The Vertigo Of Bliss
by Biffy Clyro
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Biffy Clyro bestography
The Vertigo Of Bliss is ranked 5th best out of 24 albums by Biffy Clyro on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Biffy Clyro is Only Revolutions which is ranked number 2222 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 728.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Vertigo Of Bliss track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 12/21/2025 06:27 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2025 08:30 | markl73 | 533 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/30/2023 19:28 |  NoisyBeast | 13,316 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2023 10:25 | cicadelic | 11,698 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2023 14:44 |  LedZep | 4,891 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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Post-hardcore is a genre I have never really gotten into properly and albums relying heavily on the tropes of that genre tend to be rated low by me. Biffy Clyro's first three albums are closer to post-.hardcore than their later alternative rock albums, and The Vertigo of Bliss is one of them. While better structured and produced than their debut, Biffy Clyro's second album features a lot of messy songs, ambiguous lyrics and overlong tracks that drag down the enjoyment of the record somewhat. Many of the songs, while totally fine, remain pretty forgettable. That being said, the vocals are fine and there is some interesting guitar play on several tracks, like "The Ideal Height" and "Liberate The Illiterate/A Mong Among Mingers". Biffy Clyro also offers some surprising twists in sound, like on the powerful yet vulnerable "Diary of Always".
The single standout song is "Questions and Answers", a song that doesn't seem to fit the album in terms of its sound, yet is a very basic infectious rock song. Most songs are average at best, with a few turds here and there.
Biffy's second album it's without a doubt an amazing, totally powerful and memorable listen... Although in my opinion it's the band's least good record, I still love almost every bit from it... The only problems with it are it's structure... As a whole sometimes it's quite messy, and some tracks are, sincerely, a bit forgettable...
"Eradicate the Doubt" and "A man of his appaling posture", despite being good tracks, are from the most forgettable of Biffy's catalogue. Nevertheless, it's a totally fun ride... and this comes from a guy that hates Post-Hardcore and it's screams... Biffy just has "something"...
Best Track(s): With Aplomb, Toys toys toys choke toys toys toys, Now the action is on fire! (The last one being the best, in my opinion).
Worst Track: Eradicate the Doubt
Secondsoul 12/14/2012 18:04 | #57907
Questions and Answers is Biffy's best track!
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