![11. 'Invincible': A great song with a cute video and all, but of all Muse tracks, this feels like the one most intentionally written to inspire fist-pumps, lighters and stadium silliness. Sure, it's pretty glorious live, but it makes for the weakest moment on a consistently brilliant album.]()
11. 'Invincible': A great song with a cute video and all, but of all Muse tracks, this feels like the one most intentionally written to inspire fist-pumps, lighters and stadium silliness. Sure, it's pretty glorious live, but it makes for the weakest moment on a consistently brilliant album.
![10. 'Hoodoo': Picking up where 'Darkshines' left off with its Hispanic guitar sound, this cinematic Ennio Morricone-esque lament that shows an intimate window into Bellamy's soul and existential crisis before it builds into an EPIC piano crescendo would have been the highlight and centre-piece of most albums (because it's awesome), but is just one of many peaks on BHAR.]()
10. 'Hoodoo': Picking up where 'Darkshines' left off with its Hispanic guitar sound, this cinematic Ennio Morricone-esque lament that shows an intimate window into Bellamy's soul and existential crisis before it builds into an EPIC piano crescendo would have been the highlight and centre-piece of most albums (because it's awesome), but is just one of many peaks on BHAR.
![9. 'Soldier's Poem': It's like Muse's take on 'Unchained Melody', but about the conflict of being sent off to war for a country you love but for an unjust cause, which is cool.]()
9. 'Soldier's Poem': It's like Muse's take on 'Unchained Melody', but about the conflict of being sent off to war for a country you love but for an unjust cause, which is cool.
![8. 'Assassin': A fast-shredding, brutal rocker about the mindset of terrorists in the modern age, but all of the elements make it feel a little too 'Muse by numbers'. Still a cracker though, but we prefer the Grand Omega Bosses Edit of the track for a more dynamic ending and beefier sound. Hats off to Dom for them drums, though.]()
8. 'Assassin': A fast-shredding, brutal rocker about the mindset of terrorists in the modern age, but all of the elements make it feel a little too 'Muse by numbers'. Still a cracker though, but we prefer the Grand Omega Bosses Edit of the track for a more dynamic ending and beefier sound. Hats off to Dom for them drums, though.
![7. 'Exo-Politics': Inspired by Franz Ferdinand, this is Muse at their grooviest. More of this please. Oh, and WHAT a chorus.]()
7. 'Exo-Politics': Inspired by Franz Ferdinand, this is Muse at their grooviest. More of this please. Oh, and WHAT a chorus.
![6. 'Take A Bow': It's a shame they don't play this much any more, its more or less the perfect album opener. The synth arpeggio build up locks you in before a spiteful tirade against George Bush explodes:]()
6. 'Take A Bow': It's a shame they don't play this much any more, its more or less the perfect album opener. The synth arpeggio build up locks you in before a spiteful tirade against George Bush explodes: "You bring corruption to all that you touch, you will BURN IN HELL FOR YOUR SINS."
![5. 'Starlight': Probably Muse's most radio-friendly single, few thought that Muse could have channelled Abba and Eurovision with such aplomb. All together now:]()
5. 'Starlight': Probably Muse's most radio-friendly single, few thought that Muse could have channelled Abba and Eurovision with such aplomb. All together now: "I JUST WANTED TO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD..."
![4. 'City Of Delusion': Arguably Muse's most underrated album track, this orchestral-tinged prog-rock operatic epic is to BHAR what 'Citizen Erased' was to Origin Of Symmetry, and deserves it's place in Muse's live sets today. PLAY IT MORE PLEASE.]()
4. 'City Of Delusion': Arguably Muse's most underrated album track, this orchestral-tinged prog-rock operatic epic is to BHAR what 'Citizen Erased' was to Origin Of Symmetry, and deserves it's place in Muse's live sets today. PLAY IT MORE PLEASE.
![3. 'Map Of The Problematique': It's essentially their take on Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy The Silence', which was only ever going to be wonderful - and boy, is it. Each band member's part is rather understated, but adds up to something HUGE.]()
3. 'Map Of The Problematique': It's essentially their take on Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy The Silence', which was only ever going to be wonderful - and boy, is it. Each band member's part is rather understated, but adds up to something HUGE.
![2. 'Knights Of Cydonia': One of those rare incredible tracks that's perfect for both giving a show an explosive opening, or ending on an almighty high. This space-rock magnum opus where Ennio Morricone meets Queen and Star Wars is probably the best song about war on Mars that you'll ever hear.]()
2. 'Knights Of Cydonia': One of those rare incredible tracks that's perfect for both giving a show an explosive opening, or ending on an almighty high. This space-rock magnum opus where Ennio Morricone meets Queen and Star Wars is probably the best song about war on Mars that you'll ever hear.
![1. 'Supermassive Black Hole': It may totally ape the sound of underrated Belgian stoner-rockers Millionaire (something the band themselves admit) but that menacing combo of Marilyn Manson and Prince makes for Muse's sexiest moment, most accessible and awesome single. The true highlight of BHAR that exploded their worldwide appeal and made them stadium kings without diluting their essence.]()
1. 'Supermassive Black Hole': It may totally ape the sound of underrated Belgian stoner-rockers Millionaire (something the band themselves admit) but that menacing combo of Marilyn Manson and Prince makes for Muse's sexiest moment, most accessible and awesome single. The true highlight of BHAR that exploded their worldwide appeal and made them stadium kings without diluting their essence.
