Description:Frances the Mute is the second studio album by progressive rock band The Mars Volta released in the US on March 1, 2005. The album's lyrics often jump from Spanish to English. Though not as commercially successful as De-loused in the Comatorium, it received considerable critical praise and is widely considered as the band's magnum opuFrances the Mute is the second studio album by progressive rock band The Mars Volta released in the US on March 1, 2005. The album's lyrics often jump from Spanish to English. Though not as commercially successful as De-loused in the Comatorium, it received considerable critical praise and is widely considered as the band's magnum opus. The album displays a deep jazz influence while infusing Latin flavor into many songs, as well as utilising many of the dub, ambient and electronica influences and techniques experimented with in De Facto and Omar Rodríguez-López's solo projects in order to create one cohesive composition divided into many tracks. Originally to be titled Sarcophagus, Frances the Mute sold 123,000 copies in its opening week and has sold 465,000 copies as of September 2006. The album made multiple "Best of" lists at the end of 2005. In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #18 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums" and the album was named as one of Classic Rock's 10 essential progressive rock albums of the decade... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Gold Standard Laboratories, Universal, Strummer Release date : 1 March 2005 EAN: 0075021039773 UPC: 075021039773
"Even more amazing than De-loused In the Comatorium. This is one of those albums that's best listened to in its entirety, and whenever one of the songs pops up on my mp3 player when I have it on random I have to either skip it or pull up the album to listen to instead.
Favorite song: "L' Via l'Viaquez"
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Storm says: ' What is there to say about the Mars Volta? An extraordinary coupling: exotic, extravagant, improvising, unrestrained but as tight as a drum when they need to be. A heady mix of styles woven together at a frenetic pace but interspersed with unexpected longeurs.'"
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