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The Mars Volta - Widow Audio CD

A fair review of the The Mars Volta "Widow" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Mars Volta reviews here, or go back to the The Mars Volta tabs.

The Mars Volta Band: The Mars Volta
Title: Widow
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-03-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Frances the Mute [#] 2: Widow [Edit]

Frances won't stop talking
Frances the Mute (non-album track)
2. This single has two tracks:
1. The Widow (edited time for radio play)

Clocking in at 14 minutes and 39 seconds, Frances the Mute is obvioulsy the "real" first song that was left off the album of it's same name. Towards the end of the song (at about 2:30 seconds left in the song), you can hear the classical guitar riff that segue's into the begining of Cygnus. . . . Vismund Cygnus. Just listen to these songs back to back starting with Frances the Mute, and you'll see what I mean. And what it all means is that because of all their noodling and meandering, this album is too long to fit on one CD, thus , we have this single, so you can get the missing begining.
So aside from some of the seemingly unecessary ambient noise and "jamming", Frances the Mute is a good song, and when listened to it along with the album, it just seems more complete.
If you have the album Frances the Mute, then you have the song the Widow. Nothing's different here except some of the ambient stuff is cut off the end so it could be played on the radio. .


The Completion of _Frances the Mute_
Your guess is as good as mine why it didn't make the album or why they didn't put _Frances the Mute_ out as a double-CD, but you really don't have all of _Frances the Mute_ until you have this single. Omar said in an interview that the track "Frances the Mute," the fiteen-minute track on this single, was actually his favorite song on the entire _Frances the Mute_ album. (Any way, that's the part of Volta you love the most: the enigma. ) This track has Volta sounding more like Yes than they ever have around the ten-minute mark with some spiky jamming and then some _Tales from Topographic Ocean_ under-sea stuff and a rousing rifforama with Cedric's "this never happened" refrain. It's really a great song, as good as anything they have ever done. And let's just say, without giving too much away, that it makes _Frances_ come full circle both musically and lyrically. Get your hands on it.


Still Free
Volta is a group that is going to keep you guessing thorough the entirety of each track. Just went to Best Buy yesterday, to buy Deloussed and they've got the single for free. Frances The Mute (the song) is no different. Pick this up if you get the chance. .


Amazing
It actually makes the album that much better, which i didnt even think was possible. If you already own "Frances the Mute" and have truely gotten to know it, then buy this single. This song makes the whole album make sense, and create the full circle that was already very well completed before the single is added. If you are a fan of the album, then buy this, because it will blow you away.


GREAT STUFF
It wasn't a burned CD, it was authentic as it gets. It was brand new. Still had the plastic wrapping on it. It was great. Couldn't of asked for anything better. Thanks.


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