revealed tracklist for The 2nd Law

Muse revealed the 2nd Law tracklist on 13 July 2012. The second single, ” Madness “, was released on 20 August 2012, with a music video on 5 September. Muse played at the Roundhouse on 30 September as part of the iTunes Festival . The 2nd Law was released worldwide on 1 October, and on 2 October 2012 in the US; it reached number one in the UK Albums Chart , and number two on the US Billboard 200 . The song ” Madness ” earned a nomination in the Best Rock Song category and the album itself was nominated for the Best Rock Album at the 55th Grammy Awards , 2013. The band performed the album’s opening song, ” Supremacy “, with an orchestra at the 2013 Brit Awards on 20 February 2013. The album was a nominee for Best Rock Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards . The song “Madness” was also nominated for Best Rock Song . The album listed at number 46 on Rolling Stone ‘ s list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying “In an era of diminished expectations, Muse make stadium-crushing songs that mix the legacies of Queen , King Crimson , Led Zeppelin and Radiohead while making almost every other current band seem tiny.”