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- Summary: Band members claim their fourth studio album was influenced by people they contacted through a Ouija board.
- Record Label: Universal
- Genre(s): Rock
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Goliath | |
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That night I remember what you slipped in my glass We came rewinding when I foamed at the mouth while the lights winked at me And now my shape is... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 31
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Mixed: 12 out of 31
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Negative: 4 out of 31
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Alternative PressThe Mars Volta have created the first great record of 2008. [Mar 2008, p.145]
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FilterInstead of eight people trying to make many noises as possible, this is the sound of a unified band trying to make the best noise possible. [Winter 2008, p.90]
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there is a great leap in the songwriting--closer to classic hard-rock force and melodic drama--that, in 'Goliath,' 'Cavaletta'" and the Holy City atmospheres of 'Soothsayer,' is even more jolting than the weirdness.
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On The Bedlam in Goliath, they don’t even let their affinity for wacky sprawling passages run away with them too much, though they are plagued by unwise decisions how to put their good ideas to execution.
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Under The RadarThe Bedlam In Goliath ultimately sounds like The Mars Volta, nothing more and nothing less. [Winter 2008, p.83]
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This is rut music and The Mars Volta are still stuck in it; even if they’ve managed to avoiding digging themselves any deeper with Goliath’s frenetic lateral slides into pseudo bedlam, momentum is only momentum if you’re going somewhere.
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Sadly, this album takes sound and fury, signifying nothing, to new depths.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 41 out of 52
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Mixed: 8 out of 52
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Negative: 3 out of 52
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JacobS.Apr 13, 2008
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DennisOFeb 1, 2008
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BobFeb 18, 2008Amazing album. It started making sense after second listen. Don't judge it after only one listen. Every second is great and that
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JoeFeb 29, 2008So much music. More than 1 listen required.
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Sense!Mar 24, 2008
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AlexW.Feb 6, 2008
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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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