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9.0
6743
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Not one of the tracks sounds like it is filling empty space on the disc; each and every one can stand its ground as a pinnacle of anthemic melodic rock
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8.5
6801
8.5 |
FasterLouder
Keeping up this level of creative, powerful and outlandish melodic hard rock isn’t just going to keep the band’s head above water – from here, they could part the Red Sea if they wanted to
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8.0
7209
8.0 |
State
The glare of the spotlight may have taken a while to reach them, but with Only Revolutions Biffy Clyro have raised their own bar and done themselves proud
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8.0
6274
8.0 |
musicOMH
We see here another step in a fantastic band's hard-slogged evolution, and if you haven't been a Biffy cultist for years - or if you're not savvy enough to claim that you, indeed, have been with them since you first heard Blackened Sky at a house party - now's the time
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8.0
6295
8.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
Biffy Clyro's success has been painstakingly built over a decade, and this record suggests there is another ten years and more in them
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8.0
6451
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
If those who are queuing up to dismiss this album give it a proper listen they might be surprised
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8.0
6514
8.0 |
The Fly
With ‘Only Revolutions’, Biffy cast a magnifying glass over everything they showcased on ‘Puzzle’. The riffs get louder, the screams more pertinent and the orchestral onslaughts darker and more sinister. ‘Mon the Biffy...
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8.0
3247
8.0 |
Observer Music Monthly
Biffy Clyro have got this far without paying heed to populist tastes, so they needn't start now. Still, it's a woeful soul who can listen to Only Revolutions without feeling exhilarated and part of the gang
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8.0
3248
8.0 |
The List
Dynamic, adrenalised, boisterous but still wholly accessible
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8.0
5808
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
6132
8.0 |
NME
It’s as a whole that ‘Only Revolutions’ springs the band instantly level with the greatest rock acts in the world
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8.0
6159
8.0 |
The Guardian
The melodies are instant, the hooks as hefty as Nikolay Valuev's – this is a big, obvious, step forward
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8.0
6247
8.0 |
The Sunday Times
On Only Revolutions they move things up a gear with a string of actual and potential hits
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8.0
6255
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Only Revelations is a massive, bold and ambitious record, primed for radio but loaded with the unshakeable seriousness and belief that has run through Biffy’s career
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7.0
6242
7.0 |
The Observer
The anthemics are ringing... but they have come at the expense of Biffy's gnarlier edge, some of which thankfully survives on workouts like "That Golden Rule"
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7.0
5611
7.0 |
Clash
Contrary to the album's title, for Biffy Clyro evolution proves more useful than revolution
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6.0
5751
6.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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6.0
6177
6.0 |
The Independent
Big metaphors – God and Satan, mountains and oceans - abound, decked out in suitably grandiose, constantly gear-changing pomp-metal riffs
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6.0
6231
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Only Revolutions sees the band continue towards the mainstream.
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6.0
6235
6.0 |
The Times
Fans will know that Biffy Clyro don’t do radical departures, but this is a healthy snapshot of a group in perpetual if gradual evolution
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6.0
7617
6.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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6.0
6265
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Only Revolutions is festooned with epic choruses and chunky riffs, which are now supplemented with punchy brass and pizzicato strings (arranged by David Campbell – aka Beck's dad)
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4.0
10236
4.0 |
Blurt
The group's attempts to plant some flowers of evil amid the arena-rock crescendos can be giggle-inducing
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