Muse albums ranked

Earlier on in the year I reviewed every Muse album.  Now I am going to rank them from worst to best.

8th - "Simulation Theory" - This is their last album which came out in 2018.  To be honest I couldn't even name a track off it now, unlike all the other albums. Meaning it's fairly forgettable and I remember when I reviewed it, I was generally disappointed with it.

 7th - "Absolution" - This may surprise people as this was Muse's third album and was generally well received at the time.  It has some great tunes on it in the form of "Time is running out" and "Hysteria" but there are also some bad tracks on here too which really bring it down.

6th - "The 2nd Law" - If you'd ask me what position this album would have been in prior to having reviewed it this year I would have ranked "Absolution" higher.  But having gone back to this I enjoyed it a lot more.  The experimented more here and it is quite a diverse album.  

5th - "Showbiz" - Their debut album and despite the quality decreasing slightly towards the back end of the album this is a great listen.  "Cave" is epic along with classics such as "Sunburn", "Uno" and the tender acoustic track "Unintended".

4th - "The Resistance" - This is another album I totally missed at the time but glad I went back to it to appreciate its true magnificence.  Although it is a rock album it does also have a classical vibe throughout with all the piano and is probably their most prog leaning album too.

3rd - "Black Holes and Revelations" - I think if you asked Muse fans what their favourite album was a lot would say this album.  Personally, I think they have done better but this album is still an absolute stormer.  "Starlight" in particular is a great track and how can I not mention album closer "Knights of Cydonia" which is a total classic.

2nd - "Drones" - For me, this is a very underrated Muse album, after experimenting and pushing their sound with "The Resistance" and "The 2nd Law".  This was Muse rocking their absolute hearts out.  "Reapers" has a riff and a half, with the likes of "Psycho" and "Dead Inside" not far behind.  But it's the deep cuts which makes this album even better with longer tracks such as "Globalisation" and "Aftermath".

1st - "Origin of Symmetry".  But there is an album which slides "Drones into second place and that’s "Origin of Symmetry".  Track after track it's quality of the highest order.  No band was doing what Muse were doing at this time and to their level.  From the piano intro in "New Born" to Bellamy swinging his guitar round and bursting into a full blown riff.  "Citizen Erased" remains my favourite Muse song ever.   The riff and the amazing spacy outro are amazing.  The "Feeling good" cover, "Plugin Baby" and "Space Dementia". So many amazing moments on the album which seamlessly gel together to make this one of my favourite albums of all time.