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A turn towards pop has alienated some fans of their earlier work, but almost everything here could be released as a single, and that’s an undeniably winning achievement.
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Can you hear it? It’s here! Biffy finally make that sprint-burst into the rock stratosphere and trample over the competition like badly tattooed elephants smashing through dead branches.
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It's likely that their slabs of noise are too explosive. But for Team Biffy, their followers, this is a strength, not a failing.
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Q MagazineOnly Revolutions has enough in the way of nous, intelligence and tunes to broaden their audience immeasurably. [Dec 2009, p.122]
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The melodies are instant, the hooks as hefty as Nikolay Valuev's--this is a big, obvious, step forward.
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Only Revolutions is just the kind of record to turn a cult following into a fair market share of the collective rock 'n' roll unconscious.
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Scots veterans turn up the orchestra knob and rock.
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MojoMusically slick but unpredictable, Only Revolutions is the stuff of stadia; a more obstreperous Foo Fighters; if you like. [Dec 2009, p. 92]
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UncutThis affinity with Muse is impossible to escape on pounding epics like "That Golden Rule" and "Mountains," but the slight personal "God & Satan" and intriguingly angular "Born On A Horse" offer respite from the bombast, while Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme brings a welcome touch of class to "Bubbles." [Feb 2010, p.79]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 54 out of 60
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Mixed: 4 out of 60
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Negative: 2 out of 60
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Jan 28, 2013
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Feb 7, 2020
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Dec 12, 2014