(MUSE) ALBUMS OF THE YEAR - ABSOLUTION

Sunday Life 
Sunday 28th December 2003

(Taste/EastWest): 
Muse delivered the purest rock'n'roll thrills of the year as they married a new found maturity and discipline to their previously unrestrained melodrama and ambition. The results were concise, dynamic, and almost absurdly exciting.


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