Best Songs from the Mars Volta's Octahedron

Octahedron is the fifth full-length studio album by the American progressive rock band The Mars Volta, released on June 23, 2009.

Regarding the release, vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala stated that the band "wanted to make the opposite of all the records we've done. All along we've threatened people that we'd make a pop record, and now we have."
The Top Ten
1 Cotopaxi

This song has such a great amount of energy, as well as an amazing chorus. Definitely one of the highlights of the album.

2 Luciforms

Definitely the darkest and best song on the album. It has an amazing riff and a very melancholic feeling to it. The solo at the end is also really great.

3 Teflon
4 With Twilight as My Guide

A very eerie song with great use of background effects. It also doesn't drag, despite its considerable length.

5 Halo of Nembutals

This song has an okay atmosphere to it and balances the loud-soft dynamic nicely.

6 Since We've Been Wrong

A good album opener, the song is brimming with emotion, and the vocals are on point. It also makes it clear that this album will have a very different sound compared to previous ones. The bass is also really good.

7 Desperate Graves

I find the juxtaposition between the fairly fast-paced drums and the slow singing to be really odd, but it works for the song well. The way the song escalates is also great.

8 Copernicus

This song progresses really nicely, starting off as a fairly standard ballad and then introducing some electronic elements. My main issue is that it drags on much longer than needed.

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