Drones
by Muse
- Type: Album
- Released: 8 June 2015
- Label: Warner Bros., Helium-3, Helium 3
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 52:37
- Community rating: 2.58/5 from 22 ratings
Artists on this release: Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard
Album Notes & Community Reviews
With their seventh album, 'Drones', Muse deliberately returned to a more direct, guitar-driven hard rock sound, stripping away the orchestral and electronic layers of their prior two releases. Co-produced with Robert "Mutt" Lange, the album’s sound is built on a powerful trio-performance dynamic, emphasizing heavy riffs and a cohesive rhythm section. A concept album that won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, it narrates a protagonist's journey from abandonment and indoctrination as a "human drone" to eventual defection, serving as a metaphorical critique of modern warfare and the loss of empathy.
Genres
Descriptors: progressive, conceptual, political
Tracklist
- Dead Inside (04:22)
- (Drill Sergeant) (00:21)
- Psycho (05:16)
- Mercy (03:51)
- Reapers (05:59)
- The Handler (04:33)
- (JFK) (00:54)
- Defector (04:33)
- Revolt (04:05)
- Aftermath (05:47)
- The Globalist (10:07)
- Drones (02:49)
Credits
- Matt Bellamy - vocals, backing vocals, guitar, piano, production, string arrangements
- Chris Wolstenholme - bass guitar, backing vocals, production
- Dominic Howard - drums, percussion, production
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange - production, additional backing vocals
- Matt Mahurin - art direction, illustration, package design
- Muse - package design
- Rich Costey - additional production, mixing
- Tommaso Colliva - additional production, engineering
- Audrey Riley - string arrangements, conductor
- Adam Greenholtz - additional engineering
- Alessandro Cortini - modular synthesisers engineered by
- Eric Mosher - engineering assistance
- Giuseppe Salvadori - engineering assistance
- Jacopo Dorici - engineering assistance
- John Prestage - engineering assistance
- Tom Bailey - engineering assistance
- Marlo Borgatta - mixing assistance
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Giovanni Versari - mastering
- Matt Colton - mastering
- Olle "Sven" Romo - additional programming
- Edoardo De Angelis - string contractor
- Alex Tenta - layout
- Daphne Chung - runners in vancover
- Ryan Enockson - runners in vancover