Tracks
Side A
- 12012Supremacy4:55C major
- 22012Dutch Top 40: peak position 33 in week 37 of 2012, 3 weeks in the chartMadness4:41F minor
- 32012Panic Station3:04B major
Side B
Side C
- 12012Explorers5:47D major
- 22012Big Freeze4:40D♯ major
- 32012Save Me5:09G major
Side D
- 12012Liquid State3:03A minor
- 22012The 2nd Law: Unsustainable3:48E major
- 32012The 2nd Law: Isolated System5:00D major
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of The 2nd Law
The 2nd Law sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 111 bpm.
Quietest track: The 2nd Law: Isolated System · most energetic: Follow Me
Across 13 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The three members of Muse around the time of The 2nd Law, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Matt Bellamy
Dominic Howard
Christopher Wolstenholme1995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was The 2nd Law by Muse released?
The 2nd Law came out in 2012.
How many tracks are on The 2nd Law?
The 2nd Law has 13 tracks, 54 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from The 2nd Law made the Dutch Top 40?
Two tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Madness and Survival. The highest was Survival, at number 31 in week 29 of 2012.
Which category is The 2nd Law in?
The 2nd Law is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Muse.
Which other albums by Muse are in the collection?
The collection holds seven more albums by Muse. The six oldest are Origin of Symmetry (2001), Absolution (2003), Black Holes and Revelations (2006), The Resistance (2009), Drones (2015) and Will Of The People (2022).
Who was in Muse when The 2nd Law came out?
In 2012, Muse consisted of Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Christopher Wolstenholme. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of The 2nd Law mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play The 2nd Law?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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