History YMMV / BiffyClyro

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Their first three albums were a fusion of post-hardcore and prog rock which featured [[WordSaladLyrics bizarre lyrics]], angular riffs, occasional [[CarefulWithThatAxe screamed vocals]], frequent time signature changes and liberal use of UncommonTime.

* TastesLikeDiabetes:

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: All over the place, from the post-hardcore of their first three albums to the big, ambitious sound of ''Puzzle'', ''Only Revolutions'' and ''Opposites''.

** "Space" is also this as well, due of being an electropop love ballad. [[BrokenBase Depending on who you ask]], it's cheesiness can somehow border between SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel and NarmCharm.

** "Space" is also this as well, due of being a Music/JimmyEatWorld-esque electropop love ballad. [[BrokenBase Depending on who you ask]], it's cheesiness can somehow border between SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel and NarmCharm.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: All over the place, from the post-hardcore of their first three albums to the progressive alternative rock of ''Puzzle'', ''Only Revolutions'' and ''Opposites''.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: "Re-Arrange" can come across as overly sentimental. It doesn't help that Simon Neil maintains soft, high-pitched vocals throughout the entire song.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Their first three albums were a fusion of post-hardcore and prog rock which featured [[WordSaladLyrics bizarre lyrics]], angular riffs, frequent time signature changes and liberal use of UncommonTime.

* BrokenBase: Every album from ''Puzzle'' onwards has had a much poppier edge, and brought the band to a wider audience and attention in the mainstream, leading to cries of Sell Out! and [[ItsPopularNowItSucks it's popular, now it sucks]] (masquerading as TheyChangedItNowItSucks in most cases) from older fans who aren't happy with their new fans who only listen to their later material. This intensified after the release of their seventh album, ''Ellipsis'', which was hailed as a success by some but criticised as bland by others. It happened again with the release of "Instant History" -- the first single from their eighth album -- which essentially goes full [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM]]. Though the rest of the album sounds nothing like that, retaining their melodic alternative rock sound from the previous albums.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: "Re-Arrange" can come across as overly sentimental. It doesn't help that Simon maintains soft, high-pitched vocals throughout the entire song.

%%* TearJerker: "Machines"

** "Space" is also this as well, due of being a Music/JimmyEatWorld-esque electropop love ballad. It's cheesiness can somehow border between SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel and NarmCharm.

** "Space" is also this as well. A Music/JimmyEatWorld-esque electropop love ballad (for Biffy standards at least). It's cheesiness can somehow border between SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel and NarmCharm.

** "Space" is also this as well. A Music/JimmyEatWorld-esque electropop love ballad (for Biffy standards at least).

** "Space" is also this as well. A Music/JimmyEatWorld-esque pop love ballad (for Biffy standards at least). It's very cheesy, yet so effectively sweet, it can easily border on NarmCharm.

* BrokenBase: Every album from ''Puzzle'' onwards has had a much poppier edge, and brought the band to a wider audience and attention in the mainstream, leading to cries of Sell Out! and [[ItsPopularNowItSucks it's popular, now it sucks]] (masquerading as TheyChangedItNowItSucks in most cases) from older fans who aren't happy with their new fans who only listen to their later material. This intensified after the release of their seventh album, ''Ellipsis'', which was hailed as a success by some but criticised as bland by others. It happened again with the release of "Instant History" -- the first single from their upcoming eighth album -- which essentially goes full [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM]], though the rest of the album sounds nothing like that.
%%* EpicRiff: "Saturday Superhouse", "The Captain", "Sounds Like Balloons", "Sunrise".

* BrokenBase: Every album from ''Puzzle'' onwards has had a much poppier edge, and brought the band to a wider audience and attention in the mainstream, leading to cries of Sell Out! and [[ItsPopularNowItSucks it's popular, now it sucks]] (masquerading as TheyChangedItNowItSucks in most cases) from older fans who aren't happy with their new fans who only listen to their later material. This intensified after the release of their seventh album, ''Ellipsis'', which was hailed as a success by some but criticised as bland by others. It happened again with the release of "Instant History" -- the first single from their upcoming eighth album -- which essentially goes full [[ElectronicDanceMusic EDM]].

* WinBackTheCrowd: Their radically different cover of Music/DavidBowie's "Modern Love" elicited a collective "Now that's more like it!" from fans who considered ''Ellipsis'' to be a step backwards. The same thing happened with the ''Balance, Not Symmetry'' album.

* BrokenBase: Every album from ''Puzzle'' onwards has had a much poppier edge, and brought the band to a wider audience and attention in the mainstream, leading to cries of Sell Out! and [[ItsPopularNowItSucks it's popular, now it sucks]] (masquerading as TheyChangedItNowItSucks in most cases) from older fans who aren't happy with their new fans who only listen to their later material. This intensified after the release of their seventh album, ''Ellipsis'', which was hailed as a success by some but criticised as bland by others.

%%* EarWorm: "Bubbles." Also, "The Captain." And God help you if you get the riff from "Convex, Concave" stuck in your head.

* AwesomeMusic: All over the place, from the post-hardcore of their first three albums to the progressive alternative rock of ''Puzzle'', ''Only Revolutions'' and ''Opposites''.

* {{Bishonen}}: Simon Neil, especially in the video for 57.
* BrokenBase: Every album from ''Puzzle'' onwards has had a much poppier edge, and brought the band to a wider audience and attention in the mainstream, leading to cries of Sell Out! and [[ItsPopularNowItSucks it's popular, now it sucks]] (masquerading as TheyChangedItNowItSucks in most cases) from older fans who aren't happy with their new fans who only listen to their later material. This intensified after the release of their seventh album, ''Ellipsis'', which was hailed as a success by some but criticised as bland by others.
* EarWorm: "Bubbles." Also, "The Captain." And God help you if you get the riff from "Convex, Concave" stuck in your head.
* EpicRiff: "Saturday Superhouse", "The Captain", "Sounds Like Balloons", "Sunrise".

* {{Mondegreen}}: "The Joke's On Us" contains the most egregious example of the "our souls"/"arseholes" mondegreen since [[Music/SuppersReady "Supper's Ready"]].

* PainfulRhyme: Happens occasionally, with the worst offender being the opening lines of "Feverish".
-->''Are we getting close? Come feel my fever\\
You've a right to know, I'm the one that feeds ya''
** Then there's the first verse of "Flammable", [[RhymingWithItself which rhymes "miracle" with "miracle"]], and the chorus of "Biblical", which attempts to rhyme "immeasurable" with "central".

* TearJerker: "Machines"

* WinBackTheCrowd: Their radically different cover of Music/DavidBowie's "Modern Love" elicited a collective "Now that's more like it!" from fans who considered ''Ellipsis'' to be a step backwards. Ditto the ''Balance, Not Symmetry'' album.

* EarWorm: "Bubbles." Also, "The Captain."
* EpicRiff: "Saturday Superhouse", "The Captain", "Sounds Like Balloons".

* WinBackTheCrowd: Their radically different cover of Music/DavidBowie's "Modern Love" elicited a collective "Now that's more like it!" from fans who considered ''Ellipsis'' to be a step backwards.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Their first three albums were a fusion of post-hardcore and prog rock which featured [[WordSaladLyrics bizarre lyrics]], angular riffs, frequent time signature changes and liberal use of UncommonTime.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Their first three albums, which feature [[WordSaladLyrics bizarre lyrics]], angular riffs, frequent time signature changes and liberal use of UncommonTime.

* [[Mondegreen}}: "The Joke's On Us" contains the most egregious example of the "our souls"/"arseholes" mondegreen since [[Music/SuppersReady "Supper's Ready"]].