Niedziela 5 Paź 2008, 19:14

This isn't in order, as it changes all time time, and my scrobbling bears no relevance as iTunes is mostly on shuffle, and I listen to alot of Biffy Clyro on CD. One thing I can say is Solution Devices was my favourite in the old days, and has always remained in the top 3 or so since. Songs from Blackened Sky which have stood the test of my time/overplaying include Stress On The Sky and Convex, Concave.

Vertigo Of Bliss was an immense followup. The stand out track for me, which is still apparent, is Eradicate the Doubt. When The Fraction's Fractioned really is a beautiful song, there's a lot of suspense never really released. I have memories of packed house parties that were quite happy to have this album running through.. a sign of things to come perhaps? Artwork was certainly compelling. Now The Action Is On Fire! was a song that first switched me onto Biffy, after seeing them play it live at the free Orange W.O.W Festival on the Gateshead Quayside, months before this album's release. I like the irregular beats and I can hear these colours progressing in Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies.

Infinity Land came out in the september after A-levels, as there was no Uni, I remember listening to this non-stop on MiniDisc on my long commutes to and from a full time call center job which lasted 3 months. I'm sure I'm not alone in the appriciation of the long intro in My Recovery Injection. My favourite of this album is Some Kind Of Wizard. It enchanted me, and it reminded me of Sting & the Police. The brass in The Weapons Are Concealed is lush and the ensuing song I think straddles a number of different sub-Genres. I am a big fan of Only One Word Comes To Mind, especially the drums, but was dissapointed with the editing on the single, though the video maybe made up for it.

We all waited a long time for the next Biffy album, but thankfully the release of Marmaduke Duke's The Magnificent Duke bridged the chasm very nicely. I believe the last song Biffy recorded with Chris Sheldon was their cover of Weezer's Buddy Holly. Being a die-hard Weezer fan I couldn't wait to listen to it once I'd heard it'd been done. I'd be surprised if a single biffy fan disliked this track, weezer fan or not. I even played it when I was guest DJing at a clubnight in Le Cooperage. Although I'm not so much a fan of Franz Ferdinand I very much liked the biffed up version of Take Me Out.

Finally Puzzle arrived, and immediatly LIAPBED convinced me I was still very much addicted to this band. A Whole Child Ago's vocal arrangment astounded me and I think Who's Got A Match? was an inspired single choice. However if I owned this album in vinyl form I think I would have played side one more often than side two.

Let's not forget the B-sides! As far as Biffy epics go look no further than Instructio4, ...And With The Scissorkick Is Victorious and Less The Product. I was hooked on the double movements of Bonanzoid Deathgrip, and spent ages learning this on the guitar.

There you have it, might do my favourite Weezer songs next.