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==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/origin-of-symmetry-mw0000464449|title=''Origin of Symmetry'' β Muse|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=12 May 2011|last=Carlson|first=Dean}}</ref> | rev2 = [[Drowned in Sound]] | rev2score = 10/10<ref name="Drowned">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2607/reviews/1116-muse-origin-of-symmetry?search|title=Album Review: Muse β ''Origin of Symmetry''|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=19 May 2001|access-date=12 May 2011|last=Adams|first=Sean|archive-date=11 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011080538/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2607/reviews/1116-muse-origin-of-symmetry?search|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Hot Press]]'' | rev3score = 8/12<ref name="Hot Press">{{cite journal|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/origin-of-symmetry-1351361|title=''Origin of Symmetry''|journal=[[Hot Press]]|date=21 June 2001|access-date=2 June 2015|last=Tyaransen|first=Olaf|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Independent]]'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Muse: ''Origin of Symmetry'' (Taste)|work=[[The Independent]]|date=17 June 2001|last=Price|first=Simon}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[The List (magazine)|The List]]'' | rev5score = 4/5<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/2001-06-07/114/|title=Muse: ''Origin of Symmetry'' (Mushroom)|journal=[[The List (magazine)|The List]]|issue=415|date=7 June 2001|access-date=13 April 2017|last=Northmore|first=Henry|page=112}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev6score = 9/10<ref name="NME">{{cite journal|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/5220|title=Muse : ''Origin of Symmetry''|journal=[[NME]]|date=12 June 2001|access-date=12 May 2011|last=Morton|first=Roger|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211221932/http://www.nme.com/reviews/5220|archive-date=11 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev7score = 8.3/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|date=11 July 2021|title=Muse: ''Origin of Symmetry'' album review|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/muse-origin-of-symmetry/|access-date=12 July 2021|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711104650/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/muse-origin-of-symmetry/|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Q Mag">{{cite journal|title=Muse: ''Origin of Symmetry''|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=179|date=August 2001|last=Wilkinson|first=Roy}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' | rev9score = C<ref name="Stylus"/> | rev10 = ''[[Sunday Herald]]'' | rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-19043582.html|title=Muse: ''Origin of Symmetry'' (Mushroom)|work=[[Sunday Herald]]|date=17 June 2001|access-date=2 June 2015|last=Waters|first=Colin|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120123646/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-19043582.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> }} ''Origin of Symmetry'' received mainly positive reviews. Roy Wilkinson of ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' praised it as an "astonishing record... where extra-terrestrial fascinations meet the classical world's more unhinged impulses", adding that "comparisons with [[Radiohead]] that dogged Muse's early career now seem all but obsolete".<ref name="Q Mag"/> Roger Morton of ''[[NME]]'' called the album a "reinvention of grunge as a neo-classical, high gothic future rock, full of flambΓ©ed pianolas and white-knuckle electric camp ... It's apparent that Muse can handle their brutal arias."<ref name="NME"/> ''Q'' named ''Origin of Symmetry'' one of the 50 best albums of 2001,<ref>{{cite journal|date=December 2001|title=The Best 50 Albums of 2001|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=185|pages=60β65}}</ref> while ''[[Kerrang!]]'' named it the ninth-best.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Kerrang!'' Lists|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216032059/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 February 2006|access-date=2012-09-29|work=Kerrang!}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s Betty Clarke panned ''Origin of Symmetry'' as "unbelievably overblown, self-important and horrible".<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,734530,00.html|title=Muse: ''Origin of Symmetry'' (Taste Media/Mushroom Records)|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=15 June 2001|access-date=2 June 2015|last=Clarke|first=Betty|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527163849/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,734530,00.html|archive-date=27 May 2008}}</ref> The ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]'' critic Tyler Martin felt that Muse were "very good at their craft", but that "the constant overplaying of everything waters it all down immensely".<ref name="Stylus">{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/muse/origin-of-symmetry.htm |title=Muse β ''Origin of Symmetry'' β Review |work=[[Stylus Magazine]] |date=1 September 2003 |access-date=5 November 2016 |last=Martin |first=Tyler |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208045123/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/muse/origin-of-symmetry.htm |archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref>
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