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Muse - Absolution (2003)

On their third album Muse traded in the youthful riffing of 'Origin Of Symmetry' for something more epic and idiosyncratic - plus, in 'Time Is Running Out', their biggest ever chorus.

Muse - Absolution (2003)

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The Greatest Indie Album Of All Time - Reader's Top 20

The Cure - Disintegration (1989) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 1
Number 1

The Cure - Disintegration (1989)

Current Rating: 7.80

 
The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 2
Number 2

The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)

Current Rating: 7.75

 
The Strokes - Is This It (2001) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 3
Number 3

The Strokes - Is This It (2001)

Current Rating: 6.66

 
Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (1995) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 4
Number 4

Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Current Rating: 6.57

 
The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 5
Number 5

The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)

Current Rating: 6.56

 
Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 6
Number 6

Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994)

Current Rating: 6.56

 
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 7
Number 7

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)

Current Rating: 6.54

 
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 8
Number 8

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)

Current Rating: 6.54

 
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 9
Number 9

Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)

Current Rating: 6.50

 
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 10
Number 10

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)

Current Rating: 6.39

 
Radiohead - The Bends (1995) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 11
Number 11

Radiohead - The Bends (1995)

Current Rating: 6.23

 
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 12
Number 12

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)

Current Rating: 6.20

 
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (1985) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 13
Number 13

The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (1985)

Current Rating: 6.15

 
The Verve - Urban Hymns (1997) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 14
Number 14

The Verve - Urban Hymns (1997)

Current Rating: 5.97

 
Blur - Parklife (1994) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 15
Number 15

Blur - Parklife (1994)

Current Rating: 5.96

 
The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2003) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 16
Number 16

The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2003)

Current Rating: 5.90

 
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 17
Number 17

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)

Current Rating: 5.84

 
Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 18
Number 18

Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)

Current Rating: 5.64

 
Radiohead - Kid A (2000) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 19
Number 19

Radiohead - Kid A (2000)

Current Rating: 5.62

 
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993) - Reader's Top 20 - Number 20
Number 20

Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993)

Current Rating: 5.61

 

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