I figured I'd make this thread to try and weed out all of the fanboys and fangirls, and try to get a less biased poll rather than just it's 10/10 (which it is not even close IMO).

At the moment I'd probs give it a five. It's not a bad album, but there's very little in it to fangirl over :\

It's pretty good, I like you a lot Mylo and I want to spend time with you if it's okay

now do you want me to tweet this thread or leave all that crap alone?

eh... i say hold off for now...haha!

 

 

I'd like to get the WoM regulars to vote on this first instead of all the fanboys/girls running here and giving the album a 10, just for the hell of it

I can't settle on a numerical ranking at the moment. It won't be a nice number, though.

Chris Martin on BBC R1: The new Paradise video is about an elephant 'finding his family'

 

:lol:

 

LMAO!!!! what a fucking tool.

 

 

I'm going to listen to the album in full from start to finish later tonight, and rank it then. but as of now I'd give it maybe a 2

eh... i say hold off for now...haha!

will do!

I'll give it like a 2... maybe close to a 3.

 

I found the album disjointed and all over the place. One minute you have synth heavy dancey songs, the next minute you have acoustic relaxed songs. It had no sense of consistency at all. The songs themselves seemed way too over produced and too much going on. I didn't really find anything stood out so much that I would go back to listen.

 

The highlights are (or songs I could possibly see myself going back to eventually):

Mylo Xyloto (yes... that 45 second intro)

Us Against the World

Up in Flames

Don't Let it Break Your Heart

I figured I'd make this thread to try and weed out all of the fanboys and fangirls, and try to get a less biased poll rather than just it's 10/10 (which it is not even close IMO).

This thread here is a good idea.

I'm settling on a generous 4 at the moment, which happens to be the same number of songs I legitimately enjoy on the album. Those 4 songs being:

Charlie Brown

Us Against the World

Up in Flames

Up With the Birds

 

You might ask "Wait Michael, didn't you also only enjoy 4 songs on Viva, which you still gave a 5/10 or 6/10 to? How is MX that much worse?" While this is true, MX's lows are far lower than VLV's lows. I thought a lot of the stuff on VLV was mediocre, but the only two songs I outright hated were "42" and "Yes". On MX, quite a few of the songs are outright intolerable, with ETIAW, "Princess of China", and "Paradise" being 3 of the 5 worst songs they've ever done. And what could have been good songs - tracks like "Hurts Like Heaven" and "Major Minus" - were ruined by poor production decisions.

 

"U.F.O." isn't a bad track but has an exaggerated quality thanks to being in the worst stretch of the album, so it mainly stands out for being inoffensive. "Moving to Mars" would have been a better inclusion, and after listening to the album in full, I still see no reason for it to be cut other than fitting more pop/R&B/dance tracks on the album. DLIBYH isn't too awful (though its name is) but I think "Charlie Brown" is still the only song that actually hit a successful pure pop enjoyment factor. Overall, a very disappointing effort by a band that was my life soundtrack and had been gradually losing me the last few years...and now I fear I've lost them altogether. Time for me to move on in life. :)

You hate both "42" AND "Yes?" Sometimes you confuse me... -shakes head-

I gave it an 8. Overall, I enjoyed it. I thought PoC was the worst song on the album.

Right now, I'm feeling like a 4. I'll (try to) listen to it a couple more times before making a final decision.

My only true disappointment is PoC which is no suprise.

I give it an 8/10 and I think it's Coldplay's 3rd best album

3rd best? Over WHAT? :inquisitive:

this is their 5th best album :dozey:

this is their 5th best album :dozey:

It's one of the Top 5 greatest Coldplay albums ever! :D

3rd best? Over WHAT? :inquisitive:

 

4 X&Y and 5 Death & All His Friends

1 is AROBTTH

Do you guys think they should even give LP6 a shot? I mean I don't know, maybe we could glean a few gems or they could take it all back and create something good again...

It's one of the Top 5 greatest Coldplay albums ever! :D

 

:lol:

 

yes exactly

Do you guys think they should even give LP6 a shot? I mean I don't know, maybe we could glean a few gems or they could take it all back and create something good again...

 

take it all back as in strip the sound down?

If they parted ways with Eno completely, they'd be forever golden.

I've listened to it once and maybe that isn't enough to get a good handle on it's quality but I think it is. I gave it a generous 2/10. It's all over the place and TBH it's very disappointing after the great effort from Noely G.

this is their 5th best album :dozey:

 

:nod:

 

It's one of the Top 5 greatest Coldplay albums ever! :D

 

:laugh4:

 

4 X&Y and 5 Death & All His Friends

1 is AROBTTH

 

I love both of those, and I don't really like this one, so I have to respectfully disagree with you.