Infinity Land

Infobox Album | Name = Infinity Land
Type = Album
Artist = Biffy Clyro


Released = 4 October 2004
Recorded = Monnow Valley Studios Monmouth, Wales
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 71:42
Label = Beggars Banquet BBQCD238
Producer = Chris Sheldon Biffy Clyro
Reviews =
* ComfortComes.com (9/10) [http://www.comfortcomes.com/?page=reviews&id=528 link]
* "Kerrang!" Rating|4|5 [http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?
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* BBC Music (Positive) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/pj3n/ link]
* musicOMH (mixed) [http://www.musicomh.com/albums2/biffy-clyro-2.htm link]
* XFM (Positive) [http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=42648 link]
* "MediaNext" (8/10)
Last album = "The Vertigo of Bliss" (2003)
This album = "Infinity Land" (2004)
Next album = "Puzzle" (2007)
Misc = Singles
Name = Infinity Land
Type = studio
single 1 = There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake
single 1 date = 31 May 2004
single 2 = Glitter and Trauma
single 2 date = 9 August 2004
single 3 = My Recovery Injection
single 3 date = 9 August 2004
single 4 = Only One Word Comes To Mind
single 4 date = 14 February 2005

"Infinity Land" is the third album by the Scottish band Biffy Clyro, released on 4 October 2004 on record label Beggars Banquet.

Overview

The album saw the band move into darker territory, in terms of both sound and lyrical content. The cover art was created by Chris Fleming, who also created the cover art for all the singles from "Infinity Land".

Simon Neil has stated in various interviews that the title Infinity Land is a reference to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.cquote|It was in a Jeffrey Dahmer book, he talks about his ideal place, which is called Infinity Land - his idea of heaven - which is really grim, being surrounded by corpses and shit. You don't know what it's about, it could sound hopeful, but when you know what it's referring to, it becomes quite sinister. In a way, it's kinda cool that people don't know what we're referring to, that people make up their own meanings for things... it could be quite optimistic, but it's not. [http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/interviews/biffy-clyro]

The album furthured various experiments from The Vertigo of Bliss, such as using 5/4 time ("There is no Such Thing as a Jaggy Snake"), multiple time changes, key changes, and instrumental variation.

The album contains a hidden track, "Tradition Feed". After the final track, "Pause And Turn It Up", approximately 18 minutes of silence precedes a short poem, read by Simon Neil, dedicated to his late mother. "Tradition Feed" can also be found as a B-side to the vinyl 7" single "Only One Word Comes To Mind". As with each of the band's first three albums, it has been played in full once only, on 15 December, 2005 at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow. It reached #47 in the UK Albums Chart.

"Glitter And Trauma", "My Recovery Injection", and "Only One Word Comes To Mind" were released as singles in edited forms. "There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake" was released as digital download. "Got Wrong" was considered for the final single but lost out to "Only One Word Comes To Mind".

Track listing

All tracks written by Simon Neil, James Johnston, and Ben Johnston.
#"Glitter and Trauma" – 5:10
#"Strung to Your Ribcage" – 2:39
#"My Recovery Injection" – 4:13
#"Got Wrong" – 2:58
#"The Atrocity" – 3:09
#"Some Kind of Wizard" – 3:50
#"Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave" – 5:47
#"Only One Word Comes to Mind" – 4:39
#"There’s No Such Man as Crasp" – 1:24
#"There's No Such Thing as a Jaggy Snake" – 4:50
#"The Kids From Kibble and the Fist of Light" – 3:54
#"The Weapons Are Concealed" – 3:30
#"Pause It and Turn It Up" – 25:31
#*"Tradition Feed" (hidden track contained within "Pause It And Turn It Up" from – 24:27) – 1:25

B-Sides

* "Bonanzoid Deathgrip" – 4:20
* "Stars and Shites" – 3:23
* "Its Always the Quiet Ones" – 2:58
* "Corfu" – 6:29
* "Drown in a Natural Light"
* "Gently"

Release history

"Infinity Land" was released in the UK in 2004.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.biffyclyro.com Official Biffy Clyro Website]
* [http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/1325.html 'Dahmer' interview]
* [http://www.eeggs.com/items/43607.html Short article on Tradition Feed]
* [http://www.universaltrainingsolutions.co.uk/chrisfleming/ Chris Fleming's Website]