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| Manufacturer: Capitol
Buy New: $7.99
Rating:  1291 reviews
Sales Rank: 237
Genre: pop-music
Media: Music Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes
ASIN: B000TERLEK
Publication Date: June 7, 2005
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 Coldplay - X&Y June 7, 2005
Michael Henshaw (Sarasota, FL USA)
429 out of 546 found this review helpful
It's hard to believe but it's been three years since Coldplay released A Rush of Blood to the Head. Now they are back with their third record X&Y. All of Coldplay's releases share one thing in common; they take some time getting into. When I first listened to Parachutes in the fall of 2000 I was not impressed. After a week it was the only thing I listened to for a six months. When A Rush of Blood to the Head came out it also took a few weeks for it to grow on me. The same thing applies to X&Y.
Starting off with the opening track "Square One" it is apparent that the record is a little more sonically dense than the band's previous efforts. While X&Y is a far cry from being experimental it's just enough of a change to make the new songs fresh. "What if" starts off as a slow piano song that finally builds up to a crescendo that exemplifies the transformation of Coldplay's sound. "Fix You," "White Shadows," Low" and "Twisted Logic" are instantly fan favorites. The hidden track "Til Kingdom Comes" was written for the late great Johnny Cash who passed away before he could record the song. It is a shame Cash did not get a chance to record it, but it makes a fitting and positive end to the album.
X&Y was a long time in coming but it was worth every bit of the wait. I cannot wait to hear how these new songs translate live. As one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the year Coldplay does not disappoint with X&Y.
For this I'd wait til Kingdom come June 7, 2005
Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana)
260 out of 453 found this review helpful
It's a sure thing that Coldplay will score BIG with this album. It follows perfectly in the huge footsteps of the multi-platinum "A Rush of Blood to the Head", almost as if the two albums had been recorded at the same time.
After being so long in the making, it would have been nice to see one or two tracks with something new and completely different, but as it stands, the winning Coldplay formula is still working just fine, so why mess with a good thing?
The lead off single, "Speed of Sound" is already so popular that the chorus of:
"Birds go flying at the speed of sound
To show you how it all began
Birds came flying from the underground
If you could see it then you'd understand"
is already a familiar refrain, heard from the mouths of babes to geezers everywhere.
However, "Speed of Sound" is in fact only one of the pulse accelerating power songs on the album, another most buzz-worthy track being "Talk" (my personal favorite), which borrows and adapts Kraftwerk's "Computer Love" into the catchy base for this powerful, soaring and swelling anthem.
The songs start deceptively with that quiet murmuring falsetto vocal a la Chris Martin, and then build to unbelievable towering crescendos of guitars and drums. Other possible singles would be "Square One", "X & Y" and "The Hardest Part", although all the songs are good. The bonus track "Til Kingdom Come" is a nice folk song on acoustic guitar.
It was a long while in coming, but it sure was worth the wait..
Amanda Richards, June 7, 2005
 Music For Sheep That Look Like People June 30, 2005
scott c (Seattle)
35 out of 56 found this review helpful
If you really enjoy lounging in a pair of Dockers on a Sunday afternoon with your girlfriend that won't put out as much as you wish but you smile because you're happy, Coldplay is for you. If you find yourself saying, "God, my life is just so busy", this is your album. If the Cure are too depressing and Slayer are "just too loud" and Swans are just another pretty bird, this is your soundtrack. If you find your mailbox containing more wedding invitations each year, bring this along for the trip. You will love it, the wedding party will love it and you can all clink your Heinekens together as you laugh and collectively wonder when the next Abercrombie and Fitch catalog is coming out.
IT'S YOUR MUSIC- AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TRY TO LISTEN TO IT. January 1, 2006
the antibob (Hanover, NH USA)
33 out of 38 found this review helpful
A new instance of Draconian copy protection... From the CD Usage guidelines inside the packaging (verbatim):
"This CD cannot be burnt onto a CD-R or hard disk, nor can it be converted into MP3 for file sharing.
This CD has been manufactured for usage in regular CD players, but might not play in the following players:
-- Some CD players that have the capability of burning into an MP3 (such as portable players or car stereos)
-- Some CD players that possess CD-R/RW functions (such as portable players or car stereos)
-- Some car stereos with satellite "Guidance" systems
-- Som CD players or car stereos with hard disk recording capability
-- Come CD-R/RW Recorders used for music
-- Some portable CD players
-- Some DVD players
-- Some CD/LD convertible players
-- Some Game Players
Although you can use your PC's Windows program to listen to certain tracks, this does not mean that the CD can be played in all PCs.
-- The first time this program is used (in Windows automatic starter software) it gets registered in a Windows File. Thus, programs already registered do not affect Windows operation.
-- Windows OS also uses the latest files.
This CD does not support Macintosh PC software.
-- EXCEPT FOR MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS, WE DO NOT ACCEPT PRODUCT EXCHANGE, RETURN OR REFUND.
In other words--- you may not be a criminal, but you are a chump.
No thanks.
THREW IT IN THE TRASH January 2, 2006
R. Johnson (Atlanta)
32 out of 40 found this review helpful
This CD is DRMed to death. You're not allowed to play it in anything other than a home stereo system CD player or portable CD player. Won't play in computers, won't play in DVD players, won't play in most car stereo systems. Won't even play in some home stereo CD players. Can't transfer the music to your iPod, or to any other portable mp3 player for that matter.
DON'T BUY THIS CD!!!!!!!!!
BOYCOTT COLDPLAY AND BOYCOTT VIRGIN RECORDS!!!!!
AND BOYCOTT SONY, TOO!
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