ImNotChrisMartin

I agree with you on UATW, but MM?? Come on now, I don't see anything unique, or just good alone, about the lyrics in that track

Just curious, can you elaborate on why you thought it was a masterpiece? Yeah, it's different from "Parachutes", but so was "Viva la Vida". Also, how do you rank it in comparison to their past albums?

I just listened to it. It's a solid album, but I consider it their worst album. There's WAY too much production put into some of the songs, like "Hurts Like Heaven" (which was my favorite live track from the album besides "Charlie Brown"). "Princess of China" did impress me, but I still consider it decent (not enough Chris and not enough actual Coldplay with their instruments). Despite all this, however, I was really digging "U.F.O" and the last 4 tracks on the album, especially "Don't Let It Break Your Heart". For the people who say that it's a masterpiece though, I just want to ask you why? What makes this better than "Parachutes" and "A Rush of Blood to the Head", which are considered their masterpiece albums and put up with some of the greatest albums of all time (AROBTTH was ranked in the Top 100)? I'm not attacking your opinions of MX, I just want to know what makes you think it's so "groundbreaking".

It's fine, as long as you realize what you did wrong. As for me liking ETDIAWF, I just prefer it over "Paradise" because I love Johnny's guitar riff, the bright tone, the usage of their instruments, and Chris Martin's voice. I really wish they replaced a piano or keyboard with the "I Go To Rio" sample in the beginning though. At first I didn't enjoy the song at all, but after a few listens, I began to appreciate it. This just wasn't the case with "Paradise" though. I listened to it 10 times in a row (I tried THAT hard) and I just disliked it more and more. Hopefully the rest of MX (to me) is much better.

I agree. Viva la Vida was a drastic change from their usual style, and I consider it one of my favorite albums ever. With the singles that have come out so far, Mylo Xyloto is an example of a change for the worse.

HOLY FUCK I HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION THAN YOURS?!?!?! IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!! Calm down brah. Dropping the f-bomb and using caps isn't going to change my or others' opinions. I'll still buy the album because I highly respect Coldplay and love them to death, but I still feel that this track sucks. I understand it's a concept album and that each track tells a part of a story, but Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is also a concept album, and "Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2" is considered one of the greatest rock singles of all time, and people don't need to listen to the entire album to know that. The only version of PoC we've all heard is the live version, and that almost entirely bases itself on regular instrumentals (the rest is that Chinese-esque sound). We don't know what Rihanna is doing in the song. All Chris said in the interview is that she is featured on the track, but they've "made her sound different". For all we know, she could be singing a verse with Chris in her "Russian Roulette"-style voice. LOL and paralleling Coldplay with dubstep is a completely invalid argument. Bass is the foundation for dubstep. Synthesizers aren't for Coldplay.

I feel terrible for saying this and can't believe that these words are coming out of my mouth, but for the first time ever, I'm disappointed in a Coldplay song. Every Coldplay song I've heard so far before "Every Teardrop" has been brilliant, even on their EP's ("A Rush of B-Sides" and "Prospekt's March", except for "Lost+"). But guys, what are you doing? What's with all of the synthesizers? The repetitive lyrics? Where's the depth and creativity? I know they are trying something new, but I feel like they've pushed it way too far to almost where it's much more pop than rock. I loved the direction where they went with "Viva la Vida" because of the mixtures of instruments and sounds and the incredible lyrics, but this is just not that. "Every Teardrop" and "Major Minus" are good, "Charlie Brown", "Moving To Mars", "I Go To Rio", and "Princess of China" (the live one) are great (not Top 20 worthy but still), but "Paradise"....I don't even know. Plus the fact that they're including Rihanna in "Princess of China" just isn't Coldplay, but rather too much more mainstream. Their songs were always just Coldplay, no one else, and that showed that they were a standalone, incredible band. Why change it? I'm not asking for another "A Rush of Blood To The Head" or "Parachutes", I'm just asking for another Coldplay album, not pop album.