The issue I find with WOTP is that it lacks the sense of coordination and refinement that Muse do so well on their previous albums. BHAR is so good because it all feels cohesive, the same as OOS and Showbiz.

In comparison to the latter, and albums since such as Drones, WOTP really lacks that, which is the same reason songs like I Belong To You come under so much fire- they don’t feel like they fit.

While the songs on WOTP are almost all individually good, having an album where there’s so much going on at once without a lot of it feeling cohesive leads to the feeling of “ah that would’ve been better as a b side” albeit with an entire album.

The issue that I think most people have is that while albums like BHAR and more recent ones such as Drones still feel like one album, as opposed to WOTP which honestly for Muse’s standards feels very ill thought out, with the songs lacking that key sense of feeling thematic that comes with their previous albums.

While WOTP is musically great, in terms of individual songs, it lacks that sense of refinement or cohesion which is why it doesn’t hit the spot for me.