Blackened Sky

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Blackened Sky
Blackened Sky cover
Studio album by Biffy Clyro
Released 11 March 2002
Recorded The Practice Pad
Glasgow, Scotland
Genre Rock
Length 49:08
Label Beggars Banquet
BBQCD226
Producer Chris Sheldon
Biffy Clyro
Professional reviews
Biffy Clyro chronology
Blackened Sky
(2002)		 The Vertigo of Bliss
(2003)
Singles from Blackened Sky
  1. "27"
    Released: 9 April 2001
  2. "Justboy"
    Released: 1 October 2001
  3. "57"
    Released: 4 February 2002
  4. "Joy.Discovery.Invention"
    Released: 15 July 2002

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Simon Neil, James Johnston, and Ben Johnston.

  1. "Joy.Discovery.Invention" – 3:38
  2. "27" – 3:27
  3. "Justboy" – 4:22
  4. "Kill the Old, Torture Their Young" – 6:12
  5. "The Go-Slow" – 3:59
  6. "Christopher's River" – 4:09
  7. "Convex, Concave" – 4:28
  8. "57" – 3:21
  9. "Hero Management" – 4:46
  10. "Solution Devices" – 3:18
  11. "Stress on the Sky" – 4:14
  12. "Scary Mary" – 3:05
  • "27", "Justboy", "57", and "Joy.Discovery.Invention" were released as singles.

[edit] Release history

Blackened Sky was released in the UK in 2002.

Country Date Label Format Catalogue number
United Kingdom 11 March 2002 Beggars Banquet CD BBQCD226
United Kingdom 11 March 2002 Beggars Banquet Vinyl BBQ226
v • d • e
Biffy Clyro
Simon Neil · James Johnston · Ben Johnston
Studio albums
Blackened Sky · The Vertigo of Bliss · Infinity Land · Puzzle
EPs
Singles
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