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Absolution is het derde studioalbum van de Britse rockgroep Muse. Het kwam in het Verenigd Koninkrijk uit op 21 september 2003 en in de Verenigde Staten op 23 maart 2004 op het label van Taste Music Limited. Absolution behaalde de eerste plaats in de UK Album Chart en de tweede plaats in de Nederlandse Album Top 100. Er werden vijf singles uitgebracht: Stockholm Syndrome, Time Is Running Out, Hysteria, Sing for Absolution en Butterflies and Hurricanes.

Muse begon eind 2002 met producers John Cornfield en Paul Reeve aan nieuw materiaal, maar op het merendeel van het album zou er gewerkt worden met Rich Costey. De opnamen vonden voornamelijk plaats in Londen en Ierland. Het resultaat was volgens Matt Bellamy "van recht-door-zee hardrock tot epische, Queen-achtige fantasieën".

Absolution is the third studio album by English rock band Muse, released on 22 September 2003 through Taste Media. It was produced by Muse and Rich Costey, with additional production by John Cornfield and Paul Reeve.

Most of the album was recorded at Grouse Lodge in County Westmeath, Ireland, with additional sessions at AIR Studios and Livingston Recording Studios in London and Cello Studios in Los Angeles. Costey wanted to give Muse a bigger, more aggressive sound, and Absolution is more polished and direct than their previous albums. It incorporates classical influences, with orchestra on tracks such as "Butterflies and Hurricanes" and "Blackout", and apocalyptic lyrical themes. Muse used effects, synthesisers and software to process many tracks.

Absolution reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. It also produced Muse's first top-ten single, "Time Is Running Out", which reached number 8 on the UK singles chart. As of 2018, Absolution had sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide. A 20th anniversary box set was released on 17 November 2023, with remastered audio, unreleased demos and live versions.