On November 9, 2009, “14th Floor” label released “Only Revolutions”, the fifth Biffy Clyro studio album. It was recorded May – September 2009, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, and was produced by Garth “GGGarth” Richardson.
Personnel:
- Simon Neil– lead vocals, guitars, piano, theremin
- James Johnston– vocals, bass guitar
- Ben Johnston– backing vocals, drums, percussion
- Josh Homme- additional guitar
- Jamie Muhoberac- keyboards, programming
- Ben Kaplan – additional keyboards, programming
- Ben Kaplan – recording, additional editing
- David Schiffman – recording
- Andy Wallace– mixing
- Howie Weinberg– mastering
- Garth Richardson– additional editing
- Nick Rowe – additional editing
- Wesley M.Seidman – engineer assistant
- Julia Sundström – general assistant
Orchestra
- David Campbell- strings, brass and woodwind arrangements, conductor
- Rick Baptist – trumpet
- Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
- Alan Kaplan – trombone
- Steve Holtman – trombone
- Jonathan Sacdalan – bass clarinet
- Julie Feves – bass clarinet
- Joe Meyer – French horn
- Douglas Tornquist – tuba
- Joel Derouin – violin
- Roberto Cani – violin
- Julian Hallmark – violin
- Tammy Hatwan – violin
- Gerardo Hilera – violin
- Natalie Leggett – violin
- Sid Page – violin
- Alex Orosa – violin
- Sara Parkins – violin
- Vladamir Polimatidi – violin
- Philip Vaiman – violin
- John Wittenberg – violin
- Ken Yerke – violin
- Liam Brennan – violin
- Steve Richards – cello
- Erika Duke – cello
- George Kim Scholes – cello
- Rudolph Stein – cello
- Christian Hughes – Chai Wallah
Track listing:
All tracks by Simon Neil.
- The Captain
- The Golden Rule
- Bubbles
- God & Satan
- Born on a Horse
- Mountains
- Shock Shock
- Many of Horror
- Booooom, Blast & Ruin
- Cloud of Stink
- Know Your Quarry
- Whorses
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