User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 60 Ratings
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Positive: 54 out of 60
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Mixed: 4 out of 60
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Negative: 2 out of 60
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Jan 28, 2013
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Dec 12, 2014This album is the most mainstream rock album by Biffy Clyro, but they still manage to stick to their high powered rock roots. This album is well worth the listen as you will not be listening to it just once.
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Feb 7, 2020Absolutely fantastic album, has some amazing singles and brilliant deep cuts like Shock Shock and Know Your Quarry. Even the weaker tracks like Born on a Horse aren't bad. 10/10
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MarkR.Nov 22, 2009I love this album, they seem to have struck a great balance between riffage and balads, this will surely thrust them in to the big league where their sound belongs.
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HellingerMikeNov 17, 2009Cool album. This is my introduction to these guys, and im impressed.
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Oct 26, 2010this album is truly sublime
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Oct 1, 2011Many of Horror, Bubbles, Boom Blast & Ruin. 3 reasons why you need to buy this album and play it loud.
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KGNov 23, 2009Good stuff from the boys yet again. It's more a continuation on what Puzzle started rather than a return to their older [and some would say better] form, but you can't deny the talent, great melodies, catchy as 'Foooook' - Pity Pitchfork media will drag the score right down when they get hold of it.
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UlrichNov 17, 2009I'm sorry but how does 6 scores of 8/10 equate to an average of 84%. This site's stupid! Album's not bad!
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Nov 4, 2011Foo Fighters lite it may be but there are enough good tracks on this to merit a place in the record collection. The best tracks are top quality and the worst tracks are harmlessly bland, but not offensive or terrible. Rather than buying the record Iâ
Awards & Rankings
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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.
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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.
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It's likely that their slabs of noise are too explosive. But for Team Biffy, their followers, this is a strength, not a failing.