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| Genre = | Length = | Label = | Producer = | Last album = ''Absolution'' (2003) | This album = ''Black Holes and Revelations'' (2006) | Next album = ''HAARP'' (2008) | Misc = }} ''Black Holes and Revelations'' is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Muse, released on 3 July 2006 in the United Kingdom. It gets its title from a line in the song "Starlight", which is the second track on the album. Recording was split between New York and France, and it was the first time Muse had taken a more active role in the album's production. The album was a change in style from Muse's previous albums, and the band cited influences that included Depeche Mode, Millionaire, Lightning Bolt, Sly and the Family Stone, and music from southern Italy. ''Black Holes and Revelations'' was placed at number 34 in a public vote conducted by ''Q'' Magazine for "The Best British Albums of all time" in February 2008. Like their two previous albums, ''Black Holes and Revelations'' has political and science-fiction undertones, with the lyrics covering topics as varied as political corruption, alien invasion, revolution and New World Order conspiracies as well as more conventional love songs. == Background and recording == Muse's previous album, ''Absolution'', was released in 2003 to critical acclaim. ''Absolution'' had brought the band mainstream exposure in the United States for the first time. The band retired to an old château in France to write for a new album.〔 Lead singer Matthew Bellamy said that this was because the band wanted to be free from distractions so that they could "concentrate, spend time and be surrounded by different musical influences".〔 The album was partially recorded in the same studio in France as Pink Floyd's album ''The Wall'', of which fact Wolstenholme said it was a "great feeling to know that something big had been done ()".〔 However, the band found recording there very slow and had difficulties deciding which songs to include on the album.〔 They travelled to New York to finish the recording.〔 Bassist Christopher Wolstenholme considered writing and recording for ''Black Holes and Revelations'' more relaxed than it had been for previous albums, as the band did not have a deadline to work to. It was the first time they had learned about the technology in the studio, having previously left the use of it to the sound engineers.〔 Bellamy said that this was the first time Muse made an album without being concerned about how they would play it live. "Soldier's Poem", stood out as being "quite unlike anything () ever done before".〔 Drummer Dominic Howard said they were originally going to record it with a "massive, epic" approach, but then decided to strip it down and record it in a small studio with vintage equipment and a few microphones.〔 Muse were pleased with the result and Howard described it as a "real highlight", describing the vocals as "some of the most amazing vocals I've ever heard Matt do".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black Holes and Revelations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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