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Mettavolution

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Mettavolution
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
Length41:11
Label
ProducerDave Sardy[1]
Rodrigo y Gabriela chronology
9 Dead Alive
(2014)
Mettavolution
(2019)
In Between Thoughts...A New World
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork7.1/10[4]

Mettavolution is the fifth studio album by Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela. It was released on April 26, 2019 through Rubyworks and ATO Records.[5]

Critical reception

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Mettavolution received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 6 reviews.[2]

It won the award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 2020 Grammy Awards.[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sánchez except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mettavolution" 4:04
2."Terracentric" 3:33
3."Cumbé" 3:19
4."Electric Soul" 3:58
5."Krotona Days" 4:19
6."Witness Tree" 3:01
7."Echoes"David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright18:57
Total length:40:11

Charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 199
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 157
French Albums (SNEP)[9] 79
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 73
Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] 19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 95
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 46
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14] 8
US Billboard 200[15] 71
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[16] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17] 4
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18] 7
US World Albums (Billboard)[19] 2

References

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  1. ^ Kaye, Ben (February 1, 2019). "Rodrigo y Gabriela announce new album, Mettavolution". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  3. ^ Jurek, Thom. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Arroyo, Steven (May 2, 2019). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Rodrigo y Gabriela Announce New Album". ATO Records. January 31, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  6. ^ "Billie Eilish Leads the 2020 Grammy Award Winners". 27 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Ultratop.be – Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Mettavolution" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Mettavolution" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  9. ^ "Lescharts.com – Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Mettavolution". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  10. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Rodrigo Y Gabriela – Mettavolution". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  13. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  14. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  15. ^ "Rodrigo y Gabriela Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  16. ^ "Rodrigo y Gabriela Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  17. ^ "Rodrigo y Gabriela Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  18. ^ "Rodrigo y Gabriela Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  19. ^ "Rodrigo y Gabriela Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2019.