Opposite

Album: Opposites (2013)
Charted: 49
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Songfacts®:

  • This stirring ballad with lyrics about finding positivity in devastation is the title track of Biffy Clyro's sixth album, Opposites. Band Of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell contributed vocals to the song as well as another tune on the record, "Accident Without Emergency." Biffy vocalist Simon Neil told NME: "He's a lovely fella. We've loved his band and his voice for years."
  • Opposites debuted at #1 on the UK Album Chart selling a career-best 71,000 copies in its first week. It was Biffy Clyro's first ever long-player to reach the top of the tally.

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