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Ummm ok "insert RUDE COMMENT" to everyone who doesn't listen to it from start to finish. It was meant that way.

anton corbijn directed - YESS!! exciting news!

I'm actually really surprised that it hasn't leaked yet, with this anticipation and the listening sessions I thought it would've found a way to the internet by now.

I'll wait until it gets released here in Austria (21th) so I can get my hands on the CD. On this day in 3 weeks I'll be listening to MYLO XYLOTO - that's a pretty exciting thought. CAN'T WAIT ANYMOAR.

funny thing about those horrible films is that they have really good soundtracks. with artists like radiohead, grizzly bear, bon iver, st. vincent. hope this is true!!

42 !!!!! The other day I was listening to the LRLRL version, forgot how amazing this is live. The middle part is still one of the best things they've ever done, period. BRING IT BACK!

42 !!!!! The other day I was listening to the LRLRL version, forgot how amazing this is live. The middle part is still one of the best things they've ever done, period. BRING IT BACK!

lyrical depth? coldplay have always been bad with lyrics (expect maybe some few songs on VLV). come on. i also don't get the synth sound - pop accusations. in paradise they simply incorporated some nice synths within their sound. I mean it's all still there, the piano, the guitar (at the end). And it's not like they turned from alternative rock to pop with this phase. They have always been the most pop of rock bands and knew that. I don't get all the hate surrounding this phase - I mean let's compare it to X&Y which really was a too long, unimaginative and structure-repeating combination of tracks. In that phase they were only trying to recreate what made them big - and totally hit the lowpoint of their career for me (except some songs like of course Fix You..) - with Mylo Xyloto they're definetely trying to recreate their sound, which is, like it or not, a good thing.

At least Coldplay have admitted that! Radiohead (while one of my favorite bands) also were HEAVILY influenced by Jeff Buckley's Grace when making The Bends, just saying...

no vienna or munich :/ dunno if i can fly to berlin. hope they do some more europe dates in 2012!

It sounds more like glockenspiel to me.

i am pretty excited for this! collaborations can be such a great thing (take Gorillaz for example), plus Rihanna's not a bad singer at all. Plus, to everyone complaining that Coldplay have gone too mainstream or pop: Coldplay have always been a POP band. ALWAYS. They were mainstream all the time, don't pretend else. Only now they're incorporating more synths instead of acoustic guitars, what's the problem? I mean listen to FUCKING YELLOW or SCIENTIST - it's all C O M M E R C I A L.

speaking of paradise, why isn't #Paradise trending worldwide yet?

she's very good at singing hooks!

Sample is more likely than an actual duet. They would've announced that with the tracklisting I guess, plus I don't think they would put a collaboration as a closing track.

like everyone i love the whole piano opening of MTM, but the pink-floyd part with the full band is only ok. i'm not upset or anything that it didn't make it on MX, I'm not so passionate about this song.

man that would be awesome

omg shoot me this is pretty embarassing please lock this

Umm we've had Yellow Green Eyes White Shadows Violet Hill. And no "Golden Arrow" on the tracklisting - so it is the first Coldplay album not to feature a "coloured" title. (Unless GA ends up being a hidden track, but yeah they've already got 14 tracks, they can't put EVERYTHING on, can they?)

yeah i'll listen to paradise (like everyone when it's going on the radio). but i'll try not to listen to DLIBYH and UIF.

omg wow really hope some of those are short/and or instrumentals. part of why VLV worked so well was its length and I hope they don't fuck this up ala X&Y. KEEP IT SHORT AND SIMPLE! but fuck yeah tracklisting !!!!

Well we do know now that it will feature a guitar solo!

i guess UATW+ETIAW are gonna go back to back. the former's outro just perfectly fades into the latter's intro,

Although I don't really get the comparison, it's pretty awesome to see a LCD Soundsystem reference pop up in a Coldplay track review.