A Missing Chromosome

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A Missing Chromosome
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Compilation album by The Mars Volta
Released	July 12, 2005
Recorded	2001- 2004
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	51:04
Label	Universal Music
Producer(s)	Alex Newport, Rick Rubin, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Frances the Mute (2005)	A Missing Chromosome (2005)	Scabdates (2005)

Released on July 12, 2005 and distributed only to radio stations, A Missing Chromosome is a compilation of various non-LP tracks and B-sides by The Mars Volta. The title comes from the first line of the chorus in "A Plague Upon Your Hissing," "a missing chromosome walks."

[edit] Track listing

"Cut That City" – 5:44
"Concertina" – 4:54
"Eunuch Provocateur" – 8:47
"A Plague Upon Your Hissing" – 4:40
"Ambuletz" – 7:03
"The Bible And The Breathalyzer" – 5:17
"Frances The Mute" – 14:36

[edit] Production

Tracks 1-3 recorded in Long Beach, California from October to December 2001.
Produced by Alex Newport and The Mars Volta for the Tremulant EP.
Tracks 4-5 recorded 2002 - 2003 at The Mansion, Los Angeles.
Produced by Rick Rubin and The Mars Volta for De-loused in the Comatorium; track 4 was left off the album, while track 5 appeared on the album's UK import.
Tracks 6-7 recorded 2004.
Produced by The Mars Volta for Frances the Mute; track 6 appears on the "L'via L'viaquez" single, while track 7 appears on the "Widow" single (along with a live version of the title track).

[edit] Miscellanea

Many of the lyrics for "A Plague Upon Your Hissing" would later appear in the song "Day of the Baphomets", on their 2006 LP Amputechture.

Former members
The Mars Volta
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez \| Cedric Bixler-Zavala Isaiah Ikey Owens \| Juan Alderete de la Pena \| Deantoni Parks \| Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez \| Adrian Terrazas-Gonzales \| Pablo Hinojos-Gonzalez
Eva Gardner \| Jeremy Ward \| Jon Theodore
Discography
Albums: De-Loused in the Comatorium \| Frances the Mute \| Scabdates \| A Missing Chromosome \| Amputechture Extended plays: \| Tremulant EP \| Live EP Singles: "Inertiatic ESP" \| "Televators" \| "The Widow" \| "L'Via L'Viaquez" \| "Viscera Eyes"