Amputechture
The Mars Volta
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iTunes Review
Like their two previous albums, De-Loused in the Comatorium and Frances the Mute, Amputechture is a dense and mysterious “concept” album that’s often impenetrable but always intriguing. Exactly what the album is about is anyone’s guess (there are multiple references to God, yet that hardly clears it up), but it’s stunning to listen to how many different themes and ideas are packed into this 76-minute epic. Seemingly anything goes—long ambient passages shift abruptly into screaming metal guitar solos and free jazz horns before fading into gorgeous, subdued melodies or soft Latin rhythms. The countless tempo changes and radical dynamic shifts keep the listener on edge, and the intensity is sustained by the counterpoint of Cedric Bixler-Zavala’s high register vocals and impressionistic lyrics, some of which are sung in Spanish. Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriquez-Lopez’s musicianship is as impressive as their imagination, and they’re joined by technically gifted guests, including guitarist John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who possess the chops necessary to execute these challenging compositions. Amputechture is a sprawling thrill ride that’s both unnerving and exhilarating.
Recent Customer Reviews
A great transition
by tyster2393I've only just recently gotten into The Mars Volta, and Amputechture is the last album that I picked up from them.
I've already heard Francis and Bedlam, and you can really tell that this album has some elements of both, i.e. the "Mello/Energeticness" of Francis and the "Constantly on Crack-ness" of Bedlam.
Quite possibly their greatest album
by GageHBelieve me, I was like the majority of Volta fans that first heard this album and was putt off. Amputechture was unlike De-Loused and Frances in so many ways, it was hard for the album to ever live up to its expectation. The frequent saxophone, seemingly excessive jazz frenzy, and overpowering vocal progresstion seemed to test every devoted fan. The first time I heard the Amputechture, I was disappointed. I found myself asking where the epic ending was, like those in the previous two albums. I was trying to find a concept to the album, some kind of flow, which made De-Loused and Frances so breathtaking, but to no avail. To me, this album seemed like a muddled attempt at progression, a self-indlulgent spree into the abyss. But Amputechture demands your attention. I had to listen again. I had let the jazz breakdown in Tetragrammaton-- the harmony of the guitar and horns-- consume me. I let Cedric's vocals in Meccamputechture-- "it lacks a human pulse''-- rework the intricate ideas of music in my mind. I realized the beauty of Amputechture. There wasn't meant to be a concept. Each song stands alone in its meaning and ideas, yet when brought together as an album, it produces something beautiful.
Omar needs to get over himself!
by SciffyI love TMV but this is the worst sounding album I've heard in a long time. Don't get me wrong, I like the songs but they should have gotton somebody else to produce the album... Maybe anyone else besides Omar. Turn the drums up and mix them better. No wonder the drummer left after this album... he was sick of Omar's crap.
Biography
Formed: 2001
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s
Top Albums and Songs by The Mars Volta
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| 1 | The Widow | Frances the Mute | 5:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Inertiatic ESP | Deloused In the Comatorium | 4:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | The Widow | The Widow - Single | 3:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | L'Via L'Viaquez (Radio Edit) | L'Via L'Viaquez - Single | 4:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Televators | Deloused In the Comatorium | 6:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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- Genres: Rock, Music, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Metal, Hard Rock
- Released: Sep 12, 2006
- ℗ 2006 The Mars Volta
