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Poll Question: Do you prefer the debut of the second attempt?
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    Posted: March 29 2006 at 11:09

One of the rare cases in which I can "state my preference" clearly:

De-loused in the Comatorium
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I got Frances...quite a while ago, and for some reason I did not pay much atettion to it, although I knew how "great" it was because of all the stuff said about it in this site...but a week ago I got an inch to hear it again...and I was sold...Frances is a masterpiece, De-Loused was great...but this is so much more than great!!!
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^ haha...wow i disagree with that...but i'll accept that answer. I think Cygnus out-does every song on De-loused...plus Cygnus runs through a multitude of musical ideas in ten minutes...roulette dares is the song expressing little musically, although i still love the song. i will agree that de-loused is much better "put-together" but I like the music/premis/overall feeling that frances gives me more than i do on de-loused...although, like it's been said, they are both astounding. thanks to all for your input.
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Gonna have to go with De-Loused in the Comatorium. Frances the Mute has its moments, especially the monstrous Cassandra Geminii, perhaps their greatest composition to date. However, De-Loused is a far better "album" than Frances; the songs are more structured, the "noise" much more bearable, the high points higher, and an overall feeling of "completeness" not heard on Frances. Frances only has 5 songs, and each one contains one general musical idea (CG notwithstanding), while the songs on De-Loused run through many ideas in 8 minutes. Vismund Cygnus and L'Via are awesome songs, but they don't hold a candle to Roulette Dares or Drunkship of Lanterns

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I think both rock and are both equally amazing but I have to go for deloused simply becuase its their first album plus it is alot more proggy and very psychadelic whilst Francis has eased up on that and gone down the 'long songs that feel short' route (which I also like) as well as haveing that more obvious latino influence (not that im complaining). f**k it I like them both anyway! 
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     Deloused is very tight, emotional, and the compositions are
fresh and make total sense. I find Frances rather rambling, and
some of the ambient transitions are so endless and
uninteresting, I'm always fast-forwarding through them to get to
the music. It also seems to fall back more on cliché song
structures (chordal structures) and the epics just go on too long
without any real development, like that salsa figure that keeps
coming back but nothing ever happens with it. That's just my
opinion though, I understand how people could dig the crazy
energy behind it.
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Frances The Mute
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voted for Comatorium coz it was over quicker..
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frances the mute is harder to get into and it has some really crazy parts that annoy many people but it wins my vote.
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I don't know!  Frances, I guess.
I am wetting my pants about this new album in 3 OR 4 MONTHS!
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"Frances the Mute" is a very good album, but it gets too extreme and chaotic at certain moments. I prefer "De-loused" because, at least from my point of view, it is a more balanced album.
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Frances, by a whisker!
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I prefer De-Loused. I didn't really see what was the big fuss about Frances, even though it has some great moments, I feel that De-Loused fits together. I see Frances more like a good album with some great moments, and De-Loused a great album with some good moments, If you know what I mean....
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The way I view it, they are both perfect. I can't pick one.



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Frances, gotta love Cassandra, its so epic.
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Frances by a lot.
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In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless Compromises
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Points: 721 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2005 at 00:05
Originally posted by alan_pfeifer alan_pfeifer wrote:

Originally posted by Ty1020 Ty1020 wrote:

Frances The Mute, easily. I'll vote for DeLoused, though, on behalf of the person above me who accidentally voted for Frances.

They have a new album coming out? Is there any info on it yet?

 It's going to be awesome.  and John Frusiante (of the red hot chili peppers) is supposed to be involved.


I loved the work he did on Frances, so I'm really looking forward to that .
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Originally posted by Ty1020 Ty1020 wrote:

Frances The Mute, easily. I'll vote for DeLoused, though, on behalf of the person above me who accidentally voted for Frances.

They have a new album coming out? Is there any info on it yet?

 It's going to be awesome.  and John Frusiante (of the red hot chili peppers) is supposed to be involved.
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Points: 1455 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2005 at 23:59

you can get a certain amount of new album info here: http://www.thecomatorium.com/board/index.php?showtopic=50722

and a new artwork "jacket" info/pics here: http://www.thecomatorium.com/board/index.php?showtopic=51297

happy reading.

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Points: 1729 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2005 at 19:42
Love both albums... but i voted fo Deloused
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