has this been done before?

559 The Mars Volta
731 De-Loused in the comatorium
1695 frances the mute

601 At the Drive-In
733 Relationship of Command
1535 One Armed Scissor

my vote goes to at the drive in. i think their best songs are better than the mars volta's best songs and so i listen to them more.

Nothing Mars Volta did comes close to Relationship of Command ! It was raw and direct, Mars Volta is often too much self indulgent and uselessly complicated (a few great songs however).

Both Relationship Of Command and Frances The Mute are two of this decade's greatest albums. The other ones, for me, are pretty even to one another. Hard to say..

The thought of someone masturbating to the Mars Volta makes me vote for At the Drive-In by default.