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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=April 2011}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Infinity Land
| type = studio
| artist = [[Biffy Clyro]]
| cover = Biffyclyro infinityland.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|df=yes|2004|10|04}}
| recorded = Monnow Valley ([[Monmouth, Wales]])
| studio =
| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[experimental rock]], [[post-hardcore]]
| length = {{Duration|m=71|s=42}}
| label = [[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]]
| producer =
* [[Chris Sheldon]]
* [[Biffy Clyro]]
| prev_title = [[The Vertigo of Bliss]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[Puzzle (Biffy Clyro album)|Puzzle]]
| next_year = 2007
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Infinity Land
| type = studio
| single1 = [[There's No Such Thing as a Jaggy Snake]]
| single1date = 31 May 2004
| single2 = [[Glitter and Trauma]]
| single2date = 9 August 2004
| single3 = [[My Recovery Injection]]
| single3date = 20 September 2004
| single4 = [[Only One Word Comes To Mind]]
| single4date = 14 February 2005
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{citation needed|date=May 2011}}
| rev2 = BBC Music
| rev2Score = Positive<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/pj3n|title=''Infinity Land'' Review|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The List (magazine)|The List]]''
| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5|full=U+25CF.svg|empty=U+25CB.svg|rating=medal}}<ref name="The List">{{cite web |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/2004-10-07/77/ |title=Rock: Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land (Beggars Banquet)|first=Camilla |last=Pia |date=7 October 2004 |accessdate=31 December 2021 |page=75}}</ref>
| rev4 = musicOMH
| rev4Score = Mixed<ref name="OMH">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/biffy-clyro-infinity-land|title=''Infinity Land'' Review|publisher=musicOMH.com|access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5Score = 8/10<ref name="NME">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EmilyRoseMackay/status/1296194791538069505|title=''Infinity Land'' Review|publisher=[[NME]]|access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>
| rev6 = [[XFM]]
| rev6Score = Positive <ref name="SFM">{{cite web|url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=42648|title=''Infinity Land'' Review|publisher=[[XFM]]|access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''Sputnikmusic''
| rev7score = 5/5<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/49980/Biffy-Clyro-Infinity-Land/|title=Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land (album review ) {{!}} Sputnikmusic|date=28 May 2012|website=Sputnikmusic}}</ref>
}}
'''''Infinity Land''''' is the third studio album by Scottish [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Biffy Clyro]], released on 4 October 2004 on [[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Music|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/pj3n/|website=BBC Music Reviews|access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref>

==Overview==
The album saw the band move into darker territory, in terms of both sound and lyrical content. It also furthered 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, instrumental variation, unpredictable riffs and complex song structures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/49980/Biffy-Clyro-Infinity-Land/|title=Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land (album review ) {{!}} Sputnikmusic|date=28 May 2012|website=Sputnikmusic}}</ref>

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. "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 three times, on 15 December 2005 at [[King Tut's Wah Wah Hut]] in [[Glasgow]], then on 22 October 2024 in London and most recently on 26 October in the same year as part of a tour named "Celebration of Beginnings". "Only One Word Comes to Mind" reached #27 on the [[Uk singles chart|UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="Only One Word Comes to Mind UK Chart">{{cite web|title=Biffy Clyro UK Singles Chart|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/biffy%20clyro/|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref>

"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 [[Music download|digital download]]. "Got Wrong" was considered for the final single but lost out to "Only One Word Comes To Mind".

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/archive/biffy-clyro|title=Biffy Clyro Interview|access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref>}}

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Simon Neil]], except where noted <ref>[http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1767838&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=25&start=1 ASCAP Entry]</ref>
| title1 = [[Glitter and Trauma]]
| length1 = 5:10
| title2 = Strung to Your Ribcage
| length2 = 2:40
| title3 = [[My Recovery Injection]]
| note3 = Neil, James Johnston
| length3 = 4:14
| title4 = Got Wrong
| length4 = 2:58
| title5 = The Atrocity
| length5 = 3:10
| title6 = Some Kind of Wizard
| length6 = 3:51
| title7 = Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave
| length7 = 5:47
| title8 = [[Only One Word Comes to Mind]]
| length8 = 4:30
| title9 = There's No Such Man as Crasp
| length9 = 1:25
| title10 = [[There's No Such Thing as a Jaggy Snake]]
| length10 = 4:50
| title11 = The Kids from Kibble and the Fist of Light
| length11 = 3:54
| title12 = The Weapons Are Concealed
| length12 = 3:31
| title13 = Pause It and Turn It Up
| length13 = 25:31
| title14 = Tradition Feed
| note14 = [[Hidden track]] starting at 24:27 of previous track
| length14 = 1:04
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese Edition
| title15 = [[Glitter and Trauma]]
| note15 = Music Video - Bonus Content
| length15 = 4:06
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = B-Sides
| title1 = Bonanzoid Deathgrip
| length1 = 4:20
| title2 = Stars and Shites
| length2 = 3:23
| title3 = Go Your Own Way
| note3 = [[Fleetwood Mac]] Cover
| length3 = 2:22
| title4 = It's Always the Quiet Ones
| length4 = 2:58
| title5 = Corfu
| length5 = 6:29
| title6 = Drown in a Natural Light
| length6 = 4:09
| title7 = Gently
| length7 = 3:53
| title8 = Tradition Feed
| length8 = 1:25
| title9 = Diary of Always - Acoustic
| note9 = Original Version featured on ''[[The Vertigo Of Bliss]]''
| length9 = 3:14
| title10 = Hero Management - SBN 2002 Radio Session
| note10 = Digital download exclusive - Original Version featured on ''[[Blackened Sky]]''
| length10 = 4:48
| title11 = [[There's No Such Thing as a Jaggy Snake]]
| note11 = Peel Session
| all_writing =
| total_length =
}}

==Release history==
''Infinity Land'' was released in the UK in 2004.
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalogue number
|-
| United Kingdom
| 4 October 2004
| Beggars Banquet
| CD
| BBQCD238
|-
| United Kingdom
| 4 October 2004
| Beggars Banquet
| Vinyl
| BBQ238
|-
| Japan
| 18 January 2005
| King Records
| CD
| KICP-1045
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.biffyclyro.com Official Biffy Clyro Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120204130940/http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/1325.html 'Dahmer' interview]
*[http://www.eeggs.com/items/43607.html Short article on Tradition Feed]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516092228/http://www.universaltrainingsolutions.co.uk/chrisfleming/ Chris Fleming's Website]

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