Glass Onion: Heading down the Blackhole

Album 4: Blackholes and Revelations

Album four has arrived, meaning I'm halfway through my first running discography. The album title's pretty apt here as I am now irreversibly sucked into blackhole of exercise at this point; however there are little revelations for me as this is probably the Muse album I am most familiar with.

It's a great album. I mean, who doesn't like enjoy a good old fashioned rock space opera? There's a lot of great tracks on here, but most importantly, its style twists and turns throughout, so there's little chance of getting bored at any point (I refer you back to 'Showbiz'). Hoodoo was as close as I got - it's just plain dreary to be honest, especially when 40+ minutes into a run - however the infamous Knights of Cydonia kicks in straight after, which more than makes up for this. I'd go as far to say that Knights is one of my top Muse tracks - I know it's overblown, but my god, it fucking rocks. It's perfect to run to and gives you a serious shot of energy towards the final part of your run.

Runner's rating: RRRR

Running time: 52 minutes
Distance: 6.7km
Calories: 528

Fun fact: Blackholes and Revelations was released in July 2006. At the time, I'd just finished uni and had travelled back to Thailand (where I'd previously stopped in 2002; staying with a host family and teaching English at the tender age of 19!) and then onto Australia. I have strong memories of listening to the album repeatedly during my stint in Sydney during this time - a great time, but a strange time too as it was just me, myself and I for pretty much the entire six week period.

Even so, I learnt to surf (with varied success - I did have to be rescued from being swept into the rocks once; plus another time I got stung by a jellyfish. In fact, in retrospect it wasn't really that successful at all, was it?!) I also scaled the Sydney Harbour Bridge and went to not one, but two Neighbours events - meeting the legendary Toadfish Rebecci and Paul Robinson from Neighbours.