WhenIGoDeaf

Coldplay's anticipated work.

I'm curious to know...
What do you think?

janye-west

In all honesty, I found it to be a much better album than X & Y. The only songs I liked on that album were Fix You and Talk, so this one by far surpasses any expectations I had for it.
I didn't like Violet Hill at first, but if you listen to the entire album the whole way through, all the songs fit in quite nicely with each other and it makes for something really nice to listen to if you want to chill out. I am in love with Lovers in Japan, it's just such an incredible piece of music, and The Escapist is wonderful too. Viva La Vida itself is an okay song, and Life in Technicolour is a nice instrumental piece.
Even my sister likes this album, and she's usually the first one to rant about how much she hates Coldplay! What I found amusing was that I was reading an interview with Chris Martin in the paper, and a journalist said that this album reflected the band's morbid obsession with death. I noticed a couple of references to death (obviously I mean because its alternative title is Death and all his friends bla bla), but in all honesty, this album doesn't reflect anything about a morbid obsession with death to me. Most of the lyrics reflect love, and even the title and the clothes the guys are wearing in their videos are reflective of the French Revolution, which is apparently what they were inspired by whilst writing this album!
That was me going off on a tangent, but anyway, in short, I really love this album. It's a CD for the long drive collection anyway!

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headphone

Best Cold Play record so far hadns down

supersoad1

i absolutely loved it. right up there with parachutes, rush of blood, and x&y

WhenIGoDeaf

I like Viva La Vida, a lot. But I still need more time to figure out if I like it more than their previous work.
At the moment my track standouts are Yes, 42, and Viva La Vida.
I recommend checking out the Rolling Stone issue out now that interviews Chris Martin. Very interesting.

rocknout89

i loved this song. It's one of their best songs by far.

brickwall

Wow, I would definitely not say this is the best Coldplay album ever... but I do like it better than I thought it would be considering how much I disliked the last album...
I think Lost!, Violet Hill and the title track were the highlights.

rocknout89

Yep, have to admit it was their best album by far. X&Y were alright but this one is WAAAAAAAAAAAY better.

insinkerator

I like the single.... kind of. I havent gotten round to listening to the album yet... is it worth my time?

lostnthought

I like it. Nothing's as immediate as say "Clocks" but I think it works to its advantage, it's more than the sum of it's parts

Thomsen

Fantastic album. Cemeteries Of London and Lost! are just amazing. If it's better than X&Y, hmm I actually think so. But I have to hear a bit more to make any conclusion on that.

mrjoe815

it's def. different..but i like it.

pjrocks7

viva la vida really is a great work of art, the lyrics are good, and the way they incorporated the use of different instruments was really well

musiclovr89

I have mixed feelings on the song. I like it but it gets overplayed so I am almost sick of it.

mcneil

I think Chris Martin is a bit of a twat but their music is pretty good, Vivalavida is good listening after a long day at work.