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Oct 24, 2011They've embraced their schoolboy selves and are simply singing songs of love and good cheer, albeit on a grand scale that somehow seems smaller due to the group's insuppressible niceness.
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Oct 26, 2011While so many bands at their status revert to bloated contentment or some vague idea of rockist salvation, Mylo Xyloto finds Coldplay successfully continuing to explore the tension of wanting to be one of the best bands in the world and having to settle for being one of the biggest.
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MojoNov 3, 2011This is Coldplay getting in, delivering the tune, getting out, influenced by the discipline of cutting-edge R&B but still capable of testing arena acoustics with some supermassive bluster, glitterball lustre and classic Buckland glide'n'twiddle. [Dec 2011, p.46]
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Q MagazineNov 3, 2011Music this uplifting, this inspirational, belongs among the stars. [Dec 2011, p.120]
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Oct 17, 2011Coldplay rage in their own lovably goofy way.
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Nov 28, 2011Mylo Xyloto feels like it was created by an actual rock band, with each player stepping up his game.
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Oct 25, 2011It actually sounds like a natural extension of Coldplay's big, radio-friendly sound. It's also Coldplay's most consistently listenable album since 2002's A Rush Of Blood To The Head, though it resembles that album little.
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Oct 17, 2011Where Viva La Vida showcased Coldplay's sense of adventure, this one feels more eager to please; the sonic detail accrues with such speed that it's like Martin and his mates fear you'll bail if they don't grab you straightaway.
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Oct 24, 2011Coldplay's electronic excursions may be more cerebral and less embroiled than those of Thom Yorke's continued influence on Radiohead, but their progress is to be applauded, for this is an excellent album with depths unexplainable within this word count.
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Nov 14, 2011Mylo Xyloto proves that Coldplay are quite simply the best pop band in the world, bar none.
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Oct 25, 2011Martin's newest record is a successfully didactic and direct body of work.
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Oct 17, 2011Mylo Xyloto may have an oblique title but it's a triumph because the music is anything but.
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Oct 26, 2011Mylo Xyloto is fully realized and instantly revealed on first listen.
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Nov 8, 2011With all the bells and whistles in prominent display, Coldplay may have made their most enjoyable album. I only hope the sourpusses enjoy it.
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Nov 1, 2011To Coldplay's credit, amidst the over-production they still manage to reach their quota of flag-waving festival rock songs, some of which could be considered career highlights.
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Oct 20, 2011Great pop music with its big heart in the right place.
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Oct 28, 2011Though it is probably not Coldplay's best, it is indeed a memorable listen and another chapter for a band whose place in rock music is firmly cemented.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 358 out of 487
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Mixed: 84 out of 487
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Negative: 45 out of 487
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