Absolution (album)

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Absolution

Studio album by Muse
Released	September 28 2003 (AU) September 29 2003 (UK) March 23 2004 (U.S.)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Rock
Length	57:13
Label	Mushroom 5046685872 (UK) 5046751112 (AU re-release)
Producer(s)	Rich Costey, John Cornfield, Muse, Paul Reeve
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Muse chronology
Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2002)	Absolution (2003)	Image:BHARCOVER.jpg Black Holes and Revelations (2006)

Absolution is the third studio album (fourth overall) by English rock band Muse. It was released on September 29, 2003 in the UK and almost six months later on March 23, 2004 in the U.S. by Taste Music Limited. The album yielded the band its biggest American hit yet in "Time Is Running Out".

Unlike previous albums, the recording and release of Absolution was not subject to constraining schedules, allowing the band to take as much time as they felt necessary to refine and alter their songs.

The album debuted at No. 1 in the UK charts, and soon after, reached No. 1 in French charts. Within weeks of release it reached the top 5 in twelve countries, the top 10 in fifteen countries and the top 20 in twenty countries. The album reached #107 in the United States. Due to the long delay between the UK version and U.S. version releases, Absolution remained popular in charts for an unusually long time, and saw the release of 5 singles (and 1 charity special download "Apocalypse Please").

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Limited Edition UK bonus DVD
- 1.2 Australian bonus disk
2 Personnel
3 Singles

[edit] Track listing

(All tracks written by Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard, and Chris Wolstenholme)

"Intro" – 0:22
"Apocalypse Please" – 4:12
"Time Is Running Out" – 3:56
"Sing for Absolution" – 4:54
"Stockholm Syndrome" – 4:58
"Falling Away with You" – 4:40
"Interlude" – 0:37
"Hysteria" – 3:47
"Blackout" – 4:22
"Butterflies and Hurricanes" – 5:01
"The Small Print" – 3:28
"Fury" (Japan Bonus Track) – 5:02
"Endlessly" – 3:49
"Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" – 3:11
"Ruled by Secrecy" – 4:54

Initial copies of the CD featured inlay errors, where the songs "Interlude" and "Hysteria" switched places on the track listing.

[edit] Limited Edition UK bonus DVD

"The Making of Absolution" documentary

[edit] Australian bonus disk

"Stockholm Syndrome" – 7:14
"New Born" – 6:11
"Muscle Museum" – 4:18
"Hysteria" – 4:14
"Bliss" – 4:01
"Time Is Running Out" – 4:06

This bonus CD is entirely composed of live versions, recorded at the Big Day Out in Sydney, January 23 2004 for Australian radio station Triple J and broadcasted in the radio show "Live At The Wireless".

[edit] Personnel

Matthew Bellamy – guitar, keyboards, lead vocals, piano
Dominic Howard – drums, percussion
Chris Wolstenholme – bass guitar, backing vocals
Paul Reeve – backing vocals, vocal samples

[edit] Singles

Title	Date Released	Format/s	Cat. #	UK Singles Chart	U.S. Modern Rock chart
"Stockholm Syndrome"	14 July 2003 (April 2005 US)	Download Only From www.muse.mu	N/A	-	31
"Time Is Running Out"	8 September 2003	CD/Vinyl 7"/DVD	EW 5050466-8549-2-6	8	9
"Hysteria"	1 December 2003 (October 2004 US)	CD/Vinyl 7"/DVD	EW 5050466-9738-2-5	17	9
"Sing for Absolution"	17 May 2004	CD/Vinyl 7"/DVD	EW 5050467216228	16	-
"Apocalypse Please"	23 August 2004	Special Charity Download for Oxfam	N/A	-	-
"Butterflies and Hurricanes"	20 September 2004	CD/Vinyl 7"/DVD	ATUK003CD	14	-

Muse
Dominic Howard \| Matthew Bellamy \| Chris Wolstenholme
Discography
Studio albums: Showbiz \| Origin of Symmetry \| Absolution \| Black Holes and Revelations
Compilations: Hullabaloo Soundtrack
Live DVDs: Hullabaloo Soundtrack \| Absolution Tour
Extended plays: This Is A Muse Demo \| Muse \| Muscle Museum EP \| Random 1-8 (Japan only) \| Dead Star/In Your World (Japan & France only)
Singles: Uno \| Cave \| Muscle Museum \| Sunburn \| Unintended \| Plug In Baby \| New Born \| Bliss \| Hyper Music/Feeling Good \| Dead Star/In Your World \| Stockholm Syndrome \| Time Is Running Out \| Hysteria \| Sing for Absolution \| Apocalypse Please \| Butterflies and Hurricanes \| Supermassive Black Hole \| Starlight \| Knights of Cydonia
Production
John Leckie \| Rich Costey \| Paul Reeve
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