origin of symmetry

align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Origin of Symmetry
lign="center" colspan="3"\|
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Album by Muse
lign="left" valign="top"\|Released	colspan="2" valign="top"\|July 17 2001
lign="left" valign="top"\|Recorded	colspan="2" valign="top"\|2001
lign="left" valign="top"\|Chart Position #	colspan="2" valign="top"\|UK: 3/ US: N/A*
lign="left" valign="top"\|Genre	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Rock
lign="left" valign="top"\|Length	colspan="2" valign="top"\|51 min 42 sec
lign="left" valign="top"\|# Discs	colspan="2" valign="top"\|1
lign="left" valign="top"\|Record label	colspan="2" valign="top"\|Mushroom
lign="left" valign="top"\|Cat. #	colspan="2" valign="top"\| MUSH93 CD
lign="left" valign="top"\|Producer	colspan="2" valign="top"\|John Leckie
gcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Professional reviews
lign="center" valign="top"\|AMG	align="center" valign="top"\|4/5	align="center" valign="top"\|link
bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Muse Chronology
valign="top"\|Showbiz (1999)	valign="top"\|Origin of Symmetry (2001)	valign="top"\|Hullabaloo (2002)

Origin of Symmetry is British rock band Muse's second album, released in the summer of 2001 on Mushroom Records in the UK. "Plug in Baby" and "New Born" (both singles) are perhaps the standout tracks, the ingenious lead solo and distinctive bass riff of the former making it a perennial favourite of fans. Additionally, Maverick, who released Showbiz in the USA, requested that the falsetto vocals of the song be removed, as they believed they would hamper the songs radio-playability. Muse's subsequent refusal to compromise their artistic integrity (or ruin the song) saw them part ways with the label. "Feeling Good" is a cover of the Nina Simone song. Nestl tried to use it in a coffee commercial, but did not seek the permission of the band before doing so. They were forced to remove it and pay the band 500,000 in damages (which the band donated to Oxfam), however Nestl then replaced the Muse version with a sound alike version. The band experimented with new or interesting instruments throughtout the album, Domonic Howard (drums) augmented the standard rock drum kit with various other items of his own and Matthew Bellamy's use of a church organ on "Megalomania" works well juxtaposed to the anti-religious sentiment of the song. Throughout the album the bass line is used as the driving force, often witth the guitar providing only an extra layer to the song rather than carrying the melody as in a more traditional song. This effect was created with distortion and other effects on the bass resulting in a more thick sound. This allowed the overblown guitar of Bellamy to carry itself away from the tune and extend into the higher frequencys. Overall the album sounds as if it were being played by a four piece rather than a three piece.

Track listing

"New Born" (Bellamy)
"Bliss" (Bellamy)
"Space Dementia" (Bellamy)
"Hyper Music" (Bellamy)
"Plug in Baby" (Bellamy)
"Citizen Erased" (Bellamy)
"Micro Cuts" (Bellamy)
"Screenager" (Bellamy)
"Darkshines" (Bellamy)
"Feeling Good" (Bricusse/Newley)
"Megalomania" (Bellamy)

Personnel

Matthew Bellamy - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Dominic Howard - drums
Chris Wolstenholme - bass guitar

Singles From Origin of Symmetry

Date Released	Format/s	Cat. #	UK Singles Chart	US Modern Rock chart	Cover
Plug In Baby"	05/03/2001	CD/Vinyl 7"	MUSH 89 CDS	11	-*
New Born"	05/06/2001	CD/Vinyl 7"	MUSH 92 CDS	12	-*
Bliss"	20/08/2001	CD/Vinyl 7"	MUSH 96 CDS	22	-*
Hyper Music/Feeling Good"	24/11/2001	CD/Vinyl 7"	MUSH 97 CDS	24	-*

*As mentioned in the text of article, Origin Of Symmetry was not released in the U.S therefore it did not make the charts. Origin of Symmetry Origin of Symmetry

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