mhoelscher128

1. Midnight (30+ listens) Absolutely fantastic. So nuanced and so different, yet always keeping that Coldplay sound. 2. Oceans (1 full album listen, 10-ish live listens) Very solid, definitely Parachutes-esque more than most songs on the album. 3. Magic (30+ listens) Middle of the catalogue for the band, imo - sad for me that it's my third fave so far :( 4. Another's Arms (3 full album listens, 10-ish live listens) Another middle of the pack song. More interesting melody than some of the more straightforward pieces on this album. 5. True Love (1 album listen) Slightly lower than middle of the pack. Wow, I sure hope a lot of these start growing on me, although I doubt they will be able to grow enough to make this anything better than "Maybe better than Parachutes era." 6. A Sky Full Of Stars (around 15 listens) I typically love the more upbeat songs (Clocks, Speed Of Sound, Charlie Brown, LiT II are my four favorite all-time) so the fact this is so low really speaks to the relative weakness of the song structure. 7. Always In My Head (1 album listen, 10-ish live listens) Definitely lower than middle of the pack. Like I said I really hope a lot of these grow on me over time. Of course, they usually do :) 8. Ink (1 album listen) See Always In My Head. 9. Fly On (1 album listen) Firstly, my rule is, if there is dead air separating two pieces, they are different songs, so I will count Fly On and O in the same way I treat Everything's Not Lost and Life Is For Living - as different tracks. Secondly, what am I missing here? I'm not feeling it really at all... 10. O (1 album listen) See Fly On. What am I missing here??? Overall: Probably competing for my least favorite "era" with Parachutes. I hope there is some awesome supplementary material. Also, I feel like this is the first time you could argue the band has "retread" ground - the Parachute-ists can't complain about this one. That being said, it obviously borrows from every era, it's just closest to Parachutes. Best Eras: AROBTTH (generally the definition of classic Coldplay, imo) MX (Coldplay conquers pop, and somehow manages to eliminate all the things about pop that make it age so quickly) X&Y (criminally underrated by both fans and critics) VLV (colorful and eclectic, but just can't compete with the above 3, even with all the b-sides, Prospekt's March, etc) Parachutes (some great tracks, but undoubtedly weaker than the above 4, even counting blue room and safety) Ghost Stories (c'mon b-sides... we could really actually use an EP)