Guest howyousawtheworld Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 LP7- "A Head Full Of Dreams" Reading more and more reviews of X Marks The Spot via other music forums. By all accounts it sounds as if Coldplay have committed something equating to musical genocide there. I fear for my sanity when I hear it first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleggy Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 God it's not very good is it? I wasn't expecting much and I'm still disappointed. There's no flow to it, no standout tracks. A lot of the blame rests on Stargate's (over) production but even without them it would be pretty unsalvageable, the songs just aren't there. Up&Up sounds excellent live but on the album it seems that a lot of bizarre choices were made with the production. I think making an album only a year after Ghost Stories was a mistake. It's a bit of a mess really. The absolute travesty that is X Marks the Spot sums up everything that's gone wrong here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaftell Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Reading more and more reviews of X Marks The Spot via other music forums. By all accounts it sounds as if Coldplay have committed something equating to musical genocide there. I fear for my sanity when I hear it first time. It's terrible. Really bad. I've never said anything like that regarding ANY Coldplay song ever created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaytheblue Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 A lot of people are saying they're ranking this higher than GS and MX... And to me both weren't even that bad so I kind of hope it ends up being good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gacbrandao Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Birds is the best song of the album. Its for some here a grower. The growers that you give 7/10 will be 10/10 later, and they are always the best and the most interesting song to a band. Birds is a Classic for me.. cos that's what made coldplay be my favorite band, songs like daylight, song that sound strange at the begining but later you realise that its something superb. This songs gives me hope that cold could do in the future something more interesting than viva. Birds, ahfod, up&up are the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberrytom Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Is the 'Fly On Silver Bird' lyric from Us Against The World on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mboy114 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I'm not going to listen to this album until Dec. 4 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdMartin Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 i agree BIRDS it just too much Coldplay .. I'm sure they will release it as single Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJK_12 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 The great: AOAL (Awesome), AHFOD, Birds The good: Amazing Day, Up&Up, Kaleidoscope The bad: Fun, Army of One, Everglow The ugly: HFTW, Colour Spectrum, XMTS Really not feeling this one :( There are some great tracks, but even those don't come near any of Coldplay's previous great work. The album is really done a disservice with Stargate's production which really bugs me, I can't believe Will and Guy settled for this awful production, it means songs like Up&Up fall slightly flat - and please for the love of god stop with the fucking fake drums!!! It is very telling that after one listen of the album I couldn't even bring myself to listen to songs like Army of One and Fun again. XMTS is by far and above the worst Coldplay song ever made. Fuck you Stargate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanif94 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I listened to the album a few times now and I have to say I'm really disappointed on how Up&Up was produced. I was so excited to listen to the studio version of the song because it did sound like it had lots of potential of becoming a classic Coldplay song. It should have been way more stripped down, the first chorus just misses something. This should be a song where the chorus gives you chills, and it just fails to do so, at least for me. I wish they had left it as the live version, but oh well, I guess I'll have to get used to it. It does get better towards the end, Noel Gallagher came to save the day! God, that man can do nothing wrong. It's still a very nice song, but this is what bothered me the most from the entire album. The rest of the album is more or less what I expected, it's good, but nothing great. AHFOD, Everglow, AOAL, Amazing Day are great. I still can't really understand Birds, I know it's a good song but for some reason it just doesn't stay in my head. HFTW is a catchy pop song, something I would listen to on the radio on a summer day or going to the club with friends, but it's definitely not something I needed in a Coldplay album. Fun it's okay, I think it will grow on me but for now it just doesn't stand out for me. I like Kaleidoscope but I think they could have explored it a little more, you know? Like do something more with it, add some lyrics, a chorus, I dunno. X Marks The Spot it's just what. I couldn't help but laugh at "you make my heart boom boom boom boom"... seriously? Overall, I think it's a good album, it will surely grow on me but for the moment I'll give it a 7/10. It's better than Mylo Xyloto but it's still far away from VLVODAAHF or AROBTTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiko Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Fuck you Stargate +10000 :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I find it hilarious how much we all have kinda the same opinion which songs we like and which not. Most of us really dislike: HFTW, Colour Spectrum, XMTS hahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanif94 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Fuck you Stargate Finally someone said it :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gacbrandao Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Like some of here said. The album could be A LOT BETTER if the production was more clean.. its just that sometime the production sound nice and well done but other times feels like the production got in the way of good song.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ov3la Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 haven't listened to the album yet, waiting for December 4th. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Fuck you StargateyO now settle down a lil' and drink some tea, no need for direct insults 'round here you butt :wacky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasySuperstition99 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Reading more and more reviews of X Marks The Spot via other music forums. By all accounts it sounds as if Coldplay have committed something equating to musical genocide there. I fear for my sanity when I hear it first time. It's worse than Princess of China, A whisper, Up In Flames, S Sky Full of Stars, Miracles, everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spice Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 some one save me with a link please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJK_12 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 yO now settle down a lil' and drink some tea, no need for direct insults 'round here you butt :wacky: haha people will criticise me for saying it and call me an 'old player', but seriously, anyone could tell the production on this album is crap. Go and listen to Viva and its like a breath of fresh air having songs that feel and sound natural and clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry Swinger Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 OK so I have listened to the album three times so far... And this is my short review... 1. A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS - Nice track, it sounds very Coldplay to me. I wish that there were more songs like this one. It is a great opener, with some really good and interesting vocals. The live version is better, but I will live with this one, too. :) 2. BIRDS - THANK YOU GOD for this track! I have waited for something like this from them for so damn long. It's so indie-rock, it is so The Strokes, it is so unbelievably uplifting and just absolutely wonderful. My absolute favorite. I am so grateful for this song. I wish this one was the model for the album. You can hear the band fully come to life, all of them shine so brightly here, and it sounds...divine! 3. HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND - This track is just so utterly pointless, and uninspired. It's just a bunch of nothing. I hope it flops terribly, to be honest. Because it is pure shit, absolute garbage. A catchy line here and there and that's about it, but all in all, just...why? 4. EVERGLOW - Just like I said before, the most boring Coldplay track in a while. It's up there with Up In Flames and What If. The piano is nice here and there, but it is completely uninspired, and the vocals, are just hideous, painful to listen to. Did they have this song written for One Direction? I really find this to be incredibly skippable. 5. ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME - At first I hated it. I still do. :D But I don't hate as much. I can tolerate it. It's OK for what it is, a modern radio hit. I can even swear I hear the vocals in the loop say 'catchy, catchy'. I don't like songs which are made for the masses exclusively but I guess that they did a good job here. I like the ending, 'if we only got this life...' I will learn to survive hearing this song, the only thing I am bothered with it is that the people who used to find Coldplay to be shit, will now consider them 'cool'. It is sad, 'cause it is this song that people wanted to hear from them. They have become the band people have wanted them to become. One thing I can say though, it is not a boring track, unlike... the majority of the album. OK on to the next one. :) 6. FUN I really thought this was the old "Fun", penned for Natalie I. I wish it was, I have always liked the song and wondered what it would have sounded like had they kept it. So there is even the line 'Didn't we have fun?'... But the track is pretty bland to me, to be honest. It's nice but once again, not so very inspired to me. Chris just didn't do his best on this album. Not talking about the lyrics, I don't even care about it anymore. Seems like there is a lack of real melody here, a lack of consistency in the vocal lines, some nice moments here and there, but there is no real power... The chorus is nice, and that's it. And Tove Lo does a very nice job, too. All in all, it's an OK track, but that's it. Nothing more. Don't loooove it but don't hate it either. [7. KALEIDOSCOPE - I think this is just brilliant. See, this here shows some strength that the album lacks so much. The "Amazing Grace" part by Obama... I am strongly against it, the reason is that I hate mixing politics with music especially for such a band like Coldplay. I think it was completely useless, and a very ass-kissing move from them. That crap aside, the music is beautiful and the poem just blends with it perfectly. A wonderful piece, truly. More exciting than most of the tracks here. 8. ARMY OF ONE - Absolute bullshit. One Direction rejection. Boring, goes nowhere, just... bad. Don't wanna waste any more words on this garbage. X MARKS THE SPOT - What the actual fuck? I hope that they are ashamed of this crap one day. How old are they again? It is definitely top 3 worst Coldplay songs ever, I don't ever want to be reminded of its existence anymore. They failed miserably with this one. So bad I wanna throw a rotten tomato in Chris' face. IT IS SO DAMN BAD. EDIT: This is the worst Coldplay song ever. 9. AMAZING DAY - Nice song, but... Up to this point of the album has gotten so very tired. It is nice, but it is yet just another ballad, with some more 'oooooh's ... and it's enough I think. "oh thanks God" is just ridiculous. 10. COLOR SPECTRUM - Pointless, even though it is a... nice way to lead to the album's end, but why the hell this is a single track, I can't tell. Should have put a proper song there instead. But not a shit one like X marks the spot, still can't get over that junk. 11. UP & UP - It is nice, but a bit overrated IMO. I do like the Brit vibe so damn much though, and it is a real song, by real musicians, I like the energy and even though I am not crazy about it, I appreciate this track. Could have been a tad shorter. ALL IN ALL I ain't gonna lie. This is, in my opinion, the worst Coldplay album ever. I don't even feel like listening to it in its full length ever again. It is plain boring, without any power, and the message, the hype of all of it being colorful and full of life... well, it's not. It is mostly a collection of slow, dragging tracks that go nowhere, with an excessive use of chanting oooooh's (really, know when to stop)... I truly believe that this is their weakest effort, it sounds rushed, and there is not enough creativity. I honestly feel that they were in a hurry to put this album out. Or if not, they just... really didn't demonstrate some great ideas here. Half of the tracks are completely forgettable and lazy. They have tried some new things here and there, and some worked well, some failed miserably. The main problem with this album is that it is boring and doesn't have real strength or tie. So all in all, a huge disappointment, but the tracks I will appreciate are Birds (which I think is the best track here), A Head Full Of Dreams, and to a far less extent Up&Up, Fun and forcibly Adventure of a Lifetime. The rest... I wouldn't mind not hearing it ever again. Also, I gotta say this - Guy is the star of the album, and the absolute let-down of the album is Chris. His effort is just so below his standards for most of the album... :( There. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 haha people will criticise me for saying it and call me an 'old player', but seriously, anyone could tell the production on this album is crap. Go and listen to Viva and its like a breath of fresh air having songs that feel and sound natural and clean. Dude I agree 100% with you on your opinion about this album, I hate the production as well. BUT NO INSULTS IS WHAT I'M SAYING :saw: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42Escapist Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 What are the chances we get an EP? I think one of the first interviews/articles about AHFOD a few weeks ago said the band would be back in the studio next year. As someone who is staying away from the leak and reading the reactions, I'm not sure an EP is a good idea... maybe it would have less pop fluff and more experimental stuff that was left off the album, but that's only wishful thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samerater Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Stargate definitely ruined it, why are they so obsessed with that horrible snare/clap sound? The production in general is quite bad, the bass is WAY too loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blockflote Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I find it hilarious how much we all have kinda the same opinion which songs we like and which not. Most of us really dislike: HFTW, Colour Spectrum, XMTS hahah I love Colour Spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasySuperstition99 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Dude I agree 100% with you on your opinion about this album, I hate the production as well. BUT NO INSULTS IS WHAT I'M SAYING :saw: Did you listen to the leak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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