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De-Loused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta
10,059,801 plays (474,430 listeners)
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Son et Lumiere | 1:35 | 279,092 | ||
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Inertiatic Esp | 4:26 | 312,544 | ||
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Tira Me a Las Aranas | 1:28 | 140,617 | ||
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Roulette Dares (This is the Ha | 7:29 | 33,148 | ||
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Eriatarka | 6:20 | 242,749 | ||
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Drunkship Of Lanterns | 7:05 | 240,409 | ||
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This Apparatus Must Be Unearth | 4:58 | 55,294 | ||
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Cicatriz Esp | 12:28 | 214,226 | ||
| 7 | Televators (Main Radio Edit) | 4:10 | 1,003 | |||
| 8 | TakeThe Veil Cerpin Taxt (XFM Session) | 12:17 | 10 |
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About this album
Released: 28 Oct 2003 10 tracks (62:16)
De-Loused in the Comatorium is the first studio album by the progressive rock band The Mars Volta. Based on a short story by lead singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala, and sound manipulation artist Jeremy Michael Ward, it is the hour-long tale of Cerpin Taxt, a man who tries to kill himself by overdosing on a mixture of morphine and rat poison. The attempt lands him in a week-long coma during which he experiences visions of humanity and his own psyche. Upon waking, he is dissatisfied with the real world and jumps to his death. The story of Cerpin Taxt is based on the death of El Paso, Texas artist (and Bixler-Zavala’s friend) Julio Venegas.
De-Loused became both critically and commercially their biggest hit, eventually selling in excess of 500,000 copies despite next-to-no promotion, and was featured on several critics’ “Best of the Year” lists. The album was ranked number 55 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine’s list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time. “Drunkship of Lanterns” was named the 91st best guitar song of all-time by Rolling Stone.
The music contained in De-Loused is distinguished by its enigmatic lyrics, Jazz rhythms, odd time signatures, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez’s frenetic guitar riffs, which are often harshly dissonant. The title of this album is taken from the lyrics of the song “Eunuch Provocateur” on the band’s previous release, Tremulant. The cover artwork is by Storm Thorgerson. The title takes its name from The Kids in the Hall’s 1996 film, Brain Candy, where people addicted to the titular drug are sent to a place called “the comatorium”.
Song Title Translations/Meanings:
Son et Lumière is a French phrase meaning “sound and light.”
De-Loused became both critically and commercially their biggest hit, eventually selling in excess of 500,000 copies despite next-to-no promotion, and was featured on several critics’ “Best of the Year” lists. The album was ranked number 55 on the October 2006 issue of Guitar World magazine’s list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time. “Drunkship of Lanterns” was named the 91st best guitar song of all-time by Rolling Stone.
The music contained in De-Loused is distinguished by its enigmatic lyrics, Jazz rhythms, odd time signatures, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez’s frenetic guitar riffs, which are often harshly dissonant. The title of this album is taken from the lyrics of the song “Eunuch Provocateur” on the band’s previous release, Tremulant. The cover artwork is by Storm Thorgerson. The title takes its name from The Kids in the Hall’s 1996 film, Brain Candy, where people addicted to the titular drug are sent to a place called “the comatorium”.
Song Title Translations/Meanings:
Son et Lumière is a French phrase meaning “sound and light.”
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silverlage wrote:
t7b
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Vlassar wrote:
classic [2]
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cometbus wrote:
classic
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electrobaboon wrote:
290 plays in your library and it justs keeps going up.
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timmotjo17 wrote:
Best MV album to me. It's a fantastic piece of music.
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R1Q304 wrote:
This is just okay. Even Octahedron is better!
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Znourrwringmm wrote:
Still one of the best albums ever made.
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electrobaboon wrote:
How can people listen to individual tracks from this album? For me, it only works as a whole. Absolutely incredible album though, one of the best of all time for sure. Love that one snare hit right at the start of Drunkship of Lanterns. You know shit's going down when you hear that. Such a good album.
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evanmoore wrote:
Not a big Chili Peppers fan but goddamn, the bass playing on this album is phenomenal.
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WayneBirch wrote:
I'll still be listening to this when I'm old and withered. Probably still consider it the best album ever recorded too.
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BillSmauz wrote:
This and their EP are their best works.
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Claidheambmor wrote:
Does anyone have the instrumental version of this album?
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lucho_5 wrote:
SO FUCKING AWESOME!
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me_araujo wrote:
do caralho
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OLink9 wrote:
i can't believe how much i love this.
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electrobaboon wrote:
Gets more perfect with every listen. Drunkship of Lanterns followed by Eriatarka followed by Cicatriz ESP is just amazing. o.O
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Mindo91 wrote:
I guess I'm the only one rating Amputechture and Frances higher than this album. That said, this album is without a single doubt a masterpiece
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A_dawg wrote:
I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!!!!!!
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steve_etchie wrote:
Their best album. Cicatriz Esp is my favorite track. You can't go wrong with this band though, no matter what album you buy. I think their weakest is Amputechture though. Still good.
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kisa26 wrote:
is so perfect ! i like this album !!
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