Showbiz

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Showbiz
Showbiz cover
Studio album by Muse
Released 28 September 1999
Recorded Sawmill Studios, Cornwall
Genre Alternative rock
Length 49:36
Label Mushroom
Producer(s) John Leckie, Paul Reeve, Muse
Professional reviews
Muse chronology
Showbiz
(1999)		 Origin of Symmetry
(2001)


Showbiz is the debut album by English rock band Muse, first released in 1999 by Mushroom Records.[1] The album was produced by John Leckie at Sawmill Studios, Cornwall. The tracks "Uno", "Cave" (though never had a music video in support), "Muscle Museum", "Sunburn", and "Unintended" were released as singles. The album has gone platinum in the United Kingdom since its release and has sold 700,000 copies worldwide. It failed to chart in the US and sold 100,000 copies there.

Contents

All music and lyrics by Matthew Bellamy, expect were noted.

  1. "Sunburn" – 3:54
  2. "Muscle Museum" – 4:23
  3. "Fillip" – 4:01
  4. "Falling Down" – 4:34
  5. "Cave" (Bellamy/Wolstenholme) – 4:46
  6. "Showbiz" – 5:16
  7. "Unintended" – 3:57
  8. "Uno" – 3:38
  9. "Sober" – 4:04
  10. "Spiral Static" (Japan bonus track) – 4:44
  11. "Escape" – 3:31
  12. "Overdue" – 2:26
  13. "Hate This & I'll Love You" – 5:09

Title Date Released Catalogue Number UK Singles Chart
"Uno" 14 June 1999 MUSH50CDS [2] 73
"Cave" 6 September 1999 MUSH58CDS [3] 52
"Muscle Museum" 22 November 1999 MUSH66CDS [4] 25
"Sunburn" 21 February 2000 MUSH68CDS [5] 22
"Unintended" 30 May 2000 MUSH72CDS [6] 20
  • Muscle Museum" reached #43 on its initial release in 1999. It reached #25 when it was re-released in 2000.
  • None of the singles charted in the U.S. Modern Rock chart.
  • All singles were released on double CD and 7" vinyl. (except for "Uno" which was released on one cd single)

Album

Year Chart Position
1999 UK Album Charts 29

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1999 "Uno" UK Singles Chart 73
1999 "Cave" UK Singles Chart 52
1999 "Muscle Museum" UK Singles Chart 43
2000 "Muscle Museum" UK Singles Chart 25
2000 "Sunburn" UK Singles Chart 22
2000 "Unintended" UK Singles Chart 20

Country Date Label Format Catalog
France 9 September 1999 Maverick Records, Naive CD
United States 28 September 1999 Maverick Records, Taste Media CD 0 9362-47382-2 0
United Kingdom 4 October 1999 [1] Mushroom Records, Taste Media LP MUSH59LP
CD MUSH59CD / 5050466888624 [7]
Australia 9 March 2000 Mushroom CD MUSH332572
Japan 2 August 2006 (reissue) Taste Media CD WPCR12336

  1. ^ a b Untitled Document Muse.mu (accessed 12 September 2006)
  2. ^ Untitled Document Muse.mu (accessed 12 September 2006)
  3. ^ Untitled Document Muse.mu (accessed 12 September 2006)
  4. ^ Untitled Document Muse.mu (accessed 12 September 2006)
  5. ^ Untitled Document Muse.mu (accessed 12 September 2006)
  6. ^ Untitled Document Muse.mu (accessed 12 September 2006)
  7. ^ Muse Showbiz UK CD ALBUM (160042) EIL.com (accessed 12 September 2006)

Muse
Dominic Howard | Matthew Bellamy | Chris Wolstenholme
Discography
Studio albums: Showbiz | Origin of Symmetry | Absolution | Black Holes and Revelations
Compilations: Hullabaloo Soundtrack
Live DVDs: Hullabaloo Soundtrack | Absolution Tour
Extended plays: This Is A Muse Demo | Muse | Muscle Museum EP | Random 1-8 (Japan only) | Dead Star/In Your World (Japan & France only)
Singles: Uno | Cave | Muscle Museum | Sunburn | Unintended | Plug In Baby | New Born | Bliss | Hyper Music/Feeling Good | Dead Star/In Your World | Stockholm Syndrome | Time Is Running Out | Hysteria | Sing for Absolution | Apocalypse Please | Butterflies and Hurricanes | Supermassive Black Hole | Starlight | Knights of Cydonia | Invincible | Map of the Problematique
Production
John Leckie | Rich Costey | Paul Reeve
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