 07) proved to be an exception. It was the first song of their's I had heard and is a prime example of the band's talent.

Having listened to and enjoyed a couple more tracks... Read full review »

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A Motivated Evocative Novel Band

byMichaelHatton Sep 2, 2001
28 Helpfuls 29 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 4 Comments
Pros Diverse coverage of the music genre; use of instruments; vocals; song writing.
Cons Natural and somewhat plagiaristic material inspired by the greats.
Recommended it? Yes

We can?t say Muse are uninspired. As newcomers to the music industry they have their instances in this, their debut album, of sudden inspiration from the greats. The musical track is certainly reminiscent of the principal style as Radiohead and Nirvana.

As good as these specific songs are... Read full review »

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Muse Could Be Your New Unintended Favorite

bychaseatwister2 Jun 4, 2005
22 Helpfuls 23 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Solid debut for an awesome band.
Cons A couple of weak songs, this wasn't released in the US.
Recommended it? Yes

It's not often that I find a band that sweeps me off my feet as Muse did. With their version of dramatic Brit-rock, they were huge in the UK for quite some time before they were even heard of in America. Showbiz was the band's debut album, which made the band popular, but drew in a lot of unfair... Read full review »

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There's no biz like Muse's Showbiz

byssjakira1 May 28, 2008
20 Helpfuls 21 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros "Sunburn"
Cons Meh.
Recommended it? Yes

When I heard Muse's "Map of the Problematique" I got really excited and got their Black Holes and Revelations CD, only to be quite disappointed. I read other reviews that claimed their earlier CDs were better, so in the hopes that they'd at least have a handful of songs that truly ruled like "Map... Read full review »

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How I learned to stop worrying and love MUSE

byGuildenstern Nov 10, 2002
20 Helpfuls 21 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 2 Comments
Pros A classic debut
Cons Flawed in places
Recommended it? Yes

A long time ago, well, actually only four years ago, a band called Muse emerged, and were scoffed at for being Radiohead imitators. Maybe fairly. But a year ago, with the album Origin of Symmetry the scoffing masses swallowed their own words, and resurfaced claiming they knew Muse would be the... Read full review »

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You Could have Been No.1 If You Found The Time

byandymack Jul 14, 2003
19 Helpfuls 20 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 1 Comment
Pros Good debut album
Cons The Radiohead comparrison that followed on after it's release
Recommended it? Yes

This is the debut album from Muse, Showbiz released in 1999 onto an unsuspecting market and almost straight away the tag "The New Radiohead" was attached to the band. However Bellamy, Howard and Wolstenholme weren't going to let that put them off.

In fact they were going to become a band... Read full review »

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Fans Of Radiohead Take Note!

bye_burrell Feb 29, 2000
17 Helpfuls 18 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 3 Comments
Pros This band shows enormous potential, Staggering talent, Bellamy's voice is nothing...
Cons Bellamy's vocals tend to grate on your nerves after a short while, They lend a bit...
Recommended it? Yes

I finally listened to the young English band Muse, and their debut album Showbiz, after much prodding from friends who said that they sounded like the "next" Radiohead. I have listened to this album at least twenty times in the last few days, and it has perplexed me every single second. It's true... Read full review »

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Muse are "getting strong in every way"

byphantom_slug Sep 14, 2001
11 Helpfuls 12 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 2 Comments
Pros Every song is great.
Cons Too many overdubs will make most songs hard to play live.
Recommended it? Yes

Muse, a trio of twenty-somethings from Devon, England, are definitely going places. And contrary to what you may have heard from cynical critics up and down the country, they sound nothing like Radiohead. The only plausible comparison between the two groups is that the impressive voice of singer /... Read full review »

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