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The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute


Metacritic Reviews

Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 74
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7
End of Year Lists
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OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 26
Musik Express/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 45
Visions (Germany) - Albums of the Year 20
Welt am Sonntag (Germany) - Albums of the Year No Order
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year 41
Mondo Sonoro (Spain) - Albums of the Year 13
Rockzone (Spain) - Albums of the Year 1
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - Albums of the Year No Order
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Monitor (Croatia) - Albums of the Year 37
Screenagers (Poland) - Albums of the Year 24


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