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Released | September 12, 2006 | |||
Recorded | November 2005 – May 2006 | |||
Studio | Los Angeles, California, El Paso, Texas and Melbourne, Australia | |||
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Length | 76:04 | |||
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Producer | Omar Rodríguez-López | |||
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Amputechture is the third studio album by American progressive rock band the Mars Volta, released on September 12, 2006, on Gold Standard Laboratories and Universal Records. Produced by guitarist and songwriter Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, the album marks the final appearance of drummer Jon Theodore, and is the first studio album to feature guitarist and sound manipulator Paul Hinojos, formerly of At the Drive-In and Sparta.
Amputechture debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200, selling over 59,000 copies in its opening week and an estimated 400,000 copies as of 2009.[3]