Hullabaloo Soundtrack

Artist: Muse
Label: Taste Media
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 9397603353420
ASIN: B00020PO8Q

Release Date: 2006-06-08

Hullabaloo Soundtrack

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Tracks:

Forced In
Shrinking Universe
Recess
Yes Please
Map of Your Head
Nature_1
Shine Acoustic
Ashamed
Gallery
Hyper Chondriac Music

Tracks:

Dead Star [Live]
Micro Cuts [Live]
Citizen Erased [Live]
Showbiz [Live]
Megalomania [Live]
Dark Shines [Live]
Screenager [Live]
Space Dementia [Live]
In Your World [Live]
Muscle Museum [Live]
Agitated [Live]

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Album Description

The first CD, a collection of B-sides (recorded between March 1999 & October 2001) proves that Muse have much more material under their belt than they're letting on.The second CD (a live concert recorded on October 28/29 2001 at Le Zenith in Paris) is the

Album Details

Double CD Collection featuring B-sides and Rarities on Cd1, While Cd2 features Live Tracks Recorded at Le Zenith in Paris on October 28-29, 2001.

Customer Reviews:

What's all the "Hullabaloo" about?.......2005-05-01

British band Muse broke out in the US with their third album "Absolution," and establishing them as a remarkable new rock band. They're epic, intensedark, and majestic in a proggy-Pink-Floyd-meets-Led-Zeppelin kind of way, and so it's hardly a surprise that "Hullabaloo" is a remarkably strong collection.

No, it's not a new album. Rather, it's a collection of B-sides, rarities, and a 2001 live concert. Most bands don't sound too great in either case, but Muse does. The first disc is made up of their B-sides and rarities, which tend to be quite good actually.

It doesn't start off promising, with the schizophrenic prog-rocker "Forced In," which would be fine if it weren't for the endlessly cycling synth that obscures everything else. But things get stronger after that, with the explosive downward spiral that is "Shrinking Universe" ("There's nothing left to die for!"), the softer poppy "Recess," and the surprisingly gentle acoustic ballad "Map Of your Head."

Most of the other songs follow those examples, either being epic and bombastic or quieter and more intimate. With, of course, some eerier songs thrown in, like the rippling sweetness of "Shine Acoustic." Are they as good as Muse's proper albums, especially since a few B-sides sound like the lost soundtrack of the X-Files? Not really, but they are remarkably good, and still better than average.

Which brings us to the live performance, which took place in October of 2001, in Paris's "Le Zenith." Well, to put it simply, these guys rock. It opens with a cheering crowd, right before they kick off into a tornado of bass, drums and guitar. Unlike many rock bands, these guys lose none of their power or musical richness in live performances.

The inevitable flaw? Well, that would probably be Matt Bellamy -- he doesn't sound too different from in the albums, but it's sometimes hard to hear him above the drums, explosive synth and spiralling bass. However, the guys lose none of their intensity musically, and it's hard to find a single flaw in their playing. If Muse are known for their prowess in live performances, then it's easy to see why.

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Dead Center ~ Eric Alexander

The Champ ~ Dizzy Gillespie

The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions: Jumpin' the Blues ~ Eddy Vinson, Jay McShann

Deux ~ Enzo Enzo

The Traveller ~ Khan Jamal

Forever for Always for Luther ~ Various Artists

Himmelweit ~ Patrick Lindner

World Is Mine ~ Kururi

Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar: I Love MPB ~ Caetano Veloso

Umini Tsuretette ~ Machiko Watanabe