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Drones (Muse album)

October 16, 2023

Drones is the seventh studio album by English rock band Muse, released on 5 June 2015 through Warner Bros. Records and the band's own Helium-3 imprint. The album was recorded between October 2014 and April 2015 at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, with orchestral sections recorded at Officine Meccaniche in Milan, and was produced by the band and Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Drones is a concept album following a soldier's abandonment, indoctrination as a "human drone", and eventual defection. It also comments on the Obama administration's drone program. After their previous albums incorporated orchestral and electronic music, Muse aimed to return to a more straightforward rock sound musically.

Drones
Cover art by Matt Mahurin
Studio album by
Muse
Released5 June 2015 (2015-06-05)
RecordedOctober 2014 – April 2015
Studio
Genre
Length52:40
Label
Producer
Muse chronology
Muse studio album chronology
The 2nd Law
(2012) 		Drones
(2015) 		Simulation Theory
(2018)
Singles from Drones
  1. "Dead Inside"
    Released: 23 March 2015
  2. "Mercy"
    Released: 18 May 2015
  3. "Revolt"
    Released: 4 November 2015
  4. "Aftermath"
    Released: 11 March 2016
  5. "Reapers"
    Released: 16 April 2016

Drones received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, who praised its instrumentation but criticised its concept and lyrics. It topped 21 international charts, including the UK Albums Chart (where it became Muse's fifth consecutive number-one album) and the US Billboard 200. It sold over a million copies worldwide in 2015, making it the year's 19th-bestselling album. At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, it won the award for Best Rock Album. The album was listed on 41 in the NME albums of the year 2015.[1] Diffuser.fm named it the 42nd best of the year.[2].Rolling stone named it the 39th best of the year.[3]

It was supported by an expansive world tour with appearances at several festivals and arenas, lasting from 2015 to 2016 and grossing $88.5 million from 132 shows.[4][5] A concert film of the tour, entitled Muse: Drones World Tour, was released in cinemas in July 2018.[6]

Background Edit

On their previous albums The Resistance (2009) and The 2nd Law (2012), Muse incorporated orchestral and electronic music.[7][8] In December 2013, they released the live album and video Live at Rome Olympic Stadium; songwriter Matt Bellamy said the band wanted the release "to capture some of the extremes of what we've been doing since we want to go in a different direction in the future."[7]

Muse began writing their seventh album soon after the Rome concert. Bellamy stated that the album "should be something that really does strip away the additional things that we've experimented with on the last two albums... I kind of feel like it will be nice to reconnect and remind ourselves of just the basics of who we are."[7] The band felt the electronic side of their music was becoming too dominant. According to bassist Chris Wolstenholme, some of the music on The 2nd Law was "somewhat of a bore to play live, and I'm not too certain how much of it worked for our shows ... The logical step was to strip away all the outer layers and go back to the way we started. Sometimes, making things simpler makes them more powerful."[9]

Recording Edit

In October 2014, Muse entered the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver.[10][11][12] After having self-produced their previous two albums, Muse worked with producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange to spend less time mixing and reviewing takes and focus on performance.[9] Tommaso Colliva and Rich Costey served as additional producers.[10] After having used several different bass guitars and effect pedals for The 2nd Law, Wolstenholme used only one bass guitar and a small number of pedals, hoping to find a cohesive sound.[9]

The first recording session ended on 19 October, with the band calling it "emotional".[13] Muse re-entered the studio in November 2014.[14] On 1 April 2015, drummer Dominic Howard and mixer Rich Costey indicated on their Instagram accounts that they had finished mixing the album.[15][16] The result was a simpler, more consistent rock sound with less elaborate production and genre experimentation.[9][17][18]

Composition Edit

Drones has been described as featuring alternative rock,[19] hard rock,[20] progressive rock,[21] and progressive metal.[22] It is a concept album about the dehumanisation of modern warfare.[23] The story begins with "Dead Inside", where the protagonist loses hope and becomes vulnerable to the dark forces of "Psycho". He eventually defects, revolts and overcomes his enemies.[24]

Answering fan questions on Twitter in September 2014, Bellamy said the album's themes include deep ecology, the empathy gap, and World War III.[25] In March 2015, he said:

To me, drones are metaphorical psychopaths which enable psychopathic behaviour with no recourse. The world is run by drones utilising drones to turn us all into drones. This album explores the journey of a human, from their abandonment and loss of hope, to their indoctrination by the system to be a human drone, to their eventual defection from their oppressors.[26]

In an interview in the same month, Bellamy described Drones as "a modern metaphor for what it is to lose empathy ... through modern technology, and obviously through drone warfare in particular, it's possible to actually do quite horrific things by remote control, at a great distance, without actually feeling any of the consequences, or even feeling responsible in some way."[27]

Promotion and release Edit

On 26 January 2015, Muse revealed the album title in an Instagram video featuring a mixing desk with audio samples and a screen stating "Artist – Muse, Album – Drones."[28] They also began using the hashtag "#MuseDrones" on Twitter and Instagram.[29] On 6 February, American artist Matt Mahurin announced he had created artwork for the album.[30][31] On 8 March, the band shared a snippet of the new song "Psycho" and mentioned "mixing with a very tight deadline".[32]

On 12 March, Muse released a lyric video for "Psycho" on their YouTube channel, and made the song available for download with the album pre-order.[33] Critics have described "Psycho" as a hard rock[34] and glam rock[35] song with elements of nu metal.[36]

On 23 March, "Dead Inside" was released as the album's lead single with a lyric video on Muse's YouTube channel.[37][38] On 18 May, Muse released a lyric video for "Mercy" and released the song on Spotify.[39] On 29 May, a lyric video for "Reapers" was released on YouTube,[40] followed by "The Handler" on 2 June[41] and "[JFK]" with "Defector" on 3 June.[42]

In an album review for The Observer, Kitty Empire commented that the pacy song "Reapers" "exposes the overlap between the unfeeling destruction of drone warfare and the unfeeling destruction wrought by people tearing each other apart," referring to Muse frontman Matt Bellamy's break-up from fiancée Kate Hudson. She also compared Bellamy to Yngwie Malmsteen, noting that the song contains "meaty riffs."[43]

Drones was released on 5 June 2015 in Europe and 8 June in the United Kingdom[44] under Warner Bros. Records and Helium-3. On 3 November, Muse released "Revolt" as the third single from the album along with a music video on iTunes.[45] The fourth single "Aftermath" was released on 11 March 2016, and on 16 April, the final single "Reapers" was released as a 7" single for Record Store Day.[46]

Tour Edit

Main article: Drones World Tour
 
The band performing in Brooklyn, New York on 27 January 2016.

From 15 to 24 March 2015, the band played the Psycho Tour, six concerts in small venues in the UK.[26] Starting with Radio 1's Big Weekend in May 2015, the band embarked on the Drones World Tour in support of the album, which led to the release of the live video Muse: Drones World Tour. Bellamy confirmed they would tour North America in late 2015 and Europe in 2016, and also said they would be flying drones over the audience during the shows. However, two concerts in San Diego and Las Vegas were rescheduled due to "technical and logistical" challenges, while the drones were not used at all in three gigs, and one gig in Detroit saw several drones fail simultaneously. From 15 to 24 March 2015, the band played the Psycho UK Tour, six concerts in small venues in the UK. The Psycho Tour was a short tour by the English rock band Muse during March 2015. The tour was first hinted at by guitarist and lead vocalist Matthew Bellamy's Twitter on March 10, 2015, with the tour being officially announced the next day on the band's Facebook page, along with the lyric video for "Psycho".[47]

The dynamics of this tour were different from what Muse had used in the past few tours, where they relied heavily on theatrical stage-craft and production, this tour took the band into smaller venues around the UK and the United States, the stage design was only a simple lighting rig and, for all but one concert, a backdrop displaying the cover art of their upcoming album. The band had not played in many of the venues since the Origin of Symmetry tour which took place from 2001 to 2002.[citation needed] The band was supported by Marmozets on the tour. Part of the tour also took place outside the UK in the United States.[47][26]

In May 2015, the band embarked on the Drones World Tour in support of the album, which led to the release of the live video Muse: Drones World Tour. Bellamy confirmed they would tour North America in late 2015 and Europe in 2016, and also said they would be flying drones over the audience during the shows. However, two concerts in San Diego and Las Vegas were rescheduled due to "technical and logistical" challenges, while the drones were not used at all in three gigs, and one gig in Detroit saw several drones fail simultaneously.[48] During the first leg of the tour, the band had their debut performance at Download Festival, which they also headlined.[49] The new tour stage set up featured 11 LED pillars which could be manually pushed back and forth by members of the crew to accommodate the show. Bellamy compared this set up to The Resistance tour on his Instagram. An updated version of this set was used for the remaining dates in 2017, complete with new lighting rigs and lasers.[50]

Reception Edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?5.7/10[51]
Metacritic63/100[52]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [23]
The Daily Telegraph     [53]
Entertainment WeeklyC[54]
The Guardian     [55]
Los Angeles Times    [56]
NME7/10[57]
Pitchfork4.5/10[58]
Q     [59]
Rolling Stone     [22]
Spin5/10[21]

At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Drones has an average score of 63 based on 25 reviews. Kerrang! gave Drones a perfect score, calling it "a claustrophobic classic that sharpens the focus of what is possible in the name of high-minded rock."[52] Q wrote that despite Muse's stated goal of returning to their roots, "Drones is anything but back-to-basics garage rock... befitting of its proggy conceptual narrative about state mind control, it's an album of rambling interests."[59] David Fricke of Rolling Stone called the album "a truly guilty pleasure" and praised its "chunky update of the guitar-bass-drums charge" of the band's earlier albums as "what Muse do best."[22] The NME wrote that the album's "trademark Muse themes of brainwashing, warmongering superpowers, suppression of The Truth and the urgent need to fight the hand that bleeds us still resonate in 2015, but obliquely ... Muse's music once more matches [Bellamy's] adventurous intrigue."[57]

AllMusic wrote that "it's hard to avoid [Muse's] conclusion that war is bad, but this inclination to write everything in bold, italicized capital letters is an asset when it comes to music."[23] Kitty Empire of The Observer wrote that despite the "trite" lyrics and "confusing" plot, some of Drones was "fist-pumpingly ace; a timely restatement of the need for popular music to evoke both thought and dopamine rush."[60] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork found that Drones lacked subtlety and criticised its lyrics, writing, "Whatever pleasure can be generated from Bellamy's admirable melodic sense and overblown hooks is negated by Muse's insistence that they're profound rather than fun."[58] Oliver Keens of Time Out London called the album's handling of the drones subject matter "tactless and crass" and its story "as dull as dog food – told with the wishy-washy flim-flam of a frothing conspiracy theorist ... We used to moan that musicians didn't write about politics anymore. Based on this effort, maybe that's for the best."[61] Rolling Stone named it the 38th best album of 2015, calling it a "searing commentary on our era's vague dread, computer-driven death from above and Orwellian political climate ... It was the year's most convincing howl from the abyss.".[62]

The Daily Telegraph wrote that "It's more than a little Spinal Tap, but if I was a teenage boy this is exactly the kind of thrilling madness that might turn me on to a moribund genre."[63] The Evening Standard gave it four out of five and wrote: "Prog phobics might dismiss it as latter-day Pink Floyd with a dash of Noam Chomsky. But Bellamy's maturing songwriting has become more accessible, less prone to bluster. Drones is the fearsome sound of Muse at their monumental best."[64]

Commercial performance Edit

On the UK Albums Chart, Drones debuted at number one with sales of 72,863 copies, the third-highest opening of 2015 up to that point. It was Muse's fifth consecutive number-one album in the UK.[65] It remained at number one in the second week, selling 24,445 copies (996 from streaming), bringing total sales to 97,308.[66][67] It sold one million copies worldwide in 2015 and was the 19th best-selling album of the year.[68] By 2016, it had sold approximately 170,000 copies in UK, 230,000 copies in the US, and 192,000 copies in France.[69]

Drones debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 in the week ending 14 June, earning 84,200 album-equivalent units in its first week (including 79,400 copies on traditional sales, 26,000 on single sales and 3.3 million on single streams), surpassing estimations.[70] The album replaced How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence and the Machine in the previous week, the first time two British artists had debuted consecutively at number one on the US chart since 1956. Its traditional sales took Drones to number one of the Top Album Sales chart.[71]

Track listing Edit

All lyrics are written by Matt Bellamy; all music is composed by Bellamy, except where noted[10]

Drones – Standard edition
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Dead Inside" 4:22
2."[Drill Sergeant]" 0:21
3."Psycho" 5:16
4."Mercy" 3:51
5."Reapers" 5:59
6."The Handler" 4:33
7."[JFK]" 0:54
8."Defector" 4:33
9."Revolt" 4:05
10."Aftermath" 5:47
11."The Globalist"
10:07
12."Drones"
2:49
Total length:52:40
Drones – Deluxe edition (DVD)[72]
No.TitleLength
1."Psycho" (Live at Glasgow Barrowlands)5:44
2."Dead Inside" (Live at Brighton Dome)4:38
3."The Handler" (Soundcheck, Exeter Great Hall)4:45
4."Reapers" (Live at Exeter Great Hall)6:18
5."Bonus Studio Footage – The Globalist / Defector"10:00
Total length:32:57

Notes

Personnel Edit

All personnel adapted from album liner notes.[10]

Charts Edit

Certifications Edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[124] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[125] Gold 7,500*
Canada (Music Canada)[126] Platinum 80,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[127] Gold 10,000‡
France (SNEP)[128] 2× Platinum 200,000*
Italy (FIMI)[129] Platinum 50,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON)[130] Gold 30,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[131] Gold 20,000^
Russia (NFPF)[132] Platinum 10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[133] Platinum 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[134] Gold 100,000*
Summaries
Worldwide — 1,100,000[135]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history Edit

Region Date Format Label
Australia[136] 5 June 2015
  • CD
  • CD+DVD
  • LP
  • CD+DVD+LP
  • digital download
 Warner Bros.
Austria[137]
Finland[138]
Germany[139]
Ireland[140]
Netherlands[141]
New Zealand[142]
Switzerland[143]
United Kingdom[44] 8 June 2015
France[144]
Poland[145]
Canada[146] 9 June 2015
Italy[147]
Spain[148]
United States[149]
Japan[150] 10 June 2015
Norway[151]
Sweden[152]

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Drones is the seventh studio album by English rock band Muse released on 5 June 2015 through Warner Bros Records and the band s own Helium 3 imprint The album was recorded between October 2014 and April 2015 at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver with orchestral sections recorded at Officine Meccaniche in Milan and was produced by the band and Robert John Mutt Lange Drones is a concept album following a soldier s abandonment indoctrination as a human drone and eventual defection It also comments on the Obama administration s drone program After their previous albums incorporated orchestral and electronic music Muse aimed to return to a more straightforward rock sound musically DronesCover art by Matt MahurinStudio album by MuseReleased5 June 2015 2015 06 05 RecordedOctober 2014 April 2015StudioThe Warehouse Vancouver Officine Meccaniche Milan GenreAlternative rock progressive rock hard rock progressive metalLength52 40LabelWarner Bros Helium 3ProducerRobert John Mutt Lange MuseMuse chronologyLive at Rome Olympic Stadium 2013 Drones 2015 Simulation Theory 2018 Muse studio album chronologyThe 2nd Law 2012 Drones 2015 Simulation Theory 2018 Singles from Drones Dead Inside Released 23 March 2015 Mercy Released 18 May 2015 Revolt Released 4 November 2015 Aftermath Released 11 March 2016 Reapers Released 16 April 2016Drones received mixed to positive reviews from critics who praised its instrumentation but criticised its concept and lyrics It topped 21 international charts including the UK Albums Chart where it became Muse s fifth consecutive number one album and the US Billboard 200 It sold over a million copies worldwide in 2015 making it the year s 19th bestselling album At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards it won the award for Best Rock Album The album was listed on 41 in the NME albums of the year 2015 1 Diffuser fm named it the 42nd best of the year 2 Rolling stone named it the 39th best of the year 3 It was supported by an expansive world tour with appearances at several festivals and arenas lasting from 2015 to 2016 and grossing 88 5 million from 132 shows 4 5 A concert film of the tour entitled Muse Drones World Tour was released in cinemas in July 2018 6 Contents 1 Background 2 Recording 3 Composition 4 Promotion and release 5 Tour 6 Reception 7 Commercial performance 8 Track listing 9 Personnel 10 Charts 10 1 Weekly charts 10 2 Year end charts 11 Certifications 12 Release history 13 ReferencesBackground EditOn their previous albums The Resistance 2009 and The 2nd Law 2012 Muse incorporated orchestral and electronic music 7 8 In December 2013 they released the live album and video Live at Rome Olympic Stadium songwriter Matt Bellamy said the band wanted the release to capture some of the extremes of what we ve been doing since we want to go in a different direction in the future 7 Muse began writing their seventh album soon after the Rome concert Bellamy stated that the album should be something that really does strip away the additional things that we ve experimented with on the last two albums I kind of feel like it will be nice to reconnect and remind ourselves of just the basics of who we are 7 The band felt the electronic side of their music was becoming too dominant According to bassist Chris Wolstenholme some of the music on The 2nd Law was somewhat of a bore to play live and I m not too certain how much of it worked for our shows The logical step was to strip away all the outer layers and go back to the way we started Sometimes making things simpler makes them more powerful 9 Recording EditIn October 2014 Muse entered the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver 10 11 12 After having self produced their previous two albums Muse worked with producer Robert John Mutt Lange to spend less time mixing and reviewing takes and focus on performance 9 Tommaso Colliva and Rich Costey served as additional producers 10 After having used several different bass guitars and effect pedals for The 2nd Law Wolstenholme used only one bass guitar and a small number of pedals hoping to find a cohesive sound 9 The first recording session ended on 19 October with the band calling it emotional 13 Muse re entered the studio in November 2014 14 On 1 April 2015 drummer Dominic Howard and mixer Rich Costey indicated on their Instagram accounts that they had finished mixing the album 15 16 The result was a simpler more consistent rock sound with less elaborate production and genre experimentation 9 17 18 Composition EditDrones has been described as featuring alternative rock 19 hard rock 20 progressive rock 21 and progressive metal 22 It is a concept album about the dehumanisation of modern warfare 23 The story begins with Dead Inside where the protagonist loses hope and becomes vulnerable to the dark forces of Psycho He eventually defects revolts and overcomes his enemies 24 Answering fan questions on Twitter in September 2014 Bellamy said the album s themes include deep ecology the empathy gap and World War III 25 In March 2015 he said To me drones are metaphorical psychopaths which enable psychopathic behaviour with no recourse The world is run by drones utilising drones to turn us all into drones This album explores the journey of a human from their abandonment and loss of hope to their indoctrination by the system to be a human drone to their eventual defection from their oppressors 26 In an interview in the same month Bellamy described Drones as a modern metaphor for what it is to lose empathy through modern technology and obviously through drone warfare in particular it s possible to actually do quite horrific things by remote control at a great distance without actually feeling any of the consequences or even feeling responsible in some way 27 Promotion and release EditOn 26 January 2015 Muse revealed the album title in an Instagram video featuring a mixing desk with audio samples and a screen stating Artist Muse Album Drones 28 They also began using the hashtag MuseDrones on Twitter and Instagram 29 On 6 February American artist Matt Mahurin announced he had created artwork for the album 30 31 On 8 March the band shared a snippet of the new song Psycho and mentioned mixing with a very tight deadline 32 On 12 March Muse released a lyric video for Psycho on their YouTube channel and made the song available for download with the album pre order 33 Critics have described Psycho as a hard rock 34 and glam rock 35 song with elements of nu metal 36 On 23 March Dead Inside was released as the album s lead single with a lyric video on Muse s YouTube channel 37 38 On 18 May Muse released a lyric video for Mercy and released the song on Spotify 39 On 29 May a lyric video for Reapers was released on YouTube 40 followed by The Handler on 2 June 41 and JFK with Defector on 3 June 42 In an album review for The Observer Kitty Empire commented that the pacy song Reapers exposes the overlap between the unfeeling destruction of drone warfare and the unfeeling destruction wrought by people tearing each other apart referring to Muse frontman Matt Bellamy s break up from fiancee Kate Hudson She also compared Bellamy to Yngwie Malmsteen noting that the song contains meaty riffs 43 Drones was released on 5 June 2015 in Europe and 8 June in the United Kingdom 44 under Warner Bros Records and Helium 3 On 3 November Muse released Revolt as the third single from the album along with a music video on iTunes 45 The fourth single Aftermath was released on 11 March 2016 and on 16 April the final single Reapers was released as a 7 single for Record Store Day 46 Tour EditMain article Drones World Tour nbsp The band performing in Brooklyn New York on 27 January 2016 From 15 to 24 March 2015 the band played the Psycho Tour six concerts in small venues in the UK 26 Starting with Radio 1 s Big Weekend in May 2015 the band embarked on the Drones World Tour in support of the album which led to the release of the live video Muse Drones World Tour Bellamy confirmed they would tour North America in late 2015 and Europe in 2016 and also said they would be flying drones over the audience during the shows However two concerts in San Diego and Las Vegas were rescheduled due to technical and logistical challenges while the drones were not used at all in three gigs and one gig in Detroit saw several drones fail simultaneously From 15 to 24 March 2015 the band played the Psycho UK Tour six concerts in small venues in the UK The Psycho Tour was a short tour by the English rock band Muse during March 2015 The tour was first hinted at by guitarist and lead vocalist Matthew Bellamy s Twitter on March 10 2015 with the tour being officially announced the next day on the band s Facebook page along with the lyric video for Psycho 47 The dynamics of this tour were different from what Muse had used in the past few tours where they relied heavily on theatrical stage craft and production this tour took the band into smaller venues around the UK and the United States the stage design was only a simple lighting rig and for all but one concert a backdrop displaying the cover art of their upcoming album The band had not played in many of the venues since the Origin of Symmetry tour which took place from 2001 to 2002 citation needed The band was supported by Marmozets on the tour Part of the tour also took place outside the UK in the United States 47 26 In May 2015 the band embarked on the Drones World Tour in support of the album which led to the release of the live video Muse Drones World Tour Bellamy confirmed they would tour North America in late 2015 and Europe in 2016 and also said they would be flying drones over the audience during the shows However two concerts in San Diego and Las Vegas were rescheduled due to technical and logistical challenges while the drones were not used at all in three gigs and one gig in Detroit saw several drones fail simultaneously 48 During the first leg of the tour the band had their debut performance at Download Festival which they also headlined 49 The new tour stage set up featured 11 LED pillars which could be manually pushed back and forth by members of the crew to accommodate the show Bellamy compared this set up to The Resistance tour on his Instagram An updated version of this set was used for the remaining dates in 2017 complete with new lighting rigs and lasers 50 Reception EditProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 5 7 10 51 Metacritic63 100 52 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 23 The Daily Telegraph nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 53 Entertainment WeeklyC 54 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 55 Los Angeles Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 56 NME7 10 57 Pitchfork4 5 10 58 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 59 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 22 Spin5 10 21 At Metacritic which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics Drones has an average score of 63 based on 25 reviews Kerrang gave Drones a perfect score calling it a claustrophobic classic that sharpens the focus of what is possible in the name of high minded rock 52 Q wrote that despite Muse s stated goal of returning to their roots Drones is anything but back to basics garage rock befitting of its proggy conceptual narrative about state mind control it s an album of rambling interests 59 David Fricke of Rolling Stone called the album a truly guilty pleasure and praised its chunky update of the guitar bass drums charge of the band s earlier albums as what Muse do best 22 The NME wrote that the album s trademark Muse themes of brainwashing warmongering superpowers suppression of The Truth and the urgent need to fight the hand that bleeds us still resonate in 2015 but obliquely Muse s music once more matches Bellamy s adventurous intrigue 57 AllMusic wrote that it s hard to avoid Muse s conclusion that war is bad but this inclination to write everything in bold italicized capital letters is an asset when it comes to music 23 Kitty Empire of The Observer wrote that despite the trite lyrics and confusing plot some of Drones was fist pumpingly ace a timely restatement of the need for popular music to evoke both thought and dopamine rush 60 Ian Cohen of Pitchfork found that Drones lacked subtlety and criticised its lyrics writing Whatever pleasure can be generated from Bellamy s admirable melodic sense and overblown hooks is negated by Muse s insistence that they re profound rather than fun 58 Oliver Keens of Time Out London called the album s handling of the drones subject matter tactless and crass and its story as dull as dog food told with the wishy washy flim flam of a frothing conspiracy theorist We used to moan that musicians didn t write about politics anymore Based on this effort maybe that s for the best 61 Rolling Stone named it the 38th best album of 2015 calling it a searing commentary on our era s vague dread computer driven death from above and Orwellian political climate It was the year s most convincing howl from the abyss 62 The Daily Telegraph wrote that It s more than a little Spinal Tap but if I was a teenage boy this is exactly the kind of thrilling madness that might turn me on to a moribund genre 63 The Evening Standard gave it four out of five and wrote Prog phobics might dismiss it as latter day Pink Floyd with a dash of Noam Chomsky But Bellamy s maturing songwriting has become more accessible less prone to bluster Drones is the fearsome sound of Muse at their monumental best 64 Commercial performance EditOn the UK Albums Chart Drones debuted at number one with sales of 72 863 copies the third highest opening of 2015 up to that point It was Muse s fifth consecutive number one album in the UK 65 It remained at number one in the second week selling 24 445 copies 996 from streaming bringing total sales to 97 308 66 67 It sold one million copies worldwide in 2015 and was the 19th best selling album of the year 68 By 2016 it had sold approximately 170 000 copies in UK 230 000 copies in the US and 192 000 copies in France 69 Drones debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 in the week ending 14 June earning 84 200 album equivalent units in its first week including 79 400 copies on traditional sales 26 000 on single sales and 3 3 million on single streams surpassing estimations 70 The album replaced How Big How Blue How Beautiful by Florence and the Machine in the previous week the first time two British artists had debuted consecutively at number one on the US chart since 1956 Its traditional sales took Drones to number one of the Top Album Sales chart 71 Track listing EditAll lyrics are written by Matt Bellamy all music is composed by Bellamy except where noted 10 Drones Standard editionNo TitleMusicLength1 Dead Inside 4 222 Drill Sergeant 0 213 Psycho 5 164 Mercy 3 515 Reapers 5 596 The Handler 4 337 JFK 0 548 Defector 4 339 Revolt 4 0510 Aftermath 5 4711 The Globalist BellamyEdward Elgar10 0712 Drones BellamyGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina2 49Total length 52 40 Drones Deluxe edition DVD 72 No TitleLength1 Psycho Live at Glasgow Barrowlands 5 442 Dead Inside Live at Brighton Dome 4 383 The Handler Soundcheck Exeter Great Hall 4 454 Reapers Live at Exeter Great Hall 6 185 Bonus Studio Footage The Globalist Defector 10 00Total length 32 57 Notes The Globalist contains music based on Nimrod from the Enigma Variations composed by Edward Elgar Drones contains music based on the Benedictus from Missa Papae Marcelli composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Personnel EditAll personnel adapted from album liner notes 10 Muse Matt Bellamy lead vocals guitars piano keyboards arrangements production Chris Wolstenholme bass backing vocals production Dominic Howard drums productionTechnical personnel Robert John Mutt Lange production backing vocals Mercy and Aftermath Rich Costey additional production mixing Tommaso Colliva additional production engineering Adam Greenholtz additional engineering Eric Mosher engineering assistance Giuseppe Salvadori engineering assistance Jacopo Dorici engineering assistance John Prestage engineering assistance Tom Bailey engineering assistance Marlo Borgatta mixing assistance Giovanni Versari mastering Bob Ludwig mastering Dead Inside Matt Colton mastering vinyl half speed Olle Sven Romo additional programming Durand Trench dialogue recording Drill Sergeant and Psycho Audrey Riley string arrangements conductor Matt Mahurin art direction illustration package design Additional musicians and performers Will Leon Thompson dialogue Drill Sergeant Drill Sergeant and Psycho Michael Shiloah dialogue Recruit Drill Sergeant and Psycho John F Kennedy recorded dialogue of April 1961 Secret Societies speech JFK Alessandro Cortini modular synthesizers Edoardo De Angelis concertmaster violin Sarah Cross violin Freiherr von Dellingshausen violin Anna Minella violin Elia Mariani violin Gian Guerra violin Gian Lodigiani violin Gianmaria Bellisario violin Marco Corsini violin Michelle Torresetti violin Tommaso Belli violin Valerio D Ercole violin Maria Lucchi viola Serena Palozzi viola Valentina Emilio Eria viola Andrea Scacchi cello Eliana Gintoli cello Francesco Sacco cello Martina Rudic cello Linati Omar contrabass Massimo Clavenna contrabassCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2015 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 73 1Austrian Albums O3 Austria 74 2Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 75 2Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 76 1Canadian Albums Billboard 77 2Danish Albums Hitlisten 78 1Dutch Albums Album Top 100 79 1Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 80 1French Albums SNEP 81 1German Albums Offizielle Top 100 82 3Greek Albums IFPI 83 3Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 84 3Irish Albums IRMA 85 1Italian Albums FIMI 86 2Japanese Albums Oricon 87 5Mexican Albums AMPROFON 88 1New Zealand Albums RMNZ 89 1Norwegian Albums VG lista 90 1Polish Albums ZPAV 91 6Portuguese Albums AFP 92 1Scottish Albums OCC 93 1South Korean Albums Circle 94 4South Korean International Albums Circle 95 2Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 96 3Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 97 2Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 98 1UK Albums OCC 99 1US Billboard 200 100 1US Top Rock Albums Billboard 101 1 Year end charts Edit Chart 2015 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 102 45Austrian Albums O3 Austria 103 43Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 104 12Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 105 8Danish Albums Hitlisten 106 99Dutch Albums Album Top 100 107 10French Albums SNEP 108 16German Albums Offizielle Top 100 109 90Hungarian Albums IRMA 110 52Italian Albums FIMI 111 34Japan Hot Albums Billboard Japan 112 77Mexican Albums AMPROFON 88 41New Zealand Albums RMNZ 113 45Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 114 63Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 115 5UK Albums OCC 116 30US Billboard 200 117 172US Top Rock Albums Billboard 118 19Chart 2016 PositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 119 68Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 120 48Dutch Albums Album Top 100 121 76French Albums SNEP 122 128US Top Rock Albums Billboard 123 50Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 124 Gold 35 000 Austria IFPI Austria 125 Gold 7 500 Canada Music Canada 126 Platinum 80 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 127 Gold 10 000 France SNEP 128 2 Platinum 200 000 Italy FIMI 129 Platinum 50 000 Mexico AMPROFON 130 Gold 30 000 Netherlands NVPI 131 Gold 20 000 Russia NFPF 132 Platinum 10 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 133 Platinum 20 000 United Kingdom BPI 134 Gold 100 000 SummariesWorldwide 1 100 000 135 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history EditRegion Date Format LabelAustralia 136 5 June 2015 CD CD DVD LP CD DVD LP digital download Warner Bros Austria 137 Finland 138 Germany 139 Ireland 140 Netherlands 141 New Zealand 142 Switzerland 143 United Kingdom 44 8 June 2015France 144 Poland 145 Canada 146 9 June 2015Italy 147 Spain 148 United States 149 Japan 150 10 June 2015Norway 151 Sweden 152 References Edit NME best albums of 2015 NME 2 December 2015 Archived from the original on 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