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''Octahedron'' is the fifth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta, released on June 23, 2009. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records in North America and Mercury Records worldwide. It is the last studio album to feature drummer Thomas Pridgen and guitarist John Frusciante, and the first not to feature contributions from keyboardist Isaiah "Ikey" Owens.〔http://www.reddit.com/r/tabled/comments/xjt5o/table_iama_bassist_for_the_mars_volta_juan/〕 Regarding the release, vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala states 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."〔Blood-Royale, Frederick. (Artist 'n' Artist: Frederick Blood-Royale meets The Mars Volta ) drownedinsound.com. 2009-06-08. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.〕 It debuted at #12 on the Billboard 200 Album chart with sales of 29,980 in its first week of release.〔(July 2009 archives @ keelyskorner.com )〕 ==Development== Omar Rodríguez-López started working on ''Octahedron'' in 2007 at the same time as ''The Bedlam in Goliath'', in his typical fashion of working on two or three projects simultaneously. Yet as ''Bedlam'' turned into a "nightmare of a record to make" Rodriguez was unable to sustain both projects and devoted his attention on ''Bedlam''.〔http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/06/interview_omar.php〕 In October 2007, a 30-second clip of a new song was leaked onto the Internet, originally assumed to be from the upcoming ''The Bedlam in Goliath''. Later, the song (unofficially named "Beneath the Eyelids" by the fans) was played live by the band at the New Year's Eve show in San Francisco at the end of the acoustic set, introduced by Cedric Bixler-Zavala as "the song that we worked on that hasn't come out yet". The song eventually ended up on ''Octahedron'' as "Since We've Been Wrong". Rodriguez had discussed the band's next album (then untitled) as early as January 2008, the month that ''The Bedlam in Goliath'' was released,〔(New Mars Volta album in July: News @ abc.net.au )〕〔(New Mars Volta album in June: News @ stereokill.net )〕 claiming "I consider it to be our acoustic album." Bixler-Zavala has also spoken of the album as "acoustic" and "mellow," yet stated: "We know how people can be so linear in their way of thinking, so when they hear the new album, they're going to say, 'This is not an acoustic album! There's electricity throughout it!' But it's our version. That's what our band does -- celebrate mutations. It's our version of what we consider an acoustic album."〔(Mars Volta on New Album: "It's Mellow": News @ spin.com )〕 The album was finished in three weeks during the month of August 2008, in Brooklyn, New York. The recording sessions didn't feature saxophonist Adrián Terrazas-González and rhythm-guitarist/sound manipulator Paul Hinojos; after the band finished touring in support of ''Bedlam'', Omar Rodriguez-Lopez asked both to leave the band. The Mars Volta's official website stated that both "did so amicably."〔(The Mars Volta Biography ) themarsvolta.com. 2009. Retrieved on 2009-07-02.〕 Regarding their departure, percussionist/keyboardist Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez noted that: "it's like we got a whole new band. It's two less members — we got to play differently."〔Lentz, Andrew.(All In The Mars Volta Familia ) drummagazine.com. September 2009. Retrieved on 2010-02-06.〕 Shortly after the album's release, Rodriguez-Lopez had hinted at ''Octahedron'' being the final album he records in his typical "gun-in-your-face mentality" where he would give musicians their parts without giving them any knowledge of how they fit into the greater song.〔 However, he chose to continue with this technique for the band's subsequent album, ''Noctourniquet'', stating it would be the last album he records that way.〔http://www.nme.com/news/the-mars-volta/55423〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Octahedron (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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