From the Billboard interview:

 

But you're only going to put 10 or so on the record, and haven't you recorded like 50?

 

"No, no. We're going to finish 13. We've started like 490 or something crazy. But it's such a harsh culling process within the group, because it's such a democracy, that a lot of songs don't even make it 'til the end of Thursday."

 

Also it will be 42.5 minutes long:

 

Speaking about the musical direction of the record, Buckland says, "I suppose the theme would be letting loose musically; louder drums, louder guitars, more contrast. Then we wanted to go down to the most intimate moments, then back to the biggest we've ever been. We wanted to contain as many interesting ideas as we could fit into 42-and-a-half minutes."

 

I suppose this could just mean 10 tracks and 3 b-sides though. Although it wouldn't make a difference outside of sequencing as we still get all 13 in the end.

 

Edit: I got the title of the album wrong in the thread title. Complete fail on my part, hopefully one of the mods will correct it or people will kindly ignore it. :P

They should have released a 490 track album. Selfish bastards.

They should have released a 490 track album. Selfish bastards.

 

This would be amazing holy crap.

Or they could have done a new song a day for over a year. Even if some of them were of Chris Martin farting or kissing his wife.

Or they could have done a new song a day for over a year. Even if some of them were of Chris Martin farting or kissing his wife.

 

I would listen to them.

If they released a 490 track album I'd be found on my bedroom floor days later spasming in a pool of jizz.

Completely unrelated but is that NiGHTS in your avi?

If they released a 490 track album I'd be found on my bedroom floor days later spasming in a pool of jizz.

 

You are demented in the head.

Completely unrelated but is that NiGHTS in your avi?

 

Mine?

Or they could have done a new song a day for over a year. Even if some of them were of Chris Martin farting or kissing his wife.

 

:lol: TOTAL LOL

You are demented in the head.

 

hahahahaha, thanks :D

Mine?

 

No the person who started the thread.

If they released a 490 track album I'd be found on my bedroom floor days later spasming in a pool of jizz.

 

:wink3:

Completely unrelated but is that NiGHTS in your avi?

 

It is indeed. Loved that game.

I've been pretty obsessed with it lately :D

10 Tracks + 3 Hidden

Just Like Viva!!

10 Tracks + 3 Hidden

Just Like Viva!!

 

Once they release an EP after, that'll be good enough for me :D

So we know that the following will probably be on the album:

 

Mylo Xyloto

Hurts Like Heaven

Charlie Brown

Princess of China

Paradise

Up in Flames

Us Against the World

Major Minus

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall

 

That leaves four tracks. Three, if they decide to include Moving to Mars.

 

I predict that they will include Alien Radio and Luminous! :3

He said 13 songs, not 13 tracks. It might be like Viva as SprayCanSoul said up there.

Once they release an EP after, that'll be good enough for me :D

 

Agreed!! :laugh3:

He said 13 songs, not 13 tracks. It might be like Viva as SprayCanSoul said up there.

 

I actually like this idea. Gives the album a much more tight-feeling tracklist.

I think that MX could be opening song, a part of Hurts Like Heaven, and Mylo Xyloto a closing song!??

looks like there wont be a post album EP unfortunately

I think they'll release a few songs as B-sides rather than on an EP this time.

 

From Viva we got 11 songs that didn't make the LP (although you could say that we only got 8 because 3 of them were just different versions of songs already on the LP)

 

From X&Y we got 7 unreleased songs

 

From A Rush of Blood we got 7 unreleased songs

 

So whether we get an EP or not we'll still probably see about 7 songs that didn't make the cut like they've done for the other albums.

13 songs / 42.5 minutes = roughly 3:17 per song. Hurts Like Heaven is over 4 minutes, Major Minus is 3:30, Charlie Brown is a little over 4 minutes.

 

Point being, one of those figures is going to be wrong. What could make sense is that they aren't counting the "hidden" tracks in that 42.5 and the album is actually a little over 50 minutes.