Album

Frances The Mute

The Mars Volta

2005 · Electronic, Rock

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Frances The Mute by The Mars Volta

Frances The Mute is a Rock album by The Mars Volta, originally released in 2005. On Gatefold: 40 pressings tracked, owned by 64 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

  1. 1Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus13:02
  2. 2The Widow5:50
  3. 3L' Via L' Viaquez12:21
  4. 4Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore13:09
  5. 5Cassandra Geminni [I]4:45
  6. 6Cassandra Geminni [II]6:40
  7. 7Cassandra Geminni [III]2:55
  8. 8Cassandra Geminni [IV]7:41
  9. 9Cassandra Geminni [V]4:59
  10. 10Cassandra Geminni [VI]3:48
  11. 11Cassandra Geminni [VII]0:46
  12. 12Cassandra Geminni [VIII]0:53

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Prog Rock
  • dense
  • chaotic
  • bohemian

Album notes

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The Mars Volta's second full length album.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Adrian TerrazasTENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE FLUTE, TENOR SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE , FLUTE
  • Bill ReichenbachBASS TROMBONE TROMBONE
  • Cedric Bixler-ZavalaCOMPOSED BY , LYRICS BY VOCALS VOCALS, LYRICS BY
  • David CampbellARRANGED BY , CONDUCTOR ARRANGED BY CONDUCTOR
  • Diego CasillasVIOLIN
  • Erick HernandezVIOLIN
  • Ernesto MolinaVIOLIN
  • Fernando MorenoVIOLIN
  • Fernando MorenoVIOLIN
  • FleaTRUMPET TRUMPET, SOLOIST TRUMPET, SOLOIST, TRUMPET
  • Isaiah OwensKEYBOARDS
  • Joel DerouinVIOLIN
  • Jon TheodoreDRUMS
  • Josefina VergaraVIOLIN
  • Juan Alderete de la PenaBASS
  • Larry CorbettCELLO
  • Larry HarlowPIANO PIANO, CLAVINET
  • Lenny CastroPERCUSSION

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