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February 7, 2005 Coldplay have announced their third album (title unknown) to be released in five weeks, on March 14. The band have also released the lead single for their third album, called "White Shadows." The single release marks the start of new era for the band (a more 'space-y' sound) as well as the return of b-sides. The White Shadows single features b-sides titled "What If" & "Speed Of Sound." Here is the single's artwork (the band said the full album's artwork will be similar). Five weeks from now (hopefully sooner) we will all know the title of the record, & lead singer Chris Martin says a second single will be released on March 14th, and that the band will start touring in mid May, with a headliner spot in Glastonbury and several other festivals on the schedule.

January 12, 2004 Coldplay have released an EP as follow up to their 2nd album / potential segue into their 3rd LP, which is set to come out "in the next year or two." The four song EP, Warning Sign, includes four piano based songs that the band say were, at one point, supposed to be included on the band's second album. Says Jonny Buckland, the band's guitarist, "Chris [Martin] had this brilliant idea of separating Major Minus into two parts. The first part being more of a rock album, the second part more of a laid back softer album. We had sort of an X album and a Y album, these two variables that when put together made this great record, but we were never really able to finish it that way. You can still hear that same kind of idea at the end of Violet Hill, with that soft piano part, as that was supposed to be the turning point of the album, originally. So we still had these demos lying around, and we really wanted everyone to hear them, so here they are." When Jonny abruptly left the room "I smell someone baking a cake," he said, Chris Martin had this to say, "We were really proud of these songs that we put together, and we thought that some of them might be able to be played live. We really liked the look of this EP." The band were in the studio for a few weeks to finish these songs, and record and polish some demos that were recorded on their last tour. EP Artwork There are two hints in this post that can help you figure out the direction of the third album.

March 10, 2003 Coldplay have released their third, and final, single from Major Minus and it's Violet Hill, the album's opener. The band have released what most are calling the three "heaviest" songs as singles from the album. This will most likely be the final thing you hear from the band (as they finish their own headlining tour/festival season in August), as the Major Minus era is coming to a close. Here is the single's artwork (obviously the Eye played a big part in this era and was a big theme) Chris Martin says he has a few songs in demo form for the band's next album, which he says shouldn't come out for a few years, as the band are taking some time off to refocus where they want to go as a band. Here was the tour's setlist: Spies (this version: [ame= ] [/ame]) Violet Hill Shiver One I Love Lips Like Sugar (cover) A Rush Of Blood To The Head Bigger Stronger Cemeteries Of London Murder Major Minus How You See The World God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (Live 2012 version) **Crests Of Waves** **1.36** **denotes encore** Check back here Friday or Saturday for LP3 information / speculation. - NOTE - With the exception of the final album singles artwork, I have just about everything done (and have for about two weeks). But obviously I'm not going to just post it at once.

November 5, 2002 The second single off Coldplay's Major Minus is released, and it's the track that follows the lead single Major Minus on the album, One I Love.. A third single is expected to be released sometime in the spring of 2003.

September 16, 2002 Coldplay released their second full length album, titled Major Minus, which was also the name of the debut single. While the album is only 9 tracks long, the band expects 3 to 4 total songs to be released as singles.

In a similar note from our real MX era, there are no b-sides for this album, but there may or may not be an EP in between albums 2 and 3. winkwink

August 26, 2002 With their as of now untitled follow up LP due out in a month, Coldplay have released their lead single from their second album. The song, called Major Minus, will appear on what the band is calling, "a rather short album." Is most likely will be under 40 minutes, and perhaps the song count in the single digits. The band say all the songs will sound similar in nature to this single, with a natural rock progression from album number one. It is rumored that Major Minus will also be the name of the album. Artwork

I hope it wasn't out of 100!

June 6, 2000 Coldplay have released their debut album, a natural progression of their two EPs. Such A Rush, a ten song album, runa about 44 and a half minutes. The band's debut single, God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, has being doing well on radio, and is an always played song so far on their tour, where they're opening for Radiohead. Here is the album's artwork The tour is getting them quite some recognition. They play for about 40 minutes before Radiohead takes the stage. And fans are taking note, with crowds getting larger and larger for the opening act as the tour goes on. They play around 8 or 9 songs every show, with the setlists remaining roughly the same from show to show. Tour Setlist High Speed Murder (Or Spies) Shiver A Whisper (Or Only Superstition) Such A Rush How You See The World God Put A Smile Upon Your Face You Only Live Twice (Nancy Sinatra Cover)

April 25, 2000 Over a year after releasing their second EP, Coldplay have announced that they have a release date for their debut LP. The album, titled Such A Rush, will be released on June 6, 2000. They announced that they had begun recording in October of last year, and just wrapped up the process. The album will feature the title track Such A Rush, which was being played during their set opening up for Blur last summer. Other song titles that have popped up over the last week include Only Superstition, Brothers & Sisters, and God Put A Smile Upon Your Face, which is being released today as the album's lead single. Here is the artwork for that single, which features Spies as a B-Side. In even bigger news, the band will be touring as an opening act for Radiohead starting in mid-June.

March 22, 1999 The band Coldplay have released a follow up to their original EP High Speed. However, it's the debut album everyone expected, it's another EP, even shorter than the first, totaling three songs and barely 12 minutes in length. It features the title track "Careful Where You Stand" sandwiched between the opener "Easy To Please" and the closer "Your Love Means Everything." They tested these songs out in their local tour, but mysteriously not included was another new song called "Such A Rush." It remains to be seen whether or not that track will be released. The band said keep an eye out for news from them later in the year, maybe this time it will be a debut LP.

Haha. I though about how weird that sounded. I stand by what I said.

October 6, 1998. A four man band out of London, England have released their debut release: a five song EP titled High Speed. Anyone who has heard of the band has likely already heard all of these songs, as the band have been touring as an opening act with Blur for the past few months (along with a cover of Hank Williams' Lost Highway). The EP ends with its most memorable track Spies, and starts off rather, psychedelic, for the lack of a better term. Running just under 23 minutes, the EP many around England buzzing about this quartet. Despite just releasing an EP, which was recorded in early July, the band said plans are already set in motion for another EP, or perhaps a debut album. The band will be testing out new material during their small local tour, they say a follow up release should be recorded & released within the next 9 or 10 months.

I don't think this means that the band has a song that's finished yet. I think we're forgetting that, since Gwyneth kind of lives with Chris Martin, that she might be somebody that hears 'demos' before anybody else.

I know it was released as a b-side, but I was almost positive it was Ash featuring Chris Martin, but it turns out I was wrong! It was Coldplay featuring Tim Wheeler of Ash, and Simon Pegg on backing vocals. Don't let my apparent lack of knowledge scare anyone away from this thread! lol

Also, might as well say this now, just for clarification. In this timeline: MX / Hurts Like Heaven will be one song, as will AHT / DLIBYH. And 1.36 will be a Coldplay song.

Alternate Coldplay Universe I started a thread like this two years ago, and never got to finish it (and it wasn't as good as I could make it be). Also, with Mylo Xyloto released it gives me more songs to play with. The idea is this: There's an alternate universe, where Coldplay releases music (EPs, LPs, Singles) collectively based on how the music sounds (what instruments/tempos are used). Example: Songs like Viva La Vida or Strawberry Swing wouldn't be on the same album as Reign of Love or The Escapist. In fact all four of those songs might end up on different albums. Every song they've ever recorded still exists in this universe, they're just released at different times, on different albums, etc. It's just a new timeline, where I can go select different songs from different eras and mix and match them. I'll release a few EP's here and there, along with Five Full Length Albums, complete with tracklists, singles, artwork, & setlists for the accompanying tour. I'd like to make this somewhat interactive, so I fully encourage you to listen to the tracklists in that order and sort of "review" the album and post it. Of course this idea is out there and may not makes sense (now, or ever), but I hope you read it, follow along and have a blast, because I had some fun putting this together. If all goes well I should have something posted tonight or tomorrow night (the band's first EP in this 'timeline'). Hope you guys and gals enjoy this!

Yeah that was the quote I was talking about. But I do remember the one you are talking about, and I think we decided the song R42 mentioned was Yes.

Either Roadie 42 or The Oracle mentioned that the song could added to setlists in the summertime, if I remember correctly. I'm also on board with this idea (not only because I want more songs) but because The band have mentioned in a few interviews about they're movie idea before, wit hte album sort of being a soundtrack. And then what happened? They changed the idea of the album around! What's left, you ask? SONGS THAT WOULD FIT THE ORIGINAL STORY/MOVIE. Now I'm going to be very disappointed in a week when they announce no new music....

Here's the original, which, as you can see, is nothing like Chris's cover. [ame= ] [/ame] A total guess here, but I'm hearing Chris playing this in B flat.

They might add Yes back to the setlist?!?! AWESOME

BOOM! (MX is tacked on at the beginning) [ame= ] [/ame]

Does Chris Martin need to be listed for vocals in the instrumental version?

don't forget they're yeah i had to (not too or two)

Nice! Thanks