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| Artist: Biffy Clyro
Label: 14th Floor
Category: Music
List Price: £10.99
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 537
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 825646997633
EAN: 0825646997633
ASIN: B000N4S8RA
Release Date: June 4, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Really Dull April 18, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the first Biffy Clyro album I've bought and it really is just indie rock by the numbers. Derivative and dull.
Hugely Disappointing April 8, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Like most other of the 1 star reviewers, I too had been waiting with great anticipation for the release of Puzzle as Biffy's first three albums were all great. The non-standard time-keeping and structure to their songs was really appealling. Each album they had released was an improvement on the previous and they put on a phenomenally good live performance.
I truly thought that Puzzle would surpass Infinity Land and the band would make the bigtime. What appears to have happened is that the band have made the bigtime with a monumentally appauling record. I was desparate to hear the new material on Puzzle, but after just one listen it was fairly clear that I was in for a disappointment. I have listened to the album several times now, hoping that I would discover things I had missed the first time round. There was nothing left to discover and I just can't listen to it any more, it is that poor an album.
Puzzle sounds far too clean and has been over-produced, but this would be tollerable if deep down the music was any good. Unfortunately this is not the case. Biffy seem to have abandoned all that had previously made their music appealing and Puzzle is almost completely devoid of any musical inventiveness. I agree with other reviews that generally speaking the singles are the best tracks on the album.
If you like radio-friendly music then you may love puzzle. However, if having read good things about Biffy you are keen to hear their non-mainstream sound then please buy one of their earlier albums, particularly Vertigo of Bliss or Infinity Land. Puzzle is far too poppy for my liking. Pop can be good but if you want pop then buy ABBA. Biffy now sound too much like any other of the talentless bands that are clogging up the airwaves today. They may as well rename themselves "The Biffy Clyro" and advertise themselves on TV.
Fantastic, if a little soft April 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have previous Biffy Clyro albums and agree they are excellent, I also agree with the people that state this is vastly different. Reading the reviews of this album shows that Biffy have polarised peoples opinions.
I think that peoples main problem is that they have become popular, they get played on the radio a lot and are not this little underground cult band anymore, there are some dodgy songs on this album but every album has one or two ("folding stars" comes to mind). It is also a little softer than I would have personally hoped for but it is also as catchy as herpes, the lyrics at certain points are weak but at other times are amazing.
The start of "Living is a problem..." is slightly comical but its also unexpected (and we wouldn't want a band to keep churning our the expected) and the song feels so good when it explodes it feels so so good. "Machines" is incredibly moving with incredibly touching lyrics, especially if you have been through a similar experience to Simon Neill. "Who's got a Match?" is a pure pop song, but oh what a pop song.
This album has a lot to offer to people new to Biffy Clyro, fans of the indie genre, fans of rock music, fans of metal (who have a softer inside) but you do need to come into it with an open mind. The big problem for the Biffy fans who hate it is they are trying something new, but wouldn't life be boring if everyone always did the same thing.
 old git loves it! March 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought I was getting too old for this but when I nicked this album from my sons bedroom it blew me away!!!
Biffy Clyro really rock and this album grows and grows,and its not one dimensional.
Check out the sensitive "As Dust Dances",a beautifully building ballad reminiscent of Nada Surf at their best.
Its all very accessible with loads of great hooks and choruses (Whos got a match?...like The Proclaimers being backed by the Offspring???)
Folding Stars is the most immediate track,but there is a lot more depth on this record.I pick up hints of The Psychedelic Furs and Midnight Oil
in parts,and even some Rezillo,s style guitar,which cant be bad.
The writing and playing is really top notch,this album deserves a repeated listen
Grower not a shower February 28, 2008
At first play this album was mediocre at best. Even for the first couple of weeks it didn't quite reach the parts other albums reach. However, after taking it out of the car, replacing it with albums such as The Enemy, Wombats and Pigeon Detectives, I listened again this week and was blown away by its sophistication and melodies.
I'm not sure if the aforementioned numbed my senses making Puzzle seem so much better, or whether I'd genuinely had a moment of madness when first listening to it.
In conclusion, its a good sophisticated album (not great) which is better than 95% of the drivel out there espoused by Radio 1, MTV2 et al.
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