Absolution (album)

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All lyrics are written by Matthew Bellamy; all music is composed by Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme [34]

Absolution
Muse - Absolution Cover UK.jpg
Studio album by
Released15 September 2003 (2003-09-15)
RecordedSeptember 2002 – June 2003
Studio
Genre
Length52:19
Label Taste [lower-alpha 1]
Producer
Muse chronology
Hullabaloo Soundtrack
(2002)
Absolution
(2003)
Black Holes and Revelations
(2006)
Muse studio album chronology
Origin of Symmetry
(2001)
Absolution
(2003)
Black Holes and Revelations
(2006)
Absolution– Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:22
2."Apocalypse Please"4:12
3."Time Is Running Out"3:56
4."Sing for Absolution"4:54
5."Stockholm Syndrome"4:58
6."Falling Away with You"4:40
7."Interlude"0:37
8."Hysteria"3:47
9."Blackout"4:22
10."Butterflies and Hurricanes"5:01
11."The Small Print"3:28
12."Endlessly"3:49
13."Thoughts of a Dying Atheist"3:11
14."Ruled by Secrecy"4:54
Total length:52:19

Personnel

Personnel adapted from Absolution liner notes [34]

Muse

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [63] Platinum70,000^
Belgium (BEA) [64] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [65] Gold50,000^
Germany (BVMI) [66] Gold100,000
Italy (FIMI) [67]
sales in between 2003-2004
Gold50,000*
Italy (FIMI) [68]
sales since 2009
Gold25,000*
Netherlands (NVPI) [69] Gold40,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [70] Gold7,500^
Russia (NFPF) [71] Gold10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [72] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [73] 3× Platinum948,685 [74]
United States (RIAA) [75] Platinum1,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [76] Platinum1,000,000*

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

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Also released through East West Records in the United Kingdom, PIAS Recordings in Benelux, Motor Music in Germany, Naïve Records in France, Festival Mushroom Records in Oceania, Cutting Edge/maximum10 in Japan, and Warner Bros. Records in the United States.

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