Op dinsdag 9 mei 2006 13:45 schreef Rubber_Soul het volgende:Hier wat beschrijvingen van de andere nummers van het nieuwe album,
schijnbaar vertaald door iemand uit een frans rockmagazine:
1. Take A Bow:*Has three stages - classical begining; techno middle; apocalyptic rock ending.
*Opens with many violins and stressful keyboards.
*"Queenesque"*Brian May-influenced guitars.*Emphatic vocals
*Jimi Hendrix-like ending.
*Cataclysmic
2. Starlight:Written during Absolution sessions.
*Influenced by The Strokes, on a drumbeat and basic basslines.
*Catchy song with 'pop-y' elements.
*Very dancing and mechanical.
*Quite the Muse style we already know.
*Techno bassline
*Like a Depeche Mode song.
*Chord changes reminiscent of Johnny Marr - Begining of song
*Vocals are like Joshua Tree-era U2
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4. *Untitled*:* Depeche Mode-like.
*"Dancefloor" beat
*The guitars work with a synthesiser.
*Whole song changes at chorus
5. A Soldier’s Poem:*Melodramatic jazz style.
*It’s big and minimal at the same time.
* Dom uses brushes in a 'jazzy' style.
*Begins with groovy drums.
*Acoustic guitar
*J.S. Bach playing over the top (
*Whispered vocals.
6. Invincible:*Written in the great lakes area.
*Possible single.
*Massive Military rythm - Marching Beat.
*Smooth, reverberating guitar slides.
*"Old-school" piano.
*Little guitar touches make it spacey.
*Sensational solo with lots of whammy-battering -Tap solo.
7. *Untitled*:*Heavy intro riff - "System of a down-like"
*Possibly Debase Masons Grog
*"Soundgardenesque"
* Dom goes mental on the drums.
*The mixing makes it very impressive.
8. Exo Politics:*Pure Muse.
*Many syncopated riffs,
*Fuzzy, low-fi little solo.
*Classic, but effective.
9. City of Delusion:*Folksy guitar
*Pete Townshend style.
*Hispanic-sounding (Spanish-sounding) strings introduce an emphatic melody.
*Tex-mex
*Trumpet solo.
10. *Untitled*:*Reverberating guitar.
*We plunge into a mix of western and jazz.
*The ever-present strings complement the linear vocals.
11. Knights of Cydonia:*Written during Absolution tour
*A spaghetti western
*Trumpet solo
*"Space-prog"
*Bells unleash the madness on this one.
*Vibrato/wah-wah guitar with loads of feedback.
*Trumpets.
*Synths perfect it.
*The riff is an improbable mix of Black Sabbath and the Midnight Express.
*A true masterpiece