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The Resistance (album)

This article is about the Muse album. For other albums titled Resistance, see Resistance (disambiguation).

The Resistance is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Muse, released on 11 September 2009 through Warner Bros. Records and Muse's Helium-3 imprint. It was self-produced and recorded from September 2008 to May 2009 at Studio Bellini in Lake Como, Italy. It mixes rock with orchestral and electronic music, with lyrics influenced by politics and more oppressive subjects. It includes a three-part, 13-minute long symphony piece, "Exogenesis".

The Resistance
A man walking on orange steps, surrounded by many coloured hexagons. The earth is in the background. Outside of the image are the artist's name and the album title.
Studio album by
Muse
Released11 September 2009
RecordedSeptember 2008 – May 2009
StudioStudio Bellini (Lake Como)
Genre
Length54:19
Label
ProducerMuse
Muse chronology
HAARP
(2008) 		The Resistance
(2009) 		The 2nd Law
(2012)
Muse studio album chronology
Black Holes and Revelations
(2006) 		The Resistance
(2009) 		The 2nd Law
(2012)
Singles from The Resistance
  1. "Uprising"
    Released: 4 August 2009[1]
  2. "Undisclosed Desires"
    Released: 16 November 2009
  3. "Resistance"
    Released: 22 February 2010[2]
  4. "Exogenesis: Symphony"
    Released: 17 April 2010

The album was promoted with the singles "Uprising", "Undisclosed Desires", and "Resistance". "Exogenesis: Symphony" was released on vinyl for Record Store Day. The Resistance Tour comprised 30 performances.

The Resistance received generally positive reviews; critics praised its concept, instrumentation, influences and Bellamy's vocals, although some found it overblown and clichéd. It won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.

The Resistance is Muse's most successful album, with more than five million copies worldwide. It reached number one in 19 countries and the top five in the United States and several others. It was certified platinum in countries including the UK and US.

Recording

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On 22 May 2008, NME reported that Muse had begun writing songs for their new album.[3] The band released three videos of recording footage, including a session in a lavatory.[4] In a Twitter update on 23 June, Muse said the album was complete, with only mastering left to complete in New York. The album was mixed by Mark Stent at Muse's studio.[5]

At the 2010 Music Producers Guild, Bellamy thanked the producer Rick Rubin "for teaching us how not to produce", which some sources took to mean Muse had fired Rubin from the Resistance sessions.[6][7][8] Bellamy later said his comment had been misconstrued and that Muse had never worked with Rubin; instead, he said Muse had been inspired by stories of his "hands-off" production style.[9]

Composition

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The Resistance has been described as featuring art rock,[10] progressive rock,[11][12] space rock,[13] alternative rock,[14] and arena rock.[15] Bellamy cited the 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell as an influence on the album's lyrics and themes.[16]

The Resistance includes a three-song suite, "Exogenesis", described by Bellamy as "a story of humanity coming to an end and everyone pinning their hopes on a group of astronauts who go out to explore space and spread humanity to another planet". Eventually the astronauts "realise that it is just one big cycle, and recognise that unless humanity can change it will happen all over again".[17] The suite features an orchestra of more than 40 musicians.[18]

Promotion and release

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Muse performing at the Birmingham NIA

Muse announced the title The Resistance on their Twitter page on 22 May,[citation needed] while the first song was officially announced as "United States of Eurasia" on the official band website,[19] deciphered by fans from a picture of a piece of sheet music held by Bellamy in a photo uploaded on the Twitter page.[19][20]

On 16 June 2009, Muse announced that the album would be released on 14 September 2009.[21] "Uprising" was released as the first single.[citation needed] "Undisclosed Desires" was uploaded to Muse's official website for streaming by website members on 9 September.[22] From 10 September, the album was made available to stream free through the Guardian website.[23]

The Resistance was released on iTunes as one of the first iTunes LPs. It contains the album as well as added extras such as animated artwork and behind the scenes videos.[24] A remix of "I Belong to You" was included on the soundtrack to New Moon, the second film in the Twilight film series.[25]

As well as the CD, CD+DVD, LP, & download versions of the album, Muse also released a box set containing the CD+DVD, LPs, a USB stick containing the album with a bespoke media player, and an art print. A special version of the box set, limited to 5000 copies, was also made which additionally contained a DVD containing a 5.1 surround sound mix of The Resistance - this mix also includes a longer version of "Unnatural Selection".[citation needed]

Tour

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Main article: The Resistance Tour
 
Muse performing "Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture)" on Wembley Stadium, London.

On 18 August 2009, a duo of concerts titled "A Seaside Rendezvous" were confirmed for 4 and 5 September.[26] The concerts were the first in Muse's hometown of Teignmouth in over ten years, as well as the first shows since their appearance at V Festival in August 2008. The performances included the debut appearances of five songs from the upcoming album, including lead single "Uprising", "Undisclosed Desires", and "Resistance". The band also performed a small number of shows at other venues in Europe, before they supported U2 for nine dates on the North American leg of their 360° Tour in September and October[27] and in South America in March and April 2011.

In June 2009, the band confirmed the dates for an opening European leg of the Resistance Tour, which they announced would comprise 30 shows.[28][29][30] Tickets for the shows in the United Kingdom, Sweden and France went on sale from 5 June,[28] while tickets for other European dates went on fan pre-sale between 11 June (Netherlands)[31] and 17 June (Spain).[32] Tickets for the UK arena dates, both pre-sale and general sale, sold out within minutes of going on sale.[33] On 22 September 2009, it was announced that extra tickets for many of the European concerts would be sold beginning on 24 September.[34]

The band also performed a small number of shows at other venues in Europe, before they supported Irish rock band U2 for nine dates on the North American leg of their 360° Tour in September and October[27] and in South America in March and April 2011. The opening European leg began on 22 October 2009 and ended on 4 December 2009, comprising 30 shows. The second leg, which began on 7 January 2010, included thirteen shows, seven of which were part of the Australasian Big Day Out shows. A North American leg of 26 shows took place in early 2010. Nine stadium shows took place in Europe in 2010, with three of those dates taking place at Wembley Stadium and Old Trafford Cricket Ground. A second round of North American concerts took place throughout September and October 2010.[citation needed] At the conclusion of 2010, the tour was placed on Pollstar's annual "Year End Top 50 Worldwide Concert Tours", and appeared 13th worldwide, earning over $76 million with 64 shows in 2010.[35]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.4/10[36]
Metacritic72/100[37]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [38]
The A.V. ClubB[39]
Entertainment WeeklyB[40]
The Guardian     [41]
Los Angeles Times    [42]
NME6/10[43]
Pitchfork5.9/10[10]
Q     [44]
Rolling Stone     [45]
Spin7/10[46]

The Resistance received generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 72 based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[37]

Andrew Leahey of AllMusic praised the album, highlighting "Guiding Light", "United States of Eurasia", and "Exogenesis", and calling it "by and large a fantastic record".[38] In an interview with The Sunday Times, Dan Cairns wrote that "Muse have made an album of genius, brilliance and beauty".[47] NME identified "Exogenesis: Symphony" as a highlight, describing it as Muse's most bombastic work yet"[48]

Multiple reviews criticised the album as unoriginal, in some instances commenting it was a caricature of progressive rock.[49][50] Rolling Stone lauded "Uprising" as an "industrial-flavored" song that proved that Muse could still "whip up an almighty roar", but dismissed the album as a whole as clichéd and derivative of Queen.[45] Ben Patashnik from NME felt that the album was "genius" in parts, but criticised it for producing something "conceptually impressive but musically all too familiar".[43] Pitchfork gave the album a mixed review, stating that the songs were "an outgrowth of wanting to make the music as big, inclusive and as singalong as possible, rather than any inchoate political impulses" and criticising its "mass-shout-along-ready lyrics". However, the review concluded: "Judged on its own terms – out of control scale, genre-smashing ambition, musical and vocal virtuosity — The Resistance is a success."[10]

The Queen guitarist Brian May praised the Queen influence. "I love it, I think it's great stuff. I think they're very good boys and extremely talented, and like us they have their tongue in cheek a lot of the time," May said. He described "United States of Eurasia" as "brilliantly done".[51] Muse won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album for The Resistance at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2011.[52]

The Resistance was praised by the rightwing Fox News anchor Glenn Beck, and "Uprising" was used in YouTube videos advocating for conspiracy theories. Bellamy expressed discomfort, describing himself as "a left-leaning libertarian – more in the realm of Noam Chomsky". Muse refused requests from American politicians to use "Uprising" in their rallies.[53] Beck responded in an open letter to Bellamy: "As uncomfortable as it might be for you, I will still play your songs loudly. To me your songs are anthems that beg for choruses of unity and pose the fundamental question facing the world today – can man rule himself?"[54]

In September 2012, the American songwriter Charles Bollfrass sued Muse for $3.5m (£2.2m), claiming that they had plagiarised The Resistance from a science-fiction rock opera concept he said he sent them in 2005. Muse dismissed the claim and said they had never heard of Bolffrass or seen his work.[55] The lawsuit was dismissed by a New York judge in 2013, who said the album's narrative was too abstract to constitute any infringement.[56]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Matthew Bellamy, except where noted[57]

The Resistance – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Uprising" 5:03
2."Resistance" 5:46
3."Undisclosed Desires" 3:56
4."United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)"
5:47
5."Guiding Light" 4:13
6."Unnatural Selection" 6:54
7."MK Ultra" 4:06
8."I Belong to You (+Mon Cœur S'ouvre a ta Voix)"
5:38
9."Exogenesis: Symphony Part 1 (Overture)" 4:18
10."Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 (Cross-Pollination)" 3:56
11."Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)" 4:37
Total length:54:18
Notes

Personnel

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Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Ref.
Australia
Benelux
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Ireland 		11 September 2009 Warner CD 2564687434 [58]
CD+DVD 2564686625 [59]
CD+DVD+2 LP+USB Unknown [60]
Europe
New Zealand 		14 September 2009 Helium 3 CD 825646874347 [61]
CD+DVD 825646866250 [62]
CD+DVD+2LP+USB 825646869664 [63]
United States
Canada 		15 September 2009 Warner Bros. CD Unknown [64]
CD+DVD Unknown [65]
CD+DVD+2LP+USB Unknown [63]
Japan 16 September 2009 Warner CD WPCR13629 [66]
Brazil 21 September 2009 Warner CD 825646874347 [67]

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[130] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[131] Gold 10,000*
Belgium (BEA)[132] Platinum 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[133] 2× Platinum 160,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[134] 2× Platinum 40,000‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[135] Platinum 23,536[135]
France (SNEP)[137] Diamond 845,000[136]
Germany (BVMI)[138] Platinum 200,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[139] Platinum 15,000^
Italy (FIMI)[140] 2× Platinum 140,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[141] Gold 25,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[142] Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[143] Gold 15,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[144] Gold 10,000*
Portugal (AFP)[145] Platinum 20,000^
Russia (NFPF)[87] Gold 10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[146] Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[148] 2× Platinum 790,602[147]
United States (RIAA)[149] Platinum 1,000,000‡
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[150] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Singles

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Year Title Peak chart positions
UK
[151] 		AUS
[68] 		IRE
[152] 		NZ
[153] 		US Alt.
[154] 		US Rock
[154] 		US
[154]
2009 "Uprising" 9 23 11 12 1 2 37
"Undisclosed Desires" 49 11 — 12 4 7 —
2010 "Resistance" 38 72 — — 1 7 114
"Exogenesis: Symphony" — — — — — — —

MTV EXIT, the MTV campaign to eradicate the human exploitation and trafficking especially in Asia and Pacific, in partnership with USAID, released a music video "Muse and MTV EXIT: MK Ultra", the third in a series of award-winning music video collaborations to highlight the dangers and impact of human trafficking. Produced for the band's track "MK Ultra", the video was launched globally across all of MTV's properties on-air and on-line on 17 September 2010.

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