Absolution
Studio album by Muse
Released	September 28, 2003 (AU) September 29, 2003 (UK) March 23, 2004 (U.S.)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Alternative Rock Progressive Rock
Length	57:13
Label	Mushroom 5046685872 (UK) 5046751112 (AU re-release)
Producer(s)	Rich Costey, John Cornfield, Muse, Paul Reeve
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link CokeMachineGlow (66%) link musicOMH.com (Positive) link Drowned In Sound (10/10) link NME (9/10) link Q Magazine (Oct. 2003, p.109) The Guardian link Rolling Stone link
Muse chronology
Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2002)	Absolution (2003)	Black Holes and Revelations (2006)

Absolution is the third studio album by English rock band Muse. It was released on September 29, 2003 in the UK and almost six months later on March 23, 2004 in the U.S. by Taste Music Limited. The album yielded the band its first big American hit in "Time Is Running Out". Image File history File links Cover of the 2003 Muse Album Absolution This work is copyrighted. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Muse are a popular Brit Award-winning English rock band formed while at Teignmouth Community College in Teignmouth, Devon in 1992. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Unlike previous albums, the recording and release of Absolution was not subject to constraining schedules, allowing the band to take as much time as they felt necessary to refine and alter their songs.

The album debuted at No. 1 in the UK charts, and soon after, reached No. 1 in French charts. Within weeks of release it reached the top 5 in twelve countries, the top 10 in fifteen countries and the top 20 in twenty countries. The album reached #107 in the United States. Due to the long delay between the UK version and U.S. version releases, Absolution remained popular in charts for an unusually long time, and saw the release of 5 singles (and 1 charity special download "Apocalypse Please"). Absolution sold 71,597 in its first week in the UK and has gone on to sell over 600,000 (in the UK), making it double platinum. It has also gone platinum in Europe as of April 2005 with sales over 1,000,000 in the continent. The album has sold 513,000 in the United States as of April 2007 making it Muse's first album to go gold there.

Track listing

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1. "Intro" – 0:22
2. "Apocalypse Please" – 4:12
3. "Time Is Running Out" – 3:56
4. "Sing for Absolution" – 4:54
5. "Stockholm Syndrome" – 4:58
6. "Falling Away with You" – 4:40
7. "Interlude" – 0:37
8. "Hysteria" (Bellamy/Wolstenholme) – 3:47
9. "Blackout" – 4:22
10. "Butterflies and Hurricanes" – 5:01
11. "The Small Print" – 3:28
12. "Fury" (Japan Bonus Track) – 5:02
13. "Endlessly" – 3:49
14. "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist" – 3:11
15. "Ruled by Secrecy" – 4:54

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Limited Edition UK bonus DVD

1. "The Making of Absolution" documentary

Australian bonus disc

1. "Stockholm Syndrome" – 7:14
2. "New Born" – 6:11
3. "Muscle Museum" – 4:18
4. "Hysteria" – 4:14
5. "Bliss" – 4:01
6. "Time Is Running Out" – 4:06

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Personnel

• Matthew Bellamy - lead vocals, guitars, piano, synthesizers
• Chris Wolstenholme - backing vocals, bass guitar, synthesizers on "Hysteria"
• Dominic Howard - drums, percussion
• Paul Reeve – backing vocals, vocal samples

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Singles

• "Stockholm Syndrome"
• "Time Is Running Out"
• "Hysteria"
• "Sing for Absolution"
• "Apocalypse Please"
• "Butterflies and Hurricanes"

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Charts

Album

Singles