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{{Discobox
| Venue = The Mercy Lounge
| Name = Black Holes & Revelations
| Date = 30{{supo|th}} November 2004
| Tracks =
| Location = Nashville, TN
{{drop
| Country = USA
|11 <small>(World)</small>
| Songs = 14
|12 <small>(JP)</small>
| Support = [[The Exit]]
|2 <small>(KROQ sampler CD-R)</small>
| Zone = UTC−6
|5 <small>(Barnes and Noble Sampler CD-R)</small>
| Capacity = ~500
}}
| CapacityRef = <ref name="wp">
| Length = 45:28
{{cite/web |
| Recorded = 2005–2006
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| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[Rich Costey]]<ref name="albn">Album notes</ref>
| Mastered = Vlado Meller, Howie Weinberg
| Art = [[Storm Thorgerson]]<ref name="albn"/>
| Publisher =
{{drop
|[[Warner Music Group|Warner]], [[A&E Records]], [[Helium 3]]
|[[Одиссей]] <small>(UA)</small><ref name="uaclub">  
{{cite |
  desc=Official Ukrainian fanclub news | date=2007-08-30 | auth=Official Ukrainian fanclub | url=http://muse.com.ua | dom=muse.com.ua | type=ext
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
| Curr = USD
}}
}}
| Format =
 
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|[[CD]], [[CD]]+[[DVD]], 12" [[vinyl]]
| Previous = [[Columbus Newport Music Hall 2004 (gig) | Newport Music Hall]]
|[[cassette]] <small>(ID, MY)</small>
| Current = The Mercy Lounge
|[[CD-R]] <small>(promo only)</small>
| Next = [[Orlando House of Blues 2004-12 (gig) | House of Blues]]
|[[VCD]] <small>(promo only)</small>
}}
| CatNumber =
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|HEL3002CD <small>(GB)</small>, HEL3002CDX <small>(GB digipack)</small>
|WPCR-12306 <small>(JP digipack)</small>
|WPZR-30194-5 <small>(JP+DVD)</small>
|WB443502 <small>(US+DVD)</small>
|44284 <small>(US)</small>
|256435095 <small>(AU)</small>
|25646-3509-4 <small>(ID cassette)</small>
}}
}}
| Release =
{{drop
| 3{{supo|rd}} July 2006 <small>(GB)</small><ref>
{{cite |
title=Black Holes and Revelations - Out Now! | desc=Muselive news | date=2006-07-03 | auth=Tom Wilson | url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=15291 | dom=muselive.com | type=ext
}}</ref>
|28{{supo|th}} June 2006 <small>(JP)</small><ref>
{{cite |
title=Black Holes And Revelations(ボーナストラック)【CD】-Muse/音楽/HMV | desc=Purchase page | date=2006 | pub=HMV Japan | url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/1335348 | dom=hmv.co.jp |type=ext
}}</ref>
|30{{supo|th}} June 2006 <small>(NL, DE)</small>,{{cite/none}}
|5{{supo|th}} July 2006 <small>(EI)</small>{{cite/none}}
|7{{supo|th}} July 2006 <small>(AU)</small>{{cite/none}}
|11{{supo|th}} July 2006 <small>(US)</small>{{cite/none}}
|10{{supo|th}} February 2007 <small>(AU+DVD)</small>{{cite/none}}
|21{{supo|st}} February 2007 <small>(JP+DVD)</small><ref>
{{cite |
title=Black Holes And Revelations(DVD付き, 限定盤)【CD】-Muse/音楽/HMV | desc=Purchase page | date=2006 | pub=HMV Japan | url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/1200319 | dom=hmv.co.jp | type=ext
}}</ref>
|30{{supo|th}} August 2007 <small>(UA)</small><ref name="uaclub"/>
|18{{supo|th}} August 2009 <small>(vinyl)</small>
}}
| Chart = {{drop|1 <small>(GB, IE, CH, AU)</small>{{cite/none}}|2 <small>(NL)</small>{{cite/none}}|3 <small>(FI)</small>{{cite/none}}|6 <small>(FR, NZ)</small>{{cite/none}}|9 <small>(US)</small>{{cite/none}}|11 <small>(BE)</small>{{cite/none}}}}
| Previous = Absolution
| PreviousLink = Absolution (album)
| Next = The Resistance
| NextLink = The Resistance (album)
| single1 = Supermassive Black Hole | image1 = Nav-sbh.jpg
| single2 = Starlight | image2 =Nav-starlight.jpg
| single3 = Knights of Cydonia | image3 = Nav-koc.jpg
| single4 = Invincible | image4 = Nav-invincible.jpg
| single5 = Map of the Problematique | image5 = Mapartwork.jpg
| Type = album
| singlescount = 5
}}
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== Information ==
== Information ==
As with the two Earls Court gigs, this performance of Micro Cuts features and extended and slowed down outro. This was the only known instance post-2002 when Matt actually performed the descending vocals just before the ending riff (until Royal Albert Hall 2018 where the vocals were performed again, albeit with the highest notes an octave lower). At the very end of the gig, Matt reached an A#5.


''Black Holes and Revelations'' is Muse's fourth studio album, released three years after previous album ''[[Absolution (album)|Absolution]]'', in July 2006. The album is less classically orientated than ''[[Origin of Symmetry (album)|Origin of Symmetry]]'' and ''Absolution'', while introducing new influences including jazz, soul and R&B. The album contains elements of these genres. The varied influences on the album can be traced to the intial demos and recording made in the Château Miraval studio<ref name="eq200703">{{cite/eq200703}}</ref> and the later recordings in New York City,<ref>
== Speech ==
{{cite |
{| {{Speechtable}}
title=Muse reveal inspiration behind funky new sound | desc=NME news | date=2006-07-19 | url=http://www.nme.com/news/muse/23652 | dom=nme.com |type=ext
| Before The Small Print || Announcer || "What? ... Hang on folks. Public service announcement: right back there, if you like what you see, there's merch[andise] in the back pool room. Alright we're done with all the things. This is the last time.  Ever. That you'll see the Muse in this intimate setting. Before we do that, give it up for the ExitOne more shameless plug, they also have merch[andise] in the back room. Ladies and gentlemen, something that you'll never experience ever again in your life, whose with me? [''crowd scream'']  Ok, one more shameless plug, I'm Russel from ?, hiLadies and gentlemen, give it up ... for the Muse!"<ref name="rec">{{cite/web |
}}</ref> where Matt DJed in a club and the band recorded the remaining songs in the [[Electric Lady Studios]].<ref name="eq200703"/>
  desc=Recording | fetch=2007-04-19 | pub=Muselive | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=23589 | dom=www.muselive.com | type=ext
 
The general theme of the album centres on dystopian-orientated/kleptocratic politics, along with accompanying war and about cycles and big things happening: "There is a theme on the album, it's that kind of connection to the cycles of history where the tension builds up and then it's released, whether it's catastrophic like a nuclear war, or aliens come down and it's brilliant. But there's definitely a sense of something big is about to happen." and that "Some of the songs are directly informed by things that are going on at the moment"<ref>{{cite/nme20060315}}</ref> Matt also said in another interview: "It was an era of worldwide tension, of nuclear fear and of war. Today, we’ve come back to this feeling, like at the end of a cycle. There’s even been a rise in the interest in space. This theme, the connection between current tensions and those from long ago, can really be heard on the album"<ref name="rockmag0507">{{cite/rm200605}}</ref>
 
The album is dedicated to the memory of [[Helen Kirk]].<ref name="albn"/>
 
== Prior to recording ==
Matt Bellamy wrote five songs after he travelled to Kingdom of Bhutan and the Himalayas earlier in 2005: "I was in Bhutan, I wanted to get away from everything - no phone, no tv, nothing. I went checking out the monks, hiking up mountains...It was really good for clearing my mind of any distractions, I got five new songs written while I was out there, though that isn't why I went."<ref name=MicroCutsNet20050224">
{{cite |
  title=Five new songs, Matt in Bhutan | desc=Interview| date=2005-02-24 | auth=Micro Cuts net| url=http://www.microcuts.net/uk/news/archives/02242005-five_new_songs.php | dom=microcuts.net | fetch=2015-01-16 | type=ext
}}</ref><ref name="rockmag0507">{{cite/rockmag200605}}</ref>
 
Playing of the tracks pwoper started mid-2004 with "[[Glorious (song)|Glorious]]". "[[Crying Shame (song)|Crying Shame]]" made its debut in [[London Earls Court Exhibition Centre 2004 - 19th (gig)|19 December 2004]], while "[[Assassin (song)|Assassin]]" and "[[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo-Politics]]" in their early forms made their debut during the 2005 MTV Campus Invasion Tour ([[Boca Raton Auditorium Field 2005 (gig)|8 April 2005]]).<ref name="eq200703"/>
 
Bellamy approched Costey in regards to producing their next album during the ''Absolution'' tour. Costey followed this up by contacting Bellamy a few months prior to starting the album.<ref name="eq200703">{{cite/eq200703}}</ref> The playing of ''Black Holes and Revelations'' tracks and its b-sides live in effect started in 2003 with "[[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]" being played as a piano interlude after "[[Citizen Erased (song)|Citizen Erased]]".
 
== Recording ==
The album was written partly before the ''Absolution'' Tour, partly during said tour and finished during their time at [[Studio Miraval|Miraval Studio]], Avatar and [[Electric Lady Studios]]. As with ''Absolution'', the time frame was not as large a concern as on the former two albums, hence Muse took their time over recording the album. The freedom also extended into the style of the music they wrote, delving into areas that Muse considered might be risky for other bands.<ref name="mtunknown">Matthew Bellamy<!--
[[Matthew Bellamy|Bellamy]]: We've got to a point where we're pretty much free to do whatever we like. It was difficult because we wanted every song to be different to what we've done before. I think we've managed to do that. With the range we've shown on previous albums, I think we've got the freedom to go into areas other bands would consider risky. Previously, we consciously thought about which songs would work live but this time we just went for it. We'll worry about how to play them live later. | need to know where this is from|--></ref> While previously Muse had written songs with their ability to play them live in mind, the band did not concern themselves with this ability whilst recording ''Black Holes and Revelations''.<ref name="mtunknown"/>
 
During the band's time at Miraval, the album was hindered by the band's fear of bats and ghosts, as well as the owner who purportedly didn't want Muse there.{{cite/none}} Only two songs were recorded during Muse's time at Miraval, namely "Take a Bow" and "[[Invincible (song)|Invincible]]", although around 20 songs had been written.<ref name="rockmag0507">{{cite/rm200605}}</ref> Whilst three of these songs became B-sides, the others were left unfinished or as demos as the band were focused on finishing the eleven album tracks, and later became involved in live performances and recording new material.<ref name="ml20060601">
{{cite |
title = Muse Interview In French Magazine | desc = MuseLive news item | date = 2006-06-01 | url = http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=377026#377026 | auth=sam_linnett | dom=muselive.com
}}</ref><ref name"answers">{{cite/museboard20081128}}</ref> One of the left over songs, "[[Soaked (song)|Soaked]]", which was completed during the end of the recording process, later emerged.
 
Matthew Bellamy claimed that had the entire recording process been carried out at Miraval, it would have turned out akin to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.{{cite/none}} He described some of the material that they put aside from their time at Miraval as "a little too progressive and symphonic" for the type of album they wanted ''Black Holes and Revelations'' to be,<ref name="jatd20070802">{{cite/The Breakfast Show 2007-08-02}}</ref> and "waffling on the piano, a lot of orchestration".<ref name="jatd20070802"/> The band had become frustrated during their time at Miraval at the "lack of rock" in their music.<ref name="jatd20070802"/>
 
In the Autumn 2005, Muse moved to New York, recording at Avatar and Electric Lady Studios. As well as recording in New York, Muse partook in the lifestyle of the city, which [[Dominic Howard]] claims influenced the style and direction of the album, particularly "[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]".<ref name="mtvn">MTV News<!--Link or transcription needed!--></ref> The album's recording finished at Christmas 2005, after which the band moved to London and finished mixing at Sanctuary Townhouse Studios.{{cite/none}} <!--"When we moved into this crazy, claustrophobic, fast-paced way of living, we absorbed some of that energy and that affected the recording," [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] told MTV News-->Whilst recording the band worked on one song at a time, keeping those they liked and scrapping those they disliked.<ref>Chris Wolstenholme interview (needed)</ref> New instrumentation not used on previous recordings include a buchla synthesiser and a trumpet.
 
The track list of ''Black Holes and Revelations'' was finalised by April 2006,<ref>
{{cite |
  title = Album Details Emerge | desc = Muselive.com news | date=2006-04-23 | auth = RoyalBlue | url=http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=343781#343781 | dom = muselive.com | type = ext
}}</ref> and the final track titles were decided by May.<ref>
{{cite |
title = Black Holes and Revelations Track List | desc = Muselive.com news | date = 2006-05-10 | auth = Filip Taneski | url = http://www.muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=353753#353753 | dom = muselive.com | type = ext
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
|-
| After The Small Print || rowspan="2" | [[Matthew Bellamy | Bellamy]] || "Thank you".
|-
| rowspan="5" | After New Born || "Thank you very much, cheers".
|-
| [[Dominic Howard | Howard]] || "How's it going Nashville?"
|-
| Audience member || "I love you!  You over there!"
|-
| Howard || "I love you too".
|-
| Audience member || "He loves me!"
|-
| After Butterflies & Hurricanes || rowspan="3" | Bellamy || "Thank you very much, cheers".
|-
| After Sing for Absolution || "Cheers".
|-
| After Citizen Erased || "Thank you."
|-
| After Ruled by Secrecy || Howard || "Cheers".
|-
| After Thoughts of a Dying Atheist || rowspan="2" | Bellamy || "Nice one".
|-
| After Apocalypse Please||"Thank you! ...  Thank you very much, thank you. ...  We haven't played this song for ages.  We'll give it a go, someone's shouted it out over here so ...  This is Micro Cuts".
|-
| After Micro Cuts||Howard||"Thank you, good night.  Cheers, see you next time".
|}


== Inspiration and style ==
== Media ==
A lossless audience recording can be found [https://www.musebootlegs.com/?p=torrents&pid=10&action=details&tid=1428 here].


Inspiration for the album was taken from a wide variety of other artists, from contemporary acts such as [[Lightning Bolt]]<ref name="eq200703"/> and [[Rage Against The Machine]],<ref name="rockmag0507">{{cite/rockmag200605}}</ref> to composer [[Ennio Morricone]]<ref>{{cite/undertheradar20060720}}</ref> and jazz singer [[Nina Simone]]. Muse also listened to music in the style of Joe Meek, Kill Bill and [[Nancy Sinatra]]. They had also been inspired by Belgian bands such as [[Millionaire]] and [[Evil Superstars]].
{{setlist
| 01 = The Small Print
| 02 = New Born
| 03 = Butterflies & Hurricanes
| 04 = Sing for Absolution
| 05 = Bliss
| 06 = Citizen Erased
| 07 = Ruled by Secrecy
| 08 = Hysteria
| 09 = Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
| 10pre = Riff{{which}} | 10 = Time Is Running Out
| 11 = Plug In Baby
| 12 = Stockholm Syndrome | 12app = + {{0123}} riff + {{Execution Commentary}} riff + {{YYZ}} riff + {{Vuilstamen Riff}} + {{Endless Nameless}} riff + Random riff {{encore}}
| 13pre = {{Intro}} | 13 = Apocalypse Please
| 14 = Micro Cuts | 14app = (extended outro) + Psycho riff
}}


Bellamy also listened to the style of his father's band, [[The Tornadoes]]: "My dad’s music which I'd never listened to before last year – before then, I'd found it uncool – really influenced me."<ref name="rockmag0507">{{cite/rockmag200605}}</ref>
== References ==
 
<references/>
[[Matthew Bellamy|Bellamy]] had been living in North Italy for a while and had discovered some old Italian traditional folk songs, Matt explained: "The reason why the trumpets and some of the other stranger instrumentations came in is we didn't hold back in terms of taking a fringe idea to its full extent," describing the resulting sound as 'filmlike'. From living in northern Italy, I became interested in southern Italian music and music from the South of Spain, like flamenco guitar," says Bellamy. "When you hear it, it sounds like the music from the [spaghetti] western films."<ref>Epic U.K. Rockers Muse Return With Cinematic New Album (20060525 Rolling Stone article)</ref>
 
Chris commented that the band listened to Islamic radio stations whilst writing the album and the progressive elements of that music influenced songs such as "[[Assassin (song)|Assassin]]".<ref>{{cite |
title = An interview with Chris | desc = Official Message Board post | date = 2007-05-14 | auth = Firebaptist | url = http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=43580 | dom = board.muse.mu | type = ext
}}</ref>
 
== Album art ==
The album art, created by [[Storm Thorgerson]],{{cite/none}} features the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelation.{{cite/none}} Their four horses of different colours, are on the table. The rider of the white horse represents the Anti-Christ, the red one war, the black famine and the pale one represents death and decay. The horses are small to signify the ills of the riders had outgrown those of their horses.<ref>[[Interview with Dominic Howard (20070724 Couleur 3 feature)|Couleur 3 2007-07-24]]</ref>
 
The images inside the album booklet include the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAARP HAARP] installation, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptical_Galaxy_M87 M87], papers from Project [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkultra MKULTRA], and a blue contrail, in reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_aircraft Aurora] aircraft.
 
HAARP is a scientific research project, the goal of which is to study ionosphere. Muse later entitled the live album [[H.A.A.R.P. (live)|H.A.A.R.P.]] after the project. M87 is an elliptical galaxy in Virgo that emits a jet of matter, probably from a supermassive black hole within it, while the blue contrail is a reference to the Aurora aircraft, which some believe is a top-secret hypersonic aircraft that leaves a blue contrail behind it. Project MKULTRA was a CIA project that sought to use chemicals for mind control and interogation, after which Muse entitled the song "[[MK ULTRA (song)|MK ULTRA]]".
 
Q Magazine offered the table and chairs featured on the front cover as a prize in a competition, in September 2007.<ref>
{{cite |
title = Win the table and chairs from the Muse album cov | desc = Muselive news post | date = 2007-08-31 | auth = aleydarss | url = http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=26960 | dom = muselive.com | type = ext
}}</ref>
 
== Release and post-release ==
To promote the album in the UK, a set of MP3 player headphones loaded with the album was distributed for press use, including a short biography and track list. No promotional CD was produced for use in the UK. The US promo CD-R and the KROQ Weenie Roast CD-R are watermarked and encrypted so that they cannot be played on a computer. Each was printed with name of the intended recipient on the disc. In Germany a CD-R promo featuring an interview with the band was circulated to promote the album.
 
The album was leaked on the 7th of June, 2006, in monaural form,<ref>
{{cite |
title = Muse - Black Holes and Revelations : Music > Rock - Mininova | desc = Leaked album details | date = 2006 | auth = teh w33z wag00n | url = http://www.mininova.org/tor/333682 | dom = mininova.org | type = ext
}}</ref> which was speculated to have been from the aforementioned headphones, at least in part due to the presence of sounds that are not present in the final release.{{cite/none}} The album was leaked in stereo form on the 27th of June, from a [[Black Holes and Revelations (album)#JP_CD|Japanese]] disc.{{cite/none}} The album saw two weeks at number one in the UK chart.<ref>
{{cite |
title = The Official UK Charts Company : ALL THE No.1's | desc = Official UK chart listings | date = 2007-06-29 | pub = Official UK charts | url = http://theofficialcharts.com/zoom_album.php?id=1035 | dom = theofficialcharts.com | type = ext
}}</ref>
 
''Black Holes and Revelations'' was re-released early in 2007 as a Tour Edition with a bonus DVD. A few online stores and listings on eBay have claimed that there exists a different Japanese CD/DVD set with additional DVD features including 'Live performances from Summer Sonic 2006 and Reading/Leeds Festival 2006, and Behind-the-scenes studio footage'. However, this is not the case, the DVD itself is identical to the original, which includes the videos and live performances of the first 3 singles from the album. The release of the album was completed when made available in Ukraine, in August 2007.<ref name="uaclub"/> A version of the album featuring the "Grand Omega Bosses" version of "Assassin" was made available on 7digital.com from during 2007, but this was later amended to the album version of "Assassin" at a later date.<!--uncitable as it's no longer there, and the below reference has become invalid-->
 
The vinyl edition became available on [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Holes-Revelations-VINYL-Muse/dp/B000G03S94 Amazon UK] during early March, 2007,<ref>
{{cite |
title = Amazon.co.uk: Black Holes and Revelations [VINYL]: Music: Muse | desc = Purchase page | date = 2007-03 | auth = Amazon UK | url = https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000G03S94 | dom = amazon.co.uk | type = ext
}}</ref> but all orders where subsequently cancelled and the item remained seemingly unreleased. The double LP was finally rescheduled for released on 18{{supo|th}} August 2009 along with the US vinyl reissues of ''Showbiz'', ''Origin of Symmetry'' and ''Absolution'', over three years after the original release date. The album was the first to have no French singles box-set released.
 
The Australian release includes a copy prevention rootkit (virus). To ensure your computer does not get infected, disable autorun before inserting the CD into your computer. This only affects Windows systems.
 
== Awards ==
The album was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2007.
In addition, [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]] was voted the "Hottest Song of 2007" on the Australian radio station Triple J.
 
==Track list ==
=== CD, promos ===
# [[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]
# [[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]
# [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]
# [[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]
# [[Soldier's Poem (song)|Soldier's Poem]]
# [[Invincible (song)|Invincible]]
# [[Assassin (song)|Assassin]]
# [[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo-Politics]]
# [[City of Delusion (song)|City of Delusion]]
# [[Hoodoo (song)|Hoodoo]]
# [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]
 
==== US bonus DVD ====
# [[Absolution Tour (DVD)|Absolution Tour]]
 
==== Tour Edition bonus DVD ====
# [[Supermassive Black Hole (video)|Supermassive Black Hole video]]
# [[Starlight (video)|Starlight video]]
# [[Knights of Cydonia (video)|Knights of Cydonia video]]
# [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]] (live at [[Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 2006 - 14th (gig)|Paris-Bercy, 14th December 2006]])
# [[Starlight (song)|Starlight]] (live at the [[Copenhagen Bella Center 2006 (gig)|Bella Center, 2nd November 2006]])
# [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]] (live at the [[London Wembley Arena 2006 - 23rd (gig)|Wembley Arena, 23rd November 2006]])
 
=== JP CD ===
# [[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]
# [[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]
# [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]
# [[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]
# [[Soldier's Poem (song)|Soldier's Poem]]
# [[Invincible (song)|Invincible]]
# [[Assassin (song)|Assassin]]
# [[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo-Politics]]
# [[City of Delusion (song)|City of Delusion]]
# [[Hoodoo (song)|Hoodoo]]
# [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]
# [[Glorious (song)|Glorious]]
 
=== Digital alternative version ===
# [[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]
# [[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]
# [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]
# [[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]
# [[Soldier's Poem (song)|Soldier's Poem]]
# [[Invincible (song)|Invincible]]
# [[Assassin (song)|Assassin]] Grand Omega Bosses edit<ref>
{{cite |
desc=Download page | pub=7digital | url=http://7digital.com/stores/productdetail.aspx?shop=34&product=40397&sid=438312 | dom=7digital.com | type=ext
}}</ref>
# [[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo-Politics]]
# [[City of Delusion (song)|City of Delusion]]
# [[Hoodoo (song)|Hoodoo]]
# [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]
 
=== US untitled promo CD-R ===
# [[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]
# [[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]
# [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive]]
# [[Map of the Problematique (song)|Synthy Dreams]]
# [[Soldier's Poem (song)|Soldiers]]
# [[Invincible (song)|Invincible]]
# [[Assassin (song)|D-Tune]]
# [[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo Politics]]
# [[City of Delusion (song)|City Of Delusion]]
# [[Hoodoo (song)|Nina]]
# [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]
 
=== KROQ Sampler CD-R ===
# [[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]
# [[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]
 
=== Barnes and Noble Sampler CD-R ===
# [[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]
# [[Soldier's Poem (song)|Soldier's Poem]]
# [[Invincible (song)|Invincible]]
# [[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo-Politics]]
# [[Hoodoo (song)|Hoodoo]]
 
=== MY Videos promo VCD ===
# [[Supermassive Black Hole (video)|Supermassive Black Hole video]]
# [[Starlight (video)|Starlight video]]
# [[Knights of Cydonia (video)|Knights of Cydonia video]]
 
== Personnel ==
==Personnel==
'''Muse'''
<li>
[[Matthew Bellamy]] - lead vocals, lead and rhytm guitars, piano, synthesizers, production
</li>
<p>
<li>
[[Chris Wolstenholme]] - bass, backing vocals, double bass (track 5), some synthesizers (tracks 4 and 10), production
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
[[Dominic Howard]] - drums, percussion, brief vocals and electronic drums (track 3), Buchla 200E (track 1), production
</li>
</p>
<br>
'''Additional musicians'''
<li>
Marco Brioschi - trumpet (tracks 9 and 11)
</li>
<p>
<li>
Around Art - strings (track 1, 9, 10 and 11)
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Edoardo de Angelis - first violin (tracks 1, 9, 10 and 11)
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
[[Tom Kirk]] - antique items crushed (track 8)
</li>
</p>
<br>
'''Additional personnel'''
<li>
[[Rich Costey]] - production
</li>
<p>
<li>
Mauro Pagani - string arrangements, string conductor
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Audrey Riley - string arrangements, string conductor
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
[[Storm Thorgerson]] - cover photo
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Rupert Truman - cover photo
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Derrick Santini - photography
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Howie Weinberg - mastering
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Vlado Meller - mastering
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Roger Lian - mastering assistant
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Tomasso Coliva - engineer
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Myriam Correge - assistant engineer
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Ryan Simms - assistant engineer
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Ross Peterson - assistant engineer
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Max Dingle - mixing assistant
</li>
</p>
<p>
<li>
Mark Rinaldi - mixing assistant
</li>
</p>
 
== Album artwork ==
<gallery>
File:Bharpic 10.JPG |
File:Bharpic 11.JPG |
File:Bharpic 1.JPG |
File:Bharpic 2.JPG |
File:Bharpic 3.JPG |
File:Bharpic 4.JPG |
File:Bharpic 5.JPG |
File:Bharpic 6.JPG |
File:Bharpic 7.JPG |
File:Bharpic 8.JPG |
File:Bharpic ii.JPG |
File:bharbookletA.jpg |
File:bharbookletB.jpg |
</gallery>
 
== Black Holes and Revelations gallery ==
<gallery perrow="6">
File:Black Holes and Revelations cover art.jpg | Cover art
File:Black Holes and Revelations back cover art.jpg | Back cover art
File:BHaR Japan back cover.jpg | JP back cover
File:bharspine.png|JP obi
File:Aussie Back Cover.jpg | AU Tour Edition back cover
File:Aussie Back Cover Inside.jpg | AU Tour Edition interior
File:Bhar-ukraine-fcover.jpg | UA retail front cover
File:Bhar-ukraine-interior.jpg | UA interior and disc
File:Bhar-ukraine-bcover.jpg | UA back cover
File:cassette-Black Holes and Revelations Indonesia cover.jpg | ID cassette cover art
File:cassette Black Holes and Revelations Indonesia back cover.jpg | ID cassette back cover
File:BHaR promo VCD cover Malaysia.jpg | MY videos promo VCD front cover
File:BHaR promo VCD back cover and disc Malaysia.jpg | MY videos promo VCD back cover and disc
File:BHaR promo cover Thailand.jpg | TH promo front cover
File:BHaR promo back cover Thailand.jpg | TH promo back cover
File:BHaR promo interior and disc Thailand.jpg | TH promo interior and disc
File:BHaR UA Promo CD-R.jpg | UA Promo CD-R
File:BHaR 4T Watermarked UK Promo CD-R Cover.jpg | UK Watermarked Promo CD-R Cover
File:BHaR 4T Watermarked UK Promo CD-R Disc.jpg | UK Watermarked Promo CD-R Disc
File:BHaR not final cdr2.jpg | US untitled promo CD-R
File:BHAR US Acetate.jpg | US promo CD-R
File:BHAR Two Track Sampler2.jpg | KROQ Weenie Roast sampler CD-R
File:Barnes And Noble Sampler Cover and Disc.jpg | Barnes and Noble Sampler promo CD-R cover and disc
File:Barnes And Noble Sampler Back Cover.jpg | Barnes and Noble Sampler promo CD-R back cover
File:BHaR Interview DE Acetate I.jpg | DE EPK Interview promo CD-R cover
File:BHaR Interview DE Acetate II.jpg | DE EPK Interview promo CD-R disc
File:TW_Tour_Edition.JPG|TW CD+DVD Tour Edition
File:BHAR_CD.jpg|UK CD (with Mars inlay)
File:BHAR_CD_(Black_Inlay_Version).jpg|UK CD (with black band inlay)
File:BHAR_CD_Digipak.JPG|UK CD digipak
File:BHAR_CD_and_DVD_Tour_Edition_(1st_Edition).JPG|UK CD+DVD Tour Edition
File:BHAR_CD_DVD_Tour_Edition_(2nd_Version).JPG|UK/EU CD+DVD Tour Edition
File:US_BHAR_CD.JPG|US CD
File:US_BHAR_12''_Vinyl.jpg|US 12" vinyl
</gallery>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Black Holes and Revelations (gallery) | Gallery]]
* [[Nashville Mercy Lounge | The Mercy Lounge, Nashville]]
* [[Fourth album theory | Fourth album theory, written prior to release]]
* [[:Category:Black Holes and Revelations-era media | Black Holes and Revelations-era media]]
 
== References ==
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Matthew Bellamy inside The Mercy Lounge
Muse show
Venue The Mercy Lounge[source?]
Date 30th November 2004[source?]
Location Nashville, TN[source?]
Country USA
Songs 14[source?]
Support The Exit[source?]
Start (UTC−6) Unknown
Capacity ~500[1]
Price Unknown
Sold out? Unknown




Information

As with the two Earls Court gigs, this performance of Micro Cuts features and extended and slowed down outro. This was the only known instance post-2002 when Matt actually performed the descending vocals just before the ending riff (until Royal Albert Hall 2018 where the vocals were performed again, albeit with the highest notes an octave lower). At the very end of the gig, Matt reached an A#5.

Speech

Before The Small Print Announcer "What? ... Hang on folks. Public service announcement: right back there, if you like what you see, there's merch[andise] in the back pool room. Alright we're done with all the things. This is the last time. Ever. That you'll see the Muse in this intimate setting. Before we do that, give it up for the Exit. One more shameless plug, they also have merch[andise] in the back room. Ladies and gentlemen, something that you'll never experience ever again in your life, whose with me? [crowd scream] Ok, one more shameless plug, I'm Russel from ?, hi. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up ... for the Muse!"[2]
After The Small Print Bellamy "Thank you".
After New Born "Thank you very much, cheers".
Howard "How's it going Nashville?"
Audience member "I love you! You over there!"
Howard "I love you too".
Audience member "He loves me!"
After Butterflies & Hurricanes Bellamy "Thank you very much, cheers".
After Sing for Absolution "Cheers".
After Citizen Erased "Thank you."
After Ruled by Secrecy Howard "Cheers".
After Thoughts of a Dying Atheist Bellamy "Nice one".
After Apocalypse Please "Thank you! ... Thank you very much, thank you. ... We haven't played this song for ages. We'll give it a go, someone's shouted it out over here so ... This is Micro Cuts".
After Micro Cuts Howard "Thank you, good night. Cheers, see you next time".

Media

A lossless audience recording can be found here.

Setlist

References

  1. The Mercy Lounge. Wikipedia. Retrieved 2007-10-10 from secure.wikimedia.org.
  2. [Recording]. Muselive. Retrieved 2007-04-19 from www.muselive.com.

See also


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