AHeadFullOfDreams

Favourite song title from AHFOD at the moment, wonder if the song itself will be as good as its title

Similarly to the 'Best album opener' thread, let's see what people think the best final song is. I'll rank mine, from favourite to least favourite (entirely opinion-based): 1. Up With the Birds 2. Amsterdam 3. O 4. Death and All His Friends 5. Everything's Not Lost 6. Twisted Logic What do you think?

In my opinion: Overrated Song - The Scientist I like the lyrics of the song, and understand it's a ballad but over time the piano does become repetitive. I also dislike how it sounds so thin and hollow at the beginning of the song. With that said, I still think it's a good song, I just don't understand the praise it gets. I could say the same about Trouble. Overrated Album - A Rush of Blood to the Head Again, this is an amazing album, but it really does show its age sometimes. Specifically the electric guitar on Politik, Warning Sign and A Whisper. Overall it just isn't as good as people make it out to be. Underrated Song - Warning Sign I did mention previously that the electric guitar shows its age on this track, however that doesn't make it a bad song by any means. This is my personal favourite song from AROBTTH, and one of my favourites that Coldplay has ever made. It's sad to see that not many people outside of the Coldplay fanbase are aware of this masterpiece. Underrated Album - Ghost Stories I feel like the majority of hate this album gets is because it's new. Personally it's some of Coldplay's best work, including masterpieces like Midnight and O.

1. Life in Technicolor (A beautiful piece of music imo, from the electronic intro to the main rhythm it really sets the vibe of the album in the best way possible) 2. Politik (Great lyrically and musically, however stretches on a bit too long for it to take the #1 spot) 3. Mylo Xyloto/Hurts Like Heaven (My personal favourite song from the album (combing the two), it also sets the vibe of the album very well, especially lyric-wise) 4. Square One (Overall good song, one of the best from X&Y, and it has some of the best lyrics in an intro from Coldplay) 5. Always In My Head (I don't really like this as a song, however it is a great pick for an intro) 6. Don't Panic (Good song, awful as an intro)

Pretty straightforward, rank the tracks by the studio album they were released in. My favourites will be at the top of each list. (These lists are entirely opinion based) PARACHUTES 1. Shiver 2. Don't Panic 3. Everything's Not Lost 4. Yellow 5. Parachutes 6. High Speed 7. Spies 8. Life is for Living 9. We Never Change 10. Trouble 11. Sparks A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD 1. Warning Sign 2. Clocks 3. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face 4. A Whisper 5. Daylight 6. Politik 7. The Scientist 8. In My Place 9. A Rush of Blood to the Head 10. Amsterdam 11. Green Eyes X&Y 1. Low 2. Square One 3. Fix You 4. The Hardest Part 5. White Shadows 6. A Message 7. Speed of Sound 8. What If 9. Til Kingdom Come 10. X&Y 11. Swallowed in the Sea 12. Twisted Logic 13. Talk VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS 1. Cemeteries of London 2. Lovers in Japan 3. Viva la Vida 4. Strawberry Swing 5. Life in Technicolor 6. Violet Hill 7. Death and All His Friends 8. 42 9. Yes 10. Reign of Love 11. Lost! 12. The Escapist 13. Chinese Sleep Chant MYLO XYLOTO 1. Hurts Like Heaven 2. Charlie Brown 3. Up With the Birds 4. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall 5. Paradise 6. Don't Let It Break Your Heart 7. Up in Flames 8. Major Minus 9. U.F.O. 10. Princess of China 11. Us Against the World 12. Mylo Xyloto 13. A Hopeful Transmission 14. M.M.I.X. GHOST STORIES 1. Midnight 2. Fly On 3. Ink 4. A Sky Full of Stars 5. Oceans 6. Always in My Head 7. Magic 8. O 9. Another's Arms 10. True Love

I fully agree with this. (Keep this in mind when you read my tracklist) 1. Square One 2. Things I Don't Understand 3. How You See the World 4. Til Kingdom Come 5. What If 6. X&Y (The World Turned Upside Down) 7. Speed of Sound 8. Fix You 9. Talk 10. The Hardest Part 11. Swallowed in the Sea 12. Sleeping Sun 13. A Message 14. White Shadows 15. Low 16. Twisted Logic

Don't Panic Death and All His Friends

Sparks Green Eyes X&Y Lost! U.F.O. (not counting the intro tracks) Another's Arms

1. Don't Panic > Politik > Life In Technicolor > Square One > Always In My Head > Mylo Xyloto 2. Cemeteries of London > Hurts Like Heaven > Shiver > Magic > In My Place > What If 3. Paradise > Ink > God Put a Smile Upon Your Face > White Shadows > Lost! > Spies 4. Fix You > Charlie Brown > 42 > The Scientist > True Love > Sparks 5. Clocks > Lovers In Japan / Reign of Love > Yellow > Midnight > Talk > Us Against the World 6. Daylight > Yes > Another's Arms > X&Y > Trouble > M.M.I.X. 7. Viva la Vida > Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall > Speed of Sound > Parachutes > Oceans > Green Eyes 8. Warning Sign > Violet Hill > A Sky Full of Stars > A Message > High Speed > Major Minus 9. Strawberry Swing > Low > A Whisper > O > We Never Change > U.F.O. 10. Death and All His Friends > Everything's Not Lost > A Rush of Blood to the Head > The Hardest Part > All Your Friends > Princess of China 11. Ghost Story > Up In Flames > Amsterdam > Swallowed in the Sea 12. Twisted Logic > A Hopeful Transmission > O (Reprise) 13. Don't Let It Break Your Heart > Til Kingdom Come 14. Up With the Birds

Parachutes: 1. Don't Panic 2. Shiver 3. Spies 4. Sparks 5. Yellow 6. Trouble 7. Parachutes / Life Is for Living 8. High Speed 9. We Never Change 10. Everything's Not Lost I felt that Everything's Not Lost was better off as a finisher than Life Is for Living, so I put the latter after Parachutes instead. It ended up sounding pretty good. Singles: Shiver, Yellow, Trouble, Don't Panic A Rush of Blood to the Head: 1. Politik 2. In My Place 3. Clocks 4. The Scientist 5. One I Love 6. Crests of Waves 7. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face 8. Murder 9. Daylight 10. Warning Sign 11. A Whisper 12. A Rush of Blood to the Head 13. Amsterdam / 1.36 (hidden track) I removed Green Eyes and added in one b-side from each of the album's singles. 1.36 is surprisingly a good track to finish off the album. Singles: In My Place, Clocks, The Scientist, A Whisper X&Y: 1. Square One 2. Things I Don't Understand 3. How You See the World 4. Til Kingdom Come 5. What If 6. The World Turned Upside Down (renamed X&Y) 7. Speed of Sound 8. Fix You 9. Talk 10. The Hardest Part 11. Swallowed in the Sea 12. Sleeping Sun 13. A Message 14. White Shadows 15. Low 16. Twisted Logic Since Coldplay decided to make the majority of songs from this album longer than their previous releases, I decided to make this album their biggest. Low would've been my choice for the finale, but I love the guitar at the end of Twisted Logic. I changed the title of The World Turned Upside Down to X&Y and replaced it with the original X&Y because I felt the former was not only a better fit for the title of the song, but also as the title track for the album. Singles: Speed of Sound, Fix You, Talk, The Hardest Part Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends: 1. Life in Technicolor 2. Cemeteries of London 3. Postcards From Far Away 4. Glass of Water 5. Lovers In Japan 6. Viva la Vida 7. Violet Hill 8. Death Will Never Conquer 9. Strawberry Swing 10. Spanish Rain 11. 42 12. Famous Old Painters 13. Death and All His Friends / The Escapist (hidden track) I removed Lost! and Yes (as well as Reign of Love and Chinese Sleep Chant) because once I had finished this tracklist, they seemed to have no place in the album. However, they could always become b-sides or be put on the Prospekt's March EP. Also, I wanted to keep Life in Technicolor as an instrumental because I like how it's such a bright, joyful song which then becomes much darker as it fades into Cemeteries of London. I also like how the piano at the end of Cemeteries of London sounds similar to Postcards from Far Away, so of course I would put those two together, and since I like Postcards from Far Away before Glass of Water on Prospekt's March, I would put them in order too. I also like how Famous Old Painters fits before Death and All His Friends. Singles: Violet Hill, Viva la Vida, Lovers in Japan, Strawberry Swing Mylo Xyloto: 1. Mylo Xyloto 2. Hurts Like Heaven 3. Paradise 4. Charlie Brown 5. Us Against the World 6. M.M.I.X. 7. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall 8. Major Minus 9. Moving to Mars 10. Princess of China (without Rihanna) 11. Up in Flames 12. A Hopeful Transmission 13. Don't Let it Break Your Heart 14. Up With the Birds / U.F.O. (hidden track) This one remains largely unchanged aside from moving U.F.O. to the end of the album as a hidden track and placing Moving to Mars as the 9th track. I decided to do this after listening to the Up With the Birds / U.F.O. single and liking the two tracks together, and also after listening to the Every Teardrop is a Waterfall EP. Singles: Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, Paradise, Charlie Brown, Hurts Like Heaven Ghost Stories 1. Always In My Head 2. Magic 3. Ink 4. Ghost Story 5. Midnight 6. Another's Arms 7. Oceans 8. A Sky Full of Stars 9. O I replaced True Love with Ghost Story because I strongly felt Ghost Story should've been included on the main tracklist, and I'm not a huge fan of True Love. Also, Ghost Story doesn't really fit anywhere else, because I wanted to keep the album at 9 tracks with pretty much everything else where it is. Singles: Midnight, Magic, Ink, A Sky Full of Stars

1. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 2. Parachutes 3. A Rush of Blood to the Head 4. Mylo Xyloto 5. Ghost Stories 6. X&Y

1. Ink 2. Midnight 3. ASFOS 4. Ghost Story 5. O 6. Always In My Head 7. Magic 8. Another's Arms 9. All Your Friends 10. Oceans 11. True Love 12. O (Reprise)