Editing Origin of Symmetry

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Origin of Symmetry
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
| cover        = Muse - Origin of Symmetry cover art.png
| caption      = Each physical release of the album includes its respective catalog number inside the white box; this cover art is for the digital release.
| border       = yes
| alt          = White ground with grayish sticks and an orange sky. The stick's shadows are seen along with the image. A rectangle is seen in the image, which shows the band's name and the album's title colored black.
| released     = {{Start date|2001|06|18|df=y}}
| recorded     = September 2000 – February 2001
| studio       = * [[Ridge Farm Studio|Ridge Farm]] ([[Rusper]])
* [[Real World Studios|Real World]] ([[Wiltshire]]){{efn|Additional recording at ''[[Astoria (recording studio)|Astoria]]'' in [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Richmond]], [[Abbey Road Studios|Abbey Road]] in London, [[Sawmills Studio|Sawmills]] in [[Fowey]], and [[St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bathwick|St. Mary's Church]] in [[Bathwick]].}}
| genre        = * [[Alternative rock]]
* [[progressive rock]]
* [[space rock]]
* [[hard rock]]
| length       = 51:41
| label        = [[Taste Media|Taste]]{{efn|Also released through [[Mushroom Records]] in the United Kingdom, [[PIAS Recordings]] in Benelux, [[Motor Music]] in Germany, [[Naïve Records]] in France, [[Festival Mushroom Records]] in Oceania, [[Cutting Edge (record label)|Cutting Edge]]/maximum10 in Japan, and [[Warner Bros. Records]] in the United States.}}
| producer     = * David Bottrill
* [[John Leckie]]
* Muse
| prev_title   = [[Random 1–8]]
| prev_year    = 2000
| next_title   = [[Hullabaloo Soundtrack]]
| next_year    = 2002
| misc         = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Muse (band)|Muse]] studio album
 | type       = studio
 | prev_title = [[Showbiz (Muse album)|Showbiz]]
 | prev_year = 1999
 | title      = Origin of Symmetry
 | year       = 2001
 | next_title = [[Absolution (album)|Absolution]]
 | next_year  = 2003
}}
{{Extra album cover
 | header  = ''XX Anniversary RemiXX'' cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = Muse Origin of Symmetry XX Anniversary RemiXX Cover Art.jpeg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption =
}}
{{Singles
 | name        = Origin of Symmetry
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Plug In Baby]]
 | single1date = 28 February 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/16754/products/431180/1/|title=ミューズ {{!}} プラグ・イン・ベイビー|trans-title=Muse {{!}} Plug In Baby|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[New Born]]
 | single2date = 4 June 2001<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting June 4, 2001: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=23|date=2 June 2001}}</ref>
 | single3     = [[Bliss (Muse song)|Bliss]]
 | single3date = 20 August 2001<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting August 20, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=33|date=18 August 2001}}</ref>
 | single4     = [[Hyper Music/Feeling Good|Hyper Music" / "Feeling Good]]
 | single4date = 19 November 2001<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – For Week Starting November 19, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=17 November 2001}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Origin of Symmetry''''' is the second studio album by the English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Muse (band)|Muse]], released on 18 June 2001 through [[Taste Media]]. It was produced by [[John Leckie]], who produced Muse's debut album, ''[[Showbiz (Muse album)|Showbiz]]'' (1999), and David Bottrill.

''Origin of Symmetry'' is considered Muse’s breakthrough album. It reached number three on the [[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4712/muse/ |title=The Official Charts Company – Muse |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=12 May 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> and was [[certified platinum]].<ref name="BPIOrigin">{{cite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30209 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012054124/https://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30209 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-10-12 |title=Platinum Awards Content |access-date=2008-11-01 |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] }}</ref> Four singles were released: "[[Plug In Baby]]", "[[New Born]]", "[[Bliss (Muse song)|Bliss]]", and "[[Hyper Music/Feeling Good|Hyper Music" / "Feeling Good]]". It was their first album to chart in the U.S. As of 2018, ''Origin of Symmetry'' had sold more than two million copies worldwide. It received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising its blend of rock and classical music. It has since been named one of the greatest rock albums of the 2000s by several publications.

For the album's 20th anniversary in 2021, Muse released a remixed and remastered version, '''''Origin of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX'''''.

==Writing==
''Origin of Symmetry'' has been described as [[alternative rock]],<ref name="puluche">{{cite web |first=Lauren |last=Vinyard |date=2013 |title=Muse – Origin of Symmetry |url=http://puluche.com/reviews/muse-origin-of-symmetry-95/ |access-date=22 August 2016 |work=puluche |archive-date=25 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825180019/http://puluche.com/reviews/muse-origin-of-symmetry-95/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[progressive rock]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Philip |first=Tom |date=19 December 2018 |title=Muse Found Solace in Escaping Reality on Their New Record |url=https://www.gq.com/story/muse-found-solace-in-escaping-reality-on-their-new-record |access-date=13 September 2019 |website=[[GQ]]}}</ref> [[space rock]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Trendell, Andrew |date=17 July 2014 |title=Happy Birthday Muse's Origin of Symmetry: The Tracks Ranked |url=http://www.gigwise.com/photos/92703/1/happy-birthday-muses-origin-of-symmetry-the-tracks-ranked |access-date=17 March 2015 |website=[[Gigwise]]}}</ref> and [[hard rock]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Raper, Dan |date=19 July 2006 |title=Muse: Black Holes & Revelations |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/muse-black-holes-revelations/ |access-date=17 March 2015 |website=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> Muse developed it during their tour for their debut album, ''[[Showbiz (Muse album)|Showbiz]]''. "[[Feeling Good]]", a cover, was written for [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] by [[Anthony Newley]] and [[Leslie Bricusse]] in 1964, and first recorded by [[Nina Simone]] for her 1965 album ''[[I Put a Spell on You (album)|I Put a Spell on You]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/mar/02/nina-simone-10-of-the-best|title=Nina Simone – 10 of the best|last=Allen|first=Jeremy|date=2 March 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref>

The album title derives from the 1994 book ''[[Hyperspace (book)|Hyperspace]]'' by the theoretical physicist [[Michio Kaku]], which suggests the title ''The Origin of Symmetry'' for a future book about the discovery of [[supersymmetry]], a reference to ''[[On the Origin of Species]]''. According to the Muse songwriter, [[Matt Bellamy]]: "Everyone's been writing about the origin of life so now they'll start looking at the origin of symmetry; there's a certain amount of stability in the universe and to find out where it originates from would be to find out if God exists."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocketbabydolls.com/rocksoundjuly.html |title=English Articles |work=archive.is |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020324163543/http://www.rocketbabydolls.com/rocksoundjuly.html |archive-date=24 March 2002 }}</ref> Whereas the ''Showbiz'' lyrics had "wallowed in heartbroken angst", Bellamy's lyrics moved to "sci-fi surrealism".<ref name=":0" />

==Recording==
After completing the ''Showbiz'' tour, Muse recorded "[[Plug In Baby]]", "[[Bliss (Muse song)|Bliss]]", "[[New Born]]" and "Darkshines" with the producer David Bottrill, forming the "backbone" of ''Origin of Symmetry.''  To capture their live energy, Muse recorded together as a band, with some [[overdubs]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Price |first=Andy |date=2021-04-21 |title=The genius of… ''Origin of Symmetry'' by Muse |url=https://guitar.com/review/album/the-genius-of-origin-of-symmetry-by-muse/ |access-date=2021-06-05 |website=[[Guitar.com]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>

After Bottrill departed to work on the [[Tool (band)|Tool]] album ''[[Lateralus]]'', Muse enlisted [[John Leckie]], who had produced ''Showbiz.<ref name=":0" />'' They recorded in [[Sawmills Studio|Sawmills]] in Fowey, Cornwall; [[Ridge Farm Studio]] in Surrey; [[Real World Studios]] in [[Box, Wiltshire|Box]], Wiltshire; and [[David Gilmour|David Gilmour's]] ''[[Astoria (recording studio)|Astoria]]'' houseboat studio on the [[River Thames|Thames]].<ref name=":0" /> While they were working in Real World Studios, they went to a church in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] to record a church organ for "Megalomania".<ref name=":0" />

Having mainly recorded ''Showbiz'' with a [[Gibson Les Paul]] guitar, Bellamy recorded ''Origin of Symmetry'' using a custom Manson guitar equipped with a built-in [[Z.Vex Fuzz Factory|Fuzz Factory]], a [[fuzz distortion]] effect.<ref name=":0" /> It was the first of many collaborations between Bellamy and Manson.<ref name=":0" />

==Release==
''Origin of Symmetry'' was released on 18 June 2001.<ref name="Ultratop"/> It was originally scheduled for release in the United States through [[Maverick Records]], which had also released ''Showbiz.'' However, Muse left Maverick when they demanded Bellamy rerecord the album with less [[falsetto]], and it was not released in the US until 2005.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wIe3FI6TI0C&q=Origin+of+Symmetry+maverick&pg=PA53|title=Spin Sep 2009|date=September 2009|access-date=5 July 2011}}</ref>

==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'' – 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 – ''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 flambéed 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=60–65}}</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 – ''Origin of Symmetry'' – 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>

== 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" />

==Track listing==
{{Track listing| all_writing = [[Matthew Bellamy]], except "Feeling Good" by [[Leslie Bricusse]] and [[Anthony Newley]]<ref name=linernotes>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Origin of Symmetry |others=[[Muse (band)|Muse]] |date=2001 |type=CD liner notes |publisher= [[Taste Media]]}}</ref>
|headline = Original release
|title1 =[[New Born]]
|length1=6:03
|title2 =[[Bliss (Muse song)|Bliss]]
|length2=4:11
|title3 =Space Dementia
|length3=6:20
|title4 =[[Hyper Music/Feeling Good|Hyper Music]]
|length4=3:21
|title5 =[[Plug In Baby]]
|length5=3:38
|title6 =[[Citizen Erased]]
|length6=7:21
|title7 =Micro Cuts
|length7=3:38
|title8 =Screenager
|length8=4:20
|title9 =Darkshines
|length9=4:46
|title10=[[Hyper Music/Feeling Good|Feeling Good]]
|length10=3:18
|title11 =Megalomania
|length11=4:39
|total_length= 51:35
}}
*Most streaming services place "Feeling Good" as the eighth track, between "Micro Cuts" and "Screenager", and include "Futurism" as the 12th track. The Japanese and ''XX Anniversary RemiXX'' editions place "Futurism" as the 11th track, before "Megalomania".

==Personnel==
Personnel adapted from ''Origin of Symmetry.'' liner notes<ref name=linernotes />
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'''Muse'''
*[[Matthew Bellamy]] – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards; [[String section|string arrangement]], [[Record producer|production]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
*[[Chris Wolstenholme]] – bass guitar, backing vocals, [[vibraphone]]; [[double bass]] <small>(track 10)</small>; production, mixing
*[[Dominic Howard]] – drums, percussion; production, mixing
{{col-end}}

'''Guest musicians'''
*Jacqueline Norrie – [[violin]]
*Sara Herbert – violin
*Clare Finnimore – [[viola]]
*[[Caroline Lavelle]] – [[cello]]

'''Additional personnel'''
*David Bottrill – production and engineering <small>(tracks 1, 2, 5 and 9)</small>
*[[John Leckie]] – production and engineering <small>(tracks 3, 4, 6–8, 10 and 11)</small>
*Ric Peet – engineering <small>(tracks 3, 4, 6–8, 10 and 11)</small>
*Steve Cooper – additional engineering <small>(tracks 1, 2, 5 and 9)</small>
*Chris Brown – additional engineering and programming <small>(tracks 3, 4, 6–8, 10 and 11)</small>
*Mark Thomas – assistant engineering <small>(tracks 2, 4, 5 and 7)</small>
*Claire Lewis – assistant engineering <small>(tracks 3, 4, 6–8, 10 and 11)</small>
*Damon Iddins – assistant engineering
*Mirek Styles – assistant engineering
*John Cornfield – mixing
*[[Ray Staff]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
*William Eagar – artwork

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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! scope="col"| Chart (2001–2021)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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{{album chart|Australia|22|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Austria|7|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Flanders|9|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true|refname="Ultratop"}}
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{{album chart|Wallonia|2|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Netherlands|19|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true}}
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!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Top 100 Albums]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-07-07.pdf|title=Eurochart Top 100 Albums - July 07, 2001|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=19|issue=28|page=15|date=July 7, 2001|access-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref>
| 8
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{{album chart|Finland|30|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|France|2|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Germany4|17|id=3726|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2020}}
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{{album chart|Hungary|24|year=2021|week=28|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Ireland2|3|artist=Muse|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2020}}
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{{album chart|Italy|5|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true}}
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! scope="row"| [[Oricon Albums Chart|Japanese Albums]] ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/16754/products/442811/1/ |title=オリジン・オブ・シンメトリー ミューズ |work=ORICON NEWS|publisher=oricon|accessdate=2025-01-09}}</ref>
| 20
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{{album chart|New Zealand|43|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Norway|11|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Scotland|3|date=20010624|access-date=14 September 2018|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Switzerland|14|artist=Muse|album=Origin of Symmetry|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|UK2|3|date=20010624|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2020}}
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{{album chart|Billboard200|161|artist=Muse|rowheader=true}}
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===Year-end charts===
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! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Position
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! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2001&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2001|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref>
| 50
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2001&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 2001|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref>
| 46
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2001&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2001|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref>
| 67
|-
! scope="row"| European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-12-22.pdf |title=Year in Review – European Top 100 Albums 2001 |magazine=Music & Media |volume=19 |issue=52 |date=22 December 2001 |page=15 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 91
|-
! scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2001|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 2001|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref>
| 57
|-
! scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20010107/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2001|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref>
| 74
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|award=Platinum|certyear=2010|relyear=2001}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Belgium|artist=Muse|title=Origin of Symmetry|award=Gold|certyear=2001|relyear=2001}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Muse|title=Origin of Symmetry|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2001|certyear=2023|access-date=25 February 2023}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Italy|artist=Muse|title=Origin of Symmetry|award=Gold|certyear=2016|relyear=2001|access-date=10 December 2018|id=952|note=sales since 2009}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Netherlands|artist=Muse|title=Origin of Symmetry|award=Gold|certyear=2001|relyear=2001}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Switzerland|artist=Muse|title=Origin of Symmetry|award=Gold|certyear=2002|relyear=2001}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Muse|title=Origin of Symmetry|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2013|certmonth=7|relyear=2001|id=4926-2056-2}}
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==Notes and references==
'''Notes'''
{{Notelist}}

'''References'''
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://muse.mu/ Muse official site]

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[[Category:2001 albums]]
[[Category:Muse (band) albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by John Leckie]]
[[Category:Albums produced by David Bottrill]]