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X&Y | 
 enlarge | Artist: Coldplay
Label: Parlophone
Category: Music
List Price: £16.99
Buy Used: £1.40
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Rating:  437 reviews
Sales Rank: 562
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 74786
UPC: 724347478628
EAN: 0724347478628
ASIN: B0006L16N8
Release Date: June 6, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: excellent condition
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| Tracks:
| • | Square One | | • | What if? | | • | White Shadows | | • | Fix You | | • | Talk | | • | X&Y | | • | Speed Of Sound | | • | A Message | | • | Low | | • | Hardest Part | | • | Swallowed In The Sea | | • | Twisted Logic | | • | (Hidden track: 'Til Kingdom Come) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Coldplay were faced with a difficult choice as they set to work on X&Y. They could either follow Radiohead’s lead and use their enormous success and financial security as a springboard to a brave experimental future--or they could play it safe, repeat the tricks used on the 16 million-selling A Rush Of Blood To The Head, and consolidate their position as one of the biggest bands in the world.  In truth, despite the Tetris-inspired artwork and presence of teaser track "Talk"--which steals its melody line from electro-futurists Kraftwerk’s gorgeous "Computer Love"--X&Y is more the latter than the former. Fans will be delighted by "What If?", a piano elegy that takes flight on strings, and slowly builds towards a Beatles' "A Day In The Life"-style climax, while the likes of "Fix You" and hidden track "'Til Kingdom Come"--originally written for country hero Johnny Cash--proves Martin’s skill for simple, affecting songwriting remains intact. One development, however, comes through the judicious inclusion of some rather pleasant synthesiser work--see "White Shadows", where Martin gently beseeches "Come on love, stay with me" over a gentle Eno-esque keyboard wash. Fair enough: the experimental albums can come later. --Louis Pattison More Coldplay |  |  |  |  | | A Rush of Blood to the Head (CD) | Parachutes (CD) | Coldplay: Live 2003 (Limited Edition DVD with Live CD) | Coldplay: Look at the Stars (Paperback) |
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 Very VERY good June 4, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This album is a grower. Without Doubt. While Parachutes was instant gold, and so was .....To the Head, this takes time to set in. Opener Square One, at first listen sounds like its never left Square One. However give it time and you begin to appreciate the significance. What if, in my opinion, is the weakest of the tracks. It just drags on, its a good tune, but its not the best. White Shadows is again, not the greatest Coldplay track, but it still strides beautifully, helping the albums progression. Next comes the Greatest track on the album, if not the best Coldplay song ever. I really doubt they'll beat this. Fix You is a sublime tune. I simply can not fault it. Its bound to be a huge live song, and it really is a Goose Pimple moment when the guitar kicks in and the anthemic passage of music begins half way through. Amazing and gripping stuff. Then things come back down slightly, but not too far. Talk is an excellent song. Not exactly my idea of an anthem, but it hits the spot. Again, is a grower. X&Y is a bit similar to White Shadows, but the chorus is far better and is simply a very good song. Speed Of Sound feels like its Clocks but a few knobs have been twisted, but thats not a criticism. Its a great song and Its a damn disgrace and insult to music that it was beaten to the top of the charts by a bloody frog. A Message is up there with Fix You. Its stupidly simple and has such a U2 quality to it. This lyrically is my favourite on the album. Its blatantly related to Green Eyes in some way shape or form. Next is Low, which is, i suppose a slight decline in the album. Its probably not grown on me yet, but has a Coldplay feel to it. Lets Talk is another Highlight. The lyrics are typical Coldplay, simple and effective. The chorus screams feel good hit. Swallowed By The Sea is a song a band like Feeder would kill for. The chorus Is beautifully crafted if not the whole song is a fitting penultimate song. Twisted Logic has the apocalyptic qualities of a muse song and the lyrical structure that U2 would be jealous to the bone of. I regard this as the end of X&Y and it's a fitting end to an album, which is simply fantastic. Finally Till Kingdom Come is Johnny Cash's best bits rolled in to one cracking song. I adore Johnny Cash and im sure he would have appreciated this wonderful tribute song. The dark piano in the background can be linked with that of the piano in The Man Comes Around. This album is wonderful, and im sure you wont need me to tell you that. However, if you ever feel like switching tracks on the first listen, don't. Take each song as it comes, then appreciate the songs in your own order. Below are the Song by Song ratings, however, if you have read the above, you needn't bother, you should be buying it at this moment. Square One - 4/5 What If? - 3/5 White Shadows - 3/5 Fix You - 5/5 10/10 Phenomenal Talk - 4/5 X&Y - 4/5 Speed Of Sound - 4/5 A Message - 5/5 Fantastic Low - 2/5 Low Point Lets Talk - 4/5 Swallowed By The Sea - 4/5 Twisted Logic - 4/5 (Hidden Track)
Till Kingdom Come - 4/5
Huge sigh of relief and joy June 5, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Everyone worries about following up a cracking album with an improvement, but X&Y surpasses being just an improvement. It's still classic Coldplay but it's also a kinda new sounding Coldplay. There isn't a particularly weak track on the album, and Fix You stands out above the rest in my opinion as the song of the album.
Go and buy it tomorrow.
Alright, so it's not quite OK Computer..... June 7, 2005
Peter Wilson (Sheffield, UK)
20 out of 23 found this review helpful
Those of you who haven't listened to this album just yet are in for a real treat!As others have hinted, on first hearing perhaps only 2 or 3 songs will catch your ear - For me it was "Square One" and "Fix you". At first I grew concerned that this might be an album just to cherry-pick tracks off - but then the thought that a Coldplay album wouldn't have any longevity began to plague me and I went back and did what the Chris and the lads wanted us to do - Listen to the WHOLE album. So I did.... and did again.....and again. What started out as a labour of love on my part soon blossomed into a love affair and then an infatuation that is not likely to dissolve easily. So, don't pay too much attention to the serial knockers who have plainly been saving up their unwarranted bile for the last 2 or 3 years to serve up cold and not very convincingly. This is an easy album to turn ones nose up at if you've got a very dull or rusty axe to grind. But you don't have to buy into that "Fair Trade" thing or start sponsoring animal welfare charities, or whatever to enjoy this music. My ears don't tell me lies - they convince me time and time again that Coldplay are one of the few current active song-writing groups who make music that I could live with 24/7. It may be glib to say so but their music is truly becoming the soundtrack to many of our lives.... So go on, take that step of faith and invest in what was thought to be their "difficult 3rd album". You may have tired of "Yellow" by now - I have a feeling that you won't be tiring of this slow burning beauty for many years to come.
Probably... the best Coldplay album yet September 8, 2006
gingerguru (Billericay, Essex)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have now owned this album for some time, hence the delayed review. That's probably a good thing for prospective purchasers as this is certainly a steady grower. Whilst I immediately loved Speed of Sound and Fix You as singles, the album didn't impress terribly on the first few listens. Whatever you do, though, do not be put off by some of the negative reviews on this site as the writers concerned are clearly fans of other musical genres which Coldplay obviously don't fit into. If you appreciate the song-writing craft then you will certainly find plenty to enjoy on this. That said, there are 1 or 2 tracks which I can't help skipping - they're just a little on the bland side. Fear not, however, there are some truly great songs here - Fix You, What If, Speed of Sound, Swallowed In The Sea and the title track spring to mind. The album is on the whole very well produced and not overdone in my opinion as others have suggested. The guitar playing is as tasteful as ever and the vocals are delivered with passion and sincerity. Coldplay are one of the very few bands around these days that write quality music for the masses. I find their material surprisingly uplifting and a welcome change from all the current retro bands who are writing material we've all heard before. This is an essential purchase.
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