Delìrium Còrdia

Delìrium Còrdia
Studio album by
Fantômas
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2004 (2004-01-27)
StudioThe Sound Factory (Hollywood, California)
GenreAvant-garde metal
Length74:17
LabelIpecac
ProducerMike Patton
Fantômas chronology
Millennium Monsterwork 2000
(2002) 		Delìrium Còrdia
(2004) 		Suspended Animation
(2005)

Delìrium Còrdia is the third studio album by American avant-garde metal band Fantômas, released on January 27, 2004, by Ipecac Recordings.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press[3]
Pitchfork 5.9/10[4]
Playlouder[5]
Q[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Sputnikmusic3.0/5[8]
StylusB+[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes[10]
Uncut[11]

Delìrium Còrdia was met with mixed to positive reviews. Review aggregation site Metacritic lists its average score as 65 out of 100, characterising its reception as "generally favourable".[1] AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five,[2] and Stylus rated it B+, calling it "a balefully themed exercise in prompting your imagination".[9] Rolling Stone awarded it three out of five stars, describing the 20-plus-minute end section as "maddening", though noting that it "demands repeated listens, if only to hear the freakish wonder that is Mike Patton's voice".[7] Pitchfork were more critical, giving the album 5.9 out of 10, calling it "gloomy background music, and little else" though praising the "intensity" of Dave Lombardo's drumming.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Delìrium Còrdia"Mike Patton74:17
Total length:74:17

Notes

  • The name of the piece is sometimes thought to be "Surgical Sound Specimens from the Museum of Skin" (written on the back of the box) or the Richard Selzer M.D. quote (shown above). However, it is officially known as "Delìrium Còrdia".[12]

Personnel

  • Mike Patton – vocals, samples, vocal percussion, producer, arrangement, design/layout
  • Dave Lombardo – drums
  • Buzz Osborne – guitar
  • Trevor Dunn – bass
  • Max Aguilera-Hellweg – photography (taken with permission from the book The Sacred Heart: An Atlas of the Body Seen Through Invasive Surgery, Bullfinch Press, ISBN 0-8212-2377-1)
  • S. Husky Höskulds – engineer
  • Mott Lange – assistant engineer
  • Gene Grimaldi – mastering
  • Martin Kvamme – artwork
  • Richard Selzer – voices

Charts

Chart Peak
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[13] 54
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 7 [14]
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums 7 [15]
French Album Chart 118 [16]
U.S. Billboard 200 183 [17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delirium Cordia Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Arres, Francis. "Delirium Cordia - Fantomas | AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  3. ^ Patton's latest fantasy-headache is a one-song, 55-minute conceptual misfire that careens from acid-casualty chamber music to high-velocity cartoon metal. [Feb 2004, p.82]
  4. ^ a b Leone, Dominique (February 22, 2004). "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Fantomas: Delirium Cordia". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  5. ^ Allen, Jeremy (October 19, 2003). "Delirium Cordia - Fantômas". Playlouder. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  6. ^ Wretched. [Dec 2003, p.124]
  7. ^ a b "Fantomas: Delirium Cordia : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  8. ^ EMERITUS, Med57 (May 20, 2005). "Fantomas - Delìrium Còrdia". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved August 10, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b McKeating, Scott (February 12, 2004). "Fantomas - Delirium Cordia - Review - Stylus Magazine". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  10. ^ "Fantômas - Delirium Cordia". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  11. ^ Impressively pretentious, and brilliantly executed. [Dec 2003, p.126]
  12. ^ Delìrium Còrdia's page on Ipecac's Online MP3 Shop. Archived 2012-07-09 at archive.today
  13. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 99.
  14. ^ "Delìrium Còrdia charts [albums]". billboard.com. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  15. ^ "Delìrium Còrdia charts [albums]". billboard.com. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  16. ^ "Fantômas - Delìrium Còrdia". lescharts.com. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
  17. ^ "Delìrium Còrdia charts [albums]". billboard.com. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
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