The Mars Volta – Frances The Mute

Label:	Universal Records – 2103977, Gold Standard Laboratories – 2103977, Strummer Recordings – 2103977
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	Mexico
Released:	2005
Genre:	Electronic, Rock
Style:	Alternative Rock, Prog Rock

Tracklist

1	Cygnus.... Vismund Cygnus	13:02
1a	Sarcophagi
1b	Umbilical Syllables
1c	Facilis Descenus Averni
1d	Con Safo
2	The Widow	5:50
3	L' Via L' Viaquez	12:21
4	Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore	13:09
4a	Vade Mecum
4b	Pour Another Icepick
4c	Pisacis (Phra-Men-Ma)
4d	Con Safo
	Cassandra Gemini
5	I	4:45
6	II	6:40
7	II	2:55
8	IV	7:41
9	V	4:59
10	VI	3:48
11	VII	0:46
12	VIII	0:53

Credits

A&R – Gary Gersh
Arranged By [Strings And Horns], Conductor [Strings And Horns] – David Campbell
Bass Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2), The Coqui Of Puerto Rico
Cello – Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama
Conductor [Strings & Horns] – David Campbell
Cover – Bill Thorgerson, Dan Abbott (2), Peter Curzon, Thorgerson*, Storm*
Engineer – Andrew Scheps, David Schiffman, Jon Debaun, Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez*
Engineer [Assistant] – Claudius Mittendorfer, Paul Pilsneniks
Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Adrian Terrazas (tracks: 8 to 12)
Guitar – John Frusciante (tracks: 3)
Management – sam*
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Mastered By [Assistant] – Roger Lian
Mixed By – Rich Costey
Music By, Directed By – Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez*
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Performer [On This Record The Mars Volta Is:] – Cedric Bixler Zavala*, Ikey Isaiah Owens*, Jon Theodore, Juan Alderte De La Peña*, Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez, Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez*
Photography By – Peter Curzon, Rupert Truman, Storm Thorgerson
Piano – Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Piano, Clavinet – Larry Harlow (tracks: 3, 8 to 12)
Producer – Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez*
Trombone – Nicholas Lane*
Trumpet – Flea (tracks: 2, 4 to 7), Salvador "Chava" Hernandez, Wayne Bergeron
Tuba – Randy Jones (2)
Violin – Diego Casillas, Erick Hernandez, Ernesto Molina, Fernando Moreno, Joel Derouin, Josefina Vergara, Mario DeLeon, Peter Kent (2), Roberto Cani
Vocals, Lyrics By – Cedric Bixler Zavala*
Written-By [Strings And Horns] – David Campbell, Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez*

Notes

The CD packaging specifies the fifth track name as Cassandra Geminni. However, the artist website and the vinyl release of this album specify its name as Cassandra 'Gemini'. The movements of this track are Tarantism / Plant a Nail in the Navel Stream / Faminepulse / Multiple Spouse Wounds / Sarcophagi, listed here as they do not align with the track splits (5-12).

Engineered at:-
373 Ewingsdale, Byron Bay, Australia.
6540 Matilija, Van Nuys, California.
291 South Lake Street, Burbank, California.
3400 Eagle Rock Blvd, Loa Angeles, California.
453 Mario Julia Industrial Park, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
5161 North Cartwright Ave, N Hollywood, California.
3222 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, California.
441 W. 53rd Street, New York Ciry, New York.
Mixed at Avatar Studios in New York City.
Mastered at Masterdisk.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 75021 03977 3

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Frances The Mute (CDr, Advance, Album, Copy Protected)	Not On Label	none	US	2004
New Submission	Frances The Mute (CDr, Advance, Album, Copy Protected, Promo, Watermarked)	Not On Label	none	US	2004
Recently Edited	Frances The Mute (CD, Album)	Gold Standard Laboratories, Strummer Recordings, Universal Records	075021039773	Europe	2005
Recently Edited	Frances The Mute (2×LP, Special Cut, LP, Single Sided, Etched, Special Cut, All Media, Album)	Gold Standard Laboratories	GSL 96	US	2005
Recently Edited	Frances The Mute (CD, Album, Stereo)	Universal Records, Strummer Recordings, Gold Standard Laboratories	B0004129-02	US	2005