Muse ambitiously created a sound of their own, mixing elements of glam, pop, and symphonic music into a rock hybrid and this was the album the broke them in the American market. Entertaining and rabble-rousing, daft and deadly serious the band made a ridiculous, overblown  and utterly brilliant album  with more thrills than their previous three put together.
File under: Alternative Rock/Label: Warner Records/Original Release Year: 2006