- Artist
- The Mars Volta
- Album
- Octahedron
Early reviews. Based on 5 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Beats Per Minute | 75% | 75 | “Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s” |
| musicOMH | 3.5/5 | 70 | “The contrast couldn't be greater. Previous The Mars Volta album The Bedlam In Goliath started as if the band were looking at their last day on Earth, and” |
| Spectrum Culture | 3.5/5 | 70 | “The Mars Volta Octahedron Rating: 3.5/5.0 Label: Mercury The Mars Volta founder Omar Rodríguez-López considers Octahedron the band’s “acoustic album.” Though the explosive, off-beat prog rhythms, distorted guitars and electronic…” |
| PopMatters | 6/10 | 60 | “Has it been 18 months already? Then it must be time for another album from the Mars Volta. Interestingly, though, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Cedric Bixler-Zavala,” |
| Slant | 3/5 | 60 | “Octahedron is something of a new beginning for the Mars Volta.” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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