The Mars Volta - Amputechture - 2006 White/Orange "Creamsicle" Double Vinyl LP

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The Mars Volta masterpiece on white and orange "Creamsicle" double vinyl LP with lyrics on inner jacket. Original 2006 Gold Standard Labs/Universal pressing with printed artwork sleeves.


  1. "Vicarious Atonement" 7:19 2. "Tetragrammaton" 16:41 3. "Vermicide" 4:16 4. "Meccamputechture" 11:03 5. "Asilos Magdalena" 6:34 6. "Viscera Eyes" 9:23 7. "Day of the Baphomets" 11:57 8. "El Ciervo Vulnerado" 8:50 Total length: 76:03
 

PERSONNEL:

• Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars, bass, sitar, direction
• Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals, tanpura
  
• Juan Alderete – bass guitar
• Jon Theodore – drums
• Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion, keyboards, synthesizers, drums
  
• Isaiah "Ikey" Owens – keyboards
• Adrián Terrazas-González – flute, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, percussion
• John Frusciante – rhythm guitar, lead guitar
• Paul Hinojos – sound manipulation

Recording personnel

• Omar Rodríguez-López – producer
• Jonathon Debaun – engineer
• Robert Carranza – engineer
• Paul Fig – engineer
• Rich Costey – mixing
• Pablo Arraya – mixing assistant
• Vlado Meller – mastering

Artwork

• Jeff Jordan – artwork
• Sonny Kay – layout

Notes

1. "Vicarious Atonement" is the theory that the atonement of Jesus Christ was legal in God's eyes and that Jesus died in the place of the humans that sinned.
2. "Tetragrammaton" is a reference to the four-letter Hebrew name ???? (often rendered JHWH or YHWH in English) for the God of Judaism
3. "Vermicide" is any substance used to kill worms, especially those in the intestines, or the act of killing worms.
4. "Meccamputechture" is a portmanteau of Mecca (the holiest city in the Islamic faith), amputate, technology, and architecture.
5. "Asilos Magdalena" is Spanish for Magdalene asylums.
6. Viscera (or viscus), in the title of "Viscera Eyes", refers to Viscera (wrestler).
7. A "Baphomet" is an object used for idolizing, also confused with popular representations of Satan.
8. "El Ciervo Vulnerado" is Spanish for 'The Wounded Shepherd'. In Spanish 'ciervo' is the word for 'deer', although it is pronounced in almost the same way as 'siervo' (for Hispanic American Spanish speakers). In this case the word is being used as 'pastor' or as previously mentioned a 'shepherd'. In the Reina-Valera 1960 Edition of the Holy Bible, Jesus is referred to as 'El Siervo que fue vulnerado' or the 'Shepherd who was wounded'.