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| Genre = | Length = 53:49 | Label = | Producer = | Last album = ''The Resistance'' (2009) | This album = ''The 2nd Law'' (2012) | Next album = ''Live at Rome Olympic Stadium'' (2013) | Misc = }} ''The 2nd Law'' is the sixth studio album by English rock band Muse. It was released on 1 October 2012 in the United Kingdom and elsewhere on 28 September 2 and 3 October under Warner Bros. Records and Helium-3. The title of the album refers to the second law of thermodynamics. The album was recorded in ten months at Capitol Studios and Eastwest Studios in Los Angeles, Shangri La Studios in Malibu, and AIR Studios in London. It was mainly self-produced by the band, with the exception of the song "Follow Me" which was co-produced by English electronic music trio Nero. Upon release, the album received generally favourable reviews from music critics and had a very positive commercial performance. It was a top ten-charting album in thirty-one countries and a number one album in thirteen countries. The album has been certified platinum by the BPI in England, the FIMI in Italy, the IFPI in Switzerland, and the MC in Canada. It has also been certified triple-platinum by the SNEP in France. At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best Rock Album and the album's second track "Madness" was nominated for Best Rock Song. The album's third track "Panic Station" was also nominated for Best Rock Song at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards the following year. A total of five official singles have been released from the album. "Survival", released on 27 June as the first single, peaked at number 22 in the UK Singles Chart and was featured as the official song of the 2012 Summer Olympics. "Madness", released on 20 August, garnered the best commercial performance. The song peaked at number 25 in the UK Singles Chart and at number 45 in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it the band's second-highest charting song in the Hot 100. The song has had significant chart performance in several other countries, as well. "Madness" was also notable for topping the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart for a record nineteen weeks, beating out the previous record set by "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters. The song has been certified platinum in two countries as well as double-platinum by the RIAA in the US. "Follow Me", released on 7 December, failed to chart in the UK Singles Chart. "Supremacy", released on 20 February 2013, gained popularity due to a performance at the 2013 Brit Awards, causing the song to peak at number 58 on the UK Singles Chart. The final single, "Panic Station", released on 31 May, failed to chart in the UK, but it peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Alternative Songs chart. ==Background== Muse began recording their sixth studio album in September 2011, which bassist Christopher Wolstenholme later confirmed in an interview with BBC Radio 1, stating: "September and October, that's when we're going to get into the studio to start writing the new album." 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. 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.〔 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.〔 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. In another interview Chris mentioned that the band had experimented with music and sounds in particular.〔"We spent a lot of time experimenting with a lot of things, with the music and sounds in particular, and I think that's why this album has this kind of freshness to it".〕 It was revealed via Muse's publicist Tom Kirk on his Twitter account that composer David Campbell who had worked with acts such as Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Evanescence, Avril Lavigne, Beck and Adele was helping the band compose the album. 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?, as well as the inclusion of Brass instruments. 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「The 2nd Law」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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