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Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus 13:01 42,640
2 The Widow 5:50 260,592
3 L'Via L'Viaquez 12:21 163,055
4 Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore 13:11 42,996
5 Cassandra Gemini 4:45 38,613
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With: Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez, At the Drive-In, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, De Facto and more…

About this album

Universal/Island Def Jam (2005) Released: 1 Mar 2005 5 tracks (49:08)
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. The album displays a deep jazz influence while infusing Latin flavor into many songs while utilising many of the Dub, Ambient and Electronica influences and techniques experimented with in De Facto and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez’s solo project 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.

Jeremy Ward, audio artist for The Mars Volta until his death, had previously worked as a repo man. One day, Ward discovered a diary in the backseat of a car he was repossessing, and began to note the similarities between his life and that of the author — most notably, that they had both been adopted. The diary told of the author’s search for his biological parents, with the way being pointed by a collection of people, their names being the basis for each named track of Frances the Mute. Ward was in the process of completing it at the time of his death.
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  • jeanneMJ

    excellent piece of music

    Thursday morning

  • antonijover

    According to the Wikipedia article on Frances the Mute, Spotify totally scrambled the track titling. FAIL!

    last month

  • me_araujo

    me too

    last month

  • danzag

    i fuckin hate the tracklisting confusion

    last month

  • Vermillion666

    my miranda, that ghost just isn't holy anymore remix - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or556jYT0-w&feature=youtu.be

    March 2012

  • silverlage

    t7b

    February 2012

  • classicsnevrdie

    I finally get this album. It is bombastically excellent.

    February 2012

  • SAAT4NA

    Holy shit, this album is excellent.

    January 2012

  • electrobaboon

    I need stamina for this album. Nevertheless, fantastic, if a little long.

    December 2011

  • Koxo4

    Perfect album!

    December 2011

  • lennie462

    This is seriously one of the best albums ever made

    September 2011

  • DavidM_

    This album is finally beginning to register with me after numerous listens.

    August 2011

  • Desteban6

    I was told that cassandra geminni was over like 40 minutes, but on my cd its just under 20. Whats going on? Is there different versions?

    July 2011

  • jonesoobala

    I wish I could go back to 2005 when I heard this. Walking around the neighborhood during the chilly autumn days with this in my ears kicking up the dead leaves.

    July 2011

  • astral-insomnia

    their best

    June 2011

  • dimsim3478

    The Last.fm track listing for this album is wrong (I'm pretty sure). Nonetheless, fucking awesome album. 5/5

    May 2011

  • merglis

    No there is no light!

    March 2011

  • Dylbear

    Fucking excellent.

    March 2011

  • haloedeyes

    the original version of cassandra gemini is the best thing ever

    March 2011

  • Poisonnation

    L'Via L'Viaquez. Holy fuck, soooo awesome. The rest is great as well.

    March 2011
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