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The 2nd Law

May 28, 2023

This article is about the Muse album. For the rule of energy transfers, see Second law of thermodynamics. For other theoretical laws, see Second law.

The 2nd Law is the sixth studio album by English rock band Muse, first released on 28 September 2012 through Warner Bros. Records and the band's own Helium-3 imprint. Recording of the album took place in studios between London and Los Angeles County, beginning in October 2011 and ending in August 2012. The 2nd Law was Muse's second album to be solely self-produced, following The Resistance (2009), and features a plethora of additional musicians that performed brass, strings, and choir vocals.

The 2nd Law
Cover art by the Human Connectome Project
Studio album by
Muse
Released28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)
RecordedOctober 2011 – August 2012
Studio
Genre
Length53:49
Label
ProducerMuse
Muse studio albums chronology
The Resistance
(2009) 		The 2nd Law
(2012) 		Drones
(2015)
Singles from The 2nd Law
  1. "Survival"
    Released: 27 June 2012
  2. "Madness"
    Released: 20 August 2012
  3. "Follow Me"
    Released: 7 December 2012
  4. "Supremacy"
    Released: 20 February 2013
  5. "Panic Station"
    Released: 31 May 2013

The 2nd Law is a concept album about a deteriorating planet that its inhabitants can no longer live on. Major lyrical themes of the album include societal collapse, totalitarianism, and the second law of thermodynamics, which the album's title references. Musically, the band chose to experiment significantly and create a sound that was distinct from their past records. The album's sound incorporates art rock, progressive rock, and electronic music with Muse's traditional alternative rock style. Acts such as Queen, David Bowie, and Skrillex also served as key influences on the album. The album's cover art features a map of the human brain's pathways, which was taken from the Human Connectome Project.

The singles "Survival", "Madness", "Follow Me", "Supremacy", and "Panic Station" were released in promotion. "Survival" had been chosen as the official song for the 2012 Summer Olympics, "Madness" became an international hit, most notably topping the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for a record-breaking 19 weeks, and "Supremacy" was performed live to begin the 2013 Brit Awards. The 2nd Law received positive reviews from critics and performed well commercially; it was a top ten-charting album in 31 countries and a number one album in 13 countries. For its sales figures, it was certified platinum in four countries, including the United Kingdom, and triple-platinum in France. At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best Rock Album and "Madness" was nominated for Best Rock Song. "Panic Station" was later nominated for Best Rock Song at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards the following year. As of 2018, The 2nd Law has sold over 2.3 million copies worldwide.

Background and recording

The 2nd Law was primarily recorded at AIR Studios in London, England and EastWest Studios in Los Angeles, California, with additional recording taking place at Shangri La Studios in Malibu, California and Capitol Studios in Hollywood.[1] In an interview with Billboard on 18 October 2011, the band's manager Anthony Addis revealed that Muse had begun recording their sixth album in London and that he expected it to be released by October 2012.[2] Muse bassist Chris Wolstenholme had stated in an interview with BBC Radio 1 that they had aimed to begin recording The 2nd Law in either September or October 2011.[3] During the recording of the album, band frontman Matt Bellamy jokingly described the album as a "Christian gangsta rap jazz odyssey, with some ambient rebellious dubstep and face-melting metal flamenco cowboy psychedelia" on his Twitter account.[4][5]

In an interview with Kerrang! on 14 December 2011, Wolstenholme stated that the next Muse album would be "something radically different" from their prior releases.[6] He also said that it felt as if the band were "drawing a line under a certain period" of their career with their sixth album.[6] In another interview Chris mentioned that the band had experimented with music and sounds in particular.[7] It was revealed via Muse's publicist Tom Kirk on his Twitter account that composer David Campbell was helping the band compose the album.[8] In an interview in the April 2012 issue of NME, Bellamy said that the band were set to include elements of electronic music, with influences coming from acts such as French house duo Justice and UK dance-punk group Does It Offend You, Yeah?.[9]

Composition

 
"The 2nd Law: Unsustainable" (2012)
A 22-second sample from "The 2nd Law: Unsustainable" by Muse. The song was influenced by dubstep producer Skrillex.[10]
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The 2nd Law has been described by The Arts Desk as a concept album with main themes of "chaos, control, societal collapse and totalitarianism".[11] The iTunes review of the album similarly described it as a concept album telling the story of "a resource-strapped planet that can no longer support its inhabitants".[12] The music of The 2nd Law has been described as art rock,[13] alternative rock,[14] progressive rock,[15] and electronic music.[16] The album's first track, "Supremacy", has been compared to James Bond theme songs.[17] "Madness", according to NME, features influences which draw from Queen's "I Want to Break Free" and David Bowie's Scary Monsters album.[18] Instead of using a bass guitar for the song, Wolstenholme opted to use a Misa Kitara, a digital MIDI controller, to create the song's main bass riff.[19] "Panic Station", the third track, has been noted as a funk rock song[20][21][22] and features collaborations from people who had worked on Stevie Wonder's "Superstition".[19] It also includes explicit lyrics, making The 2nd Law Muse's first album to feature the Parental Advisory label.[12]

Bellamy stated that dubstep producer Skrillex was an influence when writing one of the final two tracks on the album – "The 2nd Law: Unsustainable".[10] He also stated that the song "Follow Me" was written about his newborn son, Bingham Bellamy. The song was produced by electronic music trio Nero.[1] Bassist Chris Wolstenholme wrote two songs for the album about his battle with alcoholism – "Save Me" and "Liquid State" – and provided lead vocals on both tracks, thus marking the first time Wolstenholme sang lead vocals on a Muse song.[23] Bellamy revealed that during the recording of The 2nd Law he was reading the novel World War Z, which became a major influence on the album, especially the tracks "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" and "Survival".[24] "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" was featured in the film adaptation of the novel.[25]

Packaging

 
Album cover for the vinyl release of The 2nd Law, featuring similar Human Connectome Project imagery to the album's digital and compact disc releases.

The name "The 2nd Law" references the second law of thermodynamics,[26] which is quoted in the track "Unsustainable" as follows:

All natural and technological processes proceed in such a way that the availability of the remaining energy decreases. In all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves an isolated system, the entropy of that system increases. Energy continuously flows from being concentrated, to becoming dispersed, spread out, wasted, and useless. New energy cannot be created and high-grade energy are being destroyed. An economy based on endless growth is unsustainable.[27]

The album's cover art, taken from the Human Connectome Project, represents the map of the human brain's pathways, "tracking the circuits in our heads and how we process information with bright, neon colors."[28] The artwork was subsequently used by Muse in a social Connectome Project on 21 September 2012. As more fans joined the online project, the album art was built, representing the network of the neurons within the brain. As the album art branched and more fans joined the network, incremental segments of the album track "The 2nd Law: Isolated System" were released.[29]

The album was released as a digital download, CD, CD+DVD (with The Making of The 2nd Law and bonus feature),[30] and vinyl. A deluxe edition box set of The 2nd Law included a CD, DVD, double vinyl and three posters.[31]

Promotion

On 6 June 2012, Muse released a trailer for The 2nd Law with a countdown on the band's website suggesting a 17 September release date.[32] The trailer, which included dubstep elements, was met with mixed reactions from fans.[33][34] "Survival" was released as the album's first single on 27 June 2012 and premiered on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show, along with the song's counterpart intro, "Prelude".[35] The song served as the official song of the London 2012 Olympic Games[36] and peaked at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart.[37]

It was revealed by the band in an interview with NME magazine that "Madness" would be released as the second single.[38] Released on 20 August, it was announced that the song would make its world premiere on BBC Radio 1 at 19:30 BST, but the track was leaked online beforehand, due to an unintentional early release in South Korea.[39][40] The official music video for the song was uploaded on 5 September to the band's YouTube channel.[41] The song had significant chart performance by peaking in the top 40 in several countries. It has peaked at number 25 in the UK,[37] as well as number 45 in the Billboard Hot 100, making "Madness" the band's second-highest charting song in the US, behind "Uprising".[42] The song was also notable for topping the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for a cumulative amount of nineteen weeks, making it the longest-running number-one song on the chart. The previous record was eighteen weeks, held by the Foo Fighters with their song "The Pretender".[43] The song has been certified platinum by the FIMI in Italy[44] and the MC in Canada.[45] The song has also been certified double-platinum by the RIAA in the US for 2,000,000 copies of the song sold.[46]

"Follow Me" was revealed as the third single when several promo CD's allegedly sent to radio stations appeared on eBay.[47] The official lyric video was released on 1 November[48] and the official music video was released on 11 December, both on the band's official YouTube channel.[49] The song failed to chart in the UK, but it ended up charting in Belgium,[50][51] France,[52] Italy,[53] and Japan.[54] "Supremacy" was released as the fourth single from the album on 25 February 2013.[55] The song gained popularity when it was performed at the beginning of the 2013 Brit Awards.[56] Due to this performance, the song charted and peaked at number 58 on the UK singles chart.[37] The band conducted a competition to produce a music video for "Animals". The winning video was created by Inês Freitas and Miguel Mendes (Oneness Team) from Portugal. The winning entry was released on 20 March 2013.[57] "Panic Station" was released as the fifth single on 31 May 2013,[58] accompanied by a music video shot during the Japanese dates of The 2nd Law Tour. The music video was released on 22 April 2013 at 10:00 AM PDT on the official Muse YouTube channel.[59] An interactive lyric video for the song was released, as well.[60] The band had previously performed this track, as well as "Madness", on the 6 October 2012 episode of Saturday Night Live. The song failed to chart in the UK, but it peaked at number two on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.[61] Furthermore, "Big Freeze" was released in April 2013, but only for French radios and without a commercial release.[62]

Tour

 
Muse performing at the Air Canada Centre in 2013, as part of their 2nd Law World Tour.
Main article: The 2nd Law World Tour

On 7 June 2012, Muse announced a European Arena tour; the first leg of The 2nd Law World Tour. The leg included dates in France, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Finland and the United Kingdom as well as other countries. They had also added North American dates to the tour.[63]

Furthermore, the tour has an official live release on CD/DVD/Blu-ray: Live at Rome Olympic Stadium, with the Italian date which was held on 6 July 2013 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, in front of a crowd of 60,963 people. A show in Tokyo described by drummer Dom as 'the funniest ever' was also filmed. However, a release date for this recording has yet to be confirmed, with only one song from the concert being released as a Muse website members 'Christmas present.' At the conclusion of 2013, the tour was placed on Pollstar's annual "Year End Top 20 Worldwide Tours", and appeared 13th worldwide, earning over $103 million with 79 shows in 2013.[64]

Reception

Critical

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.4/10[65]
Metacritic70/100[66]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [67]
The A.V. ClubC−[68]
The Daily Telegraph     [69]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[70]
The Guardian     [4]
Los Angeles Times    [71]
NME8/10[72]
Pitchfork5.5/10[73]
Rolling Stone     [15]
Spin4/10[74]

The 2nd Law received generally positive reviews upon release. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70 based on 30 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[66] BBC music critic Ian Winwood also gave the album a positive review, highlighting "Supremacy", "Liquid State" and "The 2nd Law: Isolated System", saying that Muse "present themselves in any guise they please".[75] The Telegraph's Helen Brown rated the album four out of five stars, noting the album's eclectic influences and reserving praise for "Madness" in particular.[69] The Observer's Kitty Empire also alluded to Muse's bombastic tendencies, saying "Bellamy is not blind to the contradictions of his band's attempts continually to ramp the ludicrousness up to 11; endless growth is, of course, unsustainable. But for now they remain pretty comfortable with the idea of obscene over-inflation. So should we."[76]

AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars, noting "their excursions into dubstep and dance music on tracks like "Madness" and "Follow Me" feel more like remixes than original songs. Songs like these definitely have the spine of Muse tracks, but the production that's built up around them feels almost alien."[67] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a grade of C+, claiming that "the band goes overboard with Queen-isms" and expressing disappointment at the lack of electronic music elements compared to the band's expectations that the album would be a departure from previous releases.[70] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis rated the album four out of five stars, complimenting the band's ambition but finding fault with the album's bombastic tendencies which were also present on their previous albums, stating "no one goes to see a blockbuster for its profundity and deep characterisation. They go for the stunts and the special effects, both of which The 2nd Law delivers."[4]

Accolades

The album was a nominee for Best Rock Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards. The song "Madness" was also nominated for Best Rock Song.[77] The album listed at number 46 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying "In an era of diminished expectations, Muse make stadium-crushing songs that mix the legacies of Queen, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin and Radiohead while making almost every other current band seem tiny."[78]

Commercial

The 2nd Law had a very positive commercial performance, selling around 475,000 copies worldwide on its release. It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 with 102,000 copies sold in its first week, giving Muse the highest charting debut of their career in the US, although it sold fewer copies than the debut of their previous album The Resistance, which debuted at number three with 128,000 copies.[79] It has sold 485,000 copies in the US as of May 2015.[80] It also debuted at number 2 in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Korea and Spain. The album gave Muse their fourth number 1 debut in the UK with first week sales of 108,536 copies, while also debuting at number 1 in 13 other countries. It has sold 255,000 copies in the UK in 2012 alone.[81]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matt Bellamy, except "Save Me" and "Liquid State" written by Chris Wolstenholme.

The 2nd Law – Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Supremacy"4:55
2."Madness"4:39
3."Panic Station"3:03
4."Prelude"0:57
5."Survival"4:17
6."Follow Me"3:51
7."Animals"4:23
8."Explorers"5:48
9."Big Freeze"4:41
10."Save Me"5:09
11."Liquid State"3:03
12."The 2nd Law: Unsustainable"3:47
13."The 2nd Law: Isolated System"4:59
Total length:53:49
The 2nd Law – Deluxe edition (DVD)
No.TitleLength
1."The Making of The 2nd Law"32:27
2."Bonus Feature"7:52
Total length:40:19

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album liner notes.[1]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for The 2nd Law
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[139] Gold 15,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[140] Platinum 80,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[141] Gold 10,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[142] Gold 16,427[142]
France (SNEP)[143] 3× Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[144] Gold 100,000 
Ireland (IRMA)[145] Gold 7,500^
Italy (FIMI)[146] 2× Platinum 100,000 
Mexico (AMPROFON)[147] Gold 30,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[148] Gold 25,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[149] Gold 7,500^
Poland (ZPAV)[150] Gold 10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[151] Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[152] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[153] Gold 500,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[154] Platinum 1,000,000*
Worldwide (2012) — 1,600,000[155]

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

Release history

Release history and formats for The 2nd Law
Country Date Format Label
Australia[156] 28 September 2012 Standard, deluxe, box set, 2 LP Warner Bros., Helium-3
Austria[157]
Belgium[158]
Finland[159]
Germany[160]
Ireland[161]
Netherlands[162]
Switzerland[163]
Poland[164] 1 October 2012 Standard, deluxe, 2 LP
United Kingdom[165] Standard, deluxe, box set, 2 LP
Italy[166] 2 October 2012
Canada[167] Standard, deluxe, 2 LP
United States[168]
Japan[169] 3 October 2012 Standard, deluxe, box set
Sweden[170] Standard, deluxe, box set, 2 LP

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ Additional recording at Shangri-La in Malibu, California, and Capitol in Los Angeles.

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  • A Dip In The Muse Kitchen Sink – Article on the making of The 2nd Law

May 28, 2023
this, article, about, muse, album, rule, energy, transfers, second, thermodynamics, other, theoretical, laws, second, sixth, studio, album, english, rock, band, muse, first, released, september, 2012, through, warner, bros, records, band, helium, imprint, reco. This article is about the Muse album For the rule of energy transfers see Second law of thermodynamics For other theoretical laws see Second law The 2nd Law is the sixth studio album by English rock band Muse first released on 28 September 2012 through Warner Bros Records and the band s own Helium 3 imprint Recording of the album took place in studios between London and Los Angeles County beginning in October 2011 and ending in August 2012 The 2nd Law was Muse s second album to be solely self produced following The Resistance 2009 and features a plethora of additional musicians that performed brass strings and choir vocals The 2nd LawCover art by the Human Connectome ProjectStudio album by MuseReleased28 September 2012 2012 09 28 RecordedOctober 2011 August 2012StudioAIR Lyndhurst London EastWest Los Angeles a GenreAlternative rock art rock progressive rock electronicLength53 49LabelWarner Bros Helium 3ProducerMuseMuse studio albums chronologyThe Resistance 2009 The 2nd Law 2012 Drones 2015 Singles from The 2nd Law Survival Released 27 June 2012 Madness Released 20 August 2012 Follow Me Released 7 December 2012 Supremacy Released 20 February 2013 Panic Station Released 31 May 2013The 2nd Law is a concept album about a deteriorating planet that its inhabitants can no longer live on Major lyrical themes of the album include societal collapse totalitarianism and the second law of thermodynamics which the album s title references Musically the band chose to experiment significantly and create a sound that was distinct from their past records The album s sound incorporates art rock progressive rock and electronic music with Muse s traditional alternative rock style Acts such as Queen David Bowie and Skrillex also served as key influences on the album The album s cover art features a map of the human brain s pathways which was taken from the Human Connectome Project The singles Survival Madness Follow Me Supremacy and Panic Station were released in promotion Survival had been chosen as the official song for the 2012 Summer Olympics Madness became an international hit most notably topping the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for a record breaking 19 weeks and Supremacy was performed live to begin the 2013 Brit Awards The 2nd Law received positive reviews from critics and performed well commercially it was a top ten charting album in 31 countries and a number one album in 13 countries For its sales figures it was certified platinum in four countries including the United Kingdom and triple platinum in France At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards the album was nominated for Best Rock Album and Madness was nominated for Best Rock Song Panic Station was later nominated for Best Rock Song at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards the following year As of 2018 The 2nd Law has sold over 2 3 million copies worldwide Contents 1 Background and recording 2 Composition 3 Packaging 4 Promotion 4 1 Tour 5 Reception 5 1 Critical 5 2 Accolades 5 3 Commercial 6 Track listing 7 Personnel 8 Charts 8 1 Weekly charts 8 2 Year end charts 9 Certifications 10 Release history 11 Notes and references 12 External linksBackground and recording EditThe 2nd Law was primarily recorded at AIR Studios in London England and EastWest Studios in Los Angeles California with additional recording taking place at Shangri La Studios in Malibu California and Capitol Studios in Hollywood 1 In an interview with Billboard on 18 October 2011 the band s manager Anthony Addis revealed that Muse had begun recording their sixth album in London and that he expected it to be released by October 2012 2 Muse bassist Chris Wolstenholme had stated in an interview with BBC Radio 1 that they had aimed to begin recording The 2nd Law in either September or October 2011 3 During the recording of the album band frontman Matt Bellamy jokingly described the album as a Christian gangsta rap jazz odyssey with some ambient rebellious dubstep and face melting metal flamenco cowboy psychedelia on his Twitter account 4 5 In an interview with Kerrang on 14 December 2011 Wolstenholme stated that the next Muse album would be something radically different from their prior releases 6 He also said that it felt as if the band were drawing a line under a certain period of their career with their sixth album 6 In another interview Chris mentioned that the band had experimented with music and sounds in particular 7 It was revealed via Muse s publicist Tom Kirk on his Twitter account that composer David Campbell was helping the band compose the album 8 In an interview in the April 2012 issue of NME Bellamy said that the band were set to include elements of electronic music with influences coming from acts such as French house duo Justice and UK dance punk group Does It Offend You Yeah 9 Composition Edit The 2nd Law Unsustainable 2012 source source A 22 second sample from The 2nd Law Unsustainable by Muse The song was influenced by dubstep producer Skrillex 10 Problems playing this file See media help The 2nd Law has been described by The Arts Desk as a concept album with main themes of chaos control societal collapse and totalitarianism 11 The iTunes review of the album similarly described it as a concept album telling the story of a resource strapped planet that can no longer support its inhabitants 12 The music of The 2nd Law has been described as art rock 13 alternative rock 14 progressive rock 15 and electronic music 16 The album s first track Supremacy has been compared to James Bond theme songs 17 Madness according to NME features influences which draw from Queen s I Want to Break Free and David Bowie s Scary Monsters album 18 Instead of using a bass guitar for the song Wolstenholme opted to use a Misa Kitara a digital MIDI controller to create the song s main bass riff 19 Panic Station the third track has been noted as a funk rock song 20 21 22 and features collaborations from people who had worked on Stevie Wonder s Superstition 19 It also includes explicit lyrics making The 2nd Law Muse s first album to feature the Parental Advisory label 12 Bellamy stated that dubstep producer Skrillex was an influence when writing one of the final two tracks on the album The 2nd Law Unsustainable 10 He also stated that the song Follow Me was written about his newborn son Bingham Bellamy The song was produced by electronic music trio Nero 1 Bassist Chris Wolstenholme wrote two songs for the album about his battle with alcoholism Save Me and Liquid State and provided lead vocals on both tracks thus marking the first time Wolstenholme sang lead vocals on a Muse song 23 Bellamy revealed that during the recording of The 2nd Law he was reading the novel World War Z which became a major influence on the album especially the tracks The 2nd Law Isolated System and Survival 24 The 2nd Law Isolated System was featured in the film adaptation of the novel 25 Packaging Edit Album cover for the vinyl release of The 2nd Law featuring similar Human Connectome Project imagery to the album s digital and compact disc releases The name The 2nd Law references the second law of thermodynamics 26 which is quoted in the track Unsustainable as follows All natural and technological processes proceed in such a way that the availability of the remaining energy decreases In all energy exchanges if no energy enters or leaves an isolated system the entropy of that system increases Energy continuously flows from being concentrated to becoming dispersed spread out wasted and useless New energy cannot be created and high grade energy are being destroyed An economy based on endless growth is unsustainable 27 The album s cover art taken from the Human Connectome Project represents the map of the human brain s pathways tracking the circuits in our heads and how we process information with bright neon colors 28 The artwork was subsequently used by Muse in a social Connectome Project on 21 September 2012 As more fans joined the online project the album art was built representing the network of the neurons within the brain As the album art branched and more fans joined the network incremental segments of the album track The 2nd Law Isolated System were released 29 The album was released as a digital download CD CD DVD with The Making of The 2nd Law and bonus feature 30 and vinyl A deluxe edition box set of The 2nd Law included a CD DVD double vinyl and three posters 31 Promotion EditOn 6 June 2012 Muse released a trailer for The 2nd Law with a countdown on the band s website suggesting a 17 September release date 32 The trailer which included dubstep elements was met with mixed reactions from fans 33 34 Survival was released as the album s first single on 27 June 2012 and premiered on BBC Radio 1 s Zane Lowe show along with the song s counterpart intro Prelude 35 The song served as the official song of the London 2012 Olympic Games 36 and peaked at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart 37 It was revealed by the band in an interview with NME magazine that Madness would be released as the second single 38 Released on 20 August it was announced that the song would make its world premiere on BBC Radio 1 at 19 30 BST but the track was leaked online beforehand due to an unintentional early release in South Korea 39 40 The official music video for the song was uploaded on 5 September to the band s YouTube channel 41 The song had significant chart performance by peaking in the top 40 in several countries It has peaked at number 25 in the UK 37 as well as number 45 in the Billboard Hot 100 making Madness the band s second highest charting song in the US behind Uprising 42 The song was also notable for topping the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for a cumulative amount of nineteen weeks making it the longest running number one song on the chart The previous record was eighteen weeks held by the Foo Fighters with their song The Pretender 43 The song has been certified platinum by the FIMI in Italy 44 and the MC in Canada 45 The song has also been certified double platinum by the RIAA in the US for 2 000 000 copies of the song sold 46 Follow Me was revealed as the third single when several promo CD s allegedly sent to radio stations appeared on eBay 47 The official lyric video was released on 1 November 48 and the official music video was released on 11 December both on the band s official YouTube channel 49 The song failed to chart in the UK but it ended up charting in Belgium 50 51 France 52 Italy 53 and Japan 54 Supremacy was released as the fourth single from the album on 25 February 2013 55 The song gained popularity when it was performed at the beginning of the 2013 Brit Awards 56 Due to this performance the song charted and peaked at number 58 on the UK singles chart 37 The band conducted a competition to produce a music video for Animals The winning video was created by Ines Freitas and Miguel Mendes Oneness Team from Portugal The winning entry was released on 20 March 2013 57 Panic Station was released as the fifth single on 31 May 2013 58 accompanied by a music video shot during the Japanese dates of The 2nd Law Tour The music video was released on 22 April 2013 at 10 00 AM PDT on the official Muse YouTube channel 59 An interactive lyric video for the song was released as well 60 The band had previously performed this track as well as Madness on the 6 October 2012 episode of Saturday Night Live The song failed to chart in the UK but it peaked at number two on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart 61 Furthermore Big Freeze was released in April 2013 but only for French radios and without a commercial release 62 Tour Edit Muse performing at the Air Canada Centre in 2013 as part of their 2nd Law World Tour Main article The 2nd Law World Tour On 7 June 2012 Muse announced a European Arena tour the first leg of The 2nd Law World Tour The leg included dates in France Italy Ireland Spain Finland and the United Kingdom as well as other countries They had also added North American dates to the tour 63 Furthermore the tour has an official live release on CD DVD Blu ray Live at Rome Olympic Stadium with the Italian date which was held on 6 July 2013 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome in front of a crowd of 60 963 people A show in Tokyo described by drummer Dom as the funniest ever was also filmed However a release date for this recording has yet to be confirmed with only one song from the concert being released as a Muse website members Christmas present At the conclusion of 2013 the tour was placed on Pollstar s annual Year End Top 20 Worldwide Tours and appeared 13th worldwide earning over 103 million with 79 shows in 2013 64 Reception EditCritical Edit Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 6 4 10 65 Metacritic70 100 66 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 67 The A V ClubC 68 The Daily Telegraph 69 Entertainment WeeklyC 70 The Guardian 4 Los Angeles Times 71 NME8 10 72 Pitchfork5 5 10 73 Rolling Stone 15 Spin4 10 74 The 2nd Law received generally positive reviews upon release On Metacritic which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album received an average score of 70 based on 30 reviews indicating generally favorable reviews 66 BBC music critic Ian Winwood also gave the album a positive review highlighting Supremacy Liquid State and The 2nd Law Isolated System saying that Muse present themselves in any guise they please 75 The Telegraph s Helen Brown rated the album four out of five stars noting the album s eclectic influences and reserving praise for Madness in particular 69 The Observer s Kitty Empire also alluded to Muse s bombastic tendencies saying Bellamy is not blind to the contradictions of his band s attempts continually to ramp the ludicrousness up to 11 endless growth is of course unsustainable But for now they remain pretty comfortable with the idea of obscene over inflation So should we 76 AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars noting their excursions into dubstep and dance music on tracks like Madness and Follow Me feel more like remixes than original songs Songs like these definitely have the spine of Muse tracks but the production that s built up around them feels almost alien 67 Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a grade of C claiming that the band goes overboard with Queen isms and expressing disappointment at the lack of electronic music elements compared to the band s expectations that the album would be a departure from previous releases 70 The Guardian s Alexis Petridis rated the album four out of five stars complimenting the band s ambition but finding fault with the album s bombastic tendencies which were also present on their previous albums stating no one goes to see a blockbuster for its profundity and deep characterisation They go for the stunts and the special effects both of which The 2nd Law delivers 4 Accolades Edit The album was a nominee for Best Rock Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards The song Madness was also nominated for Best Rock Song 77 The album listed at number 46 on Rolling Stone s list of the top 50 albums of 2012 saying In an era of diminished expectations Muse make stadium crushing songs that mix the legacies of Queen King Crimson Led Zeppelin and Radiohead while making almost every other current band seem tiny 78 Commercial Edit The 2nd Law had a very positive commercial performance selling around 475 000 copies worldwide on its release It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 with 102 000 copies sold in its first week giving Muse the highest charting debut of their career in the US although it sold fewer copies than the debut of their previous album The Resistance which debuted at number three with 128 000 copies 79 It has sold 485 000 copies in the US as of May 2015 update 80 It also debuted at number 2 in Australia Germany Ireland Korea and Spain The album gave Muse their fourth number 1 debut in the UK with first week sales of 108 536 copies while also debuting at number 1 in 13 other countries It has sold 255 000 copies in the UK in 2012 alone 81 Track listing EditAll tracks are written by Matt Bellamy except Save Me and Liquid State written by Chris Wolstenholme The 2nd Law Standard editionNo TitleLength1 Supremacy 4 552 Madness 4 393 Panic Station 3 034 Prelude 0 575 Survival 4 176 Follow Me 3 517 Animals 4 238 Explorers 5 489 Big Freeze 4 4110 Save Me 5 0911 Liquid State 3 0312 The 2nd Law Unsustainable 3 4713 The 2nd Law Isolated System 4 59Total length 53 49 The 2nd Law Deluxe edition DVD No TitleLength1 The Making of The 2nd Law 32 272 Bonus Feature 7 52Total length 40 19Personnel EditPersonnel adapted from album liner notes 1 Muse Matt Bellamy lead vocals tracks 1 3 5 9 12 guitar keyboards synthesizers orchestral arrangements production additional mixing track 6 Chris Wolstenholme bass guitar tracks 1 3 12 Misa Kitara track 2 synthesizers backing vocals lead vocals tracks 10 11 production Dominic Howard drums electronic percussion synthesizers productionAdditional musicians David Campbell conductor and additional orchestral arrangements Alyssa Park first violinist Gerardo Hilera Josefin Vergara Kevin Connolly Mario Deleon Michele Richards Ruth Bruegger Sara Parkins Sara Thornblade Serena McKinny Songa Lee Tamara Hatwan violins Andrew Duckles principal viola Alma Fernandez David Walther Matthew Funes violas Steve Richards principal cello Erika Duke Kirkpatrick George Kim Scholes Suzie Katayama cellos Dave Stone Oscar Hidalgo basses Rodrigo D Erasmo additional violin on Prelude and Explorers Daniela Savoldi additional cello on Prelude and Explorers Wayne Bergeron trumpet solo on Supremacy Joseph Meyer Nathan Campbell French horns Alan Kaplan Charles Morillas Craig Gosnell Nick Lane trombones Charles Findlay Steven Madaio trumpets on Panic Station Tom Saviano tenor saxophone Donald Markese baritone saxophone Katie Razzall spoken words on The 2nd Law Unsustainable and The 2nd Law Isolated System Tom Kirk additional chanting on Survival Bingham Bellamy Additional sound effects on Follow Me Aaron Page Antonio Sol Baraka Williams Beth Anderson Bobbi Page Christian Ebner Chyla Anderson Clydene Jackson Edie Lehmann Boddicker Francesca Proponis Gabriel Mann Gerald White Gregory Jasperse Gregory Whipple Guy Maeda Joannna Bushnell John Kimberling Karen Harper Karen Whipple Schnurr Kathryn Reid Kimberley Lingo Hinze Michael Geiger Oren Waters Raven Kane Reid Bruton Robert Joyce Scottie Haskell Susie Stevens Logan Teri Koide Walter Harrah choir Production Tommaso Colliva additional production engineering mixing tracks 4 6 Adrian Bushby additional production engineering Paul Reeve additional vocal production tracks 10 11 Nero additional production and mixing track 6 Chris Lord Alge mixing tracks 1 5 7 9 12 Mark Stent mixing tracks 2 8 10 Rich Costey mixing tracks 3 11 13 Alessandro Cortini additional synthesizer engineering Brendan Dekora engineering assistance Olga Fitzroy engineering assistance Sean Oakley engineering assistance Tom Bailey engineering assistance Ted Jensen masteringAdditional personnel Gavin Bond photographyCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Weekly chart performance for The 2nd Law Chart 2012 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 82 2Austrian Albums O3 Austria 83 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 84 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 85 1Canadian Albums Billboard 86 2Croatian Albums Chart 87 9Czech Albums Chart 88 5Danish Albums Hitlisten 89 2Dutch Albums Album Top 100 90 1Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 91 1French Albums SNEP 92 1German Albums Offizielle Top 100 93 2Hungarian Albums Chart 94 2Irish Albums Chart 95 2Italian Albums FIMI 96 1Japanese Albums Chart 97 5New Zealand Albums RMNZ 98 1Norwegian Albums VG lista 99 1Korean Albums Chart 100 2Polish Albums ZPAV 101 2Portuguese Albums AFP 102 1Russian Albums Chart 103 2Scottish Albums OCC 104 1Slovenian Albums Chart 105 4Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 106 2Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 107 6Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 108 1UK Albums OCC 109 1UK Rock amp Metal Albums OCC 110 1US Billboard 200 111 2US Digital Albums Billboard 112 2US Top Alternative Albums Billboard 113 2US Top Rock Albums Billboard 114 2 Year end charts Edit 2012 year end chart performance for The 2nd Law Chart 2012 PeakpositionArgentine Albums Chart 115 62Australian Albums Chart 116 73Austrian Albums Chart 117 38Belgian Albums Chart Flanders 118 14Belgian Albums Chart Wallonia 119 5Danish Albums Hitlisten 120 42Dutch Albums Chart 121 24French Albums Chart 122 8Finnish Albums Chart 123 25Hungarian Albums Chart 124 13Italian Albums Chart 125 20Mexican Albums AMPROFON 126 71Polish Albums ZPAV 127 78Russian Albums Chart 128 18South Korean International Albums Gaon 129 11Swiss Albums Chart 130 6UK Albums Chart 81 32US Billboard 200 131 154US Alternative Albums Chart 70 24Worldwide 132 212013 year end chart performance for The 2nd Law Chart 2013 PeakpositionArgentine Albums Chart 133 69Belgian Albums Chart Flanders 134 63Belgian Albums Chart Wallonia 135 30Dutch Albums Chart 136 96Swiss Albums Chart 137 47US Billboard 200 138 113US Alternative Albums Chart 70 18US Rock Albums Chart 70 27Certifications EditCertifications for The 2nd Law Region Certification Certified units salesBelgium BEA 139 Gold 15 000 Canada Music Canada 140 Platinum 80 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 141 Gold 10 000 Finland Musiikkituottajat 142 Gold 16 427 142 France SNEP 143 3 Platinum 300 000 Germany BVMI 144 Gold 100 000 Ireland IRMA 145 Gold 7 500 Italy FIMI 146 2 Platinum 100 000 Mexico AMPROFON 147 Gold 30 000 Netherlands NVPI 148 Gold 25 000 New Zealand RMNZ 149 Gold 7 500 Poland ZPAV 150 Gold 10 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 151 Platinum 30 000 United Kingdom BPI 152 Platinum 300 000 United States RIAA 153 Gold 500 000 SummariesEurope IFPI 154 Platinum 1 000 000 Worldwide 2012 1 600 000 155 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history EditRelease history and formats for The 2nd Law Country Date Format LabelAustralia 156 28 September 2012 Standard deluxe box set 2 LP Warner Bros Helium 3Austria 157 Belgium 158 Finland 159 Germany 160 Ireland 161 Netherlands 162 Switzerland 163 Poland 164 1 October 2012 Standard deluxe 2 LPUnited Kingdom 165 Standard deluxe box set 2 LPItaly 166 2 October 2012Canada 167 Standard deluxe 2 LPUnited States 168 Japan 169 3 October 2012 Standard deluxe box setSweden 170 Standard deluxe box set 2 LPNotes and references EditNotes Additional recording at Shangri La in Malibu California and Capitol in Los Angeles References a b c The 2nd Law album liner notes Muse Warner Bros Records Helium 3 2012 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Smirke Richard 17 October 2011 Exclusive Muse Manager Anthony Addis Talks New Album Touring and the Challenges of Conquering America Billboard Archived from the original on 24 June 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