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Stunning Live album, as good as it gets ...
Into the new millennium and Muse together with Gomez, Mercury Rev, Elbow, Coldplay and The Flaming Lips (from "Soft Bulletin" (1999) onwards) were the bands that really excited me the most. (Previous to these recent years Kings X and Dream Theater "did it for me" in the 90's, Marillion were "my 80's" band together with Simple Minds, Big Country, Waterboys and U2. My 70's favorites were largely Genesis, Rush and Jethro Tull. <
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>This live album from 2001 is, for me, an absolutely stunning performance from a band who are prepared to push the boundaries of Rock. The first album I bought from Muse was 2001's "Origin of Symmetry" after reading a review and listening to a couple of tracks. I was hooked. Muse do wear their influences on their sleeve (a large heping of Queen, a fair bit of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin) as they produce a sound that is uniquely their own. Lead singer Mike Bellamy has a great voice with tremendous range and the combination of this superb drumming, bass, guitar and keyboard work in a live setting is simply awesome. <
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>So many highlights, the one for me that sums up Muse best, especially in the live context, is "Citizen Erased" - FANTASTIC! This is one of six tracks from "Origin of Symmetry". Two tracks from 1998's effort "Showbiz" plus three new tracks make up the set. <
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>(Also check out the DVD - well worth it, fantasic sound, a real rocking show which features 8 more tracks than the CD (four more from "Showbiz" and " Origin"). <
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>The bonus "B Sides" disc is a great addition with some excellent tracks (6 of the 10 tracks I really enjoyed which is great for an extra disc of B sides). <
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>All 'n' all - There are a handful of "new" bands who I enjoy listening to and Muse is way up there and this Live album is stunning. <
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>Certainly one of the great live albums of the new millennium from one of the great bands of these modern times, a tremendous experience in today's age - real musicians playing real instruments and playing with energy and passion in front of a very appreciative audience at the "Zenith" in Paris. <
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>I really enjoy this album, if you do get it I hope you do to. <
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A fan-only collection, but a good one for the fans ...
Even though I rate this collection at 4 stars, I actually think it could have been much better. The reasons for this I'll return to below. This collection is a bit odd - 2 discs, one consisting of B-sides, and one with a live recording - two nice features for the fans, but unfortunately neither of them complete, which makes them not as valuable for the fans as they could have been. <
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>Disc 1 - The B-sides <
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>This lot is naturally quite a mixed group, as is only natural. Severa, reviewers have already commented on the natural and unavoidable problem with B-side tracks - being album leftovers, they will often be of lower quality than the album cuts. That's true sometimes, but not always, and this collection contains some really great tracks - as well as some not-so-great tracks. <
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>'Shine Acoustic', , 'Map Of Your Head', 'Shrinking Universe', and 'Recess' are all of a quality that would easily allow them for inclusion on album without falling short - in fact 'Recess' is much better than many of the tracks included on the 'Showbiz' CD, and 'Shine Acoustic' might be in my top 5 of favourite MUSE tracks EVER. The latter is a ballad of amazing beauty, the slow sound of rain falling leads into an almost ethereal song, and Matt Bellamy is doing a vocal that shows him to be way beyond any other vocalist presently in rock music, bar none. In contrast, the almost merry 'Map Of Your Head' is quite irresistable, the jingling - medieval, some have described it as - sound standing quite off the usual MUSE sound - without really sounding out-of-place, because with MUSE you never really know what you get. 'Shrinking Universe' and 'Recess' are honest rockers, the latter with a beautiful piano drive very much remeniscent of 'Sunburn' from 'Showbiz'. <
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>'Nature_1' is another track that deserves mention. It's something as rare as an uptempo acoustic song, with the acoustic guitar as the primary instrument. 'The Gallery' is an instrumental track, not the most interesting they've done, but not bad. On the more weird side, 'Forced In' seems to be drifting along somewhere in outer space, interesting certainly, but very odd. Interesting is also 'Hyper Chondriac Music', a scaled down version of album track 'Hyper Music' - forget all about a rushing pace and mind-blowing noisy guitars - oh, the roaring guitars are there still, but where the album version seemed almost primitive, at least if you didn't listen to the lyrics, this version is anything but primitive - omnious, threatening and nearly grotesque at times, yes, but with grandeur and beauty to follow. Very interesting indeed. <
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>Less fortunate are the results on 'Ashamed' and 'Yes Please' - both are honest rockers, but without very much to offer besides that. Especially 'Yes Please' is way to heavy and primitive to my taste - fans who appreciate the more noisy side of MUSE, however, will probably be delighted in these tracks. <
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>On the bottom-line I will add, that the B-side CD should not be considered as an album, but as a compilation. This one has much to offer the fans, but is not the place for newbies to come. <
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>Most annoying is the fact that the collection is so incomplete. The CD runs for only 40 minutes, so there's some 30 minutes to follow, and loads of B-side tracks have been left off, especially from the Showbiz period. The band might have considered them below standards, but die-hard fans will now have to pay big money to find all the old singles to evaluate for themselves. Also, a double single set was released along with this collection - the Dead Star / In Your World singles, that features the two A-side tracks, and two B-sides, Futurism and the killer cover of 'Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You', that is now legendary among MUSE fans! None of these four tracks are available (in studio versions) besides on these singles, so it seems odd that none of them are on this CD. That's a huge minus for this CD. <
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>Overall rating for CD 1: 6 out of 10. <
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>Disc 2 - Live From Paris <
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>What needs to be said about this recording can be done fairly quickly: MUSE a fabulous live! Matt Bellamy easily proves that his amazing vocal is not only a studio-produced phenomenon. The songs are delivered in a more heavy mich here, which will appeal to some fans and not to others. Certainly I'm not too keen on the very aggressive side of MUSE, but the takes on tracks like 'Citizen Erased', 'Showbiz', 'Megalomania' and 'Muscle Museum' are top rate. Some of the tracks included does not range among my favorites - the nearly absurd 'Micro Cuts' and 'Agitated' among them - but that aside, there's not a spot to put on this recording. <
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>The downside is that this CD only features a selection of the songs recorded on the two nights, october 28 and 29. Apparantly unknown to some fans in the US, a double DVD was released with these CDs; one DVD with a full-length concert recording, and the other with a documentary. Oddly enough, 'Dark Shines' which is on the CD is NOT on the DVD, but what the explanation for this is escapes me. Still, it would seem more natural to release either a complete B-side collection, or a complete live double-CD. As it is now, this double CD collection offers neither fully. <
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>Overall rating for CD 2: 8 out of 10. <
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>OVERALL RATING BOTH CDs: 7 out of 10. Good but not essential.

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Never disappointed!
"Hullabaloo" keeps you engaged throughout both CDs. Amazing B-sides such as "Shrinking Universe" and "Map of Your Head" leave you speechless. The live recording in Paris shows that MUSE will have you captivated during one of their shows no matter what material is out. Overall a spectacular buy, worth every cent!