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76 out of 100

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8.0 out of 10

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  • Summary: The fifth studio album for the Scottish rock trio was produced by Garth "GGGarth" Richardson.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Can you hear it? It's here! Biffy finally make that sprint-burst into the rock stratosphere and trample over the competition like badly tattooed elephants smashing through dead branches.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    80
    A turn towards pop has alienated some fans of their earlier work, but almost everything here could be released as a single, and that's an undeniably winning achievement.
  3. Mojo
    60
    Musically slick but unpredictable, Only Revolutions is the stuff of stadia; a more obstreperous Foo Fighters; if you like. [Dec 2009, p. 92]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Quforic
    9
    Many of Horror, Bubbles, Boom Blast & Ruin. 3 reasons why you need to buy this album and play it loud.
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  2. Rubberchicken
    4
    The first time I listened to this album I thought that it sounded like a well sized cheese sandwich without any bread, the second time around pretty much confirmed my suspections. Musically this is Biffy yet far removed from what Biffy have done in the past, whether it's good or bad no one can blame them for that.. call it natural progression, or an abandoning of progression? Lyrically the themes or should I say theme becomes quite tiresome and repetitive after a few songs, I feel that after several listens I don't think I'm going to get anything more from this record, normally I would try to stick it out but .... I just can't do it any longer.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. MadhuM
    2
    Trite rubbish. Cannot believe this rehash of every cliche in rock is being hailed as some sort of second coming.
    • 0 of 3 users said yes

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