Puzzle by Biffy Clyro

Puzzle, Biffy Clyro's fourth studio album, arrived on 4 June 2007, the first record since the Kilmarnock trio left Beggars Banquet (whose logo, oddly, still sits on the sleeve), with Garth Richardson producing. Simon Neil on guitar and lead vocals and the Johnston twins, James on bass and Ben on drums, both singing backup, straighten out the knotty song shapes of their earlier records and let the melodies do the heavy lifting, while keeping enough strange detours to stay unmistakably themselves.

It was the album that blew their audience wide open. It hit No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and went Platinum, reviewers handed out perfect scores, and Kerrang! and Rock Sound both named it the best album of 2007. "Living Is a Problem Because Everything Dies" is its grand, bruised centerpiece. Only Revolutions came next.

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