The Mars Volta - Amputechture

comfortably numb
comfortably numb Posts: 188
edited September 2006 in Other Music
who else is excited about this?

if it's 1/100th as good as either of their last albums it'll be worth getting.
saw things so much clearer
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  • off_the_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    its not as good as deloused but its about the same as frances
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  • Matt Lukin
    Matt Lukin Posts: 647
    I thought Frances was better than De-Loused, and this one is an improvement on Frances. Great album, definitely worth buying.
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  • cubbieblue82
    cubbieblue82 Posts: 292
    Matt Lukin wrote:
    I thought Frances was better than De-Loused, and this one is an improvement on Frances. Great album, definitely worth buying.

    Agreed. De-Loused is probably my least fav of their albums, although it's almost on the level of Frances. I think Amputechture is my favorite so far.

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  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    its still growin on me..i loved the first one and frances grew on me a lot too.. stuff like con safo my god frances is amazing.. this one for sure has one of their best songs ever "Viscera eyes"
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  • comfortably numb
    comfortably numb Posts: 188
    how do you people have it already
    saw things so much clearer
  • off_the_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    comfortably numb wrote:
    how do you people have it already

    i think every torrent site in the world has had it for about a month if not longer.
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  • drew0
    drew0 Posts: 943
    Will someone point me in the direction of getting it? :)
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    drew0 wrote:
    Will someone point me in the direction of getting it? :)
    It comes out on Tuesday i'm sure Best Buy will have a good deal on it.
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  • off_the_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    drew0 wrote:
    Will someone point me in the direction of getting it? :)

    oink, demonoid, pirate bay, etc.
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  • enharmonic
    enharmonic Posts: 1,917
    Best rock album I've heard in a long time.
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  • comfortably numb
    comfortably numb Posts: 188
    ill just wait until tuesday to hear it
    saw things so much clearer
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Anyone picked it up and have some early reviews?

    As with the mastodon album i'm waiting till after work to go down to best buy and pick it up :)
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  • Azwethinkweiz
    Azwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    i dig this album alot. personally i think it's 10 times better than Frances.
    it doesn't beat De-Loused though.

    but yeah, very enjoyable album. 8/10
  • Red Lukin
    Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
    listening to it right now...just bought it

    it's weird, but I love it. I think it may take a few listens for some average fans, but it's trippy as fuck
  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    gonna go check the mail.. i hope its here!

    I preordered PJ and it took like 5 weeks after release date to get it.. grr
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  • solat9
    solat9 Posts: 20
    Better than Frances the Mute, but non on the level of Deloused. Still a very good album.
  • comfortably numb
    comfortably numb Posts: 188
    like the other two, it's really long, so i havent had time to soak it all in yet, but im really liking it. especially vicarious atonement, tetragrammaton, vermicide, aslilos magdelena and viscera eyes
    saw things so much clearer
  • darth
    darth Houston, TX Posts: 139
    I've had it for about 2 months already but still went and picked it up today because I wanted the actual CD and picked up the new one from norma Jean also.

    But the new album is amazing I think, and I don't really have a favorite TMV album, I like all of them and everything this band has done so far. One of my favorite bands on the planet.
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  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    Only heard it through like 2,5 times, but it's definitely worth getting. If for nothing else, track 6 and 7 blow me away. It's laidback for being them (which means merely intense ;)) and a bit more proggish to my ears. (Granted I'm not a major prog-head).

    It holds it's own compared to their other two, although I still think I rate de-loused as their best. I'll put this one between de-loused and frances actually. But all of them are very good, mind you. Just ranking them a bit.

    I need more time to have it settle for me, but so far so good. I actually like track 2 as well, I think. I need to listen to it more :)

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