The Mars Volta: Cedric Bixler (vocals); Omar Rodriguez (guitar); Jon Theodore, Jeremy Michael Ward, Flea, Ikey Isaih Owens.
Additional personnel: John Frusciante (guitar); Justin Meldel Johnson (bass); Lenny Castro (percussion).
Producers: Rick Rubin, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.
Recorded at the Mansion, Los Angeles, California 2003.
Tracks:
1.Son et Lumiere
2.Inertiatic ESP
3.Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)
4.Tira Me a las Arañas
5.Drunkship of Lanterns
6.Eriatarka
7.Cicatriz ESP
8.This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed
9.Televators
10.Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt
Reviews:
Q (01/01/04, p.83) - Ranked #3 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums of 2003" - "An astonishing album [that features] prog rock wig-outs, squalling jazz and fiddly guitar solos..." Mojo (01/01/04, p.57) - Ranked #27 in Mojo's "The Best of 2003" Spin (7/03, p. 105) - "...The songs on DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM are built from dense blocks of punk, psychedelia, and blues rock....This is a record that creates tension from the cryptic and release from the inexplicable..." - Grade: A Entertainment Weekly (07/18/03, p.73) - "...The songs explode with creativity, fusing jazz riffs, tribal rhythms, hardcore bursts of noise, and addictive rock hooks into one of the most compelling discs of the year..." - Rating: A- Mojo (8/03, p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Their songs are like tectonic plates of rhythm and melody that jolt between simmering dub-storm, acoustic solace, and psychotic electric overkill..." Uncut (8/03, p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This eager embracing of rock's outward-bound potential makes The Mars Volta paradoxically more punk than anyone else around..." Magnet (9/03, p.106) - "...There's no mistaking who made this record..." CMJ (6/9/03, p.6) - "...Siphons its inspiration from a variety of moods and styles, including chaos and order, indie rock, dub, free Jazz, prog-rock and psychedelia...
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