New Muse album...

I may or may not get this album, I haven't decided yet. I have Absolution and it has some great, and I mean great songs, but that's only about half the album and I thought the other half sounded the same. I gave the album more listens for it to grow on me, and I got sick of it before I could catch on some more.

I heard the new single from this album (forgot the name of the song, but I saw the video on YouTube, they were wearing masks for the first half of the video). I didn't like the song, but that's not to say I won't like the rest of the album. Absolution had a few clunkers but it also had some real gold.

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Originally Posted by nabhan

The same thing happened to me with Absolution. Even the good songs, after a short while, became monotonous to listen to.

I just listened to this album, and I doubt I'll do it again. Same thing. Maybe it's just me, but after a while I didn't even notice songs ending and new ones starting. I stopped paying attention and it just became background music. I wouldnt be able to name a single song, or be able to tell you what it sounded like. Overrated =/

It's always best to give an album more than one listen to develop an opinion. Some of my all-time favorite albums were like what you described, I thought they were shit the first time I heard them. The ironic thing is that I've found if an album clicks with you the first time you hear it, you're going to get tired of it quickly. If an album takes, say, five times to click, then it's a keeper. If it takes more than five times, then it just sucks.

Perfect example: I thought Thrice - Vheissu was the greatest album of all time the first couple of times I heard it, then around the sixth or seventh time, I never wanted to hear it again. Everyone kept praising The Illusion Of Safety as the best Thrice album, so I bought it. Hated it the first time, but then it grew on me, and I'm still not sick of that album. It is now my favorite Thrice album and beats out Vheissu by a longshot.

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