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Only Revolutions

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I stumbled upon Biffy Clyro entirely by chance thanks to their song playing in the trailer for Charlie St. Cloud. After a little searching, I came upon this album. Only Revolutions is chock full of big hooks and clever lyrics, with song like 'Many of Horror' and 'The Captain' leading the way. However, I think it was put together a bit slap dash and there are tracks that just don't seem to belong. The pacing of the album is a bit thrown off, as can be seen in between 'Mountains' and 'Many of Horror'. Two great songs with huge emotion end up sandwiching the terrible and out of place 'Shock Shock'. The album has some incredible and honest music, but it feels like they might have missed out on an even better, cohesive experience.

Great hooks, strong pop sensibility with enough hardness to knock you off your chair every now and then. Elements of Kyuss, Foo, Jimmy Eat, and a little Scottish folkish flare, duct taped together in a very new way. Really a delicate balance. This is one of the best bands in the world right now. Saw them on festival live set on PLD and was stricken. Big Live Power Trio feel that is rare now. Must see them live.

I'm 60 years old and play guitar as well as being a BLUES / GUITAR nut.....I stumbled on BIFFY by accident and would normaly have dismissed it as it is not in the genres I like.....I would have missed some of the best music going around today.....this is a classic rock cd that might well be in a timecapsule as the best this era has to offer....my favourite bands are KINGS'X and MOE and these young scots are at least their equal....the hooks are irresistable....the lyrics intelligent and original and even my better half who rarely sees eye to eye with me in things music, loves this band.....the FOOFIGHTERS should be supporting this band and not the other way around.....why they are not the biggest band in rock today is a mistery....if there is justice, they soon will be !!

Wow! I liked this CD the first time I played it but it just gets better with every listen. Lots of new sections seem to keep appearing in each song. I also love the way Simon Neil's vocal style changes between each song and even within a song.

Love this album. The songs do not sound the same (like many albums). Also many songs start of very different than how they end. I love this album from Biffy Clyro. They are excellent in concert as well. A great band from Scotland and worth listening to.

despues de los discos tan complicados como blackeaned eyes , the vertigo of bliss o infinity land, el cuatro disco de BC, Puzzle , supuso una involución en su música, haciendo uno de los mejores discos de el 2007, con la produccion de Ggarth Richardson, con unos precisos arreglos de cuerda en algunas canciones, destacando e ntre ellas la que abre el disco ( Living is a problem ..), folding stars, semi-mental, machines , etc.Lo tenían díficil, pero con Only Revolutions, , se descubren como un grupo inverosimil. Sólo con escuchar Many of horror ( una de las canciones de este año), se ponen los pelos de punta, Know your quarry(es unica e impresionante ), la cañera That golden rule, Cloud of stink( parece que foo fighters aparce por ahi ..), Captains, God and Satan ...
En definitiva , una autentica insureccion artistica. GRacias a BC por poder sentir esas emociones. Insisto : Many of horror es una de las grandes canciones que hay ya en la historia de la musica moderna.