new coldplay album

[Benjamin]

anyone have this? i picked it up the other day and i really like it. its a step up from x&y.

 

[wherzwaldo]

Listened to it online. I like it better than X&Y, but IMO not as good as Parachutes or Rush of Blood.

 

[TyWebb]

Count me in the crowd who think it's terrible

 

[scottsins]

"You know how I know you're gay?"

 

[El_Oso]

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[hookem2102]

I like it better than most anything that has come out lately, but it is not going to be 1 of my top ten all timers like parachutes or rush of blood.

 

[Texas007]

I bought under the guise and under the band's own admission that they were trying to make a U2 type record. If judging by that criteria color me unimpressed at the moment.

 

[crash_davis]

they worked w/ brian eno, the man who's work w/ u2 for ages. i will forever be greatful to brian for his work on u2s joshua tree and achtung baby.

so we i heard coldplay was working w/ eno, i too had HIGH hopes for this cd. i guess my expectations were too high.

viva la vida is good but not outstanding. i too came away unimpressed.

 

[Texas007]

I think what happened is they were trying to make a U2 record, and by "trying" to do that very thing it is all forced and not "real". The best albums are those where the band goes in its own new direction and creates something that captures where they are as a band at the moment. trying to capture what others have done successfully is not IMO the best way to go about it. Certainly a band can create something good when being "influenced" by someone, or someone elses work, but trying to recreate it will never work. Coldplay tried to recreate something that is just not there for them.

 

[Twigg]

I really dont see much the U2 in this album. Unlike any U2 album, most of the songs continue to be piano driven.