There is such amazing energy in this album it's hard to take it all in the first few listens; energy with great emotion. Thoedore gets the musicianship award here for his drumming. I'm only slightly disappointed with the reliance on the bridges of some songs, but their creativity is ever-evolving for the better.

i bought it on the 23rd, and its the only cd ive listened to since...........radiohead mixed with Latin America and funk like only Flea can deliver..........melodies that make me shiver..

Amazing album. 2002 we had little to no good music released but 2003 is already shaping up well with albums like this and Radiohead's 'Hail to the Thief'

Pitchfork is absolutely DEAD wrong---the "critic" must have been sipping on his tea and eating a scone when he listened to it. The Mars Volta will leave a mark on the music world for decades to come.

This is a bad album....every song is moving and you can just listen to the whole album....this has to be one of my favorite albums in my collection and i have a pretty big one!!!!

This album has revitalized my interest in Prog Rock and Art rock. This is a greatly put together album and i look forward to Frances the Mute on March 1st 2005

Simply a masterpiece, a brilliant jounrney

Not perfect, but very close. The only rock band I like. Bravo!

It's the best album of all time. Seriously, it's up there with Led Zeppelin IV and OK Computer. From start (incredible, tension building intro) to finish (pulse pounding 8 minutes of ambient, yet intense musical perfection wrapped up with an invigorating outro) this album will keep you on the edge of your seat, with your mouth wrapped tightely around the end of a joint. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez takes the talent of Jimmy Paige, and injects it with originality unlike anything you have ever heard, while fellow frontman and lead singer, Omar Bilxer-Zavala, vocalizes pain, anguish, and uncertainty in a way that will send chills up your spine for the duration of the album. Songs on the album such as "Roulette Dares", "Cicatriz ESP", "Televators", and "Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt" remind you why music was made. At The Drive-In breaking up is one of the best things that has ever happened to music in my opinion. I beg of you: BUY THIS CD.… Expand

It's not exactly my cup of tea but it's music that makes you think ... and that can only be a good thing. However, at times it is a bit over-indulgent and would have benefited from a tighter focus.

Absolutely the most pleasing, awe inspiring, fantastic album to ever be. I strongly recommend anyone who owns the album to see The Mars Volta play live.

The CD takes you to a whole new world. Feverish and psychadelic, the songs rip at your mind in a frenzy of intense drum and bass rythme while the guitar breaks the barrier of reality for you. Guest musicians include John Frusciante (Guitar for Cicatriz) and Flea (Bass on all tracks), both from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Lyrically, this album is brilliant, and I could not ask for more.

Forget every other band in the world. The Mars Volta create music that will make you realise just how shallow, meaningless and bereft of talent the music industry has been over the last few years. This album will make your ears bleed, your heart race and your brain explode. You need this album in your life. Do not waste your money buying anything else.

unbelievable, this album will take your breath away.

THE BEST STUFF OUT THERE

THIS IS AMAING

. The Mars Volta are in their own realm of inescapeable sound. I have noticed that Cedric and Omar transcend the western principals of music and blare their resonating notes of passion through an array of raw emotions.

if there were a higher option than ten, i would pick that and still be underrating this epic album.

Album of the year without a doubt you would have to be Hendrix, Dylan or Zeppelin to beat it - NOT LIKELY

it's great to listen to. use headphones.

Take THAT, garage rock posers! Outrageously good album; the best new release of the year.

F-in amazing. thats all i can say

a big step up from ATDI. great vocals and outstanding rhythm.

AMAZING. that is all.

An amazing achievement. One of the best CD's of the year, if not the best.

Wow, just wow

Truly a progression towards excellence once thought abandoned in music. Here comes the messiah to cast out the MTV spirits and bring real music.

They must be Irush because my penis is Dublin

spectacular album!!! What is best at it.. they have created their own music&style.. and once it got you there is no going back!!! i love this music...!! but is there an album you can give full 10.. maybe not? your own album?hmm

Best Cd of the year 2003

awesome and enjoyable, there is something missing though (paul, jim and tony) it will never sound complete to me, but this is the closest it can get, cedric is god of emo

this is a remarkable album, I think it will inspire a lot of bands to take new directions in music. their musical vision/abilities are astounding. Listening to the album it feels like you are listening to a mix of several albums different in style but flowing together to create an atmosphere that is really intense.

it doesnt get much better than this!

Three words: Mind-blowing and bewildering.

I am loving this CD. So excellent and sexy. It makes me want to smoke the happy. You know. Peace outside!

It's amazing how wrong critics can be about an album at it's time of release. Everyone is SO quick to praise Zoso or Moving Pictures, but I really wonder what people these days would think about them. De-Loused is what happens when you fuse elite musicians at EVERY instrument (vocals included) and make an unbelievable conception a reality. I can honestly say that this is probably the best album I will ever listen to, and that I am still not tired of it, even after having purchased it two and a half years ago. Yes, it takes a while to get used to. Yes, the songs are long. GET OVER IT! This will change your idea of how much music can really impact you.… Expand

This album is pure tastiness. Me only gripe with it is the "nothing" sections, where all u can hear is the epic sounds of nothingness, u kno? I must say that Televators IS agony, in the most beautiful and amazing way possible. Albeit, Frances the Mute is a bit more of my style...this album is gangsta, tho! Like a 9.3/10, I'd say.

speechless

best album ever. enough said.

The album is great becaus it's a fusion of great instrumentals, calm ,and loud vocals that sound great. The songs are constantly up beat, with the exception of number 9 because it's more melancholic song, but I like it. I can tell that theses guys, worked hard on every song inorder to produce album has a unique balance of great lyrics and music. The album is excellent and motivating.

One of the most moving pieces of music I've heard in long time.Everything from song structure to production is near flawless,Rick Rubin is a amazing.The sound quality is a amazing,"Tremulant" sounds amateur is comparison.Do yourself a favor and pick this album up,you wont regret it.

Simply blow your body and your mind...

mars volta has proven that downloading is not killing music, crap music was killing music. This CD proves that music as an art form is alive and well.

I have not heard anything this mindblowing ever in my life. Simply amazing. One of the best albums in modern rock history.

Leaves me speachless

this is the most important CD to come out in the last 10 or so years. Not only that, it's their FIRST record. I can't wait to see what's next...

It's a comatic structure, it's for everybody who wants sleeping, being arise, it's about all the true story of a the clone of you when you take any products in your head...

Though it may just be the initial shock, De-Loused in the Comatorium is quite possibly the greatest album I've ever heard, and if I ever go back on that statement, it is still the best debut album ever released, and ranks in the top five of all time, at least. The entire album is worth babbling on about for hours, but in this short area I have, I will say that "Cicatriz ESP" is the most powerful single track of music I have experienced in my lifetime.… Expand

get £12 by any means and go get this record because it will change the way you feel about music no matter what you think your' into'.unbelievable.

Simply the best album i ever heard! Finaly something really fresh in the worldwide musical scene! The best album since System of a down first album and ATD-I´s Relationship of command!

truly amazing. Now i know what it feels like to be in the presence of greatness. completely enthralling.

The Mars Volta man the ship to take the music lovers out of the corporate asses.

Finally an album I can listen to over and over without getting sick of the same candy coated "verse, chorus, verse" crap. Think of Pink Floyd but instead of just acid, toss is some meth and you have a good idea of what is going on here. Alot of through went into crafting each song. Great Album

all i can say is....ORGASMIC!

I've never heard anything so damn amazing. This is pure genius.

As I read some of these reviews, I actually wondered if any of you had listened to the CD. Provided, the CD is alright, but isn't anything special or groundbreaking. The Mars Volta is certainly not "The band that Radiohead wishes it was", as Radiohead actually writes songs that are meaningful. Whereas, The Mars Volta has relied heavily on sound manipulations, etc. to pique the listeners interest, and create a "layered" feeling to the album. What comes out just seems confused and jarbled, lacking any clear direction or melody. The Mars Volta actually tries to feign meaningfulness by saturating songs with such lyrics as "a half passed commute through a perilous instant expect through the lines, radar has gathered midnight nooses from boxcar cadavers" Filling songs with complicated words doesn't mean that they have meaning. The Mars Volta is a band that has become so wrapped up in their own hype that they released an album that is all pretense with no substance. There is no reasonable comparison between The Mars Volta and Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd. "Deloused In The Comatorium" is not the next "OK Computer". Provided, the album does redeem itself with some interesting guitar work and the odd decent song. That is all.… Expand

pitchfork....that is the most stoopid review i have ever read...what a peice of human garbage. i will never read a review there again.

Terrible. Rush meets Tool. Pretentious, unlistenable. Guy's voice is excruciating. Don't believe the hype.

Every great album is based on something personal to the writers.... De-Loused in The Comatorium boldly represents the incredibly talented musicians' views on what it is like to slip into a comatose state of being and experience realms of reality beyond ordinary comprehension. This album is from planet Mars Volta and should not be compared to anything.

One of the best CD's I've heard in a long time. Gets better with every listen!

It does seem mean-spirited to give this 4.9 like pitchfork but while everyone seems to love it and it certainly passionately rocks - it lacks the focus in either energy or structure or theme that makes albums great - but most of all IMO it is tainted with faint ridiculousness! Maybe if I was in my early teens...

Music is back. Nothing released from anyone for the last 2 years comes even remotely close. The instructors are in. Stamped with the approval of the Peppers ought to tell you something.

a bit of pink floyd, some sounds and ambiance taken from ATDI (alright) spanish and latin influences. My only regret: where is "cut that city"!!!!

From out of the ashes of At-the Drive In rises a phoenix in this album by the Mars Volta. I still don't believe something like this exists.

There is no such thing as a perfect album. Concept albums are even more difficult to pull off. I must admit as a die-hard ATDI fan and hearing the promising origins of the Mars Volta around the net and on their first EP that this album was slightly disappointing. But it is a reality I have come to accept from the ATDI cds, most of the songs are superb but there is a painful flow. I find myself constant skipping all around the album (2 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 10). Maybe I am just a product of the TV generation - no attention span… Expand

Interesting but miss the energy from the former ATDI. I agree with Pitchfork "it's not fun"....at all!

what the hell was that guy from pitchfork thinking? he needs to re-examen this album and realize its full potential. this is the best album i've purchased in years.

Craptastic.

It was hard to believe that somebody that gets paid to review music and to have an extensive knowledge of music would have given this cd a rating of 49/100. It is suprising to see all of the allusions to other bands and their works and to fail to see the outstanding difference that this cd gives the listener from any album out right now. I strongly believe that anybody who looked down on the cd, the band, or the artist would have a complete change of perspective if they ever saw Mars Volta live. I love this album.… Expand

Useless, meaningless metaphors. Whiningly high vocal range. Unimpressive guitar work. Obnoxious, untrained drums. Electronics and effects add nothing. Hard to believe it took 5+ people to put together something so unwothy of my $10.

Best album I've ever heard!

Senzacionalno! Odlièno! Mistièno! Za povijest meðu velikanima!

One of the most beutiful things I have ever heard.

This is definitely the best album i have heard yet this year and is already one of the favorite cd's that I own.

100/100 points. each time i listen to it, it is surprising me again

I'd have to agree with calling this album a "sprawling mess." There is no doubt in my mind that the music here is some creative, intoxicating, beautiful ear-candy, but it feels too ready to shuffle into its own brilliance. "De-Loused" is something a band with more than an EP under their belt should try. Yes, I know that At the Drive-In had a substantial LP career, but the Mars Volta hasn't. Kudos for the sprawling. A big sigh for the over-reaching.… Collapse

Wow, this Cd rocked my mind....!

Jake, you dont know sh*t about music. Theres no way you can talk so much gripe about TMV, and say you are a fan of At the Drive In.

Even after repeated listens, I still can't fully comprehend what it all means. All I know is that it's completely different than anything I've ever heard. A complete work of art.

fucking incrediable. how could any of those fucking "stylus magazine", "pitch fork" and "Neumu.net" call it a mess?? boy they know thier music huh?

Best CD ever. This record oozes salsa (I should since I live in Puerto Rico and I know the members of The Fania All-Stars personally) I mean it makes you want to get up and dance just like Omar does (it's called salsa dancing btw) at the shows. Best meltdown of salsa and everything genre of music in the world I've heard (Punk, Psychedelia, Rock, Jazz, Etc...) Don't you agree?

Timeless, epic, demands your attention, even on the 50th listen. Been waiting for our generation to reach a musical crescendo for a long time? i think this is it -=theMarsVolta=-

Quite the listening experience. The only problems I found with it were the periods where, four minutes into a song, it would get dead silent and revel in nothingness. Just experimental sounds here and there, echoes, etc. but..it dragged on too long. Then, two minutes later, the song picks up where it left off (still rocking your f*ucking socks off). But, those minutes of scrathes and samples, which could have been cool were they cut to the bare minimum, became overused and trifled the, otherwise, flawlessness of this great album. That's my only gripe. And I also enjoy the lyrics because they're up for interpretation, pulling you in that much more. If you can't do that..then you're just lacking imagination. Go watch xXx and listen to Slipknot to satisfy your delusions of fine tastes. As for myself, I'll be listening to De-Loused in the Comatorium.… Expand

Takes you on a musical journey and a rollercoaster of emotions, lopez and bixler never been better, Prog rock given a complete make over

another bixler masterpiece

Hi every one.This band is one of the best bands out there.Its fresh,new,unique and everything about it is awesome.Get all the albums and I hear a new one is coming out soon so get that one to lol.Anyway for further awesome music,check out At the drive-in and Sparta.I am sure anyone will like At the drive-in and Sparta if they like Mars Volta because all the band members in At the drive-in split up,two of the members formed Mars Volta and the others formed Sparta so I am sure you will enjoy both bands.Anyway buy this cd and the others and buy all of Sparta's and At the drive-in's albums aswell :p… Expand

This album presents hope for the future of music. In an industry dominated by dance music disguised as rock, MV have managed to bring back the creativity and intesity birthed by the likes of Pink Floyd and the Beatles. This album, like PF's The Wall, goes beyond simply music; it is truly a work of art.

sucksass

the most underated band out there

I believe that De-Loused in the Comatorium will prove it side to be the "Dark Side of the Moon" of our generation

The music on this CD is on par with the sound of gerbils getting slaughtered in a blender.

this album is trippy and when summer comes ill definetly smoke a bowl and listen to this one.

satisfaction guaranteed

fucking good

It's like a story. There's a temptation, then a problem, then a hero. cool

Amazing. I have had this album playing in my car for weeks on end. I simply cannot get enough of it. A+

One of the very best CDs in a long time. Just a great, great example of progressive, experimental rock. I love this album, and can't stop listening to it. Thanks to this CD I bought the other 2 TMV album in a span of a week! Pitchfork sucks, who ppays them to write bad reviews about the best bands out there!! Deloused is amazing!

i am a big fan of at the drive-in aswell and i think that the mars volta is amazing, idk why everyone says that atdi is better by far, i think that the talent that is in this band is amazing. Cedric and omar are still crazy at what they do and can seirouslly change the future in the prog. rock world