Editing Origin of Symmetry (section)

== Legacy ==
''Origin of Symmetry'' has made appearances on lists of the greatest rock albums of the 2000s. In 2006, ''Q'' named it the 74th-greatest album of all time,<ref name="Q Magazine">{{cite web|title=Q Greatest Albums of All Time|url=http://www.timepieces.nl/Top100's/2006Qreaders.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020204335/http://www.timepieces.nl/Top100%27s/2006Qreaders.html|archive-date=20 October 2011|access-date=12 May 2011}}</ref> and in 2008 ''Q'' readers voted it the 28th-best British album. ''Kerrang!'' named it the 20th-best British rock album and the 13th best album of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muse Message Board Lists|url=http://board.muse.mu/archive/index.php/t-63823.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329012431/http://board.muse.mu/archive/index.php/t-63823.html|archive-date=29 March 2012|access-date=2012-09-29|work=Kerrang!}}</ref> For its 10th anniversary, Muse performed ''Origin of Symmetry'' in its entirety at the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]] on 26 August and 28 August 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Muse to play 'Origin of Symmetry' in full at Reading And Leeds Festivals |url=http://www.nme.com/news/muse/55776 |work=NME}}</ref>

In a retrospective review, Natalie Shaw of [[BBC Music]] wrote that ''Origin of Symmetry'' "shows a band with the drive and unfettered ambition to create a standalone marvel which not only awakens the ghosts and clichés from prog's pompous past, but entirely adds its own voice". He said that many elements of the band's later albums, such as ''[[Black Holes and Revelations]]'' (2006), could be traced back to the album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/69cg |title=Review of Muse – Origin of Symmetry |publisher=[[BBC Music]] |year=2011 |access-date=29 September 2012}}</ref> The author Amy Britton argued that on ''Origin of Symmetry'' Bellamy "progressed [his band]'s sound so much that he earned a new title – this generation's guitar hero," highlighting "Plug In Baby" and "New Born".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Revolution Rock: The Albums Which Defined Two Ages |first=Amy |last=Britton |publisher=AuthorHouse |year=2011 |page=306}}</ref> In a retrospective review in 2021, the ''Pitchfork'' critic Jazz Monroe wrote: "Muse were playing melodrama as teenage realism, an extremely, ridiculously honest noise ... By combining goth vulnerability with sci-fi scale and hard-rock drama, [''Origin of Symmetry''] captures a paradox of young romance: on one hand, Bellamy sounds wracked with despair, but he proclaims his heartbreak with the glee of an ecstatic preacher."<ref name="Pitchfork"/>

=== Reissues ===
On 6 December, 2019, ''Origin of Symmetry'' was [[remaster]]ed and reissued as part of the ''[[Origin of Muse]]'' boxset, alongside ''Showbiz'', demos, live performances and other material.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=7 September 2019 |title=Muse Mark 20th Anniversary of 'Showbiz' With 'Origin of Muse' Box Set |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/muse-showbiz-origin-of-muse-box-set-881374/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref> On 18 June 2021, the album's 20th anniversary, Muse released a remixed and remastered version, ''Origin of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX''.<ref name="muse.mu">[https://www.muse.mu/news/origin-symmetry-xx-anniversary-remixx-322326 "ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY: XX ANNIVERSARY REMIXX"]. Accessed in 5 June 2021.</ref> A collaboration with the producer [[Rich Costey]], who worked on several later Muse albums, it features a "more open, dynamic and less crushed sound".<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-05-20 |title=Muse announce 20th anniversary 'Origin of Symmetry' remix album |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/muse-announce-20th-anniversary-origin-of-symmetry-remix-album-with-new-version-of-citizen-erased-2944718 |access-date=2021-05-20 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> The new mixes also restore elements that were originally muted or obscured, such as string sections on "Space Dementia", "[[Citizen Erased]]" and "Megalomania", and a harpsichord on "Micro Cuts". The album features new cover artwork by Sujin Kim.<ref name="muse.mu" /> The ''Pitchfork'' critic Jazz Monroe described the reissue as "definitive ... even more colossal and timeless".<ref name="Pitchfork" />