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Scab Dates Album

Live Album ed.

The Mars Volta Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 abrasions mount the timpani
2 take the veil cerpin taxt a) gust of mutts b) and ghosted pouts
3 caviglia
4 concertina
5 haruspex
6 cicatriz a) pt I b) pt II c) pt III d) pt IV

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MARS VOLTA THE SCAB DATES

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"Bixler Zavala and Rodriquez-Lopez made everything about the Mars Volta - including their ferocious live show - larger than life." -- Rolling Stone

"The Mars Volta render every other prog-metal-jazz-whatever band out there wholly unnecessary." -- Spin

"The most exhilarating rock band on the planet" -- Spin

"Wildly, gloriously excessive..." -- Time Out New York

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 4.93 x 0.41 inches; 3.95 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Universal
  • SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ October 22, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Universal
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000BLI3IY
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 75 ratings

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Brandon
5.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect in my opinion
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2011
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This album is on one side of the extreme, and I can see why not everyone likes it. The album is msotly sonic meandering and expansion of the band's open ended sections of songs, which means to the untrained ear: pure nonsense. I for one, am absolutely in love with this record. It does not merely contain live versions of songs off their first album and EP. What is the point in that really? Why would you want to listen to the same version of a song but in worse quality and with the roar of the audience at the beginning and end? I'd prefer live albums to feature a different take on each song. But haye, that's just me. This album does that. Takes only three songs, Take the Veil, Concertina, and Cicatriz, and turn sit into a 70-minute album. Its mixed so that it seems as tho its a single performance, and in this way, almost as if it is another album entirely. Especially since, aside from the choruses, the songs are barely recognizable from their LP counterparts. Bottomline, if you like the avant-experimental wandering of parts of Frances the Mute or Cicatriz, buy this immediately. If you prefer the to-the-point songs of De-Loused and Tremulant, get this anyway and maybe you'll find an entirely new reason to love this band.
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progman
5.0 out of 5 stars Great album but not for everyone
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2012
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This album is a great prog psych contribution to TMV's already great catalougue. I would say that if you got into the mars volta because you like oldschool prog such as king crimson then you will dig this album. As far as the actual live performances go they sound very vintage they remind me of a cross between early caravansari era santana and bruford era king crimson. The album is very trippy and mixes live performances with a collage of different soundscapes. The only beef i have with the album is that being a drummer i couldnt help but notice that bonham like drummer Jon Theodore is somewhat buried back in the mix.
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Zach
4.0 out of 5 stars Gem
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2023
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Some people dislike the experimental sounds. I love that it's almost like a separate album, not just a few straight renditions from the one album and ep they had at the time. TMV have never *sounded* their best live. Seeing them live is fantastic tho. Revisiting this in 2023, makes me yearn for the wild and LOUD Mars Volta of yesteryear.
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Mostafa Soliman
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great live set. Amazing experience.
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2021
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If you enjoy TMV, you will love this album.
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Coach J.CURTIS
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2013
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The Mars Volta is certainly a band that is meant to see live. Mastering chaos, the band has a synergy that is rare.
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Matthew Andorra
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, Surreal, Progressive
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2006
On the subject of Mars Volta there are really only two different opinions. One side of fence hears them for the first time and are blown away. They absolutely love Mars; they think that they are an amazing mix of progressive rock, Latin flare, and screeching hair raising vocals that are reminiscent of a rock generation gone by. They love the lyrics that mix surrealism, pragmatism, and on eerie grunge. The others of you, well the others of you won't get it. But that's ok because if you do fall in the first group, you should run out and buy this album immediately. For you others, well go on listening to Maroon 5 on the radio. So what is so special about this album you ask? To start it's new Mars music which for any fan is reason enough. But more specifically this album is the first taste of live Volta music. Those who haven't been lucky enough to witness a live concert will surely realize upon listening to this album that Mars is even more amazing when they have a spontaneous environment to work with. This album is technically a live show, but Omar, acting as producer once again, has noticeably mixed, edited, and added here and there. There have been some who call this album overly produced because of the added "noise" and ambiance. To those I just say bah because if Mars Volta as a band listened to the feedback of you people who want easier and nicer music to listen to then they surely wouldn't be the band they are today. This is not your vision guys, just listen to it and have fun....if it's too much for you then listen to something tamer, like the above mentioned alternative. As is, this album will absolutely remind you why it is you listen to music in the first place. There are parts in this album that are more powerful and more deeply thought provoking then pretty much anything else that is brought to the market today. If you have never heard Mars Volta before this will be a good opportunity to learn about what makes them so special. It's not something that you can necessarily explain, at least not with my spotty writing ability, but it is a difference you will hear from the very first track on to the fantastic finale. And if you are a fan of this band, then well I expect that you already own the album and have listened to it more then anything else in your collection. It is not easy to digest but it has more substance then pretty much anything else out there.
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gaetano pitrelli
5.0 out of 5 stars the mars volta live
Reviewed in Italy on May 30, 2013
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un cd imperdibile per i fans del gruppo I rockettari come me vi potranno sentire influenze led zeppeliniane - degli against rage machine e di jimi hendrix con una spruzzata(abbondante) di psicadelia
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WH
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2016
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Ok......
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Val69
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo
Reviewed in Italy on December 30, 2012
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Rieccolo in rock progressivo anni '70!!! riveduto e corretto ai giorni nostri. Strepitoso gruppo estremamente creativo. Solo per serate particolari. Pezzi lunghissimi, molto impegnativi. Mitico!
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genepool
4.0 out of 5 stars Episches Werk mit Soundexperimenten
Reviewed in Germany on November 6, 2005
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Ich habe die CD erst einen Tag, i.A. braucht man für Werke von The Mars Volta etwas länger, ich hoffe, es reicht für einen gerechten Überblick über das erste offizielle Live-Album (es gab meines Wissens nach bisher nur eine Live-EP).
Die Band kündigte ScabDates als Unterstützung des diesjährigen Albums "Frances The Mute" und des Vorgängers von 2003 "De-Loused In The Comatorium" an und man solle sich für epische Stücke, deren Länge Ausdauer fordert, bereit machen. Mit letzterem haben sie nicht zu viel versprochen. Die Mars Volta Live Erfahrung dauert 73 Minuten, in denen jedoch nur drei Songs präsentiert werden, episch halt. Na gut, als Mars Volta Fan ist man ja 20 oder 30 min lange Stücke gewöhnt ;-)
Von der Tracklist her kannte ich nur drei Lieder und nachdem ich das Album gehört habe, behaupte ich, dass man dort auch "nur" Take The Veil, Concertina und Cicatriz hört, alle weiteren Stücke sind Intros, Outros bzw. Improvisationen dieser Songs und im ersten und v.a. im letzten Track (20 min) finden sich die "field recordings", die Omar Rodriguez-Lopez von der Band während der Tour gemacht hat, abgemischt mit den Liveklängen. Während diese Soundexperimente auf "Frances" zur Einstimmung auf bestimmte Gefühlslagen durchaus Sinn machen, finde ich sie auf einem Live-Album eher fehl am Platze. Der andere Kritikpunkt ist, dass "Frances" einfach fehlt, vielleicht ist in den Improvisationen was enthalten, was mir bisher entgangen ist, ein ganzes Lied des aktuellen Studioalbums ist definitiv nicht vorhanden.
Wenn man sich mit diesen "Mängeln" abgefunden hat, ist ScabDates schon ein echtes Erlebnis. Die Soundqualität ist hervorragend und es ist ein interessantes Gemisch aus Bekanntem (die Teile, wo die Songs so klingen wie auf den Alben) und Unbekanntem. Der Sound von The Mars Volta ist live überwältigend, ein fulminanter Klangteppich aus Keyboard, Bass und Gitarre, mal träumerisch ruhig, mal heiß angetrieben durch die exzellenten Drums, mal verstörend durch die wilde und verzerrte Gitarre, dazu noch die ziemlich einzigartige Stimme von Cedric Bixler Zavala, die mit dem Begriff "emotional" nur unzureichend beschrieben werden kann.
Mein Favorit ist Track #6 "Concertina" (eines ihrer besten Lieder überhaupt - und live noch besser) und alles rund um "Cicatriz", insbesondere Part II (Track #10) ist genial, Jon Theodores treibende Drums, Cedric Bixler Zavalas Gesang zwischen Flüstern und Heulen und Omar Rodriguez-Lopez' geniale Riffs sind atemraubend. Die Liveatmosphäre kommt insgesamt "verhalten" rüber, ab und zu hört man Klatschen und Pfeifen, aber das ist live vor Ort auch nicht anders. "Shut up and listen from the beginning to the end" hat Omar mal gesagt und das macht das Publikum auch ;-)
Wenn man ScabDates unter dem Aspekt "erstes offizielles Live-Album" betrachtet, ist es schon ein gelungenes Werk, einen Stern habe ich wegen der oben genannten Kritikpunkte zurückgehalten. Nicht für die Wertung, eher eine persönliche Kritik: Ich hätte mir wirklich eine Doppel-CD gewünscht, immerhin gehen TMV Konzerte i.A. nicht unter 2 Stunden und dann hätten sie auch die 7 Songs, die da üblicherweise Platz finden, präsentieren können. Gut, dass es dafür noch Fan-Mitschnitte gibt...
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