Blackened Sky

Infobox Album
Name = Blackened Sky
Type = Album
Artist = Biffy Clyro


Released = 10 March 2002
Recorded = The Practice Pad
Glasgow, Scotland
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 49:08
Label = Beggars Banquet
BBQCD226
Producer = Chris Sheldon
Biffy Clyro
Paul Corkett (tracks 5, 7 and 8)
DP Johnson (track 2)
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|1.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dnfpxqe0ldhe link]
* "Kerrang!" Rating|4|5
* "NME" rating-10|6 [http://mayonaise.free.fr/biffyclyro/chat2.htm link]
* Playlouder Rating|3|5 [http://playlouder.com/review/+485biffyclyro/ link]
Last album = "thekidswhopoptodaywillrocktomorrow"
(2000)
This album = "Blackened Sky"
(2002)
Next album = "The Vertigo of Bliss"
(2003)
Misc = Singles
Name = Blackened Sky
Type = studio
single 1 = 27
single 1 date = 9 April 2001
single 2 = Justboy
single 2 date = 1 October 2001
single 3 = 57
single 3 date = 4 February 2002
single 4 = Joy.Discovery.Invention
single 4 date = 15 July 2002

"Blackened Sky" is the debut album by Scottish group Biffy Clyro, released in 2002.

Overview

"Blackened Sky" is the product of four years of touring and hard work by the band. Produced by Chris Sheldon, who would continue to work with the band over the next few years, this is arguably the band at their most anthemic and sensitive, with songs veering from beautiful to raging anger, frequently within the space of a bar. Although, until Puzzle, it was considered the band's most accessible album, it shows the beginnings of the quirkier aspects of their sound that would be explored in more depth on "The Vertigo of Bliss" and "Infinity Land". As with each of the band's three first albums, it has only been played in full once, on 13 December 2005 at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow. The album reached #78 in the UK Albums Chart.

"27", "Justboy", "57", and "Joy.Discovery.Invention" were released as singles.

Track listing

All tracks written by Simon Neil, James Johnston, and Ben Johnston.
# "Joy.Discovery.Invention" – 3:38
# "27" – 3:27
# "Justboy" – 4:22
# "Kill the Old, Torture Their Young" – 6:12
# "The Go-Slow" – 3:59
# "Christopher's River" – 4:09
# "Convex, Concave" – 4:28
# "57" – 3:21
# "Hero Management" – 4:46
# "Solution Devices" – 3:18
# "Stress on the Sky" – 4:14
# "Scary Mary" (Simon Neil/Martin Scott) - 3:05

B-Sides
* "Instructio4" – 5:53
* "Breathe Her" – 3:54
* "Being Gabriel" – 6:20
* "Unsubtle" – 2:27
* "Hope for an Angel" – 4:06
* "Time as an Imploding Unit/Waiting For Green" – 9:24
* "The Houses of Roofs" – 5:12
* "All The Way Down (Chapter 2)" 2002 Version – 3:16

Personnel

* Simon Neil - vocals, guitar, producer
* James Johnston - bass, vocals, producer
* Ben Johnston - drums, vocals, producer
* Chris Sheldon - producer, recording, engineer, mixing
* Paul Corkett - produced, recorded and engineered "The Go-Slow", "Convex, Concave" "57"
* DP Johnson - produced, recorded and engineered "27"
* Graham Dominy - assistant engineer
* Dan Austin - assistant engineer
* Kevin Gallagher - assistant engineer
* Sam Miller - assistant engineer
* Chris Blair - mastering
* Tom Collier - cover photography
* Paul McCallum - band photograpy
* Phil Lee - design

Release history

"Blackened Sky" was released in the UK in 2002.