Puzzle (studio album) by Biffy Clyro
Top albums of 2007 (Biffy Clyro bestography
Puzzle is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by Biffy Clyro on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Biffy Clyro is Only Revolutions which is ranked number 2478 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 641.
Upcoming concerts
Listen to Puzzle on YouTube
Puzzle track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
0
Puzzle rankings
Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:
Tamthebam
Patman360
Pastiche
paladisiacYou can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page!
Puzzle collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 70 members
Puzzle ratings
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 121 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
80/100  | 07/06/2024 11:46 | markl73 | | 81/100 |
80/100 | 06/14/2023 00:35 | PapaShiz86 | | 79/100 |
45/100 | 03/09/2023 07:55 |  Igtonumama | | 61/100 |
70/100 | 02/12/2023 17:10 | TastyandTemptin | | 72/100 |
60/100 | 12/10/2022 00:07 | MickLord | | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating
Puzzle favourites
Showing all 10 members who have added this album as a favourite
Puzzle comments
Showing all 9 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Maximum Rated First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
It's alright but nothing to get me excited or separates it from the pack. Tame made for radio rock. Reminds me of the Foo Fighters
1. 90
2. 90
3. 100
4. 90
5. 80
6. 65
7. 90
8. 65
9. 95
10. 90
11. 100
12. 60
13. 95
You know you're in for an interesting ride when the intense opening moments of Biffy Clyro's Puzzle offer something rarely heard on LPs these days. It's a unique style, taking listeners directly into the new style of music the band has adopted. This is the majestically melodic and straightforward band most people know Biffy Clyro as, and in my mind that is not a bad thing. What the band offers here is an energetic outing filled with several infectious hooks on songs like "Who's Got A Match?" and "Now I'm Everyone".
This album goes from track to track without slowing down for more than a couple of songs along the way. There are only a couple of filler tracks, and they aren't bad, just plain. The instrumentation is great, the lyrics have improved and the vocals are good as well. It's impossible not to get positive energy from listening to this. Songs like "Love Has a Diameter" and "Folding Stars" have beautiful lyrics, mixed with a majestically melodious sound. Then there is the majestic "9/15ths" which deserves a mention due to its unique Queen-like rock opera sound.
This is one of the most consistently great and varied alternative rock albums of 2007 and a beginning to a new and great era for the Scottish rockers.
With this record, Biffy officially leaves their Post-Hardcore sound (for the love of some, new fans specially, and the hate of their older ones), although there are still some traces of this sound, and a lot of experimentation (specially in the opening track "Living is a problem because everything dies").
Also some people might get reminded of the Foo Fighters with some bits of this record, although it's not my case, but a lot of people tend to compare the sound of this record with theirs.
Very energetic tracks (Living is..., Saturday Superhouse, Semi-Mental, etc.), Slower ones (As dust dances, Love has a diameter), and some interludes that eventually lead to the cathartic and somber 9/15ths. Along with Only Revolutions, for me this is the ideal album to get started with Biffy.
Best Track(s): Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies, As Dust Dances, Get fucked Stud (The last one the best)
Worst Track: Love has a Diameter (If I had to choose one)
Mixed feelings about this one. It has some great songs like Living Is a Problem Because Everything Dies, Saturday Superhouse, 9/15ths and Machines but 4-5 tracks are quite skippable. The rest of the record shows Neil's improvement in songwriting. Overall a good listen but nothing more
Always just short of something interesting.
I like this album.
Their fans found out about BEA!
You know... you might be onto something here. I remember this album not being added to the website until the next album came along. Although it might have... I just remember it being absent for a long time.
23 votes and in top 1000. Go figure.
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment
Your feedback for Puzzle
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.