October 17, 201114 yr Just in order, off my first listen, just the full length songs: Charlie Brown Don't Let it Break Your Heart Us Against the World Every Teardrop is a Waterfall UFO Hurts Like Heaven Princess of China Up with the Birds Up in Flames Paradise Major Minus
October 17, 201114 yr This will change but upon 2 or 3 listens i'll say this: 1. Hurts Like Heaven 2. Up With The Birds 3. Charlie Brown 4. Us Against the World 5. Paradise 6. Don't Let it Break Your Heart 7. Up In Flames 8. Major Minus 9. U.F.O. 10. Every Tear Drop Is a Waterfall 11. Princess of China 12. Mylo Xyloto 13. A Hopeful Transmission 14. M.M.I.X. Every song is at least good so its hard to rank them...
October 17, 201114 yr At this moment(tomorrow a different story): 1.Hurts Like Heaven 2.Up In Flames 3.Don't Let It Break Your Heart 4.Charlie Brown 5.Paradise 6.Us Against The World 7.Princess Of China 8.U.F.O 9.Up With The Birds 10.ETIAW 11.Major Minus 12.Mylo Xyloto 13.A Hopeful Transmission 14.M.M.I.X. They're all really good, and I love them all very much.
October 17, 201114 yr 1. Up with the birds 2. HLH 3. ETIAW 3.UIF 4.UATW i cant rank more,because the others are too bad.
October 17, 201114 yr A hopefull transmission/ Don't Let it Break Your Heart Us Against the World Charlie Brown Mylo Xyloto /Hurts Like Heaven U.F.O. Princess of China Up With The Birds Every Tear Drop Is a Waterfall Up In Flames Major Minus Paradise But actually i all like them , and if the live version of Major minus would be on the album , i would rank it higher
October 17, 201114 yr It's difficult but I'll give it a go: 1) Us Against The World 2) Don't Let It Break Your Heart 3) Charlie Brown 4) Up With The Birds 5) Hurts Like Heaven 6) Up In Flames 7) Princess of China 8) UFO 9) Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall 10) Major MInus 11) Paradise
October 17, 201114 yr 1. Us Against the World 2. Charlie Brown 3. Up In Flames 4. UFO 5. Up With The Birds 6. Don't Let It Break Your Heart 7. Hurts Like Heaven 8. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall 9. Major Minus 10. Paradise 11. Princess of China This album is a lot better than I went into it expecting, the U songs are all wonderful.
October 17, 201114 yr Charlie Brown DLIBYH HLH UATW ETIAW UIF UWTB PoC UFO Paradise MM I still love Paradise and like MM though.
October 17, 201114 yr Something like... 1. Hurts Like Heaven 2. Us Against the World 3. Major Minus 4. Up With the Birds 5. U.F.O. 6. Charlie Brown 7. Don't Let it Break Your Heart ... 8. Up In Flames 9. Princess of China ... ... ... 10. ETIAW 11. Paradise
October 17, 201114 yr 1. Don't Let it Break Your Heart 2. U.F.O. 3. Up With the Birds 4. Charlie Brown 5. Hurts Like Heaven 6. Us Against The World 7. Princess of China 8. Paradise 9. Up in Flames 10. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall 11. Major Minus
October 17, 201114 yr Best: Charlie Brown Worst POC and Major Minus...barf still don't know why moving to mars wasn't included. It is better than any song on the album
October 17, 201114 yr 1. Us Against The World 2. Charlie Brown 3. M.M.I.X. 4. Hurts Like Heaven 5. Major Minus 6. Mylo Xyloto 7. Up With The Birds 8. U.F.O. 9. Paradise 10. A Hopeful Transmission 11. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall 12. Princess of China 13. Don't Let It Break Your Heart 14. Up In Flames
October 17, 201114 yr Us Against The World (really love this, its great) 9.5 A Hopeful Transmission/Don't Let It Break Your Heart 9.3 Up With The Birds 9.2 Up In Flames 9.1 U.F.O 9.0 Mylo Xyloto/Hurts Like Heaven 8.8 Major Minus 8.7 MMIX/Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall 8.6 Charlie Brown 8.5 Paradise 7.5 Princess Of China ( but its not bad, is different ) 7.2 Album Note 8.9 (AROBTTH is Better, but is better than VLVADAAHF and x & y ) An Ep please, this era need other Album
October 17, 201114 yr MX / Hurts Like Heaven - 9.9 (for me it's close to perfection. Amazing instrumentals and THAT energy and beat ! I love their new sound and HLH is it's greatest example) Charlie Brown - 9.9 (same as HLH ... just brilliant. Definitely one of their best songs EVER.) Us Against The World - (simply a beautiful song. pure coldplay magic. That song would fit on any CP record and still stand out. Classic CP) 9.5 MMIX / Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - ( I still think that the sheer power and that special feeling of almost overwhelming happiness this song has ... priceless :D.) - 9.5 Up In Flames - 9.0 Major Minus- 8.3 (intriguing, somehow dark - very good but not as good as Daylight which is quite like it in terms of atmosphere) Princess of China - 8.0 (better than I expected. very experimental. Fits great with other songs and is an enjoable listen. But it won't ever be one of favourites) A Hopeful Transmission/Don't Let It Break Your Heart ( I need few more listens but I'm pretty positive that this will go up a bit) - 8.0 Paradise - 7.8 (good but still far from great) U.F.O - 7.5 Up With The Birds (may go higher ... i don't know really. so far doesn't really get to me the way other songs do) - right now 7 I would say MX = VLV = AROBTTH ( I can't decide which one is 1st 2nd or 3rd ) >> X&Y >> Parachutes at least for me
October 17, 201114 yr Don't let It Break Your Heart Up With the Birds Up in Flames Charlie Brown Hurts Like heaven U.F.O. Major Minus Us Against the World Every Teardrop is A Waterfall Princess of China Paradise
October 17, 201114 yr Only full length songs. 1) Hurts Like Heaven 2) Charlie Brown 3) Up in Flames 4) Paradise 5) Up with the birds 6) Don't Let it Break your Heart 7) Us Against The World 8) Princess Of China 9) U.F.O 10) Every Teardrop 11) Major Minus Wish Major Minus would have been replaced with Moving to Mars :/ Oh well! love the album.
October 17, 201114 yr Hmmm... 1. Don't Let it Break Your Heart - So immediate, the mix makes this song. Chris's voice being pushed into the dense center allows for everyone to shine. 2. Up With The Birds - I can't pick out the Leonard Cohen sample yet, but I can feel it. 3. U.F.O. - There are flashes of Parachutes on this album if you're willing to listen for them, this song contains the brightest one. 4. Mylo Xyloto - Like waking up on a bright autumn day and taking a deep breath before diving in. 5. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - Forget your politik, samples or not, this is a brilliantly written song. 6. Us Against the World - Coldplay? Soulful? No. Couldn't be. 7. Charlie Brown - Dense like DLIBYH, but less tuneful. Likely to be a minor chart hit but a major player on your most played iTunes list. 8. Up in Flames - Bass drum is a little outlandish and strays too far into the realm of certain less than earnest musical genres. Nonetheless, the song is held to the ground by Coldplay's well-established honest charms. 9. Hurts Like Heaven - An adrenaline rush, maybe some of Chris's best lyrics. 10. A Hopeful Transmission - That beat is like nothing we've heard from Coldplay, so energetic, I love it. Perfectly leads into DLIBYH 11. M.M.I.X. - Stirring, Where the Streets Have No Name has its modern counterpart. 12. Paradise - Feels too familiar, perhaps even lacking an extra verse to dampen the mantra like drive. 13. Princess of China - Not a disappointment as many expected (myself half included). 14. Major Minus - It just doesn't fit for me within the context of the album. Too raw-edged, not a hint of the sweetness that is so prevalent throughout the album.
October 17, 201114 yr Best: Charlie Brown Worst POC and Major Minus...barf still don't know why moving to mars wasn't included. It is better than any song on the album I COULDN'T AGREE MORE^^ MOVING TO MARS IS AMAZING
October 17, 201114 yr Hurts Like Heaven Don't Let it Break Your Heart Us Against the World Charlie Brown Major Minus Up with the Birds UFO Up in Flames Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Paradise Princess of China
October 17, 201114 yr I just finished listening to it through just the once so far and what a ride it was! So these ratings are on the first impression: 1. Charlie Brown - 9.8/10 (Just, love it, one of my all time favourites of Coldplay and I'm sure it'll grow on me even more!) 2. Hurts Like Heaven - 9.5/10 3. Us Against The World - 9/10 4. U.F.O. - 9/10 (Only song on Mylo Xyloto I could've seen on Parachutes those 11 years ago! Glad they included this song, it was a treat to hear a glimpse of their older sound) 5. Up with the Birds - 8.8/10 6. Paradise - 8.5/10 7. Don't Let it Break Your Heart - 7.8/10 (Although on first thoughts, I was thinking I could grow to like this a lot!) 8. Up in Flames - 7.2/10 9. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - 6.8/10 10. Major Minus - 6.8/10 11. A Hopeful Transmission - 5/10 12. Mylo Xyloto - 5/10 13. Princess of China - 2.5/10 (Yes, I even enjoyed the majority of interludes more than this track, I'm sorry, it just didn't do it for me, maybe I'll change my mind after a few more listens or maybe I could grow to loathe it, although I'm not going to abuse it like most people are doing.) 14. M.M.I.X. - 2/10 (Just a bunch of noise really, although good build up to ETIAW towards the end I guess.)
October 17, 201114 yr Author Mylo Xyloto - A: Love this intro, even better than live Hurts Like Heaven - B+: The vocal effects take away from this, the live version in an A Paradise - B-: Works better in the context of the album than stand alone Charlie Brown - A+: Already in my Coldplay Pantheon Us Against the World - A: Tremendous, love the additions in the studio person MMIX - B-: A solid intro Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - A-: It really is the centerpiece to the album Major Minus - C/C-: The only new track I just don't care for UFO - B: Didn't feel like a complete thought, but had promise, still enjoyable Princess of China - B+: A damn catchy song, Rhianna sounds good on it, they duetted well too Up in Flames - B: Studio version feels much improved and is a soulful stripped down jam A Hopeful Transmission - A-: Basically an altered MX, and a very good intro Don't Let it Break Your Heart - A/A+: Roadie #42 nailed it with his description, violently life affirming Up with the Birds - B: I just keep waiting for the part to blow me away and while it is hinted at, it never happens, just a solid conclusion and feeling of satisfaction Overall Record: A- Record Ranks: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends Mylo Xyloto A Rush of Blood to the Head Parachutes X&Y AROBTTH had more stand out singles but I find MX stronger start to finish, Outside of MM, MX is so strong for me it might threaten Viva, but I need more listens and time to elapse to judge that.
October 17, 201114 yr Way way too early for me to rank anything. I don't think I could definitely rank any album as my favorites change with my mood.
October 17, 201114 yr U.F.O. Charlie Brown Us Against The World MX / Hurts Like Heaven Up With The Birds Up in Flames Paradise Don't Let It Break Your Heart Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall Major Minus A Hopeful Transmission M.M.I.X. ... Princess of China
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