- Puzzle (Biffy Clyro album)
Infobox Album | Name = Puzzle
Type =Studio album
Artist =Biffy Clyro
Released =4 June 2007 (UK)18 September 2007 (USA)
Recorded =The Warehouse Studio Vancouver, Canada
The Farm StudiosGibsons, Canada
Genre =Alternative rock
Length =
Label = 14th Floor (UK)
Roadrunner (US)
Producer = Garth "GGGarth" RichardsonBiffy Clyro
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:0pfrxzy5ldke link]
*"Big Cheese" Rating|4.5|5 June 2007, p. 105
*Comfort Comes (8.8/10) [http://www.comfortcomes.com/?page=reviews&id=1722 link]
*Drowned in Sound (7/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/10307 link]
*"The Fly" Rating|4|5 May 2007
*"Guitarist" Rating|5|5 #290, June 2007
* Insiders' Guides (7/10) [http://www.insidersguides.net/musicguides/artists/BiffyClyro/Puzzle.php link]
*"Kerrang! " Rating|5|5 [http://biffyclyro.wmg.com/mailouts/pdfs/kerrang.html #1158, May 2007]
*"The List" Rating|5|5 #576, p.58
* "Metal Hammer " (8/10) Fact|date=July 2007
*"Music Mart" (8/10) #241, May 2007
*musicOHM Rating|4|5 [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/biffy-clyro-3_0507.htm link]
*"NME " (8/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/biffy-clyro/8585 26 May 2007]
*"Q" Rating|3|5 June 2007, p. 96
*Rocklouder Rating|5|5 [http://rocklouder.co.uk/articles/2919.html link]
*"The Times " Rating|4|5 [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article1866126.ece link]
*"Rock Sound " (10/10) #97, June 2007
*"Total Guitar " (9/10) #161, May 1007
*"TUNED" Rating|5|5 #2, 10 May 2007
*Ultimate-Guitar (9.9/10) [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/biffy_clyro/puzzle/index.html link]
Last album = "Infinity Land "
(2004)
This album = "Puzzle"
(2007)
Next album = "Singles 2001-2005 "
(2008)
Misc = Singles
Name = Puzzle
Type = studio
single 1 =Semi-Mental
single 1 date =25 December 2006
single 2 =Saturday Superhouse
single 2 date =5 March 2007
single 3 =Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies
single 3 date =14 May 2007
single 4 =Folding Stars
single 4 date =16 July 2007
single 5 = Machines
single 5 date =8 October 2007
single 6 =Who's Got A Match?
single 6 date =4 February 2008 "Puzzle" is the fourth studio album by Scottish rock band
Biffy Clyro , released4 June ,2007 - the album was later released in America in August. It is the band's first album since leaving Beggars Banquet.The album reached #2 in the
UK Albums Chart to widespread critical acclaim, and was voted the best album of 2007 byKerrang! andRock Sound . The album also reached #17 inIreland , and #39 in the overall world charts. The album is certified Gold in the UK, having sold over 100,000 copies. [http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32947]This album is noted for its departure from the quirky and sometimes unconventional songs, as on their past albums, having a somewhat more straightforward sound while still retaining some more unusual elements. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:0pfrxzy5ldke]
Overview
The album was recorded from September to November 2006 at
The Warehouse Studio inVancouver, Canada , and The Farm Studio inGibsons, Canada . It was produced byGarth Richardson , mixed by Andy Wallace in New York, and mastered byHowie Weinberg atMasterdisk . The band said that they had 40 tracks to choose from ["Rock Sound " magazine interview with Biffy Clyro] , and that they had been recording with composerGraeme Revell and theSeattle Symphony Orchestra whilst making the album ["Kerrang! " magazine interview with Biffy Clyro] . The artwork for Puzzle and its subsequent singles was designed byStorm Thorgerson . The track listing was confirmed on21 February 2007 ["Kerrang!" #1147, p. 6] .Track listing
* Songs and lyrics by Simon Neil, Music by Biffy Clyro.
#"Living Is a Problem Because Everything Dies " – 5:18
#"Saturday Superhouse " – 3:19
#"Who's Got A Match? " – 2:23
#"As Dust Dances" – 4:34
#*"2/15ths" - 1:02
#"A Whole Child Ago" – 3:07
#"The Conversation Is... " – 3:40
#"Now I'm Everyone" – 3:50
#"Semi-Mental " – 3:22
#*"4/15ths" – 0:45
#"Love Has A Diameter" – 3:53
#"Get Fucked Stud" – 3:37
#"Folding Stars " – 4:15
#"9/15ths" – 2:46
#"Machines" – 3:56B-Sides
* "Scared of Lots of Everything"
* "I'm Behind You"
* "Miracle of Survival"
* "Relief or Fight"
* "Loneliness"
* "Kittens, Cakes and Cuddles"
* "Drop It"
* "Asexual Meat Kitchen"
* "A Headline"
* "Coward"
* "Hermaphrofight"
* "But I'm Serious"
* "Cracker"Unreleased
*"Help Me Become Captain"
*"Captain, Sir..." (A counterpart to "Help Me Become Captain")
*"I'm Probably In Your Pocket"Other editions
Along with the regular 13-track album, there is a limited edition release with a bonus track, "Drop It" (a re-recording of a demo, "Drop It Dickhead"), as well as a bonus DVD, which includes a 40 minute documentary, "The Making of Puzzle", as well as the videos for "Semi-Mental", "Saturday Superhouse" and "Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies".
* Fans who pre-ordered the iTunes download received a 10 minute video entitled "Pieces", which contains footage of the band at their four night run at
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut ,Glasgow, Scotland , in December 2005, as well as two exclusive bonus tracks:
**"Semi-Mental (Acoustic)"
**"As Dust Dances (Acoustic)"These bonus features are as yet unavailable separately.Personnel
* Simon Neil – vocals, guitar, glockenspiel
* James Johnston – vocals, bass guitar
* Ben Johnston – vocals, drums
* Garth "GGGarth" Richardson – producer
* Andy Wallace - mixing
* Mike Fraser - engineer
* Howie Weinberg - mastering
* Graeme Revell – string and choir orchestrations
* Seattle Symphony Orchestra – violins, violas, cellos, choir
* Ben Kaplan – keyboard
* Mike Norman – keyboard, saxophone on "Now I'm Everyone"
* Dorothy Lawson – cello on "Machines"Release history
"Puzzle" was released in various countries in 2007.
Notes
External links
* [http://www.biffyclyro.com Official Biffy Clyro Website]
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