Talk:Octahedron (album)

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Album label

Mercury may be releasing the album in Britain, but it's all but confirmed that Warner Bros. will be handling U.S. distribution.

Cool. Can you give a link to a source that backs that up please? That would be appreciated. Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 01:44, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Song lengths

I saw the song lengths on here and they weren't reverted. What source did they come from? Thanks in advance. Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 03:03, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

it's obviously against wikipedia standards to include information that hasn't been confirmed by a justified and reliable web source, but the track lengths come from a guy who has a source within an online music magazine that have a promo of the album (surprised with how much it's been passed around it hasn't leaked yet... but it is out there). i trust the guy's source, it doesn't seem like BS. that's just me however, so if you feel it's not reliable information, revert it up —Vanishdoom (talk) 03:14, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's pretty cool. Is there a link to this online magazine? Since there is approval of the source, I have high hopes for this source. Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 03:23, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Album cover

In a edit summary, Vanishdoom said that the album cover was false and also stated that he's sick of receiving misinformation comcerning this album. I would like some evidence that this is a false cover and, if possible, the real cover. Thank you. Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 22:35, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it hasn't officially been confirmed as being the album cover. It's by Jeff Jordan, yes, but neither him, Omar, Cedric, or anyone related with The Mars Volta have straight up said "this is the cover to Octahedron." The song lengths were removed because there was no definite source confirming them; I think the same rules should apply here. --Pritoolmachine2806 (talk) 04:32, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It will be removed then. Comparing this to the song length situation made sense. Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 06:00, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Added another version of the album cover. Just have a look and see whether you can agree to this version. --Cdl obelix (talk) 17:53, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I had seen it with the other cover in stores before, but this one doesn't seem bad. One thing I am concerned about is what looks like creases in the picture. The discussion that you responded to was a discussion that took place before the album was released, notably spaking. Maybe it was good as it was; I would recommend some other opinions, though. Backtable _{Speak to me}^{concerning my deeds.} 18:11, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Personnel

Since the personnel on the album was confirmed by the press release, I saw no reason not to have it on the page. If there are any objections, post em up. --Pritoolmachine2806 (talk) 21:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Which press release would that be? Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 21:30, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"The Mars Volta's fifth studio album, Octahedron, will be released June 23 by Warner Bros. Records. The record will be preceded by its first single, "Since We've Been Wrong."

Octahedron follows up last year's The Bedlam In Goliath, which featured "Wax Simulacra," the track that took "Best Hard Rock Performance" honors at the recent 51st Annual Grammy Awards.

Octahedron was written by The Mars Volta--Omar Rodriguez Lopez (music, arrangements, direction) and Cedric Bixler Zavala (vocals, lyrics)--and performed by The Mars Volta group: Marcel Rodriguez Lopez, Thomas Pridgen, John Frusciante, Isaiah Ikey Owens, Juan Alderete de la Pena, Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar Rodriguez Lopez. Hailed by The New Yorker as "perhaps the most musically adventurous act currently signed to a major label," The Mars Volta formed in 2001. The band's recorded output includes the 2003 debut full length De-Loused In The Comatorium, as well as Frances The Mute (2005), Amputechture (2006) and the previously mentioned The Bedlam In Goliath (2008).

The Mars Volta is confirmed to appear at this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester TN and the second annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco. Further U.S. dates will be announced as they are confirmed."

I found this on www.thecomatorium.com, but you can find it on basically any music news website; just search "Octahedron press release" or something of the like on google. --Pritoolmachine2806 (talk) 00:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if others would agree, but I think I'd leave the personnel section on the page. Thanks for your contribution. Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 01:04, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ANONYMOUS USERS: Read this before you edit this page.

Please respect the edits of the established users. If we do a reasonable edit, then please don't revert to where it was. This page is on my watchlist, and some of the anonymous edits are just so vain. Please keep the song lengths off this page until there are one or more reliable sources supplied for them, and something like "<Mercury Records>" is not a reliable source. Also, what are the <> objects trying to prove? Also, there was a reason I took out the stub sorting on this page; see the edit summary for why I did that. Seriously, I don't want the only edits on here to be reversions of anonymous edits, which are often reversions of our own edits. The people with this page on their watchlist have a worthwhile task on their hands, and it doesn't need to be insulted by these anonymous nothersome edits. Anonymous edits are encouraged on wikipedia, but it is also encouraged, for this page, that anonymous users (and anyone else, if interested) go through the revision history of this article so that they know what edits to perform and not to perform. Some of these edits I've seen are rather absurd. Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 02:16, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Notes section

Is it worthy of having a trivia tag on it? Because there is a constant theme in that section that all the notes have in common. That theme is what some of the song titles are referencing. Because of this constant and non-random theme, would that section be worthy of a trivia tag? Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 04:06, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Someone removed the notes section, but if you ask me I think it's worth having. Every other page for Mars Volta albums has notes on the meaning of the song titles, and I see no problem with having them. And I agree Backtable, it doesn't need a trivia tag. --Pritoolmachine2806 (talk) 19:38, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think I will bring the section back then. Thanks. Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 20:01, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While you're we're it, can someone check that rather suspect translation of "Mass Of Fire" for Cotopaxi? There doesnt seem to be any evidence that this is anything but someone popping a cool sounding phrase in there. A quick search reveals it might have a more mundane translation "Shining Peak". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.11.205.131 (talk) 14:20, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Come to think of it, there are not any references sourcing that it translates as "mass of fire". If there is a reliable reference for it meaning "shining peak", then feel free to post it on this article or present it on this talk page. For now, I'm going to delete this translation information on the article and add a lack of references tag. Backtable^{Speak to Me}about what I have done 19:21, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Recorded"

The album was recorded at 99 Sutton Street, Brooklyn, New York. It's Omar's former home studio. It's in the liner notes of the album. 68.81.67.201 (talk) 06:26, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reception subsection?

Where's the reception section? You know, where it has info on what the press/media thought of the album. Don't most album or film pages have a 'reception' section? The fact this page doesn't have one seems odd to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.109.140.35 (talk) 11:11, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

come to think of it... Deloused in the Comatorium is the only album of theirs that has a reception part... odd. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.109.140.35 (talk) 11:15, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]