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Aside from [a] 20-minute stretch, though, Delìrium Còrdia holds up just fine as a suitably unwieldy, adventurous, patched-together series of instrumental bridges with no chorus to reach.
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In essence, its an improvisational nightmare that leaves you feeling extremely uncomfortable for an entire hour, while concurrently having you wish you could lie down to listen.
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Alternative PressPatton's latest fantasy-headache is a one-song, 55-minute conceptual misfire that careens from acid-casualty chamber music to high-velocity cartoon metal. [Feb 2004, p.82]
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[Delirium] is hardly the kind of record that will be everyones bag, but there is so much variety and so much imagination packed into it that we find ourselves recommending it despite ourselves.
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Q MagazineWretched. [Dec 2003, p.124]
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So while Delìrivm Cordìa is filled with great blocks of sound, it too often loses sight of direction.
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UncutImpressively pretentious, and brilliantly executed. [Dec 2003, p.126]
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Makes Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare sound like Cats in comparison.
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On one hand, it's maddening, especially when the band lapses into twenty-two minutes of near silence. But Cordia demands repeated listens, if only to hear the freakish wonder that is Mike Patton's voice.
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Where Director's Cut was a variation of different '70s film themes, Delirium Cordia is a score to Patton's own horror imagination.
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I dont see it as a release you can draw much from through repeated listening, but its a brave and powerful trip nonetheless.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 20
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Mixed: 2 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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NathanF.Aug 30, 2009
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DavidF.Jan 11, 2008Different in a good way.
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SeanFApr 21, 2007