Muse announce ‘Absolution’ 20th anniversary deluxe reissue

nme.com:

Muse have announced details of a deluxe box set reissue of their seminal 2003 album ‘Absolution’, to celebrate the record’s 20th anniversary.Released 20 years ago today (September 15), the Devonshire rock trio’s third LP saw them land their first Number One album with the record that spawned the hit singles ‘Stockholm Syndrome’, ‘Time Is Running Out’ and ‘Hysteria’, alongside the fan favourite title track and ‘Butterflies And Hurricanes’.With a more polished and direct sound and apocalypse-based concept, the Rich-Costey produced record also saw the band graduate to arena-level, and later headline Glastonbury for the first time in 2004.Now, following on from the NME Award-winning ‘Origin Of Muse’ vinyl box set – which celebrated the era for their first two albums – and the remixed 20th anniversary reissue of 2001’s ‘Origin Of Symmetry‘, the band have now announced that the ‘Muse Absolution XX Anniversary’ deluxe box set will arrive on November 17, and is available to pre-order here.The collection features remastered audio, never-before-released live versions, demos, photos and “an in-depth interview with the band where they discuss the ups and downs of the recording process as well as the social environment they found themselves in which influenced the album’s themes”, as well as an interview with producer Rich Costey.The deluxe box set will be housed in a silver foiled slipcase and includes a four-page casebound book with de-bossed cover detailing, with the remastered ‘Absolution’ album on one CD and two 12” silver vinyl discs, while the bonus audio is featured on a second CD and a third clear 12” vinyl.See the box set below. CD1 / LP1 & ‘Absolution’ Remastered:Side A1. ‘Intro’2. ‘Apocalypse Please’3. ‘Time Is Running.