Amputechture

Amputechture
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2006
RecordedNovember 2005 – May 2006
StudioLos Angeles, California, El Paso, Texas and Melbourne, Australia
Genre
Length76:04
Label
ProducerOmar Rodríguez-López
The Mars Volta chronology
Scabdates
(2005)
Amputechture
(2006)
The Bedlam in Goliath
(2008)
Singles from Amputechture
  1. "Viscera Eyes"
    Released: August 29, 2006

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]

  1. ^ Paul, Aubin (September 12, 2006). "The Mars Volta - Amputechture (2006)". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Murphy, Bill (February 1, 2008). "Wheel of Misfortune". Electronic Musician. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  3. ^ Cheng, Jim (September 21, 2006). "Lifeline: quick hits". USA Today. Retrieved April 23, 2010.