Coldplay's new album is wonderfull, tons of great tracks and really their most 'complete" album imo. However, I do believe that whatever U2 has in store for us will blow us all away.
"the December 2006 issue of Q Magazine, The Edge said that the band is pursuing melodic songs. In December 2007, Bono announced in an interview that the new album will include trance influences and a "dancefloor shock." According to Bono, "There's some trance influences. But there's some very hardcore guitar coming out of The Edge. Real molten metal. It's not like anything we've ever done before, and we don't think it sounds like anything anyone else has done either"