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| 2.5 average | Rickson | November 3rd 23 |
The crossroads.
I look back on Puzzle fondly, it has some great moments on it (Now I'm Everyone, The
Conversation Is..., 9/15ths) that's unfortunately bogged down by some forgettable duds in the
"too safe" category (Saturday Superhouse, A Whole Child Ago, Love Has A Diameter)
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| 2.5 average | blairosh | July 29th 10 |
After the experimental and progressive "Infinity Land", Biffy decided to explore MOR, catchy radio songs. The love affair was over...
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| 3.5 great | Tokyochuchu | November 26th 09 |
Although not quite at the level of the previous 'Infinity Land', 'Puzzle' is a brilliant album featuring some great hooks and a slew of memorable choruses. There are a lot of decent individual tunes on here like 'Who's Got A Match' and 'Folding Stars', but the main thing about this record is it's overall consistancy. There isn't much that lets the team down, save for the moderately boring ballad 'As Dust Dances', and a couple of ordinary-yet-pleasent fillers like 'Get Fucked Stud' and 'The Coversation is...'. A very good Biffy Clyro album.
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| 3.0 good | industrialjunkie92 | March 28th 08 |
Even though Biffy seem to have taken a more mainstream approach to Puzzle, it does pay off with their songs now gelling together better. Many will stick in your head long after you have stopped listening to it but the ending lets the album down and sometimes it's a bit repetitive and annoying.
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| 3.0 good | Justanothernimrod | June 14th 07 |
2007 so far really does seem to be a year of my past-favourite bands turning out lukewarm efforts; Arcade Fire, Explosions, Poison the Well, Queens of the Stone Age, Pelican.... and I was hoping, maybe, Biffy could save this. I'm not going to lie to you, Biffy still remain one of my favourite bands and one of the only ones I can proud to say come from the same country as me (despite having a very American sound).
The simple fact is, is that Puzzle has just lost the impact that made their past works amazing. Although a far more solid album than Infinity Land, that album at least still had some of Biffy's best, most interesting material on it.
Now don't get me wrong, this is a very good album. I loved all three singles for their massive choruses and slightly off-kilter rhythms, but there are a few songs here that just pass me by in a way that hasn't happened with me since debut, Blackened Sky. 'Machines' is beautiful, and there are fantastic moments to be had in 'A Whole Child Ago', 'Now I'm Everyone' and 'Get Fucked Stud' but the clear huge production work combined with the now very standard songwriting means this has lost all the raw passion and intensity that made records like 'Vertigo of Bliss' and even 'Blackened Sky' fantastic.
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| 4.0 excellent | craPkit | April 28th 24 |
| 1.5 very poor | doofy | January 11th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | September 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | FunJan | July 27th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Halez | June 1st 23 |
| 3.0 good | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Jadari | August 15th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | mcpooja | February 24th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jimbly | February 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sowing STAFF | October 25th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | LilPeep | August 19th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Marci | July 6th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Veks | June 4th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | April 12th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | jurrevk | January 24th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | dan1801 | November 4th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Benjii | June 10th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | nbats | May 29th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | qwenta | November 27th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vaio | October 21st 18 |
| 3.0 good | Oreon | January 11th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | adamsee | July 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xurxo | November 8th 16 |
| 3.5 great | blob64 | November 6th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Gozpot | October 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | kiz1988 | October 10th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | March 20th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | benkim | March 6th 16 |
| 3.5 great | rufous | September 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | BoJean | August 24th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | bnest | July 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Simon K. STAFF | July 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Roo17 | June 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | boab92 | June 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dylan | March 15th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Lassie | October 15th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jwar375 | October 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | October 3rd 14 |
| 2.0 poor | ProfC | August 10th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | sje45 | August 4th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Surtur | July 27th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lousy | May 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sebe | February 1st 14 |
| 3.0 good | Durmo | January 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Ringo00 | December 19th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | gbrd | November 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | November 22nd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | ACVPV | August 28th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | jakeob | July 14th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Ulshad | July 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | stosick | June 26th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Glokta | April 13th 13 |
| 3.5 great | reggy | March 29th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | cgor17 | March 19th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | AleBla | February 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surette | February 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Mr16 | January 18th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Crawl | December 30th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Happy | November 21st 12 |
| 2.0 poor | howl | November 15th 12 |
| 3.5 great | JoshTh | October 9th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Hakke | October 5th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Quaid | September 5th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | cjo | September 3rd 12 |
| 3.5 great | j1myz | August 26th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Kaz64 | July 9th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Thane | May 6th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | May 2nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | DRWND | April 25th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | bain89 | March 10th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Sgian | February 27th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | xapz | December 23rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | Dunnus | November 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Themac | November 21st 11 |
| 3.0 good | Sanders | September 25th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | cy10246 | August 12th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | RBL001 | July 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Jovis | July 25th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Ladakh | July 12th 11 |
| 3.5 great | NoFro | June 2nd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | April 2nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | NoFace | April 1st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | cnrd87 | March 2nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | AlexYs26 | February 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Darb | February 4th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Oddsy | February 3rd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | teepeeh | December 12th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | nick77 | November 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IfYouRun | November 15th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Plank | November 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IN64 | October 28th 10 |
| 3.5 great | ruukie | October 23rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | occer | September 20th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | DoubtGin | September 9th 10 |
| 3.5 great | tom960 | August 31st 10 |
| 3.5 great | mvood | June 3rd 10 |
| 4.5 superb | KP23 | May 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | May 13th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Naffa | April 13th 10 |
| 2.5 average | kroglor | January 8th 10 |
| 3.5 great | ppybph | December 13th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Triple6 | November 11th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | quik40 | November 5th 09 |
| 3.5 great | kovacs | November 1st 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Stevo91 | October 4th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | mitch91 | September 19th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | 1zero | September 15th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Rembo85 | September 14th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | DrReg | September 10th 09 |
| 3.5 great | nawffoh | September 7th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dan H. EMERITUS | September 4th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | tseudo | July 10th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Tim00w | June 13th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | cmb1888 | January 9th 09 |
| 3.5 great | geng | January 6th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | blurkom | December 23rd 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Titan50 | November 26th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Sempel | November 21st 08 |
| 4.5 superb | ell92 | October 29th 08 |
| 3.0 good | Collis | October 4th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | NormanN | June 13th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | dcnuman | April 18th 08 |
| 3.0 good | woee | March 30th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | donovr | March 17th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ayashi | March 9th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | uncut23 | February 23rd 08 |
| 3.5 great | BB28 | February 20th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | coopj | February 16th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Eyops | November 22nd 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | kenada | November 15th 07 |
| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | September 18th 07 |
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