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Release date: 15th September 2003

Warner Records

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About This Album

'Absolution' by Muse was released in 2003 through Warner Records. It is a rock album, with the first six of 18 tracks including 'Intro', 'Apocalypse Please', 'Time is Running Out', 'Sing for Absolution', 'Stockholm Syndrome', and 'Falling Away with You'.

"Absolution" is an album by Muse, released 15th September 2003 via Warner Records. It features 18 tracks, including "The Groove", "Eternally Missed", and "Intro".

About the Artist

Muse

Muse

Release profile

Record details & tracklist

200315 tracks

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The Wow! Signal

Absolution XX Anniversary

17th November 2023

Will Of The People

26th August 2022

Label

Warner Records

Release year

2003

—The Groove Lyrics
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The Temper Trap have covered Harry Styles’ ‘Sign Of The Times’ for Like A Version

0:22

2Apocalypse Please Lyrics

4:12

3Time is Running Out Lyrics

3:56

4Sing for Absolution Lyrics

4:55

5Stockholm Syndrome Lyrics

4:56

6Falling Away with You Lyrics

4:39

8Hysteria Lyrics

3:47

9Blackout Lyrics

4:22

10Butterflies & Hurricanes Lyrics

5:02

11The Small Print Lyrics

3:28

5:00

13Endlessly Lyrics

3:48

14Thoughts of a Dying Atheist Lyrics

3:08

15Ruled by Secrecy Lyrics

4:52

News

The Temper Trap have covered Harry Styles’ ‘Sign Of The Times’ for Like A Version

The band’s fourth Like A Version appearance also featured ‘Giving Up Air’ from their recent album, ‘Sungazer’.

2 Oct 2026 • 11:05 am

Muse have added Dead Poet Society to their 2026 Europa tour

Muse have added Dead Poet Society to their 2026 Europa tour

Dead Poet Society will join Muse as direct support across The Wow! Signal’s UK and European arena run this November and December.

30 Sept 2026 • 4:26 pm

Why Arcane Roots’ Muse cover caught a band changing course

Why Arcane Roots’ Muse cover caught a band changing course

Arcane Roots’ 2017 Radio 1 session put a Muse favourite beside the newly ambitious world of ‘Melancholia Hymns’.

27 Sept 2026 • 12:55 pm

How Muse’s live albums and concert films fit together, from ‘Hullabaloo’ to ‘Simulation Theory Film’

How Muse’s live albums and concert films fit together, from ‘Hullabaloo’ to ‘Simulation Theory Film’

Muse’s live catalogue moves from audio-and-video tour documents to cinema-scale concert films. Here’s how each release differs.

24 Sept 2026 • 9:25 am

Meta’s Muse AI calls can be handled by human agents, report says

Meta’s Muse AI calls can be handled by human agents, report says

Meta’s outbound-call test for Muse can route requests to trained human agents, according to internal material reviewed by 404 Media.

23 Sept 2026 • 9:15 am

Muse have explained their Meta AI social media handle switch

Muse have explained their Meta AI social media handle switch

Matt Bellamy says Muse agreed to make way for Meta’s new AI assistant after a conversation with Mark Zuckerberg.

21 Sept 2026 • 2:30 pm

What Glastonbury 2016’s headliner odds got right, and very wrong

What Glastonbury 2016’s headliner odds got right, and very wrong

A look back at the shifting 2015 betting markets for Glastonbury 2016, against the eventual Pyramid Stage trio of Coldplay, Muse and Adele.

18 Sept 2026 • 12:45 pm

Muse, Pierce The Veil and mgk have joined Hurricane and Southside’s 2027 line-ups

Muse, Pierce The Veil and mgk have joined Hurricane and Southside’s 2027 line-ups

Muse, mgk and Phoebe Bridgers will headline the German sister festivals next June, with Pierce The Veil, I Prevail and more also confirmed.

17 Sept 2026 • 11:05 am

What reaching Brixton Academy means at different stages of a band’s career

What reaching Brixton Academy means at different stages of a band’s career

From a first headline ambition to a return decades later, O2 Academy Brixton can mark very different moments in a band’s story.

17 Sept 2026 • 10:00 am

Muse’s former social media handles are now being used by Meta’s new AI assistant

Muse’s former social media handles are now being used by Meta’s new AI assistant

Propa-propa-propa-propa-propa-rubbish.

9 Sept 2026 • 3:57 pm

Muse have announced UK and European arena dates ahead of 'The Wow! Signal'

Muse have announced UK and European arena dates ahead of 'The Wow! Signal'

Pre-sales open on 17th June from 10am local time.

12 Jun 2026 • 10:29 am

Muse have released their disco-infused new track 'Nightshift Superstar'

Muse have released their disco-infused new track 'Nightshift Superstar'

The track is taken from upcoming tenth album 'The Wow! Signal'.

5 Jun 2026 • 4:01 pm

Muse have shared ‘Hexagons’ after fans pieced the song together through a global billboard hunt

Muse have shared ‘Hexagons’ after fans pieced the song together through a global billboard hunt

A weekend-long billboard puzzle preceded the release of the tenth album cut.

19 May 2026 • 9:23 am

Muse have shared 'Cryogen', the latest preview of new album 'The Wow! Signal'

Muse have shared 'Cryogen', the latest preview of new album 'The Wow! Signal'

The Devonshire trio's tenth record arrives later this summer.

24 Apr 2026 • 8:30 am

Muse welcome ‘The Wow! Signal’ with a giddy, playful comeback gig

Muse welcome ‘The Wow! Signal’ with a giddy, playful comeback gig

At a rare small-venue show in Brixton, Muse debut material from their upcoming album.

5 Apr 2026 • 11:29 am

Muse have announced a surprise Brixton Academy show, their first there in over 20 years

Muse have announced a surprise Brixton Academy show, their first there in over 20 years

Their first Brixton appearance since a two-night residency in 2001.

20 Mar 2026 • 1:23 pm

Muse have revealed ‘The Wow! Signal’ with a space-bound stunt and new track ‘Be With You’

Muse have revealed ‘The Wow! Signal’ with a space-bound stunt and new track ‘Be With You’

New single 'Be With You' premiered via a launch into space.

19 Mar 2026 • 5:13 pm

Muse pack one hell of a punch at London's O2 Arena

Muse pack one hell of a punch at London's O2 Arena

Muse are both a ferocious, uncompromising rock group and a weird stadium pop band.

4 Oct 2023 • 5:38 pm

Muse are celebrating the 20th anniversary of 'Absolution' with a new deluxe box set

Muse are celebrating the 20th anniversary of 'Absolution' with a new deluxe box set

The trio's new album 'Will Of The People' is also out now.

18 Sept 2023 • 5:56 am

Muse - Drones

Muse - Drones

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12 Jun 2015 • 9:06 am

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Producer: Rich Costey, Muse, Paul Reeve, John Cornfield
Producer: John Cornfield, Muse, Paul Reeve, Rich Costey
Executive Producer: Safta Jaffery, Dennis Smith
Recording Engineer: Wally Gagel
Engineer: Rich Costey, Wally Gagel, John Cornfield
Mixing Engineer: Rich Costey, Paul Reeve, John Cornfield

Pressings & releases

Absolution — release variants

Country, format and catalogue-number detail for each known pressing.

CD · Album · Stereo
Main
Country EuropeYear 2003
EastWest · 5050466-8587-2-6
Barcode: 5 050466 858726
CD · Album
Country BeneluxYear 2003
Taste Media Limited · 482.2020.033
Barcode: 5 413356 632231
CD · Album
Country BeneluxYear 2003
Taste Media Limited · 482.2020.020
Barcode: 5 413356 630329
CD · Album · Misprint
Country EuropeYear 2003
EastWest · 5050466-8587-2-6
Barcode: 5 050466 858726
Vinyl · LP · Album
Gatefold
Country UKYear 2003
EastWest · 5050466-8555-1-0
Barcode: 5050466855510