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Universal acclaim- based on 153 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 133 out of 153
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Mixed: 12 out of 153
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Negative: 8 out of 153
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MycleS.Feb 8, 2008mediocre album from a band that should have split after deloused. and how Alex w. could compare this to Radiohead is beyond me. Radiohead writes masterful music, full of complex song structures, layers, and meaning. comparing tmv to Radiohead is like comparing finger painting to van gogh.
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IsaacA.Jan 30, 2008This album is just a mess of potentially great, but ultimately wasted, ideas.
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NoelS.Mar 28, 2008They were cool when they first came out, now they're just kind of trying too hard.
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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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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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For the most part, this is the heaviest record that they’ve recorded and the most far-out as well.