Frances The Mute is a Rock album by The Mars Volta, originally released in 2005. On Gatefold: 40 pressings tracked, owned by 42 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- dense
- chaotic
- bohemian
About
With their second album, The Mars Volta prove that in prog rock, more is more. But <i>Frances</i> isn't overstuffed. Guitarist/producer Omar Rodríguez-López mapped out and recorded each part separately, building a dizzying but ordered maze. The spaghetti-western intro sets a dramatic stage before "Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus" becomes a speedy, lysergic blast of Latin jazz. "L'Via L'Viaquez" flits between earthquaking blues rock and eerie salsa. And Cedric Bixler-Zavala's poetry hits Jabberwocky heights of evocative nonsense as he hisses and screeches over 32-minute closer "Cassandra Gemini."
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Tracklist
- 1Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus13:02
- 2The Widow5:50
- 3L' Via L' Viaquez12:21
- 4Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore13:09
- 5Cassandra Geminni [I]4:45
- 6Cassandra Geminni [II]6:40
- 7Cassandra Geminni [III]2:55
- 8Cassandra Geminni [IV]7:41
- 9Cassandra Geminni [V]4:59
- 10Cassandra Geminni [VI]3:48
- 11Cassandra Geminni [VII]0:46
- 12Cassandra Geminni [VIII]0:53
Credits
Performers
- David CampbellARRANGED BY CONDUCTOR WRITTEN-BY
- Bill ReichenbachBASS TROMBONE TROMBONE
- The Coqui Of Puerto RicoBASS TROMBONE TROMBONE
- Larry CorbettCELLO
- Suzie KatayamaCELLO
- Lenny CastroPERCUSSION
- Cedric Bixler-ZavalaVOCALS COMPOSED BY
- Isaiah OwensKEYBOARDS
- Jon TheodoreDRUMS
- Juan Alderete de la PenaBASS
- Marcel Rodriguez-LopezPERCUSSION KEYBOARDS
- Omar Rodriguez-LopezWRITTEN-BY GUITAR SYNTHESIZER
- Roger Joseph Manning Jr.PIANO
- Larry HarlowPIANO
- John FruscianteGUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- Adrian TerrazasTENOR SAXOPHONE FLUTE SAXOPHONE
- Nick LaneTROMBONE
- Salvador "Chava" HernandezTRUMPET
42 collectors on Gatefold own this · 40 pressings tracked on Gatefold