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Great thanks Escapist! now I may not sleep thinking it could happen at any second over night lol

Just think if someone as highly regarded as Alan Cross wasn't sent a promo copy. Then who the hell do you have to be to have been sent on? I'll bet the Pope got one. Was it entertainment weekly or The Sun in the UK that had the reviewer who received one?

I know the feeling far too well. It's becoming boarderline obsessing thinking about hearing it again. It's kind of like I've had the taste in my mouth and I'm starving for more more more. Plus it nice weather again and I can't wait to listen to it on my ipod while laying in my hammock late at night.

I do remember the transitions of Life into Cemeteries & Viva into Violet being that way. I'm fairly certain thre were a few more but off the top of my head I couldn't really say exactly which there were. Alot of the times I was taken away from the intros/outros of songs because much of the heart is in the middle of these songs. I guess I'll meet you half way and say there's more of those in this record than there ever has been. Not that they have ever really used them before. The Escapist was one of the shorter songs. The only I think was shorter was Life in techniclour

That exactly what I was thinking. Too bad I didn't see him I would have loved to ask him what he thought first hand. I was in the last session, I can only imagine who some of the people that went earlier on were.

No this is YES. I really really like it. You're telling me you can't hear that song being played on the radio?? It;s catchy has a great melody, and shows the distinct diversity of this album. Perfect to represent it to the masses. Secondly I never said it was THE most. It was among a few I think could be potentially single in my eyes. Nothing on the album sounds like you're typical Coldplay single. As we're now hearing in Violet and Viva.

It's no worries at all. Like I've said before if anyone has anymore feel free to ask I'll try and answer everything my best.

The vocals are very very very faint and low during it.

his track listing is out of order as well. I expected better from Alan Cross he is pretty much the Canadian New Rock Guru Here.

Just in case there is any still left doubting. It Doesn't seem it like it. But YES it is in fact YES

Sadly. I highly doubt it. Plus the EMI dude told us the official title of the album is VIVA LA VIDA AND DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS. Therefore no bonus disc called DAAHF included like some have speculated YES. 42. Reign of Love I could see being one of those brilliant fan album favourites. I'd throw in Lost! as well as a potential single. I guess we'll have to wait though for single #3 sounds like Viva is going to be #2. Don't worry if you have any it's no bother to me. The more we do this the more it tides over the time til it's actually released. Plus I always enjoy a good coldplay conversation lol exactly that Famous..... but one odd twist I believe it went something like 2, 3, 2, 1. Oh that Chris! can't just do a standard 4, 3, 2, 1 It's so hard to say. After one listen everything seemed so great that it was that much harder to say this one song rises above the rest because really it's 13 songs that are just that good! And as we've herd from clips, and from me all pretty different from each other.

Get it gatefold it looks great. Just like most do just with the viva la vida cover and the inside is all black. sadly like i mentioned on the other thread I was not allowed to even pick it up and really get enough of a look at the whole thing. Honestly I have no info lol It just seems like alot of reviews are coming out now, listening parties it's only two and a half weeks til its out in Japan. This has all lead to this gut instinct we're on the verge of all being able to hear it. Most recently i had this gut instinct the new Sam Roberts album would not leak. Which if anyone is from Canada knows he is pretty big here. And it did not. I'm starting to just trust my gut lately lol.

I had that stupid smile from the beginning of Life in Technicolour til the end of The Escapist :) I was thinking this is why i loved them, this is why I still love them, and this is why I will continue to love them. and I can't say enough how crazy and fun this has been almost 3000 views already lol I don't think I;ve done anything that has ever been witnessed by 3000 people lol; especially today now since it was posted right on the main page of this site. Legend in under 30 seems odd because as you can see I joined over 3 years ago lol. And I had posted before quiet a few times before actually. I think if I reset my password it resets my entire account? I have had to do that a few times.

Sadly they wouldn't let me touch the actually case. That was how anal they were with it all. So I couldn't see anything except the cover with it open and the empty spot where the cd would be held.

I hate to break it to you... but at the Listening Party they had the gatefold cardboard casing on the table.... one side held the cd.. the other side held the booklet.

I've had that odd feeling all day like the album is going to leak this week.

If my memory serves me correctly, yes there is a bit more of an intro before the lyrics kick in. Along the lines of the piano we're hearing there. I'm still very very certain that was Lovers. All day I;ve been reassessing that and playing the process of elimination game in my head as to which it was. And it always comes back to THAT is Lovers In Japan. LOL not really, but then again who knows with Coldplay what they may consider "inspired". I'll say this though when the song gets intense and grand it could be the closest coldplay will ever come to aggressive. I was very impressive. I remember my initial thought was the arcade fire at their most intense/aggressive. Anyone else have this funny feeling the album is going to leak this week?

"most resembles the familiar wistful Coldplay style. " Says Entertainment Weekly of Lover's in Japan.

It's very true Boston. If I had to name my top bands they;d be Coldplay, Foo, Arcade Fire, Oasis & Broken Social Scene. At times I'll listen to Radiohead, Stars, Death from Above 1979, The Stones, Bob Marley, Bedouin Soundclash. That's pretty diverse and most certainly not your "typical" coldplay pop lover. Most of us are living proof it's not true.

I've listened to all of those bands at one point or another in my life. Radiohead, Muse, Foo still to this day. The Foo Fighters in fact are my second favourite band behind Coldplay. And I happen to like Viva La Vida a whole hell of a lot.

June 17th is so close yet so far away. 3 and a half weeks for us in North America. I'm very jealous of everywhere else. The more of think of it the more the Reign of Fire acoustic guitar parts reminded me of a faster more raw Til Kingdom Come. But I don;t want to say the song is similar to Til Kingdom Come because it isn't really; just that acoustic part. The Chris Martin count in to the same song gave me goosebumps a bit and reminded me immediately of I Ran Away.

A friend of mine called me today and wanted full blown details of the album. I made my grand prediction that YES will be the Biggest single I'd say. But I guess that's really for the rest of the world to decide. Keep in mind I'm the same guy who said back in 2004 The Walkman's The Rat would be massive as well. Also I thought A Message was going to be the biggest off X&Y.

Wow so much attention for my little thread now! Crazy to see this morning a direct link on the main screen. Lyrics were so hard for me to pick up sadly. I was so overwhelmed by the great sounds of the music and vocals did sound the strongest and most confident Chris has put forth. But in terms of what he actually said it was too much at one time to grasp on only the one listen. If anything comes back though I will defiantly post it. It is a great indication of the song as long as you realize they edited it in a way to deal with a tv show overlapping it and that the volume is raised and lowered from what it should have been. The transition feels alot smoother in the real version. No major parts missing. I wouldn't call 42 overrated. I just doubt this is the "song everyone should hear before they die" It's a great song I just didn't hear it as Coldplay's opus ala Bohemian Rhapsody. I wish I had looked out for the similarities to Imagine during the piano part. Now that I think of it.. it would be a VERY loose comparison. This is what shocked me. Songs that had the "hidden track" were 2 full songs. 1 track. 2 songs. 6.5 -7 minutes long. The transition between the 2 were seemless most of the way for all the tracks. Lovers/Reign goes silent for a second, but then Chris counts in the song. There are a few other examples I will mention later on as they involve other questions. This was another one of my favourite things. The "new Edit" ends on the same level as violet which is something we will have alot of on the abum if not overlapping (ie. LIT into Cemetaries). The album ending of Viva has the low singing fading out while overlapping the fade in synth ambiance of Violet! They do have a few moments of playing around. I think the lads have realized they may have hit this interesting instrumental stride and wanted to embrace it as much as they could. They don't feel like hidden tracks. They feel like a full song that for some reason got put on the same track number as the one before. Best album I've ever herd lol. Enough said. Sorry Darkside lol. Just to mention again. They way we hear the two songs on our ipods right now is what much of the album is like in terms of the transition between songs. But we have some overlapping transitions. Including the real album transition between Viva and Violet. Hope I've got everything so far. if not keep 'em coming!

No no. Sorry for the misinterpretation. The Escapist is a longer version of that synthy part that comes in before Guy and his Asian instrument we all herd in the video. The Escapist does have lyrics does have lyrics in it aswell. LIT is exactly that version from the video. I'll be back later on to answer the rest of the questions. I'm stuck at work sadly :(

It's defiantly not Death and all his friends. Death starts very abruptly and is much faster from the get go. It's Lovers in japan. It;s a poorly edited version for the sake of Grey's Anatomy, the ending goes on for a bit more.. then silence... then Chris counts in Reign of Love :) Just thought I'd settle the debate.