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If the Astronaut was released as a single already then I don't think the band would put their version on the album, they did this with Gravity and in a similar vein with Lukas. Maybe as a B-Side?

Hey guys, haven't checked into this website in nearly a year but am coming back hopefully before the hype train officially leaves the station. Here's hoping for Moon Music to be a much better outing.

Someone leaked a "snippet" of an apparently new Coldplay song on the discord that transitions perfectly from Coloratura. Didn't have a chance to listen to it but it may or may not be true. If someone has the link, please send!

Day 'N' Nite vs All Your Friends

Birds vs Don't Let it Break Your Heart Been a while since I've been here! Anything happen here?

Coloratura vs Strawberry Swing

Midnight vs Life in Technicolor ii Coincidentally, it's around 20 minutes after Midnight here (Philippines). A Happy New Year to everyone! Here's to the MOTS world tour and potentially more music in 2022!

I wholly believe the news but something seems off. Firstly, how are they going to work on new material if they have a world tour for the next 2/3 years? Unless they've preplanned everything but that's unlikely. Secondly, didn't they sign a new long-term contract with Parlophone? So why would they stop making music in 4 years? The dates seem too specific to not be true but at the same time it seems off.

Hurts Like Heaven vs Charlie Brown

Daddy vs Always in My Head

Up&Up vs Coloratura

My issue with X&Y is that the songs by themselves are amazing. The melodies and instrumentation from songs like Swallowed in the Sea, White Shadows, Low, Twisted Logic, etc. are some of the best they've ever made. But listening to it an album, the flaws become apparent because each song, while great, is admittedly a bit formulaic. Each song barring some like the closing track basically follows a structure like intro -> first chorus -> first verse -> bigger second chorus -> quiet bridge -> guitar solo/thrashing cimax -> final chorus, this time more stripped down. And each song trying to be the biggest it can be is admittedly a bit tiring. I also think this is the weak point of Chris' lyrics. In the first two records the lyrics were incredibly personal and touching, but here some of them are a bit... yeah, not that good. There are some great lyrics but just as many bad ones. Also - why were the best songs relegated to the B-Sides? Gravity, Things I Don't Understand, The World Turned Upside Down, Sleeping Sun, and even HYSTW 2 could have provided the record with some variety but they weren't included.

Life in Technicolor vs Low

Everyday Life vs Rainy Day

Everyday Life vs Fly On

Infinity Sign vs The Escapist

DLIBYH vs DAAHF

There's actually a radio edit but it sounds awful - or at least, as awful as a 3-minute-long Coloratura would sound.

This is painful... DLIBYH vs Daylight

Arabesque vs Humankind

It's probably an album with new material but imagine if we get the best unreleased tracks of each era: Harmless A View From the Top Moses Sweet Marianne Solid Ground Bloodless Revolution St. Stephen The Fall of Man Spanish Rain Famous Old Painters Car Kids Love in a Lethal Dose The Race World Without You Life is Beautiful

IMO Everyday Life is already a great album, but take away the "filler tracks" and you have an absolutely brilliant record. SIDE 1 Sunrise Church Trouble in Town Daddy Arabesque When I Need a Friend SIDE 2 Orphans Eko Flags Bani Adam Champion of the World Everyday Life Then release an acoustic/stripped back EP: ACOUSTIC EP BrokEn Cry Cry Cry Old Friends WOTW/POTP (longer version) Champion of the World (acoustic) Everyday Life (acoustic)

Human Heart vs When I Need a Friend

Only asking but are you the one who manages @cponcharts on twitter? Just a hunch.

This data might mean something about their popularity (they're seen as more of a legacy act now) but people have to realize that the days of huge pure album sales are over - streaming is more popular now. MOTS had the highest first-week sales of any album in the past two years - guess what they beat out? Their previous LP as well as an Ed Sheeran album. MOTS is the fastest selling album of 2021 in the UK, and while the US has lost interest a bit in the band, the artists with more streams and records are primarily American solo artists in an age of dying bands. Coldplay albums have topped the UK 21 consecutive years, with the only other band to do so in U2, and AHFOD would have topped the US if it wasn't for Adele. EL which had basically zero promotion went into the top 10 in the US and had one of the highest sales of that year. EDIT: While the argument can be made that AHFOD, GS, and MX were released in the streaming era, Spotify has grown a lot more in popularity. Since AHFOD was released Coldplay have gone from 22 million listeners in 2016 to 62 million in 2021. Plus, the streaming done by Spotify doesn't really offer reliable record sales or downloads compared to, say, iTunes. Even then, if we really want to convert it, the RIAA sets 1 physical copy to be around 1,500 streams - so aside from around 101,000 British sales and around 50,000 American sales, we could add around 200-210,000 sales converted from streams. I do agree that Coldplay will probably never reach their commercial peak from 2002-2014, but to be this popular 25 years into their career is insane - the only band I know who last did this while still releasing consecutive studio albums is U2. But almost no other band or even artist has maintained consistent huge, chart-topping popularity for that long.