Scab Dates (2005)

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How excellent The Mars Volta's "Frances the Mute" was and how horrible this album is! To say the truth, I don't like live recordings much at all, but "Scab Dates" is definetely worst of all live albums I've ever listened to, so even low-quality bootlegs made a better impression on me in the past. Why? First of all, the sound quality really sucks. And this fact seems strange to me because earlier I heard of The Mars Volta as of a band that became well-known due to successful live performances. Another unpleasant thing that made this album so poor in my opinion is annoying manner of performance. If some moments on "Frances the Mute" may seem strange, but they at least are interesting. This album contains no interesting things at all. I would never recommend this album to anyone. And don't say you haven't been warned.