colduser

Agreed. Fix You totally changes pace half-way through and is much harder than the scientist. Both What If and Fix You are awesome.

Engineers-Said and Done

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The sick smiley is so hilarious :D

Morcheeba-Big Calm

As Do I but I'm not loving the RS reviewer :(

Rolling Stone ragged hard on this and the hardest part :angry: "Still, a surprising number of songs here just never take flight, from "The Hardest Part" (which actually gets less catchy as it goes along) to "A Message," which might actually be too Coldplay-ish: "My song is love," Martin announces, and you might find yourself wishing it weren't. Martin has talked about how hard he worked on this album, and it shows: Nothing on it sounds easy -- maybe 50 Cent made off with a little bit of his style and grace."

Posted on another thread here but thanks. I really dislike this review because the reviewer gives no credit for coldplay atleast producing a good(in her eyes) album having to deal with the enormous stress of having to try to top parachutes and arobtth. Her take on A Message is laughable as is her take on The Hardest Part which does get much better with repeated listenings. Sounds like she wrote this review after a bad hangover. I wish Rob Shefield had reviewed it instead of her. He is my preferred reviewer for the magazine. He gave The White Stipes New release 4 1/2 stars. Damn.

From Rolling Stone, I expected better. Oh well.. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/7372421/coldplay?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=triple1

Digging on the new talk more now!!

Thanks so much cheers2u for the great article. And as a general aside to the board can people please continue to post new reviews/articles here. It is so much appreciated. Thank you :)

Deifinitely leaning towards the x half of the disc. Still love the whole thing :)

Wasn't The biggest fan at first but upon furthur review I have really fallen for this song :)

Wayne, thanks for the newslink. Can't believe I missed THAT news. Doubt Waters will ever be a part again but hopefully post-wall floyd will still tour again :)

From the xfm article review: Coldplay 'X&Y' It's been one of the most eagerly awaited, hotly-anticipated and furiously protected albums of our times. Next week the third album from Coldplay finally hits the shelves, but you can hear it ahead of time right here. It's been the catalyst for countless column inches and corporate profit warnings - the cover art alone has been the subject of more frenzied speculation and wild guesswork than the second coming of Christ (which may actually have goine unnoticed amid all the hubbub). It is, without question, the most crucial event of modern times, or at least the most hotly anticipated release in a year which is already seeing new albums from Oasis and Foo Fighters. It is Coldplay's 'X&Y' and what everyone from Gwyneth Paltrow to the fine shareholders of EMI want to know is, is it any good? The answer, as you may have anticipated, is of course it bloody is. It's mind-blowing. It's Coldplay for God's sake, the most enchanting, enigmatic collection of songwriters since REM and if they're going to lose the golden touch that's made them the biggest UK band since The Beatles, it certainly won't be a mere three albums in to their career. Make no mistake, Chris Martin and co are at their peak. Opener 'Square One' blends Coldplay's classic ethereal template with some deft electronica and truly apocalyptic rhythms, a muscular backdrop to Martin's gossamer-thin vocal. Moving on through a record that's as fragile as it is powerful, 'Fix You' is a charmingly straightforward love song that bears no trace of Coldplay's propulsion into the global A-List - it's every bit as pure and unaffected as if Chris Martin wrote it on an acoustic guitar in a north London bedsit. Elsewhere, after the beautifully-crafted chaos of the title track and the glorious sweeping melodies of first single 'Speed of Sound', there's the beautiful 'A Message', a song so uplifting and saturated with hope they should prescribe it on terminal wards. There's more, lots more - 'X&Y' is that rarest of records; immediately compelling but also rife with seams of subtlety and detail that richly reward repeated listens. Check out the hottest record of the year, right here.

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17056&highlight=

I hear you. We should be happy with what we have here and now. It's easy to look ahead though and wonder... :)

I would have thought it was will but it might be chris.

I'm usually more attracted to a song's melody and chord structure rather than the lyrics. White Shadows is a perfect example. Lyrics aren't necesarrily on point on this track but the music is.

Love Pink Floyd especially Dark Side, Atom Heart Mother, and The Division Bell. Too bad they'll probably never reunite :(

I'm sorry that she has cancer man, i didn't say anything about that. I commented on the song which is bad. Am I not permitted to bash a kylie song because she has cancer??

Maybe similar chord progression but CERTAINLY NOT plagiarism. The kylie song sounds like shit anyways :smug:

The version on Live '03 is wicked enough anyways. Studio release isn't needed.