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- Showbiz
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Muse
Released 1999

Sunburn
03:53
7,436 plays

Muscle Museum
04:22
6,842 plays

Showbiz
05:17
4,860 plays

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- 1
- Sunburn
- 03:53
- 7,436 plays

- 2
- Muscle Museum
- 04:22
- 6,842 plays

- 3
- Fillip
- 04:01
- 4,769 plays

- 4
- Falling Down
- 04:33
- 4,422 plays

- 5
- Cave
- 04:45
- 4,574 plays

- 6
- Showbiz
- 05:17
- 4,860 plays

- 7
- Unintended
- 03:57
- 4,671 plays

- 8
- Uno
- 03:38
- 4,307 plays

- 9
- Sober
- 04:04
- 3,936 plays

- 10
- Escape
- 03:31
- 3,628 plays

- 11
- Overdue
- 02:26
- 3,404 plays

- 12
- Hate This and I'll Love You
- 05:09
- 3,475 plays

album review

The musical touchstone for the British trio Muse is obviously Radiohead and that fact is crystal clear from the smoldering opening cut, "Sunburn." Their John Leckie-produced debut, Showbiz, is strong on angst-filled vocals, esoteric lyrics, and dramatic shifts in sonic dynamics. Hailing from rural England, singer/guitarist Matthew Bellamy, bassist Chris Wolstenholme, and drummer Dominic Howard average 20 years of age, so there's plenty of potential for them to grow into a sound that is more of their own. In the meantime, Bellamy does an impressive job of aping the quirky, nervous vocal tic of Thom Yorke on songs like the mid-tempo, Mellotron-driven "Muscle Museum," and he cuts loose vocally on the soaring "Cave" and on the lovely, mournful ballad "Unintended." Showbiz hints at the potential in this young band, and it should be of interest to many Radiohead fans. ~ Tom Demalon, All Music Guide