SCENE & HEARD: MUSE HULLABALOO

Berwick Advertiser
Thursday, 1st August 2002

Taste Music

MUSE Certainly announced themselves in no uncertain fashion with their debut album Showbiz. Bucking the trend they continued that upward curve with the excellent Origin of Symmetry. So I suppose we can allow them a moment to take stock.
 That is the essence of Hullabaloo, the first of the 2 CD set is a B-Sides and Rarities compilation. And as is the case with most of these it is doubtful whether it will gain them any new fans. In fact the first three songs should perhaps have stayed rare. It is not until we come across Yes Please and the stunning Map Of Your Head that we dare to believe there are hidden gems rather than just fools gold. After that uncertain start it's a pretty good album. If you are looking for a defining moment it comes with Shine Acoustic. Muse step out of themselves and draw back a little, what the song does is prove that its talent and not hype that drives Muse.
The second CD is that old favourite, the live album. Now this could gain them some new fans, because freed from the strictures of the studio Muse take flight. Micro Cuts swoops and soars. Muse are definitely one of those bands who suit a live performance, and therefore a live album.
 Fans get the chance to see for themselves with a DVD of the concert featured on the CD. Not only that there is also a 40-minute documentary of the band with backstage footage. 

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