The 2nd Law

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"The 2nd Law: Unsustainable" (2012)
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The 2nd Law has been described by The Arts Desk as a concept album with main themes of "chaos, control, societal collapse and totalitarianism". [11] The iTunes review of the album similarly described it as a concept album telling the story of "a resource-strapped planet that can no longer support its inhabitants". [12] The music of The 2nd Law has been described as art rock, [13] alternative rock, [14] progressive rock, [15] and electronic music. [16] The album's first track, "Supremacy", has been compared to James Bond theme songs. [17] "Madness", according to NME, features influences which draw from Queen's "I Want to Break Free" and David Bowie's Scary Monsters album. [18] Instead of using a bass guitar for the song, Wolstenholme opted to use a Misa Kitara, a digital MIDI controller, to create the song's main bass riff. [19] "Panic Station", the third track, has been noted as a funk rock song [20] [21] [22] and features collaborations from people who had worked on Stevie Wonder's "Superstition". [19] It also includes explicit lyrics, making The 2nd Law Muse's first album to feature the Parental Advisory label. [12]

Bellamy stated that dubstep producer Skrillex was an influence when writing one of the final two tracks on the album – "The 2nd Law: Unsustainable". [10] He also stated that the song "Follow Me" was written about his newborn son, Bingham Bellamy. The song was produced by electronic music trio Nero. [1] Bassist Chris Wolstenholme wrote two songs for the album about his battle with alcoholism – "Save Me" and "Liquid State" – and provided lead vocals on both tracks, thus marking the first time Wolstenholme sang lead vocals on a Muse song. [23] Bellamy revealed that during the recording of The 2nd Law he was reading the novel World War Z , which became a major influence on the album, especially the tracks "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" and "Survival". [24] "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" was featured in the film adaptation of the novel. [25]

Packaging

Album cover for the vinyl release of The 2nd Law, featuring similar Human Connectome Project imagery to the album's digital and compact disc releases. Muse-the 2nd law lp.jpg
Album cover for the vinyl release of The 2nd Law, featuring similar Human Connectome Project imagery to the album's digital and compact disc releases.

The name "The 2nd Law" references the second law of thermodynamics, [26] which is quoted in the track "Unsustainable" as follows:

All natural and technological processes proceed in such a way that the availability of the remaining energy decreases. In all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves an isolated system, the entropy of that system increases. Energy continuously flows from being concentrated, to becoming dispersed, spread out, wasted, and useless. New energy cannot be created and high-grade energy are being destroyed. An economy based on endless growth is unsustainable. [27]

The album's cover art, taken from the Human Connectome Project, represents the map of the human brain's pathways, "tracking the circuits in our heads and how we process information with bright, neon colors." [28] The artwork was subsequently used by Muse in a social Connectome Project on 21 September 2012. As more fans joined the online project, the album art was built, representing the network of the neurons within the brain. As the album art branched and more fans joined the network, incremental segments of the album track "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" were released. [29]

The album was released as a digital download, CD, CD+DVD (with The Making of The 2nd Law and bonus feature), [30] and vinyl. A deluxe edition box set of The 2nd Law included a CD, DVD, double vinyl and three posters. [31]

Promotion

On 6 June 2012, Muse released a trailer for The 2nd Law with a countdown on the band's website suggesting a 17 September release date. [32] The trailer, which included dubstep elements, was met with mixed reactions from fans. [33] [34] "Survival" was released as the album's first single on 27 June 2012 and premiered on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show, along with the song's counterpart intro, "Prelude". [35] The song served as the official song of the London 2012 Olympic Games [36] and peaked at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart. [37]

It was revealed by the band in an interview with NME magazine that "Madness" would be released as the second single. [38] Released on 20 August, it was announced that the song would make its world premiere on BBC Radio 1 at 19:30 BST, but the track was leaked online beforehand, due to an unintentional early release in South Korea. [39] [40] The official music video for the song was uploaded on 5 September to the band's YouTube channel. [41] The song had significant chart performance by peaking in the top 40 in several countries. It has peaked at number 25 in the UK, [37] as well as number 45 in the Billboard Hot 100, making "Madness" the band's second-highest-charting song in the US, behind "Uprising". [42] The song was also notable for topping the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for a cumulative amount of nineteen weeks, making it the longest-running number-one song on the chart. The previous record was eighteen weeks, held by the Foo Fighters with their song "The Pretender". [43] The song has been certified platinum by the FIMI in Italy [44] and the MC in Canada. [45] The song has also been certified double-platinum by the RIAA in the US for 2,000,000 copies of the song sold. [46]

"Follow Me" was revealed as the third single when several promo CD's allegedly sent to radio stations appeared on eBay. [47] The official lyric video was released on 1 November [48] and the official music video was released on 11 December, both on the band's official YouTube channel. [49] The song failed to chart in the UK, but it ended up charting in Belgium, [50] [51] France, [52] Italy, [53] and Japan. [54] "Supremacy" was released as the fourth single from the album on 25 February 2013. [55] The song gained popularity when it was performed at the beginning of the 2013 Brit Awards. [56] Due to this performance, the song charted and peaked at number 58 on the UK singles chart. [37] The band conducted a competition to produce a music video for "Animals". The winning video was created by Inês Freitas and Miguel Mendes (Oneness Team) from Portugal. The winning entry was released on 20 March 2013. [57] "Panic Station" was released as the fifth single on 31 May 2013, [58] accompanied by a music video shot during the Japanese dates of The 2nd Law Tour. The music video was released on 22 April 2013 at 10:00 AM PDT on the official Muse YouTube channel. [59] An interactive lyric video for the song was released, as well. [60] The band had previously performed this track, as well as "Madness", on the 6 October 2012 episode of Saturday Night Live . The song failed to chart in the UK, but it peaked at number two on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. [61] Furthermore, "Big Freeze" was released in April 2013, but only for French radios and without a commercial release. [62]

Tour

Muse performing in Melbourne in December 2013 during the 2nd Law World Tour Group - 11251065036.jpg
Muse performing in Melbourne in December 2013 during the 2nd Law World Tour

On 7 June 2012, Muse announced a European Arena tour; the first leg of the 2nd Law World Tour. The leg included dates in France, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Finland and the United Kingdom as well as other countries. They had also added North American dates to the tour. [63]

Furthermore, the tour has an official live release on CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Live at Rome Olympic Stadium , which was filmed on 6 July 2013 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, in front of a crowd of 60,963 people. A show in Tokyo described by drummer Dom as 'the funniest ever' was also filmed. However, a release date for this recording has yet to be confirmed, with only one song from the concert being released as a Muse website members 'Christmas present.' At the conclusion of 2013, the tour was placed on Pollstar's annual "Year End Top 20 Worldwide Tours", and appeared 13th worldwide, earning over $103 million with 79 shows in 2013. [64]

Reception

Critical

The 2nd Law
Muse 2nd law.jpg
Cover art by the Human Connectome Project
Studio album by
Muse
Released28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)
RecordedOctober 2011 – August 2012
Studio
Genre
Length53:49
Label
Producer Muse
Muse chronology
The Resistance
(2009)		The 2nd Law
(2012)		 Live at Rome Olympic Stadium
(2013)
Muse studio album chronology
The Resistance
(2009)		The 2nd Law
(2012)		 Drones
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.4/10 [65]
Metacritic 70/100 [66]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [67]
The A.V. Club C− [68]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [69]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [70]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [71]
NME 8/10 [72]
Pitchfork 5.5/10 [73]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Spin 4/10 [74]

The 2nd Law received generally positive reviews upon release. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70 based on 30 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [66] BBC music critic Ian Winwood also gave the album a positive review, highlighting "Supremacy", "Liquid State" and "The 2nd Law: Isolated System", saying that Muse "present themselves in any guise they please". [75] The Telegraph 's Helen Brown rated the album four out of five stars, noting the album's eclectic influences and reserving praise for "Madness" in particular. [69] The Observer 's Kitty Empire also alluded to Muse's bombastic tendencies, saying "Bellamy is not blind to the contradictions of his band's attempts continually to ramp the ludicrousness up to 11; endless growth is, of course, unsustainable. But for now they remain pretty comfortable with the idea of obscene over-inflation. So should we." [76]

AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars, noting "their excursions into dubstep and dance music on tracks like "Madness" and "Follow Me" feel more like remixes than original songs. Songs like these definitely have the spine of Muse tracks, but the production that's built up around them feels almost alien." [67] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a grade of C+, claiming that "the band goes overboard with Queen-isms" and expressing disappointment at the lack of electronic music elements compared to the band's expectations that the album would be a departure from previous releases. [70] The Guardian 's Alexis Petridis rated the album four out of five stars, complimenting the band's ambition but finding fault with the album's bombastic tendencies which were also present on their previous albums, stating "no one goes to see a blockbuster for its profundity and deep characterisation. They go for the stunts and the special effects, both of which The 2nd Law delivers." [4]

Accolades

The album was a nominee for Best Rock Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards. The song "Madness" was also nominated for Best Rock Song. [77] The album listed at number 46 on Rolling Stone 's list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying "In an era of diminished expectations, Muse make stadium-crushing songs that mix the legacies of Queen, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin and Radiohead while making almost every other current band seem tiny." [78]

Commercial

The 2nd Law had a very positive commercial performance, selling around 475,000 copies worldwide on its release. It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 with 102,000 copies sold in its first week, giving Muse the highest charting debut of their career in the US, although it sold fewer copies than the debut of their previous album The Resistance , which debuted at number three with 128,000 copies. [79] It has sold 485,000 copies in the US as of May 2015. [80] It also debuted at number 2 in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Korea and Spain. The album gave Muse their fourth number 1 debut in the UK with first week sales of 108,536 copies, while also debuting at number 1 in 13 other countries. It has sold 255,000 copies in the UK in 2012 alone. [81]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matt Bellamy, except "Save Me" and "Liquid State" written by Chris Wolstenholme. [1]

The 2nd Law– Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Supremacy"4:55
2."Madness"4:39
3."Panic Station"3:03
4."Prelude"0:57
5."Survival"4:17
6."Follow Me"3:51
7."Animals"4:23
8."Explorers"5:48
9."Big Freeze"4:41
10."Save Me"5:09
11."Liquid State"3:03
12."The 2nd Law: Unsustainable"3:47
13."The 2nd Law: Isolated System"4:59
Total length:53:49
The 2nd Law– Deluxe edition (DVD)
No.TitleLength
1."The Making of The 2nd Law"32:27
2."Bonus Feature"7:52
Total length:40:19

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album liner notes. [1]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for The 2nd Law
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [142] Gold15,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [143] Platinum80,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [144] Gold10,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [145] Gold16,427 [145]
France (SNEP) [146] 3× Platinum300,000*
Germany (BVMI) [147] Gold100,000‡
Ireland (IRMA) [148] Gold7,500^
Italy (FIMI) [149] 2× Platinum100,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON) [150] Gold30,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [151] Gold25,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [152] Gold7,500^
Poland (ZPAV) [153] Gold10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [154] Platinum30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [155] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [156] Gold500,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [157] Platinum1,000,000*
Worldwide (2012)—1,600,000 [158]

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

Release history

Release history and formats for The 2nd Law
CountryDateFormatLabel
Australia [159] 28 September 2012Standard, deluxe, box set, 2 LP Warner Bros., Helium-3
Austria [160]
Belgium [161]
Finland [162]
Germany [163]
Ireland [164]
Netherlands [165]
Switzerland [166]
Poland [167] 1 October 2012Standard, deluxe, 2 LP
United Kingdom [168] Standard, deluxe, box set, 2 LP
Italy [169] 2 October 2012
Canada [170] Standard, deluxe, 2 LP
United States [171]
Japan [172] 3 October 2012Standard, deluxe, box set
Sweden [173] Standard, deluxe, box set, 2 LP

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Additional recording at Shangri-La in Malibu, California, and Capitol in Los Angeles.

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