turnupthesun

I wouldn't know, NIN music hearts my ears.

Tell them to get the latest one and if they like it they will get the others on their own.

"All of which leads to the intriguing question: Will Coldplay wind up with the biggest album of 2005? " Yes, unless GNR's Chinese Democracy is released.

This is absolutely not the case with X&Y, just look at the presale numbers. It's huge, this album will definately be a big success in terms of sales. Well, BHN is still the fastest selling album in the UK history (750,00 in first week), but in the long run sales dropped dramatically. For example, when 'Don't Believe The Truth' was released some of the old albums came back to the top 100 (that always happens with every band btw, when a new album is out the old ones sell more) and BHN was not there, but WTSMG, DM and HC were. But I wouldn't say an album that sold over 7 million copies flopped. I think X&Y will be similiar in a way that Coldplay will never have so much hype over an album release like they're having now. I believe the casual music listeners will lose interest in Coldplay, but they're still gonna have a large fanbase. That's not Coldplay's fault in any way, the casual music listeners don't really appreciate good music and just get bored after a while. Like Noel said, the tilte of BHN sums it up; you had to be there at that time to fully enjoy all the things that today are considered its weakness. I don't think X&Y will be like that at all 5 years from now, so in this they are very different. btw, Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is a great album. It's different from what Oasis used to do but I love it.