24-12-2011, 04:21
(This post was last modified: 24-12-2011, 04:24 by CRAZY-HORSE.)
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COLDPLAY "X & Y" cd, 2005.
their third album...
i remember back in the day waiting impatiently for this, the 'new' coldplay album....was dissapointed at the time.probably due to all the hype and expectation after their brilliant "ruch of blood to the head" set...and i was real dissapointed with this one, i expected some earth shattering,mind blowing "meaning of life explained" album that would solve all our problems, i should have known better with my age and everything, but these guys were the greatest 'new' thing i had heard in a long while,well since i first heard Oasis, but their beacon dimmed rather quickly after their first two albums....
now, in hindsight, this is a fantastic album, containing all the familliar melodies,lyrics, musis that one would expect of Coldplay...guess you either like them or you dont (much like U2 IMO)...and i love these guys, they cant put a foot wrong for me.
twelve tracks on here about half rate as "loves" the other half "likes", im not picking the hit singles as favourites here, rather one of their album tracks along with the 'hidden track' at the end of the disc called "til kingdom come", which is basically Chris Martin and an acoustic guitar sounding very unlike what is the textbook coldplay sound...probably because they wrote this one with Johnny Cash in mind back in 2002, unfortunately The Man In Black passed away before they could get this one to Rick Rubin to hand to him to record, thus they put it at the end of this album..as a tribute to Cash!.
all up a very,very good album,pretty hard for me to say if it is their best effort, as all their albums bar their debut set would qualify IMO,,nevertheless, if you dont own this one, and i know MH has them all bar this, i would urge you to go buy it if you love Coldplay!
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
no worst tracks here at all,
best tracks: the hardest part and/or til kingdom comes
selected tracks, are the ones i rate ***
the hardest part
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tp0r9197uo&ob=av2e vevo video
til kingdom come
coldplay - til kingdom come (acoustic session) - YouTube live
speed of sound
Coldplay - Speed Of Sound - Glastonbury 2005 - YouTube live
what if
iConcerts - Coldplay - What If (live) - YouTube live
fix you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI-o25K6B-E&ob=av2e vevo video
swallowed in the sea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0VsvuvKT20 audio
album rating: 2.4
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.