Album
Frances The Mute
2005 · Rock
20 collectors on Gatefold own this
Frances The Mute is a Rock album by The Mars Volta, originally released in 2005. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked, owned by 20 collectors.
About
With their second album, The Mars Volta prove that in prog rock, more is more. But <i>Frances</i> isn't overstuffed. Guitarist/producer Omar Rodríguez-López mapped out and recorded each part separately, building a dizzying but ordered maze. The spaghetti-western intro sets a dramatic stage before "Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus" becomes a speedy, lysergic blast of Latin jazz. "L'Via L'Viaquez" flits between earthquaking blues rock and eerie salsa. And Cedric Bixler-Zavala's poetry hits Jabberwocky heights of evocative nonsense as he hisses and screeches over 32-minute closer "Cassandra Gemini."
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Tracklist
Side B
- BThe Widow (Live Acoustic Version)3:32
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- dense
- chaotic
- theatrical
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Side A is the song Frances the Mute. It was intended to be the first act in the story (and therefore the first song in the album) but was not there on the CD due to space reasons. "Frances the Mute"'s lyrics appears on the inside of the album's CD tray.
Approximately 10000 copies pressed
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Cedric Bixler-ZavalaLYRICS BY, MUSIC BY
- Isaiah Owens
- John Alderete
- Jon Theodore
- Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez
- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
20 collectors on Gatefold own this · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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