I can't believe that nobody has started a thread about this. I think that to celebrate X&Y's 10th birthday, Coldplay should perform X&Y in it's entirety from start to finish (including Twisted Logic). X&Y was a milestone year for Coldplay, as it was their first album to top the American charts. :)

I'll create a forum section for it when the time is near, still a good few months :P

 

It would be amazing if they did but considering how critical they have been to it compared with other albums, it doesn't seem likely

Let's celebrate! Officially from Coldplay :)

 

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Coldplay should perform Play X&Y in it's entirety from start to finish (including Twisted Logic).

 

Coldplay doesn't like X&Y, so that will never happen :wacko:

Happy 10th Birthday X&Y! [emoji93][emoji94][emoji92]

 

 

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Let's celebrate! Officially from Coldplay :)

 

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Ah, Square One, the best song on X&Y. :)

Coldplay doesn't like X&Y, so that will never happen :wacko:

 

Coldplay is kind of an unpredictable band, but you're probably right. I wish that they would give X&Y another chance. Maybe perform some of it's songs (other than Fix You) on their LP7 tour.

I'll create a forum section for it when the time is near, still a good few months :P

Woops, didn't realize that somebody was waiting to make this thread, I'm sorry.

It would be amazing if they did but considering how critical they have been to it compared with other albums, it doesn't seem likely

I think that's why they started experimenting in Viva la Vida.

Still can never listen to this album in full...get bored after 5-6 songs...

One of those albums that seems less than the sum of it's parts - as opposed to Parachutes.

Woops, didn't realize that somebody was waiting to make this thread, I'm sorry..

 

No problem, feel free :thumbsup:

You know what's even better than X&Y?

 

 

 

The b-sides! :drunk:

XOXO

&

Y

Wow, ten years already.

 

I'm very sentimental about X&Y :nice:

It's Coldplay's most grandiose album. Arguably their first conscious effort for the command and conquer of stadiums the world over.

 

A lot of people like to compare it with Oasis's third effort - Be Here Now. A highly anticipated album (certainly here in Britain) that turned out to be a long, overblown, over produced and a strenuous attempt to keep up with the monumental standards of their first two albums. For what it's worth, my opinion is that it's a much better album than Be Here Now. Where A Rush Of Blood To The Head perfectly balanced size and ambition with the introspective and restrained nature of Parachutes (Coldplay's goldilocks principle if you like) X&Y if anything was too much in the direction of the former ingredient. Some tracks, like Speed of Sound, A Message, X&Y and What If are laborious efforts that don't yield the intended products despite their ambitions for grandeur. Low sits in the middle of the great and the not so great - it's a very good song but it's only problem is that it is just too long. Because of tracks like these then it can be quite an exhaustive listening experience (and it's length) but this doesn't detract or make you forget the truly stand out moments from the record. Square One is a truly mesmerising track where all four members utterly shine. It is as perfect an example of a band and it's participants firing on all cylinders as any track on my ipod. Chris, Jonny, Guy and Will all working in unison to create one of the great Coldplay moments that is criminally overlooked and set aside by critics and even the band themselves (if recent tours are anything to go by). White Shadows and Talk are successfully gigantic tunes, the latter in particular allying Chris Martin's icy vocals with cascading stadium like atmospherics ala Clocks. And then there's Fix You - providing the soundtrack to many cringeworthy, 'teary' X Factor style montages which can so easily cloud your view of the track. Yes it is sentimental and schmaltzy even but it works thanks to a thrilling outro where the whole band enters the fray and in particular Jonny and Will transform it into a liberating experience! You just can't help to go with it and get caught up in it and that's probably why it still remains Coldplay's biggest bolt in their setlists.

 

The Hardest Part and Swallowed In The Sea are nice little easter eggs in Coldplay's canon. Lumpy lyrics aside they remain appealing and for the former a catchy derivation of some of REM's more pop moments. Twisted Logic represents their weakest closing track out of all 6 albums they've produced. As perfect an example of a song that despite all it's production wizardry and cinematic soundscape, just doesn't stand up because the melody is wafer thin on quality. It's a bloated end to a at times bloated album. Therefore the hidden track Til Kingdom Come is the perfect antidote. As sweet and perfect an acoustic ditty as Coldplay have ever produced that is a reminder that the band's most natural environment remains that of the small little wooden house over the starry lit spectacularama of which, as evidenced on this album, they can do incredibly well but not without the odd travail here and there.

 

Regardless of the not so successful moments on this album, it is still an album that I hold close to my heart and not just because the great songs more than make up for it. It is an album that possesses much sentimental value stemming from my time as a 14/15 year old. While they captured my attention as a non album buying 11 year old in primary 7 with their A Rush Of Blood To The Head era, X&Y captured my adoration and, yes, even my love for the band. A band that, while vilified by others, is held in the highest of esteems by myself, an esteem built from this album by myself and many others.

 

I could review music purely on a critical basis but that, in my belief, would defeat the purpose of music. If I did review it on a critical basis I could easily set this album aside and forget about it. But I don't, because music really is the soundtrack to so many people's lives, an emotional experience so often bound with feelings of delight or even distress. A song or a particular album can be a kindly, ghostly and melancholic presence that echoes in the mind, preserving the images of a particular era that is long gone but helps reminds you of where you came from and where you are going to. X&Y serves that purpose to me in life. And a very important purpose it is too.

i recently started to listen to it. like watching an old movie i missed. i just realized how much i have missed. love "A Message".

It's Coldplay's most grandiose album. Arguably their first conscious effort for the command and conquer of stadiums the world over.

 

A lot of people like to compare it with Oasis's third effort - Be Here Now. A highly anticipated album (certainly here in Britain) that turned out to be a long, overblown, over produced and a strenuous attempt to keep up with the monumental standards of their first two albums. For what it's worth, my opinion is that it's a much better album than Be Here Now. Where A Rush Of Blood To The Head perfectly balanced size and ambition with the introspective and restrained nature of Parachutes (Coldplay's goldilocks principle if you like) X&Y if anything was too much in the direction of the former ingredient. Some tracks, like Speed of Sound, A Message, X&Y and What If are laborious efforts that don't yield the intended products despite their ambitions for grandeur. Low sits in the middle of the great and the not so great - it's a very good song but it's only problem is that it is just too long. Because of tracks like these then it can be quite an exhaustive listening experience (and it's length) but this doesn't detract or make you forget the truly stand out moments from the record. Square One is a truly mesmerising track where all four members utterly shine. It is as perfect an example of a band and it's participants firing on all cylinders as any track on my ipod. Chris, Jonny, Guy and Will all working in unison to create one of the great Coldplay moments that is criminally overlooked and set aside by critics and even the band themselves (if recent tours are anything to go by). White Shadows and Talk are successfully gigantic tunes, the latter in particular allying Chris Martin's icy vocals with cascading stadium like atmospherics ala Clocks. And then there's Fix You - providing the soundtrack to many cringeworthy, 'teary' X Factor style montages which can so easily cloud your view of the track. Yes it is sentimental and schmaltzy even but it works thanks to a thrilling outro where the whole band enters the fray and in particular Jonny and Will transform it into a liberating experience! You just can't help to go with it and get caught up in it and that's probably why it still remains Coldplay's biggest bolt in their setlists.

 

The Hardest Part and Swallowed In The Sea are nice little easter eggs in Coldplay's canon. Lumpy lyrics aside they remain appealing and for the former a catchy derivation of some of REM's more pop moments. Twisted Logic represents their weakest closing track out of all 6 albums they've produced. As perfect an example of a song that despite all it's production wizardry and cinematic soundscape, just doesn't stand up because the melody is wafer thin on quality. It's a bloated end to a at times bloated album. Therefore the hidden track Til Kingdom Come is the perfect antidote. As sweet and perfect an acoustic ditty as Coldplay have ever produced that is a reminder that the band's most natural environment remains that of the small little wooden house over the starry lit spectacularama of which, as evidenced on this album, they can do incredibly well but not without the odd travail here and there.

 

Regardless of the not so successful moments on this album, it is still an album that I hold close to my heart and not just because the great songs more than make up for it. It is an album that possesses much sentimental value stemming from my time as a 14/15 year old. While they captured my attention as a non album buying 11 year old in primary 7 with their A Rush Of Blood To The Head era, X&Y captured my adoration and, yes, even my love for the band. A band that, while vilified by others, is held in the highest of esteems by myself, an esteem built from this album by myself and many others.

 

I could review music purely on a critical basis but that, in my belief, would defeat the purpose of music. If I did review it on a critical basis I could easily set this album aside and forget about it. But I don't, because music really is the soundtrack to so many people's lives, an emotional experience so often bound with feelings of delight or even distress. A song or a particular album can be a kindly, ghostly and melancholic presence that echoes in the mind, preserving the images of a particular era that is long gone but helps reminds you of where you came from and where you are going to. X&Y serves that purpose to me in life. And a very important purpose it is too.

 

It's Coldplay's most grandiose album. Arguably their first conscious effort for the command and conquer of stadiums the world over.

 

A lot of people like to compare it with Oasis's third effort - Be Here Now. A highly anticipated album (certainly here in Britain) that turned out to be a long, overblown, over produced and a strenuous attempt to keep up with the monumental standards of their first two albums. For what it's worth, my opinion is that it's a much better album than Be Here Now. Where A Rush Of Blood To The Head perfectly balanced size and ambition with the introspective and restrained nature of Parachutes (Coldplay's goldilocks principle if you like) X&Y if anything was too much in the direction of the former ingredient. Some tracks, like Speed of Sound, A Message, X&Y and What If are laborious efforts that don't yield the intended products despite their ambitions for grandeur. Low sits in the middle of the great and the not so great - it's a very good song but it's only problem is that it is just too long. Because of tracks like these then it can be quite an exhaustive listening experience (and it's length) but this doesn't detract or make you forget the truly stand out moments from the record. Square One is a truly mesmerising track where all four members utterly shine. It is as perfect an example of a band and it's participants firing on all cylinders as any track on my ipod. Chris, Jonny, Guy and Will all working in unison to create one of the great Coldplay moments that is criminally overlooked and set aside by critics and even the band themselves (if recent tours are anything to go by). White Shadows and Talk are successfully gigantic tunes, the latter in particular allying Chris Martin's icy vocals with cascading stadium like atmospherics ala Clocks. And then there's Fix You - providing the soundtrack to many cringeworthy, 'teary' X Factor style montages which can so easily cloud your view of the track. Yes it is sentimental and schmaltzy even but it works thanks to a thrilling outro where the whole band enters the fray and in particular Jonny and Will transform it into a liberating experience! You just can't help to go with it and get caught up in it and that's probably why it still remains Coldplay's biggest bolt in their setlists.

 

The Hardest Part and Swallowed In The Sea are nice little easter eggs in Coldplay's canon. Lumpy lyrics aside they remain appealing and for the former a catchy derivation of some of REM's more pop moments. Twisted Logic represents their weakest closing track out of all 6 albums they've produced. As perfect an example of a song that despite all it's production wizardry and cinematic soundscape, just doesn't stand up because the melody is wafer thin on quality. It's a bloated end to a at times bloated album. Therefore the hidden track Til Kingdom Come is the perfect antidote. As sweet and perfect an acoustic ditty as Coldplay have ever produced that is a reminder that the band's most natural environment remains that of the small little wooden house over the starry lit spectacularama of which, as evidenced on this album, they can do incredibly well but not without the odd travail here and there.

 

Regardless of the not so successful moments on this album, it is still an album that I hold close to my heart and not just because the great songs more than make up for it. It is an album that possesses much sentimental value stemming from my time as a 14/15 year old. While they captured my attention as a non album buying 11 year old in primary 7 with their A Rush Of Blood To The Head era, X&Y captured my adoration and, yes, even my love for the band. A band that, while vilified by others, is held in the highest of esteems by myself, an esteem built from this album by myself and many others.

 

I could review music purely on a critical basis but that, in my belief, would defeat the purpose of music. If I did review it on a critical basis I could easily set this album aside and forget about it. But I don't, because music really is the soundtrack to so many people's lives, an emotional experience so often bound with feelings of delight or even distress. A song or a particular album can be a kindly, ghostly and melancholic presence that echoes in the mind, preserving the images of a particular era that is long gone but helps reminds you of where you came from and where you are going to. X&Y serves that purpose to me in life. And a very important purpose it is too.

 

You should consider becoming a song writer! That is the most beautiful review I've ever read. Thank you [emoji4]

 

Specially the part about the small little wooden house...so talented, seriously! [emoji537]

 

 

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Be Here Now>X+Y

Any day of the week.

But other than that amazing review :)

You should consider becoming a song writer! That is the most beautiful review I've ever read. Thank you [emoji4]

 

Specially the part about the small little wooden house...so talented, seriously! [emoji537]

 

 

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Thank you! Always a heart warmer to read such nice comments!

You should consider becoming a song writer! That is the most beautiful review I've ever read. Thank you [emoji4]

 

Specially the part about the small little wooden house...so talented, seriously! [emoji537]

 

 

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Thank you! Always a heart warmer to read such nice comments!

X&Y is my favourite album, and The Hardest Part is one of my favourite Goonplay songs!

I wish Coldplay included "The World Turned Upside Down" onto the album though, it should have been on there, especially since he mentions X&Y in the song.

Amazing to think this album is that old now, but I have to say that it has aged well. No matter how much criticism is leveled at this thing, it will always have some of my favourite production choices of any album ever: swirling, sharp guitars dancing in reverb, transcendent organ, occasional glitchy synths, heavy bass.

 

Totally agree though that while it has some of Coldplay's most incredible, hard hitting work, it is very much overblown occasionally and the album itself is an odd mix of songs that don't necessarily work well together. Plus, it was certainly a wake up call for Chris to improve his lyrics after a few tracks.. but nonetheless, I still believe this album is ahead of its time, and was no doubt inspiring to all of us and many artists to come.

 

I wish Coldplay would revisit it more often, because while this was a hugely successful album, they and many critics underrate its masterpiece.

The bass power in X and Y, especially in Talk captured my heart. The baseline seemed to settle so well in the track. What If took me on an emotional roller-coaster the first time I heard it. X and Y is a nice album overall. It will always hold a special place in my heart.