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The Bedlam in Goliath is the fourth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta. It was released on January 29, 2008, and January 26, 2008 in Australia through Universal Motown Records. Produced by guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez with engineer Robert Carranza, the album’s creation process was subject to “bad luck controversy” after the band’s bizarre experience with an ouija that Rodriguez-Lopez bought as a gift for Cedric Bixler-Zavala. “Wax Simulacra” was released on November 19, 2007 as the album’s first single, coupled with a cover version of “Pulled to Bits”, originally by Siouxsie & the Banshees. Vinyl editions of the album include an ouija inside the gatefold, claimed to be the band’s own take on the board they previously owned. Having previously contributed the artwork to the 2006 release of Amputechture, Jeff Jordan was again brought in to handle the illustrations for the album, creating 11 original paintings to coincide with the theme of The Bedlam in Goliath, as well as including a piece from his own gallery. The album will be alternatively released on a limited USB flash drive that’s designed to resemble a piece of an Ouija board, possibly to coincide with the vinyl release of the album. While primarily containing The Bedlam in Goliath in its entirety, the flash drive will unlock a variety of bonus material on the 29th of each month throughout 2008. So far, the future content is confirmed to include webisodes, concert footage, limited edition wallpaper, b-sides and unreleased tracks. As of January 25, pre-orders from major suppliers are being cancelled due to overwhelming demand and have been pushed back to February 5. Track listing 1. “Aberinkula” – 5:44 2. “Metatron” – 8:11 3. “Ilyena” – 5:35 4. “Wax Simulacra” – 2:38 5. “Goliath” – 7:15 6. “Tourniquet Man” – 2:37 7. “Cavalettas” – 9:32 8. “Agadez” – 6:43 9. “Askepios” – 5:10 10. “Ouroboros” – 6:35 11. “Soothsayer” – 9:07 12. “Conjugal Burns” – 6:35 13. “Candy And A Current Bun” - 2:24 [Australian & New Zealand Release]