Editing Far Beyond Driven (section)

==Release and reception==
At midnight on March 22, 1994, Pantera launched the release of ''Far Beyond Driven'' with an extensive record store campaign. They traveled to 12 cities in almost five days with [[MTV]] documenting their progress. Band members signed autographs, met fans, and promoted the album. The band released "[[I'm Broken]]" as the album's first single, which reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's highest-charting single worldwide. The LP also contained the first cover song on one of their major-label releases—[[Black Sabbath]]'s "[[Planet Caravan]]" which served as the album's closing track and reached #21 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] and #26 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. By March, the LP had sold over 185,000 copies and had reached #1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 album charts and Australian charts upon release. It remained on the ''Billboard'' 200 for 29 weeks.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Pantera.aspx "Pantera Facts, information, pictures"]. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved November 29, 2011.</ref> Shane Mehling of ''[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]]'', commenting on ''Far Beyond Driven'' topping the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, called it "the first [[extreme metal]] record to reach that level of popularity and, in maybe a more perfect world, would have opened the doors for other extreme bands to gain a foothold."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mehling |first1=Shane |title=They Did It All for the Nookie: Decibel Explores the Rise and Fall of Nu-Metal |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2015/08/13/they-did-it-all-for-the-nookie-decibel-explores-the-rise-and-fall-of-nu-metal/ |website=Decibel |access-date=August 26, 2024 |date=August 13, 2015}}</ref>

{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>Rivadavia, Eduardo. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/far-beyond-driven-mw0000623560 "Far Beyond Driven – Pantera"]. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved November 29, 2011.</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2score = 10/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=335}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[NME]]''
|rev3Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal|title=Pantera: Far Beyond Driven|journal=[[NME]]|date=April 2, 1994|page=44}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4score = B+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/04/01/far-beyond-driven/|title=Far Beyond Driven Review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Tom|last=Sinclair|date=April 1, 1994|access-date=August 13, 2012|archive-date=April 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421091059/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301637,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>Evans, Paul (May 19, 1994). [https://web.archive.org/web/20080725143220/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pantera/albums/album/205134/review/5943057/far_beyond_driven "Pantera: Far Beyond Driven : Music Reviews"]. ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Archived from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20071013141320/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pantera/albums/album/205134/review/5943057/far_beyond_driven original] on July 25, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2011.</ref>
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The album received positive reviews. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album four out of five stars. ''Rolling Stone'' would eventually rank ''Far Beyond Driven'' #39 on their list "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".<ref name="rs t100">{{cite magazine |last1=Bienstock |first1=Richard |title=39: Pantera, ''Far Beyond Driven'' (1994) |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-113614/pantera-far-beyond-driven-1994-3-195056/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=June 21, 2017 |access-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' wrote in April 1994 that the "quartet has successfully transformed itself into a cross between the older, faster [[Metallica]] and today's [[Rollins Band]]", adding that "at times, Phil Anselmo is every bit as charismatic as [[Henry Rollins]]."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yLwsk0pC50gC&dq=%22pantera%22+%22metallica%22+%22rollins+band%22&pg=PA92 SPIN Apr 1994]</ref> [[AllMusic]] reviewer Eduardo Rivadavia had a more negative take on the album, stating "''Far Beyond Driven'' may have been Pantera's fastest selling album upon release, but it's hardly their best. In fact, although it shot straight to the number one spot on the ''Billboard'' sales chart in its first week (arguably the most extreme album ever to do so), this incredible feat doesn't so much reflect its own qualities as those of its predecessor, 1992's ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]''."<ref name=Allmusic />

In November 2011, ''Far Beyond Driven'' was ranked number six on ''[[Guitar World]]'' magazine's top ten list of guitar albums of 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/readers-poll-results-top-10-guitar-albums-1994|title=Photo Gallery: The Top 10 Guitar Albums of 1994|author=Grassi, Tony|magazine=[[Guitar World|GuitarWorld.com]]|access-date=November 8, 2011}}</ref> The album was also ranked at number twenty in ''Guitar World''{{'}}s "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994|title=Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994|date=July 14, 2014|work=[[Guitar World|GuitarWorld.com]]|access-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715053900/http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994|archive-date=July 15, 2014}}</ref>