The Bedlam In Goliath
by The Mars Volta
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 153 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 133 out of 153
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 153
  3. Negative: 8 out of 153

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31
#31 Most Discussed Album of 2008

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Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 31
  3. Negative: 4 out of 31
  1. AllMusic
    90
    This should have been the album where the Mars Volta either wore the formula down to nothing or abruptly turned in a different direction, but instead the band created an album that nearly perfects what they've been working toward.
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  2. Billboard
    80
    Most of the time, however, the band makes a righteous racket that straddles the worlds of prog rock, funk, fusion jazz and world music, with Eastern motifs spicing 'Aberinkula' and a bit of cosmic blues making its way into 'Conjugal Burns.'
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    For the most part, this is the heaviest record that they’ve recorded and the most far-out as well.
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