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91

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 54 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest full-length release for the Scottish alternative rock band was produced with Adam Noble.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Oct 21, 2021
    100
    Deconstructive, deliberate and exquisitely designed, The Myth Of The Happily Ever After is the sound of a world-class band making truly world-class music. The only thing more exciting than every bar of its 11 songs is the promise of where Biffy Clyro might go next.
  2. Oct 25, 2021
    90
    The Myth of the Happily Ever After serves as an excellent and shockingly ambitious outing from a band that seemed to be trending in all the wrong directions not long ago. With this album, they’ve reclaimed control of their story.
  3. Oct 21, 2021
    90
    Life is too short to waste time. ‘The Myth…’ expands from this vital message, allowing the record to emerge as Biffy Clyro’s most emotionally powerful in years.
  4. Dec 8, 2021
    90
    The Myth Of The Happily Ever After doesn’t just stand out, it soars, inadvertently becoming not only Biffy Clyro’s best album to date but one that will undoubtedly stun their critics.
  5. 80
    Yes, ‘The Myth Of The Happily Ever After’ outshine its predecessor, but it could also – ironically – be the most cohesive Biffy album to date.
  6. Dec 10, 2021
    80
    While technically a companion work to 2020's A Celebration of Endings, Biffy Clyro's ninth studio album, the emotionally sanguine The Myth of Happily Ever After, stands on its own.
  7. Oct 22, 2021
    80
    It’s an exercise in catharsis, providing an accurate snapshot into the minds and mentality of the band certainly, but also the general public of the last year and a half.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. Dec 4, 2021
    10
    Best album since Puzzle , superb ! ........................................
  2. Jul 22, 2022
    10
    I think it's their best record for a while. Can't get enough of it. Slurpy Slurpy is insane
  3. Oct 28, 2021
    10
    A great listen from start to finish. Pushes the Biffy sound forward while keeping all the heartfelt softness and crushing riffs you expect.A great listen from start to finish. Pushes the Biffy sound forward while keeping all the heartfelt softness and crushing riffs you expect.

    For me it ends on a massive high with one of my favourite ever tracks, 'slurpy slurpy sleep sleep' is just devastatingly good.

    Nailed it.
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  4. Nov 3, 2021
    9
    A great mix of Biffy's early post-hardcore and their later pop-rock/alt rock. Admittedly a couple of songs were quite weak (Existed/DumDum IA great mix of Biffy's early post-hardcore and their later pop-rock/alt rock. Admittedly a couple of songs were quite weak (Existed/DumDum I didn't enjoy as much, and I find the intro to Slurpy Slurpy Sleep Sleep slightly annoying, although the rest of the song is brilliant) but genuinely there are some of the best songs they've ever produced on this album, and the more I listen to it the more I enjoy it! Expand
  5. Oct 22, 2021
    8
    After onroading into Biffy Clyro from Infinity Land (what I consider to be the band's magnum opus) I've always felt let down by the ensuingAfter onroading into Biffy Clyro from Infinity Land (what I consider to be the band's magnum opus) I've always felt let down by the ensuing albums. Obviously the band branched out into less bleak and more widely accessible writing territory which did wonders for their commercial appeal and they are legitimately very talented writers of pop songs but that was never why I fell in love with them.

    Their ability on Infinity Land and also their earlier works to seamlessly combine supremely unsettling passages with bouncy pop hooks was incredibly unique and appealing to me but it feels like as their sound progressed, more and more of that eerie unsettling vibe was getting left on the cutting room floor. I'm happy to report that Myth leans surpisingly heavily back into that territory. Tracks like Holy Water feel like a great marriage between the two musical worlds Biffy have created over their long and storied career.

    This is the blend of their previous works and newer endeavours I've been hoping the band would produce for a long time now and I hope it's not just an anomaly because even though it's not as commercially viable, some of their best compositions are to be found on their first 3 albums (particularly album 3, Infinity Land).

    Whilst this album still doesn't go quite as far as I'd like back into that excellent territory, it does enough for a lapsed fan like myself to find enough to cling onto whilst also satiating the newer more commercial fanbase they've accrued in recent years.

    Fingers crossed they can carry this balance through into their future output because it's a big relief to have one of my previously favourite artists come back into my life in a way that I find engaging to listen to again.
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  6. Feb 14, 2022
    7
    With their ninth studio album "The Myth of the Happily Ever After", Biffy Clyro once again succeeds in creating an exciting, completelyWith their ninth studio album "The Myth of the Happily Ever After", Biffy Clyro once again succeeds in creating an exciting, completely unpredictable alt-rock record. Distinguished by an energetic, creative and never boring sound, as well as a combination of countless genres, that sometimes you even wish they would finally choose one.

    Sonically it could be better elaborated, because sometimes the music sounds dull and fuzzy and at other parts it is just all over the place. Overall though, there are some punching, hard-riffing songs on there and even if it's not as excellent as the critics say; it's a solid rock album from Biffy.

    My favorites:
    "A Hunger in Your Haunt"
    "Unknown Male 01"
    "Holy Water"
    "Errors in the History of God"

    ~ Fürstenberg
    February 14, 2022
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  7. Oct 22, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A los artistas de hoy en día parece ya no importarles mucho la producción tampoco la calidad y el corte final de las canciones y la música por lo que este álbum se siente vacío e incompleto Expand

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