Year Released: 2002 Label: Taste Year bought: 2002 I bought this after seeing Muse at Reading Festival in 2002, where they put on a helluva show, complete with giant grey inflatable balls being launched into the crowd - which we all loved for some reason. A collection of b-sides and a concert recording, 'Hullabaloo Soundtrack' plugged the gap between 2001's 'Origin of Symmetry' and 2003's 'Absolution'. B-sides can sometimes act as arenas for bands to try something a bit different, but seemingly not in the case of Muse. The vast majority of tracks on CD1 are just not particularly remarkable Muse songs. There's lots of Matt Bellamy starting songs singing low and then ending as high as his falsetto will take him, and most of the tunes are awash with arpeggios – as is Muse's style. There's some pretty heavy rock tunes here, particularly 'Yes Please', which has Marilyn Manson style vocals that are distorted and barely audible. 'Forced ...
Pretty much every day I listen to a record from my collection randomly picked by my daughter before she goes to school. This is to justify still having hundreds of CDs (and a few cassettes and vinyl)