// 2008 The Mars Volta - Bedlam in Goliath

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The Bedlam in Goliath is the fourth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta, scheduled for release on January 29, 2008 through Universal Motown Records. On January 15, 2008, the album was leaked online. Produced by guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez with engineer Robert Carranza, the album's creation process was subject to "bad luck controversy" after the band's bizarre experience with an ouija that Rodriguez-Lopez bought as a gift for Cedric Bixler-Zavala. "Wax Simulacra" was released on November 19, 2007 as the album's first single, coupled with a cover version of "Pulled to Bits", originally by Siouxsie & the Banshees. Vinyl editions of the album include an ouija inside the gatefold, claimed to be the band's own take on the board they previously owned.

Having previously contributed the artwork to the 2006 release of Amputechture, Jeff Jordan was again brought in to handle the illustrations for the album, creating 11 original paintings to coincide with the theme of The Bedlam in Goliath, as well as including a piece from his own gallery.

Track listing

1. "Aberinkula" – 5:44
2. "Metatron" – 8:11
3. "Ilyena" – 5:35
4. "Wax Simulacra" – 2:38
5. "Goliath" – 7:15
6. "Tourniquet Man" – 2:37
7. "Cavalettas" – 9:32
8. "Agadez" – 6:43
9. "Askepios" – 5:10
10. "Ouroborous" – 6:35
11. "Soothsayer" – 9:07
12. "Conjugal Burns" – 6:35