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The Resistance | 
| Artist: Muse
Label: Helium 3
Category: Music
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Rating:  252 reviews
Sales Rank: 59
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 521130
UPC: 825646874347
EAN: 0825646874347
ASIN: B002GZQYMK
Release Date: September 14, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Uprising | | • | Resistance | | • | Undisclosed Desires | | • | United States Of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage) | | • | Guiding Light | | • | Unnatural Selection | | • | Mk Ultra | | • | I Belong To You (+Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix) | | • | Exogenesis : Symphony Part I (Overture) | | • | Exogenesis : Symphony Part Ii (Cross Pollination) | | • | Exogenesis : Symphony Part Iii (Redemption) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
It's not really about the music anymore, is it. It's about the breadth and height of everything Muse do. It's about leaving a jet-stream in the sky. Any tune with a trajectory lower than the cosmos is presumably discarded, with arrangements generally sounding as expensive as battleships (intergalactic battleships, that is). Of course the music is not exactly incidental either; Muse's full-on fifth album The Resistance is packed hard with virtuoso musicianship, rigorous instrumental freak-outs and harmonies beamed between dimensions. It's simply what they do now, no matter how ridiculous it may seem. Long gone are the days of the feisty yet formal English post-grunge band with a falsetto bolt-on. So let the madness commence; "Uprising" gives the Dr Who theme tune a stomping glam makeover, "Undisclosed Desires" is like a prog-rock Justin Timberlake, "Guiding Light" is the sound of Elvis' "Can't Help Falling In Love" being jettisoned into the ether in an escape pod and "Exogenesis Symphony Part 1 (Overture)" is ambitious equal parts 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Flaming Lips and a belting Brian May style guitar solo sent straight from the roof of Buckingham Palace. They've not moved on enormously from the grandiosity of Black Holes & Revelations, not that it matters--they've found the place where they're most comfortable. That place just happens to be balanced on the precipice, travelling at light speed in expensive space-suits. --James Berry
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| Customer Reviews:
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 The Resistance CD September 8, 2010
Deeky
This CD is very good with lots of good 'catchy' tunes. This music is one I will play often and enjoy.
The Resistance - A Creative Bombshell September 7, 2010
Fanderson2
Muse have outdone themselves yet again with this album. Being a loyal fan ever since their first album, Showbiz, I have become almost obsessive with their music. To me it feels so unique and different while still having obvious influences to make it more approachable to first time listeners. If anything, the whole album showing the diversity of music Muse are able to create, with each album having something new to offer. Although one might dislike the way Muse have progressed (for instance having less hard rock riffs from Origin of Symmetry and replacing them with more classical and alternate sounds such as in the songs "Undisclosed Desires" and "United States of Eurasia") it is made up for by the creativity and feeling in every song.
The Resistance is also incredibly theatrical, which is not so different from their other albums but it differs in the approach it has to creating the drama. The frustrations and anger towards corruption in the lyrics and the powerful music set a series of different moods throughout the whole album, from sadness to inspiration.
"United States of Eurasia" is one of the main examples of outside influences, as it also expresses inspirations from Queen before going into a more eastern styled riff which sounds as if it isn't meant to work, being as vastly different from the great rock sound Queen make, but instead I found myself enjoying the music even more and finding the two styles oddly fit. The classical influences are the most prominent in The Resistance which could be off-putting for some but I find it shows that Muse have not reached their creative bounds yet (if they have any at all) and they still have much more to offer. So for these reasons I hope you enjoy the music as much as I did and give this alternative production a try.
 What a disappointment September 6, 2010
Neil C (UK)
It seems Muse have never been more popular, but sadly for long-standing fans, that popularity appears to have been gained by sacrificing their former sound on the altar of commercialism. Quite bluntly, this is not a rock album - four of the first five songs have either no guitars whatsoever or have them buried so low in the mix that the amalagam of keyboard, bass and drums resembles a modern day Doors. Given the inordinate amount of 1970s and early 80s influences on display here, I suspect the band might be quite pleased by that comparison. United States of Eurasia sounds like the sort of camp prog Queen abandoned three decades ago, while Undisclosed Desires resembles Depeche Mode experimenting with a loud snare drum. Those spiralling riffs the band built their fanbase on are largely extinguished in favour of keyboard melodies. Perhaps that's why their recent UK tour has seen them supported by acts like Lily Allen, Editors and the Big Pink.
There are moments to treasure as you listen to The Resistance, including the title track, the Origin of Symmetry-esque MK Ultra and the innovative Exogenesis triumvirate at the album's conclusion. For the most part, this is a tired pastiche of bygone musical genres, and unlike the beautifully crafted Absolution, the songs on this album don't work as a cohesive whole - they crash and jar together discordantly. If you're a fan of guitar-based rock music, it's best avoided.
muse at their finest August 23, 2010
sharron.a
Fantastic album demonstrating Muse at their very best. Gives an immediate up beat, feel good factor, absolutely amazing.
Impressive August 23, 2010
Monika Mar
I enjoyed thoroughly the titled Resistance and the first track Uprising. It is a brilliant driving or general riotous anger release music. It is worth buying the album for just these two tracks. They are few other gems but the overall momentum of the album is a little bit lost as the music unravels. It is a good choice for people who don't like their music to be just a background ambience but like it to provoke thoughts, and place them out of their comfort zone.
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