Puzzle (Biffy Clyro album)

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Puzzle is the forthcoming fourth album by Scottish band Biffy Clyro, to be released in the UK on 4 June 2007 on 14th Floor, as well as in the USA in August 2007 on Roadrunner. It is the band's first album release since leaving Beggars Banquet.

Overview

The album was recorded from September to November 2006 at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Canada, and The Farm Studio in Gibsons, Canada. It was produced by Garth Richardson, mixed by Andy Wallace in New York, and mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk. The band said that they had 40 tracks to choose from, and that they had been recording with composer Graeme Revell and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra whilst making the album. The artwork for Puzzle and its subsequent singles was designed by Storm Thorgerson. The track listing was confirmed on 21 February 2007.

Track listing

• All songs and lyrics by Simon Neil, Music by Biffy Clyro. Published by Good Soldier Songs.

1. "Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies" – 5:18
2. "Saturday Superhouse" – 3:19
3. "Who's Got A Match?" – 2:23
4. "As Dust Dances" – 4:34
   • "2/15ths" - 1:02
5. "A Whole Child Ago" – 3:07
6. "The Conversation Is..." – 3:40
7. "Now I'm Everyone" – 3:50
8. "Semi-Mental" – 3:22
   • "4/15ths" – 0:45
9. "Love Has A Diameter" – 3:53
10. "Get Fucked Stud" – 3:37
11. "Folding Stars" – 4:15
12. "9/15ths" – 2:46
13. "Machines" – 3:56

• "Semi-Mental", "Saturday Superhouse" and "Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies" were released as singles. Limited editions of the album contain the bonus track "Drop It".
• The iTunes download comes with a 10 minute video entitled Pieces, which contains footage of the band at their four night run at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland, in December 2005, as well as two exclusive bonus tracks:
  • "Semi-Mental (Acoustic)"
  • "As Dust Dances (Acoustic)"

Limited edition

Along with the regular 13-track album, there will be a limited edition release with a bonus track, "Drop It" (a re-recording of a demo, "Drop It Dickhead"), as well as a bonus DVD, which will include a 40 minute documentary, The Making of Puzzle, as well as the videos for "Semi-Mental", "Saturday Superhouse" and "Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies".

B-sides

Certain songs which were played live or announced on different occasions through blogs on Myspace or announcements through the official Biffy Clyro website have been left out of the track listing for Puzzle. These will eventually appear as B-sides to the singles lifted from the album.

• "I'm Probably In Your Pocket"
• "Miracle Of Survival" ("Saturday Superhouse" B-side)
• "I'm Behind You" ("Saturday Superhouse" B-side)
• "Scared of Lots of Everything" ("Saturday Superhouse" B-side)
• "Asexual Meat Kitchen"
• "Drop It Dickhead" (Puzzle Limited edition bonus track, retitled "Drop It")
• "Help Me Become Captain"
• "Captain, Sir.." (Announced along with the new single announcement as being a counterpart to "Help Me Become Captain")
• "Relief or Fight" ("Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies" B-side)
• "Kittens, Cakes and Cuddles" ("Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies" B-side)
• "Loneliness" ("Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies" B-side)

External links

• Official Biffy Clyro Website
• Puzzle at MusicBrainz