I'd say you're certainly in a minority.
But that's cool. We've all got our preferences. For instance, I like
Origin of Symmetry, I think there's many great songs on there (including "Bliss", which is one of my all-time favorite Muse songs), but at the same time, it's an album I find I have to be in the mood for. It's not one I listen to as regularly as their other albums.
And yet I know there are people who rave about
Origin as their best album ever, and aren't as into their latter stuff.
Then I realize that 2001-2006, the years those 3 albums were released, was when I was in my late teens/early 20s, which I believe is when people absorb the most music, and when their tastes are defined. I imagine it must be like how U2 fans of the 80s felt once they heard Achtung Baby and Zooropa. I can appreciate that Resistance and 2nd law are good, but it'll never be the Muse I got into in the mid 00's.
Good analysis, especially with the U2 thing-I think Muse is at the point where that comparison definitely applies to them.
I got into Muse in 2007, through
Black Holes & Revelations, so I think that's part of the reason why I enjoy their latter works so much. But while I might have my favorite albums or songs, like I said before, I'm also one who can find things to like from every era of my favorite artists' career. Some people, however, have their preferences for one time period over another.
And LuckyNumber and I shall just have to agree to disagree on the
Resistance songs discussed. To me, "United States of Eurasia" is fun, "Guiding Light" is the sort of '80s cheese that is right up my alley, and "I Belong to You" (which I personally think has been the most "fish out of water" song for the band to date)...I just adore it. It's so hilarious and strange and yet there's something about it I can't help but love.
We're in agreement on "Undisclosed Desires", though.