Muse albums in order: Full list of albums and tracklists

As their music evolved, so did their political critcism and twist on the evolution of technology, with later albums turning into concepts depicting stories of the apocalypse (Absolution), oppressed societies (The Resistance) and brainwashing (Drones).

Through this and 12 tours, they've cemented themselves as one of the must-watch bands to catch in concerts, with their spectacle-filled live shows and anthemic tracks.

Here's everything you need to know about their releases to date, their influences, and their successes as a result.

Muse albums in release date order

• Showbiz (1999)
• Origin of Symmetry (2001)
• Absolution (2003)
• Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
• The Resistance (2009)
• The 2nd Law (2012)
• Drones (2015)
• Simulation Theory (2018)
• Will of the People (2022)

Muse albums: Tracklists, hit singles and successes

Showbiz (1999)

1. Sunburn
2. Muscle Museum
3. Fillip
4. Falling Down
5. Cave
6. Showbiz
7. Unintended
8. Uno
9. Sober
10. Escape
11. Overdue
12. Hate This & I’ll Love You
13. Spiral Static

Current Status: Platinum

Following their debut, they won Best New Band at the NME Awards.

• Buy Showbiz on vinyl via Amazon here.

Origin of Symmetry (2001)

1. New Born (reached No. 12 in the UK Charts)
2. Bliss
3. Space Dementia
4. Hyper Music
5. Plug In Baby (reached No. 11 in the UK Charts)
6. Citizen Erased
7. Micro Cuts
8. Screenager
9. Darkshines
10. Feeling Good
11. Megalomania
12. Futurism

Current Status: 2x Platinum

For Origin of Symmetry, Muse won Best British Band at the 2001 Kerrang! Awards, and returned to the ceremony the following year to take home Best Live Act.

• Buy Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX) on vinyl via Amazon here.

Absolution (2003)

1. Intro
2. Apocalypse Please
3. Time Is Running Out (reached No. 8 in the UK Charts)
4. Sing for Absolution
5. Stockholm Syndrome
6. Falling Away with You
7. Interlude
8. Hysteria
9. Blackout
10. Butterflies and Hurricanes
11. The Small Print
12. Fury
13. Endlessly
14. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
15. Ruled by Secrecy

Current Status: 3x Platinum

Absolution marked a switch in the band's career – sending them to the top of the charts for the first time. From this point on, all their albums would reach number one in the Official UK Charts.

At the Kerrang! Awards, Absolution won Best Album, and in 2005, the band won their first BRIT Award for Best Live Act.

• Buy Absolution on vinyl via Amazon here.

Black Holes and Revelations (2006)

1. Take a Bow
2. Starlight
3. Supermassive Black Hole (reached No. 4 in the UK Charts)
4. Map of the Problematique
5. Soldier's Poem
6. Invincible
7. Assassin
8. Exo-Politics
9. City of Delusion
10. Hoodoo
11. Knights of Cydonia (reached No. 10 in the UK Charts)
12. Glorious

Current Status: 4x Platinum

In 2007, the band won their second award for Best Live Act at the BRITs, and later took home three MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Alternative, Best Headliner and Best UK & Ireland Act.

• Buy Black Holes and Revelations on vinyl via Amazon here.

The Resistance (2009)

1. Uprising (reached No. 9 in the UK Charts)
2. Resistance
3. Undisclosed Desires
4. United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)
5. Guiding Light
6. Unnatural Selection
7. MK Ultra
8. I Belong to You (+Mon Coeur S'Ouvre a Ta Voix)
9. Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt 1 (Overture)
10. Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt 2 (Cross-pollination)
11. Exogenesis: Symphony, Pt 3 (Redemption)

Current Status: 2x Platinum

In 2011, the band took home their first Grammy, with The Resistance winning Best Rock Album. The same year, the band won an Ivor Novello award for their international achievement.

• Buy The Resistance on vinyl via Amazon here.

The 2nd Law (2012)

1. Supremacy
2. Madness
3. Panic Station
4. Prelude
5. Survival
6. Follow Me
7. Animals
8. Explorers
9. Big Freeze
10. Save Me
11. Liquid State
12. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable
13. The 2nd Law: Isolated System

Current Status: Platinum

• Buy The 2nd Law on vinyl via Amazon here.

Drones (2015)

1. Dead Inside
2. [Drill Sergeant]
3. Psycho
4. Mercy
5. Reapers
6. The Handler
7. [JFK]
8. Defector
9. Revolt
10. Aftermath
11. The Globalist
12. Drones

Current Status: Gold.

Drones earned them their second Grammy for Best Rock Album.

• Buy Drones on vinyl via Amazon here.

Simulation Theory (2018)

1. Algorithm
2. The Dark Side
3. Pressure
4. Propaganda
5. Break It to Me
6. Something Human
7. Thought Contagion
8. Get Up and Fight
9. Blockades
10. Dig Down
11. The Void

The deluxe edition includes:

1. Algorithm (Alternate Reality Version)
2. The Dark Side (Alternate Reality Version)
3. Pressure (Ft. UCLA Bruin Marching Band) (Ft. UCLA Bruin Marching Band)
4. Propaganda (Acoustic Version)
5. Break It to Me (Sam De Jong Remix)
6. Something Human (Acoustic Version)
7. Thought Contagion (Live)
8. Dig Down (Acoustic Gospel Version)
9. The Void (Acoustic Version)
10. The Dark Side (Alternate Reality Version Instrumental)

• Buy Simulation Theory on vinyl via Amazon here.

Will of the People (2022)

1. Will of the People
2. Compliance
3. Liberation
4. Won't Stand Down
5. Ghosts (How Can I Move On)
6. You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
7. Kill or Be Killed
8. Verona
9. Euphoria
10. We Are F**king F**ked

Current Status: Gold.

The band won Best Rock Act at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards.

• Buy Will of the People on exclusive red vinyl via Amazon here.

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