Lost Albums of the Past Decade: Medulla and Frances the Mute

Over the past few weeks many publications and blogs have written about the "best" albums of the past decade. I thought I could bring to light two albums that did not appear on many of the “best” of the decade lists.


Medulla – Bjork
Over the course of Bjork’s career she has created a unique blend of psychadelic and vocally emotional electronic music. Medulla stretches the listener’s ears even further and is almost entirely based on vocal instrumentation such as a capella, beat boxing and ghostly choirs. Bjork’s voice is alluring and sexxy. Rahzel (The Roots) and Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle) are two of the many guests that helped to shape this album.
Key tracks: “The Pleasure is All Mine”, “Who is It”, & “Where is the Line”



Frances the Mute – The Mars Volta
After their critically acclaimed debut LP De-Loused in the Comatorium (Rick Rubin produced, Flea on bass) they followed it up with another that proved that prog rock is not done being shaped. They layer and mold classic rock, punk, latin, jazz and eletronica into a cohesive psychadelic concept album (if you want the whole story about the album just google; mars volta and repo.) If nothing else do yourself a favor and listen to the beautiful classic rock track “The Widow” and be blown away you had not heard it previously.
Key Tracks: “The Widow”, “L’Via L’Viaquez” and “Cygnus….Vismund Cygnus”


Some of my other favorite albums over the past decade…

OOf Fungi and Foe - Les Claypool
Icky Thump - The White Stripes
Ys – Joanna Newsom
Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Anonymous – Tomahawk
Leviathan – Mostadon