On November 9, 2018, “Warner Bros” label released “Simulation Theory”, the eighth Muse studio album. It was recorded January 2017 – August 2018, at “Air” studio in London, and was produced by Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Shellback, Timbaland, Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme.
Personnel:
- Matt Bellamy– guitars, lead vocals, keyboards
- Dominic Howard– drums
- Chris Wolstenholme– bass guitar, backing vocals
- David Campbell – brass
- Mike Elizondo– keyboard
- Tove Lo– additional vocals
- Mike Elizondo– programming
- Adam Hawkins– engineer, mixing
- Rich Costey– engineer, mastering
- Laurence Anslow – engineer assistant
- Brent Arrowood – engineer assistant
- Tom Bailey – engineer assistant
- Tyler Beans – engineer assistant, producer assistant
- Jeremy Berman – assistant
- Rob Bisel – engineer assistant, producer assistant
- Phillip Broussard – assistant engineer, assistant producer
- Adrian Bushby – engineer assistant
- Tommaso Colliva – engineer assistant
- John Prestage – engineer assistant
- Aleks Von Korff – engineer assistant, producer assistant
- Martin Cooke – engineer assistant, producer assistant
- Spike Stent– mixing
- Michael Freeman – mixing
- Pete Winfield – additional mixing
- Chris Gehringer– mastering
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Randy Merrill – mastering
- Nick Fournier – producer assistant
- Noah Goldstein – producer assistant
- Sam Grubbs – producer assistant
- Colin Willard – assistant, producer assistant
- Dylan Neustadter – producer assistant
- Chris Whitemyer – assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Matt Bellamy, except where noted.
- Algorithm
- The Dark Side
- Pressure
- Propaganda – Matt Bellamy, Timothy Mosley, Angel Lopez, Federico Vindver
- Break It to Me
- Something Human
- Thought Contagion
- Get Up and Fight – Matt Bellamy, Johan Schuster
- Blockades
- Dig Down
- The Void