12 PERFECT Hard Rock Albums With No Bad Songs

By the time Muse had reached the mid-2000s, they could pretty much do whatever they wanted. After arriving at the tail end of the alternative movement, the band shook off the Radiohead comparisons with Origin of Symmetry and Absolution, both of which introduced the band's mix of space influences to their audience.

Though many wondered how the band could build upon their previous work, Black Holes and Revelations was the record that turned the band from a good rock band to one of the greatest musical collectives working today. Right from the start, "Take A Bow" engulfs you in its dizzying keyboard work before giving way to each mindblowing track. Just when you start getting used to a song like "Starlight," other more experimental tracks like "Map of the Problematique" are waiting just around the corner.

There are bonafied classics laced throughout this record, but the band really do save the best material for last, with the closer "Knights of Cydonia" eventually becoming one of the most essential hard rock tracks of the modern age. From this record onward, the possibilities of what this band could do felt endless. There may have been grander ambitions to come, but no record with as much compact greatness as this one.