Similarities (album)

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Similarities
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Compilation album by
Released18 July 2014
Recorded2011-2012
StudioThe Village; Santa Monica, California
Genre Alternative rock, experimental rock
Length51:00
Label 14th Floor
Producer Biffy Clyro
Biffy Clyro chronology
Opposites: Live from Glasgow
(2013)
Similarities
(2014)
Ellipsis
(2016)

Similarities is a compilation album by Scottish band Biffy Clyro, released in Germany on 18 July 2014, in the UK and Europe on 21 July, and in the US and Australia on 5 August. Available on 12" double vinyl, CD (Limited to 3,000 copies and exclusive to the Biffy Clyro webstore) and as a digital download.

Contents

The album features B-sides (and one previously unreleased track) from the band's sixth album, Opposites . [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Simon Neil.

No.TitleLength
1."The Rain" (Black Chandelier)2:21
2."Thundermonster" (Black Chandelier)3:27
3."Milky" (Black Chandelier)3:41
4."Fingerhut" (Biblical)3:13
5."Watch" (Biblical)4:01
6."Euphoria" (Biblical)2:58
7."City of Dreadful Night" (Black Chandelier)4:52
8."Sorry and Thanks" (Opposite)3:07
9."A Tragic World Record" (Opposite)3:31
10."Wooden Souvenir" (Opposite)2:31
11."Feverish" (Opposite)2:15
12."A Lonely Crowd" (Victory Over the Sun)2:35
13."Fingers and Toes" (Victory Over the Sun)3:02
14."No I'm Not Down" (Victory Over the Sun)3:29
15."Break a Butterfly On a Wheel" (Victory Over the Sun)2:58
16."Children's Limbs" (Previously Unreleased)3:01

Personnel

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References

  1. Bryant, Tom (5 August 2014). "Biffy Clyro - Similarities". Louder. Retrieved 17 December 2019.