Mettavolution

Mettavolution is the fifth studio album by Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela. It was released on April 26, 2019 through Rubyworks and ATO Records.^[5]

Mettavolution
Studio album by Rodrigo y Gabriela
Released	April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
Length	41:11
Label	Rubyworks ATO
Producer	Dave Sardy[1]
Rodrigo y Gabriela chronology
9 Dead Alive (2014) Mettavolution (2019) In Between Thoughts...A New World (2023)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Pitchfork	7.1/10[4]

Critical reception

Mettavolution received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 6 reviews.^[2]

It won the award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 2020 Grammy Awards.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mettavolution"		4:04
2.	"Terracentric"		3:33
3.	"Cumbé"		3:19
4.	"Electric Soul"		3:58
5.	"Krotona Days"		4:19
6.	"Witness Tree"		3:01
7.	"Echoes"	David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright	18:57
Total length:			40:11

All tracks are written by Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sánchez except where noted.

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	199
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	157
French Albums (SNEP)[9]	79
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	73
Scottish Albums (OCC)[11]	19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12]	95
UK Albums (OCC)[13]	46
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14]	8
US Billboard 200[15]	71
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[16]	3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17]	4
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18]	7
US World Albums (Billboard)[19]	2