The Myth of the Happily Ever After
by Biffy Clyro
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 54 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 54
  3. Negative: 4 out of 54
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  1. fredphoesh
    Oct 22, 2021
    5
    Is it just me or is there a really low bar in "rock" music. This is not bad music, it's really pretty good, but there is absolutely nothing original about it. Every bit sounds like something else.
    Sadly, indie/alt rock has become middle-of-the-road and boring. The lack of creativity, EXPERIMENTATION is sad.
  2. Groglife
    Nov 23, 2021
    4
    Lyrics are okay, but in general the sound is very generic, and very uninspired. Sonically it's all over the place, never really finding a genre, which could be a good thing, but in this case it just sounds like he's got a lot of people he's inspired by and just made a cluster of different genres with no rhyme or reason. It just sounds all over the place, and in the end of the day, it wasLyrics are okay, but in general the sound is very generic, and very uninspired. Sonically it's all over the place, never really finding a genre, which could be a good thing, but in this case it just sounds like he's got a lot of people he's inspired by and just made a cluster of different genres with no rhyme or reason. It just sounds all over the place, and in the end of the day, it was 50 mins of material I won't be revisiting.… Expand
  3. togobogo
    Jan 31, 2023
    4
    ok this is an okay album with some decent tracks but there is something i don't like about this album.
    the album is kind of maybe is racist and as an american i think all livers matter even the ones with liver cirrus overall just kind of bad 0/10

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. AllMusic
    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.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    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.
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  3. Sputnikmusic
    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.
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