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Universal acclaim- based on 59 Ratings
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Positive: 53 out of 59
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Mixed: 2 out of 59
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Negative: 4 out of 59
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Nov 28, 2012Trash. They haven't reinvented themselves or done anything interesting. They've just taken all the good parts away from their music from 10 years ago and stripped themselves down to something utterly pathetic and embarrassing.
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Oct 1, 2012Good album to evolve, not such to remain the same. Clearly not your average The Mars Volta Jon Theodore on-the-drums, but a nice new travel to embark upon.
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May 21, 2012
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May 13, 2012Progressive-rock band The Mars Volta on their new release has put thirteen strongly experimental songs keeping high level. Although the vocals of Cedric Bixler-Zavala on the album may sometimes seem to be too exposed, but in conjunction with music gives a great effect. Worth noting are songs such as "Molochwalker", "Vedamalady" or "Lapochka".
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May 8, 2012
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Apr 23, 2012The Mars Volta's Noctourniquet finds the group in new territory; suppressing their usual sonic freak-outs with well thought-out melodies and musical compositions. Taking a two year break from the sluggish Octedron proved to be what they needed. Where Octedron lost me as a listener, Noctourniquet makes you wonder where they'll go next.
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Apr 18, 2012The Mars Volta: Noctourniquet is an awesome prog punk funk rock album. I love it! It's probably not my favorite Mars Volta album, but it's definitely not the worst; it's best songs are: Molochwalker, The Malkin Jewel, Vedamalady, Dislexicon, Zed and Two Naughts: the worst song is In Absentia, but it's still a great song! It's different, but still amazing.
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Apr 3, 2012
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Apr 2, 2012
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Apr 1, 2012This album is a perfect representation of what experimental rock is , the unsynchronized sounds create a rhythm that resembles and captures a salvia divinorum trip. Leaving the visuals aside, The mars volta have created a sonic drug.
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Mar 29, 2012
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Mar 27, 2012
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Mar 27, 2012Although the album begins with a very, very weak song (the whip hand) It quickly picks up to relive the brilliance of their old days, not quite reaching Frances the Mute or De-loused, but achieving one of their top three album status.
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Mar 27, 2012
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Mar 27, 2012
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Mar 27, 2012At last something exciting and inspiring from TMV. In my opinion, second best album to date, after Frances the Mute. Noctourniquet renew my love to TMV, thank you!
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Awards & Rankings
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MojoApr 25, 2012Assured and challenging. Unlikely to convert the uninitiated, it will thrill the Volta Nation. [May 2012, p.92]
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Apr 18, 2012Noctourniquet, while not completely successful, finds The Mars Volta at their most pop and their most reasonable.
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Apr 17, 2012In a sense, the veil is lifted ever-so-slightly with this new [album]: although they still wump you with weird on sonic gauntlets like "Molochwalker" and the title track, they also hit on some great choruses and comprehensible songcraft that, unlike most of their earlier work, is commendable for something other than the effort it took to create it.