Despair (album)

Despair
Studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López
Released	January 26, 2009
Recorded	April 2007
Genre	Musique concrète, Noise music
Length	38:57
Label	Willie Anderson Recordings
Producer	Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López solo chronology
Megaritual (2009) Megaritual2009 Despair (2009) Despair2009 Cryptomnesia (2009) Cryptomnesia2009
Omar Rodríguez-López chronology
The Bedlam in Goliath (2008) The Bedlam in Goliath2008 Despair (2009) Despair2009 Octahedron (2009) Octahedron2009

Despair is the tenth solo record by Omar Rodríguez-López, released in January 2009 by Willie Anderson Recordings. Prior to beginning the studio sessions for The Mars Volta's The Bedlam in Goliath, Rodriguez-Lopez recorded Despair, inspired by his experiences in and around Jerusalem and using material culled from field recordings and studio experimentation. The record was pressed on white vinyl.

Every track (and the album itself) is named after a film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Track listing

1. "In einem Jahr mit 13" – 2:18
2. "Liebe ist kälter als der Tod" – 2:28
3. "Satansbraten" – 3:20
4. "Angst essen Seele auf" – 2:04
5. "Martha" – 1:17
6. "Rio das Mortes" – 6:14
7. "Warnung vor einer heilgen Nutte" – 1:56
8. "Chinesisches Roulette" – 14:38
9. "Lola" – 1:33
10. "Angst vor der Angst" – 3:07

Release history

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