''Mettavolution'' is the fifth
studio album
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by Mexican duo
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rodrigo y Gabriela (Rodrigo and Gabriela) are a Mexican acoustic guitar duo whose music is influenced by a number of genres including nuevo flamenco, rock, and heavy metal. The duo's recordings consist largely of instrumental duets on the flam ...
. It was released on April 26, 2019 through
Rubyworks
Rubyworks Records is an independent record label and music management company created in 2001 by Niall Muckian and based in Dublin, Ireland.
Rubyworks owns two subsidiary labels, Gotta Run Records and Model Citizen Records. In May 2012 Rubywor ...
and
ATO Records.
Critical reception
''Mettavolution'' received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a
normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an
average
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score of 73, based on 6 reviews.
It won the award for
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
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at the
2020 Grammy Awards
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.
Track listing
Charts
References
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2019 albums
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Rodrigo y Gabriela albums
albums produced by Dave Sardy
ATO Records albums