Music CD - Coldplay: X&Y

	Music CD: X&Y Artist: Coldplay List Price: $18.98 Our Price: $4.20 Your Save: $ 14.78 ( 78% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Capitol
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Tracks: 1. Square One 2. What If? 3. White Shadows 4. Fix You 5. Talk 6. X&Y 7. Speed Of Sound 8. A Message 9. Low 10. Hardest Part 11. Swallowed In The Sea 12. Twisted Logic
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724347478628 Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: 2005-06-07 Studio: Capitol
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Didn't Think I'd Enjoy it as Much as I Did! Comment: I was thoroughly impressed with X&Y by Coldplay, having spent my entire high school career writing off this band as too mellow for my taste. Wow, I cannot remember a CD that had me falling in love with every single track. The lyrics are beautiful, poetic, (and clean! surprise!), the music is incredible---it's good for yoga, by the way! For someone who used to bash Coldplay at any given moment, I now have "Swallowed in the Sea" as the top-played song in my iTunes library. Worth the money! Customer Rating: Summary: Great album. Comment: I'm looking forward to their next one. Can't wait. Matt Zarnstorff Customer Rating: Summary: Another Coldplay classic Comment: This yet another must have for all Coldplay fans. The songs range from slow to fast paced and are an excellent addition to the Coldplay repertoire. If you don't have this yet go out and buy it. A great addition and an album full of various hits. Customer Rating: Summary: In my opinion, they're most complete album yet Comment: This was the first Coldplay album that I got into and dissected. A lot of people have claimed this to be overrated. But what I don't think some people get is they kept their same drifting, spacey aura. Every song on this album, IMO, has a different, but warming personality. I didn't get that on every song of Parachutes and Rush of Blood. "Square One" is an excellent opener with a catchy beat, the spacey vibe, and Chris Martin's smooth voice. "What If" is one of my favorite tracks and kicks off with some very melodic and soothing piano. My favorite track on this album is "The Hardest Part". This track, to me, represented a mini-culmination and collaboration with the piano that was dominant in "What If" with an uptempo beat like "White Shadows" and Martins' soon-to-be iconic voice. Bottom Line: These guys will be considered one of the all-time great bands if they keep up this pace. Customer Rating: Summary: A perfect example of the Loudness War Comment: This could have been a great album but the mastering is unbelievably bad. The drummer could have a set of rolled up carpets and a stick as a drum kit; you wouldn't be able to tell, as all the drums are a dull thud, and cymbal work is almost inaudible. It's a muddy wall of sound. If they turned the compression up any higher you would just be left with a constant 2 KHz sine wave. I suspect the earlier Coldplay albums dont suffer from this problem as much, but based on my experience this is one worth avoiding. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Things have gone ridiculously well for Coldplay since 2002's A Rush of Blood to the Head. The group's global album sales have soared past the 10-million mark, putting it in the same stratosphere as megabands U2 and the Dave Matthews Band. People have offered up their bank accounts, cars, and even bodies for tickets to its shows. And, in a interesting twist, frontman Chris Martin married Gwyneth Paltrow and set the tabloid world aflame. Funny thing, then, that the British quartet's much-anticipated third album, X&Y, is all about staying grounded. In the powerful opener, "Square One," the singer insists people are fundamentally the same no matter what their stature: "You just want... Somebody listening to what you say," he sings. On "Fix You," Martin grapples with imperfection and missed opportunity: "When you love someone but it goes to waste... Could it be worse?" Meanwhile, the vibrant single, "Speed of Sound," is all about reconnecting with the spirit and soul in the face of the paparazzi's flashbulbs. Musically, the band has never sounded more adventurous, referencing everyone from Kraftwerk ("Talk") to the Pogues ("Swallowed in the Sea"), all the while sweeping aside those Radiohead-lite comparisons to embrace a massive, moving sound that makes simplicity seem sublime. --Aidin Vaziri