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9.0
76647
9.0 |
The Music
Spectacular, epic in scope, epic in sound, epic in delivery
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8.0
76768
8.0 |
State
If In Rainbows is the album you’d hand a Martian who had just asked you who Radiohead are, Drones could qualify in this respect for the three piece
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8.0
76816
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Drones is the fearsome sound of Muse at their monumental best
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8.0
76886
8.0 |
Digital Spy
By taking themes that are familiar but genuine and crafting them into an epic narrative, Muse recalibrate their magnificence and pull off what is easily their best album in a decade
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8.0
76407
8.0 |
Q
Befitting of its proggy conceptual narrative about state mind control, it's an album of rambling interests. Print edition only
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8.0
76951
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Muse get back to the fiery rock that they do best, laced with new passion and principle
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8.0
77104
8.0 |
Gig Soup
This may be their seventh album and they may be approaching veteran status in the world of rock, but they are still a force to be reckoned with
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7.5
77263
7.5 |
Beardfood
Drones is a triumph of simple ideas filtered through the minds of virtuosos
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7.0
76903
7.0 |
musicOMH
Drones is utterly bonkers and silly. And yet, it’s for the most part enjoyable
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7.0
76917
7.0 |
All Music
This absurdly overstuffed synthesis is unmistakably Muse's own, so thunderous it drowns out any good intentions the band may have had
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7.0
76654
7.0 |
NME
A concept album that takes in pop stomp, glam rock and Elgar
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6.0
76805
6.0 |
The Guardian
This is the band’s most focused work in a decade, ditching the genre walkabout of 2012’s The 2nd Law for a more polished variant of their early, unkempt sound
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6.0
76807
6.0 |
The Irish Times
At their most potent, Muse seem like an unstoppable force, using a three-piece rock setup to truly push boundaries
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6.0
76823
6.0 |
The FT
This is the Devon band’s formula, and it makes perfect sense, musically at least. But attempts to find another register fall flat
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6.0
76877
6.0 |
The Observer
A timely restatement of the need for popular music to evoke both thought and dopamine rush
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6.0
76930
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
It's much more fun than anything documenting complete loss of hope in a totalitarian state has any right to be
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6.0
76934
6.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
The fact that they’ve chosen to revitalize the rock sound that made them successful to begin with bodes well going forward, and even if Muse is only sort of back, they've still taken a vital step in the right direction
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6.0
77030
6.0 |
Clash
Luckily, a good sizeable chunk of this album is good enough to stand alone, stripped of the high-minded concepts
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5.8
76980
5.8 |
Paste Magazine
In spite of its melodic clarity, Drones ultimately succumbs under the weight of its narrative
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5.0
76954
5.0 |
Spin
It’s a record full of fits and starts, baffling successes and giggly failures — at one turn
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5.0
76908
5.0 |
PopMatters
If Muse is able to find a way to express its political concerns in a manner that doesn’t bash the listener over the head, they might just find a way to get both feet headed in the same direction
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5.0
76888
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
What they lack in nuance they make up for in enthusiasm, and that’s probably exactly what a 15-year-old kid needs to start giving a shit about the world around him
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4.5
76905
4.5 |
Pitchfork
Whatever pleasure can be generated from Bellamy’s admirable melodic sense and overblown hooks is negated by Muse’s insistence that they’re profound rather than fun
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4.0
76942
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Accomplished yet instantly forgettable - a most fitting curtain call for such a confused endeavour
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4.0
77507
4.0 |
Mojo
Few new ideas. Print edition only
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3.5
77400
3.5 |
Spectrum Culture
A showcase of Muse’s utter downfall into a simple, generic alt-rock band, with more cheese than they know what to do with
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2.0
77546
2.0 |
No Ripcord
Aside from a few crunching riffs and a smattering of neat melodies, there’s very little to recommend within Drones
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2.0
78215
2.0 |
Under The Radar
Muse have always been ridiculous and overblown, but at least they used to be a ton of fun. Can anyone remember how long ago that was?
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2.0
76929
2.0 |
Time Out
We used to moan that musicians didn’t write about politics anymore. Based on this effort, maybe that’s for the best
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1.0
77394
1.0 |
The Quietus
Christ in Heaven, this is a f***ing atrocity of a f***ing album. Absolute, grade A, priceless f***ing horsewank!
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