De-Loused In The Comatorium
by The Mars Volta
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De-Loused In The Comatorium is ranked as the best album by The Mars Volta.
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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).
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De-Loused In The Comatorium rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 95 Music Albums of 2003 | 87/95 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Fast 'n' Bulbous Best Albums 2003 | 4/13 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1201-1300 | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 | emptysquares | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 45/100 | 56 |
| 2026 |  Repo | 2003: Heavy Shit ! | 1/9 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best American Albums | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 83 Music Albums of 2003 | 3/83 | 5 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My top 100 from BEA's top 1000 | 54/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 81/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 497 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,428 | |||
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De-Loused In The Comatorium ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/15/2026 03:09 | Skerns | 5,213 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2026 15:33 |  AAL2014 | 4,312 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2026 15:16 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.
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De-Loused In The Comatorium forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 25 hours ago in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 09/13/2026 20:00 in Album of the day (#7443): De-Loused In The Comatorium by The Mars Volta BestEverAlbums 09/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5430): By ForegroundNoiseDe-Loused In The Comatorium comments
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souplipton 06/10/2016 05:08 | #168366 | TOP COMMENT
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The Mars Volta's debut album is one of the few contemporary prog rock albums worth listening to. Telling a story stranger than that on almost any other album (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is the only album which can match its tale's strangeness). Combine that with Cedric's unique vocal talents and Omar's incredible composition and performing, and you've got the recipe for a modern prog opera masterpiece.
teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/09/2020 23:36 | #255344 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Sounds like King Crimson teaming up with Jenifer Lopez and George A. Romero for a Latin-American prog rock surrealist video nasty.
I remember listening to the last 10 seconds of "Inertiatic Esp" on MTV and thinking that something awesome had happened. I literally took note of the band's name and ran to buy the album. What an amazing trip to be 15 and discover a gem like that.
One of the best concept albums ever made. Brings together a mixture of Prog Rock, Jazz, Psych Rock, all that kind of stuff to create one of the most fun rides in an album, hiding artistic lyricism in it. I absolutely love it.
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