On July 3, 2006, “Warner Bros” label released “Black Holes and Revelations”, the fourth Muse studio album. It was recorded August – December 2005, and was produced by Rich Costey and Muse. The album design was by Storm Thorgerson. In 2008, in a “Q” magazine public vote, “Black Holes and Revelations” was ranked at number 34 on the list of the “The Best British Albums of All time”. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”; Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”; 3 x Platinum in France by “SNEP”;  Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA”; Platinum in Italy by “FIMI”; Platinum in Switzerland by “IFPI Switzerland” and 3 x Platinum in UK by the “BPI”.

Personnel:

• Matthew Bellamy– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, piano, synthesizers
• Christopher Wolstenholme– bass, double bass, synthesizers, backing vocals
• Marco Brioschi – trumpet
• Dominic Howard– drums, percussion, brief vocals, electronic drums
• Edoardo de Angelis – first violin
• Around Art – strings
• Tommaso Colliva– engineer
• Myriam Correge – engineer assistant
• Max Dingle – mixing assistant
• Tom Kirk – antique items crushed on “Exo-Politics”
• Mauro Pagani– string arrangements, string conductor
• Ross Peterson – engineer assistant
• Audrey Riley– string arrangements, string conductor
• Mark Rinaldi – mixing assistant
• Ryan Simms – engineer assistant
• Howie Weinberg– mastering
• Roger Lian – mastering assistant
• Vlado Meller – mastering
• Derrick Santini – photography
• Storm Thorgerson– cover photography
• Rupert Truman – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matt Bellamy.

1. Take a Blow
2. Straight
3. Supermassive Black Hole
4. Map of the Problematique
5. Soldier’s Poem
6. Invincible
7. Assassin
8. Exo-Politics
9. City of Delusion
10. Hoodoo
11. Knights of Cydonia