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They arrive just their paces Radiohead would have eaten the Queen, three little guys from England not eaten by unrealistic ambitions or commercial compromise their leader. Showbiz is the essence of Muse, a first statement of intent simply indispensable.
Because, besides the definition necessarily a caricature of their sound, Muse, Matthew Bellamy and therefore THE composer of the trio, is a sacred songs factory! With the producer who made the sound of The Bends, John Leckie, native Devon produce their original cocktail pop (the memorable melodies), to indie rock (in a certain delicacy about), hard rock (the riffs , energy) and progressive rock (emphasis, instrumental ambition) with a natural and professionalism simply amazing with such young people (small score each). Obviously, the voice of Bellamy is close to that of Thom Yorke, there probably comes the insistent comparison, plaintive sighing and it is (as it annoys some, in the one as in the other, it seems) but it dovetails perfectly into these passionate songs, powerful, epic.
And it starts from Sunburn, from the piano intro, the battery that groove, and the voice that interferes in a crescendo tumbling, obviously! On a glorious chorus, but it also has to finesse in the way , care in the arrangements, control in passion. And it continues with the tube, Muscle Museum, and its false air of Sirtaki, his bass part haunting and almost cabaret melody and irresistible blasts, and thus a building we'd like to hear more often. But it does not stop there, not! On Filip to nervousness guitar near a Sonic Youth on which Bellamy affix all the lyricism of his vocal mannerisms and who does not hesitate from full time to spin an interlude led by a vibrionnant piano, d a very Falling Down Radiohead small walk where the group still infuses a je ne sais quoi soul that makes the difference, a cellar of a beautiful rockante energy comparable to that of a beginner Supergrass, the voice plus trips here in a long crescendo Showbiz that never loses its breath, a nice almost pastoral Unintended and, again, near Yorke & Co., and stops there enumerating a tracklist Flawless not tired, it is a beautiful palette, ambitious rock with excellent selection but still affordable to which we are dealing. Epatant!
Obviously, Muse released some very good albums (Absolution!, Unmissable!) But never this moving, perhaps because a beginner set of innocence and control, the perfect collection of more successful songs as each other This is probably the charm of the first times, most definitely that of a work long thought, fantasized. And for the listener, over 15 years after its release, it's still the same love album, a must.

1. Sunburn 3:54
2. Muscle Museum 4:23
3. Fillip 4:01
4. Falling Down 4:33
5. Cave 4:46
6. Showbiz 5:16
7. Unintended 3:57
8. Uno 3:37
9. Sober 4:04
10. Escape 3:31
11. Overdue 2:26
12. Hate This & I'll Love You 5:09

Matthew Bellamy - vocals; lead and rhythm guitars; piano; Hammond organ on "Falling Down", "Unintended" and "Escape"; mellotron on "Muscle Museum" and "Unintended", Wurlitzer electric piano on "Fillip" and "Hate This & I'll Love You"; synthesizers on "Cave", guitar synthesizer on "Sober"; harmonium on "Escape"; string arrangements on "Showbiz"; Production and mixing on "Muscle Museum", "Unintended", "Uno" and "Sober"; artwork
Christopher Wolstenholme - bass; backing vocals; double bass on "Falling Down" and "Unintended"; Production and mixing on "Muscle Museum", "Unintended", "Uno" and "Sober"
Dominic Howard - drums; percussion on "Showbiz", "Uno" and "Hate This & I'll Love You"; synthesizer on "Muscle Museum"; Production and mixing on "Muscle Museum", "Unintended", "Uno" and "Sober"
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Paul Reeve - backing vocals on "Unintended", "Uno", "Overdue" and "Hate This & I'll Love You"