De-Loused In The Comatorium
by The Mars Volta
eBay
Condition: Very Good
eBay
Condition: Used
eBay
Condition: New
The Mars Volta bestography
De-Loused In The Comatorium is ranked as the best album by The Mars Volta.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to De-Loused In The Comatorium on YouTube
De-Loused In The Comatorium track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
De-Loused In The Comatorium rankings
AAL2014
ssteve
paladisiac
zags7000
RomanelliDe-Loused In The Comatorium collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 271 members
De-Loused In The Comatorium ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 682 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/01/2026 15:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 11,677 | 70/100 | |
| 05/17/2026 23:11 | Cheddar | 358 | 82/100 | |
| 05/13/2026 16:15 |  Kalos | 1,166 | 77/100 | |
| 05/12/2026 15:55 | Jakor | 5,434 | 70/100 | |
| 04/25/2026 21:50 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,141 | 84/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
De-Loused In The Comatorium favourites
Showing latest 20 members who have added this album as a favourite | Show all 117 members
De-Loused In The Comatorium comments
Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 39 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Such a great album!
Favourite songs: Eriatarka, Drunkship of Lanterns, Cicatriz ESP, Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt.
I do not really like Televators though. I always skip it. But it is still 54 minutes of great music then.
An album full of raw and powerful energy which takes you on a journey and you do feel different once you have properly experienced it. I think this is mainly due to the concept and lyricism which are both phenomenal. It is well worth your time to sit down and listen to this while reading the lyrics alongside it. This is because it is such a unique concept and story that doing a deep dive into the words and themes will only make you love this record more. Musically, there are some outstanding tracks on here with some more heavy prog moments amongst them and also some catchy and infectious moments on other tracks. One that combines both which makes it my favourite track on the album is Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of). Despite this, I do find some songs to be needlessly elongated or drawn out when they have already reached a good enough conclusion. Also, the sound does get repetitive by the end of the 60 minute run time for me. Overall, a great record with an interesting concept that deserves more attention paid towards it.
Amazing stuff. Nervous, fast paced, in your face prog, yet subtle and delicate at the same time. And hey, there's mellotron. Probably one of my favorite rock albums ever.
The kind of music that requires your full attention otherwise yeah, it can be unbearable.
Jboy56 02/12/2022 16:21 | #281180
Too dissonant and chaotic for my current state of mind. Very accomplished musicians are involved, but I could take less enthusiastic kinds of songs any time. Less is sometimes more.
Zalmoxis 12/16/2021 05:30 | #277554
A complex masterpiece.
Brad1770 08/29/2021 02:06 | #272995
A complex and mind bending concept album roughly translated to the visions of a real life protagonist’s dreams whilst in a drug endured coma. Entire internet chat columns are dedicated to decoding its twisted clever lyrics and themes - the ultimate rabbit hole if you’ve got time on your hands
Timestarter 03/25/2021 18:55 | #267751
Highlights: All of them.
Absolute Gem. Basically at 100 the whole album.
Drunkship of Lanterns is killer. The rest of the album is really good, but sometimes I just want to listen to that song over and over
teague 07/09/2020 23:36 | #255344
These guys are crazy awesome. The way Omar Rodríguez-López writes and thinks is very reminiscent of Robert Fripp/King Crimson, but the music comes at you full force like Bad Brains or Fugazi. De-Loused in the Comatorium might be their most accomplished and realized work, though I do go back and forth between this one and their next, Frances the Mute. Definitely give it a listen.
Your feedback for De-Loused In The Comatorium
The top comments are featured on our aggregated charts!
