Only Revolutions (studio album) by Biffy Clyro

I like the instrumentation but you have to go way back to the early stuff before his voice even slightly stops sounding insincere and like he’s over-pronouncing every word. Honestly one of the most irritating front men I’ve listened to.

From llibnanoon 09/08/2020 16:56

It was ok. A couple of decent tracks. Rating (76.67)

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Melodic, rhythmic and incredibly infectious, Biffy Clyro's Only Revolutions is the most polished, mainstream and stylistically coherent album the band has released so far. The album is highly energetic and filled with happiness, focusing on guitar hooks and staccato rhythms as well as sing-along choruses. This is Biffy Clyro made for the big arenas. The band goes from success to success as they present a string of songs that sound similar but still manage to stand out enough to keep the album interesting.

There isn't a single bad song on this album and almost every song is impossible to shake off, for better or for worse. I rarely come across albums I find to be this consistent in terms of sound and lyrics, but this is one of those occasions. There isn't a bad word I can say about Only Revolutions. Even the slower songs have a powerful characteristic to them, making them very emotional and beautiful breathers between the more uptempo songs.

From LedZep 02/16/2018 18:45

It's pretty inconsistent as an album, but the best songs here are too good. Whorses and That Golden Rule live are stunners.

From grohly 06/20/2016 17:05

Album of the day! Woo! Mon the Biff!

Like many others this was my first entry into the world of the Biff. 2009 seems ages ago now. Being brutally honest, this is a good rock album but not much else. I read a recent article in which the band ranked this album their second best. No, just no. This does not stack up against their first trilogy at all but like I said there are some standout tracks: That Golden Rule, Boom Blast, Bubbles, Mountains and Whorses (which is probably better live). But there are some uncharacteristically bland tracks: Shock Shock, Know Your Quarry and Many of Horror (which is the only Biffy song which I actively hate, not just because of the X Factor but because it has the cheesiest lyrics Simon has ever committed to the studio).

Overall, I'd put this as my fifth favourite Biffy album. It still has the unmistakably weirdness that only Biffy can project but they lost their razor sharpe edge by going mainstream. I don't blame them to be honest, I just hope they get the edge back now that they've 'made it.'

Very nice album

This is the record that sent Biffy to the mainstream... (Puzzle already did this though, but this is the one that did it on a new level). For a lot of people this more commercial sound was a bad change, but in my opinion it gave place to some of Biffy's greatest tracks.

In this record there are mixes of more mainstream oriented tracks (The Captain, Bubbles, Mountains), More slow songs (God & Satan, Many of Horror, Know your Quarry), More experimentation and flirting with new styles (Born on a horse) and of course some aggressive songs (That golden rule, Shock Shock) even though there are no traces of the Post-Hardcore style that identified them in their first three records. If you're planning to give Biffy a listen, this may just be the ideal record to get into them.

Best Track(s): That Golden Rule, Booooom. Blast & Ruin
Worst Track: Shock Shock

From Pastiche 08/02/2015 00:07

7.5/10

This is a very satisfying and consistent album, however not Biffy's best.

From ImmortalAl 09/22/2013 11:12

I thought this album was good. It had a message (believe what you want, think for yourself), it has great guitars, its loud and its exciting. I think of it as post-Lost Prophets.