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- Summary: The fifth album for the rock band is its first with Warner Bros.
- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Teflon | |
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I just don't know the layman's terms to call the mess you breed What thaws beneath this surface soils blood to your family tree The dates they... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 25
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Mixed: 10 out of 25
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Negative: 1 out of 25
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MojoThis is, however, their most mellow, reflective and tempered release yet. [Sep 2009, p.95]
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The panache of the singing, and the radiant complexity of the music--an achievement shared by Mr. Rodriguez Lopez and a handful of regular collaborators, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante--drive the album relentlessly forward. And it’s the subtle touches, no less than the sweeping ones, that leave an impression.
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Though 'Teflon' boasts Rush-like guitar thunder and violent lyrics (“Let the wheels burn, let the wheels burn, stack the tires to the neck with the body inside”), the group returns to dark balladry on 'Desperate Graves' and 'Copernicus,' two more highlights from a haunting album full of twilight poetry.
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Octahedron isn’t a representation of the best The Mars Volta are capable of, but it is a glimpse into the power they possess when they better harness their capabilities.
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Bixler-Zavala is no Maxwell; he's more about sharp pain than voluptuous ache. By the end, he invokes Gordian knots alongside a fractallike Omar Rodriguez-Lopez guitar solo. Dude sounds like he's back home again.
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Alternative PressOctahedron will appeal to elderly prog fans immune to attention deficit disorder, who have the patience to let its charm gradually unfold. [Aug 2009, p.111]
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'Cotopaxi' and 'Desperate Graves' are the Volta's most straightforward carbon-burners since Frances the Mute's 'Cygnus ... Vismund Cygnus' yet lack structure and memorable hooks, while the introductory ballad 'Since We've Been Wrong' soars closer to the Eagles than Led Zeppelin.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 25
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Mixed: 1 out of 25
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Negative: 3 out of 25
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JimVJun 24, 2009Another addictive masterpiece that further broadens the band's range.
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Sep 6, 2010
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JamieJun 25, 2009
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Feb 12, 2012
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JonathanKJun 24, 2009
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MichaelW.Jul 17, 2009
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KateS.Jul 20, 2009The worst album of the year.
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