I liked the slower tunes on Muse's CD too. Generally I don't listen to music with a 'slow' beat, rhythm, or tempo, since I use the music to hortate my work day at the art table and for writing projects to aid the fast-forward pacing of my mental 'metronome.' But I can say that the few slower tempo songs tossed in now and then help the listener to catch their breath, even if they're not into the dance. I love it and would buy Muse again just on the basis of this one album. Most of the songs have some sort of spacey feel to them, aside from the abovementioned, and satisfying to me since the theme appeals to those like me who enjoy thinking of futuristic 'stuff,' space and UFOs.
"Hoodoo" is one of the slow tunes and has a dreamlike quality that is sad in tone, but would make a great slow dance tune if you don't listen too closely to the lyrics. If you're the type to pay attention to the lyrics, those 'romantic' tunes may not be so romantic as melodic, because there's a sort of political message to some of the songs, like in "Soldier's Poem." "Invincible" has a patriotic tone to it, music and lyrics included. But then the tempo slows to a pseudo-romantic mode that reminds me of old slow dance tunes of 60's or 50's, and am sure that's deliberate. I'm into *spacey* themes and this was definitely loaded with *spacey stuff.* The music on some tracks has dynamic fast-forward rhythms that (like another reviewer said) would make great modern dance tunes and you'll want those at high listening levels if you can get away with it. This was my first intro to Muse, and I was lured to buy when I heard the Knights of Cydonia track, which starts out with the sound of running horses like a cavalry charge (or knights charging into battle on their destriers, if you want to look at it that way.).
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