Track Listing
Different People
Black Chandelier
Sounds Like Balloons
Opposite
The Joke’s on Us
Biblical
A Girl and His Cat
The Fog
Little Hospitals
The Thaw
//Stingin’ Belle
Modern Magic Formula
Spanish Radio
Victory Over the Sun
Pocket
Trumpet or Tap
Skylight
Accident Without Emergency
Woo Woo
Picture a Knife Fight
My Rating
8/10
Average Critic Rating
8/10
Overview
Keeping a double album interesting is no small task, but Biffy Clyro make a convincing case for going big on ‘Opposites’. Given their seemingly endless supply of songs, perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. There are some huge Rock ballads here, with choruses made for festival fields and stadium crowds losing their voices together. The experimental touches add character, and there’s enough energy in the riffs and rhythms to keep both halves moving - it’s their classic Post-Hardcore energy that forms the backbone of the album. The concept works nicely too, setting difficult experiences from the past against the possibility of a better future and giving the title some emotional weight. If ‘Only Revolutions’ took them into the big leagues, this feels like a band growing into that position - there’s a maturity to the songwriting that makes those enormous moments feel earned. A strong, ambitious record that gives you plenty to get your teeth into across its opposite sides.
Recommended for new and old mon the biff fans alike. Opposites attract.
Featured Song
Biblical
Most Streamed
Black Chandelier
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Victory Over the Sun
Least Streamed
The Fog
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Woo Woo
Underrated
The Thaw
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Spanish Radio
TVV Top 3 Songs
Black Chandelier | Sounds Like Balloons | Opposite
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Modern Magic Formula | Spanish Radio | Victory Over the Sun
Singles
Black Chandelier | Opposite | Biblical | Victory Over the Sun
TVV Top 3 Non-Singles
Different People | Sounds Like Balloons | The Thaw
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Modern Magic Formula | Spanish Radio | Trumpet or Tap
Listen to Again?
Yes
No-Skip Album?
No
Album Artwork Rating
8/10
It’s classic Storm Thorgerson, turning a stark landscape into something beautifully unsettling. The image is supposedly of the world’s oldest living tree in Chile, while the ghostly bones dripping from its branches add an ominous edge. That meeting of life and death ties neatly into the concept of ‘Opposites’.
Genre
Alternative Rock
RL
Warner Records / 14th Floor Records
Recording Studio
Capitol Studios (Los Angeles, California) | First Baptist Church of Pasadena (Pasadena, California) | Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California) | Pulse Recordings (Los Angeles, California) | The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
